i had so much fun colouring snails yesterday that i made some more bookmarks today; this is my second submission for the Lawnscaping Challenge 107 – calling all critters!
just like the first set, these are watercoloured with twinkling H2Os, but look so much better in the daylight photo here. i’m also playing along with kathy’s 30 day colouring challenge, day 10.
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i’m playing along with Lawnscaping Challenge 107 – calling all critters!
i didn’t think i’d have time to play today, but i managed to watercolour these cute and comical garden critters from the lawn fawn gleeful gardens stamp set with twinkling H2Os and die cut as bookmarks. the night time photos are a bit dull, but the shimmer shows up better.
i’m also playing along with kathy’s 30 day colouring challenge, day 9.
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i managed to create a third and final card for the pretty pink posh watercoloring blog hop that ends today; wow, so much inspiration.
i watercoloured this cute inky antics bee image and mat with distress inks, winsor & newton watercolour paints and faber castell watercolour pencils and used wink of stella clear brush on her wings. the background was just as much fun as colouring the image; i sponged through the chicken wire stencil with distress inks and popped the image on foam tape. i used one of the sentiments from the same set to finish it off.
i’m also playing along with kathy racoosin’s 30 day colouring challenge, day 8.
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can you tell i love magnolias? for today’s card i used a different magnolia image from altenew’s magnolias for her clear stamp set.
i masked the first flower and deliberately stamped them close to the deckle edge of the watercolour paper and watercoloured with twinkling H2Os and winsor & newton watercolour paints; this is my second creation for the pretty pink posh watercoloring blog hop where you’ll find plenty of inspiration and prizes.
i’m also playing along with kathy racoosin’s 30 day colouring challenge, day 6 for me. what a lofty goal i set to participate every day since i watercolour some images over several days and then take forever to create a card for the image. you’d think that after 19 years of severe RA i’d accept my limitations. maybe one day.
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today i’d like to share a card i created as a result of a happy accident that features some of the magnolia images and a sentiment from altenew’s magnolias for her clear stamp set.
edited: i discovered i could watercolour with twinkling H2Os on kraft, lightly sponged around the edges and through a stencil; the sentiment is die cut and popped on foam tape on ribbon. i’m playing along with day one of the pretty pink posh watercoloring blog hop where you’ll find plenty of inspiration, prizes and some discount offers that end tomorrow.
i’m also playing along with kathy racoosin’s 30 day colouring challenge, day 5; happily, today, i actually completed a card, which is always the most difficult because i’m happiest when i’m just watercolouring.
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i created this card for my dad for father’s day and for the impression obsession challenge theme of ocean breezes – beach theme or beachy colours; i didn’t exactly use those colours, but i imagined the view from the beach we used to have fun visiting.
i painted twinkling H2Os washes on watercolour paper, tore the edges of each strip, attached the layers and then cut with a circle die, which is popped with foam tape to another die cut circle trimmed with blue cardstock strips and twine.
i die cut the IO sailboats (DIE189-C) from red cardstock for the boat that i cut apart and attached to the watercolour paper die cut sails.
i’m also playing along with kathy racoosin’s 30 day color challenge at The Daily Marker; this is day two’s colouring.
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BEFORE WE START–we’d like you all to know that this blog hop is also a DT CALL!!! If you’re interested in working with us a HOC for a six month term from July through December of 2015, please put DT at the end of your entry name when you link up!!! We’re looking for crafters comfortable in any card making style and it might just be YOU! You will be contacted by June 18th to know if you’ve made the team. :) Each DT member will just be in charge of one or two cards/projects per month plus commenting.
Please email Mynn at onastampageATyahooDOTcom if you have any other questions! And now…
Hi friends! Can you believe we’ve come to the end of our third term here at House of Cards?! We are saying a fond farewell to some of our DT members and feel so grateful to those staying on. To say goodbye and thank you, we’re celebrating with a blog hop! You should have arrived here from Lilian’s blog. This hop will run FROM June 1ST AT 6:00 AM CST THROUGH June 15TH AT NOON CST, ANY CARD STYLE is welcome and we’ve got a gorgeous photo inspiration for your crafting enjoyment!
Here’s our photo inspiration~
So, are you ready to get hopping?! Yep, it’s time, but first we’ve got some fabulous sponsors to share with you! Make sure you leave a comment at each person’s blog along the way because the prizes are hidden and we’ll be doing random drawings from the blogs where they are hiding! :) After you’re done, make a creation to share with us here, too, for another chance to win!
Here are all of our fabulous sponsors.
Our team will be using a variety of products
from these amazing companies!
Deedee’s Digis
Prize: Gift Card to the online store.
