Good morning!  Today is the second day of the Falling for the Holidays linky party over on the BYSHC blog, and I'm entering this card into that challenge.  If you'd like to join the party, just make a holiday/winter card and add your link to the linky widget.

For today's card, I placed the Forest of Trees stencil from A Colorful Life Designs (use code HollyFan10 to save) over some kraft cardstock and spread a glittery green paste over the whole panel.  After that was dry, I trimmed the panel down, added a white mat and then glued it to a red card.  I added the die cut sentiment (Concord & 9th) and some red dots around the trees.

Join the fun and share your holiday cards with us in the Falling for the Holidays linky party.  You'll build up your stash of cards and be ready to go when the holidays are here - which isn't too far away now!  Have a great day!

There is a new Mid Month Inspiration stencil on sale for only $4 until October 22 at A Colorful Life Designs, and this month it is a fun new Gingerbread House stencil.  How cute is that???  This is going to be so fun to use for holiday cards.

I did something a little bit different this time.  I started by placing the Gingerbread House stencil over some brown cardstock, and then I traced the edges of the house with a pencil and fussy cut it with scissors.  Then I moved the stencil so that the details fit inside the house and I spread some glittery white paste over that.  While this paste was drying, I splattered some white paint over a blue card and cut out some "snowbanks" with scissors.  I lightly brushed some blue ink over the tops of the white snowbanks and roughly applied some of the same glittery white paste to the top edges of those snowbanks.  When the house was dry, I splattered some white paint over that and set that aside to dry while I glued the snowbanks onto the blue card.  The house was adhered with some foam tape and I added the sentiment (Hero Arts) above the house.

You can use this code, HollyFan10, to save 10% off everything (except Master Creator Bundles) in your cart at A Colorful Life Designs.  That includes any stencils in your cart as well as Card Bling, and it can also be used on this $4 Gingerbread House stencil for even more savings.  But you'll have to hurry as this stencil is only on sale until October 22.  Have a great day!

Good morning!  Did you see the new stencil release over at A Colorful Life Designs?  We are all about the holidays this month, and it's my favorite time of the year!  The holiday card ideas are flowing and I'm inspired by all the wonderful new stencils.

My heart truly skipped a beat when I saw the stunning new Baroque Swirl Snowflake stencil.  I placed this stencil over some watercolor paper and then spread some white stencil paste over the entire panel.  After I removed the stencil, I set this panel aside to dry completely while I stamped and trimmed the sentiment (Hero Arts).  Then I pulled out some distress sprays and just had fun spraying, using some paper towel to dab the sprays from the top of the stenciled paste.  When the sprays were completely dry, I replaced the stencil over the paste and covered that with a glitter paste for that extra shimmer.  After this panel was dry, I trimmed it down, adhered it to a white card, and added the sentiment in the center.

You can use this code, HollyFan10, to save 10% off everything (except Master Creator Bundles) in your cart at A Colorful Life Designs.  That includes any stencils in your cart as well as Card Bling, so go ahead and stock up.  Have a fabulous day!