Holiday Style Jingle Bell Christmas Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi here today, popping in to share some cute and colorful holiday cards using our Holiday Style Stamps.

It's been years since I've had the chance to revisit our Holiday Style Stamps, and I fell in love with them all over again. For my first card, I played with the classic glass ball ornament, consisting of only two simple layers, which I inked up in a pastel color palette. It's always fun mixing in non-traditional Christmas colors, and I turned to patterned papers from the Spring Sunburst Paper and Dots & Stripes Pastels Paper packs to tie in with the ornaments. I cut the "ribbon" border using the Ribbon & Lace Border Dies and the scalloped edge with the Slimline Pennant Dies. Lastly, I heat embossed my greeting using a sentiment from the Holiday Style set.

For my next card set, I used the fabulous bell and bow images from the Holiday Style Stamps. I went clean and simple, turning to the two tree bough images from the Classy Christmas Stamps to repeatedly stamp and heat-emboss along the top and bottom of my two card fronts. I used my MISTI tool to stamp them assembly line style by rotating the panels 180 degrees and stamping again while the images were set up. I strung Silver Embroidery thread by DMC through the openings I had punched with a 1/8" hole punch and taped to the back of the bells and card panels before adhering them to my card base. I then stamped the greeting from the Holiday Style Stamps using VersaFine Onyx Black Ink and sprinkled them with Clear Embossing Powder to make them shine.

For my last card using the Holiday Style Stamps, I thought it would be fun to experiment with stamping gold jingle bells. After trying several different ink combinations, I found a mix I really like using inks from three different companies (linked below). I created a festive arrangement by stacking several bells in a basket using our Layered Basket Stamps, filling in around the basket with the tree bough image from the Holiday Style set. I had this leftover red gingham piece from another window card that I decided to hold onto, and it added just the right splash of red and holiday feel I was looking for. It was created using the Buffalo Plaid Diagonal Dies, inked up with the coordinating Diagonal & Straight Stripes Stencils, and trimmed down with a stitched edge using the Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies. I completed my card by heat embossing a custom-made sentiment with our new Build-a-Greeting Holidays Stamps, which I heat embossed onto the red pennant strip cut using the Notebook Photo Corner Dies.

I am frequently asked which ink colors I used for my layered images, so I have shared what I used today for these examples (from lightest to darkest).

Silver Bells
Hero Arts Soft Granite
Hero Arts Charcoal
Versafine Onyx Black

Gold Bells
Gina K. Kraft
Concord & 9th Wheat
Hero Arts Cup O' Joe

Basket
Hero Arts Soft Sand
Gina K. Sandy Beach
Memories Sand
Gina K. Kraft

Pink Ornament
Gina K. Bubblegum Pink
Hero Arts Ultra Pink

Hot Pink Ornament
Hero Arts Ultra Pink
Gina K. Medium Orchid

Lilac Ornament
PinkFresh Studio Soft Lilac
Gina K. Light Orchid

Blue Ornament
VersaFine Claire Arctic
Hero Arts Cornflower

Aqua Ornament
Gina K. Ocean Mist
GIna K. Sea Glass

That wraps up my projects for today. Thanks so much for hanging out with me. I hope I've inspired you to spread a little happiness by sending out a card to someone you love. 💛

Don't forget to check out the Holiday Style Dies, Classy Christmas Stamps, and Layered Basket Stamps in our online shop, which are all currently on sale.

Supplies Used:

Holiday Style Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Style Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Sunburst 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Dots & Stripes Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio
Classy Christmas Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Classy Christmas Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Layered Basket Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Layered Basket Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Slimline Pennant Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ribbon & Lace Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Buffalo Plaid Diagonal Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Diagonal & Straight Stripes Stencils Shop at: Sunny Studio
Notebook Photo Corners Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Build-a-Greeting Holiday Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Over The Hills Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio
Versafine Clair Ink- Verdant Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts White Detail Shop at: Sunny Studio	VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio

Pink Peonies Card with Marine

Hello crafty friends, Marine here, I'm thrilled to be back on the blog with this monochromatic Halloween card featuring black peonies and spiders. I mostly like to create Halloween cards with cute critters, but when I colored the Pink Peonies back in April (you can check the card right here) I knew I would color them again in black to make a monochromatic card.

