Hi Crafty Friends! Carly here and I’m excited (and a little nervous) to share my first coloring tutorial with you! When I saw the PPP Christmas Bells, I immediately heard Silver Bells in my head and I wanted to try coloring them a little more realistically than I would usually attempt.
To start my card, I used the largest die in the Eyelet Rectangles die set die cut with white cardstock and adhered it to the card base with foam squares. Next, I cut a piece of vanilla shimmer cardstock to the size of the stitched detail and adhered it flat to the Eyelet piece.
Next, I used the Gingerbread Shaker die setand die cut the gingerbread man from kraft cardstock and inked the edges with a brown ink. I die cut and adhered all the Gingerbread accessory pieces and adhered it to the background using foam squares. I used the adorable Winter Foliage die set, and die cut a variety of foliage with 2 shades of green, a few flowers from pink cardstock and berries from red glitter cardstock. I arranged them into 4 clusters (2 of each design) and adhered the ends behind/under the Gingerbread man.
Designer tip: When arranging the sprig clusters, I placed the 2 similar clusters diagonally opposite each other behind the Gingerbread man. This gives symmetry to the finished look.
For the sentiment, I chose the “Merry Christmas” sentiment from the Christmas Bells stamp setand die set and heat embossed it with white on to dark brown cardstock. I die cut the “Merry” and trimmed the “Christmas” and adhered them to the gingerbread man with foam squares.
Thank you for stopping by and be sure to check back for more Holiday Release inspiration!
Hi friends! It’s Dana here today and I am sharing a card that uses the adorable Christmas Cake Pop dies. These dies create the sweetest cake pops, perfect for Christmas!
I started my card by using theChristmas Cake Pop diesto create my three cake pops. I created a tree, snowman and reindeer though there are lots of other dies that can mixed and matched to give you lots of fun options. I mounted my cake pops onto a card panel that I die cut with the Argyle Pierced Plate. This die creates a subtle argyle background that adds the perfect detail to your card design.
To start my card, I die cut different elements for my Gingerbread Holder. Colored cardstock is going to be your best friend when you’re putting all of this together. I grabbed a brown cardstock from my stash for the body of my Gingerbread person, and white cardstock for my iced detail elements. I distressed the edges of my Gingerbread holder with Vintage Photo Distress Ink, and adhered my white icing details in place.
I die cut the ornament from the Christmas Holder Additions Die Setfrom a light blue cardstock, and the ornament topper from gold cardstock. I blended the edges of my ornament with Mermaid Lagoon Distress Ink, adhered my ornament topper in place, and then adhered my ornament to be nestled inside of the arms of my prepared Gingerbread Holder die cut.
To work on my background, I took a piece of light pink paper, trimmed down to 4.125” x 5.375”. I distressed the edges with Kitsch Flamingo Distress Ink. Then, taking the first stencil from the Layered Gingerbread Stencil Set, I placed it over my panel and began ink blending. I decided to use Distress Oxide Inks, as I felt they would blend the nicest over a colored cardstock. Wherever the Gingerbread openings were, I blended Brushed Corduroy and Vintage Photo Distress Oxide Inks. For the Candy Canes, I blended Lumberjack Plaid Distress Oxide Ink.
For my 2nd stencil layer, I applied a bit of Pixie Spray on the backside of the stencil, and then placed it over my panel. I used Transfer Gel Blanco over the stencil. I removed my stencil, set my panel aside to dry, and then washed off my stencil immediately.
Once my stencil was dry, I processed it through my Minc foiling machine with white flock transfer sheets.
I took my panel, and applied my Gingerbread Holder image and sentiment with foam tape. I also used the peppermint wheels from the Holiday Gingerbread Clay Confetti and adhered them as embellishments. I adhered my entire panel to an A2-size panel.
Thank you so very much for stopping by the Pretty Pink Posh blog today! I hope this festive card provides you with some holiday-filled inspiration for what you can make with with the September Release!
