Category: Winter

Winter

Warm Hello

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Welcome back, friends. I got a little side-tracked during my afternoon crafting session and suddenly realized I hadn’t gotten my project posted. This card is inspired by a cute card made by fellow demo Bree Renwick over at Craft-somnia. It’s always fun to start with an inspiration and see where the variations take you. I paired the Outdoor Adventure bundle with the Soft Waves embossing folder to create this snowy scene. And I recycled some scraps of glimmer paper from another project using the Lovely Arrangements dies — can you spot them?

We get started with a base of Secret Sea. I think it’s the perfect blend of black and navy and certainly sets the scene nicely here. Our scene is built on a base of Cloud Cover, which peeks out at the top to create our snowy-looking sky. Next up is our stand of evergreens created using Soft Sea Foam as the base and then we use the Outdoor Adventure stamps to create the tree line with Soft Sea Foam, Old Olive, and Mossy Meadow inks. I fussy cut around them and adhered them to a strip of white cardstock. To create our snow in the foreground, I embossed a piece of vellum with the Soft Waves embossing folder and adhered it over a scrap of white cardstock. This is adhered over the bottom of our tree panel with dimensionals to create the look of the snow being in the foreground. Our elk is stamped in Crumb Cake on Crumb Cake cardstock and then diecut with the coordinating die. I fussy cut a little closer to the elk image and then adhered it over the snow with glue dots. The whole panel is wrapped in Secret Sea bordered ribbon tied in a knot and then it’s adhered to the card front with tear-and-tape. The sentiment panel is cut from vellum using one of the sentiment dies from the Lovely Arrangements die set and then the sentiment from the Snowy Delights stamp set is stamped in Secret Sea. I used my heat gun to speed up the ink drying process so the sentiment panel could be adhered to the card front with glue dots. I pulled the Secret Sea sparkly diamonds from my scrap pile and adhered them with glue dots.

Schools are officially closed in our area for the next two days, so all of us working folks have to figure out how to “work” from home productively the next couple of days. Here’s hoping! *wink* And speaking of days like this, we’re going to be working with the Days Like This Memories & More pack this coming week. I hope you’ll drop in and see all of the fun projects you can create with this set of cards.

Product List
Secret Sea 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 165624 ]
[165624]
$14.00
Soft Sea Foam 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 146988 ]
[146988]
$14.00
Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 120953 ]
[120953]
$14.00
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 166780 ]
[166780]
$14.00
Vellum 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper [ 167099 ]
[167099]
$10.00
Outdoor Adventure Bundle (English) [ 168009 ]
[168009]
$38.50
Soft Waves 3 D Embossing Folder [ 164695 ]
[164695]
$11.00
Words Of Beauty Dies (English) [ 167089 ]
[167089]
$31.00
Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin' Pad [ 147102 ]
[147102]
$9.00
Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [ 147090 ]
[147090]
$9.00
Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [ 147111 ]
[147111]
$9.00
Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [ 147116 ]
[147116]
$9.00
Secret Sea Classic Stampin' Pad [ 165285 ]
[165285]
$9.00
Secret Sea 3/8" (1 Cm) Bordered Open Weave Ribbon [ 166932 ]
[166932]
$8.50
Stampin' Dimensionals [ 104430 ]
[104430]
$4.25
Mini Glue Dots [ 103683 ]
[103683]
$7.25
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Winter

Warmest Winter Wishes

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Welcome in for a bonus day of crafty goodness from the winter wonderland of Northeast Texas! True to the forecast, Winter Storm Fern dumped lots of sleet and snow here overnight, and we woke up to a slippery mess. With temperatures not forecasted to get anywhere near freezing until Tuesday afternoon, if we’re lucky, we are going to be tucked inside where it’s warm & dry for the foreseeable future.

But all this wintery weather has me in the craft room and thinking of snow. So I’m dusting off my winter crafty goodies to bring you some bonus cards today. We’re starting with a super fun pairing of the Winter Scenes and Delicate Pines stamps with the Lights of Aurora paper to create this warm wishes card.

