Pink Snowflakes and White Space

Hi friends! I'm popping in again today with a couple more quick Christmas cards I made this weekend before packing all the Christmas goodies away again.  The snowflakes are printed using the Snowflake Tidings Printable that comes with purchase of the Snowflake Tidings Die Set.

I colored the snowflakes with  a watercolor pencil and blended with a clear wink of stella glitter pen, then cut with the coordinating Snowflake Tidings Die Set.  I layered the two sizes of snowflakes together and accented with a fun rhinestone embellishment.

For the layouts, I just played around with scraps of paper and a Lacey Trim Duo die cut that were on my desk until I got something I liked. The silent night sentiment is from the Winter Peace DIGITAL Set and the let the earth rejoice sentiment is from the Christmas Blessings DIGITAL Set.

I embossed each background with a different embossing folder to add a little texture to the white space.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Enabler's List
Stamps: Winter Peace DIGITAL Set, Christmas Blessings DIGITAL Set, Snowflake Tidings Printable (Verve)
Paper: Sugar Plum (My Mind's Eye), riding hood red (SU!), white
Ink: Julie Nutting watercolor pencils (American Crafts), laser printer, wink of stella clear glitter pen (Zig)
Accessories: Snowflake Tidings Die Set, Lacey Trim Duo Die Set (A Cut Above by VERVE), rhinestones, circle and rectangle dies (Cottage Cutz), snowflake embossing folder (Tim Holtz), polka dot embossing folder (Park Lane)

Keeping Christmas Tags

It's the 25th of the month and time again to join some of my crafty friends for our monthly Keeping Christmas Inspiration Hop! The idea of the hop is to both to bring you a little dose of holiday inspiration throughout the year and also have some Christmas cards and projects in our stash all ready to go for December 2018. If you've already been hopping along, you should have arrived from Claire's blog. If you're just popping in, read on for all the details!

Updated photo. Capturing the foil shimmer without losing the white balance is tricky. :)

I can't believe we're already half way through the year! I've been a little heads down this month preparing to close Verve for good on June 30th. So when the reminder popped up for this hop, I was taken by surprise once again!  LOL  How can I forget every single month? Maybe I'll be a little less forgetful in my "retirement"! Haha!

Anyway, for my June installment, I decided to do some pretty tags to add to handmade gifts. The pretty plaid paper is from the Prima Sweet Peppermint collection. I recently added some printable PDFs with purchase of our remaining die sets that no longer have coordinating stamps, so was pretty excited to pull our my Minc machine to do some foiling on these snowflakes that come with the Snowflake Tidings Die Set. Foiling is the equivalent magic of embossing to me, so I just *might* have gotten distracted and foiled and die cut an entire sheet of snowflakes! So. Much. Fun.

Keeping up with my quest to start using the mountain of blank tags I keep accumulating, I pulled out a couple of tags, cut the plaid paper to 2.5" x 3.25", then inked the edges of everything with antique linen distress ink and glued them together. Next I inked up my foiled and die cut snowflakes and added some flowers from my stash to the centers.  I cut a border of white using the Lacey Trim Duo die set, sponged with antique linen and cut to the size of the tags for the bottom border.  I wrapped some pink & white divine twine around the top four or five times and then tied in a bow.

The sentiments are printed from the Winter Peace DIGITAL Set and die cut with stiched dies, before adding to the tags. I topped them with long twine strings so I can tie them onto gifts come Christmas time.

Okay, now it's time to hop along and check out all the other fabulous posts on the hop. I'm so excited to hop along and see everyone's creations! The hop is hosted on the fabulous Kelly Lunceford's blog, so head over there to start from the beginning. Or continue on to visit Lori Tecler if you've already been hopping along!

Kelly Lunceford

Lesley Croghan (taking a break)

Anita Madden (taking a break)

Broni Holcombe 

Claire Broadwater

Julee Tilman {You are here}

Kim Heggins (taking a break)

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nina Forsyth

Rachel Bergfeld

Vicki Finger 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Enabler's List
Stamps: Winter Peace DIGITAL Set, Snowflake Tidings Printable (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Sweet Peppermint (Prima), white, blank tag
Ink: laser printer, antique linene (Ranger Distress)
Accessories: Snowflake Tidings die set, Lacey Trim Duo die set (A Cut Above by VERVE), stitched dies (Cottage Cutz), flowers (Wild Orchid designs), pink baker's twine (Divine Twine), pink Minc foil and Mini Minc machine (Heidi Swapp)

A Thrill of Hope

Hi friends! I'm back with a non-traditional color schemed Christmas card using the Winter Peace DIGITAL Set.

