Spellbinders Holiday Wood Block in Purple

 

I am back with more fun using the Holiday Wood Blocks die set! This time, there is stenciling and layering going on. 

You can watch me create this card here.

I started this 5x7" card by creating the stenciled background using the Slimline Stripes stencil and Dusty Concord Distress  Oxide. Then shifted the stencil and applied some shimmer ink. I should have reapplied the Pixie spray to get crisper shimmery  stripes, but I still like how this  turned out. 

Behind the sentiment, on the Hemstitch die cut panel, I used the  Holly Berry Turnabout from Concord and 9th. The die cut sentiment is from the Holiday Wood Blocks die set (gorgeous! and sent to me by Spellbinders to create  and share with you!). I cut Noel from silver and purple and a coaster black, then cut the bauble off the silver layer, and glued them all together. 

The secondary sentiment in Glimmer Hot Foiled with the Shimmering Christmas Sentiments  hot foil plate set in Pewter and die cut with the banner die in the hot foil set. 

Lot's of details, but pretty easy. What do you think? Ready to play with this die set yourself?

 

If you are interested in the supplies I used, I have provided links below.

Some of the supplies listed below are affiliate links, some are not. If you use an affiliate link here to make a purchase, I may get a small compensation. I only use things that I love, and do not create paid posts.

 

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Paper Craft Crew Challenge 388

 

 

 Ready for some lush, summer goodness? I know that I am reveling in the summer weather, storing up some warmth for the long winter that will begin far too soon. 

 

The Paper Craft Crew has a perfect summer inspiration challenge here. LOVE it! Click on the link to see more inspiration, and to add your project to the challenge.

I could not resist combining the adorable Kindred Stamps Hello Summer set with the Concord and 9th Oh, Snap bundle.

There is even a cool interactive feature to the Oh, Snap bundle! The background is an ink blended rainbow of Hero Hues Reactive inks,  with the same colors stenciled in the Mixed Stripes stencil.

The vacationing critters are all  colored with Copics and layered behind the snapshot stamp and die cut elements.

This unicorn just makes me smile, with all of  his bright colors.

And who can resist a sloth on a flamingo floatie? This is the  inside of the card.

Are you ready to start a vacation themed  card? Don't forget to play this challenge!

Some of the supplies listed below are affiliate links, some are not. If you use an affiliate link here to make a purchase, I may get a small compensation. I only use things that I love, and do not create paid posts.

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Spellbinders Holiday Wood Blocks 1

 

 

 

I am super excited to share some new products from Spellbinders! They kindly sent me some die sets to play with, and this is the first project I made. There are several more to come!

 

 

Want to see me make this card? Here is a video.

 

 

 

This card is really simple. Diecutting, a quick slapping on of gold and green , gluing together, and adding Nuvo drops with glitter! I did pull out some older Glimmer Hot Foil plates from last year that are not available anymore, but I did link the new set (which I really, really want!) in the list below. 

 

I adore the rich details that were so easy to accomplish on this clean and simple card. You could easily make several of these in a couple hours. Coming from someone that frequently takes a couple hours on a single card, that is saying something!

 

Some of the supplies listed below are affiliate links, some are not. If you use an affiliate link here to make a purchase, I may get a small compensation. I only use things that I love, and do not create paid posts. I was provided the Holiday Wood Block dies to create with.

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Paper Craft Crew Challenge 385

It's time for another Paper Craft Crew Challenge! What will you come up with?

The challenge this week is kind of a choose your own ending kind of challenge. I picked Birthday Theme, Watercolor Background, Masculine. Sounds like an awesome challenge to me!

And I made a video! This is my first time using the Brusho watercolor crystals. I have had them for several months, and I am so glad I finally used them!

This card started with the background. I have had Brusho crystal watercolors for several months and never used them. While digging around in my watercolor drawer and noticed them, and thought they should come out to play.

• I took a 5x7 piece of watercolor paper and taped it down to a hard board. Then I wet it thoroughly with a watercolor paintbrush. And then- sprinkle time! Watch the video for the whole process.

I had also done a scrap of watercolor paper just on my craft sheet, and mopped up the extra color with a piece of cardstock, so I didn't waste any of it. And ended up using the cardstock to make the birthday die cut.

Lot's of cute images from the Lil' Squatch stamp set colored with Copics, and cut out with the coordinating dies.

And sentiments heat embossed with Brutus Monroe Green Night Shift embossing powder.

Head on over to the video for all the coloring and some story time. If you want to play along with the challenge, head on over to Papercraftcrew.com !

If you are interested in the supplies I used, I have provided links below.

Some of the supplies listed below are affiliate links, some are not. If you use an affiliate link here to make a purchase, I may get a small compensation. I only use things that I love, and do not create paid posts.

Crafty Friends: Essentials by Ellen

Welcome to the monthly Crafty Friends Blog Hop!  We feature a different brand each month, with a limited time COUPON CODE for our viewers. How awesome is that?!

This month, the coupon code is for the Essentials by Ellen line at Ellen Hutson. This is a line of products exclusive to Ellen Hutson, and there is some really cute stuff in it!

Check out this video to see how I used these stamps.

OK, friends- this is a photo heavy post. Hang in there!