We get started with a base of Blackberry Bliss cardstock. A sheet of the Lights of Aurora paper serves as the backdrop for our winter scene and it’s matted with a sheet of the blue Pastels Shimmer paper. Our scene panel begins with the cabin stamp from the Winter Scenes stamp set and is stamped in Crumb Cake on the right edge of a quarter panel of white cardstock. I used the smaller trees from the Light & Wonder die set to cut a stand of trees next to the cabin and then fussy cut around the cabin to finish the scene. Using a water painter, we add color to our scene with a combination of Mossy Meadow, Early Espresso, Cajun Craze, and Basic Gray inks. I went over the whole scene with Wink of Stella to add the sparkle of fresh snowfall. The sentiment from the Delicate Pines stamp set is stamped in Versamark and then heat embossed with silver. I wrapped and tied some white & gold baker’s twine just above the sentiment to pull the eye down to the sentiment. The panel is then adhered to the card front with dimensionals. We stamp some snowflakes from the Delicate Pines set in Versamark and emboss with clear embossing powder before cutting with the coordinating Delicate Pines die and then covering with some Wink of Stella. The flakes are adhered in the sky with glue dots. I added some frosted iridescent dots to the snowflake centers and a few around the sentiment for good measure.

I hope you’re staying safe & warm if you’re in Winter Storm Fern’s path. Pop back in later this afternoon to see what other winter-inspired designs I find time to make.

Product List
Blackberry Bliss 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 133675 ]
[133675]
$14.00
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 166780 ]
[166780]
$14.00
Pastels Shimmer 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper [ 167198 ]
[167198]
$10.00
Lights Of Aurora 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [ 165755 ]
[165755]
$12.50
Vellum 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper [ 167099 ]
[167099]
$10.00
Winter Scenes Cling Stamp Set (English) [ 166088 ]
[166088]
$22.00
Delicate Pines Bundle (English) [ 166074 ]
[166074]
$56.50
Light & Wonder Dies [ 165762 ]
[165762]
$38.00
Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [ 147116 ]
[147116]
$9.00
Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [ 147111 ]
[147111]
$9.00
Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad [ 147085 ]
[147085]
$9.00
Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [ 147114 ]
[147114]
$9.00
Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad [ 149165 ]
[149165]
$9.00
Water Painters [ 168253 ]
[168253]
$13.00
Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [ 141897 ]
[141897]
$10.00
Versamark Pad [ 102283 ]
[102283]
$9.50
Basics Wow! Embossing Powder [ 165679 ]
[165679]
$21.00
Metallics Wow! Embossing Powder [ 165678 ]
[165678]
$21.00
Black & White & Gold Baker's Twine [ 166005 ]
[166005]
$8.50
Frosted Iridescent Dots [ 165766 ]
[165766]
$9.00
Mini Glue Dots [ 103683 ]
[103683]
$7.25
Stampin' Dimensionals [ 104430 ]
[104430]
$4.25
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Snowy Delights · Winter

Winter Wish

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Welcome back, friends, for a bonus post on this snowy day in North Texas. Winter Storm Fern is living up to all the hype here for sure as temperatures are frigid and mixed precipitation continues to fall. The streets are covered and roads are slippery, so needless to say, we’re staying home where it’s safe & warm.

And that’s giving me the opportunity to make up for the crafting time I didn’t get earlier in the week. I thought it would be fun to have a few bonus posts that give an ode to the current weather here. So today I’m inking up a stamp set I’ve had for a while that has *eek* made its way to the Last Chance list — Snowy Delights. Time to get it inky! And it just so happens to pair up perfectly with the new Nature Walk paper.

We get started with a base of Night of Navy cardstock. The background pattern is from the Nature Walk paper pack and I machine embossed it with the Soft Waves embossing folder to give a snowdrift effect. The embossed panel is wrapped in a combination of Cloud Cover and Misty Moonlight & silver ribbons before it’s adhered to the card front. Our focal image from the Snowy Delights stamp set is stamped in Versamark and then heat embossed in silver before being diecut with the coordinating outline die. I added some of the white frosted iridescent dots to the center of the snowflake for some extra detail and a bit of sparkle. The snowflake is adhered over the ribbon with dimensionals. The sentiment from the Snowy Delights set is embossed on vellum in silver before being cut out with the banner die from the Stylish Shapes set. It’s adhered over the snowflake with glue dots so the adhesive isn’t visible. A few extra iridescent frosted dots finish things off.

