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Hello again!

This is my second post...scroll down for my Friday favourites!

I'm sharing this card over at the JD blog today. I used my Mr. and Mrs. Claus stamp set.

I used my Graph'it markers to colour my images. I hand drew the mistletoe.

Have a lovely weekend!
xo

party time

 Hello!

Hope all is well! :)

I've mentioned before that when I've lost my mojo I like to stamp a bunch of images and colour them in (and cut them out) so that they're ready for use...comes in handy when I need a quick card like this one.

For this card I used my Mr. and Mrs. Claus and Cheers stamp sets. I created a quick background by using my Graph'it marker in 7210 (colouring in circular motions)....easy peasy!  I adhered Mrs. Claus using some foam dots for dimension (the reason I didn't put her in a 'Christmas' outfit is I figured she's be great for card for grandma's etc.

Added a little silver glitter (with my Graph'it Shake marker)...because she's ready for a party and you gotta have yo glitter on! :)

Have a great day!

xo

warm wishes + stretch your stamps

Hello!

Hope all is well!

I'm going to show how I stretched my stamps with a little masking. I used the bunny and chick from my Spring stamp set to create a Christmas card by adding the snowman's hat (from my Warm Wishes) stamp set and drawing a hat on the chick.

For the chick I took some washi tape (post-it's are great for this too...I usually use post-it but ran out of them) and cover the top of the chick's head where I want to draw the hat. Draw the hat with a pencil first than trace over it with a marker and erase the pencil.

Ink up the stamp, remove the washi tape and stamp.

I did the same with the rabbit. 

I too the snowman stamp from my Warm Wishes stamp set and masked off everything but the hat, after I inked the hat and took off the washi tape I rubbed off the ink where I wanted the ears to be with a baby wipe.

Don't worry if it doesn't look perfect...once you colour it those little mistakes won't show. Also you can fix any lines (if they didn't stamp clear) with a marker (I use Sakura Pigma Micron) and use a white gel pen to erase any tiny mistakes.

Again, same thing with the ears....

I embossed polka dots on the vellum to create the snow...I adhered the sides of the vellum at the back so the glue doesn't show through at the front.

I coloured my images with Graph'it markers and as you can see any tiny imperfections are gone once coloured in. 

Have a great day!
xo

snow much fun

Hello!

Hope all is well!

On pinterest I noticed the talented Laura's card and immediately  wanted to recreate it using my  Warm Wishes stamp set (thanks Laura for the inspiration).

So for this card I cut out my card base and then I trimmed down (so that it's a bit smaller than my base) white cardstock and used my circle die to cut out my window. I cut blue cardstock to fit under this 'window'.  I haven't used my SRM stickers in a while so I found this cute sentiment.

I cut two strips of velum to use as snow.

Adhere the velum and trim off the sides that are sticking out. Then adhere the window. onto the blue cardstock.

Adhere the 'window' to the card base, add the sentiment and snowman (which I coloured with my Graph'it markers).

Now while this is cute I thought the snowman would be happier with company so I added the bird and the present (which is from my Mr. & Mrs. Claus stamp set).

I had this stamped image already coloured from a couple of days ago and decided to use my scraps from the card above to create a mini tall card...if you will! ;)

I used my Warm Wishes and Mr. & Mrs. Clause stamp sets.

Have a great day!

xo

CAS + one layer card

Hello!

Hope all is well!

I'm sharing a CAS and one layer card today. The photo's are horrible...I don't have a camera (I'm shopping for one) and especially when I take a picture of a lot of red it's just meh!

Anyways I used my Warm Wishes and Nuts about you stamp sets.

I used red paint for my background, the more messy and uneven the better! :) Let that dry and then took my wood grain stamp and stamped over the red with white ink and finally stamped the sentiment...clean and simple!

I instagramed an email I received from a customer. It made me so happy...and I thank all of you for your patience with all the changes going on in JD.

Have a great day!

xo

recap + winner

Hello!
Thank you to all who hopped and commented! I announced the winner on the JD blog!

Have a great day!

xo

Franck Cafe Zimski Cappuccino

Edit: I'm having problems uploading my project...as soon as I do I will provide a link. :)

Hello!

I am entering my project to the Franck Cafe Zimski Cappuccino competition....basically you're suppose to use the Cappuccino box and create a Christmas project...I'm all for recycling. I wanted to create something different...and when I saw this on Good Housekeeping I thought it was the perfect project! I basically drew the template myself (looking at the original) obviously a lot smaller than the original, traced it onto the cappuccino box and cut all my pieces out. I added some glitter on the antlers and made my wreath out of green cardstock. I really love how it turned out...it's so much nicer in real life...the lighting is terrible (we've got some major fog here in Zagreb...it's so dark outside).

I would really appreciate it if you would vote for my project...go here if you wish to do so. :)

If you have any questions on how I created this (the instruction on Good Housekeeping is pretty straight forward but if there's anything else you're curious about) please ask! P.S. I will add a Croatian text to this post soon. :)

Have a great day! xo

TGIF

Hello! Hope all is well!

I'm feeling better...still not 100% but much better! I've been working on lots of Christmas projects....all the Christmas cards I make I donate to raise money for those in need so no one ever gets cards from me! LOL I don't think they mind knowing 'their' card is helping someone in need! :)

Here's a peek at one of our new stamps...love this background! :)

Hope you all have a lovely weekend! :)

p.s. the stamps I used are Jane's Doodles

free digital snowman

Hello!

Hope all is well...I'm sick..sore throat and stuffy ears...not nose..ears!! What?!! Anyways it's been a while since I've offered a digital freebie so here it is!! :) Right click and save (for personal use). Enjoy! :)

Have a great day! xo