Sneak Peeks

Hello crafty friends, Marine here! I’m so happy to be back on the blog with this duo of matching cards showcasing several die sets from the brand new release: Winter Hat Shaker, Snowflake Shaker and Stitched Snowflakes which is featured on both cards.

New release will be available October 16th

For the Winter Hat Shaker card, I started off by cutting a large Eyelet Rectangle panel out of kraft cardstock to create my background using the Layered Winter Hats stencils. I’ve mentioned it already in previous posts, but when I stencil on kraft cardstock, I like to create a white base first in order to make the colors I add after pop even more, so I created this white base using the Layered Winter Hats stencil A and stencil B along with white pigment ink. Next I used those two stencils again, one after the other, but shifted them a little bit to the right, and applied broken china, uncharted mariner and pumice stone oxide inks to create my blue winter hats background. I mixed some copic opaque white ink with water and used a small brush to add splatters all over my panel, and I did the same with uncharted mariner distress spritz and then with brushed pewter distress mica spray.

I set my panel aside to dry, and worked on the Stitched Snowflakes. I cut all the bits and pieces out of two different shades of blue cardstock, vellum and white cardstock. The smallest snowflakes and the tiny center pieces are from Big Christmas Cupcake, I layered and assembled my snowflakes using liquid glue, and added decorations to each of them: a polymer clay snowflake from Candy Cane Lane on the center of each Stitched Snowflake, as well as Blue Sky pearls and Pacific Blue pearls on the branches. I set my snowflakes aside, and started to work on the Winter Hat Shaker.

I cut a Winter Hat Shaker panel out of Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock using the main die, and cut the inside of the pompom using another die from the set. I colored the middle part of the hat using tumbled glass, broken china and uncharted mariner oxide inks, and used the Deco Leaves stencil along with uncharted mariner oxide ink again to add a knitted pattern to my hat. I cut the pompom part out of acetate, and attached it at the back of my hat using liquid glue. I added foam strips directly on the acetate, all along the curved edges of the pompom, and on the rest of the hat as well, I poured some Snow Days Beads inside the pompom, and cut a whole white Winter Hat Shaker panel that I stuck to the foam strips to totally close my shaker.

Next I flipped my Winter Hat Shaker over to add more details to the front. I cut another whole panel out of bristol cardstock, fussy cut the pompom, die cut the inside off, and colored it using pumice stone oxide ink. I also trimmed the bottom part of the hat, colored it using uncharted mariner, broken china, tumbled glass and pumice stone oxide inks in a fun stripe design, and attached those two elements to my hat using 1mm foam squares.

I stuck my Layered Winter Hats panel to a 5,5 x 4,25 inches light gray gingham panel, and then to a card base, using liquid glue, and I finally attached all the pieces, Winter Hat Shaker and Stitched Snowflakes, to my panel using 1mm and 2mm foam squares.

For my greeting, I started off by cutting a Winter Script out of silver glitter cardstock. I also white heat embossed “warmest” and “wishes” from Sentiment Strips: Christmas on dark gray cardstock, trimmed both words into slim banners using a Sentiment Strips die, and then attached those three elements on the lower part of my card.

For the Snowflake Shaker, I repeated the same process as before, and started off by cutting a large kraft Eyelet Rectangle that I inked up using the Cascading Snowflakes stencil. I first created a white base using white pigment ink, next I shifted the stencil a little bit to the right, applied broken china oxide ink all over the stencil, and then added some touches of uncharted mariner here and there to darken the snowflakes. I mixed some copic opaque white ink with water and used my small brush to add splatters to my panel, and then I did the same with uncharted mariner distress spritz and with brushed pewter distress mica spray.

Next I cut multiple Stitched Snowflakes out of the same blue cardstock, white cardstock and vellum as before, and assembled them using liquid glue. The smallest snowflake and the center pieces are from Big Christmas Cupcake. I decorated them all using Candy Cane Lane snowflakes, Blue Sky pearls and Pacific Blue pearls, and moved on to the Snowflake Shaker.

I started off by cutting the front panel out of blue cardstock, and cut the center off to create a window inside my snowflake. Next I cut a whole snowflake out of acetate, trimmed the branches to keep the starry center piece only, and stuck that acetate center piece at the back of my front panel using liquid glue. I added foam strips on the acetate, all along the starry shape edges and on the branches as well, poured some Snow Days beads on the acetate, and cut another whole snowflake out of white cardstock that I attached to the foam strips to close my Snowflake Shaker.

