Sending Cheer Your Way! | Art Impressions

Happy Monday friends!  I'm over on the blog at Art Impressions with a card featuring the adorable Penguin Cheer set.

I stamped the penguins and ornaments onto Neenah 80# with a Copic safe ink.  All of the marker colors are listed at the end.  I sketched in some snow for the ground using a BV20, C2, and C0 marker.



Next I used a Rectangle Double Stitched die to die cut the image out.  Before removing the die, I used a blender brush and Stormy Sky Distress Oxide ink to add some shading around the penguins.  I placed the same die on a piece of white card stock and traced around the outside edge of the die with a pencil.  I cut it out with my paper trimmer.  Perfect size to layer under the die cut piece.  Before I adhered it, I used my dark blue Copic and colored the edges. I stamped the sentiment in black ink.  I added some foam tape and adhered it to some patterned paper from my stash.  This is all on an A2 top-folding card base.



Finally, I added some white gel pen accents and Diamond Glaze to the star, lights and ornaments.



Thank you so much for stopping by!  This is just the type of card that would work for the current Holiday Card Challenge!  We hope to see your creations there!  Have a crafty week!

Copic markers:
B93, B95, B97, BV20, C00, C0, C2, C3, C5, C7,
G94, R11, R20, Y04, Y08, Y15, Y19, YG61, YG63, W00

Supplies:
Art Impressions Penguin Cheer
Art Impressions Rectangle Double Stitched Dies
Signo White Gel pen
JudiKins Diamond Glaze
Stormy Sky Distress Oxide
Honey Bee Stamps Background Blender Brushes

Gnoel from the Gnome Family | Honey Bee Stamps

Hello friends!  As promised on my Instagram post, I have the details for my Gnome card using this adorable Honey Bee Stamps Gnome Place Like Home set.

For coloring the images, I stamped them with Ink on 3's Fadeout Detail Ink.  I used my MISTI and stamped them about three times so I could see the light colored ink better.  I colored them with my Copic markers (I've listed the colors at the end of my post.)  I used the coordinating Honey Cuts to die cut them out.

Next I used the Winter Wonder Background Stencil Set (set of 6) to create my background.  The mountain and hill stencils can be snipped apart, then you have a stencil and a mask.  I used Pixie Spray, which is a repositionable adhesive and makes stenciling SO easy!  Just spray it on the back, wait about a minute, and you're good to go.

I started at the top, placed one stencil down, used a couple Detail Blender Brushes, then used the mask portion, and the next stencil portion.  I used Distress Oxides in these colors:  Stormy Sky, Tumbled Glass, Lucky Clover, Mowed Lawn, and Weathered Wood.  I very lightly added the Weathered Wood for a shadow effect on the snowy hills.

Next I used one of the snow stencils from the same set to add snow.  I used Wendy Vecchi's Embossing Paste through the stencil.  I let it dry, and to my dismay, I found that the moisture of the embossing paste picked up the Distress Oxide color below it!  Thankfully, it didn't take too long to use a white gel pen to go over the snowflakes to make them white again.

I also used the white gel pen to add snow to the trees and the girl gnome's dress.  I added a clear sparkle pen to the hills at the bottom and the vellum shadow layer behind the sentiment.  Oh, I used my blue Copics on a scratch piece of card stock in an ombre pattern then die cut the sentiment.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I do so appreciate that!  Carol :)

Copic markers:

red elements:  R29, R27, R24, R14

green elements:  YG97, YG17, YG25, YG03

faces:  E51, R01, R12

girl's hair:  YR23, YR21, Y21

blue dress:  B18, B23, B24

beard:  C2, C0

Pumpkin Spice Season | Art Impressions

Happy Monday friends!  As promised, I'm back this week with another card using the adorable Feast Mode Set!

