The Most Wonderful Time of Year!

Have you had a chance to play with the Most Wonderful Time of Year product medley yet? You can find it on pg 39 of the Holiday Catalogue. It is a one stop shop for an awesome holiday crafting kit! It includes an exclusive stamp set with coordinating dies, sticker sheets with deers and trees, amazing gold foil treated DSP plus some gold card front sheets, gold tinsel trim and faceted star embellishments. I tried to use a little bit of everything to create this card! I did add in a splatter of the Frost White Shimmer paint found in the Annual Catalogue too as a finishing touch! Hope you enjoy this card—Day #11!

A Canadian Classic

As soon as I saw the Free Skate Bundle on page 44 I was reminded of skating as a kid and making the effort to get out there once a winter with my own kids! We typically skate on a local rink and I have to say it is just like riding a bike! You never forget how! I thought it would be a great card for Day #9

I created this skate card using the Highland Heather and Purple Posy inks for a bit of twist. I added some details to the skate by colouring the heal and laces with Stampin’ Blends (Basic Black and Highland Heather) and added some Wink of Stella. I used the Delicate Silver ink and an Aqua Painter to color the skate blade. And a little sponging with Purple Posy on the background and a few flicks of my Highland Heather Stampin’ Write marker completed the background! I also added a strip of the Mercury Glass Acetate along the side as it resembled cracked ice to me. I hope you are inspired to give the Free Skate Bundle a try.

Candy Cane Christmas!

Who says that Candy Canes have to be just red and white? That is the beauty of creating! We can imagine things any way we like! I wanted my candy canes to have the color palette of Real Red, Coastal Cabana and Granny Apple Green and white on white. I like the ‘fresh’ feel of this card, it is like that first winter snow when everything is white and bright. I used the Cup of Christmas stamp set and Cup of Cheer dies to create this card. I hope you enjoy my 9th card of the month!

Top Tip: Because the stamps are created from photopolymer, I find they resist our Stampin’ Write markers initially. So plan to condition them by colouring and stamping on your scratch mat before stamping them on card stock.

Joy of Giving--Cards!

I thought I would start of the second week and Card #8 by sharing not one but two Christmas cards! I was inspired to use the Joy of Giving Tag Kit (pg 37) in the Holiday Catalogue along with some quick and easy notecards to create these cards. I think there is a lot of value in showing our customers alternate ways to use our amazing products. And by using notecards as the base they come together even quicker. Everything on these cards with the exception of the Shaded Spruce and Soft Suede ink, and the Poppy Parade layered circles comes from the tag kit!

The Joy of Giving Tag kit is for more than just tags! It includes a designer box in Poppy Parade that can be used as a recipe card organizer, a valentines box and more!

Stars for Days!

How have you been enjoying the first 7 days of Christmas cards! I can’t believe how fast the first week of November has gone by! I always find the last half of the year just zips on by with holidays and at our house a few birthdays too! This is one of my favourite cards. I made it back in September and I am so happy to share it here. It mixes two different blue tones—Seaside Spray and Balmy Blue—with Whisper White and silver accents. The Mercury Glass Designer Acetate paper is really the WOW of this card though!

Top Tip: the Mercury Glass paper has a protective layer on it that should be removed before you run it through the Big Shot machine. If you add some Scotch Tape to the paper it does help to get the protective layer free

I used the Subtles embossing folder to give the background some texture and then lightly sponged over it with Seaside Spray to pick up the texture. The sentiment comes from the Most Wonderful Time of Year product medley on page 39 of the Holiday Catalogue.