Blog Hop with Graciellie Design + Really Reasonable Ribbon Collab

This is the first of two projects that I'm sharing today.  First up, is the new release for Graciellie Design and collaboration with Really Reasonable Ribbon.  With 4 new digital stamps sets and a new digital holiday paper pack, the team is pulling out all the stops!  I'm your last stop on the hop so be sure and leave a comment to be entered to win a $20 gift card to Gracie's shop,  plus,  there's a sale.   Details on Gracie's blog. 

I'm featuring the "Jingle Bells" digi stamp set.  I am totally smitten with that sentiment which reminds me of one of my favorite movies..... Polar Express!  Five amazing sentiments included with this fun Jingle Bell image.

I'm also using a couple different digital paper images from the Holiday Traditions digital paper pack, for my card; the holiday stripes and mini bells with poinsettias.  Aren't these papers just gorgeous?   

   

The design team are working with their choice of ribbon from the October and November Club Assortment from RRR.  I chose the October set, with traditional holiday colors.  It includes 9 styles and 17 yards of ribbon and lace.

Get more information on the monthly Ribbon Club, here.  It's like Christmas in your mailbox every month!

I fashioned a pretty bow using the solid red and green with gold trim.  Scroll further down to see how I used the lace; as an accent border with my striped paper.  So pretty!  I adore lace, in every color and size.  One can never have too much lace.  There's a ton of inspiration at the RRR blog.  Check it out!

A few quick card details:  My papers and sentiment was printed on Neenah white cardstock and sized to layer an an A2 kraft card.  My paper bell was printed on Strathmore Mixed Media vellum paper and colored with Tombow dual brush markers.  My sentiment was die cut with a scalloped die and the edges blended with Ranger Ink Brushed Corduroy distress ink.  To place my mini gold jingle bells, I used a hole punch several times to make a space large enough to push the bells half-way through, sealing the edges on the back side using my Westcott glue pen.  It required that I use double stacks of foam squares to have my paper bell raise up and be level with the backside of the bells.  Otherwise, the paper bell would look uneven.  This allows for a uniform appearance, besides it was easy to do!  You'll find the mini bells in the Christmas Craft section of Hobby Lobby.

If you missed any stops on the blog hop, be sure and head back to the beginning, at Gracie's blog.  Thanks so much for stopping by!  Check out the entire new release:  

https://www.etsy.com/shop/GraciellieDesign

Also linking to these challenges;

Digi Choosday Anything Goes Challenge Wk 44
Card Mania Challenges #98 Anything Goes
Inspiration Destination Anything Goes Challenge #137


The Card Concept  Challenge #81 Rich Holiday (Shabby Chic) inspired by the colors from the photo inspiration

SUPPLIES

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Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Permanent Runner Shop at: SBC	Ranger Tim Holtz Detail NIB Water Brush Shop at: SBC	Ranger Inkssentials Craft Mat 15x18 Shop at: SBC	Exclusive Sizzix Big Shot Bundle Shop at: SBC
Ranger US HEAT IT CRAFT TOOL Shop at: SBC	Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool Shop at: SBC	Westcott Premium Hot Glue Pen Shop at: Amazon	Tombow Dual Brush Secondary 10 pc set Shop at: SBC | Tombow
Ranger Ink Distress Ink Brushed Corduroy Shop at: SBC	Strathmore Mixed Media Vellum surface paper Shop at: Tombow | Amazon	Lawn Fawn Fancy Scalloped Rectangle dies Shop at: SBC	Graciellie Design Jingle Bells Digital Stamp set Shop at: Graciellie Design
Graciellie Design Holiday Traditions Digi Paper Pack Shop at: Graciellie Design	Tombow Beginner's Lettering Set Shop at: Tombow	My Minds Eye Kraft Cardstock Shop at: SBC

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Inspiration Blog Hop with Graciellie Design

It's time for another inspiration blog hop with Graciellie Design.  I'm your last stop on the hop, so if you missed anything, be sure and head back to the beginning at Gracie's blog where the winners have also been announced for the Unity Stamp new release giveaway.

Today, I'm featuring the Sweet Tea Kitty stamp set from Unity Stamps and Graciellie Design.  This sweet kitty is up to no good!  She's been playing with the string again, and making a mess of things!  Haha!  We are also featuring Westcott Brand all month, so I'll be showing you how I used some of those products, as well.