I wanted to do something a little different for this card, but was stumped at first.  Then I had a thought to look through my drawer that has backgrounds I created, but didn't use.  I found this ink-blended panel and thought the colors were just right for an autumn card!  I made this background piece quite a while ago and am pretty sure it's inked with Mowed Lawn and Fossilized Amber Distress Oxides.  I die cut it with a die from the Oval Double Stitched Dies.

I stamped the cute fox onto Neenah 80# cardstock and colored it with my Copic markers.  I then fussy cut it out.  However....I did not cut the leaves that are floating in the air!  Instead, I put the panel in my MISTI and placed the fox stamp where I wanted my colored image to be.  Then I inked only the leaves that aren't connected to the stamp and stamped it directly onto the inked piece.  Since the background is in yellows and greens, I knew that the Copic colors I used would look just fine to color in the leaves.  (All the marker colors are listed below.)  I popped up the fox with some thin foam tape and adhered him to the matted oval.  I used an older embossing folder for the embossed layer that is on a top-folding A2 5-½" x 4-¼" card base.

I stamped the sentiment in Gathered Twigs Distress Oxide ink and die cut it using a tag from the Tag Stitched Dies.  I also die cut the little reinforcer in the same brown and blue paper I used for the card layers and adhered it to the tag.  I added a little white brad to complete it and popped it up with some foam tape.

Thank you for stopping by!  I always appreciate it so much!

Copic markers:

BF09, BG11, BG15, BG32, E08, E09, E17, E18, E19, E25, E29,

E40, E41, E42, E43, E95, T0, T2, Y17, Y18, Y21, Y26,

YG01, YG05, YG17, BY23, YG25, YG63, YG67, GY95, YG97,

YR14, YR18, YR24, YR27

Supplies:

Art Impressions Feast Mode

Art Impressions Oval Double Stitched dies

Art Impressions Tag Stitched dies

Art Impressions White Brad 50 Pack

Ink on 3 Blackout Detail ink

Distress Oxide ink:  Gathered Twigs, Mowed Lawn, Fossilized Amber

Stocking Gift Card Holder 2 Ways | Honey Bee Stamps

Hello friends!  I’m over on the Honey Bee Stamps blog today and I’m using the so cute Stocking Gift Card Holder.  I’ve made two of these, one a little more rustic and another a little more elegant. 

For this rustic one, I used Thermo Web’s flocking sheet in Winter Latte for the stocking topper, toe, and heel.  I was super happy to find that you can stamp directly onto the flocked piece.  This sentiment is from the Santa Express set.  I used my MISTI and some black dye ink and stamped it twice. 

I used the Holiday Traditions 6x6 paper pad for both of these.  You will need to cut two of the stockings for each one.  For the second cut, be sure to cut it on the opposite side of the paper—in other words, put the die on the back side of the patterned paper for the second one.  This way you'll have the same pattern showing on the front and back.  Fold in the tabs and adhere the two pieces together for the stocking.  Be sure to put your line of glue just along the side and bottom edges so the insert will fit in.

  

For the wreath on this stocking, I used the Joy Noel Wreath Honey Cuts. I cut the wreath twice from Neenah Desert Storm card stock.  I used a Detail Blender Brush to add some Gathered Twigs Distress Ink to the edges. I intertwined them and added a couple drops of glue to hold them together.  I die cut the leaves, berries, and bow from red card stock.  I used a ball stylus from the Heartfelt Creations Flower Shaping Essentials Kit to shape them.  I used Ranger Distress Collage Medium Matte to adhere everything in place.  The Honey Bee Die Release Tool is very handy here too!

One of my favorite things to do with die cuts like this is to put a thin glaze over them.  It helps to hold the shape and also makes them pop!  I like to use JudiKins Diamond Glaze for this.  I pour out a tiny bit and add a few drops of water to thin it.  I use a paint brush to apply a thin coat and let it dry.

           

For a little extra embellishment, I added stitched lines with a white gel pen and more leaves and berries on the heel and toe.

