It’s time to announce the winners from the latest giveaways! We had fun days of inspiration and as a little Christmas gift, I added a giveaway in each post. I love getting to interact with each of you and this was a small way of me being able to give some fun crafty items to the wonderful readers of the blog. Ready to see the winner? Let’s take a look!
Ladies, email me within 7 days with your name and address and I’ll get these items purchased and sent off to you directly!
Thank you to everyone who left comments and participated in the 5 Days of Christmas Giveaways posts. It was so fun to read your answers and pick out these crafty items to give away. We’ll be having more giveaways next month- stay tuned!
For my card idea #1 I stamped the round ornament in red Copic marker friendly ink. My idea was to color this image using my markers and next re-stamp the same image over the colored one in gold embossing powder. I used R39, R27, R24, R22, R20 as well as C7, C5, C3 and C1 markers to color the ornament and topper. These are my go-to colors for anything red and cool gray.
After gold heat embossing this image over the colored one I cut it out using a coordinating die. To pop this ornament up on my card I die cut identical ornament shape out of thin self adhesive fun foam. I decided to use this thin fun foam instead of foam squares as I wanted to pop the ornament up just a bit and also wanted to have a solid layer of foam under the ornament to prevent it from sagging.
Next, I pieced an opening in the ornament and my panel and threaded gold sting through to tie into a small beautiful bow. To create a background for my card I drew horizontal stripes first using a red marker and next using a 1⁄2” paint brush and embossing ink. This gave me a beautiful red & gold stripe background. You can stamp a background like this if you prefer, but I wanted mine to have a more hand drawn look to it, so I opted to freehand one myself. I adhered my background on an A2 white side folding card base and added my ornament panel on top. I also embellished my ornament using gold jewels.
The rest of my projects feature much simpler ways to color or skip coloring altogether. For my card idea #2 I gold heat embossed one of the ornament images in the center of a blue panel. I also die cut ornament opening in a white panel and made sure to heat emboss the ornament so that it was centered in regards to both panels. I foam mounted the white panel with the sentiment over the blue one and to color the ornament, or rather to add some sparkle to the ornament, I used my shimmer pen and added a touch of shimmer. I find this to be a much simpler and easier way to color and also one that looks absolutely gorgeous, especially on dark cardstock. I also used clear jewels and adhered a few where the ornament design allowed. Lastly, I embellished this card using a few larger jewels in gold.
Here’s another variation of this idea – I gold heat embossed a number of ornament on a panel of blue cardstock and once again colored them using a shimmer pen for a touch of sparkle. This ended up being a flat one layer card that is easy to mail. I embellished it using sparkling clear jewels in the smallest size, and added larger gold jewels scattered around the card.
For my last idea featuring this stamp set I used ink and ink blending technique to add color to my gold heat embossed ornaments. I used just one ink pad color for each ornament and simply blended it heavier on one side and lighter on the other to imitate shadows and highlights.
To create a background for this card I used wide double sided tape and white glitter and added wide glitter stripes on my card front. I also gold heat embossed a sentiment and foam mounted the ornaments on top for a touch of dimension. Lastly, I used a white pen to add some white details to the card and embellished it using Pearl White jewels.
I began by stamping images from the Angel Friends set and colouring them with my copic markers. I chose a simple colour scheme of B000, B00, and B02 for the dresses. I then cut everything out with the coordinating dies.
From a piece of white card, cut to a little smaller than my card base, I die cut the Storybook 2 die. Then on my card base, I added some tumbled glass distress oxide ink, keeping the ink heavier on the outside edges and blending out to white in the middle. This colour will show around the edge of the frame, with some lighter blue showing through the windows.
I layered my frame over the top of my card base, then added my images on top with foam squares.
To finish my card, I added some Sea Glass jewels around the sentiment banner. I also added some white and black gel pen details to the angels, and some clear glitter to their wings.
Don’t forget to pick up the Angel Friends stamp set, along with the coordinating dies. They are 25% off until December 16th. Be sure to visit us on social media to see lots more inspiration with this cute set!
