Sending Cheer

Hello friends! 

I have a super fun and easy card to make, I think this card could be perfect for Fall or Winter, to be honest in this part of the PNW we are getting 22 degrees in the early mornings and we get no more than 39-40 degrees in the afternoon, so it is cold and it is Fall!!

I love the PNW, it's beautiful here, and not I am not talking about Seattle, lol. I live far away from the city, which makes it a lot better. 

I don't know if you knew it, but I am from Peru, exactly from Lima, and we don't get this kind of Fall, actually right now over there is Spring (South Hemisphere) and it is not warm yet!!

Anyway, I have a fun project for you, who doesn't like a little bit of cheer, right?

I used this beautiful Layered Pinecone set from Impression Obsession.

I used my Mini Misti and stamped the pinecone twice using Mist, Beige, Sienna, Chocolate and Black Inks, then die-cut the image using coordinate die.

I created a super diluted background using a piece of watercolor paper with Liquid Metals: Metallic Saffron and Iron Oxide and lots of water!! 

The shimmer from these 2 liquid metals is beautiful!!

Stamped the sentiment from same set in Chocolate Ink.

Die-cut the panel using the frame from Bunny Frame Set. 

Added watercolor panel to a white card base.

Die-cut Arched Leaves in Vellum and Gold cardstock and adhered them to panel, then adhered one pinecone direct to panel and the other one used foam adhesive.

Covered the pinecones with Wink of Stella.

Finally added copper sequins and little dots of White Nuvo Drops.

Hope you like this project!

Have a wonderful day!!

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Sending Cheer

CAS Merry Christmas

Hello friends! Hope you are having a great Monday! Today, I have a CAS Christmas card. I love layers, but also enjoy making easy cards, perfect for mailing!

For this card I used the poinsettia flower from the Christmas Trio Stencil.

Details:

Cut a piece of white cardstock, size 5" x 3.75".

Position the stencil in one of the corner and apply ink with a soft brush, in this case Worn Lipstick and Peeled Paint Distress Oxide, set aside to dry.

After the piece is dry, trim piece to 3.75"x 5" then stamp the Merry Christmas sentiment in Sienna Ink.

After that, I used my Creative Corners and a thin black marker and created the frame around the poinsettias.

Added tiny drops of Rhubarb Crumble Nuvo Crystal Drops to the poinsettia and Simply White Nuvo Crystal Drops on frame corners.

Close-up of the beautiful poinsettias.

Hope you like it.

Have wonderful day!

Come back tomorrow for another Holiday project.

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CAS Merry Christmas

Weekend deals!

Hello friends! I am stopping by to share with you few deals I found and I think you would love! Plus Concord & 9th  November Release!

Ellen Hutson 

Amazing deal on My Favorite Things

Save 25% 

Code: weloveMFT

Sale ends 11/10/18 at 11:59 pm PST

Altenew

 20% OFF on ALL Stand-alone Dies 

11/10 -11/11/18 at 11:59 pm EST.

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Unity Stamp Company

55% OFF!!

No code needed

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New releases!!

Concord & 9th

November Release is here!!

Happy Shopping!!

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Weekend deals!

Unity Stamps and My Sweet Petunia Collaboration Hop!

Hello friends!! Hope you all are having an amazing day!

Today is a very special day, the My Sweet Petunia and Unity Stamp Company are joining forces to bring you a LOT of inspiration, ideas and prizes!

First let me show the projects I created for you.

For this card I used Special Delivery Mouse and of course my Misti. 

I wanted to use this super cute frame so I placed it on top of my piece of white cardstock to know exactly where to stamp the image. I used Black Ink and colored the image with Copic Markers.

After the image was colored, I used a small soft brush and applied Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide using a 3" Marvelous Mask Circle Stencil, so much better than die-cutting your own little pieces {wink, wink} 

After that, just removed the stencil and reveal the perfect blended ink circle.

Using a marker create a little shade under the mouse.

I added Crystal Lacquer on the Special Delivery sign and bucket, also added Clear Stickles to the flowers and little leaves.