Next up is the "elegant" stocking.  The main part of the stocking is die cut from a sheet of paper from the Holiday Traditions paper pack.  For the other pieces, I used a specialty paper from Tonic Studios called Snowdrop Meadows.  I was quite pleased to see that even after die cutting, the texture and dimension remained!



For this wreath I used some Tim Holtz Kraft-Stock Gold Metallic paper.  Before I die cut the bow, leaves and berries from the specialty paper, I adhered a small piece to some Neenah 80# card stock.  This specialty paper doesn't have a lot of heft to it so by backing it, I was able to do some shaping of the elements.



For this sentiment, also in the Santa Express set, I stamped it with Versamark and heat embossed it with WOW! Metallic Gold Rich embossing powder.  I trimmed it down with my paper trimmer.  I used one of the little edge dies from the Banner Builder Honey Cuts to add the stitching on the end.

I think it's amazing how this patterned paper looks like REAL glitter paper!  I've used so much of the Holiday Traditions paper pad, I'm going to need to order more soon!



Here is a photo showing the inserts slid out a bit.  These inserts are the perfect size to hold a gift card.  Of course, you can just stamp or handwrite a sentiment instead!



So....are you team rustic, or team elegant?  LOL!  I'm definitely both!  Thank you so much for stopping by today!  Have a wonderful crafty time until we meet again!  Carol :)

Supplies:
Honey Bee Stamps Stocking Gift Card Holder
Honey Bee Stamps Joy Noel Wreath Honey Cuts
Honey Bee Stamps Santa Express
Honey Bee Stamps Banner Builder Honey Cuts
Honey Bee Stamps Holiday Traditions 6x6 paper pad
Honey Bee Stamps Die Release Tool
Honey Bee Stamps Detail Blender Brush Set
Tonic Specialty Paper Snowdrop Meadow
Tim Holtz Kraft-Stock Metallic Gold
Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Matte
Therm O Web White Latte Flock Transfer Sheets
WOW! Metallic Gold Rich embossing powder
JudiKins Diamond Glaze
Versamark ink
Heartfelt Creations Flower Shaping Essentials Kit

Penguin Cheer & Week 2 of Holiday Card Challenge | Art Impressions

Hello my friends!  It's Week 2 of Art Impressions Holiday Card Challenge (your card can be for any holiday!), and for inspiration, I'm using the new Penguin Cheer set.  This is such a fun and sweet set with several images and sentiments which means you'll be able to make several different cards with one set!

I began in my usual way for Copic coloring by stamping with Ink on 3 Blackout Detail Ink onto Neenah Solar White 80# paper.  I've listed my Copic colors below.  After I had the penguins all colored I used a die from the Tag Stitched Dies set to cut it out.  I then colored in my background.



To get a perfectly sized layer for the tag, I used a pencil and traced around the outside edges of the die.  I used my trimmer to cut the straight edges, and hand trimmed the curved corners.  I colored the edge of the tag layer with a green Copic to coordinate with the images.  I also edged a 4-¼" x 5-½" card with the same green Copic and adhered it to a top folding A2 card base.  The next layer was embossed with a beautiful 3-D Snowflake embossing folder and trimmed to 4" x 5-¼".  I added some foam tape to the back of the tag and adhered it to the embossed layer.



I colored some white card stock with a red Copic I used, dried it, then heat embossed the sentiment in white embossing powder.  I die cut it out using the smallest of the Rectangle Double Stitched dies. I used some red ribbon from my stash to add a bow to the tag. I added some sparkle with a Wink of Stella and topped it off with JudiKins Diamond Glaze.



Thank you so much for stopping by!  I hope to see your card in the challenge!  Have a great day!

