Gingerbread Sweet Christmas Card + A Black Friday Sneak Peek!

Hello friends! Today I'm sharing my card featuring products from Honey Bee Stamps Cozy Christmas release along with a sneak peek of their Black Friday Free Bee. This adorable die set will be free, while supplies last, with any orders over $100! Of course, you know there will be more fun on Black Friday, so watch for it over at Honey Bee's website!

I die cut the adorable dies from the BF Free Bee die set from red, brown, and white cardstocks. I added a bit of shading to the gingerbread with a blending brush and Walnut Stain Distress Ink. I used glue to adhere these cuties together. Using your reverse tweezers and pick-up tool makes assembly so easy!

Next I stamped the wooden tray from the Homemade With Love stamps set with a very light brown ink. Next I stamped the gingerbread recipe onto the board (from the same stamp set) in a dark brown ink. Then I cut it out with the coordinating die.

I tied a red gingham bow onto the board, added some twine at the top, and foam dots to the back. It's adhered to an A2 card base with a piece of paper from the Gingerbread Village paper pad and a white cardstock layer I cut with a die from the Decorative Star Layering Frames dies.

To add a bit more interest and color, I die cut green cardstock with a pine branch die in the Postcard Holiday Add-On dies. I used glue to tuck them in at the top of the board.

I added foam dots and squares to the gingerbread people to adhere them to the card front. I stamped a sentiment from the Sprinkled With Joy stamp set with dark brown ink and cut it out with the coordinating die.

The BF Free Bee die set is so cute and fun to use. I think these would be adorable as a tag for sweet treats to gift during the holidays too! There are lots of sets from the Cozy Christmas release to coordinate with this adorable Free Bee set! 

Thank you so very much for stopping by! If you are celebrating Thanksgiving tomorrow, or not, I hope you have a most wonderful day!

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Floral Happy Birthday Card

Hello crafty friends!  Have you tried any of Altenew's marker coloring sheets?  I tried one out for my card today, and I really love them!  These are preprinted onto smooth cardstock and come with 12 designs.  There are two of each, one in a bold black outline and another in a subtle gray outline for a no-line coloring look.

This beautiful floral image that I colored today comes from the Botanical Elegance marker coloring sheets set.  Another first for me is using Altenew's alcohol markers!

I selected one of the 12 prints that I wanted to use from the Botanical Elegance set.  I colored the image using nothing but the alcohol markers from the Cottage Garden Set.

I thought I was going to do something different in my card design, but after I finished the coloring, I just did not want to add another image or cut it up a lot smaller.  So I decided to trim it into a 5" square.  I glued it to a card base that I made from Mountain Pine cardstock and measures 5-¼" square.

The sentiment is one that I had previously made from Spellbinders Always and Forever Sentiment Strips press plate.

I added a few coordinating green enamel dots for a bit of bling.

After using these Botanical Elegance Marker Coloring Sheets, I can definitely say that I recommend them!   The cardstock is smooth, and I really love that I don't have to worry about any ink from stamping will get smeared while coloring!

During this week of our Thanksgiving holiday, I hope you realize how thankful I am for those of you that stop by here!

Be sure to check out all of the Black Friday sales that have begun over at Altenew!  Have a wonderful week and a very blessed holiday!

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Fast & Easy Encouragement Card!

Happy Monday friends!  This card features a few new products from Picket Fence Studio's latest release!  Want to know the secret for this super quick card?  Read on for the details!

First I used Paper Pouncers and Distress Oxide inks with the On A Cloudy Day stencil to create the background.  I used Festive Berries, Kitsch Flamingo, Squeezed Lemonade, Mowed Lawn, Evergreen Bough, and Dusty Concord.

Before removing the stencil, I spread some Twinkle Lights Clear Paper Glaze with a palette tool.  You could skip this step to avoid the drying time for an even quicker make!

While the stenciled piece was drying, I chose two of the Adventures in Hot Air Ballooning Glossy A2 card fronts.  These are beautiful preprinted sets of 12 sheets with 3 different designs.  I used my scissors to cut out the balloons.

When the Paper Glaze was dry, I trimmed the piece and added it to an A2 card base with a black layer.  I popped up all but two of the hot air balloons with foam tape.

The sentiment from the Freckle Friends: Climbing Calliope set.  After I stamped it with black ink I cut it out with the coordinating die.  I added some of the pretty gems from the Starry Skies gem mix for a bit of fun sparkle!

