Happy Holidays And A Happy New Year

 Hello everyone.  I'm back with a fun Holiday card for the Stay Crafty With A Blog Named Hero December Challenge Deck The Halls.  I loved using my Hero Arts products for this card.

I thought it was fun to get some of my Hero Hues inks out and use a New Stencil that I got for Christmas called Holiday Pattern.  I love that this stencil has birds, trees, candy canes and more.  On a creme colored paper 110 pounds I used Hero Hues inks in Cherry, Periwinkle, Splash, Spicy Mustard, Blue Hawaii, Green Apple, and Espresso. I also use a little bit of gray ink from a Charcoal ink cube. So much fun I love a Holiday background with these bright colors.  

Next, I used a Rectangle die 2nd to the largest from the Infinity Nested Rectangle dies.  I then used a word die from the Christmas Holiday Stamp and Cut Set.  I cut out the word die 3 times with white paper 110 pounds.  I chose to use my small blending brushes to ink one of the die-cuts with the same inks used to match.  I then glued all my die-cuts together.

I also stamped and Heat embossed a sub sentiment on black paper 85 pounds with the Unicorn pigment ink and white embossing powder.  I then cut my sentiment using a paper trimmer. 

I glued everything to a A2 top folding card base 110 pounds.  My sub sentiment was added with a foam strip and my Holiday Pattern background was added with foam,  My word sentiment was glued with liquid glue.  I chose not to used any embellishments on this card.  I love how it came out and you still have time to participate in this challenge.  I know most of us still have out Holiday crafts still on our desks.  Wishing you Happy Holidays and A Happy New Year.

Encouraging Words Card

 Hello everyone.  I have my last card for the year for A Colorful Life Designs.  I chose to use Dream Words Stencil again and Mosaic Love Stencil.  I love these 2 stencils.

I really love this as a Friends card.  The Dream Words 6x6 Stencil has more words than this.  These are the ones I loved for this card.  I first on pink paper 110 pound inked the Mosaic Love Stencil 6x6 with black ink.  I love it for a background.  Next, on white paper 11o pound I inked the words in black ink.  I cut my words to be a rectangle panel.

I then cut my Mosaic Love background to be 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 and glued it to a kraft A2 card base.  I popped up my words rectangle panel with foam tape.  I then glued some sequins to match.  I love how it came out.  Those words are meaningful and happy to me. I think they are encouraging for a Friend.  Do you have a your word for the New Year? I need to think of mine.  I will be back with the New A Colorful Life Designs January Release.  Happy Holidays.

Another Card for Sketch 52 Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers

 Hello everyone.  I'm back with another Holiday card for Sketch 52 Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers.  I think this sketch is so great.  Sometimes we need a last min. Holiday card and maybe this sketch will help you.  I have been getting stuck on what to design.  I may use this sketch again.

On this card, I used glitter paper heavy weight and cut it according to the sketch.  I love that it has a ombre look.  I cut out other pattern papers.

I found this cute Christmas bird ephemera in my stash so I used it along with a sentiment from pattern paper.  I glued everything to a coordinated card base.  I had so much fun making this card and I might be mailing this one out.  I hope you join our sketch challenge.  You still have time and we have a sponsor, Gina K Designs.

Mosaic heart Valentine Card

 Hello everyone.  I have a card today using a New to Me stencils from A Colorful Life Designs.  I made a early Valentine's Day card.  A little break from Holiday Cards.

I thought this Mosaic Love Stencil was perfect for this Valentine's Day card.  I started out with some Fabriano hot press paper 140 pounds.  I placed the stencil over my paper and spritz it with Picked Raspberry Distress Spritz Spray and then with some Fossilized amber Distress Spritz Spray.   

When my background was dry I cut it out with a stitched rectangle die from Simon says Stamp.  I glued my background panel to a pink A2 card base with foam.  I ink blended the "LOVE" from another stencil called Dream Words.  I first ink blended a strip of paper with a gold yellow ink and then ink blended the "LOVE" with black ink.  I cut it to be a fishtail banner and adhered it with foam tape.  I embellished my card with some gold card bling.  I love how it came out.   There is so many wonderful stencils I hope you check them out.

