spellbinders felt candy cane die set

Have you seen Nichol Sphor's adorable Felt Stitch & Create collection at Spellbinders? It's ridiculously cute and so fun for the holidays! 

Now stitching does not come easily to me but these dies make it incredibly straightforward and they are so cute that they make me want to practice! 

Spellbinders was kind enough to send me the Felt Candy Cane set and I've created a few things that I'm excited to show you...

I started with a simple card using just the holly leaves and berries. It turned out so well that now I want to make a lot more cards with felt accents!

This candy cane might be more than just an accent though, LOL! I made my pale pink card a non-standard size so I could fit the whole candy cane and I added a little sentiment strip on the side. It reminds me of a little candy cane rattle my son was given for his first Christmas.

And lastly I tried making a candy cane wand! I'm definitely going to need so more practice stuffing and blanket stitching but my kids think it's so fun so I'm happy!

Thanks for stopping by!

Carly

easy watercolor wreath with crafty meraki

Have you seen the fun countdown to Christmas that Crafty Meraki is doing? There's so many fun cardmaking ideas and I'm delighted to be adding one today with a new video! I hope you have a chance to check it out and let me know what you think!

Have a great day!

Carly

mini christmas tree pinata

Wanna know a little secret? I'm obsessed with making mini pinatas and pinata cards! I just think they are so cute, so fun to give as gifts and I just love fringe!!!

So speaking of fringe, Pretty Pink Posh has the cutest Fringe Tree die set and it seemed like a great way to make a mini Christmas Tree pinata!!! 

I even made a quick process video...

What do you think? Are you tempted to make a mini pinata?

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!

Carly

P.S. Wanna see more pinata stuff? Check out this card!

P.P.S. Pretty Pink Posh is celebrating Christmas all week and you can snag the Fringe Tree die set for 15% off!😉

simon says stamp woodland treescape

I have a tendency to look at all dies and wonder if I can make them into a shaker card but the Simon Says Stamp Woodland Treescape couldn't be more perfect as a shaker window!

I blended Distress Oxide Blueprint Sketch & Salvaged Patina inks (my new favorite combo) on the card front.

Over the dry ink blending I used foam tape to make a container and then filled it with a little chunky glitter and these awesome sequins. Then I sealed the container with a piece of acetate.

I die cut all the layers of the Woodland Treescape in white and a few snowflakes too. I snipped the lamp post off (because I was going for more forest-y) and adhered the layers together. 

After stamping the sentiment from the Peaceful Trees set, I adhered the layers over the shaker window. And added a little faux splatter with some pens.

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!

Carly

P.S. Simon Says Stamp has the cutest Tim Holtz die set gift with purchase! In case you need encouragement to treat yourself to some new crafty goodies😉

DieCember 2024 blog party

Happy DieCember everybody!!! The Simon Says Stamp DieCember release hit the shop today and we are celebrating with a giant blog party!

Before I show you the cards I've made, check out this beautiful Fancy Ornaments embossing folder you can get FREE with a $100+ purchase!

And visit the SSS blog to see all the participants because you will definitely want to see what everyone made for DieCember!!!

Ok, now let me show you what I've made...

I am positively smitten with the Grand Pixie Snowflake and you know that the first thing I had to make was a shaker card!

I die cut the snowflake from a white cardstock panel and then did some Distress Oxide ink blending for the background. Blueprint Sketch with Salvaged Patina is my new favorite combo!

I filled the shaker pocket with some chunky glitter, adhered the snowflake panel over it and finished with sentiment strip using the Reverse Winter set.

And then I was loving the Blueprint Sketch and Salvaged Patina snowflakes so much that I made this one...

Since the snowflake is so delicate, I ink blended some white cardstock first. I added a little Peacock Feathers Distress Spritz for shimmer, let it all dry and then die cut the snowflakes.

I adhered the snowflakes to a white card and added a sentiment from the Peaceful Trees set.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope to see you again soon!

grateful card with simon says stamp

Do you ever make a plan for a special card and then not get it done? This happens to me soooo much, especially around the holidays!

I designed a clean and simple card for Thanksgiving with the adorable Simon Says Stamp Give Thanks and Eat Pie set but I didn't get it done in time for the holiday. I still want to show my gratitude for a few sweet people in my life so I decided to change the color palette...

What do you think? I used my MISTI to do a little repeat stamping of the thankful word. It's so easy to do that way! 

I just place the stamp where I want in the middle of my card panel. I ink and stamp, then move the panel 11/16 of an inch down (the measurement depends on the size of the stamp) using the ruler on the edge of the MISTI, then ink and stamp again.

After the stamping off the top edge, I moved the panel back to the starting point and then moved 11/16 up to ink & stamp.

Once I was finished stamping all the thankfuls, I stamped the "and grateful" at the bottom and added a period with a pen. And I couldn't resist adding a few more pen dots as faux splatter.

The color palette is a little Christmas-y or a little lovey, giving me lots of time to get these cards sent😉

If you are shopping this weekend, don't forget to shop small. Simon Says Stamp is having a sale today (use the code SVE24) and they have a super cute gift with purchase too!

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!

Carly

easy multicolor stamping

There are several great ways to ink up a stamp with multiple colors but my favorite is super easy! All you need is a gorgeous solid stamp like the SSS Heartfelt Snowflakes, a stamping tool like the MISTI, inks that will blend nicely and a few blending tools.

Check out this quick two minute tip video to see the process...

Wasn't that so easy?!!!

I think the key to success is to use inks that will blend together beautifully like Distress Oxides! I love this combo of Shaded Lilac and Salvaged Patina so much!!!

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!

Carly

P.S. The sentiment is from the Peaceful Trees set!