Be sure to check out my reel for this card over on my Instagram (click the image in the left side of this blog).  Also, be sure to check out the 25% off the entire Picket Fence site (except the latest release items).

Thanks For Always Being So Wonderful

Happy Sunday!  I'm over on the Brass & Bliss Craft Co. blog today to share my card featuring the new, and so beautiful, Wildflowers in the Breeze layering stamp set.

The card base is A2 size and layered with an embossed panel.  I dry embossed the Flourish stencil by using my tan rubber mat according to the directions for embossing with my die cutting machine.

I stamped the layers of the Wildflowers in the Breeze stamp set with Color Fuse inks.  Then I die cut the panel with one of the Nested Deckle Rectangle dies.

Before I popped the panel up with foam tape, I used the Flourish stencil again with blue ink.  I used a very light hand so that the stenciling wouldn't distract from the stamped image.

The sentiment is from the Thank you stamps and dies set and stamped with black ink.  Then I cut it out with the coordinating die.

Please join me on the Brass & Bliss blog for even more details and process photos!  Thanks so very much for stopping by!

Adorable Holiday Card with Die Cuts

Hello crafty friends! Well, I certainly loved Honey Bee Stamps' Lovely Layers: Beach Bound set for the summer, and now, with the new Lovely Layers: Beach Bound Holiday Add-On, this set is at the top of my favorites!!!

The card base is an A2 white cardstock, with a layer of patterned paper from the North Pole paper pad. (The papers in this paper pad are gorgeous!) Then I used my scissors to trim glitter paper from my stash for a snowy hill. I adhered the hill to the card with foam tape.

I die cut the adorable pieces from the Lovely Layers: Beach Bound and Holiday Add-On from various cardstocks. The red part of the bus is white cardstock colored with two Copic markers (R59 and R27). The striped part of the bus is also from the North Pole paper pad. I also used black cardstock, red glitter cardstock, and some silver metallic cardstock.

If you feel like you may be overwhelmed by the layers, let me assure you, that the provided Layering Guides are your best friend!

I used glue to assembled this adorable bus (with blue eyes like mine :) and added foam tape to the back to adhere it to the card.

I added a tree in the background with dies from the Postcard Holiday Add-On dies. I really like how the set makes adorable postcards, but also that the pieces can be used individually on any card!

I stamped a sentiment from the Sprinkled With Joy stamp set in black ink. I cut it out with the coordinating Honey Cut die. I love popping up sentiments with the foam tape strips!!

I just think this Beach Bound Add-On is so adorable!! How cute are those eyelashes? Thank you so much for stopping by today! Have a wonderful day!

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Beautiful Butterfly Birthday Card

Happy Saturday!  Today I'm sharing some details about my card that features Altenew's beautiful Craft Your Life Project Kit: Wings & Petals.  I love monarch butterflies!  Each October they migrate through our area here in Texas and I always think of my mother.  We would always tell each other when we saw the first monarchs passing through.  I miss her, but I know she would love this card!

The Craft Your Life Project Kit is one of several of Altenew's monthly subscriptions.  The reason this particular one is my favorite is because it includes a few of my most favorite products!  I love 3D embossing folders and having the layering stencils to color the embossed image is awesome!  You can purchase this Kit separately, but if you subscribe, you will save $16.  Check out this subscription and the other options on the Altenew website.

First I die cut the Wings & Petals butterfly dies from Sunkissed and Jet Black cardstock.  I used blending brushes to add shading with Autumn Blaze and Orange Cream inks (Warm & Cozy collection) to the solid die cut.  After gluing the black top layer to each piece, I glued them together.

I embossed white cardstock with the Wings & Petals Botanical 3D embossing folder and trimmed it to 4" x 4-¼".  Then I stamped the sentiment from the Wings & Petals stamp set at the bottom of an A2 card base with Obsidian black ink.

I added a strip of Jet Black cardstock to separate the embossed cardstock from the sentiment.  The Intertwining Leaves layers are die cut from Grass Field and Hunter Green cardstock.

I used foam tape to adhere the butterflies to the card.

I absolutely love the details of the Wings & Petals butterfly dies!!  Thank you so much for stopping by.  I hope you have a wonderful and crafty weekend!

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Altenew Stampwheel 2.0 Blog Hop & Giveaway ($300 in total prizes!)

