December, 2019 - Right as Rain

Penny Black – Glittered Red Roses

Hello! I’m moving on to Valentine’s Day with my cardmaking. Today, I am sharing a CAS card created with supplies from the just-released Penny Black “Share the Love” collection.

I cut the #51-593 Red Roses from white cardstock. I applied double-sided adhesive to the cardstock on the ends. I was able to line the rose dies up so only the blossom portion was cut from the double-sided adhesive portion.
I exposed the adhesive on the front side of the roses and applied red microfine glitter.
I cut the bow/ribbon (die included in the Red Roses set) from silver cardstock.
I heat-embossed the sentiment from the #30-667 Love Language stamp set in white on a teal cardstock panel.
I trimmed the heat-embossed panel and added it to a card base covered with a white linen cardstock.
I added the assembled Red Roses to the card with foam adhesive, adhering the silver bow/ribbon with glue.

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Happy New Year

Hello! Today, I am sharing a New Year greeting created with die cuts. I combined the Elizabeth Craft Designs Penguin and Party Accessories die sets to create a penguin ready to celebrate!

I dry-embossed the background with the Echo Park stencil.
I cut and assembled the penguin, glasses, and hat.
I die-cut the Hello with the MFT Happy Greetings die set (still available at a few stores) and the 2020 using the Simon Says Stamp Simple Numbers die set (retired).
I added the penguin, letters, and numbers to the card base with foam adhesive.

Wishing you and yours all the best this upcoming year!

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The Stockings Were Hung

Hello! Today I am sharing a CAS Christmas card (the last of 2019) featuring the Elizabeth Craft Designs Hang the Christmas Stockings die set.

Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house

Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,

In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.

I cut the stockings from silver, gold, and copper foil. The additional pieces (cuffs, toe, heel, overlay) were cut from white flock.
I assembled the stockings and added them to a patterned paper rectangle, on which I heat-embossed the Snow Globe Sentiments sentiment (most used Christmas sentiment set last year and this year!).
I added Kaiser Craft jewels to the stockings to simulate hangers/pegs. The card base was cut from gold brushed cardstock.

Merry Christmas!

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Dashing through the Snow

Hello! I have “Jingle Bells” running through my head, and I’m sharing a CAS Christmas card, depicting a one-horse open sleigh dashing through the woods, created with several older Memory Box dies.

I cut Night of Navy cardstock with a circle die and applied transfer gel through the Carta Bella snow stencil on to the circle. I set the circle aside to dry. I mentioned in this post that I wanted to try the flock with the snow stencil.
I cut a slightly larger circle from vellum.
I cut two white circles and then cut the circles with the Memory Box Horse Sleigh Landscape die and the Country Landscape border dies.
I heat-embossed the Snow Globe Sentiments sentiment on a dark red cardstock (Gina K) panel. I adhered the panel to a white linen-finish cardstock base.
I ran the stenciled panel through my Minc with white flock. I then assembled the circles, using foam adhesive for the sleigh portion.
I adhered the assembly to the card base.

For more inspiration using these same two Memory Box die sets, here’s a card from several years ago.

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CAS Christmas Ornament

Hello! Today I am sharing a CAS Christmas card on which I’ve combined several older Poppystamps dies.

I used the Poppystamps Viviro Ornament die set to cut the snowflake “string” for the ornament. I trimmed off the ornament part of the die-cut in order to use a different ornament.
I heat-embossed the Hero Arts sentiment on red cardstock and cut it with the Poppystamps Pinpoint Shaker Ornament die.
I adhered the two pieces together.
I dry-embossed the light-blue background with the Taylored Expressions Cable Knit folder.
When I added the dry-embossed panel to the patterned paper base, the transition was too harsh, so I added a white mat.

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