I had already printed and colored the digital images, so it was just a matter of die cutting (the flower is cut with the Autumn Thanks Die Set) and then adding some black mats to my panels.  A thick band of ribbon across the card finishes off the layout on this simple card.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. And thanks for the well wishes for my family. We all seem to be finally on the mend now. I hope you have a fabulous day!

Enabler's List
Stamps: Winter Peace DIGITAL Set (Verve)
Paper: Bundle of Joy (Echo Park), basic black (SU!), white (neenah)
Ink: laser printer, copic markers
Accessories: Autumn Thanks Die Set (A Cut Above by VERVE), pierced squares die set (Cottage Cutz), grosgrain ribbon (SU!), Morning Dew Nuvo drops (Tonic), glitter

Calm and Bright

Hi friends! I've got another quick little Christmas card for you today.  Here I used the Winter Peace DIGITAL Set printed on a laser printer and then foiled the image and sentiment with my Minc machine.

And miracle of miracles, I was actually able to capture a photo that shows the silver foil off. When unpacking all the Christmas decor this year I realized I have a bit of a thing for reindeer. Our living room kind of looks like a reindeer breeding ground! They're just such noble looking creatures, I can't help myself. But maybe I shouldn't have bought anymore last time I went shopping! {teehee} 

Anyhow, the card layout is simple, just square and circle die cuts with silver mats and a silver ribbon to finish things off.  Quick and easy... the perfect combo this time of year! I just love the soft, serene look to this card, and you already know I'm all about the aqua! {grin}

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you're having a fabulously, calm and bright holiday season!

Enabler's List

Stamps: Winter Peace DIGITAL Set (Verve)

Paper: designer paper scrap, shiny silver cardstock (SU!), white

Ink: laser printer

Accessories: silver reactive foil, Minc Machine (Heidi Swapp), silver ribbon (Michael's), square and circle dies

Let Your Heart Be Light

Hi friends! Long time no post! Life has been very hectic around here with a prolonged sickness the past couple of months. Seems like one or all of us has been sick since September. Between official school days off and sick days for the boys, I think one or both boys has been home with me more than at school in the past 2 months. I'm happy to be able to stay with them, but it certainly does make running a business very difficult.

Since I've been playing nursemaid, I missed my holiday manufacturing deadlines.  So I've decided to do an all digital holiday release this year. Today there are 5 new DIGITAL sets in the shop, along with the re-release of a couple of our Christmas digis from the past.

Today I'm sharing a card made with the November Viva la Verve sketch and the Winter Peace DIGITAL Set. I tried to evoke the quiet stillness of a snowy day in the font choices and imagery, and am so excited for all the elegant cards to come with this set. I can't wait to foil that deer image!

Here's a photo of the printable PDF of the Winter Peace DIGITAL set. I printed it on white cardstock with my laser printer and colored the images with Copics, adding a bit of Nuvo glitter drops to the flower centers before cutting out.  The larger flower fits the die in our Autumn Thanks Die Set.

For my card, I've hand trimmed the smaller flower. I'm totally obsessed with my Minc machine, now that I've finally plugged it in, so just had to foil the let your heart be light sentiment in silver to add a little elegance to this modern card. The foiling is so hard to photograph, but is such an easy way to class up a card!

I layered a couple different papers then added some grosgrain ribbon to replace the wide horizontal strip in the sketch.

So as I mentioned, there are a BUNCH of new digis in the shop today. And all of our digis are on sale through the end of the month. So shop, print and craft away!

Enabler's List
Stamps: Winter Peace DIGITAL Set (Verve)
Paper: Holly Jolly (Bella Blvd), Bundle of Joy (Echo Park), white
Ink: laser printer, Copic markers
Accessories: Nuvo glitter drops (Tonic), stitched rectangle die (Cottage Cutz), grosgrain ribbon (SU!), polka dot embossing folder (QuicKutz), Minc machine, Silver reactive foil (Heidi Swapp)

Other Links
November Viva la Verve Sketch
Autumn Thanks Die Set