I started with ink blending my background using Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, and Chipped Sapphire Distress Oxide Inks. I kept the middle the lightest as I wanted the highlight in the middle to really make my images pop. I cut that down to fit on an A2 sized card front and then got to my stamping.
I stamped the penguin images from the Penguin Pals stamp set and coordinating die set using a copic friendly ink and colored them in using copic markers. I also used the igloo from the Winter Wonderland stamp setto contribute to my scene. For the penguins I used C2, C5, and C8. For the scarf I used B00, B02, B06 as well as BG11, BG13, BG18. I used some B00 blended out with the colorless blender on the igloo to give it some dimension as well. I cut out all the images and critters with the Penguin Pals die set and Winter Wonderland die set.
I used a scrap of white card stock to create a snow drift in the background, then added in my images around that using foam tape. I adhered my vellum, heat embossed snowflakes with tiny glue dots. Finally, I stamped my sentiment from the Happy Snowman stamp set and the card was finished!
Hi Everyone, it’s Rina. I wanted to get into the holiday spirit by creating two holiday shaker cards using the new Tree Shaker Die and the Ornament Shaker Die. I thought these would be perfect to showcase the new confetti mixes in Berry Bright and Winter Days.
First I colored my images in copic markers, I am using the Decorative Ornaments and Reindeer Friends stamp sets today. Here are the Copic Markers used:
Brown – E70, E71, E74, E77, E79
Red/Pink – RV13, RV14, RV29, R27
Blue – BG000, BG02, B04
Gray – C3, C5
First I used colored cardstock in 4 ¼ x 5 ½ inches to create my card front, I placed the shaker die in the middle to create the opening. I am not using the die cuts made from the colored cardstock for this project because I will be cutting out the dies again but in silver and gold foil cardstock to create contrast.
I added the acetate (4 x 5 ¼ inches) to the back of the colored cardstock card fronts and adhered the acetate. From there, I will use foam tape to create the shaker well. I used the following sequins for the shaker bits:
Once the sequins are in, I will seal the shaker with a 4 x 5 ¼ piece of cardstock. I will adhere my gold and silver shaker die cuts to the front of the card on the acetate to finish off the shaker front. I adhered the images and embellished my card using more of the Sparkling Clear Snowflake Sequins and Mini Gold Star Confetti or Mini Silver Star Confetti. Adhere the shaker mechanism to your card base and finish off with a glitter brush pen.
Hi, there! It’s Marge here sharing a Christmas ornaments card which features some of the products from the latest release. Be sure to read the whole post as we have a giveaway that you do not want to miss!
Hi crafty friends, Eloise here today to share a card using the new Penguin Pals Stamp Set and Layered Tree Dies to create a fun Christmas scene. Plus, we are kicking off 5 Days of Christmas, which is where we’ll have a new giveaway each day, along with some holiday inspiration!
To start off my card today I stamped out the penguins from Penguin Pals as well as the branch and log from Winter Woodland. I coloured them in with Copic Markers and then cut them out using the coordinating dies.
While I had my die cutting machine out, I also die cut out the Layered Tree Die from white cardstock along with a snowy hill using the Stitched Borders 1 Die Set.
Next up I coloured the Layered Tree using the same green Copics as before, except I added In YG67 to darken it up a little. After I coloured in all the elements, I dried them off and started on my background. I took a piece of watercolour paper and ink blended some Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean and Blueprint Sketch Distress Inks. I flicked on some water and dried it with a heat tool.
I then adhered on my snowy hill and then my branches and the tree in the middle. I then adhered the rest of my penguins onto my scene as well. To finish up, I cut apart my ‘Merry Wishes’ stamp so I could have a side-by-side sentiment instead of on top of each other and stamped it on the top of my panel and white heat embossed it.
Thanks so much for stopping by today and am loving this new release as much as I am. This penguin set is super cute, and I had a blast creating this card today.
Hello friends, Angelica here and today in celebration of Christmas Theme Week, I have 2 fabulous cards to share with you all using a variety of Pretty Pink Posh Christmas and Winter stamp sets. I wanted a fun Christmas scene, but couldn’t decide on what stamps to use, so I decided to have one big PPP snowy party.