Eclectic Anthology
Prize: $50 gift voucher to the shop.
Great Impressions
Prize: Prize Package
Here are the stamps you could win!
(Three total–flower, leaf, and sentiment)
Inspired By Stamping
Prize: Gift Card to Store
Stitchy Bear
Prize: $10 gift voucher to the shop.
My DT card was created by using products from two generous sponsors:
i was inspired by the geometric shapes of the inspiration photo so i used a Great Impressions stamp called Homes, digi papers from Eclectic Anthology called Berry Delicious Papers and watercoloured with twinkling H2Os as usual.
Now get to hoppin’! Your next stop is Lorry’s blog! Don’t forget to link up a project with us after completing the hop for an extra chance to win a mystery prize from one of our fabulous sponsors, too! HUGS and happy stamping to you all! :)
i’m also playing along with kathy racoosin’s 30 day color challenge at The Daily Marker.
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not quite yet, i feel like i’m still getting over the record amount of snow we had this past winter. we easily could’ve built any size of snowman, including one like this.
i watercoloured with twinkling H2Os, watercolour paints and watercolour pencils and added red stickles to the berries and clear stickles to the heart on the scarf.
i’m playing along with these challenges:
jingle belles – let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
rudolph days – to create holiday cards on the 25th of every month (open until month’s end)
christmas card challenges – anything goes
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i’m playing along with the Lawnscaping Challenge theme to try a new technique. the limited space of ATCs (artist trading cards) intimidate me; they’re 2.5″ by 3.5″ and can be purchased in packages as seen at the strathmore site or you can cut your own.
i used the strathmore 400 Series Watercolor ATCs for my new technique – to create a holiday ATC.
i painted the sky and die cut trees (lawn fawn snow day) with twinkling H2Os, popping the front row with foam squares; i added red, yellow and green stickles to the trees and clear stickles for falling snow. the snow day sentiment fit perfectly across the bottom to finish it off. i think i conquered my fear of ATCs and might make more of these now.
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the current jingle belles prompt is to create a hybrid holiday card and there’s a free festive digi kit available from one of their sponsors; visit their blog for more details.
i watercoloured this cute penguin from a buddly crafts clear stamp set, christmas buddies, but it is also available as a digi. my printer doesn’t like the heavier watercolour paper so i don’t use a lot of digis; besides, there’s just something about the old fashioned process that i like.
my digi elements are papers from buddly crafts, both created by owner Kim: Pretty Classic Christmas (trees) and Cottage Collection (yellow).
the tab is die cut from my favourite new banner die – Joy! Crafts Cutting Die – Labels & Tags; the foam on the die makes the banners pop right out on their own, which makes me happy. i finished it off with a self adhesive red gem.
the sentiment, from the same set, is stamped in green and i added stickles to the snow on it, the tree and to create dots to the scarf and present.
i’m also playing along with:
Christmas at Sweet Stampin – cute
Cutie Pie Challenge – challenge #87 layer it up…but keep it cute
Top Tip Tuesday – animals
Wags ‘n Whiskers – No. 154 Lots of Layers
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we’re half way through may already, but you still have plenty of time to play along with the penny black and more challenge and our theme of punches and dies. visit the blog for some fabulous creations by my teamies.
i water coloured this cute penny black hedgie image from the hugs! clear stamp set with twinkling H2Os; here’s my tip for Top Tip Tuesday – use unexpected colours; a clay pot doesn’t have to be coloured in rust tones.
i used marianne designs dies for the flowers and leaves, a punch for the tiny flowers and die cut the hello with the memory box typewriter alphabet lower case set.
i hope you’ll come and play along – remember, you can use any company’s stamp for your focal point, just no digis please; a future guest designer will be selected from those who use a PB image and as always, there are some fabulous prizes to be won from: Penny Black, Crafts U Love, All Occasion Dies and Stix 2.
i’d like to submit this card to these challenges:
Great Impressions – Celebrate Spring
Top Tip Tuesday – Animals; my second submission
One Crazy Stamper Anything goes
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This adorable little mouse was so much fun to colour; he’s one of the images in a clear stamp set from the Cuddly Buddly Crafts Spring Collection called Tiny Mouse Celebrates.
I watercoloured with twinkling H2Os and watercolour paints and used some Buddly Crafts digi papers called Soft Spring, matted with kraft.
I’m playing along with Mynn’s Birthday Bash Giveaway that she’s holding for the month of May.
I’d also like to submit this to:
Top Tip Tuesday Animals
Pile It On #68 – Cute Animal
Graph It Colouring – week 19 square
Visit the Cuddly Buddly Crafts Facebook page and blog for some very creative projects and updates about new products.