What do you think of this super simple tribute to Winter Storm Fern? I think it’s pretty perfect. I hope you’re staying & safe and warm in your neck of the woods. It’s the perfect evening to curl up with some soup and a good movie and that’s just what we plan to do!

Product List
Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 100867 ]
[100867]
$14.00
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 166780 ]
[166780]
$14.00
Vellum 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper [ 167099 ]
[167099]
$10.00
Nature Walk 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [ 166912 ]
[166912]
$12.50
Soft Waves 3 D Embossing Folder [ 164695 ]
[164695]
$11.00
Snowy Delights Bundle (English) [ 165809 ]
[165809]
$65.50
Stylish Shapes Dies [ 159183 ]
[159183]
$30.00
Versamark Pad [ 102283 ]
[102283]
$9.50
Metallics Wow! Embossing Powder [ 165678 ]
[165678]
$21.00
Cloud Cover 5/8" (1.6 Cm) Textured Ribbon [ 167182 ]
[167182]
$9.50
Misty Moonlight & Silver Edged 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Ribbon [ 165931 ]
[165931]
$10.00
Frosted Iridescent Dots [ 165766 ]
[165766]
$9.00
Mini Glue Dots [ 103683 ]
[103683]
$7.25
Stampin' Dimensionals [ 104430 ]
[104430]
$4.25
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Coming Soon · Online Exclusives · Winter

On My Mind

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Happy Monday, crafty friends! It was a busy weekend here in the studio as I worked furiously all weekend to make Christmas-themed product for an upcoming craft show. While I made a lot of progress, I still have quite a ways to go to be fully prepared for a Christmas market. Eeek!

But I digress. This week, we’re on to a new design theme, and I thought we would continue to hang out in the woods this week. The fun thing about a general theme is that we get a lot of freedom to pull all kinds of things from our crafty stash. *grin* And I’ll be sneaking in some of the new Online Exclusives that I snagged in my preorder.

So today we’re getting started with a sketch. When I saw the Freshly Made Sketches #709, I knew exactly what I wanted to pair together — the new Winter Scenes stamp set, the Elegant Pine Snowflakes paper, and the brand new Words of Beauty stamp set (releasing tomorrow!).

I kept things super simple with today’s color palette. We get started with a base of Basic White cardstock. The sheet of white snowflakes from the Elegant Pine Snowflakes pack serves as our backdrop. Our focal panel starts with the mountain scene from the Winter Scenes stamp set on a postage stamp of white cardstock cut with the smaller square from the Perennial Postage die set. I did some light shading with Stampin’ Blends to add a touch of color to the scene and covered the scene with Wink of Stella for the perfect snowy twinkle. This scene is matted with some silver brushed silver and a square of Lost Lagoon cut with one of the smaller squares from the Stylish Shapes die set. The sentiment panel is a smaller banner cut from white cardstock using the Stylish Shapes dies. The sentiment from the *new* Words of Beauty stamp set is stamped in Pretty Peacock and then flanked with some silver drusy embellishments before being adhered on the back of the winter mountain scene panel. The full panel is adhered in the bottom-left corner with dimensionals.

Super simple but oh-so stunning, don’t you think? I hope you’ll tune in tomorrow to see where our trek in the woods takes us!

Product List
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 166780 ]
[166780]
$14.00
Lost Lagoon 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 133679 ]
[133679]
$14.00
Brushed Silver And Gold Foil 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper [ 164861 ]
[164861]
$10.00
Elegant Pine Snowflakes 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [ 166066 ]
[166066]
$12.50
Winter Scenes Cling Stamp Set (English) [ 166088 ]
[166088]
$22.00
Perennial Postage Dies [ 162607 ]
[162607]
$33.00
Stylish Shapes Dies [ 159183 ]
[159183]
$30.00
Drusy Adhesive Backed Embellishments [ 164223 ]
[164223]
$9.00
Shaded Spruce Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [ 154903 ]
[154903]
$11.00
Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [ 154904 ]
[154904]
$11.00
Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [ 141897 ]
[141897]
$10.00
Stampin' Dimensionals [ 104430 ]
[104430]
$4.25
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Elegant Pine Snowflakes · Winter

Celebrate the Snowy Season

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Welcome to the weekend, crafty friends! What have you gotten up to? It’s a beautiful day here in N. Texas. We started out our day at the bowling alley for the kiddos’ weekly league games. And our afternoon has been a mixed bag. We started with a trip to a local wildlife rehabber after rescuing one of our backyard doves from the clutches of one of our outside cats. The exciting life of owning pets!

