2021 Holiday Card Series #20 1 Set 4 Ways Episode 10

Hello friends, welcome to Day 20 of my 2021 Holiday Card Series! Can you believe we're here already? With only a few days left to go, but still several people on my Christmas Card list, I thought now was the perfect time for another episode of 1 Set 4 Ways, so I could quickly create four unique cards in a similar style. I chose to feature the adorable penguins from MFT's It's Penguinning to Look a Lot Like Christmas. I colored them all with Copic markers and trimmed them out with the matching dies.

The patterned papers are all from the DCWV Holiday Cheer 6x6, and I used a whole bunch. I chose a base print to cover each of my Ballet Slippers card bases. That one was trimmed out with the Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables. Then I selectively die cut a contrasting pattern using the bottom of the Stitched Party Banners to give me a longer banner with the fish tail edge. 

The focal panels were die cut with a Large Stitched Circle Stackables and I adhered that to a Scalloped Circle Stackables of Chili Pepper Cardstock to serve as a little break between the prints. I also added snowdrifts with the Stitched Hillside Borders. I glued down my images and stamped a sentiment using Hello Bluebird Typed Christmas, then finished off with a bit of Stardust Stickles.

If you'd like to watch all four of these cards come together, click below or watch on YouTube. And don't forget to give the video a like and a comment! Any interaction helps so much with the algorithm, and I so appreciate it. Have a great day!

2021 Holiday Card Series #19

Hello friends! Welcome to Day 19 of my 2021 Holiday Card Series! Today's card features the sweet vintage deer from Hello Bluebird's Merry Little Christmas. I really wanted to use her on a super feminine Christmas card for my Grandma. I colored her in with Copics and trimmed her out with the matching dies. I added in a bow from Balloon Buddies, and I also stamped out three trees from Big Christmas Greetings and the word "greetings" in Lawn Fawn Noble Fir Ink and the word "seasons" in Lobster and trimmed those out with the matching dies.

For the background, used some patterned papers from the DCWV Holiday Cheer 6x6. I cut the  pink and white polkadot print with the Hello Bluebird Nesting Oval, and trimmed down the poinsettia print to fit behind the Gallery Frame #2, which I die cut out of Chili Pepper Cardstock. I adhered these to a Ballet Slippers card base, then added some Slimline Hill and Dale snow drifts to my focal panel, and framed it up using those Nesting Oval dies and some Lawn Fawn Metallic Gold Cardstock. To add a bit of glitter to the card, I used some Stardust Stickles.

If you'd like to see how this card came together, click below or watch on YouTube, and please don't forget to like the video and subscribe to my channel! I so appreciate your support. Thank you so much, my friends!

2021 Holiday Card Series #18

Hey friends, welcome to Day 18 of my 2021 Holiday Card Series! Today's card features the super cute Polar Party by Reverse Confetti. I just love these adorable arctic friends! I stamped them all with Lawn Fawn Jet Black Ink, colored them with Copic markers, and trimmed them out with the matching dies.

I created a focal panel by using some patterned papers from the Simple Stories Feelin' Frosty 6x8 pad, adding a Lawn Fawn Simple Stitched Hillside Borders snowdrift, and framing it with a Sunny Studio Fancy Frames Rectangle. I popped that up with foam tape over a few more layered patterns, and finished off the card with some Stardust Stickles.

To watch this cute card come together, click below or you can view it on YouTube, and don't forget to like and subscribe to my channel! Your support is the only Christmas gift I could ask for! Thank you so much for stopping by.

BRI Design Team Event for Vanessa

Hey friends, I'm back again with another post today to send some love and support to my dear friend Vanessa, owner of Butterfly Reflections Ink. A few of her past and present design team have put together a little Instagram hop in her honor, so I hope you'll check that out. But I also wanted to do a blog post so I would have a place to list all the supplies I used, which can be found in Vanessa's amazing shop. I can't say enough good things about Vanessa as a person and as a business woman. She is the best!

