Let's Make A Christmas Card with Layering Florals and A 3D Embossing Folder!

Hello crafty friends! Oooh, I had so much fun making this card I'm sharing today! There are so many beautiful elements in Honey Bee Stamps gorgelous Lovely Layers: Mini Holiday Florals! I went with a less traditional color palette for the florals and I love how this turned out!

First I chose several colors of cardstock from my stash. Then I looked at the Lovely Layers: Mini Holiday FloralsLayering Guide (found in the product description in the shop) to start planning what color of cardstock I wanted to use for each of the florals.

Before I continue, let me tell you about my tip for sorting out all of the dies! (I will share a photo below to give you a visual of these tips.) This will make it so easy for you to use this set. First I assigned a number to each of the different florals in the Mini Holiday Florals and wrote it on the Layering Guide. Then I went about gathering and sorting the dies according to the number. Once I had the dies sorted out, I added the corresponding number to the card the dies come on. Then I used a fine point Sharpie to add the number to the back of each die for that flower. See what I mean in this photo:

After I die cut the Mini Holiday Florals, I used glue to assemble the flowers. 

Next I die cut three snowflakes that are in the Lovely Layers: Large Snowflakes Honey Cuts from #110 white cardstock. I used a palette tool to add Snowfall Distress Grit Paste to the snowflakes and sprinkled on Clear Rock Candy Distress Glitter. I set them aside to dry.

I added an embossed panel made with the gorgeous Snowflakes 3D embossing folder to an A2 card base. I did a bit of planning of the arrangement of the Mini Holiday Florals. Then I tucked the two larger snowflakes under the left bottom and upper right corners. I used foam dots and glue to adhere the floral elements. I glued the small snowflake onto the arrangement.

The sentiment is from the new Great Greetings: Holiday set and adhered with glue and foam tape.

I decided I wanted a bit more subtle sparkle so I used a paint brush to add more Snowfall Distress Grit Paste to the leaves and flower petals. FYI, the paste easily washed out of my paint brush.

I hope you have enjoyed my card making process and found the tips for sorting the dies helpful. Thank you so much for stopping by!

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Snow Globe Christmas Card

 Happy Saturday!  Today there is an awesome Instagram hop to celebrate Honey Bee Stamps new Cozy Christmas release.  There will be two $50 gift cards awarded to two commenters in the hop!

I wanted to share photos and a few bits of info with you about the card I made.

I used the beautiful Believe In The Magic stamp set and coordinating dies for my card.  It is stamped with marker safe black ink and colored with my Copic markers.  I used the W warm gray markers to imitate a metallic base.

There are several different sentiments that fit where I stamped "joy" along with more sub sentiments in the Believe In The Magic set!  I cut the stamped images out with the coordinating dies.

The background layer is one I embossed using the highly detailed new Rustic Brick Wall 3D embossing folder.  I love the detail in the embossing!!

To bling up the snow globe, I added Star Dust Stickles to the stamped snow in the sky and the snow on the ground.  Then I added   I added a bunch of pearls from the Gingerbread Pearl Stickers.  There wasn't quite enough small ones in that pack and I found more of the same color in the Warm Pearls Pearl Stickers.

Be sure to check out the other awesome goodies in the Cozy Christmas release!  There is something for everyone in this release!

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Thinking Of You Floral Card & Stenciled Background

Hello friends!  Today my card features the beautiful Graceful Magnolias stamps and dies by Picket Fence Studios!  Be sure to check out my reel by clicking the Instagram post in the left column.

First I stenciled my background using the Frame of Mind 6x8 Stencil and Huckleberry Blue Paper Glaze.  I only covered one upper and lower corner leaving open space on my A2 card layer.  I set it aside to dry and wash the stencil and tools.

I stamped the Graceful Magnolias flowers and sentiment with Copic safe ink and color them with my markers.  Then I cut them out with the coordinating dies.  

When the stenciled layer was dry, I smooshed my Prize Ribbon Distress Ink pad onto my craft mat, diluted it with water and splattered it onto the piece.

Next I glued the stenciled piece to a layer of coordinating blue cardstock.  Then I used foam tape to adhere the flowers, leaves, and sentiment to the card.

I added some pretty pearls from the Navy Blue & Charcoal Gray pearl mix.

This was a fun, and pretty easy, card to make!  Thanks so very much for stopping by!

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Noel Christmas Card

 Hello crafty friends! Have you been as amazed by the Honey Bee Stamps new Cozy Christmas release as I am? One of my favorites (one of many) is the Floral Noel set of stamps, Honey Cuts, and coordinating stencils. So I reached for that set to make my card for this post.

