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

 

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Holiday Card Workshop Days 2 + 3

I’ve been busy making cards for the Holiday Card Workshop. It’s been raining and dark out, so unfortunately my photos aren’t the best – there’s just not enough light inside my house!

Day Two’s focus was on using background stamps in interesting ways. The class cards by Lisa Spangler used the Hero Arts Snowflakes & Edges Stamp. I don’t own that stamp, so I used Hero Arts Studio Calico Chevron.

I stamped the background stamp with different Distress Inks. The Festive Berries and Evergreen Bough were my favorite. The third strip is stamped with Encore silver ink. I added a sentiment from Technique Tuesday’s Jingle All the Way by Ali Edwards. The stars are die cut with some glitter paper I bought at Target.

Holiday Card Workshop Days 2 + 3

My second take on Lisa’s card is decidedly simpler! I paired a panel stamped with Shabby Shutters distress ink with one stamped with Festive Berries.

Holiday Card Workshop Days 2 + 3

Today’s lesson covered dry embossing. I wanted to give Julie Ebersole’s card a try. I added gesso to the embossed panel (using a portion of the Hero Arts Sizzix Large Christmas Words folder). I then applied Tumbled Glass Distress ink and some Rock Candy Stickles to the raised section with my finger (the Stickles are impossible to see in the photo). I added some Distress ink to the edge of the panel as well. The patterned paper is from Echo Park and the wood veneer stars from both Studio Calico and Maya Road. I colored the snowflakes with gesso. The style of this card is completely different than most cards I make. (And I probably wouldn’t send a card with the wood veneer. I happened to have those on hand. Julie’s card used something less dimensional!) That being said, it was fun to do something a little messier than what I usually do.

Holiday Card Workshop Days 2 + 3

Holiday Card Workshop Day 1

The Holiday Card Workshop taught by Kristina Werner and Jennifer McGuire kicked off today. I’ve taken every one of their Online Card Classes classes – the instruction and inspiration never disappoints. Today’s cards were both fabulous, but  as I was running short on crafting time, I created them digitally with the Hero Arts “Holiday House” kit.

My variation of Jennifer’s card pairs some holiday brights that I’ve recently enjoyed playing with. The digitally created panel was printed and mounted onto Hero Arts cardstock.

Holiday Card Workshop Day 1

 

For my take on Kristina’s card, I colored one of the kit’s houses digitally, printed and fussy-cut it. I glued the house onto a cardstock panel that was created digitally as well. The card base uses the Hero Arts cardstock.

Holiday Card Workshop Day 1

 

Welcome to Hogwarts

I wanted to create a Halloween-themed card that wasn’t strictly Halloween. My card depicts the “Sorting Ceremony” scene from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Professor Minerva McGonagall summons Harry to be fitted with the “Sorting Hat” which determines that he will be in the House of Gryffindor. The ceremony takes place in the Great Hall at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I used the book-themed patterned paper from the Basic Grey “Oxford” collection to depict a library wall. The professor holds a list of the students in her hand. 😉

Welcome to Hogwarts - Paper SmoochesSupplies: Basic Grey “Oxford” patterned paper (retired)

Bats in the Belfry

For reasons unbeknownst to me, the phrase “Bats in the belfry” popped into my head the other day while I was walking Ginger.  I decided it would be fun to see if I could create a card with the phrase.

According to The Phrasefinder, “‘Bats in the belfry’ refers to someone who acts as though he has bats careering around his topmost part, i.e. his head.”

Paper Smooches “FOLKal Points” has a cute looking church/school/tower building that I used for the belfry. I added bats from both “Halloweenies” and “Spookalicious.”

Paper Smooches Halloween

 

Supplies: Spellbinders circle dies; My Mind’s Eye patterned paper; Stampin’ Up cardstock