I attached my Cascading Snowflakes panel on a light gray gingham panel, and then to a card base. I stuck the Snowflake Shaker to my card using liquid glue, and attached all the Stitched Snowflakes around it using 1mm and 2mm foam squares. I cut a Merry Script out of silver glitter cardstock, attached it in the center of the Snowflake Shaker using liquid glue, white heat embossed “Christmas” from Sentiment Strips: Christmas, trimmed it into a slim banner using a Sentiment Strips die, and stuck it below “Merry” using 1mm foam squares.

And that’s it! These were so fun to make, and I hope you like them. Thanks so much for stopping by, see you next time!

Hi, friends! It’s Lauren and I am so excited to be sharing a sneak peek at two of the new stencils that will be released! The first stencil I am sharing today is called Layered Winter Hats Stencils and I was inspired by the Berry Bright Shaker Beads colors. I started with a pink cardstock and used Distress Oxides in Festive Berries for the (A) stencil and a mix of Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn for the (B) stencil.

New release will be available October 16th

I also splattered white ink all over the background to give it a snow-like look and to bring in the white from the bead colors. Then I trimmed the background down to 4-⅛ x 5-⅜” (just slightly smaller than A2) and attached it to  a  cards base. I cut the Winter Hat Shaker Dies and Large Joy Shadow Dies from dark pink, green and white cardstock to decorate the card. I added the Berry Bright Shaker Beads with acetate to make the Winter Hat a shaker! For some final touches, I added a few Strawberry Shimmer Mix confetti to the card.

Moving on to a less bright and party looking card to a classic and elegant snowflake card, I used the Cascading Snowflakes Stencil with Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide on kraft cardstock. After splattering it with some opaque white watercolor, I trimmed the panel to 4×5-¼” and used it as the back of my shaker panel. I diagonally cut some white cardstock of the same size and added acetate for the front of the shaker and filled it with Snow Days Shaker Beads.

To decorate the front, I cut Stitched Snowflakes Dies out of silver cardstock as well as stamping snowflakes and my sentiment from the Snowflakes Stamp Set and Coordinating Dies with Peacock Feathers Distress Ink to match with my stenciling. I also added a few Pacific Blue Pearls for some extra shine.

I hope you enjoyed these cards with two of the new Stencils – you’re going to love all of them along with everything else from this release!

Hi folks, Kavya from @handmadebykavya here with another fun sneak peek of this month’s holiday release. This release is filled with a bunch of holiday essentials that are perfect for creating quick holiday cards. I have two such cards for you today.

New release will be available October 16th

My first card uses the new Snowflakes stamp and coordinating die set. I stamped a bunch of snowflakes using blue dye ink and colored them with pastel shades of blue and purple.

I ink blended blue cardstock with shades of blue and purple as well. Die cut a large shadow Joy and adhered all the snowflakes around the sentiment. I then finished the card with a bunch of paint splatters and a smaller heat embossed sentiments from the snowflakes stamp set.

My next card is inspired by vintage baubles and uses the new Winter Greetings and Holiday Ornaments stamp sets. I started off by ink blending the edge of the pattern paper with maroon dye ink.

Then, I colored a bunch of baubles using black, green and yellow ochre shades. I adhered the baubles on the red pattern paper with foam tape and used tiny strips of paper for the strings.  Heat embossed a sentiment from Winter Greetings and I was done!

Happy Crafting,
Kavya

Hello, Gemma here today to share a look at two new stamp sets from the upcoming October release – Holiday Icons & Upright Greetings: Christmas.

New release will be available October 16th

For my first card, I stamped out images from the Holiday Icons stamp set and coloured them with copic markers. I die cut the images with the coordinating dies, then added a couple of die cut layers behind for dimension.

There are two different size circle dies in the set, which I used to create backgrounds for the icon images.

On my mini slimline card base, I adhered some patterned paper strips, cut with the Stitched Strips die set. I then added a sentiment from the Upright Greetings: Christmas stamp set, before adhering the four Holiday Icons to finish.

On my second card, I used the Holiday Icons stamp set to emboss a gold background on navy card. I spritz the panel with some sparkle spray and, once dry, adhered it to the side of an A2 notecard.

For my Upright Greetings: Christmas sentiment, I heat embossed in white on pink card, then die cut with the Stitched Strips die set.

I adhered the pink sentiment strip to the card, with two thinner gold glitter strips either side to finish.

Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed this sneak peek.  Join us tomorrow for another day of sneak peeks!

