I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I'm headed to The Nutcracker this afternoon with my mom, sister, daughter, and her boyfriend so I thought it would be fitting to share this card with you today! To begin, I cut a 5 by 7 piece of Weathervane cardstock and embossed it using the beautiful Merry Moments 3D Embossing Folder. When I bought this particular folder a few months ago, I didn't realize it was 5 by 7, but it works well with the amount of flowers I chose to use and the tall nutcracker. I added some Stormy Sea and black ink around the edges and over the raised embossed portions to give it some added depth.
I cut quite a few poinsettias in varying sizes using the Into the Blooms: Poinsettia Die from white cardstock and then colored them with ink and blender brushes. I layered and glued them using both liquid glue and foam squares. I inked up the four leaves from the same die set and set those aside.
The pictures are washing the poor guy out a bit, but his skin is a peachy color and his hair and beard are cream. This is the first time I have used or assembled this nutcracker, so I learned that the base layer should be the color you want his hair and pants. I initially thought it would be the color of his face, so I went with peach, so now this dapper fellow is wearing peach pants! ha ha! He DID have peach hair, but I decided to cut the top portion again to give him the cream hair and just glued it to the base.
I adhered the poinsettias and leaves using foam squares and then secured the nutcracker in the middle using a double-stack of foam squares. I added some white acrylic paint splatter and then got to work on the sentiment.
For the sentiment, I chose an older one from Honey Bee Stamps that I bought a few years ago and haven't used yet called Home For the Holidays. I heat embossed it with gold powder and then cut it using the coordinating Home for the Holidays Honey Cuts. I secured it to the card front using foam squares. Each of the flower centers got a gem and then I also added a trio of sparkling clear sequins. It was looking just a bit bare, so I turned to my leftovers pile and found some bits of foliage that I tucked here and there. I gave it a spritz of shimmer spray and called it done! Thanks for fluttering by!
Hello friends! I shared this Project Inspiration on the Papertrey Ink Blog last week, but I also wanted to share it here to give some additional tips and tricks I used to create this card. I was inspired by a snow globe I saw that had a plaid base, so that was the springboard for this design. I also have missed some of my favorite previously released products, so it's always fun to pull those out again and put them to use!
Here's a quick look at steps 1-6 (there's actually 7, but it messed up the grid) and I will walk you through each step. Step 2: Use a corner rounder punch for all 4 corners and attach to a white card base using foam squares. Step 3: Cut the base of the snow globe from pattern paper and antique gold. Cut it again twice from Soft Stone cardstock and glue everything together. Step 4: Cut all of the pieces for the scene from White card stock and color them with blender, brushes and dye ink. Assemble using liquid glue and foam squares. Add some white ink splatter. Step 5: Cut all foliage and berries using the Into the Blooms: Swag Die from white cardstock. Color them like the other elements and spritz with fossilized amber distress oxide spray. Attach to snow globe with foam squares and liquid glue. Step 6: Cut the Peace sentiment twice; once from antique gold card stock and once from White. Glue them together and attach to the snow globe using liquid glue. Heat emboss the companion sentiment on a strip of vellum using silver powder. Attach it to the snow globe using strategically placed liquid glue on the back of the embossing. Step 7: spritz with shimmer spray and add glitter.
Some other details to note: this particular pattern paper that I used on the globe is a craft smart North Pole Mail pad of paper. The plaid was just a small strip on one of the pieces, so I used washi tape to line up the bottom portion of the globe on the paper. The rock candy glitter is more like sugar and doesn't have a lot of sparkle, but I love the frosted, snowy look it gives my projects. This hot foil plate is one of my favorites because it doesn't need a high heat or a long time to heat and it always gives me great results! I didn't want to wrap the vellum strip around the entire background panel, so I simply added some liquid glue to the back of the vellum behind the embossed portion for an invisible adhesion. Thanks for fluttering by!
Happy Thanksgiving, friends! I hope you all have a wonderful day surrounded by those you love! I have a card to share with you today featuring a potpourri of different collections from The Greetery. I didn't use the Hint of Autumn release nearly enough, so that came into play, and I never did put the Christmas Market collection away, and of course the Christmas Gallerie collection has just stolen my heart! Last week Betsy gave us all a tip: get some wood cardstock and do some embossing! Yes, Ma'am! I got straight to work recreating the same embossing combination she used, but I used some Cherry Wood Veneer cardstock, but the type she used is on its way to my home!
I was awe-struck by the beautiful results of the cards and projects she shared with the wood paper and embossing. This particular veneer cardstock has a tendency to bow, so I glued it to panels of Kraft cardstock before I did the die cutting and embossing. This helped SO MUCH and helped keep the paper flat.