I started off by stamping my images on 110lb Neenah solar white cardstock using an alcohol marker friendly black ink, I cut them using the coordinating dies and then colored them using my Graph'it brush markers in shades of grey: dark shades for the peonies and spiders, and lighter shades for the leaves. The peonies and leaves are from Pink Peonies, the spiders and spider webs are from Too Cute To Spook, and I usually add details to my images with a white gel pen, but this time I mixed copic opaque white ink with water and used a slim brush to add white splatters to the flowers and leaves, and only added white gel pen details to the spiders.

I cut a 5,25 x 4 inches Strathmore bristol smooth panel, ran it through my die cutting machine along with my Buffalo Plaid Diagonal die, covered the entire panel with hickory smoke oxide ink, and used the Diagonal Stripes stencil along with black soot oxide ink to add a nice pattern to my panel. Next I mixed black soot oxide ink with water and added black splatters to my panel, I did the same with copic opaque white ink and then with iron gate mica spray for sparkling details. And once my panel was dry, I attached it to a 5,5 x 4,25 inches black panel.

Next I cut a large Scalloped Oval Mat 1 panel out of black cardstock, used the largest Stitched Oval 2 die to cut an opening out of it and this way created a scalloped frame. I used the largest Stitched Oval 2 die again to cut a Subtle Grey Tones woodgrain panel, added black splatters to it, attached both the black frame and grey panel together using tape at the back, and stamped "Happy Halloween" from Too Cute To Spook right in the middle of that panel. I added 1mm foam tape at the back, attached it to my Buffalo Plaid Diagonal panel, and then stuck all my images using 1mm and 2mm foam squares. 

And that's it! I really love the elegant and monochromatic style of this card, and I hope that you like the unusual look. Thanks so much for stopping by, and see you next time!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Subtle Grey Tones Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Pink Peonies Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Pink Peonies Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Oval Mat 1 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Oval 2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Too Cute To Spook Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Too Cute To Spook Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Buffalo Plaid Diagonal Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Diagonal & Straight Stripes Stencils Shop at: Sunny Studio

Farm Fresh & Happy Harvest Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi here today, popping in to share some fall cards featuring our Farm Fresh Stamps.

For my first card showcasing the Farm Fresh Stamps, I created a barnyard scene using the barn border, goat, duck, chickens, eggs, and hay box from the set. I framed the scene with a Stitched Circle Small Die and layered it over a yellow gingham background using the Buffalo Plaid Straight Die and the Diagonal & Straight Stripes Stencils. I then heat-embossed the punny greeting "Just chicken in" from the set onto the Brilliant Banner 2 Die, cut from red cardstock and inked with Candied Apple and Fired Brick distress inks.

I filmed a short video showing how the buffalo plaid dies and stencils were designed to work together HERE. If you like the glass mat I am using in my video, make sure to check out the special 20% off Labor Day coupon and link I have for you to use at Glassboard Studio through Monday at the end of my post. 💛

For my second card featuring the Farm Fresh Stamps, I used the scarecrow and hay box from the set, with the sunflowers and crows from the Happy Harvest Stamps. I cut a rectangle from one of the Spellbinders Masking Sheets using our Stitched Rectangle Dies and then inked up a rectangle window in the center of my card using Broken China and Mowed Lawn distress inks to frame my scene. I love the clean and simple look that masking provides. I finished my card by stamping the "autumn blessings" greeting from the Happy Harvest set in the top right corner.

Don't forget to check out our Farm Fresh Stamps and Happy Harvest Stamps in our online shop, which are currently on sale!

Also, if you are in the market for a glass craft mat, I have a special sale from one of our favorite partners to share with you. Use our affiliate link HERE to save 20% at checkout through Monday. I love my oversized glass mat so much that I invested in a second one to have as an additional work surface in my room. It's undoubtedly the best craft supply I've ever invested in!

That wraps up my projects for today. Thanks so much for hanging out with me. I hope I've inspired you to spread a little happiness by sending out a card to someone you love. 💛

Supplies Used:

Happy Harvest Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Harvest Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Farm Fresh Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Farm Fresh Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Stitched Rectangle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Circle Small Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Brilliant Banner 2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Buffalo Plaid Straight Die Shop at: Sunny Studio
Diagonal & Straight Stripes Stencils Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Studio Blending Brushes Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts White Detail Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spellbinders Masking Sheets Shop at: Sunny Studio
VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio