Lazy Christmas Cards with Marine and Anja

Hey crafty friends, Marine here, I'm so happy to share with you this new holiday shaker card showcasing the lovely Lazy Christmas stamp set that features two super cute sloths. I stamped those cuties as well as two branches on white cardstock using an alcohol marker friendly black ink, cut them using the coordinating dies and then used my alcohol markers to color them.

After the coloring I moved on to the background and started by creating a turquoise panel. I cut a 5,5 x 4,25" Strathmore bristol panel and applied salvaged patina oxide ink all over the panel and then peacock feathers oxide ink on the edges to bring more contrast.

As always I added lots of splatters on the panel to make it less flat and more interesting: water, peacock feathers + water, liquid stardust + water and copic opaque white ink + water.

To frame the card, and give the sloths a habitat, I cut a Botanical Backdrop out of a dark green cardstock, and added a little bit of white splatters on those leaves as well. And to make this jungle card even more festive, I cut another Botanical backdrop out of a silver glitter cardstock. I attached the dark green botanical frame on top of the silver glitter frame, but turned the dark green frame so that the leaves don't match.

I cut a 5,5 x 4,25" heat resistant acetate panel that I placed in my misti tool, placed some stamps right in the middle of the acetate to create my sentiment and picked them up with the door of the misti tool. I applied powder all over the acetate panel using my powder bag to make it antistatic, and then I stamped my sentiment using clear embossing ink. I sprinkled white embossing powder on the ink and used my heat gun to melt the powder.

I attached the acetate panel at the back of the botanical frame using liquid glue at the back of the frame on the four edges and foam squares at the back of some leaves to bring some dimension.

Stuck two layers of foam strips at the back of the frame on the four edges, and used my powder brush tool to apply a generous amount of powder all along the foam strips. This will keep the sequins away from the foam strips. I cleaned the acetate using a microfiber cloth, and poured a mix of sequins directly on the acetate, I carefully peeled the backing papers off the foam strips, and then I stuck my oxide panel on the foam strips to totally close the my shaker panel.

Next I attached the two little sloths and the branches. I used glue dots to stick the branches and foam squares to stick the sloths. And finally I added highlights and details on the images using a white gel pen.

And that's it, we have a super fun and festive shaker card that features the cutest little sloths, and I hope that you like it. Feel welcome to check the process video (click on the photo above), and I will see you next week with a new card!

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Hi everyone, Anja here and today I'm back with another holiday card showcasing the Lazy Christmas Stamps. These sloths are just the cutest!

First, I started off with a 4 3/8" x 4 3/8" card base and trimmed down a piece of white cardstock to 4" x 4". I ran it through my die cutting machine with one of the Layered Snowflake Frame Dies. The patterned paper that went behind the opening is from the All Is Bright 6x6 Paper pack. The sentiment was stamped in VersaFine Onyx Black Ink. To create a bit of dimension, I adhered the snowflake frame with foam tape.

Next, I stamped the images in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored them with Copic Markers. I cut everything out with the coordinating dies. I used foam tape again to pop up my images. Only the Christmas baubles and the holly & berries were adhered flat with liquid glue.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Lazy Christmas Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Lazy Christmas Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Botanical Backdrop Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Layered Snowflake Frame Shop at: Sunny Studio	All Is Bright Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio

Bear Hugs Tags & Card with Franci and Julia

Hi there! It's Franci here with you today, showcasing the adorable Bear Hugs set. Aww I love these cute bears soo much! 

First of all I die cut all my tags multiple times out of white cardstock and patterned paper from the All Is Bright set using the Scalloped Tag Square and Scalloped Tag Circle dies sets.

I stamped my sentiments from the Inside Greetings Holiday stamp onto 2 of the white ones and created snowy hills with the others by die cutting them with the Slimline Nature Borders dies. Then I stamped my bears, colored them with Copics and die cut them out with their coordinated dies.

I inked my patterned paper tags with some Distress inks and added some gold and sparkle splatters. I let everything dry completely and assembled my tags with liquid glue and foam adhesive. Finally I added some twine, ribbon and a little bell to embellish them. 

I'm so happy about how these turned out: I love them! Hope you are now inspired to create for the Holidays and thanks a lot for stopping by today!

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Hello! It’s Julia here and I have this cute wintery scene card to share with you today!

I stamped the images from Bear Hugs onto Bristol Smooth cardstock and colored them using Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers.

I ink blended the background with Milled Lavender, Seedless Preserves, and Black Soot. I also added a treeline using the Forest Tree Stencils and Cracked Pistachio and Evergreen Bough Distress Oxide. I die-cut two hills with the Slimline Nature Borders and added a little bit of Shading with Salvaged Patina to the edges.

I adhered an A2-sized piece of teal plaid paper from the All Is Bright paper pad to a card base. Then, I cut down the background to be slightly smaller to show the edge of the paper. I cut the hills down to the same width and adhered both to the card base. For my sentiment, I heat embossed "Have a beary merry Christmas" onto a strip of black cardstock. Finally, I added my cute little polar bears to the scene!