As an “additions” die set it is meant to pair with the original Candy Bucket Dies. From the original die set you can cut out the buckets and handles. Then the Christmas Bucket Additions Dies has elements to add to the buckets to make them look like Santa, a reindeer or a snowman. The original Candy Bucket Dies also has a inner bucket shape that can be used to cut a window out of the bucket, making it into an adorable shaker.
For my Santa bucket I filled the bucket with presents. The Christmas Bucket Additions Dies comes with two presents dies and 2 ribbon/bow dies.
For the reindeer bucket, I filled it with peppermint candies. The Christmas Bucket Additions Dies comes with a layering die that creates a striped round candy and a wrapper.
With the snowman bucket I used the two snowflake dies to fill the bucket. And for the shaker I filled it with candy canes and gum drops from the die set and then added Candy Cane Shaker Beads to the shaker element.
Hello everyone! Leanne here and I’m excited to back on the blog to share a festive holiday card featuring the Christmas Cake Pops. I loved the Halloween Cake Pop dies and was so happy to have this new set to continue the cake pop paper crafting fun well into the holiday season.
The background for my cake pop scene is an A2 size panel of light blue card stock with lots of white and silver paint splatter. I used dies from theChristmas Cake Pops set to create the tree, snowman, and reindeer cake pops complete with all the details for each character plus the bows on the sticks.
I wanted my cake pops to be arranged in a little pine greenery. I used dies from the Holiday Wreath Builder set to cut out the pine sprigs. I sprayed them with Fresh Balsam Mica Stain to add the shimmer effect before adhering them along the bottom edge of the card.
To finish the card I added a greeting and some extra pine to space above the reindeer. The Joyful Holiday Wishes sentiment comes from the new Christmas Banner Greetings stamp set. I die cut the banner shape with Banner Greetings 1 dies.
Thanks so much for stopping by today! Happy holiday crafting!
Hello crafty friends, it’s June and I’m sharing a card that has quickly become one of my absolute favorite holiday cards I’ve ever made. Something about this Christmas Bell Shaker just makes me so happy so I can’t wait to share my process with you all.
I took the traditional route and cut my bell out of yellow cardstock, so it would look gold when doing some ink blending on it. I filled the shaker with Enchanted Shaker Beads and Holly Berries Clay Confetti.
I love how there are a variety of embellishments included with theChristmas Bell Shaker, so I used them to add more details to my bell. I cut 2 of each sprig from sage green cardstock and the bow from pink cardstock. I did some ink blending on those pieces as well, and also added gel pen details to the bow and the bell. I felt like it could use even more detail though, so I also used the snowflake from the Christmas Bucket Additionsas a little embellishment.
Now here’s the favorite part of my card: the background! The new Argyle Pierced Plate and the Candy Cane Stripes Stencil are a match made in heaven! While the candy cane stripes look beautiful on their own, I’m a sucker for everything plaid, so I didn’t even think twice about creating a plaid background for my card. And when you add the nice stitching detail from the plate in the mix, it gives such a beautiful effect! I went for a pink-ish purple to add even more color variety.
To make the bell stand out from the busy background, I cut an Eyelet Circle out of white cardstock. For the sentiment I wanted to use the new Large Merry Shadow Die and complete the sentiment with one of the Christmas Banner Greetings. I cut the ‘Merry’ from pink cardstock and backed it onto the shadow piece cut from vellum. I stamped one of the sentiments in pink ink onto pastel pink cardstock and cut it out using one of the banners from the Banner Greetings 1 set. I can see this set becoming my #1 most used die set for sure, I already used one of the banners on almost all of my cards I made using this release. Such a nice basic set that still adds a bit of interest to any card!
And that’s the finished card. I hope you’re enjoying seeing all the cards the design team has made so far, cause I am for sure! Christmas card prepping season is always such an inspiring time, don’t you think? Anyway, see you again soon with another blog post, bye!