Card Ingredients:

Mosaic Love 6x6 Stencil

Dream Words 6x6 Stencil

Hologram Gold Card Bling

Picked Raspberry Distress Spritz Spray

Fossilized Amber Distress Spritz Spray

Butterfly Encouragement Card

 Hello everyone.  I have another card today using A Colorful Life Designs.  I'm using Winged Love Stencil today.  

I think it's a really beautiful stencil.  I started out with white paper 110 pounds.  I ink blended the Winged Love 6x6 Stencil with Honeysuckle and Peacock ink from Concord & 9th.  I then cut out my background using a Hero Arts rectangle die.

I then cut out a Butterfly die from Simon says Stamp called Rose Winged Butterfly.  I cut ot out with white paper 110 pound 2 times just for the antennas and body.  I copic colored those with a black marker.  I glued my butterfly onto my card front.  I adhered my card panel with foam onto my A2 card base.  I stamped a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp Sunny smiles with Midnight ink from Catherine Pooler.  I cut my sentiment and attached it to my card with a foam strip.  I used my white Gelly Roll pen and added a few gel accents to my butterfly.  I love how it came out.

Card Ingredients:

Winged Love 6x6 Stencil

SSS Rose Winged Butterfly

SSS Sunny Smiles Stamp

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Do More Of What Makes You Happy Greeting Card

 Hello everyone.  I have a fun card today.  I love shopping...Don't we all? It makes me Happy.  Especially shopping for craft supplies.I used a  stencil from A Colorful Life Designs for my card today.

I used Makes You Happy 3x6 Stencil that I ink blended on white paper 110 pound.  I used Honeysuckle ink from Concord & 9th.  I love that it's a sentiment stencil and a great size too.  

I used a Flat Paper Bag die from Waffle Flower and die-cut some bags with pattern paper from my stash.  I cut my sentiment background to be 4 x 5 1/4 using my paper trimmer.  I glued my bags to my card panel and popped up my top bag with foam tape.  I glued my card panel to a pink A2 card base and added some card bling from A Colorful Life Designs.  I think it came out cute.  I definitely believe we all should do what makes us HAPPY.  

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Christmas Tags and A Matching Christmas Card

 Hello everyone.  I have some cute tags and a card today.  I used 2 stencils that aren't new but are new to me from A Colorful Life Designs.  This month we are showcasing some stencils that are older in the store and need some love for December and I picked Up Down Triangles and Make A tag.

It was so much fun to make these tags and card.  I used a 6x6 stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called Up Down triangles.  On white and kraft paper 110 pound I inked the stencil with Parsley dye ink from Concord & 9th.

I used a tag die from Spellbinders Advent Calendar 2023 to make my tags.  I then added some twine and card bling.

On the back of my tags is where I used the Make A tag stencil that is 3x6 in size.  I inked it with parsley and Cranberry ink from Concord & 9th.  I love how they came out and so easy to batch for your Holiday projects.  I'm always in need of tags in my home.

I had to make a matching card.  I layered my card panel onto a green card base that is A2 size.  I used a sentiment strip from my stash by Taylored Expressions.  I adhered it with a foam strip.  I added some card bling and that finishes my card and tags.  I love how these tags and card came together.  

Supplies:

Up Down Triangles 6x6 Stencil

Make A Tag 3x6 Stencil

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New Card Sketch for Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers

 Hello everyone.  Happy December.  The New Card sketch 52 for Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers is so much fun.  I love the design.  

I love that we have a Mini Slimline card sketch.  I cut out pattern papers from my stash that is a Joann Christmas pattern paper pack. I cut my papers to the dimensions of sketch 52.

Next,  I used some ephemera from Simple Stories Mistletoe Kisses.  I used this cute reindeer in place of my circle and I also used a sentiment banner from this same ephemera pack.  I glued everything to a gray card base.  I hope you'll join us this month.  The very last month of the year.  Just add your card to our Facebook group.