Winter Wonderland

Welcome back, everyone! Today is my last day guest designing over on the Twine It Up Blog. Since we are heading into the holiday season I want to share a holiday/seasonal card. I'm using the Let It Snow Stamp Set along with Trendy Twine in the color Gray Licorice. 

This month has been a blast on the Twine It Up Blog and I found myself reaching for products that I rarely use. I should use them but we sometimes find ourselves getting comfortable in our ways, even crafting. As I sit here writing this post what I want more than anything is to be in my craft room with a few stencils and shimmer paste. I love that stuff. 

To my surprise, I don't own a snowflake stencil, wha?! Okay, grab a stencil that looks like falling snow. YES! I have one of those. And that's how this whole card started. It's super easy to do. 

Using a heavyweight coverstock, you know that #110 stuff, add shimmer paste over a stencil and pretend your icing a cake. Hey, it's what I do.  Set the card panel aside to dry and clean up stencil and spatula. Die-cut or stamp a snowman, put the snowman together or color if you stamped. Using patterned paper and the Let It Snow Stamp Set stamp sentiment using black ink, cut at an angle the patterned paper and a scrap piece of paper, want the angles to be exact? Cut the patterned paper and scrap on the angle together, then cut the length on the opposite ends. Use the scrap piece of paper to wrap twine around. Adhere patterned paper right below twine, add snowman with 3D mounting foam, finish the snowman off with enamel dots. Add 3D mounting foam to the back of the stenciled card panel adhere to a 4.25" x 5.5" top-fold card base. Add patterned paper/snowman to the bottom of card panel using 3D mounting foam. 

Products I used from Annie's Paper Boutique:
Gray Licorice Trendy Twine
Let It Snow Stamp Set

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Black and White Cards

Hi and welcome, everyone! 

Today I'm over on the Twine It Up Blog sharing black and white cards featuring one of October's Showcase Products, Gray Licorice Trendy Twine. Since I'm featuring Trendy Twine that is gray and black I thought black and white cards would be perfect and it gives me a chance to show you how easy these cards can be. 

The Happy Thanksgiving Stamp Set has a lot of thankful sentiments that can be used year round. 

I decided to work with the So Thankful sentiment. This is a great guy card and super simple.

I laid black in down on an embossing folder, inserted a 4.125" x 5.25" white cardstock, carefully close the folder and run through Big Kick. Tip: If you lay the cardstock on the opposite side of the ink and secure it with post-it tape you can re-ink the embossing folder and run it back through if you need to.
Die-cut a piece of black cardstock to fit the sentiment; lay down some anti-static powder on black cardstock, stamp sentiment using VersaMark and heat set white embossing powder. 
Add fun foam to the back if the embossed white cardstock, wrap Gray Licorice Trendy Twine and tie a knot, adhere to a 4.25"x5.5" card base, add the sentiment over twine using 3D mounting foam, finish off with a few clear sequins.

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This next card is just die-cutting white cardstock, layering it over black cardstock, stamp the sentiment on the bottom right corner, offset the bottom half of the die-cut and add 3D mounting foam, wrap Gray Licorice Trendy Twine around securing in place on 3D mounting foam, adhere to card base. I just iridescent drops to finish off the card.  
The sentiment can be found on the Let It Snow Stamp Set. This set has a lot of great sentiments.

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I did the same process of adding ink to an embossing folder and running it through the BigKick. 
I used white ink on black cardstock and ran it through several times each time adding more ink. I love the way the ink pulled giving it a crackled look.  I decided to add clear embossing all over the white ink and heat set to really bring out that crackled look. 

I wrapped the Gray Licorice Trendy Twine around the card base, added 3D mounting foam to the back of the embossed black cardstock, stamped the Happy Thanksgiving sentiment from the Happy Thanksgiving Stamp Set. So easy. 


Products I used from Annie's Paper Boutique:
Gray Licorice Trendy Twine
Happy Thanksgiving Stamp Set 
Let It Snow Stamp Set

Thanks for stopping by. 

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Let It Snow Linky Party with Craftin Desert Divas

Hello friends! The theme for this Linky Party at Craftin Desert Divas is "Let It Snow"! We would love to see all of your projects that fit this theme! So go ahead and craft it and link it up on the Craftin Desert Diva's Blog.

Every other Monday will mark the beginning of a new semi-weekly Linky Party over 

at the CDD blog. We hope you will share your projects with us! And don't forget 

about  the prizes! Every Linky Party will have a winner and a Top 3! 

The more times you link up...the more chances you have to win!!

Our Sponsors for this Linky Party are:

One 4"x 6" stamp set

One Digi Stamp of choice

$25 Gift Card (Regular Priced Items)

Here is what I made..

Chilly Stamp Set is so adorable and great for so many different uses. 

How cute is this little guy?

Here are all the CDD products I used:

Chilly Stamp Set

Stitched Fancy Frame Dies



Sugarplum Paper Pad




I stamped the Chilly image using Rangers Archival Ink - Jet Black onto Canson Watercolor paper, stamping the snowflakes with Versa Mark and heat embossing using AC ZING! Silver Glitter Finish embossing powder, water-colored the image and background using Zig Clean Color Real Brush Watercolors, die cut the image and small banner using CDD Stitched Fancy Frame Dies, layered the image onto paper from the Sugarplum 6 x 6 Paper pad using fun foam. 

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Anything Goes ~ Clear It Out Challenge

Welcome, everyone! I hope everyone is 

enjoying their holiday season. 

This weeks challenge over at 

CLEAR IT OUT CHALLENGE BLOG

is 

ANYTHING GOES!

I used the Winter Freebie by Melonheadz.
I used up some old Recollections 2011(?)
Naughty or Nice Collection
12x12 Paper from my stash. 

The sentiment inside reads:
May Your Christmas be 
Cozy Warm & Bright

This weeks sponsors are:

and

Hope over to checkout all the inspiration
by the Design Team.

I'm entering this into the following:
Creative Colors Challenge #26

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge ~ Anything Goes
Through the Craft Room Door  ~ Anything Goes
Monday Morning Challenge #1 ~ Anything Christmas or Winter 
SOS #181 ~ Red Alert