Quick Tip: White Cardstock Organization

Hey friends! Happy Independence Day! I know everyone is probably busy celebrating today, so I'm just sharing a Quick Tip video on how I break down and store my white cardstock for quick and easy card making sessions. I hope that you will find it helpful whenever you get a chance to watch! To view it, simply click on the thumbnail below, or you can find it HERE on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty. Enjoy!

Smooth Recovery Card - Lawn Fawn Feature

Hey friends, today I'm super honored to be featured over on the Lawn Fawn blog and YouTube channel with a Get Well Soon card featuring the new Treat Cart Add-on: Smoothies & Juice and Bitsy Blooms 6x6 pad. I'll have all the other supplies I used in my post over there, so I hope you'll check it out. I created this card for a dear friend who just underwent emergency brain surgery. It was a scary time, but she's back home recovering now and doing amazingly well! And wouldn't you know it? The thing that she was craving most when she woke up in the hospital was a smoothie! She said the card was perfect. I'm so please that she liked it, and I hope that you will too! Click the video thumbnail below to watch it come together, or you can also find it HERE on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty.

Hey Ghoul Friend Card - Hello Bluebird Previews Day 2

Hey friends, I'm back again with Day 2 of previews for the brand new Hello Bluebird Fall/Halloween Release. We started out by showing you half of the new products in yesterday's post and today we are bringing you the rest, just in time for the release to go live TONIGHT, September 29th at 7pm MST (9pm EST). My card today actually features two of the new stamp sets, Sabrina and Spooky Text. I colored the images with Copic markers and trimmed them out with the matching dies.

For the background, I used the moon die from Full Moon to cut a mask and added it to a piece of Bristol. Then I blended over that with Distress Oxides. Check out the video tutorial below for the full range of colors. Then I did some splatter detail and peeled off the mask and added a little extra color in the center of the moon. Then I die cut the Winter Woods Overlay from black cardstock and popped that up over top. Added a sentiment and my images and a bit of sparkle too!

If you'd like to see how this card came together, click below or here to watch on YouTube. I really hope you enjoy it! Be sure to stop back at my channel later on today for a full video overview of the entire release. And check out the rest of the design team's inspiration on the Hello Bluebird Blog. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Jawsome Birthday Card

Hey friends, I'm back today with a super fun boyish birthday card featuring the Avery Elle Jawsome Wishes stamp set. This one is especially perfect for those summer birthdays! I stamped these images in Lawn Fawn Jet Black Ink on Spectrum Noir Ultra Smooth White Cardstock, colored them with Copic markers, and trimmed them out with the matching dies. All of the coloring was done to match my patterned paper from the Simple Stories Summer Lovin' 6x8 pad.

For the focal panel I die cut some MFT Sno Cone Cardstock with one of the Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables. Then I cut down more Lawn Fawn Cardstock in Blue Jay, Peacock, and Mermaid with the Stitched Wave Borders. I stamped a sentiment on the bottom one with Blue Jay Ink. I popped my focal panel up over the patterned paper, glued down my images, and added a few Clear Droplets for a finishing touch.

If you'd like to see how this card came together, click below or watch on YouTube, and don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe! Your support means the world. I hope you're all having a happy summer! Thanks so much for watching.

Christy Gets Crafty with My Favorite Things - January

 

Hello friends, today I'm so excited to bring you the January edition of Christy Gets Crafty with My Favorite Things! Today's card features the adorable jungle critters from Stacey Yacula's You Are My Happy Place. I loved them so much, I couldn't choose just one! I colored them all with Copic markers and trimmed them out with the matching dies.

Then I took a piece of Sno Cone Cardstock and die cut three windows using the Inside & Out Stitched Circle STAX and backed the windows with patterned paper from the Sweet Plaid 6x6 and popped the focal panel and my images up with foam tape. I finished with an Essential Stitched Sentiment Strips and a sprinkle of tiny iridescent hearts.

This video is on the the MFT Stamps YouTube Channel, so you can check it out there, or click below. If you enjoy it, please hit that like button and leave me a comment. I would love your feedback! Thank you so much for watching! Have a great day.

Quick Tip: Ink Blender Storage Solution

Hello friends! Today I have something a bit different for you. I'm sharing my new storage solution for my Mini Ink Blending Tools and Blending Foams for my Distress Oxide Inks.

This solution cost me a whopping $6 + tax, so it's super affordable too. I used a Jewelry Bead Organizer from Hobby Lobby, and labeled all the spots using my Brother P-touch Label Maker.

This is really something that is much easier to show you in a video format, so I hope you'll watch and enjoy! Thank you so much for stopping by today!