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Hello friends. It’s Lisa Mears on the blog today and I’m popping in to share some Christmas tags that I made, along with a tutorial on how to make them.

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I used the largest die from the Scallop Square Tag dies for the base of my tags. I die cut the tag from white cardstock. I masked off the sides of the tags with Scrapbook.com Mint Tape and then inked a background inside the square. I added ink to the top of the tag to resemble the sky, but I did not ink the bottom of the tag. Instead, I left the bottom of the tag white so that it would resemble snow.

For the images of my tags, I used the Christmas Dinosaurs stamp set. I stamped the images onto Bristol Smooth Cardstock and colored them with Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens in the following colors: Bright Yellow, Yellow, May Green, Light Green, Mid Brown, Turquoise Green, Carmine Red, Red, Violet, English Lavender, Persian Blue, Light Gray and the Blender.

After coloring the stamps, I die cut them with the coordinating dies. Next, I arranged the stamps onto the tags and stamped the sentiment. I punched a hole in the top of the tags and added a red bow.

Thank you for stopping by today.  Have a great day!
Lisa Mears

Hi, friends! It’s Lauren and I am back with a new video making three cards – they all have a similar layout, but they’re for a different holiday! The new Holiday Trees Stamp Set and Coordinating Dies make beautiful Christmas cards, but they’re also great for Halloween and Thanksgiving.

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I started with hot foiling all three of my sentiments with Satin Metallic Hot Foil and the Large Boo, Thankful Script, and Merry Christmas Hot Foil Plates. I used the shadow dies from the Large Boo, Thankful, and Merry Christmas Shadow Dies to cut each of them out. Next I cut out the second largest Eyelet Rectangles Die out of white, kraft and black cardstock.

For my backgrounds, I have a piece of pink, yellow, and mint blue cardstocks A2 in size. I used the Deco Leaves Stencil to add in a subtle background with Saltwater Taffy, Dried Marigold, and Evergreen Bough Distress Inks respectively. I also added some ink to the edges of the background and used Distress Mica for some beautiful splatter.

While my backgrounds were drying, I started stamping out my trees from the Holiday Trees stamp set for each of my cards. I used four different colors per card and you can see how I stamp each set of trees in today’s video. The Halloween card uses Distress Inks in Milled Lavender, Saltwater Taffy, and Spiced Marmalade as well as Morning Mist VersaFine Clair Ink. The Thanksgiving card uses Distress Inks in Dried Marigold, Scattered Straw, and Vintage Photo as well as Fallen Leaves VersaFine Clair Ink Pad. Finally, the Christmas card uses Distress Inks in Evergreen Bough, Kitsch Flamingo, and Salvaged Patina as well as Warm Breeze VersaFine Clair Ink Pad. When all the stamping was done, I used the Holiday Trees coordinating dies to cut them out.

I assembled each of the cards together similarly as you can watch in today’s video. The Eyelet Rectangles are adhered to the center of the background with foam adhesive, the Holiday Trees added with liquid adhesive and foiled sentiments with foam adhesive. For some final touches I added Purple Shimmer, Espresso, and Strawberry Shimmer Confetti Mixes for some extra shine!

I hope today’s cards bring you inspiration for all kinds of holidays and I would love to know what other holidays you think this layout could also work for… Maybe you’ll see more holidays from me with these trees!

Hi, friends! It’s Lauren and I am back with a new video today making a Christmas shaker card! I love how easy shaker cards can be with the new Tree Cover Plate Die and we’re going to make one together today.

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I am starting with some watercolor cardstock and adding different Distress products to create my own colorful paper. Using Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide, I ink squished the color on my glass mat and added water. I dabbed my paper into the ink and used my heat gun to dry the paper in between layers. Once I was happy with the lighter green, I also added some Lucky Clover Distress Oxide.

The green was looking so pretty, but I wanted to tie in some pink to match the Christmas Tree Mix, so I sprayed on some Distress Mica Spray in Sugary Gumdrop. Once the watercolor cardstock is dry, I used the Tree Cover Plate Die to cut out my panel for the front of my shaker.

You can watch the video below to see each step of the shaker assembly, but I layered the Tree Cover Plate with acetate, foam adhesive and a white and gray speckled background paper. This panel will be attached to an A2 card base.

For my sentiment on the card, I am mixing dies and stamps – I used the Merry Script to die cut out of a dark and light pink cardstock and glued them together to create a drop shadow look. I also stamped a sentiment from the Sentiment Strips: Christmas Stamp Set in green on die cuts from the Sentiment Strips Dies. I layered the stamped sentiment on white with yellow and pink cardstock.

Since my card already has plenty of dimension being a shaker card, I adhered my die cut and stamped sentiments to the card with liquid adhesive.

I hope you like this interactive Christmas card inspired by the colors of the Christmas Tree Mix and that you have lots of fun making cute Christmas cards with this latest release!

Hi everyone! Rebecca Keppel here today with an EASY fun fold and a card with all 4 seasons of the Fruit Tree Dies represented! It’s much easier to understand just how easy this fold is when you see it in action, so be sure to check out the video.