For my card, which I will be sending her way, I used the sweet You and Me Together stamp set by Rachelle Anne Miller for MFT. I colored the image with Copic markers and trimmed it out with the matching dies. I layered Echo Park Winter 6x6 patterned papers onto a Lawn Fawn Moonstone card base, with Lawn Fawn Pixie Dust Sparkle Cardstock sandwiched between the window openings. The outside patterned was die cut with the Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables and the windows with Circle Stackables I finished with a sentiment stamped in Deep Sea Ink, trimmed out with an Everyday Sentiment Banner and a bit of Stardust Stickles.

No video for this one, as unfortunately my SD card malfunctioned halfway through, but please do check out the hop and maybe do a little shopping for yourself or a crafty friend!

Lawn Fawnatics #114 - 2021 Holiday Card Series #17

Hello and welcome to another Lawn Fawnatics Challenge! This time we have a fun card sketch for you with a repetitive pattern. My inspiration for this card was to show Santa going from rooftop to rooftop on Christmas Eve, delivering all those gifts! I combined images from Ho-Ho-Holidays and Holiday Helpers, colored them with Copic markers, and trimmed them out with the matching dies.

Then I took the Rooftop Border and die cut it out of Dolphin, Narwhal, and Black Licorice cardstock, and adhered them to a Blue Jay card base, and cut the chimneys out of Chili Pepper. I used Distress Oxides in Black Soot, Hickory Smoke, and Gathered Twigs to give each of those pieces a little definition.

Then I adhered my images with liquid glue, and added a sentiment stamped in Lobster Ink, trimmed down with an Everyday Sentiment Banner. To finish off the card, I used a bit of Stardust Stickles, and created snowfall with some Gansai Tambi Starry Colors, plus a little Dr Ph Martin's Bleed Proof White.

This is also Day 17 of my 2021 Holiday Card Series so I hope you'll give the video a watch, and a thumbs up or a comment if you enjoyed it! You can either click below or watch on YouTube. Once you're done, head on over to the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge Blog to see what the rest of the design team has created to inspire you. We can't wait to see what you do with our card sketch!

2021 Holiday Card Series #16

Hey friends, welcome to Day 16 of my 2021 Holiday Card Series! Today I was so excited to color the adorable Selfies with Santa stamp set by Stacey Yacula for My Favorite Things! I think these little polaroids are just so adorable. I colored each one with Copic markers and then trimmed them down and set them aside. I also stamped out a sentiment using Lawn Fawn Noble Fir Ink and trimmed that down with an Everyday Sentiment Banner.

I cut down some cozy plaid patterned paper from the Crate Paper Busy Sidewalks 6x8 pad with the MFT Slimline Stitched Square Trio and the inner die from the Sunny Studio Slimline Scalloped Frame and popped that up over the images using foam tape. I glued that to a white panel that I die cut with the outer die from that Sunny Studio die set, and glued that to an MFT Amarena Cherry Slimline card base. As a finishing touch, I added a bit of Stardust Stickles.

You can click below or watch on YouTube to see how this card came together. And if you enjoy it, please do like the video, leave me a comment, and subscribe to my channel. Your support really does make a difference and it means so much! Thank you so much for spending time with me today.

2021 Holiday Card Series #15

Hello and welcome to Day 15 of my 2021 Holiday Card Series! Today I'm coming back to those adorable gnomes from Hello Bluebird Gnome for the Holidays. I just love these little guys so much and I can't stop coloring them! I did a slimline version with these guys for Day #8, but I wanted to change up the size and the color palette for this one. I colored them all with Copic Markers and trimmed them out with the matching dies.

Then I took some patterned paper from the Simple Stories Make It Merry 6x8 pad and die cut the plaid and the red print with the Gallery Frame #7 and backed it with the green tree print. I added some Slimline Hill and Dale snowdrifts (I don't have the regular size) and my images, plus a Merry Little Christmas sentiment, die cut with a Lawn Fawn Everyday Sentiment Banner. Then I finished the card with some Stardust Stickles and Dr. Ph Martin's Bleed Proof White snow. 

I also created another version of this card with a few differences, which served as the inspiration for this video. I made it off screen, and then decided to recreate it on camera so you could see it all come together.

To view the video tutorial, click below or watch on YouTube. And don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe to my channel! All of that engagement helps so much and I really appreciate your support! Thanks so much for watching. Have a great day!