October Intro: Sneak Peek Day 1
It’s time to kick off sneak peeks for our October 12th release. From adorable gingerbread and reindeer to sweet cookies, interactive shaker dies, and more—there’s so much holiday crafting fun packed into this release!
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Hello crafty friends, it’s Christina! Welcome to the first day of Sneak Peeks to the wonderfully whimsical holiday collection. Today we are introducing the Reindeer Holder and the Joy Word Shaker, both of which will make delightful additions to your holiday crafting. I have two festive cards to share with you showcasing the new products, both with a playful color palette inspired by the new shaker bead mix, Sugar Cookie. Let’s get crafting!
My first card features the new irresistible Reindeer Holder that I paired with a few things from the previously released Christmas Holder Additions and the Build a Gift set, so he would be ready to deck the halls!
I started by stenciling just the first layer of the Layered Holiday Sprinkle Stencils on the largest Rounded Stitched Rectangle die-cut from mint green cardstock. I used Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide Ink for a tone-on-tone background and then spattered the panel with a white splatter medium for a frosty, snowy look. I layered the rounded rectangle onto an A2 woodgrain kraft cardstock panel that I inked with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink and then added a Rounded Stitched Rectangle frame, die-cut from woodgrain kraft cardstock using two of the rectangles, and inked to match the base panel.
Next, I die-cut all the elements for my scene. I started with colored cardstock in the colors tidepool, clover, blue spruce, carnation, and sprout for the gifts and decorations with plain white and matte silver cardstocks as accents. Before assembling the die-cuts, I added shading to the pieces with darker coordinating ink colors or, honestly, usually with whatever was leftover on my blending brushes! Then for the reindeer, I started with white cardstock for the main portion of his body and added color using Gathered Twigs and Tea Dye Distress Inks. I used fawn and carnation cardstock for the additional reindeer pieces and then assembled him, adding Onyx Pearls for his eyes.
Finally, I assembled my scene by surrounding the reindeer with gifts and decorations and securing the die-cuts with either a liquid adhesive or foam squares. I accessorized the reindeer with a scarf from the Penguin Mugs set that I trimmed a bit to fit, some holiday ornaments from the Decorative Tree to hang from his antlers, and the word “Joy” to hold. The finishing touches before attaching my card front to a top-fold card base were to add a few white clay snowflakes from the Winter Wonderland Confetti and white gel pen highlights to the ornaments and his nose.
My next card is a shaker card featuring the new Joy Word Shaker Dies, the Cobblestone Stencil, and some festive Christmas decorations. My first step was to stencil the cobblestone pattern onto a kraft cardstock panel with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink and spatter it with a white splatter medium. I trimmed this to fit inside the stitching detail of a white Eyelet Rectangle and die-cut the word “Joy” from both panels. I die-cut it from the stenciled panel first and then used that as a template to die-cut it from the Eyelet Rectangle. Don’t forget to save the center piece to the letter “O.” Finally, I glued the stenciled panel to the Eyelet Rectangle, sandwiching a piece of acetate between them.
On the reverse side of this panel, I added foam strips around the die-cut “Joy” word to form a well and foam tape to the rest of the panel. I added the Sugar Cookie Shaker Beads to the well and then secured a piece of seafoam cardstock trimmed slightly smaller than the Eyelet Rectangle to the foam strips and foam tape. This is the cardstock that will show through the shaker window. Lastly, I secured this to an A2 blue spruce cardstock panel before finishing up the front of my card.
First, I die-cut the “Joy” word frame piece from more seafoam cardstock and added it to my card front, inlaying the cobblestone-steniled panel. I also added the center piece to the letter “O.” Then I decorated my card front with ornaments and holiday lights die-cut from colored cardstock in the colors sprout, carnation, and blue spruce with accents of white, seafoam, and matte silver. The smaller ornaments and holiday lights are from the Christmas Holder Additions, and the large ornament is from the Build an Ornament set. Finally, I tucked in some Pine Sprigs and added a few white clay snowflakes from the Winter Wonderland Confetti before securing the finished card panel to a side-fold card base.
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Thanks so much for checking out Day 1 of sneak peeks to the wonderfully whimsical holiday collection coming on October 12th! See you again soon!