Copic markers:

Penguins: N4, N5, N7, E40, W1, W3, R11, R21

Penguin accessories: R27, R29, R35, R59,

G02, G05, G17, Y15, Y17, C00, C1, C3

Background:  B0000, B000

Snow:  BV20, C0, B000

Supplies:

Art Impressions Penguin Cheer

Art Impressions Tag Stitched Dies

Art Impressions Rectangle Double Stitched Dies
Sizzix 3-D Winter Snowflakes embossing folder

Ink on 3 Blackout Detail ink
WOW! Opaque Bright White embossing powder

Versamark ink

Wink of Stella clear sparkle pen
JudiKins Diamond Glaze

Thankful For You | Art Impressions

Happy Monday friends!  Now that we are near the end of October, I've put away the Halloween stamps and have started working on some cards for friends and family to tell them how thankful I am for them.  The Feast Mode Set is just perfect to create sweet and fun cards!

This was a very easy card to make!  I began by stamping the squirrel and the floral swags in Copic safe ink.  I also stamped the squirrel onto some masking paper and fussy cut it out.  I put the mask in place and used some ink blending brushes to blend some Squeezed Lemonade and Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide Inks lightly around the image.  Here's a look at the blending and after removing the mask:

   

I removed the mask (always kind of magical!) and colored the images with my Copic markers and added additional shading with a few Prismacolor Pencils.  (All the colors are listed below.)



Once everything was colored I stamped the image with Versafine Onyx Black ink and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder.  Then I used a die from the Square Double Stitched Dies and cut it out.  I cut some coordinating paper from my stash to layer behind the square.  I used an embossing folder with some kraft color card stock and cut it to 4" x 5-1/4".  I used one of the "E" shade Copic markers to color some twine to match better.  I wrapped it around the kraft layer three times and tied with a knot.  I added foam tape to the back and adhered it to a top-folding A2 card base.

Next I used liquid glue to adhered the colored images to the embossed layer.  I wanted some kind of embellishment to put with the twine so I searched my stash and found an older die set that had acorns and leaves.  I used a few Copics to color them and added Glossy Accents to the acorn tops. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  Check back next week and I will have another card featuring this fun set!  Have a fabulous, and crafty, week!

Copic markers:

E09, E29, E31, E35, E37, E39, E42, E43, E44, E47, E57, E59,

R05, R08, R14, Y04, Y08, Y17, Y38, YG03, YG17, YG25

Prismacolor pencils:
118-Cadmium Orange, 944-Terra Cotta, 947-Dark Umber, 935-Black

Supplies:

Art Impressions Feast Mode

Art Impressions Square Double Stitched dies

Sizzix Leaves embossing folder

Gingerbread House Card | Honey Bee Stamps

If you came here from my Instagram, thank you!  As promised, a just-the-details blog post.

For this card, you need the House Builder Card Base die set + the Gingerbread House Add-On stamps and Honey Cuts.  (Which I now see are sold out--click the Notify Me button to know when they are back in stock--it will be soon!)  I used some kraft colored cardstock I've had forever, but I like the texture in this paper versus the Neenah Desert Storm paper.

Here are some of the steps:

• Use the Shiplap Siding Stencil and some white embossing paste after die cutting out the card base.  I sprinkled on some glitter while it was still wet.
• I die cut the roof from the Gingerbread House Add On and used a white gel pen to embellish.
• I used white glitter foam paper to die cut the snowy edges (dies in the Add On set).

• For the candy, I used the dies in the Add On set that cut out the shape with some embossed lines (although after I got done with them, those don't really show).
• The candy canes, peppermint sticks and gum drops were die cut with Neenah Solar White.
• Then I used Copics markers to color and shade them.
• I used a Spectrum Noir clear sparkle pen on the white portion of the peppermints.
• I then coated them all the peppermints with JudiKins Diamond Glaze (my preference over Gossy Accents as it seems to dry less yellow.)
• For the gumdrops I added some liquid glue (that dries clear) and topped them with Hero Arts Icicle Glitter.  (This stuff is amazing!)

Finally, for the trees and shrubs I added some snow with Tsukineko White Radiant Neon Amplify.  This is also amazing!  It puffs up when you use your heat gun and it's WHITE!   Not yellow!  I also added some NUVO White Gloss Crystal Drops to the trees.

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