A Blog Called Wanda

Concord & 9th Guest Designer - January 2020 Release - Everyday Purse Dies!

Hi there! Greetings on this beautiful Friday! As you're reading this, I'm in Phoenix at Creativation! Woot! Hop over to my Instagram Stories to see what's going on at the show! Friday is for meetings and classes, but I'll be on the show floor all day Saturday and Sunday. Thanks for popping by to visit my blog today. As you know from last week, I'm one of the guest designers for Concord & 9th for the month of January! Yeah! I love guest designing for them!! The products this month are awesome (per usual!) and I'm having a good time making things to share with you. Today is a real treat!

The products we're featuring today are the Purse Builder Dies and the Everyday Purse Stamp Set. OMG - create perfect little paper purses for gift cards or treats. I love it, and I love creating this to show you. I made a designer bag with greys and black and lots of classic elements...And I made it as a birthday purse, complete with a Starbucks card inside. There are so many ways to customize your purse! Tags, and tassels and so much more. 

 

Here's the little purse in my hand to show you the scale and size. EEEK. Like, I realllly love this. I added a tag and a tassel and a little flower from my stash. Shades of grey paper and I'll tell you how I achieved that faux croc texture with a stamp!

 

Here's a close up! The straps are from grey woodgrain paper. I think it sort of ended up looking like leather!! To make the purse you die cut two sides and glue them together on the taps. REALLY simple. There are dies for the straps and the rings, everything. Very intuitive to assemble.

 

The purse stamp set has sayings that fit onto the tag perfectly. Concord & 9th always thinks of everything!! Okay, so here's my tip on the texture... It's a pineapple stamp!! LOL!! I got out all my C9 stamp sets and looked at them with fresh eyes... What could be a cool texture on this purse?.... See below.

 

It's the Pop Art Pineapple stamp set!! I used black ink on dark gray paper to create this look.

And here's the gift card I put inside! It's perfect for a January birthday! 

 

 

Thanks again for joining me during my Concord & 9th Guest Designer gig! I'll be back two more times, the next two Fridays, with more C9 projects! Have a fantastic weekend everyone! XOXO

CLICK HERE or on the graphic below to see the supply links for today's project. (Affiliate Links Used)

Pretty Pink Posh 6th Birthday Celebration Blog Hop!

NOTE: I HAVE TWO BLOG POSTS TODAY! PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR MY POST FOR THE GREETERY NEW RELEASE! 

Hello friends! Welcome to my stop on the massive three day Pretty Pink Posh Blog Hop! YEAH! Oh my gosh, I have been loving everyone's projects. So fresh and soooo pretty. Today's the last day of the hop. Be sure to go back over to the PPP Blog to see everything! All the new products from the January Release are already available at the Pretty Pink Posh Store. 

The Hop today coincides with the January new release, but it is also a birthday celebration for Pretty Pink Posh! SIX years of crafty goodness from PPP. I couldn't be happier for Paulina and her amazing business. I admire her for following her vision and consistently putting out wonderful, creative and fun products for us to create with. Love you Paulina! XO

I have two cards to share today! A Happy Mail card and a fun Valentine Card. First up is some sweet snails coming by to deliver some snail mail! I used the adorable snails from the Pond Friends Stamp Set along with some of my other fav PPP stamp sets to create a little scene. The finished card is a white A2 card base layered with gingham....

 

As soon as I saw this new stamp set, I love the snails!! I knew I wanted to make a snail mail card! I stamped and die cut them on white cardstock and colored them with Copics. I stamped and die cut some letters and grass for them too. Then I created a stenciled cloud background....

 

The Pretty Pink Posh word bubble dies are perfect for so many cards!! They're the right size for this 'you've got mail' stamp!! All the elements are attached to the card with foam tape.

 

 

 

 

 

Next up is a bright red valentine!!! OMG I'm obsessed with the new Love stamp set! Those cute little elements to color in on the letters! Yes, please! The finished card is a white A2 card base. I layered red cardstock, then vellum, then gingham. (I love layers!)

 

I stamped and die cut out the L O V E letters and colored them with Copics. I die cut a second set of L O V E letters from red cardstock. I offset the white letters over the red die cuts to create a drop shadow effect. 

 

I heat embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder onto red cardstock and snipped it into a banner with my small scissors. I mounted that strip first and then mounted the letters around it.

 

 

 

I added a few sprinkles of Pretty Pink Posh Sequins to finish off the card. Can't wait to send this one!