Please note: After I made this card, I was getting links and discovered that the stencils are currently out of stock. The good news is that there will be more available in about a week. So please come back here and click THIS link to check.

I placed a 6" x 6" piece of white cardstock onto my sticky mat. Then I used my ink blending brushes and a few Distress Oxide Inks to color through each of the Floral Noel stencils. I used these colors: Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Festive Berries, Candied Apple, Bundled Sage, and Rustic Wilderness. The flower centers are stenciled with Bee Creative Metallic Silver ink.

When I finished the stenciling, I cut out the images with the coordinating Honey Cuts.

I chose a sentiment from the Floral Noel stamp set to stamp with clear embossing ink onto the inked banner. After sprinkling on silver embossing powder, I used my heat tool to set it.

Next I embossed white cardstock with the awesome Wood Planks 3D embossing folder! I just love the detail!! I trimmed it to 4" x 5-¼" and glued it to an A2 card base.

I added foam dots to the back of each letter of Noel. Tip, I use my nonstick scissors to cut strips of the large foam dots to whatever size I need! Before adhering the letters, I used glue to add the floral cluster.

To finish the card and add a bit of bling, I added pearls from the Gingerbread Pearl Stickers set.

I absolutely love this Floral Noel set! There are so many options to use this with different colors and arrangements! Be sure to check out all of the Cozy Christmas release to find your favorites!

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Grateful For You!

Hello friends!!  Today I'm sharing my card that features Altenew's wonderful Zero-Waste: Autumn Leaves Die!  I also have a reel over on Instagram showing some of the process to make this card.

I have seen many beautiful projects that feature the Zero-Waste: Autumn Leaves die and wanted to think of a different way to use it.  So I had the idea to use the Exquisite Marble Hot Foil Plate with an ink blended background!

First I blended the four inks in the Warm & Cozy set of inks.  Then I die cut it with the Zero-Waste: Autumn Leaves die.  I adhered the outside die cut to a white A2 card base.  I shaped the leaves a bit with my fingers then glued them into the openings.  Some of the circles fell out and I didn't try to place those back into the die cut.

The sentiment is from the Timeless Sentiments 3.  I added more copper foil by adhering double-sided adhesive to cardstock and sticking the foil to it.

Check out my reel over on Instagram to see more!  Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Watercolor Autumn Leaves Card

Happy Sunday, crafty friends!  Today I'm over on the blog at Brass & Bliss today to share my fun watercolor card!  This card features the Fall Leaves stamps and Nested Woodgrain die set.

I used Distress re-inkers as my watercolor medium.  If you would like to see all of the exact details, they are over on Brass & Bliss' blog, along with helpful process photos.

I love how the watercolors bled into the die cut lines of the Nested Woodgrain Sign die!

I coordinated the sentiment from the Fall Leaves stamp by stamping and heat embossing in gold.  I was thrilled when I discovered that a leaf shaped die from the Fall Leaves die set would work with the sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you have a wonderful week with lots of crafty time!

Boo To You! and Happy Halloween Shaped Card

Hello crafty friends! Today I'm sharing my cute Halloween card that features Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layers: Front Porch Falloween Add-on Honey Cuts! This pairs with the previously released Lovely Layers: Front Porch dies.

Before I begin how I made this, I wonder if you, like me, feel overwhelmed with a lot of dies like the Lovely Layers: Front Porch Falloween Add-on? I found a way to break it down to make it so much easier! I printed off the Layering Guide that is available to download and found in the product description.

Then I looked at the first section of the Layering Guide and just focused on the layers for the door, as shown. I just continued through the guide and the pieces were assembled in no time! I used two shades of gray cardstock, and black, white, orange, brown, and yellow cardstocks to die cut the elements in the Front Porch and the Front Porch Falloween Add-on sets.

The cat's eyes and the pumpkin stems are white cardstock that I colored with a YG25 Copic marker.

Using my reverse tweezer and pick-up tool made it easy to glue the layers together.

For the card base, I took a folded A2 card and placed the large die from the Front Porch dies with the folded edge of the card just below the top of the die. I ran that through my die cutting machine to create the shaped card base.

Then it was just a matter of arranging and gluing the elements to the base.

I stamped three sentiments from the Sweet Halloween stamp set with clear embossing ink onto more of the dark gray cardstock. I added white embossing powder and then set it with my heat tool. I cut the sentiments out with the coordinating dies.

I glued one sentiment inside the card.

I adhered the other two sentiments to the front of the card with foam strips.

Then I added Sweet and Spooky pearl stickers to the tree, pumpkins, and door. Did you notice how one of the pumpkins is on the planter? Haha!

Thanks so very much for stopping by!  I hope you have a wonderful day!

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