But on to some crafty things as we close out our week of snowy designs. Today we’re using the snowflakes from the Elegant Pine Snowflakes suite to create our window card design. I recently saw a peek-through window design that I just loved and it made me think about how this beautiful set could create a peek-through scene.

So we get started with a base of Shaded Spruce cardstock. The center section has been removed to insert the window sheet section. Each side of the front panel cardstock pieces are covered with the evergreen patterned sheet from the Elegant Pine Snowflakes paper pack. The snowflake is cut from another sheet and then adhered on the window section. The sentiment from the Delicate Pines stamp set is stamped in Versamark and then heat embossed with gold embossing powder on vellum. The panel is then cut with one of the smaller banner dies from the Stylish Shapes set using the extension method. It’s adhered with tear-n-tape over the snowflake.

The inside panel of the card begins with white cardstock. I used the window sheet as a stamping block, which made lining up the images a 100% guarantee. I started layering with the largest snowflake from the Delicate Pines stamp set then the middle-sized snowflake image, and then the feather flake. The pinecones are stamped in the negative space of the snowflake in Crumb Cake. I wanted a bit of detail peeking through when the card is closed and so I stamped a group of pinecones in Early Espresso and then surrounded them on either side with pine branches stamped in Shaded Spruce. The sentiment from the same Delicate Pines set is stamped in Real Red in the bottom-center of the panel. Both the inside and outside panels are finished with Traditional Sparkling sequins for the perfect amount of sparkle and pops of contrasting colors.

I hope you’ve enjoyed our snowflake series this week. Next week, we’re headed back to more fall-inspired designs. I think you’ll find some of the twists pretty fun. Hope you’ll tune in and see what’s in store!

Product List
Shaded Spruce 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 146981 ]
[146981]
$14.00
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 166780 ]
[166780]
$14.00
Elegant Pine Snowflakes 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [ 166066 ]
[166066]
$12.50
Window Sheets [ 142314 ]
[142314]
$5.00
Delicate Pines Bundle (English) [ 166074 ]
[166074]
$56.50
Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [ 147090 ]
[147090]
$9.00
Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad [ 147088 ]
[147088]
$9.00
Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad [ 150083 ]
[150083]
$9.00
Lost Lagoon Classic Stampin' Pad [ 161678 ]
[161678]
$9.00
Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [ 147116 ]
[147116]
$9.00
Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [ 147114 ]
[147114]
$9.00
Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [ 147084 ]
[147084]
$9.00
Versamark Pad [ 102283 ]
[102283]
$9.50
Metallics Wow! Embossing Powder [ 165678 ]
[165678]
$21.00
Stylish Shapes Dies [ 159183 ]
[159183]
$30.00
Traditional Sparkling Sequins [ 165875 ]
[165875]
$8.00
Tear & Tape Adhesive [ 154031 ]
[154031]
$7.00
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Snowy Delights · Winter

Merry & Bright Flakes

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Happy Friday, everybody! It’s been a week, let me tell you. Between a busy work schedule, an unexpected interruption in my SSP Pinterest account, and a failed attempt at today’s card, I’m ready for a refresh! And it’s going to be the perfect weekend for it as we enjoy the first real feel of fall weather here in N. Texas. It’s due to be a glorious weekend to be outside.

But on to crafting. This week, we’re pulled our snowflakes from the crafty stash to create our projects. Today’s card combines the Snowy Delights dies with the Greetings for You ephemera to create our lovely white wonderland.

But I just have to share a little about today’s card idea and failure to launch first. Because guess what? Every crafter has good ideas that don’t execute.

I gave you a little tease that today’s project was going to be a snowflake childhood throwback. And in my mind’s eye, I was going to use some current dies in the stash to create the look of the paper snowflakes we used to make as kids. You know the ones where we would fold the paper and cut shapes out of the edges to create unique snowflake designs? Well, I was hoping to do that with a quarter panel and my dies. And I really wanted it to look like a postage stamp to boot. And no matter how many placements and combinations of the dies I tried, I kept ending up with big sections coming apart – like the photo above. I decided to table the idea for now – I won’t be deterred from getting this one eventually *grin* – and move on with creating with the actual diecut shapes I had instead of using the sheet of negatives. And that’s how we arrive at today’s card design.