PRIZE ALERT PRIZE ALERT PRIZE ALERT! Pretty Pink Posh will be giving away SIX $50 gift certificates total during the three day celebration! Wahooooo! To enter to win a prize, leave a comment on all the blogs in the hop! More comments = more chances to win! Be sure to visit the Pretty Pink Posh blog and website also! Coupon Code below!!

CLICK HERE or on the graphic below to see the supplies I used for today's cards! (Affiliate Links Used)! Thanks for stopping by today! See you on Friday! XOXO Happy Crafting!

TODAY'S AWESOME BLOG HOP LINEUP!

Channin Pelletier   

Wanda Guess  

Adelle Emery  

Jeanne Jachna 

Sharna Waksmulski 

Melody Rupple  

Yana Smakula 

The Greetery - Love Letters Collection!

Good morning everyone! Today is going to be a great day at A Blog Called Wanda! I have TWO blog posts today! So super excited to share everything that I've been making. We are definitely turning the corner towards Spring and Valentine crafting and I'm loving it! This post is for The Greetery! Yeah! Welcome to day one of the project sharing for The Greetery's new January Release! The release is called Love Letters, and it's truly so gorgeous. Betsy has outdone herself yet again. Beautiful florals, hearts, letters, postage stamps...everything you can imagine when you think of love letters. I had so much creative fun making the cards I'm sharing today!! Full list of our wonderful team members' blogs is at the bottom of this post. 

Products go live in The Greetery shop on Friday, January 17 at 10 am EST! Mark your calendars! I'm predicting you're going to want it allllll!

The products the team is featuring today are: Signed & Sealed stamps + dies, Signed & Sealed With a Kiss stamps + dies, Pretty Postmarks stamps + dies, Windowpane Plaid Background, and Postal Frames die. I tried to use everything because I couldn't stop myself. I made a mixed media collage type card and then a more simple Valentine. I combined textures and mediums.... Let's look!

My first card is pure vintage Valentine! The finished card is an A2 cream cardstock base. I used cream, kraft, black and red as my palette, with that pop of cupid pink on the bow. The music sheet is from a vintage music book I bought at my friends Antique Store.

 

Here's a close up of the beautiful new stamps and dies. OH LA LA!! I stamped the floral sprig from Signed and Sealed With A Kiss and die cut it with the matching die. I tried something different and stamped it in black on cream - with no color. I kinda like it. I splattered my favorite gold watercolor paint on top, then I really liked it! The tag was cut from the Speed Tagging Die... I used the Postage Stamps dies in kraft cardstock as another layer. Pops of metal and red felt....

 

This beautiful bow is from a previous release...and I die cut it from pink patterned paper. The music sheet is at the bottom of the whole stack of elements.

 

One of my favorite tips for cardmakers: combine textures!! Here you see metal, and pearls and felt and paper...all together. It's visually interesting and lets the eye travel and explore. You'll notice that almost all of my cards have a 'hard' element like enamel dots or sequins, metal or rhinestones. I add those things last usually and in my head I think...It's like putting on your earrings before you leave the house! 

 

 

 

I used a scrap of pretty gold paper for this little sprig! (All the supplies are listed at the bottom of this post)! The new release is available on Friday, but some of the other things I used are already in the shop!

 

 

 

A bit ago I posted how I made THIS VINTAGE MINI CLIPBOARD... These Valentine cards are what inspired that project! 

 

This next Valentine is a bit more clean and classic. I used the same supplies and created a pretty greeting complete with a love letter. I used cream cardstock instead of bright white. The front of the card is the largest size of the new Postage Stamp Dies. I cut a card slightly smaller and mounted it to the card. It's slightly smaller than A2 size. 

 

The envelope is from the Signed and Sealed stamp + die set. It's the PERFECT sized envelope and has greetings and an envelope liner! It's creative and innovative. I don't have anything like this in my stash and I know I'll use it a lot!! I stamped and die cut the envelope. Then I used Antique Linen Distress Ink mixed with some water to slightly color the envelope. I splattered some black paint onto the background.

 

I stamped the letter in red and black and die cut it out. I also put the stamp cancel lines onto it with the Antique Linen Ink. A little sparrow from my stash looks so cute with the letter!!

 

Special Delivery just for YOU!!!

 

 

 

Pretty greetings from ME to YOU! Happy Creating my friends! 

