2023 Holiday Card Series #13

Hey friends, welcome to Day 13 of my 2023 Holiday Card Series! Today's card features an adorable image illustrated by Rachelle Anne Miller for MFT called Cute & Cuddly Christmas. Isn't it so sweet? I stamped it on a Lawn Fawn Circle Stackable and colored it with my Copic markers to match some Echo Park Christmas Time 6x6 patterned paper.

Then I chose a few more prints of the patterned paper to layer on my card front. I trimmed down the cardinal print and stripe with the Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables, then selectively die cut the bottom of the buffalo plaid print with the Stitched Party Banners. I also cut out a Scalloped Circle Stackable and adhered my focal panel to that, then popped it up on foam tape. I white heat embossed my sentiment onto an Everyday Sentiment Banner and finished the card with some enamel dots and Stardust Stickles.

If you'd like to see how this card came together, click below or watch here on YouTube. And don't forget to like and subscribe! If you've missed any of the previous cards in this series and would like to go back and watch you can find the entire playlist here. I really hope you enjoy it! Thanks so much for watching! Have a great day!

2023 Holiday Card Series #12 - Lawn Fawnatics #162

Hey friends, it's time for another Lawn Fawnatics Challenge and it's a sweet one: Coffee, Tea, and Treats! For my card, I combined the mini stamp set Oh Snap, with Sweet Christmas and  Thanks a Latte. I stamped the images in Jet Black Ink, colored them with Copic markers, and trimmed them out with the matching dies. I also stamped out the pine boughs from Winter Birds in Noble Fir Ink.

For the focal panel, I started with a piece of aqua Knit Picky 6x6 patterned paper and die cut that with the Outside In Stitched Rectangle Stackables, then cut a window in the center using the Small Stitched Circle Stackables. Then I took a piece of Mermaid Cardstock and cut a slightly smaller hole from the center with the Circle Stackables. I glued those together and popped them up over some Spiffier Speckles 6x6 patterned paper and adhered it to a Mermaid card base.

Then I started adhering my images with a mix of foam tape and liquid glue. I white heat embossed a sentiment onto a strip of Barn Red Cardstock and trimmed it down with an Everyday Sentiment Banner. Then to finish off the card, I added a few white gel pen shine marks to the peppermint candies and a bit of Stardust Stickles to the marshmallows and gumdrops.

This card is also Day 12 of my 2023 Holiday Card Series so I really hope you enjoy it! If you've missed any of the previous videos, you can find the entire playlist here. I really appreciate you watching! Don't forget to stop by the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge Blog to see what the rest of the design team has created to inspire you and to link up your own projects as well. We can't wait to see what you make! Thanks so much for stopping by!

2023 Holiday Card Series #11

Hey friends, welcome to Day 11 of my 2023 Holiday Card Series! Today's card features the adorable new Christmas Eve stamp set. Isn't that just about the jolliest Santa you've ever seen? I just love him and his sweet reindeer friend. I also added in two small accessory images from Merry Friends. I colored all the images with Copic markers and trimmed them out with their matching dies.

Next I chose three different patterned papers from the Simple Stories The Holiday Life 6x8 pad and layered them over my card base. I trimmed the focal panel down with the Hello Bluebird Nesting Ovals and added a Hill and Dale snowdrift, where I stamped my sentiment. I adhered that to a Gold Metallic Cardstock oval and popped that up in the center of the card. Then I added in some accents at the top using Candy Cane Lane.

If you'd like to see this card come together, you can click below or find the video here on YouTube. I really hope you enjoy it! If you do, please consider subscribing to my channel and leaving a like on the video. That really helps me out! If you've missed any of the other videos in my 2023 Holiday Card Series, you can find the entire playlist using that link. Thanks so much for visiting today!

Art Journal with Me #23 - Great Things Take Time

Hey friends, today I'm squeaking in my November Art Journal with Me video before the month is over! This month I brought back the technique of using paper napkins as the focal images in my Square Watercolor Journal. Aren't those owls so sweet? I combined them with a bit of patterned paper from the Stamperia Garden of Promises 8x8 pad, which had a very similar color palette. I thought the two worked really well together.

If course, I also added layers and texture to my spread with washi tape and other bits of vintage ephemera like tags and tickets. For my personal items, I included a tear off ticket stub from a basket raffle I attended with my step mom this month, and also a receipt from purchasing an old typewriter at a thrift store. It's always nice to add those little personal touches.

I really hope you guys enjoy the video! It's almost an hour long, so be sure to grab some craft supplies and craft along with me! Or if you just want to take it easy, make yourself a snack and a drink and come hang out. I can't wait to hear what you all have been up to this month! Click the thumbnail below to watch, or find the video here on YouTube. Thanks so much for stopping by!

2023 Holiday Card Series #10 - Hello Bluebird Feature

Hey friends, today I'm honored to be featured over on the Hello Bluebird blog with a cute Christmas card using the new Holiday Littles stamp set and the Gallery Frame #3. I'll have all other details and supplies in my post over there, so I hope you'll check it out! This is also Day 10 of my 2023 Holiday Card Series on YouTube. We're chugging right along! To watch this one, simply click below, or you can go back and find the entire playlist here. Thanks so much for watching!

2023 Holiday Card Series #9 + Lawn Fawnatics Feature

Hey friends, today I'm happy to be over on the Lawn Fawnatics blog with another card for our Holiday Critters Challenge. I really wanted to ink up the new Little Snow Globe: Bear stamp set and create another Reveal Wheel interactive card, and I brought in a bunch of other sets to help fill out the scene. I'll have all the rest of the products and details in my post over there, so I hope you'll check it out!

This is also Day 9 of my 2023 Holiday Card Series so I really hope that you enjoy the video tutorial! To watch, click the play button down below or find it here on YouTube. If you've missed any of the previous cards in this series, you can find the entire playlist here. Thanks so much for watching! Have an amazing day!

2023 Holiday Card Series #8 - Lawn Fawnatics #161

Hello and welcome to a new Lawn Fawnatics Challenge! This one just happens to be one of my favorites of the entire year: Holiday Critters! So much fun! For my card, I decided to pull out the sweet Winter Birds and added in a little bow from Baaah Humbug. I colored the images with Copic markers and trimmed them out with their matching dies.

For the focal panel, I took a piece of Bristol and blended some Distress Oxide Inks over the Birch Tree Stencil, starting with Pumice Stone, then adding in Hickory Smoke, and the tiniest touch of Black Soot. I trimmed it down with a Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables and layered it with Barn Red Cardstock, then popped it up over a piece of Knit Picky patterned paper on a Speckled Eggshell card base.

The sentiment I white heat embossed onto another scrap of Barn Red Cardstock and trimmed down with an Everyday Sentiment Banner. Then I popped that and my images up on the focal panel with foam tape and finished off the card with a bit of Stardust Stickles.

This is also Day 8 of my 2023 Holiday Card Series so I hope you will check out the video and see how this card came together! If you've missed any of the series so far, I do have an entire playlist which you can find on my channel. Don't forget to stop by the Lawn Fawnatics blog to  see what the rest of the design team has created to inspire you and link up your own Holiday Critter projects to play along! We can't wait to see what you make!