Today I'm sharing a couple of snowflake layered embossed cards featuring lots of components from the Limited Edition Holiday Card Kit! This kit is so jam-packed, this is just a fraction of all the many, many projects that can be created with it! I am using the Comfort and Joy Stamp Set with three colors of embossing powder, including the Antique Gold included in the kit, the clear embossing ink from the kit, cardstock, Stickles, and even the matching envelopes! This kit is always super popular every year so grab your early before they are gone forever!
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Watch the creation of these layered embossing holiday cards from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
I stamped "Let It Snow" from the Comfort and Joy Stamp Set and heat embossed with white embossing powder. An additional sentiment from the Comfort and Joy Stamp Set was stamped on the Ivory Cardstock from the kit using Aged Mahogany or Forest Moss Ink, trimmed into a thin strip, and adhered to the cards with foam adhesive. The ink colors used for the smaller sentiment are important in tying the whole design together!
Stickles from the kit were used to add droplets and embellish the snowflakes to complete these sparkly wintery holiday cards!
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I'm so excited to share these Winter Woodland Critter Huggers shaped gift card holders with you today! These just might be one of my favorite holiday projects so far. These cute shaped cards can double as decoration, ornaments gift tags, and of course gift card holders! I purposely didn't add sentiments to these so they could be used beyond the gift giving. I can image these hung from the tree or tucked into the greenery on a mantle!
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Watch the creation of these winter woodland critter huggers shaped gift card holders from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
Whether you choose to make the critters "as is" like the instructions (deer, fox, owl) or do a little creative manipulation to make your own (polar bear and penguin) these Winter Woodland Critter Huggers are sure to make the recipient smile. What sets these cuties apart are the finishing touches: buffalo check scarves and hats, glittery ear muffs, puffy foam in the mugs, and a glittery "snow" dusting scattered on each critter.
Here's a look at all six of my Winter Woodland Critter Huggers Shaped Cards:
Each card was created by scoring and folding a 3" x 11 piece of cardstock in half and die cutting the Woodland Critter Hugger off the top of the card. By making sure the ears didn't cut all the way through the card, you create a critter shaped card base. I trimmed the arms off each critter.
On the backside of each card base the Stitched Gift Card Pocket heart was die cut. This doesn't die cut the shape but rather makes a stitched heart shape. We will embellish this with a buffalo check stamped die cut heart from another set to make the backside cute!
The pocket from the Stitched Gift Card Pocket was die cut from the same cardstock color as the card base and adhered to the inside of each card. A sentiment from the Say What Christmas Stamp Set was stamped inside each card on the pocket. This is where you'll tuck a gift card!
To create your own critters, take a look at the dies and see what you can repurpose to make something else!
For the polar bear, I used the ear muffs from the Woodland Critter Huggers Winter Add On Dies for the ears (I trimmed off the tips of the pointy ears). I also used the ear muff piece for the face. Everything else is the same!
For the penguin, I used the tip of the fox tail to create "feet". Otherwise, everything on this cutie is the same! Isn't it amazing what a few small changes will do to your die cuts?!!!!
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Welcome to the Mama Elephant Design Team blog hop!
Our newest release is now live and available for purchase in the store!
Love is in the air with the November Release from Mama Elephant! I am loving the change up from holiday cards and can't wait to show you all the fun designs I have made with the November Release products! My favorites from the release? Hogs and Kisses are the most adorable piggies, the Little Bear Agenda is the perfect addition to the collection, and this gorgeous Heart In Bloom Floral I've used today is a fantastic image to color!
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Watch the creation of these heart in bloom cards from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
I decided to do watercolor two ways with the Heart In Bloom set for my card shares today. The first is stamping and embossing on white Bristol Smooth Cardstock with white embossing powder and coloring in with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. The second is stamping and embossing on dark gray cardstock with gold embossing powder and coloring in with Hero Arts Glimmer Metallic Inks (they look amazing on dark cardstock!). Two completely different mediums but both with fantastic, yet completely different, results!
For both cards I stamped the Hearts In Bloom image on either Bristol Smooth Cardstock or dark gray cardstock with clear embossing ink and then heat embossed with white embossing powder on the white background and gold embossing powder on the dark gray background. We will be using the coordinating die with these images.
For the white background I used the following Zig Clean Color Real Brush Marker color combinations to color in the flowers and banner:
024 Wine Red, 220 Tea Rose
260 Deep Red, 230 Pale Rose
026 Light Pink, 201 Pink Haze
043 Olive Green, 046 Mid Green
090 Gray, 097 Pale Gray
I added the color to the image and then watercolored with a water brush pen. Once dry I stamped the sentiment from Heart In Bloom with clear embossing ink and heat embossed with silver embossing powder.
The background of the card was dry embossed with a Scor Pal at 1/2" and 1/4" intervals. The Heart In Bloom was die cut with the coordinating die and popped up on the background with foam adhesive. The design was finished with a scattering of Pretty Pink Posh Clear Confetti Mix sequins.
