Blue Marine Craft: Holiday Card Series 2018

Hello there,

Today I'm sharing with you several CAS (clean and simple) cards I made inspired by Yana Smakula. I'm a big fan of her simple and elegant projects so I thought I could give it a try and put my busy style aside for one day ^^

Here are the projects that inspired me:

Easy Christmas Cards

Bohemian Lace Background Cards

For my bohemian lace background card, I used a mandala stamp my friend Anna designed for Craftin Desert Divas. When I bought it, I knew i wanted to make those cards inspired by Yana.

Craft card: the mandala was stamped using a light brown ink. I added white drops on the small circles and white heat embossed my sentiment on a small banner that I attached in the middle of the panel.

Navy cardstock: the mandala and the sentiment were gold heat embossed and I added clear drops on the small circles.

Red cardstock: the mandala was stamped using a dark red ink. I added white and clear drops on the small circles and gold heat embossed my sentiment on a small banner that I attached in the middle of the panel.

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For my easy Christmas cards, I used a stamp set by Pink Fresh Studio and several old stamp sets from my stash. I literally turned my craft room upside down to find the perfect stamps for these cards! ^^

For these three cards, I gold heat embossed a long rectangle to create the base of the snow globe and different images that I painted white using a gel pen. I also added white drops to create falling snow.