I'm so thrilled to be part of the blog hop to feature the brand new and totally awesome Stampwheel 2.0!

Thank you for joining us on this fabulous hop!  If you would like to start at the beginning, please head over to the Altenew blog.  You can check out all of the details of the larger, new Stampwheel 2.0 here.

Be sure to check out the prize details below!  You won't want to miss out on your chance to win either a $100 gift certificate or one of four $50 gift certificates!

For the first time using the Stampwheel 2.0, I used the beautiful, and large, stamp set from the Build-A-Garden: Magnificent Branch collection.  Check out the photos of the Stampwheel 2.0 in use and compared to the original Stampwheel (which I do still use!).

This card is a slimline card I made with the awesome Build-A-Garden: Magnificent Branch in black.  I used the coordinating stencils and blending brushes to color the image.  Because of the size of the Stampwheel 2.0, I was able to keep the stamped image on the sticky mat, remove the side piece, and color through the stencils with ease!

As you can see in this photo, there is a significant difference in the sizes of the original Stampwheel and the new Stampwheel 2.0!

When you remove the detachable side, you can stamp on a full 8-½" x 11" piece of cardstock.

I really enjoy being able to keep the sticky mat in place and use the coloring stencils by removing the side.

I have used the Stampwheel 2.0 many times recently, and I highly recommend it as part of your crafting tools necessities!

Be sure to leave a comment here on my blog, and at all of the other stops, to increase your chance to win a prize!

Giveaway info: 

• • $300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $100 gift certificate to 1 lucky winner and a $50 gift certificate to 4 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by November 19th for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 5 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on November 21st, 2024.

  • The winner of the $100 gift certificate will be chosen from comments left on the Altenew blog.

Click this link to continue on each stop of the hop and leave your comments!  You don't want to miss the awesome inspiration from the designers!

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Sending Christmas Joy Floral Holiday Card

Hello crafty friends! Can you believe we are half way through November?! That makes me super happy to be creating cards with products from Honey Bee Stamps' Cozy Christmas release! My card today features some new products along with a few pieces from previous releases. Today I've used:

• Sending Christmas Joy as the main feature of my card.
• Postcard Holiday Add-On: I used the holly/berries die and the pine branch die only.
• Time To Go Postcard: I used the die for the stamp.
• Postmarked stamp set: I used the postmarked stamp (the wavy lines on the stamp).

I stamped the floral images from the Sending Christmas Joy stamp set onto 80# Neenah with Intense Black Ink. Then I used Copic markers to color them. I used: R59, R29, R27, R35, G29, YG67, G94, YG63, G43. Then I cut them out with the coordinating Honey Cuts.

Next I stamped the postage stamp outline from the Sending Christmas Joy onto a dark green cardstock with black pigment ink and cut it out with the coordinating die. I adhered this to some green checked paper from the Gingerbread Village paper pad. Then I adhered those layers to an A2 card base.

I stamped the "20¢" in red ink and cut it out with the coordinating die.

Next I die cut the pine branches and holly/berries (Postcard Holiday Add-On) from dark green cardstock. I added thin lines of glue to the pine branches and then sprinkled on iridescent chunky glitter and set the pieces aside to dry.

I die cut the stamp (Time To Go Postcard) once green cardstock and again from white cardstock to use only the center portion. I taped the green and white die cuts of the stamp together on the back and placed it into my MISTI. Then I used dark green ink to stamp the postmark (Postmarked stamp set) onto the stamp. I glued the "20¢" to the stamp and stamped the postmark again, without re-inking the stamp.

Then I arranged all of the elements and used glue and foam dots to adhere them to the card. The sentiment from the Sending Christmas Joy stamp set was stamped in black ink and cut out with the coordinating die.

I hope I've given you another idea for these beautiful sets to use for your holiday card. Thank you so very much for stopping by!

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Stitched Birthday Card With Spellbinders Club Kits

Happy Monday!  Today I'm sharing my stitched birthday card that features three of Spellbinders' November Club Kits.  The Cross Stitch Nested Card Front & Tag Stitching Die of the month was an easy stitching session with lots of beautiful layers to choose from!

I used some beautiful variegated DMC cotton pearle thread to stitch the edges of the layers of the Stitching Dies that were die cut from Waterfall cardstock.  I used white cardstock for the tag.

