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"Glitter, Stamps, & Ink" - 5 new articles
Joyful Snowy Trees Good morning! Today is the last day for the Spring Into Christmas Linky Party on the BYSHC blog, and I'm entering one more card into the challenge. I have been on a little mission to use up the 75+ jars of stencil pastes that I have in my craft room before they dry up. This Forest of Trees stencil from A Colorful Life Designs was on my crafting table, so I decided to try two different colors of green paste with this stencil. I placed the Forest of Trees stencil over some black cardstock and then spread a light green and a darker green paste over the entire panel. I removed the stencil and set this panel aside to dry completely. You can see areas of lighter green trees and then some darker green trees all over the panel, and they really stand out against the black cardstock. I wanted this to have a wintery feel, so I splattered some white paint over the whole panel and then I glued this to a white card. Lastly, I stamped and die cut the sentiment (Hero Arts) and glued it onto the card. Please feel free to use this code, HollyFan10, to save 10% off your entire order (excluding Master Creator Bundles) at A Colorful Life Designs. I hope you were inspired to play in the Spring Into Christmas Linky Party this week, and hopefully you have added several cards to your holiday stash. I can't wait for the next linky party!! Happy Friday, y'all!!      Glittery Red Poinsettias Holidays Good morning! I'm still playing along with the Spring into Christmas Linky Party over on the BYSHC blog, and today's card is very red and very glittery. I placed the Poinsettias stencil from A Colorful Life Designs over some white cardstock and then I spread some glittery red paste over the whole thing. After it was completely dry, I trimmed this panel down and adhered it to a black card. I also added a small black strip to the center, stamped and die cut the sentiment (Hero Arts), and adhered the sentiment with some foam tape to the center of the card. It's so sparkly and glittery! This card will be so easy to mail because I don't have any bulky embellishments on it. The glittery background doesn't need any extra embellishing. Please feel free to use this code, HollyFan10, to save 10% off your entire order (excluding Master Creator Bundles) when you shop at A Colorful Life Designs. The Linky Party will end on Friday, so be sure to join the fun and share your holiday cards over on the BYSHC blog.    Winter Blessings Ice Skates and Sled Good morning! It is cold here this morning thanks to a cold front that blew in this weekend. We've gone from almost 90 degrees down to 50, so I'm enjoying the cooler temps while I can. It will be a long hot summer before you know it! There is a Spring into Christmas linky party going on this week over on the BYSHC blog, and I put this card together last night. It's more wintery than Christmas, which is fine for this linky party. All the entries must be Christmas, wintery, Yuletide, or Hanukkah themed. I started by placing the Sparkles stencil from A Colorful Life Designs (use code HollyFan10 to save) over some blue cardstock and I spread some icy silver paste over the panel. While the paste was drying, I die cut the sled and the ice skates (Spellbinders) and glued those together. I also die cut the tiny snowflakes (Taylored Expressions) and stamped and cut the sentiment (Hero Arts). After I assembled the sled, I glued the ice skates on top and added the tiny snowflakes and the sentiment. I affixed the sled to the stenciled background with foam tape and then glued this panel to a white card base. Please feel free to use this code, HollyFan10, to save 10% (excluding Master Creator Bundles) when you shop at A Colorful Life Designs. They have awesome stencils as well as stamps and Card Bling. Check out the Christmas category for hundreds of fabulous stencils for your winter and holiday cards. I hope I've inspired you to create a card and play in the Spring into Christmas Linky Party this week. Happy Monday!    Elegant Season's Snowflake Good morning! I have another holiday card to enter into the BYHSC Linky Party today. This time, I placed the Elegant Snowflake stencil from A Colorful Life Designs (use code HollyFan10 to save) over some bright turquoise cardstock and I spread some glittery white paste over the stencil. After this dried, I put the turquoise panel into my MISTI and stamped the sentiment (Hero Arts) with a turquoise ink. I trimmed this panel down and adhered it to a white card base. Would you like to play along with this challenge? Make a Christmas card (or winter, Hanukkah, Yuletide) and enter it into the linky party. This challenge will be up through April 26, so you have plenty of time to make a card (or two, or three!). Have a great day!!    Crackled Trees Holiday Wishes Good morning! I'm playing along in the Spring into Christmas challenge over on the BYSH Cardmakers blog, and this is my first entry for this fun week of Christmas cards. I did something a little bit different today. I recently bought some crackle paste and I wanted to see what it was like, so I spread it over the Forest of Trees stencil from A Colorful Life Designs (use code HollyFan10 to save) onto some watercolor paper. After the stenciled panel was completely dry, I sprayed several different colors of Distress Ink spray over the entire panel and set it aside to dry. The green spray settled into the cracks in the trees - so cool!! I added a little extra variation to my background by splattering some white paint over it. The watercolor paper really soaked up most of the white paint, but you can see it here and there. I stamped the sentiment (Hero Arts) with brown ink and added a small deer (Hero Arts) that I stamped and die cut. I also used a glittery red gel pen to add a tiny little dot to the deer's nose - so cute! After I die cut the sentiment into a snowbank shape, I glued it to the bottom of my green panel and added the deer on the far right side. The green panel was adhered to a white mat and then glued to a brown card base. If you'd like to join the Spring into Christmas challenge, just make a Christmas card (or winter, Hanukkah, Yuletide...) and enter it into the linky party. I can't wait to see all the fun holiday cards this week!!    More Recent Articles |
