Category: cardmaking

Something Special to Share – and a Giveaway

Paper Smooches released their newest Kismet stamp set called Winter Groves on November 15th and I am here today to help promote this sweet set! You will find the new stamp set HERE.

Honestly, I could have created many more cards with this set – for this post, I’m sharing three. I love the set’s holiday-ish feel with an emphasis on the season of winter. I used non-traditional holiday colors for my cards to explore that winter feel.

First up is the adorable penguin and his igloo!

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For my next card, the snowman went ice fishing, using the pole and fish from the Paper Smooches “My Guy” set.

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For my final card, I played with the idea of the “Partridge in a Pear Tree” theme. I imagined a bare tree lit by a string of lights with a bokeh-effect.

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I have one Winter Groves stamp set to give away to one lucky person!  You have until midnight on Sunday, November 18th to leave a comment. I will post the winner here on Monday, November 19th.

For more chances to win, please visit the Paper Smooches Blog and the blog of Jessica Davis!

CFC 78

This week’s CAS-ual Friday Challenge CFC78 is to create a Clean And Simple project that has something torn on it. I used the MFT notebook die giving the appearance of a page or note torn from a spiral. I’ve been turning to this die a lot lately for my projects. I paper-pieced the Paper Smooches Santa and added his skin tone with a Copic.

Paper Smooches Ho Ho Ho

 

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Holiday Card Workshop Days 6-8

We’re into the second week of the Holiday Card Workshop. This week, I’ve been using a lot of Ranger Distress inks. I’m sharing cards crafted with some of my favorite combinations.

My first card was inspired by one of Jennifer McGuire’s. I blended Tumbled Glass and Evergreen Boughs for my background. I placed a landscape cut from an Impression Obsession die on top.

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My next card is a variation of one made by Kristina Werner. My version is a bit simpler than the one she shared in class. She had stamped snowflakes onto her card in pigment ink. When I did the same, the snowflakes didn’t make much of an impact, so I remade the card adding a little sparkle with Stickles. There’s Iced Spruce in the right-hand corner, Evergreen Bough in the left-hand corner, and Peacock Feathers along the top.

Holiday Card Workshop Days 6-8

For the card I made today, I combined a design from class by Amber Kemp-Gerstel with one I saw made by Cheiron Brandon. The trees are die cut from the card base and the panels with the distress inks are adhered to the back – Peacock Feathers, Evergreen Bough, and Tumbled Glass.

Holiday Card Workshop Days 6-8

You’ll notice that the sentiment is the same on all three cards. It’s from the Hero Arts + Studio Calico “Spread Joy” set. I’ve had it on my stamping block all week!

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Woot!

While I was working on my card for the Little Tangles Blog Hop, I stamped some extra owls. I colored them with a variety of seasonal colors, and added a titch of sparkle to their wings with a Copic Spica marker (unfortunately it’s hard to capture the shimmer with my camera). With the owls, I created a card to celebrate the Neat & Tangled challenge blog.

The first Little Tangles Challenge begins Thursday, November 15. There are free digital stamps on the Little Tangles blog for your use in the challenge. We hope you’ll play along!

Neat & Tangled Owl Card

Neat & Tangled Owl Card

 

Supplies: Staz On white ink; American Crafts Thickers

Welcome Little Tangles

Welcome to the Little Tangles blog hop! You should have reached my post from Miriam. I created my card with the “Hello/Welcome” theme using three stamps in the Little Bear set (I’m attached to these three!) paired with a die cut from Savvy Stamps.

Welcome Little Tangles

 

Your next stop on the hop is the Little Tangles blog. You can find the entire blog hop order there, as well as on the Neat & Tangled blog.

Don’t forget: There are two prize packages up for grabs. The winners will be picked randomly from comments on all blogs, so increase your chances of winning by leaving comments at all stops! The hop ends on Sunday, Nov. 4 at 11:59pm EST. All comments must be in by this time to be eligible to win a prize!

The first Little Tangles Challenge begins Thursday, November 15. There are free digital stamps on the Little Tangles blog for your use in the challenge. We hope you’ll play along!