Hello friends, Arsenia here!   I’m thrilled to be sharing this sneak peek with you using the Holiday Ornaments stamp set with coordinating dies.  The ornaments are whimsical, beautiful, and have amazing details. I’m excited to share a quick but beautiful technique with you to create mass production with these beauties. Let’s get started.

New release will be available October 16th

The first step to my mass production with these gorgeous ornaments is choosing five colors of cardstock and choosing coordinating alcohol markers.  I did lots of heat embossing on the cardstock with white embossing powder with the Holiday Ornaments stamps. I took the coordinating alcohol markers and did some shading, this process goes quickly. Once I was done with the alcohol marker coloring I did some die cutting with the Holiday Ornaments dies and I was left with oodles of beautiful ornaments. 

For my first card I used Stacked Edges 1 dies with coordination cardstock for my background, next I made a frame with the two largest Wonky Stitched Rectangles Dies. I adhered the frame onto the cardbase with foam tape.  I went to my stash of ornaments and chose three of them, I decided I wanted to add some bling!  Are you ready for another sneak peek, I used some of the dies from the new Build An Ornament Die Set to add some bling to the ornaments, this die set is amazing!  To adorn the ornaments I stamped some bows from the Holiday Ornament stamp set and did some quick alcohol coloring.  The bows are so cute!   

Next I needed a sentiment, I used a sentiment from the new Winter Greetings Stamps with coordinating dies.  Friends this is an absolute must have, the sentiments are so cute and whimsical.  I stamped the sentiment onto coordination cardstock and heat embossed with white embossing powder. I added some of the adorable Holly and berries from the Holiday Ornaments with coordinating dies.  To finish the card I added lots of Sparkling Clear Sequins. Ta-Da card done and I adore it!

For my next card I decided to make a mini slimline.  The card base is 6 x 3 1/2 and the panel is 5 1/4 x 2 3/4.  For the card base I used Stitched Strips Dies and Simple Strips Dies with coordinating cardstock.  Now to work on the card panel, I decided to add some faux splatter behind each of the ornaments in coordinating ink.  I adhered the ornaments and it was time to embellish!

For the ornament toppers I used the new Build an Ornament Die Set and for some greenery I used the new Holiday Wreath Builder Die Set, oh friends you’re going to love this die set!  I added texture paste and rock candy glitter mix to the greenery.  I added some Images from the Holiday Ornament stamp set with coordinating dies.  For my sentiment I used the Sentiment Strips: Christmas stamp set and Sentiment Strip Dies!  I took a 1/8 inch of red cardstock and embellished the sentiment, card done!  It’s super cute and beautiful, I love it!

I still had some ornaments left and decided to make some gift tags, I used the Eyelet Rectangles Dies and the Simple Strips Dies.  The cute sentiments are from Winter Greetings Stamps with coordinating dies!  The tags were quick and easy,  having a stash of ornaments makes the creating process a breeze.  

For my final card I stamped the images from the Holiday Ornaments Stamp set and my Olo markers to color the images.  For my card base I used Layered Christmas Lights Stencils. I only used the greenery stencil, to add some more interest to the background I used Stacked Edges 1 Dies. I kept the card panel simple, I added a Scallop Square Die.  I backed the ornaments and merry sentiment with some glitter cardstock.  I added lots of 38 gauge silver wire to the card panel before I added all my images. To finish the card I used a sentiment from the Sentiment Strips: Christmas set!  

The release is absolutely gorgeous and has lots to keep you busy for the holiday crafting.  Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed this sneak peek.  Have a fabulous day, friends!

Hello crafty friends, Marine here, I’m thrilled to be sharing with you this duo of matching autumn cards featuring brand new products from the September 2024 Release, as well as additional ones from previous years. As you may already know, mixing and matching items from different sets and different years is my favorite exercise, so I try to do it whenever I can to show you how easy it is.

New release will be available September 9th

Let’s start with the apple themed background, shall we? I cut a 5,5 x 4,25 inches kraft panel, and started off by creating a white base using the Layered Apples stencil #1 along with white pigment ink. I really love to stencil on kraft cardstock, and every time I do, I like to make this white base first because it makes the colors you add after pop even more. I kept the stencil #1 but shifted it a little bit to the right, and applied colored oxide inks: worn lipstick, rusty hinge, fossilized amber, peeled paint and peacock feathers. And because I shifted the stencil, it created a nice white border around my colorful apples.

