Color Fusers-December 2020

Hello everyone! I am SO EXCITED and honoured to be a new participant in the Color Fusers Blog Hop. The talent line up in this Hop is truly like no other so when they reached out to ask me to join, I had to pinch myself!

If you haven’t followed along before, welcome! Each month we create projects that feature a trio of colors. There are so many fantastic colors offered by Stampin’ Up! and this is a great way to showcase them and get you stamping with different color combos!

For December we are playing with Night of Navy, Pretty Peacock and Granny Apple Green (my favorite of all our greens!).

Because it December I wanted to create a fun holiday card using these colors and the cute polar bear from Warm & Toasty. He is just too much fun!

I started with Pretty Peacock as my card base and first layer. I then took a piece of Shimmery White, its a little thicker and can hold water a bit better, and using the widest brush tip from the Water Painters I made some stripes in the three colors.

Granny Apple Green, Pretty Peacock and finally Night of Navy.

Its actually quite easy to create custom stripes on your projects. If you don’t have the Water Painters, you can even use your Stampin’ Blends.

However in this instance I used the large Water Painter brush and added the three colors onto our acrylic blocks. I just smash the ink pad a couple of times onto the block to leave some ink behind. You then squeeze a bit of water onto the ink on the block and start creating!

Once my background was done I colored my polar bear’s scarf and toque with my Stampin’ Blends, which are offered in all three of these colors! You will need to hand cut this little guy as this stamp set does not have coordinating dies.

The tree is cut from Granny Apple Green cards stock with the Stitched Triangle Dies and ran through an embossing folder from the Wrapped in Texture duo.

The circle is the largest offering in the Circle Dies and I stamped little bitty snowflakes in the background with Night of Navy Ink.

The sentiment is stamped in Pretty Peacock and I flicked my Water Paper across it for a splash of green. A few of the Holiday Rhinestones were the perfect touch.

I am really happy with how this card turned out and I have already made a different one with a different color combo that I will be sharing later this month! Thank you for hoping along!

You can head backwards if you are just going in to see what Nicole has created or you can go Next to see what awesome project Melanie has designed! Please feel free to leave a comment!

A Card a Day in December--So Many Snowflakes! Day #6

I hope you have been enjoying following along my A Card a Day in December series so far! Yesterday’s project was a gift card holder as part of the Create with Connie and Mary Blog Hop so I hope you didn’t miss it! If you did, make sure you go back and check it out!

I love this card so much as it truly highlights all the amazing features of the Snowflake Splendor suite.

I started with a base of Pacific Point. I am so happy for this color to be getting some attention! I added a base layer in Pacific Point that I stamped with snowflakes in the coordinating ink. I LOVE how many different snowflake images there are to choose from in the Snowflake Wishes stamp set. I used the little cluster of snowflakes on my card.

I cut a piece of the Snowflake Splendor Designer Series Paper to 3 1/4 x 4 1/2 and off set it. I also wanted to showcase the Winter Snow Embossing folder so I ran a piece of Whisper White card stock though it. It is cut to 2 3/4 x 4 and is then flicked with my Wink of Stella marker for a little bit of glitz.

As you can see, this card is all about the LAYERS!

I added a strip of the mini snowflakes pattern from the DSP and a solid strip of Pacific Point card stock where I stamped my sentiment.

Behind my sentiment I added a bit of the Coastal Cabana ribbon from the Playing With Patterns Ribbon combo pack.

I wanted a mix of stamped and die cut snowflakes on my card and I created those with three different tones, Purple Posy, Highland Heather and Pool Party.

And every card needs some bling and I absolutely love the Blue Adhesive Backed Gems. They work perfectly on this project as it has so many different tones of blue to it!

Create with Connie and Mary--Christmas Gift Card Holder

This week we are sharing “GIFT CARDS” which is one of my favorite holiday items to make. For several years, I have been married for 20 so I have honestly lost count of when I started this tradition, I have been doing ‘12 Days of Gift Cards’ for my husband. He was hard to buy for so this was a fun solution. And of course, each gift card has to have its own gift card holder! So needless to say, I was really excited to share this idea with you!

I am really loving the Warm and Toasty stamp set in the Handmade for You catalogue and I couldn’t resist adding this happy polar bear to a project.