Thank you for stopping by today! Please visit THE GREETERY Blog to see more inspiration! Please also remember to leave a comment on everyone's blogs to be entered to win a $50 gift card to The Greetery Store!! Scroll down to see the links to all the blogs for today! Happy Crafting! See you soon. XOXO

CLICK HERE or on the graphic below to see the supply links for today's projects. (Affiliate Links Used)

TODAY'S INSPIRATION!

Kay Miller

Laurie Willison

Dawn McVey

Heather Nichols

Keeway Tsao

Angelica Conrad

Lizzie Jones

Kelly Lunceford

Norine Borys

Wanda Guess

Hey Girl!! Concord & 9th Guest Designing for the January release!

Hey Girl, Hey!!! Happy FRIDAY!!! Cheers to a nice weekend ahead! I'm popping in to announce that I am a Guest Designer for Concord & 9th for January! WOOOOT! That means each Friday, for the next four weeks, I'll be sharing a card I made with products from their awesome new January 2020 product release. Lemme tell ya, there's some fun stuff coming! Can't wait to share my projects with you. If you can't wait, everything is available now in the Concord & 9th store! I'm delighted to be a guest designer again because you guys know this is one of my favorite companies.

Today's card is bright and cheerful and colorful! I love crafting with these pretty shades of aqua, pink and lime. So refreshing in the middle of winter, don't you think? This finished card is a 5x5 inch square card. I used the brand new Lovely Lattice Turnabout Stamp to make my own background paper and then used dies and stamps to create my sentiments. All the supplies are listed at the bottom of my post.

 

I started by making my own white card base. Then I layered aqua paper and then my background stamped paper. I layered another aqua and white layer as the top/focal point for my other images. Very graphic and clean. All that vivid color is grounded with some pops of rich black. White embossing on black cardstock is always a good look!!

 

To make the background I used the Turnabout stamp and four shades of inks...so fun and easy. I'm kinda obsessed with Turnabout stamps!! 

 

I had so much fun mixing and matching vellum flowers, hearts and word dies together. Black enamel dots are the right touch for those pretty flowers.

 

 

 

Here's a side view to see the layering...

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a wonderful weekend! Next week I have a lot of projects to share! Yeah! New release blog hop for Pretty Pink Posh, The Greetery New Release, and my second Concord & 9th post! Cannot wait. Until then, take care. XOXO 

CLICK HERE or on the graphic below to see the supply list for today's project. (Affiliate Links Used)

Mini Music Clipboard Project with Tim Holtz Supplies!

Hi friends!!! Happy Monday!!! I invented my own term for this day... Happy "Back to Normal Life" Day! Hahaha. Holidays are officially over. The tree and the decorations are taken down. (Our house feels naked now)... All the shopping and eating is over... I really don't mind actually. I'm sort of glad to get back into my normal routine and slow down the pace a bit. I like to organize and nest in January and I've already spent a lot of time in the studio in 2020. I have lots of fun things to share in the next two weeks or so. Then I'm off to Phoenix for five days for Creativation. Yippee!! It's all good. I hope your new year is off to a happy start. 

Today's project sort of happened by accident... But sometimes those are the best, right? On Saturday I was gathering supplies from my studio to use to make my projects for the new The Greetery Release and I found a Tim Holtz Mini Clipboard I had bought a while ago... Well, the wheels started turning and then five hours later I made a clipboard, but no cards! Hahaha. Don't worry, I stayed up until midnight making cards - and I can't wait to show them to you. 

My clipboard ended up being a fun mixed media, vintagey, warm, creation. I used vintage sheet music that I bought from my friend's antique store. That book of sheet music gets a lot of use! I wanted my project to be neutral tones so I can add things to it later that have more color. I used loads of Tim Holtz supplies some yummy gold mousse, and my favorite gold paints. Let's take a look!! 

 

Here's a close up of just the top. I used a metal adornment and smudged it with gold mousse with my fingers. It ended up sort of looking bronze. I love it! I glued the charm adornment on with E6000 glue. The sheet music was affixed to the front of the clipboard with Collage Medium (Matte). It is inked, painted, moussed, stenciled, splattered....yum.

 

Here's a close up of the stenciled portion. I only used two ink shades: Vintage Photo and Antique Linen.

 

I used a corner rounder before affixing the sheet music to the clipboard. I used the Collage Medium to affix it to the board and then a layer of Collage Medium on top. Kind of like Mod Podge. Lots of inking around the edges!! The gold you see is mousse that I rubbed on with my fingers. It has such a pretty effect. So much nicer in person. Hard to capture the shimmer in a photo.