This is a super simple color palette – white as snow. So we get started with a sheet of white cardstock. All of the snowflakes are cut from a quarter sheet of white using the Snowy Delights dies. I used the larger detail die as the star of the show and used 2 of them in opposing corners of the card front, allowing them to overlap the edges of the card. After adhering the larger flakes to the card front, I snipped off the overhanging edges with my paper snips. I filled in the gaps of white space in the other corners with the smaller, less detailed flakes. I chose a small sentiment – merry & bright – from the Greetings for You ephemera pack and adhered it over some gold trim. To finish things off with the perfect amount of twinkle, I added Wink of Stella to the round elements of each of the snowflakes and then also added a few iridescent faceted gems in the white space between the smaller flakes.

Don’t you just love this tone-on-tone look? It is super sparkly in person (I’ll have to remember to add a little video to the Instagram post later so you can see it for yourself) and it just makes me smile.

I saw the coolest idea in my inspiration searching recently that I can’t wait to try out for you tomorrow. I hope you’ll drop in and see what that’s all about!

Product List
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 166780 ]
[166780]
$14.00
Snowy Delights Dies [ 165807 ]
[165807]
$37.00
Greetings For You Mix & Match Ephemera Pack (English) [ 166208 ]
[166208]
$8.50
Gold & Silver 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Trim Combo Pack [ 161633 ]
[161633]
$9.00
Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [ 141897 ]
[141897]
$9.00
Shimmer Star Foam Stickers [ 166202 ]
[166202]
$9.50
Iridescent Faceted Gems [ 163368 ]
[163368]
$8.50
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [ 144108 ]
[144108]
$4.25
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L2S Group Instahop · Winter

Snowy Window

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Thanks for dropping in today, friends! After a looooong day at work yesterday, I didn’t have any zip left to play in the craft room. But never fear, that childhood throwback card is coming to you tomorrow!

But today, we’re hopping along with the Luv 2 Stamp Group over on Instagram. And we’re continuing our snowflake series as we combine the Elegant Pine Snowflakes paper with the Winter Scenes stamps to create today’s shaker window card. Let’s check it out.

We get started with a base of Pretty Peacock cardstock. Two panels of the Pretty Peacock frost pattern from the Elegant Pine Snowflakes paper cover both the front and back of our front card panel. The window is cut using the Everyday Arches dies, and I ran the whole sheebang through the machine a couple of times to be sure it cut all the way through all of the layers. Acetate window sheets create our shaker panel, and we adhere one on each side of our card front, filling the shaker with sparkly things, and then adhering our patterned paper covers on each side. We dressed up the window with two small arches cut from white cardstock using nesting dies from the Everyday Arches set. And then the upper corner of the window has a snowflake cut from a combination of Peaceful Garden silver glimmer paper and a sheet of the Elegant Pine Snowflakes paper. This snowflake is the perfect compliment to our snowy winter scene.

The smallest center arched piece is used for our image panel. The image from the Winter Scenes stamp set is stamped in black and then colored with a combination of Stampin’ Blends and blending brushes. To give it the sparkle of falling and fallen snow, I covered the snowy bits with Wink of Stella. The sentiment from the Greetings for You ephemera pack is adhered over Balmy Blue sheer ribbon with several layers of dimensionals and affixed underneath the focal image. A few Traditional Sparkling sequins on the inside and outside focal panels finish things off with the perfect amount of twinkle.

Today’s card is a part of the Luv 2 Stamp Group Instagram Hop, which goes live at 9 AM Pacific Time (PST).  Click here to head over to my Instagram feed at 9 AM Pacific/11 AM Central and check out what the other demos in our L2S Group have created for you today! 

