Category: holidays

Trendy Holiday 2.0 Registration + Giveaway

I am thrilled to be one of the contributors to A Very Trendy Holiday 2.0 – the newest online card class with Catherine Pooler and 9 other amazing designers.

The doors to A Very Trendy Holiday 2.0 are open to StampNation Members with a $10 off coupon code.

Through video tutorials, written tutorials, and more than 50 samples to inspire you, you’ll learn: creative uses for dies, faux watercoloring with Distress Markers, inlaid die cutting techniques, advanced stenciling techniques and more!

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Penny Black Inlaid Word Art

Today, I’m sharing a holiday card using the Penny Black 51-089 Tree of Joy word art die.

Word Art Holiday

I cut the Tree of Joy out of a brushed silver cardstock and inlaid it into a square red cardstock panel. I secured the inlaid pieces on the back with tape. The panel was adhered to a white cardstock panel that I had misted with silver spray using the Penny Black 25-009 Snow Dance stencil. The card base, measuring 5 1/4″ is also brushed silver cardstock.

Coming Soon: Trendy Holiday 2.0

I am thrilled to be one of the contributors to A Very Trendy Holiday 2.0 – the newest online card class with Catherine Pooler and 9 other amazing designers.

With this class you can get ready for your holidays. Here are a few details:

  • The doors to A Very Trendy Holiday 2.0 open Wednesday, October 22nd to StampNation Members with a $10 off coupon code.
  • AVTH 2.0 opens its doors wide on Thursday, October 23 at 1 pm EDT.

With FIFTEEN video tutorials, written tutorials and more than 50 samples to inspire you, this class will have you running to grab your ink and stamps and get started right now on this year’s holiday cards.

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Happy Holidays

I’m playing along with Freshly Made Sketches again this week. I had fun combining several Penny Black stamp sets for the focal image, adding patterned paper, a strip of dry embossed cardstock and metallic twine to finish off the card.

Happy Holidays

I heat-embossed stamped images from three Penny Black sets: the cute scene is from 30-266 Gleeful; the sentiment is from 30-257 Joy Filled; and the snowflake is from the 30-255 Most Wonderful set.

Merry Monday: Silent Night

Today I’m sharing a card created for the Merry Monday Challenge. The theme this week is Silent Night.

I was drawn to the lovely scene of houses in the woods. I decided to make just one house red (Home & Hearth by Ellen Hutson) so as not to overpower the tranquility of the scene. I used Lawn Fawn stitched hills for the snowbanks.

Merry Monday: Silent Night

I really enjoy crafting to themes like this, especially during the holidays. There’s some great inspiration from the DT over at Merry Monday.

Supplies: Penny Black 30-257 Joy Filled