Christmas Wishes Card for Scrapbook.com

Hello lovelies! I'm sharing this Christmas card for an Instagram Parade collaboration with Scrapbook.com and Wow Embossing. I'm thrilled to be featuring exclusive Scrapbook.com brand products and some amazing embossing products from Wow, as well! Wow is a UK based company and recently became one of the new brands offered on the site, for which I am thrilled.

I'd love for you to hop over to my Instagram and leave a little love. Stop by the Scrapbookcom Instagram page too!. The Parade goes live at 11:00 am ET today, Nov. 29th. I have some creative details to share with you below, as well as affiliate product links at the end of this post, if you'd like to do some shopping or look around.

(FTC Disclosure: as an affiliate for various companies in the craft industry, I will receive a small commission for purchases made through my convenient affiliate links, at no additional cost to you.)

 Scrapbook.com kindly sent me some of the products that I'm creating with today. When I saw the Christmas Trees stamp set, I immediately had an idea to create a little scene with a sloped, snowy hillside and frozen pond.

I was going to make a mini-slimline card but decided to go a little larger for more open white space. This card and card panel measures 6x4 inches.

I trimmed my white card panel with my ergonomic scissors from Scrapbook.com, going in a sloped design from right to left. These scissors are so comfy and easy to use. I deal with arthritis in my hands in colder weather and I really appreciate the ease of use.

For the top section of my trimmed card panel, I did some ink blending with Catherine Pooler ink called, On The Lake. This section was adhered directly onto the top of my white card.

For my "frozen pond" I trimmed the silver holographic paper from the Holographic paper pad in a more wavy pattern. This was adhered directly onto the bottom of my trimmed snowy slope.

I applied adhesive foam tape to this section and set it aside.

 Did you know Wow Embossing has bottled embossing mixed media liquid that you can brush on? I had no idea! It's amazing stuff. For my Christmas Trees, I swiped my Catherine Pooler Ink in Sea Breeze across my white Neenah cardstock.

Next, I brushed the embossing mixed media liquid onto the Scribbly tree stamp that was mounted on my Misti stamp positioner, and stamped directly onto my ink swiped cardstock. I sprinkled on Wow's Verdant embossing powder which is a mix of green and gold powders, and heat embossed four stamped trees. The combination of green and gold is stunning!

Keep in mind, this liquid lends itself to a mixed media look. If you want more precise embossing, you may wish to use a clear embossing ink pad. 

Although I had the accompanying dies for the trees, I decided to fussy cut them with my ergonomic scissors since I didn't want an outline for my trees.

I used the same Verdant embossing powder for my "Wishes" heat embossed sentiment, but this time I used my clear embossing ink pad for more precision when stamping.

For my stamped bows and the "Christmas" sentiment, I stamped again with the emboss ink pad, then heat embossed with the Wow super fine Polished Gold embossing powder. It left such a smooth finish!

Both sentiments are from the Christmas Expressions stamp set.

I also embossed some gold "ornaments" for my tree. I used the small circle die included with the Christmas Trees die set, cut with my Platinum 6 and Magic Mat. I dabbed on some of the embossing liquid and heat embossed with more of the Wow Polished Gold embossing powder. This is when my fine tip ergonomic reverse tweezers came in handy.

To adhere my ornaments and bows (also stamped, die cut and gold embossed) to the trees, I used my exclusive Scrapbook.com brand Artis Glue. This stuff is amazing and comes with different sized tips and a pin to keep clogging at bay.

Two of my trees are adhered directly to my card, and the other two are popped up on adhesive foam, and placed near the top section of my sloped snowy hillside that was adhered to the lower section of my card..

I'm so happy you stopped in today. If you'd like more details or pricing on any of the products that I created with today, just click my affiliate links below.

I hope you have a great day!

Terri

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Grand Bloom Stitched Card for Spellbinders

There's still time to sign up for the Spellbinders Stitching Die of the Month Club. This month's selections is titled, "Grand Stitched Blooms" and it's such a whimsical kit. I had so much fun stitching and embellishing these lovely die cuts. Scroll down for a couple brief details, plus Early Black Friday deals at Spellbinders!

(FTC Disclosure: as an affiliate for various companies in the craft industry, I will receive a small commission for purchases made through my convenient affiliate links, at no additional cost to you.)

The last day to sign up for this monthly club kit is Nov. 27th. You'll receive a number of dies to make a variety of blooms, leaves and stems.

