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sweetness of stamping!
I think the Sweetest Christmas Suite in the Mini Catalog is one of my favs! I love candy canes! And I love that there are two candy canes in the Sweet Candy Canes stamp set, one facing right and one facing left. And the diagonal stripped die is so much fun! It even lines up…
Hide a fun little secret inside your card by making it an easel card! Just create a 5-1/4″ x 4″ panel for the front and you can hardly tell there is something more going on inside than appears to be on the outside. I created this simple Cottage Wreaths Christmas Easel Card using the two…
Have you ever tried partial embossing a card? It’s as easy as creating your own “cutting plate” out of cardboard. Just save a piece of cardboard that comes with any Paper Pumpkin kit, some of the Designer Series Papers, or wherever else you can find some that are about the same thickness as one of…
I love making shaker cards! They are so fun! I used the largest circle from the Stylish Shapes dies to cut the circle opening. Next, I used the Wintry embossing folder to emboss the Basic White card stock. Then I adhered a Window Sheet then Adhesive Foam Strips to the back. I adhered a piece…
I love making starry sky backgrounds using ink, blending brushes and a bit of splatter! It’s so fun to experiment with different colors and see how they turn out. I chose Starry Sky (of course!) and Orchid Oasis ink for this background. For the splatter I used the Stampin’ Spritzers to spritz some water on…
Create this fun border card with the Words of Cheer stamp set and Christmas Cheer Dies! Use the Basic Borders Dies to create this fun border edge. Heat emboss the flowers with gold embossing powder on Shimmery White card stock. Using a Water Painter, watercolor the flowers with Cherry Cobbler, the leaves with Soft Succulent…
Create this partial die-cut edge card with the Words of Cheer stamp set and Christmas Cheer Dies! Start by stamping the two flower images, using a post-it note to mask the first flower bouquet before you stamp the second. Color the flowers with Blends. Watch the video below to see how to place the Christmas…
Create this easy ombre sentiment card with the Words of Cheer stamp set and Christmas Cheer Dies! Using the Christmas Cheer dies, cut out the happy sentiment and shadow. Use Soft Succulent card stock for happy and the Gold Shimmer Vellum for the shadow. With a Blending Brush and Evening Evergreen ink to carefully apply…
Merry Snowflakes & Stitched Snowflakes Dies Create a watercolor snowflake Christmas Tree with the Merry Snowflakes stamp set and Stitched Snowflakes Dies! Start by using the Stitched Triangle dies to make the Christmas tree with the Shimmery White card stock. Stamp the snowflakes in Balmy Blue on Balmy Blue. Add a watercolor wash to the…