Adhered the die-cut frame with foam adhesive and added the panel to a 6" x 6" White card base.

Clos-up of the image.

I decided to created an extra project, here I used "A Time of Peace"

I stamped the image on a piece of white cardstock in Black Ink, colored with Copic Markers and Chameleon Color Tone Pencils

Then I used a Marvelous Mask Rectangle Stencil and blended Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide and Tumbled Glass Distress Inks with a soft brush.

After that I used Falling Stars Stencil and Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide ink. I added a little extra pressure to get the stars really popped!

Stamped the sentiment on a piece of white cardstock in Sienna Ink.

Tied gold thread on strip and added the sentiment to panel with foam adhesive.

You can find the whole list of participants clicking the Unity Stamps and My Sweet Petunia lists.

And a hop is not a hop without prizes, right?

Unity will be giving away 2 Unity filled prize packs

 My Sweet Petunia is giving away a $60 gift certificate.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Spellbinders Small Die of the Month

Hello friends!! Hope you all are having a fantastic day! I took few days off from crafting to relax and celebrate my birthday with a little getaway, it was so nice and refreshing to spend time with my family and relax, walk, eat, shop and do nothing, lol.

Anyway, I am back home and in the craft mood!!

I got 2 pretty easy Christmas cards using the new Spellbinders Small Die of the Month! 

This is actual a small kit with wonderful dies that you can combine and created gorgeous projects.

For my projects I used the words and the berries. 

Stay tuned, I will share projects with the deer this weekend ;)

Merry & Bright

For this projects I die-cut the saying in gold cardstock (4x) and then glued them together.

Created a background using Wilted Violet and Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide.

Die-cut a circle piece using Clear Vellum and adhered it to panel.

Then Added the die-cut sentiment, and berries.

Added red jewels and White Nuvo drops.

Merry Christmas

This card is very similar to the previous one. I am a bit obsessed with my brush and Distress Inks, hehehe, love how beautiful they blend.

For this project I die-cut the saying in red cardstock (4x) and glued them together.

Then, die-cut a Label Die and blended Peeled Painted and Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide Inks.

Added the saying and berries on label.

Adhered the label panel on card front with foam tape, inked the edges of card front with same color distress ink and added a strip of patterned paper.

Hope you like these 2 cards, and get inspired by them.

Have a wonderful day!

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Spellbinders Small Die of the Month

Fun Stampers Journey and Spellbinders are coming together!!

Hello friends!!

Have you heard the news? Spellbinders and Fun Stampers Journey are merging together!

So much fun!!!

Now, you can get all of your favorite products in just one place.

I have to confess this is my first time using Fun Stampers Journey products and I was very impressed!

The FSJ stamps are made in the USA, and you get a perfect impression every time you use them.

The FSJ dies are green coated!!! (so much fun) and they all come already separated and ready to use! Love that, no more finding tools to separate them.

Over 50% of FSJ stamps have coordinated dies, win, win!!

FSJ also offers exclusive colors of cardstock, ink, ribbon and more!

Now, you can find all the FSJ products at Spellbinders! One place to shop.

Now, let me show you the projects I created for you!

I used Nutcracker Suite Stamp set and Nutcracker Suite Die Set.

I think this set is adorable! Just think about decorating your own paper to wrap presents for your little ones, creating tags and more!

Look at this cute ballerina? I colored it with Copic Markers and die-cut with coordinated dies.

I created a soft background, starting with a piece of white cardstock and Tumbled Glass Distress ink  and a soft brush.

I used a Falling Star Stencil and Delicata Golden Glitz Ink, then used a circle stencil for the bottom part.

Adhered pieces to panel with foam tape and added jewels.

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This super cute nutcracker!! Oh my world, I love this one very much!

First, I stamped the images on a piece of white cardstock in Black Ink, then colored them with Copic Markers, after that I die-cut them and added Clear Wink of Stella, set aside to dry.

For the background, I stamped the image on a white card panel in Versamark Watermark Ink, then added Gold Embossing powder and heat set.

