Tinkerin In Ink with Tanya: christmas

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Sunday, December 25, 2016

Christmas in December: Merry Christmas!

Christmas is here!!! I hope you are enjoying time with your family, all snug and warm in someone's home. Yours, your family's, your friends! Or for our southern hemisphere friends out there, I hope you have sunshine and blue skies :) Wherever you are in the world, and whatever your faith, I wish you joy today. And I bring you the last Christmas card in this series!

And maybe we should do a recap of all of the cards for this year:

http://tinkerin-in-ink.blogspot.com/2016/01/christmas-in-january-first-in-series.html

January with a lovely wreath.

http://tinkerin-in-ink.blogspot.com/2016/02/christmas-in-february.html

February with these serene deer.

http://tinkerin-in-ink.blogspot.com/2016/03/christmas-in-march.html

I made 2 in March, this nutcracker fella....

And this stripey Santa!

http://tinkerin-in-ink.blogspot.com/2016/04/christmas-in-april.html

April is a watercolored stained glass beauty.

http://tinkerin-in-ink.blogspot.com/2016/05/christmas-in-may.html

May brought Emerald Envy tags.....

And Cherry Cobbler ones too!

http://tinkerin-in-ink.blogspot.com/2016/06/christmas-in-june-peaceful-snow-joy.html

June was another watercolor card, with a colorful snowfall.

http://tinkerin-in-ink.blogspot.com/2016/07/christmas-in-july.html

July was two versions of the same card, this one with a retired foil vellum

...and this one with acetate and silver foil die cuts.

http://tinkerin-in-ink.blogspot.com/2016/08/christmas-in-august.html

In August I went a little crazy with color combos, but it was the same card each time. Gold/Cherry Cobbler/Crumb Cake here.....

...Pewter or Silver/Cherry Cobbler/Sahara Sand here....

...Vellum/Copper/Whisper White on the last one.

http://tinkerin-in-ink.blogspot.com/2016/09/christmas-in-september.html

September was a rustic, clean, layering combo. Love the glitter embossing powder!!

http://tinkerin-in-ink.blogspot.com/2016/10/christmas-in-october.html

October went a little quirky with this festive Christmas cod ;)

http://tinkerin-in-ink.blogspot.com/2016/11/christmas-in-november.html

And November was a celebration of embossing, heat and dry!

I have linked to each of these posts so you can revisit them, learn how they were made, and find the supply lists so you can order your supplies ;)

Friday, November 25, 2016

Christmas in November

Happy day after Thanksgiving everyone!! Let the Christmas season begin 😀 I wonder how many of you are out doing your Black Friday shopping? I slept last night, and will be working all day and all of the weekend. Shopping will have to wait for another day. BUT, I still have a Christmas card for you!

I decided to play with the glitter embossing powder again, on a panel of vellum of course.

Inside, I stamped some of the fun images from Stitched with Cheer. This is such a fun set, with so many images and ways to use it! I hope you check it out, and consider getting it even if you don't get the card kit.

One more shot of the card front, hoping you can see the glitter :)

If you have seen something you need for your crafting life, just click the image in the supply list below and it will take you to my store! If you order less than $150, please use this month's Host Code, which can be found at the top of the sidebar on the right.

And be sure to check the box allowing me to contact you when you check out. I can't send you a thank you card if I don't know your address! And I promise to only send you happy mail, no junk mail :)

Product List

Stitched With Cheer Photopolymer Set

[142182]

$21.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

[140272]

$7.00

Emerald Envy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[141415]

$8.00

Mint Macaron 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[138337]

$8.00

Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[101856]

$8.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$8.50

Emerald Envy Classic Stampin' Pad

[141396]

$6.50

Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad

[126949]

$6.50

Embossing Buddy

[103083]

$6.00

Emerald Envy Glitter Stampin' Emboss Powder

[142668]

$6.00

Real Red Glitter Stampin' Emboss Powder

[142635]

$6.00

Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109129]

$5.00

Heat Tool

[129053]

$30.00

Big Shot

[143263]

$110.00

Petal Burst Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[141493]

$7.50

Bunch Of Banners Framelits Dies

[141488]

$27.00

Gold Metallic Thread

[138401]

$3.00

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Christmas in October

Well, how did the end of October get here so fast?! I know that it is almost a cliche' that life zips by faster and faster the older you get, but sometimes things are a cliche' for a reason! My goodness, how time flies! And before we know it, we are all going to need to be sending out our Christmas cards. Well, I think I may actually be prepared this year :) But everyone may be getting a unique card as I have made so many one-offs, lol.

The card I made for this month's Year of Christmas is a bit quirky. Just like me and my whole family :)

I could not resist that festive little fish! I mean, I do live in the Land of 10,000 Lakes! {It is actually closer to 12,000- but who's counting ;) }

Here is how I made this card:

Heat emboss the cod image on a piece of watercolor paper, colored him with an Aqua-painter and ink squeezed onto an inkpad lid, and cut him out with the coordinating die from the Bear Hugs framelits.
Take a 4"x5¼" piece of watercolor paper and emboss the top half with the Seaside embossing folder.
Heat emboss the sentiment below the dry embossing with Archival Black ink and Clear embossing powder. Be sure to use that Embossing Buddy to avoid extra embossing.
The DSP is a 2"x4" strip of the Warmth & Cheer DSP stack adhered to the watercolor panel.
Optional for everyone but me: stitch all the way around the DSP and the rest of the panel.
Put a couple dimensionals behind the die cut fish and remove the backing. Create a little nest of Silver Thread and stick to the exposed dimensionals. Adhere to the card front.
Create a card base with another piece of watercolor paper.
Stamp the sentiment from Wrapped in Warmth in Archival Black ink, heat emboss with Clear embossing powder. Use the Labeler Alphabet set to stamp "and cod" and heat emboss this also. Stamp the cod and heat emboss this too.
Adhere the completed front panel to the card base using dimensionals. All done!

The inside came together nicely, don't you think? I love the Labeler Alpha set, and I am so glad I finally got it!

Here is a close-up of this little fella. I colored him with layers of Mint Macaron and Cucumber Crush. Perfect fish colors!!

What do you think? Too quirky? Or can you think of at least 3 people you would send this too?

If you have seen something you need for your crafting life, just click the image in the supply list below and it will take you to my store! If you order less than $150, please use this month's Host Code, which can be found at the top of the sidebar on the right.

And be sure to check the box allowing me to contact you when you check out. I can't send you a thank you card if I don't know your address! And I promise to only send you happy mail, no junk mail :)

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