Crafty Christmas Club: June

Time for another Christmas project, or projects! I got a little carried away this time. I couldn't help  it, blame it on the stamps 😁

Me and my crafty friends get together on the 25th of the every month and share Christmas projects. Hopefully, this will help us to slow things down during the holiday season by keeping us more caught up. Join us, all year long! Share your project on social media with the tag #craftychristmasclub2020

I adore this bunch of products! Concord and 9th always has amazing Christmas stuff, and this is actually some of the first things I ever purchased from them.

I did get the brand new Distress color, Speckled Egg.  I used it with Iced Spruce and Evergreen Bough on this blended background.  The Nordic sweater pattern was stamped and heat embossed with White Satin Pearl.

The pieces of the bauble die were all used. The bauble is backed with silver glitter paper.

This sentiment is a Glimmer Foil die from Spellbinders with Aura  foil. So pretty!!

Inside the card, the sentiment is Liquid Platinum heat embossed.

The bauble on this card is 2 layers of vellum on a white background panel and clear heat embossed.

The bauble is 2 layers of vellum, the top one has all of the detail dies added. I found some holly dies in another Concord and 9th die sets.

In real life, the stitched details on the vellum is easy to see, but it is super tough to get on camera!

For some reason, I love a pink Christmas card now and again. It definitely feels cozy!

This is Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, and Picked Raspberry Oxides blended, with white heat embossing.

I dug through my stash and found some dies that  worked well with these sentiments, and the Liquid Platinum embossing makes another appearance.

OK, that is finally it. I hope you are inspired to do a little holiday crafting!

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:

Tanya Boser- that's me!

Justin Averill

Brianne Firth

Marcia Caradinta

Tania Cordie

Carrie Rhoades

Instagram Roll:

Tanya Boser

Adam Karle

Justin Averill

Brianne Firth

Marcia Caradinta

Carrie Rhoades

Paper Craft Crew Challenge #382

This week's challenge is a color combo challenge. I think these are my favorite kind 😁

Every Wednesday there is a new challenge for you to be inspired with, and you can join the fun by adding your project to the challenge! This is PCC382.

I am getting back into the video groove, so here is how I made this card. Coloring included!

I started planning this card by picking the colors for the background- Distress Oxides in Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Cracked Pistachio, Evergreen Bough, and Tumbled Glass. I used a stencil to create the ink blended drips.

Then I picked some matching colors from my Copic markers to color this Sassy Girl!

• Hair: T3, T5, T7
• Skin: E33, E35, E39
• Green: BG11, BG34
• Blue:  B00, B12
• Pink: R81, RV32, R43

I can't stop using these stitched and scalloped layering die, they are just so perfect. And this is another look at those drips. Blending the pink and green was a bit risky-they could just as easily have made mud!

There are pops of gold in the sprinkles on the blue donut, the pinstripe gold heat embossed background, and the sequins.

More stenciling on the inside. Yup, another something I obsessed with right now, lol!

That's it for this card. Come back again soon for more inspiration!

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.

Supplies:

Crafty Friends: Concord and 9th

Feeling bright and sun-shiny here! The Crafty Friends are back with another inspirational hop, with a coupon.

The featured company this month is Concord and 9th. They have so many amazing products, and if my dreams came true, I would have everything they make. (Confession-not a minimalist here 😁)

The coupon code for this hop is good at the Concord and 9th website from 6:00am MDT June 20, 2020 to midnight MDT June 21, 2020- you have 2 days to place an order with 20% off your order! Click on the link, and use the code CRAFTYFRIENDSJUNE20

This is a very shiny card! I have been thinking about boxes of sunshine lately, and so yellow has been my mood.  Along with Slim Line cards. They shake the design part of my brain up a little bit, and stimulate new creativity. I think that is part of why they are so popular right now.

The Daily Wear bundle, with the images on this card, was released last summer. It is super sweet and perfect for just about any occasion. I paired it with the just released Simply Said bundle.

Copic coloring took just a few minutes. Since there are dies for everything but the girl, fussy. cutting was at a minimum.

The background was created with the Brutus Monroe Dome Slim Line stencil and the Lemon Curd Glitter Glaze of the Month. But first,  I ink blended the panel with Squeezed Lemonade and Wild Honey Distress Oxides. Then it was die cut with Trinity Stamps Stitched Slimline dies.