For the dark gray background the Heart In Bloom was colored in with Hero Arts Glimmer Metallic Inks in Red, Green, and Pewter. These colors also work well for holiday but in this case I think they definitely give the feeling of "love". I painted the Glimmer Inks on with a water brush pen and die cut the image with the coordinating die.
The greeting from Heart In Bloom was stamped with clear embossing ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder.
The card was assembled exactly like the other one, with the scored background and image popped up with foam adhesive. Metallic Gold Sequins finish off this elegant love-themed card design.
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Welcome to the Pretty Pink Posh November Product Release Blog Hop!
I'm thrilled to be guest designing with some of the fabulous new Pretty Pink Posh products from the latest release! Today I'm sharing a trio of clean and simple holiday cards featuring stamping and embossing on light gray cardstock and coloring in images with Polychromos colored pencils. The colors pop off the colored background for gorgeous card designs. I'm featuring the newly released Elegant Holiday Stamp Set and Decorative Ornaments Stamp Set. I really wanted to show how you can create amazing cards without the addition of die cutting. These cards are all stamping, embossing, coloring, and embellishing!
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Watch the creation of these Christmas cards from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
One problem with coloring with Polychromos after embossing with white embossing powder is that the outline might pick up some of the color. I stamped and embossed, colored, and then stamped and embossed again. This was key in getting that perfect white outline.
Using a stamp positioner, like the MISTI, is essential for success with this technique because we're going to come back after we color and stamp and emboss again for a bold, white outline.
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A couple of weeks ago I shared quick and easy cards made from pre-cuts and patterned paper from another card kit and I had so many requests to keep sharing more of these cards for those of you who are beginners and for those who are feeling the heat of the holiday season deadlines quickly approaching and want beautiful, thoughtful handmade cards to give but need to get lots of them made up quickly. Today I decided to use the stickers from the December Card Kit with patterned papers, and quick stamping (that could be left out to save even more time) and only used a bit of Nuvo Crystal Drops from my stash to add some sparkle to my cards. The end result is four cards made in minimal time! I hope you enjoy these cards as much as I enjoyed putting them together (those deer are adorable!!!).
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Watch the creation of these quick and easy holiday cards from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
Here's a look at all four cards I made using pre-made stickers and patterned papers included in the kit. Awesome, right? Aren't these vintage-looking stickers amazing?!!!
My first two cards feature the same style of "scene" but one is portrait and one is landscape. Yes, you can create scene cards with pre-mades! Yay! I used blue patterned papers from the kit that looked like falling snow and adhered them to white top fold or side fold card bases. White cardstock from the kit was die cut with a Drifting Stitches Die and adhered along the bottom edge of each background.
Sentiments from the Christmas Cheer Stamp Set were stamped along the snowy edge of both cards with Surf Blue Dye Ink. The ink color makes a huge difference here. If I had gone with basic black ink I think it would have taken away from the overall style of the card. Always be on the lookout for things you can do that will tie your card together in a more cohesive fashion.
Snowflakes from the stamp set were stamped in the "sky" with clear embossing ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder.
The stickers from the kit were adhered to each design as shown. Each card was finished with a scattering of Nuvo Crystal Drops in White Blizzard as well as adding glitter to parts of the stickers.
The next two cards feature patterned paper and cardstock backgrounds divided by a thin piece of cardstock stamped with a small sentiment phrase. Again, I used the vintage-y feeling stickers from the kit and additional stamped messages from the Christmas Cheer Stamp Set.
I created red and green backgrounds (pretty traditional Christmas, yes?!) with red patterned paper on the top of each background and green cardstock (also from the kit) along the bottom edge. White cardstock from the kit was used to divide the two and stamped with greetings from the Tiny Words Christmas Stamp Set using black dye ink.
Greetings from the Christmas Cheer Stamp Set. were stamped on the green cardstock with clear embossing ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. Nuvo Crystal Drops in White Blizzard were applied to parts of the stickers to finish each card.
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Hello die cutting friends! The November Spellbinders Large Die of the Month Club Kit dies includes everything you need to make the most amazing Advent Christmas tree countdown boxes (or any number of other projects like cards, decorations, etc.!). This collection is amazing and I can't wait to show you what I made with these dies!
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Want to see what I created with the Small Die of the Month Club Kit Dies? Click HERE or HERE!
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Watch the creation of these Advent Calendar Christmas trees from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
These awesome trees can be Advent Calendars, decor, etc. Imagine hanging them on a tree (my tree is red/white and I think these would make beautiful decorations), standing them on a mantle, clipping them up in a garland, so many possibilities!
The components for these trees and boxes were die cut from glitter cardstocks using the November Spellbinders Large Die of the Month Club Kit dies. and assembled according to the video tutorial. These are really easy to put together and depending on how much you embellish, you can make a bunch really quickly. I tend to like to embellish a lot so mine required a bit of dry time.