I started by making my background using the Candy Cane Stripes Stencil and ink blending with Candied Apple Distress ink onto a piece of Neenah Solar White 110 lb cardstock. I took another piece of the Neenah Solar White cardstock and trimmed it with the second largest die from the Stitched Torn Rectangles Dies.I added a piece of craft foam to the backside of the white panel before I adhered it to the candy cane panel.
Next, I diecut all of the elements from the Gingerbread Holder Dies and Christmas Holder Additions Dies out of white and colored cardstock. I love that there are so many accessories available to decorate these gingerbread men. I added some color to the white parts of the hat and candy cane with Copic markers (C00, C1 and C3) for a little more realistic look. I assembled all of the parts with liquid glue and highlighted with a white gel pen. I trimmed off part of the legs in order for him to fit onto the white panel. He was adhered to the panel with foam tape for added dimension.
For the sentiment, I stamped the Merry Christmas sentiment from the Christmas Banner Greetings Stamp set with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto a piece of white cardstock. I used the dies from the Banner Greetings 1 Dies to trim out the sentiment as well as an additional green banner. The banners were adhered to the panel with a combination of liquid glue and foam tape.
Hi Crafty friends, Debbie here with Pretty Pink Posh’s new Holiday Word Scenes and the adorable Gingerbread Friendsstamp setsfrom the Holiday Release. How cute are these sets together? I just can’t get enough of this release! It is packed with so much cuteness!
The Word Scene series debuted in the latest release, and I’m thrilled to now have the Holiday Word Scenes set as well.
I started off by stamping and Copic coloring the “Merry and Bright” and the most of the Gingerbread Friends as well as a lot of the accessories in the set. I found myself going back and stamping and coloring more for the scene. So don’t be shy!
Once the coloring was done, I die-cut the images with the coordinating dies, adding foam squares to the back to pop them up.
Next, I used the new Argyle Pierced Plate, and ran it through my die cutting machine with a white standard A2 panel. But before I started to adhere it all together I wanted to frame it with the Scallop Frames Diein a bubblegum pink card stock.
I have been obsessed with this red, pink, and teal holiday color combination! And with the brown from the Gingerbread Friends! LOVE! What’s your go to color combo for the holidays? Let me know in the comments!
Hello! Christina here to share an elegant holiday card with you featuring the beautiful new stamp set, Christmas Bells. The images in this set are perfect for any holiday card or even for making a set of tags. I added some festive embellishments to my card design for a little extra sparkle and added a new Christmas Banner Greetings to complete this joyful card design. Let’s get started!
I started by stamping the images for my design with an alcohol ink-friendly black ink on white cardstock. I chose the bigger bell image with lots of greenery and some of the smaller holly leaves and pine sprigs. To color the images, I used Copic markers. Here is the coloring guide:
After coloring, I die-cut the images with the coordinating dies and set them aside while I worked on the remaining elements.
First I created the background panel by stenciling the Candy Cane Stripes with a sage green ink on white cardstock. Then I layered on a Scallop Frameand a Scallop Flag Tagsin a coordinating cardstock color. The Scallop Flag provided the perfect place for the focal point of this design, the stamped and colored bell image. I centered the image and attached it with foam squares.
Next I stamped and heat embossed both the word “Merry,” included in the Christmas Bells stamp set, and the banner sentiment. I used a glittery red embossing powder for the “Merry” and die-cut it with the coordinating die. For theChristmasBanner Greetings, I used white embossing powder on more of the sage green cardstock and die-cut it with one of the coordinating dies. I attached both with foam squares and then tucked in some greenery around the banner.
For a frosty winter look, I used a white paint pen to add snowfall across the design, including on the stamped and colored images. For a little dimension and sparkle, I die-cut a bow from glitter cardstock and placed it over the stamped bow and added Cherry Red Pearls over the holly berries.
Thanks so much for reading about my elegant holiday card featuring the beautiful Christmas Bells stamp set! See you again soon!
