Happy Friday, friends! I've rolled out a new series over on my YouTube Channel where I do weekly Lives. While I know that Live videos aren't for everyone, I know that there are also a lot of you who enjoy a Live video/chat or even a replay! I am really loving being able to connect with you all and chat while creating a card or two or in today's case some Christmas in July Gift Tags!
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Watch the live replay from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
The tags were embellished with small snowflake embellishments! These tags are perfect for gift packaging and also for trimming a tree!
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Currently I am doing a Friday morning Live at 9 am CT. I adding a once monthly evening Live (for now!). The first evening Live will be July 26, 2021 at 7 pm CST. Replays will be on my YouTube Channel.
I have a few requests to edit the Lives. Currently I am not going to edit them. This is for a couple of reasons:
1) Lives are new to me and we are going to stick with this format for a bit. I personally love Lives. I haven't watched an edited Live so I reserve the right to reconsider in the future if I think it's something I can fit in my schedule.
2) I don't want to spend the precious hours I have for creating new content, editing a Live. I will be bringing the exact same amount of traditional content and videos to my channel. Lives/replays are in addition to that content.
If you want to join us for some real-time crafty fun each week I would love to "see" you there. Please make sure to SUBSCRIBE to my YouTube Channel and click the notification bell so that YouTube alerts you when I'm going live. I am trying to reach 100,000 subscribers so if you haven't subscribed yet I would SO appreciate it! I am grateful for my community on all the platforms!
Thanks to everyone who joined me today! I had a blast visiting with everyone. ❤️
Happy Monday and welcome to the July 2021 My Monthly Hero Blog Hop!
It's new release day! The Hero Arts July My Monthly Hero products are here and today I'm sharing three mushroom garden/fairy/magical themed cards with you using lots and lots of new Add Ons from the July 2021 My Monthly Hero Release! Each month I share a video featuring Add Ons ONLY (no Main Kit - I don't get the kit so be sure to visit the Hero Arts Blog and Design Team members' blogs for inspiration)!
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Watch the creation of these mushroom garden cards from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
A Hero Arts Fairy Doors Infinity Dies was die cut from the background to create a "door". The door is able to be an interactive element however I opted to not use it as one today. A window was die cut from the door and detail was added with a W9 Copic Markers. The hinges, lock, and door knocker were die cut from Lawn Fawn Gold Metallic Cardstock and adhered to the door.
*Note* The Hero Arts Fairy Window Fancy Die is not a new product. I was looking for a fairy that would fit the size and scale of the Fairy Doors. I trimmed this one from a cover die and I love how it turned out!
More supplies linked in the supply list at the bottom of this post
The Hero Arts Mushroom Forest Fancy Die was die cut from a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" panel of smooth white cardstock and the images along the edge of the frame were colored with the following Copic Markers:
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The Hero Arts Forest Vines Window Die was die cut from a 4" x 5 1/4" panel of smooth white cardstock and the images along the edge of the frame were colored with the following Copic Markers:
Little Red Riding Hood: E11, E13, R20, E55, E57, R24, R46, R39, W4, W7, W9, YR31, YR23, G24, G28
Wolf: E55, E57, R20
Butterfly: B60, B63, B66
The images were die cut with the coordinating dies and adhered to the scene as shown.
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We will give away one $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, July 11th at 11:59pm Pacific, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week.
It's Christmas In July!! Now is the perfect time to think about getting a jumpstart on your Christmas crafting! I have four Christmas cards and coordinating gift tags to share with you today featuring all brand new stamps, dies, and stencils from the July 2021 Waffle Flower Release! All of the cards and tags feature stenciling on the backgrounds. Stencils are one of my favorite ways to instantly create an amazing background. Let's get started!
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Watch the creation of these stenciled backgrounds Christmas Cards and matching tags from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
A sentiment from the Waffle Flower Wonderful Christmas Combo was stamped on smooth white cardstock with clear embossing ink and heat embossed with silver embossing powder. The greeting was die cut with the coordinating die and adhered to the card with foam adhesive.
The card was finished with a scattering of heart embellishments.
A sentiment from the Waffle Flower Wonderful Christmas Combo was stamped on smooth white cardstock with clear embossing ink and heat embossed with silver embossing powder. The greeting was die cut with the coordinating die and adhered to the tag with foam adhesive.
The tag was finished with another tag adhered to the back, hole reinforcers, embellishment, and string.