 

I used Tim Holtz wallpaper sheets for the back of the clipboard. I looooove that the screws come off to take off the clip so you can decorate your board and put it back on. So easy and looks so polished. This print is so pretty.

 

Supplies are listed out at the bottom of this post!! 

 

I love mini stencils!!!

 

 

 

I only stenciled the lower right corner of the sheet music. 

 

I splattered beautiful rich gold paint over the entire sheet music. MMMMMMM. 

 

 

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Something a little different! Hope you liked it, and hope I've inspired you to try something different too! Happy Crafty New Year! I'll be back soon with lots of fun things. Have a great week everyone! XOXO

CLICK HERE or on the graphic below to see the supplies used for this project. (Affiliate Links Used)

 

Scrapbook.com January stamp release - Wish You Were Here!

Hi there crafty friends! Happy New Year (again!) If you haven't already, make sure to pop in to my last blog post and enter to win the prize giveaway for Season's Givings!! How is your week/year going so far? I have lots of fun things to share in the next couple of weeks, and then I'm off to Phoenix for Creativation 2020! I didn't go last year, and I really missed it. Looking forward to the trip, to seeing all the new products, and hugging my crafty people! 

Today I'm sharing a card I made with the brand new January stamp release from Scrapbook.com! I combined the new stamps with some of my newer supplies from Doodlebug and made a sweet travel themed thinking of you card! Something fun and cheerful to kick off the year just right! This finished card is an A2 card base in white. Red and aqua are my 'feature' colors... I used Copics to color in the images...

 

These images are the sweeetest! I used two patterned papers for my layers. The top layer is Kraft cardstock that I stamped with Scrapbook.com embossing ink and the new Months and Years stamp set. I stamped only the Summer months because this felt like a Summer card to me with all these bright hues.

 

The heart circle and the sentiment are from two other Scrapbook.com Exclusive stamp sets (Supply links at the bottom of my post)... I love combining elements like this. I wrapped aqua patterned paper around the card layers and then some happy red twine before adding the sentiments. I think this is a great card to give a friend who lives far away!

 

Here are the two new stamp sets for January: great for BUJO, Scrapbook pages, Cards, Journals, planners....

 

I used Embossing Ink onto the kraft cardstock! I love this effect...Subtle change in the shade of the paper. Makes for great backgrounds. Tuck this technique into your crafting toolbox.

 

I added white gel pen accents to the colored images. I also added some glossy hearts to complete the look! 

 

 

 

 

 

Scrapbook.com has TONS of new products right now!!! CLICK HERE to check them all out! I can vouch for everything - only the best quality!

 

Why do I suddenly feel like I need a vacation? LOL! Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you are getting your new year off to a creative start! Have a wonderful weekend and I'll see you soon! XOXO

CLICK HERE or on the graphic below to see all the supplies I used for today's card! (Affiliate Links Used)

Season's Givings Blog Hop 2020!! Happy New Year!!

COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED! 

THANK YOU EVERYONE!

MY WINNER IS NATALIE WINTERSTEIN

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2020!

MANY BLESSINGS FOR A HAPPY, HEALTHY, CREATIVE YEAR AHEAD!

Thank you very much for coming by my blog today to celebrate "Season's Givings" with a giant blog hop and awesome prize giveaways! This is my SIXTH year doing this great hop! (CLICK HERE TO SEE last year's post!) I want to say a  HUGE THANKS TO LATISHA for organizing this amazing blog hop every year. I am very proud to call her a friend! I hope you are having fun looking at everyone's blogs! What a great way to start off the new year right? The entire hop link list is at the very bottom of my post. And every blog has a prize! There are all kinds of beautiful projects to look at and loads of great prizes! I love that this event keeps growing every year! If you have a blog - consider joining us next year - it's open to everyone. 

This blog hop is all about us thanking YOU, our awesome followers and readers, for supporting us and sharing our joy of crafting. For lots of us, the main reason we blog, is that we develop wonderful friendships with a greater creative community and we uplift and inspire each other. Truly, thank you for joining me on my blog journey. If you are new to my site - welcome! I hope you find something you like and I'm happy to have you here today. Welcome to Season's Givings 2020! Thank you for all of your love and support this past year. It was a hard year for me and you guys always make me smile with your kindness. Bless you all!!

