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Let It Snow – Merry Monday Christmas Challenge Summer Link-up

Hello! I’m still playing along with the Merry Monday Christmas Challenge Summer Link-up (sadly, this challenge no longer is existence) with a CAS snow/ski-themed card featuring the Elizabeth Crafts’ Skis die set.

I began by die-cutting and assembling the skis and poles. I added Vintage Photo Distress ink to the skis for a little bit more color. I stamped the Hero Arts Let It Snow sentiment on white cardstock, which I die-cut with the mountain die in the Elizabeth Crafts’ Skis die set. I dry-embossed the MFT Stamps Timber Green cardstock base with the Taylored Expressions Cable Knit embossing folder for texture.

Merry Christmas – Taylored Expressions Oct 2016 Sneak Peeks

Welcome to Day 2 of the Taylored Expressions October Sneak Peeks. It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! The October products will be released Thursday, October 6 @ 7 AM PST!

My first project features the Holiday Florals stamp set, which continues the tradition started with the Fresh Florals and Fall Florals sets.

This stamp set is packed with greenery for the holidays. I stamped and die cut the images and arranged them around a frame cut with a die in the Stitched Oval Stacklets set and Stitched Rectangle Stacklets set, which I dry-embossed with the Embossing Folder – Peaceful Poinsettia. I heat-embossed the sentiment in gold to coordinate with the cardstock used for the frame (a gold metallic in the Metallic Neutrals package).

My second card design, of which I created two versions, features the Merry Christmas Cutting Plate. I created two to show you just how easy it is to change this up.

My first version uses the white metallic cardstock in the Metallic Neutrals pack set against a card base created from Cherry Pop cardstock.

The interior features a sentiment from Ornamental. This system works well for our family. I can create the inserts and then get the signatures of all family members, simply adhering the insert to the card when we’ve all signed!

My other version of the card shows the Merry Christmas Cutting Plate overlay cut from Cherry Pop cardstock and put against a background created with a paper in the TE 6×6 Paper Pack – Playful Patterns – Holiday, to which I adhered TE Premium Vellum (with Elizabeth Crafts – 6×6 Adhesive Sheets) to soften its look. For this version, the card base is a gold metallic (Metallic Neutrals package).

Reverse Confetti “Look for Rainbows”

Today, I’m sharing a CAS encouragement card using Reverse Confetti stamps and dies.

I cut the rainbows out of watercolored paper with one of the dies in the Weather It Together set (I cut a red rainbow, orange rainbow, green rainbow and blue rainbow each nine times) and adhered the rainbows to the card base. I heat-embossed one of the sentiments from the Shine From Within set on black cardstock and cut it with a die in the Class Act set, adhering the panel to the card base with dimensional adhesive.

No matter what the season, this sentiment is always appropriate!

Watercolored Sunflower Die Cut Encouragement Card

Today, I’m sharing an encouragement card featuring the My Favorite Things Sunflower die set. I feel as if August is sunflower month, as the palette of flowers and foliage begins to turn to golds and oranges.

I colored the Distress watercolor cardstock with Peerless watercolors, and once dry, I cut out the pieces. In some cases, I added more paint after die cutting. Once dry, I assembled the sunflowers with dimensional adhesive. After adhering the sunflowers, leaves and flourish to the card base, I intentionally bent the petals and leaves for more dimension.

Supplies: Stampin’ Up sentiment, Stampin’ Up ink, My Favorite Things Sunflower, My Favorite Things Die-namics Leaf-Filled Flourish, My Favorite Things Die-namics Royal Leaves

Poppystamps New Release: Yee-Haw!

Today, I’m sharing another card created with dies from the new Poppystamps release.

Poppystamps New Release: Yee-Haw! I wanted to create a masculine birthday card with the Galloping Stallion as the focus. I used the Happy Birthday die for a tone-on-tone background. The “yee-haw” sentiment was created on my computer. I die-cut the Superstar Border several times to create a few accent stars.

Supplies: Poppystamps Galloping Stallion 996, Happy Birthday Background 990, Superstar Border 912