Soda - Lighted

Where does your inspiration come from? I'm so excited to share my project for today.  Some of you might recognize my inspiration.

Let me first share the products I combined:

• Concord & 9th Soda-Lighted | Bundle
• Pretty Pink Posh | Citrus | Layered Stencil 3 PK
• Lawn Fawn - Zesty Lemon | Lawn Cuts

I'm a big fan of the Sprindrift waters, specifically grapefruit.  That is what inspired the overall design for today's card.  A friend of mine introduced them to me so this is going out to her.

I have so many ideas swirling around for the soda can!

Can you tell with the stenciling that I hit the Pink Lemonade in the centers?  I fussy cut the To Know You banner.

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Presents for All Occasions

Happy Mix it up Monday everyone! It's Amanda from Twiddler's Nook sharing a little reminder that all the stamps and dies you have that are presents, birthday or other work great for Christmas too. That usually goes for the other way around while we're at it!

I pulled out the new Mama Elephant Surprise Gifts set, which is not holiday at all, at wanted to make a Christmas card with it. So I colored my images accordingly with copic markers, used the coordinating dies to cut them out and some liquid glue to adhere my cute little scene.

Now that we're on our way to holiday, I pulled out the Pretty Pink Posh Layered Christmas Trees stencil set and inked it up on a piece of light green cardstock. For the final layer I skipped inking and got a little messy with texture paste though. OMG do I love this stuff! It's the perfect texture add-on if you ask me.

When that was dry, I trimmed it to fit an A2 card base and glued it on the front. I popped up the piggy and gifts and added a Mama Elephant Winter Banner Greeting. The array of options in these sentiment sets is amazing! Highly recommend!

I digress. Back to the card. For finishing touches today I added black glaze pen to the piggy's eyes and nostrils. Then I added stardust Stickles to the heart he's holding and white gel pen highlights to all the gifts. 

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day! 

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Christmas Cards From the Both of Us

I couldn't resist coloring up these adorable, cozy critters for some Christmas cards from me and the hubby.  Aren't they the cutest?

As usual, when I create multiple cards, I create them in steps.  First I stamped and colored all my images.  I colored four of each image, so I'd have plenty of critters for making cards.

Once I finished the cute critters, I die cut the holly jolly sentiment.  I used some silver glitter cardstock and stacked the sentiment onto several pieces I cut using white cardstock.  I like the dimension this creates.

The final step before assembling was to cut and ink my backgrounds.  To do this, I taped off the right and left side of my cardstock covering approximately 3/4 of an inch from the edges.  I applied some Pink Lemonade ink to the exposed area of the cardstock using a blending brush.  After applying a light layer of ink, I layered the Winter Words stencil over the top and applied a second layer of ink through the stencil.  

Once all these steps were complete, I assembled the card and added a few embellishments.

I love how these turned out and can't wait to mail them off to friends and family.

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you were inspired.

-Cathy
 

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Fa La La

 I love when a project turns out even if it isn't how I originally envisioned it.

Here the products I combined for today's project:

• Concord & 9th - Fa La La Inlay | die
• Pretty Pink Posh - Stitched Snowflakes | die
• Lawn Fawn - Woodland Critters Huggers | lawn cuts

I haven't used the Woodland Critter Huggers in a bit and she's perfect for my project.

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