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A Forest of Trees

There’s something just so serene about looking at a forest of trees. Today I have a few cards to share with you using some new stamp sets from Our Daily Bread Designs.

My first cards uses the new set called “Seek Me” and I think it is so dreamy. I created some colorful watercolor backgrounds and splattered white ink over the top. I used the larger stamp of the line of trees in the background using gray ink, then I stamped the larger set of three trees in front in a deep black ink.

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The sentiment says “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” To me that feels so comforting and I just want to stare at these cards for a while.

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My next card uses the stamp set called “Peaceful Wishes.” This is also a dreamy set, and I used some flocking to make snow on those trees:

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The sentiment comes with that line on either side of the “and Happy New Year” and I simply extended the lines around the whole picture to create a box around those trees.

The fun flock is so easy to add…just put glue where you want the “snow” to be, and sprinkle on the fun flock. In real life it adds a fuzzy, snowy, dreamy feel.

I hope you enjoyed these projects today. I really enjoyed making them. The trees are so calming and that is perfect for this time of year. But you could really use these trees for any time of year.

Thanks for stopping by!

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Christmas Joy Hot Cocoa

Hello there! Today I have a quick card to share featuring my new favorite: Poinsettias on Coffee cups (or hot chocolate cups, in my case!)

A week or so ago I shared a quick video, where I masked off the coffee cups so only the middle showed, lightly stamped on some poinsettias using the Poinsettia Box stamp set, and no-lined colored up the poinsettias using Copics.

Well, I finally put them on a card!

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I used some corrugated cardboard in the background as a nod to the coffee holders, added some greenery, and popped up those coffee cups using foam tape. (Most of the supplies used are from Our Daily Bread Designs.)

I white heat embossed the sentiment on black cardstock and cut it out using a fishtail end.

Linking up to the Winter 2018 Coffee Lovers Bloghop!

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Thanks for stopping by.

 

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Gingerbread Hot Chocolate

Did you know you can add gingerbread flavoring to your Hot Chocolate at Starbucks? I saw this the other day and I thought…well, that sounds interesting! I haven’t tried it yet, but these cards today are inspired by that idea.

Do you prefer whipped cream in your hot chocolate?

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Or do you prefer marshmallows?

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I used products from the November Hedgehog Hollow box to make these cards. But I cut the coffee cups from my Silhouette! The cute background paper is from the Limited Edition Christmas Box.

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For more information about these cards and the products, visit the Hedgehog Hollow blog here.

Linking up to the SSS Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by!

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Joyful Gnomes

Hello! Today I have a quick project to share featuring a stamp set available only in the Hedgehog Hollow Exclusive Christmas Box!

The papers and the stamp set are all included in the box (I added the green glitter paper from my stash):

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I just love this stamp set from LDRS Creative! The background papers are also from LDRS creative and an entire 6×6 pack is included in the Limited Edition Exclusive Christmas Box.

If you are interested in my Copic Colors used, I have the list below:

Reds: R05, R46, R59
Greens: YG67, YG17, YG03, G09
Blues: BG49, BG57, BG53
Browns (stool and tree trunk): E43, E41, E79
Yellows: Y17, Y21
Greys (gnome 1 beard): C1, C3, C5
Greys (gnome 2 beard): W1, W3, W5

For more information about this Exclusive Christmas box, click here. Oh, and remember, today is the last day of the sale for 10% off!

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Poinsettias for Days

Hello and welcome to my “Poinsettias for Days” post! I just cannot stop with these poinsettias…I’m in love. So today I have a bunch of projects to show you!

This first project features that beautiful poinsettia from this set from Our Daily Bread Designs that I colored “white” using Copic Markers in W3, W1, and Y11. I stamped the same poinsettia on red paper and heat embossed it with gold embossing powder. It adds such a glamour to this card, I think.

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The Merry Christmas sentiment is from the Holiday Words dies, and I die cut it with green paper. Then I used mowed Lawn Distress ink and a finger dauber to ink up the lower portion of the words. I also added Vintage Photo Distress Ink around the outside corners of the red panel.

This next card shows off the Poinsettia Box stamp. This time I colored it up with watercolor markers and added details with colored pencil. I used Kathy Racoosin’s method of paying attention to those “nooks and crannies” with a darker color of pencil. I love how this makes the image really pop!

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The background paper is from the new Christmas Collection 2018 paper pad, and the striped paper is from the Christmas Collection 2013 paper pad (one of my favorites)! That sentiment is white heat embossed on the dark green paper. I added some rhinestones for a fancy flair.

I couldn’t forget about my favorite purse dies! I thought they would be perfect with these large poinsettias. Who wouldn’t want a poinsettia purse this time of year!?! 😉

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My first one uses a green paper layer for the body of the purse, and then I thought I definitely need a red striped purse, so this one was created:

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It’s so fun right?! I love this purse die and the layers dies…it’s one of my favorites of the year! There are so many things you can do with it. Check out my other purse posts here and here.

For my last project, I made a New Years card with a blue poinsettia and lots of glittery silver goodness! I die cut the Vintage Flourish Pattern die in silver glitter paper, then before I adhered it to the card base I heat embossed around the edges with silver embossing powder. Such a sparkly, festive look!

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To finish it off I colored up the poinsettia in B00 and B000 Copic blues and the leaves in YG Copic greens. I love this combination of colors. The Happy New Year die cut is also from the Holiday Words dies. Last, I added some clear/gray dots with Nuvo drops.

Poinsettias galore! I hope you enjoyed these projects today. These will be the last poinsettia projects I share for a while, but I had such a great time making them all! Thanks for stopping by.

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