This is a bit of unique gift card holder because it really could double as a gift card holder AND just a regular slider card. I usually add my gift card with a Glue Dot and I like that I can also write a message.

Full disclosure though—for my hubby’s gift card holders, I write nothing as I steal them back right after he has removed his gift card :). I actually have quite the sentimental gift card holder collection. Is that weird?

It is actually quite easy to create this fun gift card/slider card combo. Esentially you want to create a ‘wrap’ to go around your gift card base. The base is 4 x 5 and I cut mine from Sahara Sand card stock and layered a piece of Whisper White on top.

I created an easy pull tab with the wide green Shaded Spruce ribbon from the Wonder of the Season combo pack. I stapled it to my base and hid a snowflake cut from the Blue Glimmer Paper and the So Many Snowflakes dies.

To create the ‘wrap’ you will need to cut a piece of card stock to 4 1/4 x 8 1/2. Score at 2 1/4 and 6 3/8. I then used a 2 1/4 circle punch to snip a half circle out of the middle panel.

You can create a front layer piece by cutting a different color of card stock, I used Just Jade, to a 4 x 4 square and then stamp as desired in coordinating ink.

I added a strip of DSP from the Feels Like Frost collection and another strip of the Blue Glimmer paper to look like ice for my cute polar bear to skate on. You will have to hand cut this cutie as there is no coordinating die.

I hope you enjoy the rest of the great gift card holder ideas on the blog hop today! You can go BACK to see what Melissa has designed or NEXT to see what Connie has created!

A Card a Day in December--Cute Crittters! Day #4

I just couldn’t wait to play with the Managerie Mix Up bundle in the Handmade for You catty! Its a huge fun stamp set with over 35 images and coordinating dies so you can really just about make any creature! I decided to make an adorable little reindeer!

I knew this cute card would be a fun one to share as part of my A Card a Day in December—Holiday Style series! This is card #4!

I am really into the pink and red color combo for holiday cards this year. I started with a Blushing Bride base and cut myself a little window with the 2 1/2 circle punch and layered behind it a piece of Whisper White cards stock that I ran though the Winter Snow embossing folder.

I love this folder so much as the size of the snowflakes makes it work with so many stamp sets!

I stamped some snowflakes from the Snowflake Wishes stamp set in coordinating ink across the back. My little reindeer is coloured with Stampin’ Blends in Crumb Cake, Smoky Slate, Ivory and Flirty Flamingo. A tip when stamping these guys is to stamp all the piece separate as all the dies are individual. Then you just have to piece him together. Once he was all together I tucked him inside the circle so it looked like he was peeking out.

I created custom wrapping paper for my little present by using my Stampin’ Blends markers!

The sentiment is borrowed from the Dove of Hope stamp set and is stamped on a strip of Real Red card stock. I added a couple banners behind using the Plaid Tiding 6x6 paper stack and of course, some silver metallic thread.

I hope you have fun creating your own little holiday critters with this awesome bundle! Please feel free to shop with me in Canada if I have inspired you!

A Card a Day in December--Christmas Blessings

Hello friends! Today I wanted to share holiday card that was inspired by the Handmade for You catalogue. These cards were actually a customer order for my sister-in-law and are a great way to use up scraps of designer series paper!

This is my 3rd card share in this series! I hope to inspire you all month long with a variety of holiday cards and projects!

The base of my card is Real Red but each of the strips of card stock or Heartwarming Hugs Designer Paper are glued to a Whisper White base.

I found using Tombow glue a lifesaver in positioning these strips.

My sister-in-law really loved the sentiment, Christmas Blessings, and you can find it in the Wrapped in Christmas stamp set. I stamped and heat embossed it with gold embossing powder and then used the largest die from the Hippo & Friends die set to cut it out. I also flicked my Old Olive marker across the front to take away a bit of the whiteness.

Adding some of the Real Red Sheer ribbon behind the sentiment added a touch of elegance. And I really wanted to play off the gold accents so I cut some poinsettia flowers from the Wreath Builder dies. You can find this die set in the Annual Catalogue. And of course, I could not resist using some of the retired gold metallic thread. I am hoarding quite a few spools but I won’t lie, I will be pretty sad when they are finally gone.

I am so happy with the end result of these cards and while they took much longer than I anticipated to create (we all have those projects) I do know my sister-in-law loves them and is excited to give them out!