Product List
Pretty Peacock 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 150880 ]
[150880]
$14.00
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 166780 ]
[166780]
$14.00
Elegant Pine Snowflakes 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [ 166066 ]
[166066]
$12.50
Peaceful Garden 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Glimmer Paper [ 165929 ]
[165929]
$10.50
Window Sheets [ 142314 ]
[142314]
$5.00
Winter Scenes Cling Stamp Set (English) [ 166088 ]
[166088]
$22.00
Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad [ 101406 ]
[101406]
$10.50
Old Olive Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [ 154892 ]
[154892]
$11.00
Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [ 154882 ]
[154882]
$11.00
Pool Party Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [ 154894 ]
[154894]
$11.00
Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [ 154904 ]
[154904]
$11.00
Small Blending Brushes [ 160518 ]
[160518]
$14.00
Cloud Cover Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [ 165279 ]
[165279]
$5.50
Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad [ 153118 ]
[153118]
$9.00
Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [ 141897 ]
[141897]
$9.00
Everyday Arches Dies [ 164629 ]
[164629]
$29.00
Greetings For You Mix & Match Ephemera Pack (English) [ 166208 ]
[166208]
$8.50
Balmy Blue 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Sheer Ribbon [ 165767 ]
[165767]
$8.50
Traditional Sparkling Sequins [ 165875 ]
[165875]
$8.00
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [ 144108 ]
[144108]
$4.25
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Elegant Pine Snowflakes · Winter

Season of Snow

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Welcome back, friends. This week, we’re having all kinds of snowy fun as we explore some of the great snow-inspired products in our crafty stash. Today’s clean and simple design uses the Elegant Pine Snowflakes products and Greetings for You ephemera to create this lovely embossed design. Let’s check it out.

We get started with a base of Secret Sea cardstock. The focal panel starts with a sheet of the Elegant Pine Snowflakes patterned paper, which we’re going to mat with a sheet of the Cloud Cover Flower Garden Foils specialty paper. I really wanted the patterned paper to take center stage, so I opted for an embossed effect for the focal images. I arranged three of the Delicate Pines stamps over the coordinating images in the paper and stamped in Versamark before heat embossing with clear embossing powder. I just love this shimmery, raised effect that really draws attention to the beautiful detailed snowflakes. We finish things off with a ’tis the season sentiment from the Greetings for You ephemera pack, which is mounted over a twist of Mossy Meadow & Gold ribbon using dimensionals. A scatter of Old Olive sparkling sequins finish things off with a touch of coordinating color.

Tomorrow we’re going to have a throwback to our childhood as we use the paper snowflake effect. I hope you’ll drop in and check it out!

Product List
Secret Sea 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 165624 ]
[165624]
$14.00
Elegant Pine Snowflakes 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [ 166066 ]
[166066]
$12.50
Flower Garden Foils 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper [ 165511 ]
[165511]
$10.00
Delicate Pines Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [ 166067 ]
[166067]
$24.00
Versamark Pad [ 102283 ]
[102283]
$9.50
Basics Wow! Embossing Powder [ 165679 ]
[165679]
$21.00
Greetings For You Mix & Match Ephemera Pack (English) [ 166208 ]
[166208]
$8.50
Mossy Meadow & Gold 1/4" (6.4 Mm) [ 166158 ]
[166158]
$9.50
Traditional Sparkling Sequins [ 165875 ]
[165875]
$8.00
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [ 144108 ]
[144108]
$4.25
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Winter

Joyful Flakes

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Welcome to fall, y’all! When I was choosing this week’s design theme, ironically, I didn’t even think to make it coincide with the changing of the seasons here. That’s a real face-palm moment, don’t ya think? *snicker* But that’s just the way it goes sometimes when you’re excited about digging into some new crafty goodness.

This week, we’re delving into everything SNOW. There are some wonderful new snowy products in the new SU! Holiday Mini catalog and Online Exclusives that I can’t wait to show you. And today we’re getting started with a mixture of Elegant Pine Snowflakes & Snowy Delights to create this beautiful card. I decided on the word joy from the Greetings for You ephemera pack because snowflakes bring me joy. What about you?