Then using a brush I applied Stormy Sky Distress Ink, leaving the center area pretty light colored. Mixed white acrylic paint and water and added few drops.

Adhered the die-cut pieces with foam tape, then added jewels.

The sentiment was stamped on a piece of black cardstock in Versamark Watermark, white embossing powder and heat set.

Hope you like these projects!

Have a wonderful day!

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Fun Stampers Journey and Spellbinders are coming together!!

Technique Junkies November Release!!!

Hello friends! 
Welcome to Technique Junkies November Release!
This month we have a variety of stamps that can be used for different occasions.

I have 3 projects for you today, showcasing 5 of the new stamps.

Carved Relief  & Faith Hope Love

For this project I used the new Carved Relief Background (love this background!!) and the Faith, Love, Hope sentiment.

Position the Carved Relief background image on your Misti and stamp it on a piece of Kraft Cardstock in Chocolate Ink, then use an anti-static pouch and stamp the image again using Versamark Watermark Ink, add Clear embossing powder and heat set, then I sponge the panel with Sienna Ink, finally die-cut the panel.

Stamp the sentiment on white cardstock in Sienna Ink.

Die-cut the sentiment using the same die from the background so it can fit perfectly.

Adhere the sentiment on panel, add red twine and little dots of Nuvo Drops.

Scribble Circles &  Just for you

This background s a lot of fun!!!

Stamp the Scribble Circles background image on a piece of watercolor paper in Versamark Watermark Ink, then add White embossing powder and heat set. 

Use a variety of ink colors to create a fun panel. Trim panel and adhere it on top of a slightly bigger piece of white cardstock, add foam tape and adhere it to a gold card base.

Stamp Just for You Sentiment in Purple Ink, die-cut piece and adhere it to card.

Die-cut a scallop border and adhere it below the sentiment.

Add dots with Nuvo Drops to embellish it. 

Fir Forest

This simple card I think is one of my favorites!! 

Stamp the First Forest image on a piece of White cardstock using at least 2 tones of green ink., after that move your paper just a little bit and stamp the image again in Versamark Watermark Ink, add clear embossing powder and heat set. This will help by the time you start adding the background colors, it will look like the branches have snow ;) 

Use yellow and blue ink to create the sponge background.

Add little dots of Nuvo drops to create snowflakes.

Stamp sentiment, this one is from Seasons Greeting Set of 6.

Trim  image and adhere it to a piece of blue metallic paper, add panel to card base with foam tape.

Now, from today until November 8th all the stamps from the November Release have an instant 15% off discount BUT you can add an extra 10% off using my TJ10Giovana code.

Visit the Technique Junkies Blog for a complete list and more details!

Have a wonderful day!

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Technique Junkies November Release!!!

Impression Obsession Challenge: So very Thankful

Hello friends!! Hope you all are having an amazing day!!

It is time for a new Impression Obsession Challenge "So Very Thankful" (Thanksgiving or Thank You projects)

To enter the challenge go to the  Impression Obsession blog (all the details can be found there!). A random challenge card will be selected to be showcased on the IO blog AND you can enter to win a $25 gift certificate to IO just by playing! (IO stamps need to be used).

For this project I used the Pine Cone Wreath, I stamped the image on a piece of white cardstock in Chocolate Ink, then colored it with Copic Markers. After that I added Clear Wink of Stella and fuzzy cut the image.

For the background I die-cut a piece of White cardstock, then using a brush I applied Distress Oxide Fossilized Amber and Distress Wild Honey and blended the colors leaving the middle area a lot lighter.

I mixed white acrylic paint and water and added few splatters of paint to the panel, then added few drops of Red Ruby Liquid Pearls.

then stamped the Thanks for all sentiment in Chocolate Ink, I used my Misti to get a perfect impression.

Added the panel to a White Card Base, A2 size.

Now, visit the Impression Obsession Blog for more details!

Hope you like my project.

Have a wonderful day!

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Impression Obsession Challenge: So very Thankful