You can see some of the beautiful embossed details in this photo....I am so happy I have such beautiful products to create with!
The leaves were created by first stenciling the base of each leaf using the Autumn Herbarium Stamp + Stencil. Once that was done, I used the Autumn Herbarium Die to cut the leaves out. I opted not to do any of the stamped details, but rather kept everything light and airy. I placed them one by one into the Autumn Herbarium Embossing Folder picking and choosing which pieces I wanted to use.I tucked them behind the pumpkin here and there until I was satisfied with the arrangement. I spritzed it with shimmer spray-sparkle and added some Rocky Candy glitter to the leaves and pumpkins. I covered up the main portion of the sentiment with a sticky note and then added some vintage photo distress ink splatter for additional interest and detail. The final addition is an antique gold bow placed at the bottom of the pumpkin using the Regency Bow No. 1 Die. I created a card base placing the shortbread die on the fold of the die and added the entire panel using liquid glue. Happy Thanksgiving and thank for fluttering by!
Hello and welcome, friends! I'm here today sharing a pair
of Christmas cards inspired by an ad that kept popping up in my feed! Does that
ever happen to you? While most ads might be annoying, I think we’re all pretty
used to them by now. Every once in a while, I will get an ad for something that
inspires me either from the color scheme, layout, etc. This particular ad kept
popping up so I took the hint and ran with the inspiration! Ha ha!
My algorithms seem to know I’m heavily involved in the paper
crafting world, which also includes stationery. This particular set of cards
was inspired by a Fresh Cut Paper ad for their holiday advent. I love the
traditional red and green and the use of berry clusters and pine sprigs so that
is what I got to work making. I pulled out any and all dies that I thought
might work; first up was the pine sprigs that are cut using the BotaniCuts Pine Bough Die. I cut them from white and then colored them with finger daubers and
distress oxide ink in colors pine needles and rustic wilderness. The berry
sprigs are cut using the Rosemary and Berry Die and colored the same way but
with twisted citron, mowed lawn, and rustic wilderness. For the berries, I
simply added some Pure Poppy ink to a scrap of white cardstock and then cut
them out using the included berry die. I glued the berries to the sprigs and
then added some Ranger Glossy Accents to the berries and set them aside to dry.
I had
fun adding in all of the premade greenery and foliage using both liquid glue
and foam squares. I added some Tim Holtz Rock Candy glitter to the greenery on
the bird card for holiday sparkle! I had so much fun creating the pair and now
my ads should return to normal since I’ve gotten it out of my system! Haha!
Thanks for fluttering by!
Hello friends! Thanks for stopping by today! There are a few products from the new Papertrey Ink release that I didn't have a chance to use during the countdown, so I have a card to share with you today using one of the never-been-used products, a few of the new products that I DID use, but are some of my favorites, AND some of my older favorites!
To begin this card, I used the Fanciful Snowflake Hot Foil Plate with gold foil on a panel of teal cardstock. I also used the new In Frames: Circle Die to cut the medium and small sized frames from the same cardstock. I adhered those to the two opposite corners using mini foam squares and they are slightly overlapping to keep the circles within the confines of the card front.
The large snowflakes, which are included in the Forever Snowflake Frame Die, are cut using gold glitter cardstock and adhered to the middle of each of the two circle frames. I cut the ornament using the new Holiday Tags: Elegant Ornament Die from white cardstock and then colored it with Pale Peony ink and blender brushes. I gave it a spritz of fossilized amber distress oxide spray and added the top that was cut from gold cardstock using liquid glue.
I cut a few of the smaller snowflakes included in the Holiday Tags: Let It Snow Die from the same glitter cardstock and added one to the pink ornament and the other to the side of the larger circle frame. I used bright pink adhesive pearls to add to the center of each small snowflake and also scattered across the background.
The greenery and flowers are included in the Tag Creations: Modern Gift Die and were cut from white and then colored with Pale Peony, Stormy Sea, and New Leaf ink and spritzed with the same distress oxide spray.
The centers of the poinsettias are cut from gold cardstock as well as the cute little bow on the ornament that is included in the Bows Galore Die. I added the gold details using liquid glue.
The sentiment is heat embossed with rose gold embossing powder and then cut using the versatile new Hold that Thought Die and adhered using foam squares. I gave everything a spritz of shimmer spray-sparkle for maximum shine and a trio of sparkling clear sequins to really make it sparkle! Everything included in the new release will be available for purchase today at 12:00 PM EST. Thanks for fluttering by!
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