Nuvo Crystal Glaze was applied to the ornaments on the trees using a fine top applicator and while the glaze was still wet a Honey Bee Stamps Rainbow Rhinestone was placed on each.
Nuvo Crystal Drops were also applied to the trim on each tree in super small drops to a two-tone effect.
The coordinating tags were die cut and adorned with die cut numbers before being tied to the top of each tree right below the star.
The star on each tree was embellished with a silver star confetti and Honey Bee Stamps snowflake confetti were glued to the vellum background of each tree.
The small box was die cut and assembled to fit inside each tree. Use these for small gifts, daily prompts, or simply as a "stabilizer" for the trees!
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Happy World Kindness Day friends! Honey Bee Stamps has an incredible new stamp set for us today called You Are Loved. $5 from the sale of each stamp set sold through Honey Bee Stamp website will be donated to Rachel's Challenge. Please read more about this wonderful project HERE.
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Watch the creation of this rainbow background kindness card from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
This card is a single layer adhered to a white side fold card base but the colors and greeting pack a big punch. The new Geometric Background Stencil and rainbow-colored Distress Inks provide the perfect background for the You Are Loved sentiment.
I started the card with a 4" x 5 1/4" panel of Bristol Smooth Cardstock and the Geometric Background Stencil. I used post it tape to mask off sections of the stencil and inked each "strip" with Distress Inks in Candied Apple, Carved Pumpkin, Mustard Seed, Mowed Lawn, Salty Ocean, and Wilted Violet. I removed the stencil, spritzed the background with water from a Distress Sprayer, blotted the background dry and stamped a greeting from the You Are Loved Stamp Set with Versafine Onyx Ink.
I love that you can mix and match the sentiment(s) to say exactly what you want to say. I love the size of the greeting(s) and how it's the star of the show. I will be making many, many of these cards to have on hand. Love this stamp set so much.
Hearts from the You Are Loved were stamped with Distress Oxide Inks in Candied Apple, Carved Pumpkin, Mustard Seed, Mowed Lawn, Salty Ocean, and Wilted Violet. I switched to Distress Oxides here because they stamp solid images so much better than the regular Distress Inks. You definitely wouldn't need to use both the regular and oxides on this card. You could ink the background with Oxide Inks to minimize the supplies needed. ;)
I finished some of the hearts with a layer of Nuvo Crystal Drops in White Blizzard and added a scattering of Nuvo Crystal Drops in Red Berry, Ripened Pumpkin, Dandelion Yellow, Apple Green, Midnight Blue, and Crushed Grape to complete my design.
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Watch the creation of these Christmas cards from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
The buffalo check background might be my favorite thing right now. I can't get enough and I have multiple projects coming up featuring buffalo check in some form or fashion.
The Simon Says Stamp Gingham Background was stamped on Lawn Fawn Chili Pepper Cardstock with black dye ink. I trimmed the background into a 3" x 5 1/2" strip and adhered along the top of a white side fold card base. Black Licorice Cardstock was trimmed into a thin strip and adhered along the edge to help divide the pattern from the solid white bottom border strip.
Glossy Accents was applied to the antlers, noses, and hooves to really make them "shine"!
A black glaze pen was used to add detail to the eyes.
Red Holiday Sparkle and black Autumn Sparkle cardstocks were adhered to Fun Foam with Stick It Adhesive and then greetings from the November 2018 Small DOM Kit were die cut from the dimensional material. The sentiment was adhered along the bottom strip of the card.
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Happy Friday friends! I wanted to pop in here quickly today with a fabulous sale on MFT products at Ellen Hutson! Save 25% today and tomorrow with the code below. I've linked to some of my favorite recent projects, too!
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Today I'm sharing a couple of Christmas-themed holiday cards featuring foiling! The new Spellbinders Glimmer Foil System makes foiling all the things so easy. This new system is meant to work with your Spellbinders Platinum or Platinum 6 as well as many other die cutting machines! The Warm Winter Wishes Glimmer Plate snowman card is mostly foiling with a bit of additional die cutting and embellishing for a very clean and simple design. The second card features a foiled and die cut Ho Ho Ho Glimmer Plate sentiment set against a buffalo check stamped background and adorned with the die cut reindeer from the November Small Die of the Month Club Kit! I hope these examples show how easy this new system is to use whether you're creating clean and simple or you want to combine with other elements!
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Watch the creation of these foiled Christmas cards from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
A sentiment from the Simon Says Stamp Tiny Words Christmas Stamp Set was stamped on smooth white cardstock with black ink, trimmed into a thin strip and adhered to the bottom of the card with foam adhesive as shown.
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To celebrate this release, we are giving away a $50 gift certificate to a lucky winner. Please leave a comment on Spellbinders blog by Sunday, November 18th 11:59 pm EDT for a chance to win. The winner will be announced in the blog hop post the following Monday. Winner is responsible for shipping cost, duties and taxes.
