Let's Get Festive!

It's just about time for me to deck the halls of my home including decorating the Christmas tree.  How fun would it be to have these festive ornaments I created to adorn a few tree boughs!

For my card, I first blended Antique Linen Distress Ink, splattered some black ink and stamped the sentiment.  I created a few circle shakers using Santa Baby Sequin Mix. I selected images from the new Ugly Sweater set, Copic colored them and adhered to the fronts of the circle shakers before 'hanging' them from some thin, gold ribbon.  To finish, I added a few red sequins from the Santa Baby Sequin Mix.

 

Cozy Christmas

 

Christmas decorations make the house so cozy and warm.  I usually decorate the day or weekend after Thanksgiving and it really puts me in the spirit of the season! The new Cozy Fireplace set is just one of an amazing lineup of new stamps, dies and stencils to make your holiday crafting merry and bright!

The Cozy Fireplace stamp set (and coordinating dies) includes darling images to create sweet holiday scenes!  Use the images together, use individual images or mix 'n match with the other new Christmas sets to create adorable cards, tags and more!

 

Pawsome Stamps New Release is Here!

 

The NEW Pawsome Stamps Holiday release is here and it is FABULOUS!!   This exciting release is filled with wonderful stamps, dies and stencils to create amazing holiday cards, tags, journals and so much more!!

My card features the new Ugly Sweaters stamps (and coordinating dies)!  How cute are these little critters in their holiday sweaters?!!  This set includes a darling brown bear and koala bear plus several different holiday 'ugly' sweaters for these little guys to wear, fun hats, presents and perfect sentiments!

Fall Has Arrived

 

 

The weather is beginning to get cooler, some leaves have started to change and pumpkins are popping up on lots of porches!

For my card, I ink blended Distress Oxide inks onto the background.  Using the new FALL SIGN stamp set and coordinating dies, I created a fun fall scene which reminds me of the pumpkin patch farm I use to take my daughter to when she was little!  This delightful set is very versatile for all your fall-themed projects!

 

Llama Need More Coffee!

 

Pawsome Stamps newest release has the most adorable new stamps, dies, stencils and embellishments to help you create fantastic Fall and Halloween projects...and maybe even a winter-themed one!

 

To create the background, I blended light blue, then dark blue, then purple ink.  Using the new Coffee Drinks Stencil, I applied a shimmery paste to complete the background.  

The new Coffee Llama Stamp Set and Coordinate Dies are just adorable!  There are other images in this set that make wonderful Fall-themed projects, too!

 

Birthday Celebration!

 

Guess what?  It's my birthday month - yay!  A birthday without cake (or cupcakes) is just another day which is why I'm sharing this "yummy" card today!

For my card, I created a background by blending distress oxide inks, spritzing with water, then splattering some diluted white paint.  These delicious images and sentiment are from a very fun  set: Bday Cupcakes which I've colored with Copics and added a bit of shimmer to the stars with a clear Wink of Stella marker.  To finish, I added a few gold sequins from the Fall Festival Sequin Mix.

The Most Wonderful Day of the Year!

 

What a day!!  Today's my very first post with Pawsome Stamps and I'm super excited...AND it's Christmas in July AND it's Independence Day...which makes it even better!!  My card features these two awesome Pawsome Stamps Set:

Beary Christmas

Just Sentiments Christmas 

I created the background blending Distress Oxide Inks (Tumbled Glass and Faded Jeans) then splattered some white paint.  Once the paint dried, I stamped the sentiment from the  Just Sentiments Christmas  set.  I stamped and die cut the images and colored with these Copic colors:

E31, E34, E37

BG13, BG23

R24, R29

YG17, YG 25

N3, N4

To finish, I highlighted a few parts of the images with a white gel pen and added a few sequins from the Storm Cloud Sequins Mix. 

 

Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #5 - Flowers

 

There's still time to play in this month's Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #5!!  You have until 11:55 pm pacific on May 25th to link up!

The theme is: Flowers

More inspiration on the main challenge post HERE.

Our sponsor this month is Pawsome Stamps.  The winner of  a $25 gift code from Pawsome Stamps will be drawn randomly.  

 

 

My cup card features:

 

Pawsome Stamps - Beary Christmas

 

Pawsome Stamps -  Just Sentiments: Christmas

 

 Trinity Stamps - Coffee Mug Card Die Set

 

Trinity Stamps - Mini Tag Collection Set

 

Spellbinders -  Christmas Blooms