A few key points of interest for my project; my kitty stamp was heat embossed on vellum with Ranger Ink Oxides and before fussy cutting, I painted the entire backside with white Decoart paint for that stark white look.

To create that cute little spool of string, I simply hand drew a spool on kraft paper, scored the top and bottom rim, wrapped a little twine around the "spool", then used my Westcott hot glue pen to seal the deal!  I think my little spool is just as cute as my kitty!  My fine tipped Westcott scissors are actually sewing scissors and they cut like a dream.

I hot glued more of the twine around my card, as my kitty has been naughty, unraveling the string!  Look at her, hiding out in that tea cup!  My sentiment was heat embossed as well, fussy cut with a matching kraft border. Designer papers include Graphic 45 French Country and DCWV Gilded stack.

Isn't this the cutest stamp set, ever?  Gracie also sells the digital version in her Etsy shop, but if you love those red rubber stamps from Unity, then you can grab this, here.

Thanks so much for stopping in.  I hope you were one of the winners from the new release hop.  See you next time.  Terri

Also linking to these challenges:

Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge #304-305

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Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Permanent Runner Shop at: SBC	Misti Original Shop at: SBC	Ranger Tim Holtz Detail NIB Water Brush Shop at: SBC	Ranger Inkssentials Craft Mat 15x18 Shop at: SBC
Ranger US HEAT IT CRAFT TOOL Shop at: SBC	Nuvo Hot Chocolate Embossing Powder Shop at: SBC	Ranger Ink Distress Oxide Vintage Photo Shop at: SBC	Westcott Premium Hot Glue Pen Shop at: Amazon
Bazzill Basics White Vellum 12x12 inch Shop at: SBC	Coredinations 25 sheet pk 110 lb white cardstock Shop at: SBC	Hero Arts Clear Embossing Powder Shop at: SBC	Graphic 45 French Country Collectors Edition Shop at: SBC
Doodlebug Design Beetle Black Twine Shop at: SBC

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Coloring with Oxides on Vellum for Graciellie Design + Promo

Today, Graciellie Design is offering a promo with several specially priced bundles ( 4 digital stamp sets per bundle) at a discount of 30% off (already discounted) until September 14th.  Plus, be sure and stop by her blog and leave a comment to be in the running for a $10 coupon to her Etsy shop!  The design team are creating special projects today that feature some of the digital stamps being offered up in the bundle promos. Plus, as if it couldn't get any better...... Gracie has added a Labor Day sale with 50% off  select stamps, no code needed.  Details on the graphics further down.

I'm creating with the "Just Because" digital stamp set, pictured in the ELEGANT COLLAGES bundle at the end of this post.  This entire image is one stamp!  The butterfly, the flowers and leaves, the script, etc.  Isn't it an amazing image?  It's so easy to resize, too.  I printed this on vellum and colored the flip side using a waterbrush and my Ranger distress inks and oxide inks, for this A2 sized card.  Vellum will tend to warp when wet, so take care when heat drying that 1) you don't overheat your vellum and 2) blot as needed with a paper towel to soak up any excess colored water.

I also created splatters using the same inks, with a medium paint brush for the larger splatters and my waterbrush for the tiny splatters, on Strathmore watercolor paper, heat dried, then adhered my vellum by fully covering my splattered watercolor paper with my adhesive runner.  You need to have full adhesive coverage in order to smooth out any warping that occurred from water coloring.

If you'd like to see my coloring and assembly of this project, be sure and check out the video on my YouTube channel.  I'd love for you to subscribe to my channel and give a thumbs up!





Be sure and visit Gracie's blog and leave a comment on her blog post, to be entered to win the $10 coupon to her shop, plus check out all the promo bundles that are available.


View all four bundles on sale, here.

Labor Day Sale good through 9/14/17

Thanks so much for stopping in!  

 Terri

Also entering in these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Anything Goes

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Ranger US HEAT IT CRAFT TOOL Shop at: SBC | SSS	Ranger Distress Ink - Fossilized Amber Shop at: SBC	Adornit 3 pc Waterbrush Set Shop at: Amazon	28 Lilac Lane Autumn Afternoon Embellishment Kit Shop at: SBC
RangerInk Distress Oxides Bundle One Shop at: SBC	Ranger Ink Distress Oxide Vintage Photo Shop at: So Suzy	Westcott Premium Hot Glue Pen Shop at: Amazon	Graciellie Design "Just Because" digital stamp set Shop at: Graciellie Design
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