Our card today gets started with a base of Cloud Cover cardstock. This brings out the subtle hues of blue in our background paper from the Elegant Pine Snowflakes paper pack. Our trio of snowflakes is built from two sets of dies – Delicate Pines and Snowy Delights. Using a scrap of the Elegant Pine Snowflakes paper, I cut several different sized snowflakes from a corner of the sheet. I paired up the larger printed snowflake with some of the Summer Splash glimmer paper and cut a detailed snowflake to go behind using the Snowy Delights die. Before adhering the two layers together, I sandwiched a faux bow of Lost Lagoon soft cording in between. The smaller snowflakes are paired with some Shy Shamrock glimmer paper cut using one of the smaller detail snowflake dies from the Delicate Pines die set. They’re adhered together with dimensionals to give them a more realistic depth of field before adhering them to the backdrop with dimensionals. Each snowflake has a center of Traditional Sparkling sequins. The sentiment from the Greetings for You ephemera pack is adhered toward the bottom-center of the card front. (HINT: did you know that these sentiments are already sticky? Just peel the backing & stick!) I added another sparkling sequin as the tittle for J in joy. A few blue sequins in opposing corners finish things off perfectly.

I hope you’ll drop in tomorrow to see what other snowy goodness there is in store!

Product List
Cloud Cover 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 165621 ]
[165621]
$14.00
Elegant Pine Snowflakes 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [ 166066 ]
[166066]
$12.50
2024–2026 In Color™ Glimmer 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper [ 163771 ]
[163771]
$11.00
Delicate Pines Dies [ 166073 ]
[166073]
$39.00
Snowy Delights Dies [ 165807 ]
[165807]
$37.00
Greetings For You Mix & Match Ephemera Pack (English) [ 166208 ]
[166208]
$8.50
Lost Lagoon Soft Cording [ 164938 ]
[164938]
$8.00
Traditional Sparkling Sequins [ 165875 ]
[165875]
$8.00
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [ 144108 ]
[144108]
$4.25
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Winter

Golden Winter Wishes

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TGIF, friends! We made it to Friday. And I don’t know about you but I skidded into the end of the work week with my pants on fire. Whew! I have equally as many things on the weekend to-do list — but at least it’s a mixture of the fun and necessary.

This week we’re exploring a design theme — all that glitters is gold — and we’re using all of the fun sparkly gold goodies from the crafting stash. I’ve been mixing up the old & the new to create this week’s projects. And today’s card is a sneak peek at a couple of new snowflake-themed products that released just a few weeks ago. We’re mixing the Elegant Pine Snowflake suite with the Snowy Delights dies to create this winter-inspired card.

The snowflake is the real star of the show here, so we’re keeping things clean and simple with this layout. We get started with a base of Basic White cardstock. The background panel is a piece of the Elegant Pine Snowflake paper. I tied some of the iridescent striped ribbon around the bottom to add some mysterious, ethereal sheen. Our gorgeous snowflake consists of a backdrop of gold textured metallic paper cut with the largest Snowy Delights die. Then our intricate detailed layer is a sheet of silver glimmer paper from the Peaceful Garden pack cut with the detailed die from the Snowy Delights set. The detailed snowflake is adhered over the gold glimmery backdrop with dimensionals. The full snowflake is adhered to our background panel with dimensionals above the shimmery ribbon. The sentiment from the Delicate Pines stamp set is stamped in Pretty Peacock on white paper and then diecut with one of the smaller dies from the Traditional Labels set. We adhered our sentiment with several layers of dimensionals over double pine boughs cut from Mossy Meadow using the Delicate Pines die. Our design is finished off with some frosted iridescent dots in opposing corners for just a hint of sparkle as the card turns from side to side. I wish you could see all of the sparkle!

Tune in tomorrow to see the fun sparkly project I have in store for you!

Product List
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 166780 ]
[166780]
$14.00
Mossy Meadow 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 133676 ]
[133676]
$14.00
Elegant Pine Snowflakes 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [ 166066 ]
[166066]
$12.50
Textured Metallic 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper [ 163772 ]
[163772]
$8.50
Peaceful Garden 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Glimmer Paper [ 165929 ]
[165929]
$10.50
Delicate Pines Bundle (English) [ 166074 ]
[166074]
$56.50
Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad [ 150083 ]
[150083]
$9.00
Traditional Labels Dies [ 165864 ]
[165864]
$29.00
Snowy Delights Dies [ 165807 ]
[165807]
$37.00
Iridescent 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Striped Trim [ 163299 ]
[163299]
$8.50
Frosted Iridescent Dots [ 165766 ]
[165766]
$9.00
Stampin' Dimensionals [ 104430 ]
[104430]
$4.25
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