Also, if you are a new visitor to my blog - again, Welcome, and Thanks for coming by! Please check out some of my other blog posts! Also, you can find me on Instagram (@stampcatwg), Facebook (A Blog Called Wanda) or on Pinterest (Wanda Guess). I love sharing via social media!  

PRIZE ALERT! PRIZE ALERT! PRIZE ALERT! EVERY STOP ON THIS AWESOME HOP HAS PRIZES! It's our way of saying thanks! I have a great prize package of goodies to give away to one lucky winner (see photo below)! In order to be eligible to win my prize package, please leave a comment on this blog post and tell me your New Year's resolution for crafting and creativity! I will draw the winner on Sunday, January 5th and notify you via email. What projects are you going to work on in 2020? Maybe a new technique? New style? Favorite new supplies? I want to know! I did this same question last year and just loved all the answers!! Happy Hopping today and Happy Crafting in the new year! XOXO

This is the prize package for my stop on the hop! Wooohoooo! A pretty journal for the new year, some fancy markers, and three fabulous stamp sets! Good Luck!

 

And, because it's what I do, I'm also sharing a card today! My fun New Year card for 2020! Made with gorgeous supplies from Concord & 9th and Pretty Pink Posh! I used black and silver with some gorgeous teal for this year's project! The finished card is an A2 white card base. I am OBSESSED with this embossing powder and have been using it on everything! Lots of layers, as I like to do....

 

POP FIZZ CLINK!!! How cute is that sentiment?? I used the Tall Type Numbers to spell out #2020 on my card in silver cardstock. In this photo you can see the million layers! I love to layer the same color twice - it adds a bit of pop.

 

The sentiment and the confetti were heat embossed onto the top teal layer. It's soooo pretty in person. Really hard to capture the shimmer in a photo. I used Copic Markers for the balloons and the champagne glasses.

 

 

I used Stickles in the center of the champagne glasses to look like bubble! I added lots of clear gems to look like more bubbles coming out of the top. This seriously was the most fun card to create!

 

 

 

DEEEEEEELICIOUS!! 

 

 

 

SUPPLY LIST FOR TODAY CLICK HERE!

Thank you for coming by! HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY NEW YEAR! We are going to have lots of fun creating together in 2020! I wish you and your family a blessed, happy, healthy, CREATIVE, and successful new year! Love ya! XOXO

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO SEE THE FULL BLOG HOP LIST!

 

Let's Celebrate! It's Wanda-Palooza!

UPDATED 12-31-19

WINNER - MARY KOBY! 

THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORIES!

I LOVED READING EVERY COMMENT!

Hi crafty friends! Did you have a very Merry and Happy Christmas!? I hope you did! Our holiday was low key and lovely and fun! One of the big churches by our house had a concert series that had as a guest Brian King Joseph! He was one of my very favorite people on America's Got Talent! We were lucky enough to attend the show on Sunday night! It was fantastic. We enjoyed gorgeous services at our own church too and spent quiet time together at home. I can't believe the holiday is over and it's time to get ready for a new year!

I have some big things to celebrate this December and I'm very excited to share my joy with you!! I started stamping in December of 1994 - Twenty Five years ago!  And I started my blog in December of 2009 - Ten years ago! So this month has two huge milestones for me! I'm calling it Wanda-Palooza! What do you think? Please read this entire post!   

It's hard to believe it's been so long since I started stamping! My friend and I started out by buying supplies to make our own Christmas gift tags - because we thought it would be cheaper! (LOL LOL LOL!) Well, here we are, all these years later. And we know it definitely wasn't cheaper! Oh, but what a fun ride this crafting journey has been! I started blogging in 2009 because I wanted to join in the fun with the other creative bloggers I was following. I wanted to make my own contribution to the community. I had no idea where it would all lead. (READ my very first blog post here) I'm super grateful for all the people I've met along the way and all the wonderful opportunities I have been given. I'm so looking forward to whatever is coming next! So far I've written over 1500 Blog Posts! WOW! CLICK here to see the archives! 

I wanted to do something nice for my awesome blog followers. You guys have supported me for years with your love, kindness and encouragement! So, in order to fully celebrate Wanda-Palooza I asked my friends at my favorite companies to help me do the biggest giveaway ever!!! I have an enormous prize package for one of my lucky crafty friends! There are products from 17 different companies included in the big giveaway package!!! Everyone was so generous with what they sent me for the prize. I can't even stand it - it's so amazing! Here's a photo of the prize package! (I'll be adding some more things from my stash too!) 

