Tuesday 17 January 2023
Monday 16 January 2023
Happy New Year's Card--Yes, I Send Them :-D
I always laugh and tell people if they didn't receive a Christmas card, they're probably on the list for a new year's one.
Starting Christmas crafts in July isn't a guarantee one will be done in time for the holidays, and, to be honest, once I let go of the pressure to make Christmas cards, I felt so much happier. In fact, I think the new year's cards turned out better than the Christmas ones!
There's no shame in sending a New Year's card--after after Christmas fun, frolic, and feasting, it's kind of nice getting a bonus card in the mailbox IMHO.
These cards started out as Christmas cards but it was easy to change them up. I started with six Basic White and six Very Vanilla cardstock bases.
I used the stamps (as well as dies) from the Christmas Lights bundle and some silver ink to stamp the top and bottom of the bases. Then, I cut up gold and silver metallic dotted paper from the fall Sale-A-Bration freebie DSP pack.
My main goal was using up all the metallic scraps hanging around the craft room and I succeeded! There were enough scraps to make gold, silver, blue and light purple snowflakes large and small. I used all the snowflake dies in my collection by the way.
New Year's stamps aren't super popular, so I saved myself some time by printing a sentiment in a colour close to Early Espresso and cut out each tag.
However, I had a problem--I had big shapes, little shapes, stamped images and DSP--all good things. Something just didn't look right and after chatting with a friend, I decided to add some more snowflakes in matte colours.
Diving into the scrap basket, I found small pieces of Night of Navy, Misty Moonlight, and Purple Posey to die cut. The flat, solid colours tempered the shiny elements.
Lastly, I glued thin metallic strips under the tag to make another reflective surface and make the tag stand out more.
Just like snowflakes, each of the twelve cards were different. Click the image for larger size.
Starting Christmas crafts in July isn't a guarantee one will be done in time for the holidays, and, to be honest, once I let go of the pressure to make Christmas cards, I felt so much happier. In fact, I think the new year's cards turned out better than the Christmas ones!
There's no shame in sending a New Year's card--after after Christmas fun, frolic, and feasting, it's kind of nice getting a bonus card in the mailbox IMHO.
These cards started out as Christmas cards but it was easy to change them up. I started with six Basic White and six Very Vanilla cardstock bases.
I used the stamps (as well as dies) from the Christmas Lights bundle and some silver ink to stamp the top and bottom of the bases. Then, I cut up gold and silver metallic dotted paper from the fall Sale-A-Bration freebie DSP pack.
My main goal was using up all the metallic scraps hanging around the craft room and I succeeded! There were enough scraps to make gold, silver, blue and light purple snowflakes large and small. I used all the snowflake dies in my collection by the way.
New Year's stamps aren't super popular, so I saved myself some time by printing a sentiment in a colour close to Early Espresso and cut out each tag.
However, I had a problem--I had big shapes, little shapes, stamped images and DSP--all good things. Something just didn't look right and after chatting with a friend, I decided to add some more snowflakes in matte colours.
Diving into the scrap basket, I found small pieces of Night of Navy, Misty Moonlight, and Purple Posey to die cut. The flat, solid colours tempered the shiny elements.
Lastly, I glued thin metallic strips under the tag to make another reflective surface and make the tag stand out more.
Just like snowflakes, each of the twelve cards were different. Click the image for larger size.
Have a shiny 2023 friends!
Thursday 5 January 2023
It's Here--The January-April Mini Catalogue and Sale-A-Bration!
Time to celebrate and sale-a-brate the new year with an exciting new catalogue with winter and spring holidays and more! Contact me for a printed catalogue or shop with me online.
Don't forget that qualifying orders also earn you free product--stamps, paper or more!
I'll share my new catalogue favourites soon along with a project or two.
Don't forget that qualifying orders also earn you free product--stamps, paper or more!
I'll share my new catalogue favourites soon along with a project or two.
Tuesday 3 January 2023
Some Festive Stragglers :-)
It makes sense that there's a little bit of 2022 coming into 2023! The problem with being so sick is forgetfulness--and somehow I totally forgot about these three designs I made back in...October? I would have liked to make more, but they are just one-offs.
The two cards below use Snowflake Vellum Paper. The catalogue photo didn't do this paper justice in my opinion--it's so pretty! I used some scraps of metallic and glitter cardstock to add snowflakes from older sets.
Lastly, if you purchased some Boughs of Holly paper, you may have fallen in love with the poinsettia patterns. One sheet in particular offered lots of fussy cutting fun, as you can see here! The Shaded Spruce die cut and stamp are from the Merriest Moments bundle, which features stamps, dies, and an embossing folder. It debuted in 2021 and was actually a returning favourite in the 2022 August-December Mini Catalogue. Returning favourites don't often happen, but sometimes they do :-) I sponged the Shaded Spruce die cut with some Evening Evergreen to tone it done a little. Dots of copper ink complete the festive mood.
So, for sure that's a wrap on 2022's holiday cards. Time to get ready for the new year because it's going to be time to Sale-A-Brate verrrrrry soon!
In the horizontal card, you can see where I tried stamping the Basic White Base before putting the vellum on top. I'm not sure how well this worked out, but I would try the technique again. Vellum is perfect for toning down colours or shapes.
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