Don’t forget to take advantage of the 15% discount on the Christmas Items in the store!
For the background, I cut two pieces of Bristol Smooth paper to 4.25×8.25. I heat embossed snowflakes from Winter Wonderland, using InkOn3 embossing ink and Brutus Monroe Alabaster embossing powder. For the black sentiment, I stamped with Versafine Claire Nocturne ink, then heat embossed using Brutus Monroe Icicle embossing powder. I then did an emboss-resist ink-blended background using Shaded Lilac, Worn Lipstick, and Spun Sugar Distress Oxide inks. I splattered water all over the panels, then used a paper towel to dab the water up. Next I splattered shimmer water all over the panels for sparkle. I let that set on the paper for about 30 seconds, then dabbed the water up.
To assemble the scene, I started with the Happy Holidays Script die. I added Stick-It adhesive to the back of magenta shimmer paper, and die cut it 4 times. I stacked them together and set them aside while I assembled the cardbase.
I taped the panels to a 8.5×4.5 card base. I used an X-ACTO knife to cut hills out of Tonic white glitter paper. I used Scor Tape to adhere the back hill, and foam tape to adhere the front hill. I then added the images, laying out the scene before hand so I knew how to layer them. Some I glued to the card base with Lawn Fawn Glue Tube, others I used Scrapbook Adhesive thin foam squares, and the rest was with foam tape.
I love how these cards turned out. It took a few hours here and there to bring them together, and it was time well spent! That’s all I have for today. I hope this inspires you to mix sets up and make your own fun Christmas scene!
Good morning lovely Pretty Pink Posh friends! Heather here and I am super excited to be sharing a card with you today for Christmas Theme week – I had so much fun combining several stamps and dies from the newest release to create this elegant floral card.
Don’t forget: items in the Christmas category are 15% off during the Christmas Theme Week!
I started off by stamping all of the flowers and leaves from Poinsettias stamp set on Copic friendly cardstock. I know poinsettias are most commonly red – but I always love the slightly less common pink ones, so I chose to color them in that color combo. I used these Copics for the flowers: R01, R11, R32, R22, and R14 – as well as Y21 and Y38 for the centers. The leaves were colored with G40, G21, and G24.
I die cut all of those images with the Poinsettia coordinating dies, then also die cut lots of greenery using Pine Sprigs Die set. I cut those from white cardstock, then used my lightest green Copic in the color combo above – G40 – to add a touch of soft color to those. I wanted them to be a super soft green, and that was the perfect way to make sure they coordinated perfectly with my other elements.
I arranged all those elements until I was happy with them, then used a piece of Press ‘n Seal to pick up the entire arrangement and add foam adhesive on the reverse side before adhering in place on my white cardbase. I added a tiny sentiment from Caroling Critters, and then a good coat of gold splatters using the Champagne Gold from my Starry Colors Palette. As a finishing touch, I added a few Ivory Jewels – love the sparkle and elegance they add!
Thanks so much for coming by today – I hope you have been enjoying all the inspiration this week! Have a wonderful day – and Merry Christmas!
Hi Everyone! It is Melody joining you here on the blog for another day of Christmas Theme Week. If you are like me you are trying to finish up your holiday creating before all the hustle and bustle gets to crazy! My card is created with the Elegant Holly stamp set and the Joy Shaker Die.
First I cut a piece of Kraft Cardstock to fit the inside of the card base. Next I die cut the Joy Shakerdie directly into the card front and again from red glitter cardstock. Then I randomly stamped images from the Elegant Holly stamp set on the kraft cardstock with Versamark Ink and embossed with gold embossing powder.
I colored with embossed images with Copic Markers. I used R24, R29, R89, YG61, YG63, and YG67. I stamped and colored one more image from the stamp set and die cut the image with the Elegant Holly Coordinating Dies. To create the shaker I inlayed the Joy die cut into the card front and added acetate behind the shaker and then a layer of form.
Hi Everyone, it’s 