 

The prizes are from companies that support me and my creativity by sending me products, letting me be an affiliate, asking me to be a designer,  and/or hiring me to do social media or photography. They are THE BEST. I'm going to list out below the links for all the companies that have contributed to the prize package and ask that you visit their social media and their websites to shop, follow, comment, etc. I want to share the love and appreciation! And I need you to help me thank them!

HOW TO ENTER TO WIN THIS AWESOME PRIZE PACKAGE:

After visiting the sponsors, come back here and leave a comment below on this post - and tell me when/how/why you started stamping! I want to know your stamping story! The comments will stay open until midnight PST on Monday December 30th. I will pull one random lucky winner from all the comments and notify the winner on December 31st via email! 

 

SPONSOR LINKS! PLEASE VISIT EVERYONE! THANK YOU!

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THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME CELEBRATE MY CREATIVE MILESTONES! And thank you for entering the Wanda-Palooza Giveaway! Good luck! Have an amazing day. XOXO

Merry Christmas 2019 from our home to yours!

MERRY CHRISTMAS 2019!

FROM OUR HOME TO YOURS

WISHING YOU HAPPINESS AND BLESSINGS

ON THIS CHRISTMAS DAY!

Very Merry Stockings!

Hello my dear, sweet, crafty friends! Popping in today with my last two Christmas cards for 2019! Can't believe it's here! Time to wind down things and be in the moment and enjoy these last few days before Christmas. Really get into the meaning of it all and spend time with friends and family. I start to mentally shift this week each year - from hustle and bustle - to quiet and calm. Remembering the reason for the season. Whatever is going to get done is done, and whatever isn't done, well it just isn't going to get done. And that's okay. It took me a long time to admit that but it is okay. I'm a reformed perfectionist as I'm getting older!! I'm posting these fun cards today and then I will see you next week!! Wishing you and yours a very very special Christmas!!

Next week I have a MASSIVE giveaway!!! I am not even kidding!!! There are some special things for me to celebrate, and my favorite companies are helping me out. It's a bit of a secret for now but please stay tuned!! 

My two Christmas cards for today were made with awesome supplies from my dear friends at Concord & 9th! Cheery, fun, colorful and happy - that describes these cards. What a joy to create, too! Hope they make you smile!

This first card is a 5x5 inch square card made from white cardstock. I layered some pretty snowflakes paper and then another white layer. The stockings are the stars of the show on both cards. I'll talk more in detail about each one as we go through the post!

 

The second card is an A2 size Kraft card base. I layered some striped paper from my stash and then a stitched rectangle in white. I loooooove kraft and red together at the holidays!! The stocking and the items inside - and the sentiment - are all from the amazing Stocking Stuffers stamps and dies. 

 

The stamp set comes with two stockings and then three different bunches of cute items to pop out of the top! I instantly thought of 'brown paper packages tied up with string' and so I made my package by paper piecing kraft cardstock!! I colored the items with Copic Markers. I have some photos later on of how I made the stocking!!

 

Everything is layered onto the card with foam squares. A few clear gems and white gel pen accents complete the details. Oh, and a sweet little heart! The sentiment was stamped in black right onto the top layer.

 

Here's a close up of the stocking. I looooove how this came out! I got the idea to use the Ornamentals Dies to create the pattern on the stocking!! And my idea actually worked out! Red and white are so pretty.

 

 

 

In this photo there is the Stocking Stuffers die and the Ornamental die! I die cut two stockings, one white and one red. Then I laid the red stocking over that center piece of the ornament die and cut out the alpine pattern. Then I glued the red stocking on top of the white stocking. Yeah!

 

 

 

 

 

For my second card I used the wonderful Tall Type Alphabet dies (a new favorite thing in my studio) to spell out Very Merry! So I quickly realized I needed more card real estate to make it all fit. That's how this became a square card! LOL. I stamped and die cut the stocking stuffers and colored with Copics. 

 

 

I stamped a few snowflakes onto the top white layer and added gems and snow! (this one kind of looks more like a blizzard than a light dusting of snow! HAHA).  I also stamped some snowflakes onto the stocking (red ink on red cardstock).

 

 

 

The tiny tag and bow come with the die set!!! Perfect!! I drew the heart with a Copic marker.

 

 

Thank you for visiting today! I am sending you hugs and love and many blessings for a great week full of holiday cheer! Thank you for following along with me all year. I truly appreciate you! XOXO

CLICK HERE or on the graphic below to see the supply list for today! (Affiliate links used).