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Merry Christmas Tags

By on December 25, 2019 in Christmas, Holidays, Paper Crafting

Hello! I wanted to stop by to wish you a very Merry Christmas! I hope you are having a wonderful holiday.

I have a few tags to share with a stamp set I have never used…so I thought it was time! How cute is this little elf?

That’s it for me today. I’m off to prepare our Christmas dinner for the family. Merry Christmas!

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Crazy Neighbor Holiday House

By on December 23, 2019 in Christmas, Holidays, Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I have a fun card inspired by my neighbor’s holiday decorations. This year they have gone all out with lights, lawn decorations, and blow-up characters. It’s fun to see!

That is what gave me the idea to create a Holiday House on a card.

This house is decked out with glittery lights, Christmas trees in candy cane pots, a holiday wreath and door frame decor, and even a holiday welcome mat. The porch light has been changed to green…and I think whoever lives here just loves this time of year!

I had a great time putting this together and it made me feel a little better to create a decorated home on a card since we didn’t put up any Christmas lights this year! We wanted to, of course, but work and other things got in the way until (I thought) it was just too late to pull out all the lights.

I have a video to show you all the fun, watch it below or on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/oADFcuBA4Vo

Did you decorate for the holidays this year? We DID decorate inside with our tree, ornaments, and stockings for all the kids and grandkids….it’s just OUTSIDE that looks a little grinch-ish. Lol.

I’m often asked what supplies I use to make my cards and projects, so I’ve put together a list using affiliate links when possible. If you make a purchase with these links I may receive a small commission. These help me to keep up with blog costs and continue bringing you fun projects. Thank you so much for your support!

Wishing you a very happy holiday season. I hope you feel so much love this time of year, whatever your traditions and decorations are. See you soon with more inspiration.

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Ombre Stamped Love

By on December 20, 2019 in Holidays, Paper Crafting, Valentines

Hello! Today I have a fun ombre stamped background idea for you, with two card ideas! I love a good ombre background, and this stamp set from the Hedgehog Hollow December 2019 kit is so perfect for this technique.

Love you Ombre stamped background

Instead of typing out the details, I made a video to tell you just how to get this look on your cards, watch it below or on YouTube:

I also create a green & blue version. I love making non-traditional Valentine cards…because any time is a good time to send a card to your loved ones!

I’m often asked what supplies I use to make my cards and projects, so I’ve put together a list using affiliate links when possible. If you make a purchase with these links I may receive a small commission. These help me to keep up with blog costs and continue bringing you fun projects. Thank you so much for your support!

Thanks for stopping by today! I’ll be back with more inspiration soon!

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Bird in a Nest

By on December 12, 2019 in Holidays, Paper Crafting, Valentines

Hello again! Today I’m using the new December 2019 Hedgehog Hollow Kit to create a cute bird in a nest card. I’m sharing this on the Hedgehog Hollow blog today, too!

This card came together pretty quickly. I started with a card panel of Neenah Solar White 80# paper and stamped the little bird with Copic friendly ink. Then I stamped the “nest” I created with the swirl stamp in two shades of brown ink.

I colored up the bird with copic markers and added some dots with copics and colored pencils. Then I white heat embossed the sentiment.

At this point, it was difficult to read the sentiment because it was white embossing on white paper. So I used make up brushes to brush on some Distress Ink.

I only inked it up around the “nest” and left it softer color toward the top. Then I die cut the cross-stitched rectangle, and cut down the outer rectangle as well so I could add some sparkly paper peeking from the background!

For the final touch, I added some Nuvo Jewel drops under the sentiment. Isn’t this birdie so cute?

I’m often asked what supplies I use to make my cards and projects, so I’ve put together a list using affiliate links when possible. If you make a purchase with these links I may receive a small commission. These help me to keep up with blog costs and continue bringing you fun projects. Thank you so much for your support!

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed this project. See you soon with another card!

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Freezer Paper Snowflakes

By on December 10, 2019 in Christmas, Holidays, Paper Crafting

Hello! I have a great new tool for the craft studio to share today. You might think this is a kitchen item, but today it is working GREAT on a card or two! It’s Freezer paper…a little trick I learned in a recent class from Altenew.

For my cards, I first die cut some snowflakes out of the freezer paper. Then I ironed them onto the paper with a warm iron. Then I did a little ink blending with my new favorite blending tool.

Ink blended background on the right

I splattered the background with more ink, and some pearl watercolors. Then I carefully removed the snowflakes…and look at those beautiful white snowflakes left behind!

The “Merry” sentiment is die cut from glitter paper, and added along with a silver foil frame. What an awesome technique! Who would’ve thought to use freezer paper? I love this and think it might even work better than masking paper.

I have a quick video to show you on how to do this, watch below or on YouTube:

Of course, once I removed the snowflakes (cut from the freezer paper), I couldn’t let them go to waste! So I made a second card on Neenah Desert Storm paper. I was interested to see if I could get them to still iron-on to this second card. Did it work?…yes and no. Lol.

Most of them DID iron back on, but I had one problem snowflake. So what did I do?! I used a little liquid adhesive and Nuvo drops to help keep it stuck down!! Lol. There’s more than one way to make a card work.

I added some extra Nuvo drops and white gel pen to this one, to finish it off. Which one do you like better?

I’m often asked what supplies I use to make my cards and projects, so I’ve put together a list using affiliate links when possible. If you make a purchase with these links I may receive a small commission. These help me to keep up with blog costs and continue bringing you fun projects. Thank you so much for your support!

I absolutely love these colors for a holiday card. Thanks for stopping by!

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