Sunday, December 24, 2017

Sea-sons Greetings - Holiday Card Series #15


Hey friends! Merry Christmas Eve! Today I'm bringing you the fifteenth and final installment in my 2017 Holiday Card Series, and I saved my favorite set for last. I feel in love with Waffle Flower's The SEAson the minute I laid eyes on it, and it was actually the first holiday stamp set I bought for my series this year! My brother is a diving instructor, and I knew that this would be the perfect Christmas card for him and his family.


I watercolored my images with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens and trimmed them out with the matching dies. Then I created a background with Distress Inks on Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Cardstock. Finally, I added a festive strip of patterned paper from the Doodlebug Milk & Cookies 6x6 pad to tie in with Santa's hat and the candy canes.

I hope you enjoy the video! Click on the YouTube icon to watch it there in HD and don't forget to like and subscribe! It means so much!


Thank you all so much for your wonderful support this year! I truly appreciate each and every one of you. I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy Holiday! I'll see you in the New Year!

Friday, December 22, 2017

Lawn Fawnatics Feature + Holiday Card Series #14


Hey friends! Today I'm happy to be featured over at the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge Blog with a card using one of my favorite holiday sets, Cheery Christmas combined with the Photoplay Mad 4 Plaid 6x6 pad

I colored the reindeer to look like a beautiful albino deer that lives in the woods on my street. The locals call her Olive, and they say it's lucky if you spot her! So far my hubby and sons have all seen her, but so far I've only seen pictures. I hope to spot her soon!




Isn't she lovely? All the info on how the card came together will be over on the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge Blog, so I hope you'll hop over and check it out. I also have a video for Day 14 of my Holiday Card Series. Click on the YouTube icon to watch it there in HD and don't forget to like and subscribe!


You still have a few days left to enter our Favorite Stamp Set Challenge! I hope you'll play along!


Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Christmas Kitties - Holiday Card Series #13


Hey friends! Welcome to Day 13 of my Holiday Card Series. I'm winding down! Today I'm using the adorable Christmas Kitties by Gerda Steiner Designs. Isn't that just the cutest? I paired it with the  Doodlebug Milk & Cookies 6x6 pad, which has some fun, non-traditional Christmas colors.


The focal panel was die-cut with the MFT Stitched Square Scallop STAX, and the rest of my patterned papers were trimmed with the Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangle Stackables and the Simple Stitched Hillside Borders which I just flipped upside down to get that nice, curved line.


I loved the combination of this image and these papers so much that I decided to make three different versions of it. Which one to you like best? I'm partial to the tuxedo cat, because he reminds me of my Great-Grandmother's cat when I was a little girl. :)


I finished things off with a little Crystal Stickles and did some fun stamping on the inside with Lawn Fawn Celery Stick ink, but I'll save that for the video. Click on the YouTube icon to watch it there in HD and don't forget to like and subscribe!


Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Monday, December 18, 2017

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #19 + Holiday Card Series #12


Hey friends, happy Monday and welcome to Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #19! This round we are using our favorite Lawn Fawn sets, and one of my most favorites for the holidays is Baaah Humbug. I love these sweet sheep!


I colored my images with Copic markers and then added some yummy texture with a Snow Marker. It really looks like wool! I thought the Knit Picky 6x6 were the perfect patterned papers to go with this set. Talk about a match made in crafty heaven! 


I die cut my focal panel with the Stitched Oval Stackables and my outer layer of patterned paper with the Outside In Stitched Rectangles, and added my sentiment with an Everyday Banner to complete my card. And I actually made two versions, one with black face sheep (my favorite) and one with regular. Which one do you like best?


I also did some fun stamping on the inside but I'll save that for the video. Click the YouTube icon to watch it there in HD and don't forget to like and subscribe! I really appreciate it!


Now please head on over to the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge Blog and check out the other amazing design team samples. Then pull out your favorite Lawn Fawn stamp set and play along! I can't wait to see what you create.

Friday, December 15, 2017

Deer Friend - Holiday Card Series #11


Hi friends! Today I'm excited to bring you Day 11 in my Holiday Card Series, and this one is a bonus, because it's not just one card, or even two. It's FOUR cards, each unique, but using the exact same supplies, including this sweet  Nice List stamp set by Craftin' Desert Divas.


I colored these adorable reindeer to match the patterned paper in A Perfect Christmas 6x6 by Echo Park. Then I die cut my papers using MFT's Wonky Stitched Rectangles, and Pretty Pink Posh's Stitched Banner Duo. I trimmed out my focal panels with MFT's Wonky Stitched Circles and popped them over top with foam tape.


Last but not least, I finished things off by adding a few dots of Duck Egg Blue Nuvo Drops to resemble falling snow. They're such a pretty pale blue, and I think they add a subtle touch of dimension and color against the white background.


To watch the entire process of how these four cards came together, click the YouTube icon at the bottom right, and don't forget to like and subscribe! It really helps!



I hope you enjoyed today's video! Thanks so much for stopping by!
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Friday, December 8, 2017

Get Yeti - Holiday Card Series #10


Hey friends, happy Friday! Today I'm happy to bring you Day 10 of my 2017 Holiday Card Series, featuring the adorable Get Yeti stamp set by Neat & Tangled.

I wanted to create a scene card using my Koi Sketchbook Watercolors. I started by painting my background, then flicking on some Copic Opaque White for snow. Then I watercolored all my images and cut them out with the matching dies.


For my scene, I trimmed down the panel and added two snowbanks with the Wplus9 Landscape Borders and added all my elements. I mounted it on a card base made from Blue Jay cardstock from Lawn Fawn

To finish up, I sprinkled a few Studio Katia Snow Crystals and Iridescent Crystals and adhered them down with Ranger Multi Medium Matte.

I also did some fun stamping on the inside with Blue Jay ink, but I'll save that for the video. ;) To watch the whole process, click on the YouTube icon at the bottom right corner and don't forget to like and subscribe! It really helps me out!

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I hope you all have an amazing day! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Monday, December 4, 2017

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #18 + Holiday Card Series #9


Hey friends, happy Monday! And welcome to Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #18! This round is all about emboss resist, which is a super fun technique. For my card, I just had to use the brand-new exclusive One in a Chameleon Black Friday exclusive freebie. Isn't he the cutest? I paired him with a few accessories from Baaah Humbug to help him get in the festive mood. ;)


For the emboss resist, I heat embossed the falling snow from Snow Cool, then sponged on Distress Ink to create a night sky. I framed that up by cutting a window out of Perfectly Plaid Winter papers using the Stitched Circle Stackables and Stitched Rectangle Stackables. For my sentiment, I used a banner from Bannertastic with a Cozy Christmas greeting.


To finish things off I added a few Pretty Pink Posh Snowflake Sequins, a bit of Crystal Stckles and a few dabs of Glossy Accents. I also did some fun stamping on the inside, but I'll save that for the video.


This is also Day 9 of my 2017 Holiday Card Series! Click on the YouTube icon at the bottom right corner to watch it there in HD, and please don't forget to like and subscribe! Your support means the world.


Now please head on over to the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge Blog and check out all the other amazing design team projects. I can't wait to see what emboss resist projects you all come up with!

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