A sentiment from theWaffle Flower Oversized Joy Combo was stamped on smooth white cardstock with clear embossing ink and heat embossed with silver embossing powder. The greeting was die cut with a SSS Sentiment Label and adhered to the card with foam adhesive. The "joy" was die cut from Lawn Fawn Pixie Cardstock and adhered to the design as shown.
The card was finished with a scattering of heart embellishments.
A sentiment from the Waffle Flower Wonderful Christmas Combo was stamped on smooth white cardstock with clear embossing ink and heat embossed with silver embossing powder. The greeting was die cut with the coordinating die and adhered to the tag with foam adhesive.
The tag was finished with another tag adhered to the back, hole reinforcers, embellishment, and string.
More supplies linked in the supply list at the bottom of this post
For the card, the Waffle Flower Duo Tone Squares Stencil was used to create a black/gray check background on a 4" x 5 1/4" panel of smooth white cardstock with Black Soot and Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide Inks.
A sentiment from the Waffle Flower Oversized Joy Combo was die cut from SSS Holographic Cardstock and adhered to the center of the bakcground. Phrases from the stamp set was stamped on smooth white cardstock with clear embossing ink and heat embossed with silver embossing powder. The greetings were die cut with SSS Sentiment Labels and adhered to the card with foam adhesive.
A scattering of red heart embellishments complete the design.
The tag background was created just like the card.
A sentiment from the Waffle Flower Wonderful Christmas Combo was stamped on smooth white cardstock with clear embossing ink and heat embossed with silver embossing powder. The greeting was die cut with the coordinating die and adhered to the tag with foam adhesive.
The tag was finished with another tag adhered to the back, hole reinforcers, embellishment, and string.
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For today’s hop, Waffle Flower is giving away $25 gift certificate to THREE lucky winners. You can leave a comment on this blog and along the hop by 11:59pm EDT on Wednesday July 7th, 2021 for your chances to win. Winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the posts in this blog hop and will be announced on the Waffle Flower Blog on 7/9/2021.
There are more giveaways to enter on Instagram including 1 winner to receive the entire release! Follow us at @waffleflowercrafts so you don’t miss out!
Hello, friends! Today I am sharing this set of four slimline seasonal birdhouses cards featuring the Birdhouses Through the Seasons Collection by Vicky Papaioannou for Spellbinders. This collection is amazing! You can mix and match the components from each set to truly customize your seasonal birdhouses! I am sharing ideas on how to create slimline scene cards for each of the seasonal birdhouses in the my video today. Let's get started!
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Watch the creation of these slimline seasonal birdhouse cards from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
A greeting from the Spellbinders Tweet Sentiments Stamp Set was stamped along the bottom of the panel with clear embossing ink and heat embossed with gold embossing powder.
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Welcome to the November Edition of Making the Cut, my monthly video series at Simon Says Stamp! This month I am sharing a trio of seasonal patterned paper inlay cards featuring some of my favorite Simon Says Stamp seasonal image dies: Stylized Angel, Geometric Christmas Tree, and Poinsettia Ornament. These dies are perfect for inlay die cutting and showcasing patterned papers! Large die cut sentiments Alleluia, Joy Script, and Joyful make the perfect die cut sentiments! I hope these cards inspire you to try some patterned paper die cutting.
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Watch the creation of these seasonal patterned paper inlay cards from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
All three backgrounds were created exactly the same just on different colors of cardstock. The Prismatic Snowflakes were stamped around the edges of the background panel and embossed with gold, silver, clear, and white embossing powders. A text stamp was stamped over the background to add some interest and the edges of the designs inked to soften the effect.
More supplies linked in the supply list at the bottom of this post
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Welcome to Day 2 of my last minute Handmade Holiday 2020 Series!
I'm back with my seventh year of last minute handmade ideas! (Last year was rough emotionally and I actually only got one video up but I'm still going to count it.)
Thank you so much for your support of this series. I appreciate each and every one of you and y'all make this possible. Much love to everyone.
The goal of this series is adding handmade touches to gifts for our friends and family. Even with the craziness of the season I like to be able to personalize the gifts under our tree. Over the next few days I'll be sharing ideas for cards, tags and gift wrapping sure to add that handmade touch we all love. Most ideas will include multiples (today I created 3 snow globe shaped feline spinner gift tags)!
Each Handmade Holiday project blog post will feature a brand new, never before seen project(s) plus an incredible giveaway from.... me!