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this is my third submission to the Lawnscaping Challenge theme of watercolours.
i spritzed the leftover twinkling H2Os that i used on the first and second card and pressed the watercolour paper on to the fine droplets; then i dragged a yellow ink pad across the paper, spritzed it and stamped different sentiments from the lawn fawn ‘so much to say‘ clear stamp set. i coloured the hat with a watercolour pencil.
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this is my second submission to the Lawnscaping Challenge theme of watercolours.
i used the same twinkling H2Os as the first card; i spritzed them and then pressed the watercolour paper on to the large droplets until it was covered. while it was still wet, i pressed it with a damp paper towel, which gives it the illusion of texture. i used different sentiments from the lawn fawn ‘so much to say‘ clear stamp set.
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i’m playing along with the Lawnscaping Challenge theme of watercolours. although i have a collection of watercolour media, i usually use my twinkling H2Os to watercolour images because that’s my favourite thing to do.
but today, i created something different – a quick and easy card. i used a red and yellow twinkling H2O, combing them to make an orange, and painted washes over the stamped sentiments from the lawn fawn clear stamp set ‘so much to say.’ i splattered the same colours both when my paper was wet and dry to get different splats/splatters. thanks for popping by.
I created this card with one of the images in a clear stamp set from the Cuddly Buddly Crafts Spring Collection called Rose Garden that I watercoloured with twinkling H2Os and Winsor & Newton watercolour paints.
Here are the links to all the supplies I used on this card. I love the stamping linen paper; i sponged around the edges with green distress inks and then lightly sanded to reveal the texture.
Cuddly Buddly Clear Stamps – Rose Garden
Eline’s House Digital Papers – In the Meadow 2
Eline’s House Digital Papers – In the Meadow 1
Marianne Design Creatables Dies – Anja’s Vintage Swirls LR0271
Leane Creatief Cutting Dies – Small Flowers & Leaves 450331
Joy! Crafts Stamping Linen – A5
Visit the Cuddly Buddly Crafts Facebook page and blog for some very creative projects and updates about new products.
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it’s the first sunday of the month and the penny black and more challenge theme for may is punches and dies!
i watercoloured this baby hedgie image from the penny black bundle of joy clear set with twinkling H2Os and winsor & newton watercolour paints. the onesie is a memory box die that i cut apart to pop on foam tape; i made the buttons with a circle die.
to play along, remember, you can use any company’s stamp for your focal point, just no digis please; a future guest designer will be selected from those who use a PB image and as always, there are some fabulous sponsors offering stamps/dies/gift certificates as prizes. i hope you’ll come and play along. visit the blog for some inspirational creations by my talented teamies.
i’d like to submit this card to these challenges:
the ABC challenge – i is for inspire us, show us your style: my style is to showcase watercoloured images with pretty papers and minimal embellishments
my time to craft – new baby
Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps! challenge 278 a baby shower
little red wagon – Challenge # 287 – “B”elieve It! i used baby hedgie
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it’s the first of the month and time for a new theme at the house of cards challenge – we’d like you to use the bokeh effect on your creations. if you haven’t already tried it, you can make interesting backgrounds imitating this photography technique.
i created my bokeh with twinkling H2Os and sponge daubers on 140 lb. cold press watercolour paper and simply attached the balloons and die cut sentiment.
mynn has provided a written tutorial on the blog today and movies, tips, and more from other DT gals later this month! i hope you’ll try this fun technique and play along! different DT creations are featured every monday so be sure and check them out for more inspiration.
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i made this card for my daughter and even though she’ll get a sneak peek of it here, she’ll have to wait to see what kind of gift card goes with it. this was such a fun image to colour – i watercoloured with twinkling H2Os and winsor & newton watercolour paints.
all the marianne design items used on this card were purchased from cuddly buddly crafts – check out the new website: christmas shopping image, poinsettia, leaves, merry christmas, just for you, classic christmas papers.
i’d like to submit this card to these challenges:
marianne design divas – use a stamp or decoupage sheet from Marianne Design
Marianne’s Design Kreadiva’s Challenge – everything goes with marianne design
rudolph days challenge at scrappymo’s – create a christmas card on the 25th of every month
challenge up your life – watercolour
papertake weekly – cute as a button
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one of my house of cards challenge teamies, monika, is celebrating her birthday throughout april by asking participants to case one of her cards displayed in her post and join her LINKY PARTY for a chance to win the prize of a 25$ gift voucher to a store you like.
of course i had to case this cute bunny card:
i used impression obsession dies for the bunny, flowers and sentiment, created the background with distress inks, painted the flowers with twinkling H2Os and added yellow stickles to the centres.