I really like how there are separate dies to use to die cut layers with stitched edges!  The top most layer was embossed with the Cascading Streamers Embossing Folder of the month.  I used glue to adhere all the layers except the top layer which is adhered with foam tape.

I die cut the Party Time Cake dies from white cardstock and colored the pieces with my Copic markers.  Please note: This die is a Monthly Bonus Item included with the Deluxe Caboodle Kit.

I die cut the sentiment that is part of the Party Time Cake dies from white cardstock.  The top layer of the sentiments are colored with a coordinating ink.

If you would like to see more details about these Club Kits, please click the links below.  Honestly, I have loved each month's release!  Thank you so much for stopping by!

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Quick and Easy Stenciled Thank You Card

Hello crafty friends!  I love making quick and easy thank you cards in bright and cheerful colors!  I'm sharing all of the complete details of this card over on the Brass & Bliss blog today.

The stenciled layer uses the pretty Fall Flourish stencil set.  It includes three layering stencils that you use to create your background.

I love how in spite of the name "Fall Flourish" this set can absolutely be used for any season!  I only had to use four ink colors!  I used these colors from the Color Fuse ink line:  Dreamer, Grass, Juniper, and Pecan.

Next I've used the new Thank You Die set.  I inked up white cardstock with the teal ink and die cut the top layer of the Thank You die set.  I cut it twice more from white cardstock and glued the layers together.  I love dies that have a shadow layer as it helps the sentiment stand out from a more busy background!

This was really that easy!  If you would like to see lots of step-by-step photos and directions, join me over on the Brass & Bliss blog.  Thank you so much for stopping by!

Cheers, It's Your Special Day

Happy Friday crafty friends!  Today I'm sharing this card I made that features Picket Fence Studios Cheers My Friend die set!  I love ink blending and this card has plenty of that!

The background ink blended panel was created with three Distress Oxide inks.  I used blending brushes for adding Kitsch Flamingo, Tumbled Glass, and Evergreen Bough.  I glued the layer to an A2 card base.

Next, from white cardstock, I die cut the A2 Simple Plaid Cover Plate, the "cheer" die from the Cheers My Friend die set (x4), and a few leaves from the Layering Flora: Sweet Cherry Blossom die set.

Then I used a Paper Pouncer to add Kitsch Flamingo Oxide ink to one layer of "cheer".  I glued all of the layers together and set them aside.

I stamped a sentiment from the Fancy Congratulations Sentiments and cut it out with the coordinating die.

For easy alignment of Cheers, I used the negative piece to position and glue each letter to the card.  The leaves and sentiment are adhered with glue.

Then I added a few sparkles from the Starry Skies gems.

Super easy, right?!  Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I hope you have a fabulous and crafty weekend!

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Altenew November 2024 Release Blog Hop + Huge Giveaways

 Hello friends!  I'm thrilled to be part of the blog hop to celebrate Altenew's fabulous November 2024 Release!

The link for the blog hop stops is below.  If you would like to start at the beginning, please head over to the Altenew blog.

Be sure to check out the information below for the awesome prizes!!  

My card today features several new products from  the November Release!  Check it out!

I die cut the Coreopsis Layering Dies from several different colors of Crafty Necessities Cardstock.  The colors I used are in the list below.  Before I glued the flower layers, I used some of the yellow alcohol markers from the new Cottage Card Set of Artist Markers to color the yellow cardstock of the flower centers.

Assembling the flowers is so very easy with the Key Hole System.  The idea of this is genius!!  The packaging also includes a diagramed layering guide.

After glueing the flower layers together, I embossed white cardstock with the new Petal Palooza 3D embossing folder.  I glued the panel to an A2 card base.

After deciding on an arrangement for the flowers and stems, I used glue and a few pieces of foam tape to adhere it to the card.  Then I trimmed the pieces that were hanging off the edge of the card.

The sentiment is one from the Essential Sentiments Hot Foil Plate.  After foiling the gold foil, I cut them out with the coordinating Essential Sentiments die.

I love the options of how many different ways and colors to use this Coreopsis Layering Die Set.  Thanks for stopping by and be sure to click the link below to see more beautiful inspiration.

Giveaway info: 

• • $300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $100 gift certificate to 1 lucky winner and a $50 gift certificate to 4 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by November 13th for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 5 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on November 15th, 2024.

  • The winner of the $100 gift certificate will be chosen from comments left on the Altenew blog.

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