Holiday Card Series 2016 - Holiday Deer

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This card is one of my favorite so far! Mixing all these products from different brands was fun, I really really really enjoyed making it!

I first started by creating a snowy background on some craft cardstock using a stencil from Simon Says Stamp and white embossing paste, die cutting an oval shape into some woodgrain cardstock and three forest archways from some white cardstock that I glued together to add some dimension.

Then I created my cute little deer. I thought I wouldn't get a perfect stamping as it was kind of difficult to line the different layering up but it is the kind of situation where the Misti tool is a miracle!

I gold heat embossed my sentiment on vellum, glued the forest archway, attached my sentiment behind the woodgrain cardstock that I attached using double sided foam tape.

I fussy cut the deer, stamped some flowers and leaves that I cut using the coordinating dies, and glued all these pieces using foam squares and glue dots. I added pearls to the center of the flowers, and a bunch of gold sequins to finish the card.

VIDEO

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SUPPLIES

- Color Layering Deer stamp set from Hero Arts

- Small Forest Archway die from Memory Box

- Falling Snow stencil from Simon Says Stamp

- Joy to the World stamp set from Avery Elle

- white woodgrain cardstock from Simon Says Stamp

- 110lb desert storm cardstock from Neenah

- 80lb solar white cardstock from Neenah

- vellum from Canson

- khaki ink from Simon Says Stamp

- baked brown sugar ink from Stampin Up!

- brown ombré ink from Hero Arts

- cup o'joe ink from Hero Arts

- red royal ink from Hero Arts

- green leaf ink from Simon Says Stamp

- white embossing paste from Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi

- versamark ink from Tsukineko

- gold embossing powder from Aladine

- pearls from my stash

- 4mm + 6mm gold sequins from Pretty Pink Posh

Holiday Card Series 2016 - Festive glass

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Here is a quite simple but kind of classy card I made using the Holiday Glass stamp set from Avery Elle, a brand that I like more and more over the years!

I started by embossing the long sides of my watercolor paper using stitched lines. Then I used my Misti tool to stamp the three images and the sentiment using versamark ink, gold heat embossed them, and painted everything using distress inks and gold shimmering paint.

At the beginning I wanted to use black vellum for my background but I thought gold would be better. We never get enough gold!

To avoid any mark of glue, I attached my vellum at the back of my white cardstock using double sided tape. I glued some gold mirror cardstock on top of that vellum base, and then attached my watercolor pannel on top of that gold mirror paper. Adhered everything on some heavy white cardstock again using double sided tape, and glued some clear sequins to finish my card.

VIDEO

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SUPPLIES

- "Holiday glass" stamp set from Avery Elle

- vellum from Stampin Up!

- gold mirror cardstock from Maildor

- basic stitch lines die from My Favorite Things

- watercolor paper from Canson

- versamark ink from Tsukineko

- gold embossing powder from Aladine

- distress inks from Tim Holtz; festive berries, lucky clover, tumbled glass, mustard seed, spiced marmalade, dried marigold

- gold pearl iridescent shimmering watercolor from Creative Expressions

- 110lb white cardstock from Neenah

- sparkling clear sequins from Pretty Pink Posh

Holiday Card Series 2016 - Winter Fairies

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Making this card was so so so fun! Look at these little fairies wearing scarves and earmuffs, aren't they adorable?! Creating winter scene is definitely my favorite thing!

I first die cut two simple stitched hillside borders: one from craft paper, and another one from white cardstock. And then used that white hillside border to create the snow cap using a stitched hillside border die.

I stamped my images on watercolor paper using waterproof black ink, colored them using distress inks and cut them using the coordinating dies.

To create my background I blended distress inks and applied white embossing paste using a falling snow stencil. Once everything dry, I glued the tree house on the little mountain and tucked a bunch of pine branches behind it using mini glue dots.

As there was a falling snow background, I thought it would be fun to add some snow piles on the tree house. And I had the feeling that something was missing so I stamped a mushroom, two little gifts and the third fairy, colored and dit cut them the same way as the other images, and glued them using foam squares.

I stamped my sentiment, added clear glitter on the fairies' wings and on the snow parts, tied and glued a knot, glued my pannel on some red & white diagonal paper, and adhered everything on some heavy white cardstock. Finally I glued a bunch of sequins to add some more sparkles.

VIDEO

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SUPPLIES

- "Frosty Fairy Friends" stamp set + coordinating dies from Lawn Fawn

- simple stitched hillside border die from Lawn Fawn

- stitched hillside border die from Lawn Fawn

- "Falling Snow" stencil from Simon Says Stamp

- white embossing paste from Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi

- distress inks from Tim Holtz: weatheded wood, candied apple, mowed lawn, tumbled glass, tattered rose, walnut stain, broken china

- black dye ink from Hero Arts

- watercolor paper from Canson

- craft cardstock from my stash

- red & white diagonal paper from American Crafts

- 110lb white cardstock from Neenah

- wink of stella glitter from Zig

Holiday Card Series 2016 - Holiday Bunny

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I continue my Holiday Card Series with this cute bunny from Lawn Fawn. I love this little character so much that I think I will use it for years! I used it last year with the forest border but this time I added stitched mountains to make the background a little more interesting.

I started by die cutting several stitched rectangles from watercolor paper, grey cardstock and also pattern paper in order to create later my sky and my mountain, forest and hillside borders.

Once all the die cutting was done, I heat embossed my sentiment on the pattern paper using versamark ink and silver embossing powder. I glued the mountains and the snow caps.

I was thinking that there was too much white in the background so I decided to color the little trees from the forest border using green distress ink. I know they're supposed to be covered with snow but whatever, it adds a little something that I really like!

Then I created my little character. I stamped it on watercolor paper using waterproof black ink, colored it with distress inks, and cut t using the coordinating die.

I glued the forest and hillside border, and my cute little bunny using foam squares. I adhered my scene on some red & white diagonal paper, glued everything on red cardstock and again the whole pannel on white cardstock using my favorite double sided tape. Added some clear sequins to finish the card.

VIDEO

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SUPPLIES

> from Lawn Fawn:

- "Winter Bunny" stamp set + coordinating dies

- "Let's bokeh in the snow" paper

- large stitched 4 bar rectangle die

- stitched mountain border die

- forest border die

- stitched hillside border dies

> from other brands:

- distress inks from Tim Holtz: mowed lawn, walnut stain, weathered wood, candied apple, spun sugar

- grey cardstock from Stampin Up!

- versamark ink from Tsukineko

- silver embossing powder from Aladine

- black dye ink from Hero Arts

- red & white diagonal paper from American Crafts

- lipstick red cardstock from Simon Says Stamp

- 110lb white paper base from Neenah

SSS September Card Kit - Happy Birthday

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This card was so fun and very easy to make but also very time-consuming!

The other day I was looking at my wood veneer collection, and when I saw this stencil from Studio Calico, I immediatly thought that it would go perfectly with the scratchy circles that were included in the Simon Says Stamp September card kit.

I patiently cut circles from the various papers included in the kit and glued them randomly at the back of the wooden stencil to create a nice pattern.

On one of the circles I stamped my birthday sentiment, covered it with a scratchy sticker and again stamped the instruction on it.

I applied double sided tape behing the wooden piece, adhered it on some heavy white cardstock and tied a knot at the top of the card to finish it nicely.

SUPPLIES

- the September card kit from Simon Says Stamp

- a wood veneer stencil from Studio Calico

- black stazon ink by Tsukineko

- 110lb white cardstock from Tsukineko

- white & gold thread from my stash