Next I created the mushroom themed background on a 5,5 x 4,25 inches kraft panel, and just like the first background, I started off by making a white base using the Layered Mushrooms stencil #1 and #2. Next I shifted the stencil #1 and colored the top of each mushroom using the same oxide inks as before, and then shifted the stencil #2 and colored the mushrooms feet using vintage photo oxide ink. And once again, by shifting the stencils, we get a cool white border around the mushrooms. Finally I used the stencil #3 along with white textured paste to add cute dots on some of the mushrooms.

Both the Apple Shaker and the Mushroom Shaker were made the same way, except for a couple of details, so here are the different steps to make the apple.1. Cut the apple frame out of colored cardstock,2. Cut a whole apple out of acetate, and another one out of pattern paper,3. Attach the acetate apple at the back of the apple frame using liquid glue,4. Still at the back of the apple frame, add foam strips directly on the acetate, all along the apple edges, following the rounded shape,5. Pour Autumn Shaker Beads on the acetate,6. Close the shaker by sticking the patterned apple to the foam strips,7. Shake, and voilà!

I repeated all those steps to make the Mushroom Shaker, except that to make the mushroom’s foot, I cut an additional mushroom out of kraft cardstock, cut the foot out, and attached it to the shaker using liquid glue.
Next I cut all the bits and pieces out of colored cardstock, and added a little bit of depth to each element using oxide inks. Here is a detailed list of the products I used: • Big Fall Cupcake – sunflowers, acorns, leaves, mushroom • Fall Basket – apple, tiny leaf • Stitched Birds & Holiday Birds – crows • Fall Mug Additions – berry branches • Big Halloween Cupcakes & Spooky Mug Additions – pumpkins.

I white heat embossed two greetings on dark brown cardstock and cut them using the matching dies: “Fall greetings” is from Fall Bouquets, and “Happy autumn” is from Solid Fall Foliage. I attached everything on my panels, starting with the shakers using liquid glue, and then the die-cut pieces and greetings using 1mm and 2mm foam squares, 3mm glue dots, and liquid glue.

For the final details, I glued an Onyx Pearl on each crow to make the eyes, added highlights and details to the elements using a white gel pen, and glossy accents to the berries to make them shine. And that’s it!

I hope these autumn shaker cards have inspired you. Stop by tomorrow for a look at all of the new products in picture form!

Hi, friends! It’s Lauren and I am so excited to be sharing a sneak peek at two of the new stencils that will be released!

New release will be available September 9th

I want to start with my favorite new stencil from this release as it works perfectly with a coordinating stamp and die set! The Solid Fall Foliage stencils create beautiful fall images with the layered set. I used different Autumn inspired inks to color in the leaves, mushrooms, berries and acorn for the (A) stencil, then brought browns for the (B) stencil on a light brown cardstock. Alternatively, you could use the Solid Fall Foliage stamp set to stamp the details, but the stenciling is so quick and easy!

Next I stamped “Happy Autumn” from the Solid Fall Foliage stamp set and embossed it in a white embossing powder on brown cardstock. Then I used the Solid Fall Foliage coordinating dies to cut out the sentiment and all of the stenciled images! I layered the images on a Mini Scallop Card cut from brown cardstock to finish the card.

For my second card, I really wanted to use the new mushroom themed products so I started with stenciling the Layered Mushroom Stencils with red inks with the (A) stencil, light brown with the (B) stencil, and stencil paste with the (C) stencil. Once it was dry, I cut it with the largest Eyelet Rectangle Dies and adhered it to center of an A2 card base.

I stamped my sentiment in brown ink on kraft cardstock from the Fall Bouquets stamp set and used the coordinating die to cut it out. Next I built my shaker using the Mushroom Shaker dies out of red and light brown cardstock and acetate. I think it looks so cute with the Fall Mushroom Clay Confetti! I adhered the shaker to the center of the card and layered the sentiment as well.

I hope you enjoyed these cards with two of the new stencils – you’re going to love all of them along with everything else from this release!

Hi friends, it’s Jeanne here. Fall is in the air and I’m so excited to share two projects made with the upcoming release from Pretty Pink Posh! 

New release will be available September 9th

The Fall Icons stamp set includes 12 fabulous images that will have you thinking of all your fall favorites.  Pumpkins, apples, gourds and rainbow corn have me thinking of trips to the local farm stand. 

Colorful leaves, acorns, sunflowers and mushrooms are a walk in the woods!  And of course it wouldn’t be Fall without Thanksgiving with that cute little turkey!