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I saw Jennifer McGuire create this super easy fun fold YEARS ago and remembered it when I was trying to figure out how I was going to add all 4 seasons of different trees on one card. Basically you cut two A2 side folding cards and adhere them together. That leaves you with two outer panels and two inner panels that all fold up into one A2 card. And it gives you a place to put four different card panels on one card!

I used the Fruit Tree Dies to create a spring, summer, fall and winter tree with the different seasonal fruits on them. Each panel got a small sentiment from the Fruit Salad stamp set or Citrus stamp set.

In the center of the card is a place for your greeting and a larger sentiment. I used the Get Well Soon stamp set that says Sending Love and Hugs.

The Fruit Tree Dies are so versatile and make a great image on your card whatever the season, but I hope you’ll give the four season card a try!

Thanks for stopping by!
Rebecca

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Hey Friends! It’s Mindy with you today to share a really fun ink blending technique to create this spooky sky for your Halloween cards. 

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The main products I’ll be using for my card are Spooky Sky Stencil, Boo To You stamp set and Ghost Shaker die set.

The biggest tip I can give when it comes to ink blending is to start with colored cardstock. It will make the process so much easier! 

Be sure to check out the video for all the tips and hope you enjoy the technique. It’s a fun one! 

Hi friends, it’s Carly here. Are you looking for a fun way to give some Halloween treats this year? Maybe some Halloween happy mail? Well I think I have an idea to help and there’s also a video tutorial!

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I adore making pinata-style cards! It is so fun to send a handmade card that has an extra surprise inside! 

Products used:

–Pumpkin Shaker
–Boo Shaker (for Jack O’Lantern face)
–Sentiment Strips Halloween (for front sentiment & pull-tab)
–Boo To You (for stamped shaker bits)
–Candy Corn Shaker Beads

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs & Happy Halloween!
Carly

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Hi, friends! It’s Lauren and I am back with a mix of older and new Fall themed stamps! I love that the new products work so well with previously released stamps so you can bring in what you already have in your crafty stash with your new products.

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As always, we’re starting with our stenciling because I’ll be using some stenciling paste and I want to make sure our background has plenty of time to dry. I used a panel of woodgrain cardstock trimmed to 4×5.25” and blended on Ground Espresso Distress Ink through the Deco Leaves Stencil. When I was happy with the color, I cleaned off the stencil and added some stencil paste – this one is called Overheated Solar Paste.

While the background is drying, I stamped the images I wanted to use from the Autumn Wreath stamp set and Fall Jar stamp set with a brown ink that is alcohol marker friendly using a MISTI. I used my Ohuhu Art Markers to color them in and then put them back in the MISTI to stamp the images again with Pinecone VersaFine Clair. Since I kept the stamps in the same spot, I now have a vibrant, brown outline to all of my images and I just LOVE how they look.

I used the Autumn Wreath coordinating dies and Fall Jar coordinating dies to cut out all of my images and by now my background is dry and we’re ready to assemble. I added the background with a tape runner to the center of my A2 card base in white cardstock. I glued down my wreath with liquid adhesive and added my jar with foam adhesive. I layered in the rest of the images with a mix of liquid adhesive and foam adhesive to give everything some dimension!

I’m so ready for Fall to get here! I’m pretending with my crafting and drinking Pumpkin Spice Latte, but these images are just so perfect for the upcoming season. I hope you liked this card and remember to check out the video to see all the details of the card come together!

Lauren

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Hello crafty friends. It’s Lisa Mears on the blog and today I’m sharing a card using the new Fall Cornucopia die set with you all.

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I used the Fall Cornucopia die set. This die set includes the basket and lots of fruits and vegetables to add to the basket. I die cut all of the pieces and added some ink to edges to add depth. 

For the background of my card, I used the Layered Foliage Stencils. This stencil consists of fall leaves. I added a light brown ink to the stencil and then added the same ink to the edges of the cardstock. I wanted a very subtle background since the cornucopia would be the focal point of the card. 

For the sentiment, I used the Sentiment Strips – Fall stamp set and die cut it with the coordinating Sentiment Strips dies.

Thank you so much for stopping by today. Have a great day!
Lisa Mears

Hi, friends! It’s Lauren and I am back with a new video with some cute mini notecards for Halloween! I love the idea of having something non-treat related for the holiday and these tiny shaker cards are perfect for such occasions.

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Before starting the video, I cut my Mini Scallop Card Dies with some orangey-pink cardstock and made shaker frames with black cardstock and a generic nested square that fit nicely inside the stitched square in the die set. I start with making the background since it needs the most time to dry. Using white cardstock, I stenciled the Spooky Sky Stencils with Distress Oxides (Lost Shadow for the clouds and Black Soot for the bats) and stencil paste. I used yellow to make the stars pop!

While the background was drying, I stamped and colored my Halloween Signs stamp set images with alcohol markers. I used the Halloween Signs coordinating dies to cut them out. With black ink, I stamped different sentiments into the signs and they are just the cutest! My background was dry enough so I splattered on some purple metallic watercolor and trimmed them down to just slightly smaller than 2.5×2.5”.

I assembled the shaker panels with acetate and thick foam tape, you can see each step in today’s video! I then adhered the panel to my orangey-pink mini cards as well as white square on the inside with a Halloween sentiment stamped in purple.

I hope you like these mini notecards and they inspire you to make some cute mini cards for Halloween!