There is a bouquet of flowers in the set. And flowers for her hair! The Simply Said large sentiments all have coordinating dies, if that is your thing, It is definitely my thing. Me and dies are besties 😁

I am really enjoying the way this stencil highlights the inside sentiment. I added another bouquet inside. There is a lot of real estate inside! Plenty of room for pretty, and for you to write more than a few words.

I hope this brought some sunshine to your day!

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.  Don't miss your chance for 20% off your order- click the links below and use this code at checkout: CRAFTYFRIENDSJUNE20

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

Lydia Fiedler

Jill Hilliard

Amy Kolling

Tanya Boser- that's me!

Ilina Cruise

Maria Willis

Becky Roberts

Sandi MacIver

Sue Plote

Sara Sherlock

For the Love of Summer: Sweet Summertime

Hey Festival Friends!! This past Christmas, I decided to invite some crafty friends to join me in a Festival of Christmas with a themed limited run series of social media hops. It was so fun that we decided to do more limited run series!

And it is time for another one: For the Love of Summer. There are four episodes in this series, and this one focuses on Sweet Summertime. 

Summer food. So many yummy things, so many fun ways and places to eat. This is about ice cream and watermelon, grilling on the deck, picnics, bonfires and s'mores, outdoor seating at your favorite eatery, and homemade pies. Who's hungry?

I pulled a video together for this card, can you believe it?!!

I had totally planned to make a s'mores card for this event. I even bought s'mores shaker bits! But then Sassy and Crafty released this stamp set! I mean, come on. I had to use this!

There is also this awesome Hearts stencil that I had to play with. The big panel was inked with Hero Hues Reactive inks in Fruit Punch, Creamsicle, and Taffy, then laid the stencil over the background and inked over top with the same colors.

The smaller panel is the same stencil over a white panel and inked with the blender brushes that I used for the darker panel, without adding more ink.

I have always tried to have diverse people in my projects, and in support of the Black Lives Matter, I am going to be a little less diverse. All of the people I color for the near future will be black 😁 Representation matters, y'all!

Hey, you should be impressed. I remembered to write down what Copic colors I used! Here are the colors:

• Hair: T3,  T5, T7
• Skin: E33, E35, E39
• Yellows: Y19, Y38
• Orange: R12, R08
• Red: R27, R37
• Chocolate: E25, E27
• Cone: E33, E35

This embossed sentiment is bold and beautiful, and just screams to be used with the Brutus Monroe Night Shift embossing powder. This is the Gold Night Shift. It looks black when you look at it straight on, and looks gold when you shift it in the light!

The Glass Beach embellishments add the perfect touch!

I have been obsessed with using stencils inside cards to highlight the sentiment area lately, and this is no different.

You will find links to rest of the hop at the end of this post.

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!
Justin Averill
Marcia Caradinta

Instagram Roll:

Adam Karle

Tanya Boser

Justin Averill
Marcia Caradinta

Paper Craft. Crew Sketch Challenge #381

Are you ready for a sketch Challenge? Well, Paper Craft Crew has you covered!

Every Wednesday there is a new challenge for you to be inspired with, and you can join the fun by adding your project to the challenge! This is PCC381, a card sketch.

I am getting back into the video creation game, now that I worked out some bugs on uploading!

This Beachscapes stamp and die set recently arrived, and I have been excited to use it. This sketch fit the bill!

Color layering with Hero Hues Reactive inks in Pool Party and Splash, then a layer of Versamark with Sparkling Sea or Blue Pearl heat embossing.

Lots of layering backed with coaster blanks, and  some additional waves tucked behind the oval.

There is even some Sand heat embossing on this oval main image.

Spatters of the Pool Party and Splash ink, sequins and gems, and some birds stamped in the sky help complete this sketch.

These sentiment strips did not work out for the front of the card, but  they work perfect for the inside.

Well, I sure hope I get some beach time soon. That is one of the wonderful parts of summer!

That's it for this card. Come back again soon for more inspiration! Click here to see the challenge, and to participate yourself. I can't wait to see what everyone makes!

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.