The Fall Icons coordinating die set includes three circle dies perfect for stacking with the stamped images to add more color and layers to your designs.

The background for my card is the new Fall Words stencil that I added to craft paper with white embossing paste. The sentiment is from the Fall Harvest stamp set. 

For my second card we’re going to the Apple Orchard!  This card starts with the Layered Leaf Lattice stencil inked on a panel of pink cardstock. 

This set is for those of you who might not like to color. You can definitely stamp the apple outlines and color them as you like, but it’s so convenient to color them with the stamps in the set.  

The Patterned Apples stamp set includes three different size apples that you can stamp with solid, stripe, or dot patterns in the set. It also includes two different sized leaves as well as stems that you can also color with coordinating stamps. 

I inked my apples in shades of red, green and yellow, die cut them, and then arranged them on the card randomly.  Some of the apples are adhered flat to the card while others are raised with adhesive foam tape to add dimension. 

I think these apples are fabulous and I know they’ll be great for fall as well as teacher appreciation cards and gifts.

Come back tomorrow for another sneak peek of the upcoming release!

Hello crafty friends, Arsenia here!  I’m thrilled to share this sneak peek using the Fall Harvest stamps with coordinating dies! The images are beautiful from this set, the possibilities are endless!  I had fun creating these beauties and the color palettes might be a little unexpected for Fall. Fall crafting is my favorite, let’s get started!

New release will be available September 9th

First, I stamped and colored the images from the Fall Harvest stamp set with an array of alcohol markers from my crafty realm. Once I colored all the images I decided to focus on one specific image to make a beautiful fall spray of leaves cascading down my card.  I used teals, dark yellows, and burnt orange colors for my palette.  Next it was time to work on my background, I used a new stencil set called Layered Autumn Harvest and I can’t get enough of this stencil! This stencil makes gorgeous backgrounds!  I added some faux brown splatters to the top left and bottom right of the card panel.   

I needed a resting place for the sentiment, I decided to use the Eyelet Circle Dies!  I adore the script of this sentiment and it’s included in Fall Harvest stamp set and has a die! I finished card with some white gel pen highlights and added a small twine bow!  Ta-Da card done and I love it!  The images are versatile in this set, you can make sprays, wreaths, and more! 

For my second card I decided to embrace several of the images from the Fall Harvest stamp set with coordinating dies!  I stamped and colored the images in an array of pinks, oranges, peach, and brown alcohol markers! Next, I took the coordinating dies and did some die cutting. 

For my background, I used the new Layered Autumn Harvest Stencils! I needed a resting place for my images and decided to use the Eyelet Rectangles Dies, specifically the largest die.  I cut the die out of vellum and adhered to the cardbase. My sentiment is from a new set called Fall Bouquets stamp set with coordinating dies. This is just a little sneak peek into this gorgeous set!  I wanted a backing for my sentiment and i decided to use one of my most used die sets called Sentiment Strips Dies. I finished the card up with some white gel pen highlights!  Friends I adore this card, I love the shabby chic autumnal look of this beauty! 

The new release is chock full of fall goodness!  Thank you so much for stopping by today and make sure to visit tomorrow for another sneak peek! 

Hi folks, Kavya here with two cards using the latest release!! This fall themed release is filled with cute and adorable autumn themed elements that pair well with a bunch of previously released products. 

New release will be available September 9th

My first card uses the new Solid Fall Foliage stamp set. This stamp is perfect on its own! I started off by stamping the leaves and stems using two tones of colors. I used purple, pink, blue, orange, green and yellow shades of dye ink for the leaves. Pro Tip – First die cut the leaves and then stamp them to get the perfect cut. 

I decided to cut a bit more of the white border after die cutting to make it a bit more clean. Then, I took a piece of dark blue cardstock and stenciled a background using Deco Leaves stencil and black dye ink. I also ink blended the borders with black dye ink. I adhered all the leaves on my card base and finished it off with the new Many Thanks Shadow die. I also added a few more details using white gel pen and gold paint marker. 

My next card features the new Fall Bouquets stamp set. I stamped, cut and colored a bunch of images from the new Fall Bouquets and Fall Icons and previously released Cozy Fall Critters.

For the sentiment, I used the Easter Circles coordinating die and heat embossed the sentiment from the Fall Bouquets set. I adhered all the elements on some patterned paper to finish off my card!

Hope all of these projects inspire you. Stop by tomorrow for another sneak peek!

Happy Crafting, Kavya