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Watch the creation of these three snow globe shaped feline spinner gift tags from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
Spinner tags have been one of my most liked Handmade Holiday projects over the years. Check out the Reindeer Spinner Tags HERE and the Sheep Spinner Tags HERE. This year's spinner tags feature the darling Simon Says Stamp Feline Like Christmas Stamp Set and the Lawn Fawn Magic Iris Snow Globe Add On Dies to make spinner tags. Because these are a bit more labor intensive, I only created 3 tags. You could easily make more by cutting out a few of the extra steps as I mention in the video above. Let's get started!
More supplies linked in the supply list at the bottom of this post
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Happy Fri-yay! Today I've got the best surprise for you! Tim Holtz has a Limited Edition Exclusive for Simon Says Stamp DIEcember with this darling Cardinal! This five piece set creates the most beautiful die cut cardinal. I paired the cardinal with the Simon Says Stamp Pine Needle Border and Christmas Bulbs dies and Distress Oxide Inks. This die set is FREE while supplies last with any Tim Holtz brand purchase at Simon Says Stamp. Click HERE to shop Tim Holtz products.
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Watch the creation of this die cut cardinal Christmas card from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
CARDINAL DIE CUT CARD
Products featured:
Simon Says Stamp DIEcember Tim Holtz Cardinal Dies Exclusive (FREE while supplies last with any Tim Holtz brand purchase!)
More supplies linked in the supply list at the bottom of this post
S U P P L I E S
Below you will find links to the supplies used to create this project(s). Click the icon for the store underneath the thumbnails to start shopping. Where available I use compensated affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Your support helps me to keep bringing you new projects and videos. Thank you!
Welcome to Day 1 of my last minute Handmade Holiday 2020 Series!
I'm back with my seventh year of last minute handmade ideas! (Last year was rough emotionally and I actually only got one video up but I'm still going to count it.)
Thank you so much for your support of this series. I appreciate each and every one of you and y'all make this possible. Much love to everyone.
The goal of this series is adding handmade touches to gifts for our friends and family. Even with the craziness of the season I like to be able to personalize the gifts under our tree. Over the next few days I'll be sharing ideas for cards, tags and gift wrapping sure to add that handmade touch we all love. Most ideas will include multiples (today I created 12 gnome shaped gift tags)!
Each Handmade Holiday project blog post will feature a brand new, never before seen project(s) plus an incredible giveaway from.... me!
Affiliate links are used throughout this post at no additional cost to you. By shopping with my links, you allow me to keep bringing you content. Thank you all for your support!
V I D E O T U T O R I A L
Watch the creation of these twelve gnome shaped gift tags from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
With all the gnome projects I've shared lately, I had asked on one of my YouTube videos if you wanted to see gnome-shaped gift tags and that was an overwhelming "yes"! We will be creating shaped tags with all four gnomes from Simon Says Stamp: Gnome (the original), Lil Gnome, She Gnome, and Deco Hat Gnome (please note I opted to use the plain hat version instead of the deco hat for this gnome).
More supplies linked in the supply list at the bottom of this post
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Happy Sunday! You're in for a treat today with a surprise from Simon Says Stamp with the 2020 Limited Edition Joy For You Holiday Tag Kit! I created twenty tags with components from the kit as well as some of my favorite Simon Says Stamp holiday stamps and dies! Handmade tags are always one of my most favorite holiday projects to create. I hope these tags inspire you to create some of your own tags this holiday season!
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Watch the creation of these twenty holiday tags from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
More supplies linked in the supply list at the bottom of this post
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Happy Tuesday! You're in for a treat today with a surprise from Simon Says Stamp with the Gnome Peeking Holiday Gift Card Kit! The kit includes all kinds of fabulous products to make gift card holders, cards, tags, etc. Today I am sharing this slimline gnome scene card featuring the Gnome Peeking Stamp Set included with the kit (or available for individual purchase). I did a little creative masking for a mostly one layer design. The video tutorial shares tips and tricks for creating scene cards, masking and adding finishing details as well as advice on how to fix problematic "mistakes". Let's get started!
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Watch the creation of this slimline stamped gnome scene card from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
One of the greetings from the stamp set was stamped directly on the background with clear embossing ink and heat embossed with Antique Gold Embossing Powder. Another phrase was stamped on the Schoolhouse Red Cardstock included in the kit and heat embossed with White Embossing Powder. That phrase was die cut with a Sentiment Labels Die and adhered to the background with foam adhesive as shown.
Nuvo Crystal Drops in Honey Gold were added to the center of some snowflakes. Nuvo Crystal Drops in White Blizzard was added to any "snow" and Glossy Accents was added to the tires.
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