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  • Pinkfresh Poinsettia
    December 21, 2024

    Pinkfresh Poinsettia

    I started by stamping and heat embossing the big Poinsettia stamp set twice: once with gold embossing powder on Hammermill and once with Distress Embossing Glaze in Speckled Egg on vellum.

  • Folk Snowflake
    December 20, 2024

    Folk Snowflake

    The December 2024 Pinkfresh Challenge Theme is Magical Holiday and the color palette is Mermaid Cove, Cherry Blossom, Berrylicious, Sunkissed, and Spruce Tips.

  • Kat Scrappiness Christmas Lantern
    December 18, 2024

    Kat Scrappiness Christmas Lantern

    One thing I love about Kat Scrappiness is that she has lots of shaker dies! This older Christmas Lantern is one of them.

  • Stitchmas: Day 9 – 12
    December 18, 2024

    Stitchmas: Day 9 – 12

    This year I’m co-hosting an Instagram hop using the Spellbinders Stitchmas Advent Calendar. We’re hopping on even days, starting on December 2nd.

  • Merry Giveaway Cards
    December 15, 2024

    Merry Giveaway Cards

    I cut out the A2 Cover Die from an old background. The background was stamped with a Taylored Expressions background stamp and heat embossed in light blue.

  • California Santa
    December 14, 2024

    California Santa

    I want my Santa to sit at the bottom of an A2 card with the sentiment above him. It’s a pretty big sentiment, so it’s important to plan out my card.

  • Oval Holiday Shaker
    December 13, 2024

    Oval Holiday Shaker

    I cut the oval base layer three times from red foil cardstock and once from clear acetate. Next I cut the oval frame three times from red glitter foam.

  • BetterPress First Impressions
    December 10, 2024

    BetterPress First Impressions

    But this blog post is mostly about taking the BetterPress for a spin. I own a number of plates already, because they foil fantastically well.

  • Stitchmas: Day 5 – 8
    December 10, 2024

    Stitchmas: Day 5 – 8

    I cut the star background from Hammermill Cardstock and the segments from Recollections Gold Foil Cardstock.

  • Spellbinders Love on the Rocks
    December 10, 2024

    Spellbinders Love on the Rocks

    Today I’m participating in Spellbinders launch of the Love on the Rocks Collection. For this card I used the die set called Love on the Rocks and the press plate sentiments.

  • A Slimline Christmas
    December 8, 2024

    A Slimline Christmas

    I had a dual purpose for these cards. I needed to create a card with an old kit or subscription for an Instagram hop and I needed sample cards for my next giveaway.

  • Stitchmas: Day 1 – 4
    December 2, 2024

    Stitchmas: Day 1 – 4

    My plan was to create round ornaments with my stitched die cuts, using wooden coasters as my base. I started by painting the edges with gold paint.

  • November Pinkfresh Challenge: Floral Bauble
    November 29, 2024

    November Pinkfresh Challenge: Floral Bauble

    I heat embossed the images and sentiment in Ranger Super Fine Gold Embossing Powder. Then I used the layering stencils with the challenge colors.

  • November Pinkfresh Challenge: Holiday Gifts
    November 29, 2024

    November Pinkfresh Challenge: Holiday Gifts

    I die cut and stenciled the faux envelope in Begonia. I arranged the presents and greenery coming out of the envelope more or less following the image on the packaging.

  • November Pinkfresh Challenge: Holiday Spirit
    November 29, 2024

    November Pinkfresh Challenge: Holiday Spirit

    For my background I stenciled Holiday Foliage with Warm Buff, Doe and Lunar Paste in Cookie Dough.

  • Kat Scrappiness Vellum Snowflake Frame
    November 25, 2024

    Kat Scrappiness Vellum Snowflake Frame

    I started out by stamping and heat embossing the foliage arrangement from the Christmas Add-On Stamp for the Holiday Lantern.

  • Sizzix Holiday Giveaway
    November 20, 2024

    Sizzix Holiday Giveaway

    As an aside, I know this folder is called Leaf Pattern, but I’ve always used it for holiday makes. The pattern looks like evergreen branches to me.

  • Reindeer Shaker Card
    November 19, 2024

    Reindeer Shaker Card

    I’m still charmed by Simon Hurley’s Woodland Wildlife Stamp and Die Set. So for an Instagram challenge with a snow globe theme, I watercolored the reindeer from it.

  • Yeti Anniversary
    November 16, 2024

    Yeti Anniversary

    I created a felt yeti with Rocky, the Dancin’ Yeti for his launch. But I also wanted to color him with Distress Watercolor Pencils.

  • So Very Merry 3
    November 15, 2024

    So Very Merry 3

    On Day 3 of Online Card Classes So Very Merry, Jennifer McGuire showed us how to create Hanukkah cards.

  • Peach & Purple Mums
    November 13, 2024

    Peach & Purple Mums

    For these two cards, I foiled the flower in peach and purple. Then I added some ink blending with a pale blue dye ink centered on the flower.

  • So Very Merry 2
    November 13, 2024

    So Very Merry 2

    The first teacher for Day 2 was Laura Bassen. She created eight cards, four that use a triangle as a stylized tree shape and four that use the negative.

  • So Very Merry 1
    November 12, 2024

    So Very Merry 1

    This week I’m participating in OnlineCardClasses.com’s holiday class. It’s Monday through Saturday, so there will be a lot of cardmaking this week.

  • Snowdrop Shaker
    November 11, 2024

    Snowdrop Shaker

    The snowdrop plate is part of the January Set of Spellbinders Florals Through the Year Collection. So I created a snow-themed shaker card with it.

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