Category: cardmaking

Holiday Latte to Go!

Hello. Today, I’m sharing a CAS die-cut holiday card featuring the CottageCutz Peppermint Latte die set.

Holiday Latte

To begin, I cut and assembled the cups, and then went on the hunt for coordinating patterned paper. I found papers I liked, but they didn’t match the red and green I’d chosen for the cups, so I started over. (Note to self: pick out the patterned paper first!)

Because the background patterned paper has a number of sentiments (it reminds me of a chalkboard at a café listing the specials), I decided to forgo adding another sentiment to the card.

Holiday Latte

I used two different stitched square die sets from Lil’ Inker Designs to cut the background and the card base. One of the sets includes a die that cuts a stitched square 4.25″ x 4.25″.

Merry Monday #217 {Retro/Vintage}

Hello. I’m playing along with the Merry Monday Christmas Challenge whose theme this week is Retro/Vintage (a Christmas style/theme that I really like!).

Merry Monday #217 {Retro/Vintage}

I created a CAS card using Taylored Expressions die-cuts:

TE Vintage/Retro Christmas Die Cut Card

This card features one of my favorite retro/vintage color schemes: teal blue, red and white. I framed the Jolly Old St. Nick scene using the Picture Perfect – Vertical die. The patterned paper is from a pack I had in my stash. The card base is silver metallic from the Metallic Neutrals pack – the finish and color reminds me of aluminum Christmas trees!

TE Vintage/Retro Christmas Die Cut Card

Halloween Watercolored Hedgehog-Penny Black Simplicity

Hello – it’s a beautiful fall day here in the Pacific Northwest, but rains are in the forecast for the next week! I’m sharing another CAS Halloween card featuring the Penny Black 30-318 Bewitched stamp set. (I blogged a card using a cat image from this stamp set here.)

Halloween Hedgehog - Penny Black Simplicity

I colored the adorable hedgehog with watercolor pencils and paint, and when dry, I fussy-cut the image, as well as the pumpkin balloon.

To frame my image, I cut a partial circle in a rectangular panel, which I then dry-embossed. I watercolored a teal blue background, onto which I stamped the hedgehog image again (to get the balloon string), when the panel was dry.

I cut the sentiment from watercolored cardstock with 51-077 Eeek! and added it to the rectangular panel (for extra depth I cut a second sentiment and glued the two together).

Before adhering the watercolor hedgehog to the background with foam adhesive, I glued down a small fence created with the 51-073 Haunted Hallow die set.

Penny Black Simplicity – Merry and Bright

Hello! Today, I’m sharing a CAS Christmas card showcasing the Penny Black Slapstick/Cling background stamp 40-489 Elaborate.

To create the background panel, I applied Festive Berries and Wild Honey Distress Inks to the 40-489 Elaborate stamp allowing them to blend. I have a feeling that I’ll be using this background stamp in future holiday projects – can you see it stamped silver on deep red? gold on green?

The sentiment from 30-382 Yuletide Wishes was cut with a circle die. I added a vellum circle behind, cut with a die sized just larger than the white sentiment circle.

I cut the greenery with 51-262 Poinsettia Bough and 51-249 Winter Garland from watercolor cardstock colored with Peeled Paint, Wild Honey and Festive Berries Distress Inks.

I created a card with similar design and supplies for the Penny Black Simplicity site. I hope you’ll head over to take a look at that take!

Penny Black Simplicity

Merry & Bright – Taylored Expressions Oct 2016 Sneak Peeks

Hello. I hope you have been enjoying the Taylored Expressions October Sneak Peeks. I’ve got two more holiday cards to share with you. The October products will be released tomorrow – Thursday, October 6 @ 7 AM PST!

First up, Santa’s sleigh is loaded for the big night!

Taylored Expressions October 2016 Release

I cut the Dashing Through the Snow sleigh from two different metallic cardstock colors (in the Metallic Neutrals package) as well as Cherry Pop. I couldn’t resist placing the sleigh in the foreground of a scene with a portion of the Eventful – Night Before Christmas silhouette in the border. I also added packages cut with the All Wrapped Up die set.

Taylored Expressions October 2016 Release

Supplies (items in bold will be released October 6):

I’ve talked about how much I like the Taylored Expressions Little Bits dies in the past and there are several new sets in this release, including Little Bits – Ice Skates.

Taylored Expressions October 2016 Release

I placed the skates in one of the Peek-A-Boo Circles which I backed with paper from TE 6×6 Paper Pack – Playful Patterns – Holiday. I added a heat-embossed sentiment from Holiday Florals and a package cut with All Wrapped Up to the other two circles. There are snowflake strips cut with the Skinny Mini Holiday Borders die on the sides of the Peek-A-Boo Circles strip to add texture, as does the dry-embossed background created with Embossing Folder – Twinkling Holiday.

Supplies (items in bold will be released October 6):

Taylored Expressions is celebrating Release Week with some fabulous giveaways! Visit the TE Blog to answer Taylor’s Question of the Day for a chance to win a prize from the latest release!

TEReleaseWeekQuestion

Thanks for visiting! Head on over to the TE Blog to see more projects and product information, as well as a complete list of participating designers!