The Voices in My Head stamp sets were a bit of an impulse buy, but I cannot resist a snarky stamp set! I am totally going to use this in a sarcastic way for a family member. Our love language is sarcasm and puns!

Now, there is a word bubble die set that coordinates with this set, and I may have to purchase it. But in the mean time, I am using other methods to give that effect. On this card, I created a word bubble with the watercolored background. 

The sentiment in Copper heat embossed over the watercoloring. Spatters, of course. 

The woman is heat embossed with Brutus Monroe Gold Night Shift embossing powder. I am in love with this stuff. And no, I don't get any commission on Brutus Monroe stuff. I just love several of his products. The Night Shift embossing powders are delicious!!

OK, enough about the embossing powder. The woman is watercolored also, with Daniel Smith and Mijello Mission Gold watercolors.

Inside, more snark in Copper heat embossing. 

This card was going to be a clean card. But let's just say anti-static powder tool was not used for partt of the embossing. Doh!

But this card has a slightly less harsh tone. But is still funny as hell! And totally describes me.

The clouds were stenciled on with Mermaid Lagoon, Salty Ocean, and Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide inks. If you wanted to use Hero Hues you could use Pool Party, Splash, and Blue Hawaii and get nearly the same palette. This was spritzed with Pearlized water (Perfect Pearl in water in a spray bottle).

I bet you can't even tell there were embossing powder speckles, can you!

The embossing powder used on this card is Blue Night Shift. Sigh, love.

Trinity Slimline Scalloped die, and Concord and 9th Unicorn dies for the cloud edge.

And more clouds and another sentiment on the inside. You like?

That's it this time! Make sure you go do a little shopping- who can resist a coupon?!

The rest of the blog roll is at the end of this post, so don't forget to check it out.

If you are interested in the supplies I used, I have provided links below.

Some of the supplies listed below are affiliate links, some are not. If you use an affiliate link here to make a purchase, I may get a small compensation. I only use things that I love, and do not create paid posts.

Blog Roll:

Jill Hilliard
Jen Timko
Amy Kolling
Tanya Boser-that's me!
Ilina Crouse
Maria Willis
Becky Roberts
Sandi MacIver
Sue Plote
Sara Sherlock
Lydia Fiedler

Christmas in July: Cute Critters

Here we go again, more Christmas! Are you sick of it yet? I sure hope not, cuz we are only half way through the month 😁

Are you ready for more Christmas? Well, buckle up! The #craftyfestivalfriends are at it again with a new mini series of hops. This time it is Christmas in July, with a hop every Friday (starting July 10th) with a different Christmas theme each time. 

The theme this week is Cute Critters. There are so many adorable critters to use for Christmas, and I love an excuse to pull them out. ETA: here is the video I managed to finish!

It turns out I don't have a whole lot of Christmas critter stamps in my stash that aren't already retired. So this My Favorite Things set from last fall came out to play. It is really a a fall themed set, but hey. Adaptation!

These critters are colored with Copics. And the background is ink blended with Ripe Persimmon, Abandoned Coral, and Festive Berries Distress Oxides.
I used a stencil and glitter gel for the snow and stars.  See the supply list below for which ones.

And I just can't have a naked card on the inside, sot stenciling it is!

The rest of the blog roll is at the end of this post, so don't forget to check it out.

If you are interested in the supplies I used, I have provided links below.

Some of the supplies listed below are affiliate links, some are not. If you use an affiliate link here to make a purchase, I may get a small compensation. I only use things that I love, and do not create paid posts.

Blog Roll:

Tania Cordie
Tanya Boser- that's me!

Instagram Roll:

Tanya Boser

Video Roll:

Papercraft Crew Challenge #384

Time to use up some of that ugly paper in my stash! And the Paper Craft Crew is going to help me out!

Every week on Wednesday, the Paper Craft Crew has a new challenge to inspire you! This is challenge #384 - a sketch!

There is a video showing the entire card making process, and a little bit of story time- check it out!

I used a couple of the Spellbinders monthly subscription kits: June 2020 Glimmer of the Month and June 2020 Small Die of the Month.  A match made in heaven! I love the endless possibilities with the layering flowers, and the beautiful script of the sentiment from the Glimmer plates.

The ugly paper I am using up is a retired Stampin' Up! cardstock called Summer Starfruit. It isn't a horrible color, it just has a slight green undertone that makes it really difficult to use with other colors. I remember calling it baby poop yellow!

To help make it easier to use, I ink blended over the colored cardstock with Distress Oxide through a stencil. This color is the Cameron created color- Carved Pumpkin reinked with Spiced Marmalade. Actually a great combo! By ink blending an orange ink over the cardstock, it really brings out the yellow.

Get a close look at those flowers all la

I used a few Trinity Stamps Glass Beach and Glass Slipper embellishments scattered across the card front.

And, you guessed it! I stenciled on the inside of the card. Why wouldn't I?! And this is a 5x7 card, because. Just because.

I hope you liked it! Leave me a comment, please. I love to hear from you!

If you are interested in the supplies I used, I have provided links below.

Some of the supplies listed below are affiliate links, some are not. If you use an affiliate link here to make a purchase, I may get a small compensation. I only use things that I love, and do not create paid posts.