Winter - Right as Rain

Penny Black – All is Bright

Hello and Happy December! I’m playing along with the Wednesday Challenge at Simon Say Stamp, whose theme this week is “Anything Goes.” I’ve created a card with Penny Black supplies using one of my favorite card motifs – the window. I have envisioned a winter evening.

To begin, I heat-embossed the #30-387 Festive Snippets sentiment on white cardstock in silver. Next I cut the #51-135 Ironwork Window above the heat-embossing. The window die does not cut the outside lines, so I then used a rectangle die to cut the rectangle.
I’ve placed two lanterns behind the window, which were cut with the #51-275 Winter Lantern die set. I cut the lanterns from foil cardstock and white cardstock. I colored the white cardstock with Copic markers and added them behind the silver die-cuts (I snipped away the candles).
I stamped the background with the #40-706 Snowflake Pattern stamp. I have been using a lot of dark blue this holiday season. Not sure what that’s all about!
I backed the window with the same cardstock as the background, but without the snowflakes, and added the assembled panel to the background.

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Penny Black – CAS Christmas Cards

Hello! Today I am sharing two cards of the same design featuring Penny Black products from the First Snow release.

On both cards, I used the #51-572 Jumbo Joy die, the #51-557 Reindeer Leaps die, and the #40-706 Snowflake Pattern background stamp. However, I changed the colors and textures to show the versatility of the supplies.

On the first, I heat-embossed the Snowflake Pattern stamp with gold embossing powder on navy cardstock. The reindeer is cut from brushed gold cardstock.

On the second card, I stamped the Snowflake Pattern stamp on gray cardstock with white ink. The JOY letters were flocked (using foam and the flock transfer sheets). This video shows how to die-cut the foam and apply the flock. I cut the reindeer from a bright red cardstock.

I really like to change the feel of a design with tweaks to the colors and textures.

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Holiday Penguin Tags

Hello! I’m sharing holiday tags featuring the Tux die set. I’ve placed the penguin on to tags cut with the Spellbinders Tag, You’re It die (stock number SR-004). The die set is out-of-stock but is available at other retailers. Spellbinders is running a promotion right now on Steel Rule dies.

Steel Rule dies are thick dies that can cut a variety of materials such as denim, chipboard, metal, etc. I used the die set to cut corrugated cardstock, cork, and various glitter cardstocks I have in my stash.

To construct the penguins, I die cut the pieces using these instructions as a guide. To note: the penguin head is added on top of the body after the scarf is added, which differs from the way the instructions are written.

I adhered snowflakes to the tags and added the penguins on top with foam adhesive. I heat-embossed the sentiment on a strip, which I added under the tag grommet.

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Penny Black – Magical Season

Hello! Today, I am sharing a CAS Christmas card created with products from Penny Black‘s new release – First Snow.

I’ve combined #51-557 Reindeer Leaps (cut from silver glitter cardstock) on a scene with #51-562 Christmas Wonderland and a sentiment from #30-649 Frosty Hello.

I white heat-embossed the sentiment on to a rich blue background before adding the die-cut pieces. The antlers of the reindeer were left intentionally loose to add a bit of whimsy. I backed the Christmas Wonderland border with bright pink cardstock to reinforce the magical atmosphere.

This card would be easy to reproduce. At the same time, it is one that can easily be changed with different colors and the addition of gold, silver, or copper. For example, the reindeer cut from copper cardstock and the background in black, with a different color behind the trees, would be bold and dramatic.

Thanks so much for dropping by!

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Spellbinders Small Die of the Month Kit – Kaleidoscope Snowflake

Hello and happy November! It’s hard to believe we’re less than two months away from Christmas! Today, I am sharing three projects created with the November Small Die of the Month kit from Spellbinders – “Kaleidoscope Snowflake.” The dies are suitable for Christmas or the upcoming winter months.

The die set includes dies to create the large layering snowflake (which can be layered with 2 or 3 layers). Additionally there’s a set of three snowflakes which can be used separately or layered together. Let’s take a look at what I created.

My first two cards are of the same design with different colors.

For the layering snowflake, I cut the top and bottom layers from Whip Cream cardstock and the middle layer from shiny metallic cardstock (gold and silver).
I hot-foiled the Shine Bright sentiment from the Everyday Sentiments II set.
The 4″ square backgrounds were dry-embossed with the Pretty Plaid folder.
The green background was added to a 4 1/4″ square Whip Cream base. I used silver glitter cardstock for the purple background.

On my third project, I used the set’s individual snowflakes.

The sentiment was hot-foiled in Copper on to navy cardstock. The snowflakes were cut from Whip Cream cardstock and copper foil cardstock. I combined the largest and middle-sized snowflakes and used the smallest snowflake individually.

Thanks for dropping by today!

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