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i’m back to share a card i made mid-way through the month to remind you that you still have plenty of time to join us at the penny black and more challenge blog for our birthday theme this month that is open until april 29.
for my DT card, i used twinkling H2Os to colour this cute penny black image from the clear stamp set, critter party, and stamped the sentiment from the salutations set.
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it’s the first sunday of the month and the penny black and more challenge theme for april is birthdays!
for my DT card, i water coloured this penny black cling stamp, cake dance Product #40-060, with twinkling H2Os and winsor & newton watercolour paints; the balloon was painted and cut using a die that was a gift, thank you daniela!
to play along, remember, you can use any company’s stamp for your focal point, just no digis please; a future guest designer will be selected from those who use a PB image and as always, there are some fabulous prizes to be won so i hope you’ll come and play along. visit the blog for some inspirational creations by my teamies.
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this is another card I designed for Cuddly Buddly using one of the stamps from the new spring release; this adorable image is another in the Country Church set.
i used twinkling H2Os and Winsor & Newton watercolour paints to paint the sky, grass and bunnies. the flowers were die cut with marianne design flower set; i lightly sanded off the edges of the paper and attached them to a marianne design branch forest. the papers are brand new studio light #11 and also available at the cuddly buddly shop.
i never knew, until my daughter rescued two bunnies, just how intelligent, animated and sweet they are; but they do require maintenance and time, a consideration that is, sadly, often not part of a decision to obtain a bunny, especially at easter. chocolate bunnies are preferred, and welcome, yum, unless there is a strong commitment to follow through with a long range plan to raise a pet one. make mine chocolate!
check out the Cuddly Buddly blog for some very creative projects that feature a range of products available at Cuddly Buddly shop and visit the Cuddly Buddly facebook page for more news.
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spring seems to be taking so long to arrive this year. in the meantime, i can create with spring flowers; this is another card i made for our march penny black and more challenge theme of blossoms and bows.
i used another image from the penny black clear stamp set chick to chick; they’re adorable and perfect for spring and easter.
i water coloured with twinkling H2Os and winsor & newton watercolour paints.
remember, you can use any company’s stamp for your focal point, just no digis please; a future guest designer will be selected from those who use a PB image and as always, there are some fabulous prizes to be won so i hope you’ll come and play along. visit the blog for some fabulous creations by my teamies.
i’d like to submit this card to these challenges:
penny black saturday – spring blooms
Card Mania # 66 Spring
Natalie and Amy’s Challenge #30 Flowers
One Crazy Stamper Anything goes
Addicted To Stamps and More anything goes
30 Day Colouring Challenge – The Daily Marker/Kathy Racoosin (day 15 and my third entry)
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it’s almost here and i can’t wait to see spring flowers in bloom so i really enjoyed designing this card for Cuddly Buddly using another adorable image from the clear stamps spring release – Toby Tumble’s Easter Day.
i water coloured with twinkling H2Os and Winsor & Newton watercolour paints and the pretty blue papers are Cuddly Buddly digi papers – Cottage Collection – Sapphire by Kim MacFarlane.
i’d like to submit this card to these challenges:
Graph’It Colour Challenge – Spring Colours
Card Mania # 66 Spring
One Crazy Stamper Anything goes
Little Red Wagon – #280 Cute, Cute, Cute
Really Reasonable Ribbon – #113 – Flowers and Ribbon Theme
30 Day Colouring Challenge – The Daily Marker/Kathy Racoosin (day 11 and my second entry)
check out the Cuddly Buddly blog for some very creative projects that feature more Cuddly Buddly stamps and visit the Cuddly Buddly facebook page for more news.
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I designed this card for Cuddly Buddly using an adorable image and sentiment from the clear stamps spring release – Toby Tumble’s Easter Day.
this was so much fun to colour; i water coloured the image and die cut flower with twinkling H2Os and Winsor & Newton watercolour paints and the pretty purple papers are Cuddly Buddly digi papers.
Kim’s Digi Papers – A Portfolio of Papers – Berry
Leane Creatief Cutting Dies – Small Flowers & Leaves
Studio Light Paper Pad – 6×6 #14 (green mat)
i’d like to submit this card to these challenges:
ABC Challenge ‘E is for Exceptionally Cute’
Animal Friends Challenge # 23 Easter (Image must have animal)
Card Mania # 66 Spring
One Crazy Stamper Anything goes
Little Red Wagon – #280 Cute,Cute,Cute
Stempelgarten Challenge – Spring
30 Day Colouring Challenge – the daily marker/kathy racoosin
check out the Cuddly Buddly blog for some very creative projects that feature more Cuddly Buddly stamps and visit the Cuddly Buddly facebook page for more news.