I opted to mix up my die cuts to make one large bloom using patterned and solid papers cut with my Platinum 6, Pops of Color liquid embellishment and DMC variegated thread for the stitching. Did you know Spellbinders sells DMC embroidery threads? They have lots of different bundles for purchase, including the variegated threads. I used :

• 69 Variegated Terra Cotta
• 92 Variegated Avocado

The colors above are included in the 18 pc bundle and also in the DMC Collector's Edition 36 pc bundle, which is what I have.

 

I also used a Spellbinders 3D embossing folder for my white card panel and die cut a sentiment from Yana's Layered Script Sentiment dies.

Spellbinders is giving you early access to Black Friday deals too! Stop by for a look, there are so many amazing products on markdown right now! 

I'm so glad you stopped by today. I've scattered affiliate product links throughout this post, however most of the products that I used today are linked below, if you'd like more information or wish to shop. Have a great Thanksgiving holiday!

Terri

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Create A Scene Card and Coffee Loving Cardmakers Hop

It's time for the Fall/Winter Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog Hop! Rarely do I miss the opportunity to participate in this fun event and I hope you'll join in. I'm happy to be a Brew Crew member (former designer) and joining in the celebrations of one of my favorite groups of cardmakers on the World Wide Web! My "create a scene" card features a mix of techniques; stamping, masking, ink blending and stenciling, using some of my favorite brand products, including the Christmas Gnomes stamp set from Scrapbook.com. He is absolutely darling, holding that adorable cup of cocoa!

(FTC Disclosure: as an affiliate for various companies in the craft industry, I will receive a small commission for purchases made through my convenient affiliate links, at no additional cost to you.)

 

First, here's a few details for the hop, if you'd like to participate. Make sure you click the link at the top for more detailed information. Your project must be a card, must be newly created for this hop and anything goes for the theme. It must include coffee, tea, cocoa or even cider!

So, how did I make this scene? First I trimmed a card panel for a mini-slimline card. The measurements are approximately 6 x 3.25 inches.

I have a Ranger Ink rectangle stencil that I absolutely love. I wanted a slimmer, more narrow vertical space to work with for the scene I had in mind, so I placed masking tape down the right of my stencil to narrow the gap.  

In the first picture, I used my Misti stamp positioner and stamped my gnome near the lower right corner onto my mint tape (masking tape) . I peeled off the stamped tape and trimmed off the hat (don't toss the hat!).

Here's where it gets a little tricky, stamping a 2nd time on the cardstock. It would be easier to simply do some paper piecing for the hat but I wanted to have pretty much a one layer card (with the exception of paint splatters). 

And because I wanted my hat to have red inky stripes, I had to carefully stamp as much of the gnome body with black ink, (so I could color with markers later) cover the body with the stamped mint tape to create a masked area, then stamp my hat with the red ink. Once this was done, I put both of my pre-stamped sections back on top of my stamped card panel for the next step. 

Next, I grabbed my mint tape again and hand trimmed a little sloped hill. This was place directly across the bottom of my card panel and above my gnomes shoes. Keep in mind, I still have my stamped masking tape over my gnome as well.

I grabbed a tree stencil that I've had in my stash for so long, I can't remember what brand it is. I offset my tree stencil from the left side and ink blended with my Scrapbook.com Pine hybrid ink and blender brushes. 

In my last photo, I used a circle punch on my mint tape for a moon. I placed it so it's offset on the upper right corner and ink blended over the open area of my card panel using Ranger Distress Ink - Prize Ribbon. 

I also used some white pigment ink and blended around my moon for a "glow.  

I peeled off  the mint tape from the moon and the gnome, coloring my gnome with Copic Markers.

I splatted on some "snow" with my Ranger white acrylic paint by using the opposite end of a small paint brush, dipping in paint, then dotting all over my tree and sky.

Once my scene was complete, I traced around the inside of my masked rectangle with a black fine liner pen. I also traced around my hat to give it more of a "stamped" look, then stamped my sentiment.

God bless you, if you read through all of that! I know it was a little more lengthy than my usual posts. Sometimes I'm compelled to lay every little thing down in writing. 

Initially, I was going for a clean and simple look. I even polled some of my crafty friends to see if they thought this qualified for a CAS card. It was a resounding NO by about 70%, mainly because my techniques weren't so simple, in their opinion.

I hope you love my Create-A-Scene card as much as I do! I had a blast experimenting and it came out exactly as I had imagined. It's always a win when that happens, right?

Be sure and link a card up to the hop, here. You have until November 10th to get crafty. There are some amazing sponsors and prizes being offered up, as well. For more details on the products I used or to shop, click my affiliate links below.

Terri

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