I can't get enough of these sweet wintery scene cards and I hope you like this one. I will be back soon with more holiday card inspiration! Wintery hugs.

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Bear Hugs Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bear Hugs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Tags-Circle Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Tags-Square Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Nature Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio
Inside Greetings-Holidays Shop at: Sunny Studio	All Is Bright Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio

Icing Border Die Focused Cards with Isha and Kavya

Hello everyone! Isha here, sharing a CAS shaker card with you. I am featuring the Icing Border Dies by using one of the dies to create a border for the card panel.

To start, I die-cut the scallops from the Icing Border Dies using various colors. Adhere to a white layer and die-cut this piece using the Stitched Rectangle die. Mat this layer with a coral card and adhere to a white card base.

Stamp the wreath from the Christmas Critters, color using Copic markers and die-cut using coordinating dies. Adhere acetate behind this piece. Now-die-cut the wreath 5 more times and stack behind the stamped wreath. This gives us a well to fill in gold dust by Studio Katia. Close this well by adhering a white circle. Now we have a shaker element ready.

Stamp the sentiment from the Holiday Express stamp and adhere the shaker element. Hope you enjoyed the interactive shaker element. Thank you for dropping by.

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Hi folks, Kavya here. I am back on the blog with another fun holiday card! The adorable icing border dies from the new release are just versatile and can be used all year long. I stretched these dies to create a fun scalloped roof and chimney, complete with a Santa peeking out! 

I first started off creating a card base. I matted an ink blended (Chipped Sapphire, Mermaid Lagoon and Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide inks) cardstock on top of A2 sized red and white stripped pattern paper from All is Bright paper pack. For the roof, I ink blended the edges of red cardstock using Vintage Photo and Black Soot Distress Oxide inks and splattered some red and brown paint. I added some brown die cut borders from Icing Borders to make it look like the roof has scalloped shingles. For the chimney, I did the same thing but out of brown cardstock and added the lines using a white gel pen to make it look like a brick! Finally, I hand drew and cut some ’snow’ on the roof and chimney using white glitter cardstock and added a hanging light string from Scenic Route stamp set on the roof. 

Later, I stamped and colored a bunch of images from Santa Claus Lane and North Pole stamp set to finish off my card :) I decided not to add a sentiment because I thought my card already looked busy and the theme of the card was just so obvious! 

I hope this inspires you to use the icing border dies in your projects soon! Happy Crafting!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Stitched Rectangle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Christmas Critters Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Christmas Critters DIes Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Express Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Icing Border DIes Shop at: Sunny Studio
Santa Claus Lane Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Santa Claus Lane Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scenic Route Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scenic Route Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
North Pole Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	North Pole Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	All Is Bright Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio

Deck The Halls Cards with Ashley and Mayra

Hello friends! It's Ashley with a card for you today that looks like it came straight from a Christmas tree! These little Deck the Halls ornaments are so cute, even my four year old daughter asked me to stamp some for her to color!

I started by blending Distress Oxide inks in Cracked Pistachio, Mowed Lawn, Lucky Clover and Black Soot on to white cardstock. I sprayed a bit of water on it and dabbed it up with a paper towel to add some nice texture and interest before adding a dark green frame made with the Christmas Garland Frame. This combo created the perfect Christmas tree background - like you are peeking right into the branches!

I stamped a few ornaments from Deck the Halls and colored with Copics before cutting them out with the matching dies. I added them to the card with some foam tape to pop them up and give the card a bit of dimension. I stamped the sentiment from Inside Greetings - Holiday in Versafine Onyx Black then embossed with clear so it would stay nice and dark and crisp. For a finishing touch, I used my white gel pen to add dots for the ornaments' strings.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day! 

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Hello everyone, happy Monday. Mayra here to share this super fun and festive card using the super adorable Deck the Halls stamp set. 

I started by coloring the cute reindeer ornament images from the set, and the pine cones from the Classy Christmas set with my copic markers. I then used the Wintery Greenery die set to die cut the greenery that would go with the ornaments. 

To create the card, I used the Frilly Frames Eyelet Lace die to create the base panel for the card. I die-cut the outer scalloped layer using kraft-colored cardstock, and the eyelet lace layer using red cardstock. I then layered the red layer over a piece of green-colored cardstock. Next, I stamped and die-cut the sentiment using the beautiful Season's Greetings stamp set. 

I hope you enjoy the card I created to share with you today. Thank you for taking the time to stop by. I hope you each have a wonderful and blessed day. 

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Deck The Halls Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Deck The Halls Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Season's Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Christmas Garland Frame Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames-Eyelet Lace Shop at: Sunny Studio
Classy Christmas Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Classy Christmas Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Inside Greetings-Holidays Shop at: Sunny Studio	Winter Greenery DIes Shop at: Sunny Studio