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it’s time for a new challenge theme at the house of cards and this month we’d like to see some creations with enamel dots, a fun product i’ve not used before.
for my DT card, i water coloured one of the chick images from the penny black chick to chick clear set with twinkling H2Os and added turquoise and yellow dots; the banners were included in the paper pad – my mind’s eye ‘the sweetest thing.’
check out the blog for a video on how to make your own enamel dots and for links to all the design team members for some very inspiring projects.
i hope you’ll join us at the house!
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it’s not quite spring, (almost!) but it is the first sunday of march so time for a new challenge theme at penny black and more and it’s blossoms and bows!
for my DT card, i used one of the chicks from the penny black clear stamp set chick to chick.
as usual, i water coloured with twinkling H2Os, rounded the image panel corners and popped it on foam tape.
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i designed this card for Cuddly Buddly using an image in the new Love Is In The Air clear stamp set from the spring release; aren’t they adorable?
i watercoloured with twinkling H2Os and Sennelier watercolour paints, added tiny pink gems to the frame and flower and used the following, available online at the Cuddly Buddly shop:
-circle frame and flower dies: Marianne Design Craftables Dies – Circle & Flower Stitch CR1248 by Marianne Design
-digi paper: Kim’s Digi Papers – Cottage Collection – Rose by Kim MacFarlane
-embellishments: Marianne Design Romantic Hearts – Pearls CA3109 by Marianne Design
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it’s the first of the month and time for a new theme at the house of cards: it’s a Word Cue Challenge and the word for february is LOVE.
for my DT card, i created this valentine card for my husband. i used this adorable bear couple from the Cuddly Buddly Clear Stamp set – Love is in the Air CBS0017, water coloured with twinkling H2Os; i stamped and cut the heart sentiment from the Cuddly Buddly set – Little Poppets in Love CBS0016 four times to give it some dimension.
i used used Kim’s Digi Papers – Pretty Mix – Pink by Kim MacFarlane and finished it off with an impression obsession die heart border.
i hope you’ll come and play along!
i’d like to submit this card to these challenges:
cute card thursday – Challenge 358 – Stamping Mad!
fairy tale – #110, Etwas mit einem Herz / Something with a heart
sweet stampin’ – LOVE
really reasonable ribbon – hearts and ribbon
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it’s the first sunday of the month and the penny black and more challenge theme for february is any easy one – anything goes!
for my DT card, i stepped outside my comfort zone of coloured images and used sentiments from two penny black clear stamp sets: just a note…from tiny wishes (30-026) and it’s your special day from sweet wishes (30-104).
the notebook edge was cut with MFT die-namics and i added some pink gems.
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i designed this card for Cuddly Buddly using a set from the new release of spring clear stamps that has something for everyone, from cute to floral.
visit the Cuddly Buddly blog for some very creative projects that feature some more Cuddly Buddly stamps and visit the Cuddly Buddly facebook page for more projects and news.
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this is just a reminder post that there’s still plenty of time to play along with the penny black and more challenge; this month, we’d like to see you create with stencils, masks and embossing folders.
i hope you’ll come and play along; remember, you can use any company’s stamped image for your focal point, just no digis please. as always, there are some fabulous prizes to be won plus a chance of being a guest designer if you do use a PB image.
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i designed this card for Cuddly Buddly using the one of the new Clear Stamp Sets – Peony Collage CBS0015. i love the look of collage cards but i struggle with the design, so i love that i just have to stamp and colour – i water coloured with twinkling H2Os and the butterflies were stamped twice, cut and popped.
i created the tag using the smaller peony image and sentiment from the same set.
visit the Cuddly Buddly blog for some very creative projects that feature some more Cuddly Buddly stamps and visit the Cuddly Buddly facebook page for more projects and news like the brand new spring release stamp sets.
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i was inspired by this lawnscaping challenge winter themed mood board to play along with my new craft supplies:
here’s my tag:
i created the background by sponging and stencilling with distress inks and spritzing with mr. huey’s shine mist. the heart and bunnies were die cut and coloured with twinkling H2Os and i added stickles to the tails, heart and snow drifts and stamped the sentiment. i fussy cut the trees and sponged the edges with distress inks.
the seam binding and string are new too so i’m submitting this to the really reasonable ribbon challenge #109: Looky What I Got with Ribbon or Trim Theme.
i’m also playing along with the jingle belles’ ‘wrap it up’ prompt to create with wrapping paper or tags.
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