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Gingerbread Hot Chocolate

By KariV on November 29, 2018 in Christmas, Paper Crafting

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?

Or do you prefer marshmallows?

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.

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

By KariV on November 26, 2018 in Christmas, Paper Crafting

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):

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

By KariV on November 23, 2018 in Christmas, Paper Crafting

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.

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!

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!?! 😉

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:

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!

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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Two tags from one card!

By KariV on November 22, 2018 in Christmas, Paper Crafting

Hello and Happy Thanksgiving to all my USA friends. Today I’m up on the Hedgehog Hollow blog sharing a seriously cool tag project using the Kindred Stamps collection from November.

I love these tags and in my video I will show you how easy it is to use the stencil, the Nuvo glitter accents, and the stamps sets to create 2 tags at once.

I’ve got a little secret on how I use very thin stencils easily to get this clean look.
To see the process check out my video here or on YouTube:

Linking up to the 25 Days of Christmas Tags, inspired by Joyce Heinen from day 21. She made the cutest gingerbread men tags with a beautiful striped background!

Thanks for stopping by. See you next time!

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Foiled Ornaments with ODBD

By KariV on November 16, 2018 in Christmas, Paper Crafting

Hello again! Today we are taking a look back at the November release from Our Daily Bread Designs and I have some foiled ornament cards to share!

This November release was amazing, with poinsettias and ornament dies that I absolutely love. I have three projects to share with you today, all using foil!

For this one, I cut the Retro Ornament dies using red foil paper. Aren’t those ornament designs just dreamy? I used paper from the Christmas Collection 2018 paper pad. The holly leaves are from the new Christmas Bells set. The JOY sentiment comes from the new Holiday Words dies.

This next card is a larger size card that fits into a #10 business envelope. It measures 9″ x 3 3/4″ and really works well for all these ornaments! I cut two with silver foil paper as the inside, and three with gold foil paper as the inside. I then used thread in both silver and gold to use as the hangers for these ornaments.

Foiled cards are notoriously difficult to photograph, so you will have to remember they are silver and gold! In real life this is just stunning! Around the edges, I used gold embossing powder. To finish it all off, silver glitter tape along the bottom and the Merry Christmas sentiment (from this set here).

The last card I have today, is a poinsettia from the Merry Christmas set that has been foiled in teal foil, using a Minc Machine to add the foil. It is so fun to add some fun foil touches to cards! For this card, I stamped the poinsettia image, colored it with copics, then restamped it using clear embossing powder. (To re-stamp it in exactly the same place, I used the MISTI.) Then I heat set that embossing powder with my heat gun, added teal foil to the top, and ran it through my Minc. You could also use a laminator.

I found that in order to have the foil stay nice and thin on the lines, I changed the setting to a “1” on the Minc and added a piece of cardstock to the top of the foil before running it through.

I hope you enjoyed these projects today! I really love the look of foil, especially this time of year!

For more inspiration using the November Release and to see the other designers projects, be sure to visit the ODBD Blog here.

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