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Shabby Chic Tim Holtz Santa
I want this card to be shabby chic, so I’m using a lot of gesso. Over-simplified, gesso is thick, matte white paint.
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Shaped Shaker Card
Today’s card is a shaped shaker card, so I’m starting with the card base.
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Sizzix Haul
I took advantage of the Sizzix Spring Sale. Here’s my haul.
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Frosty Florals
The main feature of this card is created with the Honey Bee Lovely Layers Amaryllis Die Set. It creates a lush amaryllis plant with a choice of two planters.
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Flutter Into Spring
Once I had laid out the scene on the Glimmer surface, it was easy to foil more, so I created one card with rainbow foil, and one with gold foil.
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Swatching Distress Oxide Inks
I just got the last two ink pads I was missing from the Distress Oxide palette: Rustic Wilderness and Crackling Campfire.
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Foiling Textured Paper
The best cardstock for hot foiling is the smoothest. But you can make your own smooth cardstock in a few simple steps.
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Cardmaking Watercolor Palette
I wanted to swatch and organize a new watercolor palette for cardmaking.
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Single-Layer Gnome Card
The adorable little gnome with her poinsettia is from Trinity Stamps’ From Our Gnome To Yours stamp and die set.
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Happy Lunar New Year
Here in Silicon Valley the Chinese New Year is celebrated almost as much as Valentine’s Day.
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Using up leftover foil
The critters’ gaze directs the viewers’ gaze, so use it to your advantage.
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B♥️ Mine License Plate
I have so many ideas for how to use these! How about a 🍕PIZZA, 🎂 HBD, 🐻 BEAR, 🦌 DEER or 🐋 WHALE license plate?
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You Make My Heart Smile
For this card I used the Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month for December 2023.
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Orchid Postage Collage
This card was inspired by the Waffle Flower December Sneak Peak Club that included the Mini Slimline Postage Collage dies and stencil.
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Mistletoe Card
That’s all for this card – now you can sit back and admire the sparkle! ✨
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Happy Holiday Bears
This is a relatively simple holiday card that would be easy to mass produce in a couple of evenings.
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Monochrome Holiday Stocking
This die set is great to use with scraps, because there are lots of small dies that combine to create characters and greenery.
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Lovely Layers Deer
The main feature of these cards is the Lovely Layers Deer Die Set by Honey Bee Stamps.
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Lunar Eclipse Witch
With the lunar eclipse happening on October 28, I thought a witch flying in front of an eclipsed moon was a fitting motif.
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Lovely Layers Quail
This is also the very first video on my brand new YouTube channel, @ValleyOakPaper. I’d love it if you watched and subscribed.
