MERRY CHRISTMAS 2024!
HOLIDAY GREETINGS AND BLESSINGS
FROM MY HOME TO YOURS!
One final Christmas card to share with you today! I made this large slimline card using all supplies from Anna Griffin! It's so lovely and I just adore all those tiny details from the window candles to the snow, to the trees. Hope it makes you smile!!
MERRY MERRY MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!
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Love their little round honeycomb tummies!!
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Here is a photo of my banner hanging up in our dining room!! We've already been enjoying it!
That's it for my project for today! I hope you have a fantastic and creative day! Wishing you a wonderful week and all the magic of Christmas…. It's my pleasure to share with you all year. Blessings to you and your families. I look forward to sharing with you again soon – in the new year!! In the meantime, happy crafting! XO Wanda
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Hello there!! Today's blog post is both festive AND jolly! Today I'm sharing some super cute and colorful Winter cards I made with supplies from Concord & 9th! There is an Instagram Hop today too, so if you're on Instagram, be sure to stop by my page and leave a comment for a chance to win a prize! The theme for today's Instagram Hop is My Favorite Things – from Concord & 9th 2024! There are a bunch of creatives sharing our favorite stamps and dies and colors from 2024… It's going to be a fantastic hop! It always brings a smile to my face to use stamps and dies from Concord and 9th – truly one of my favorite companies!! So grab some cocoa because today's post is chilly!!
So you know I did THIS POST earlier this year using the Carpe Denim set – the cutest jean jackets you ever did see! Well, today I made a Christmas jean jacket! Hee hee. I am one of those gurlz that loves to wear holiday apparel! I always have a fun Christmas sweater or sweatshirt on during the month of December! So that was the inspo for this card…
My finished card is an A2 white card base layered with Falala patterned paper and then a white panel to feature my jacket! I die cut a beautiful bright red poinsettia to adorn the back of my jacket… Oceanside and Poppy cardstock are great together!! I added some snowy paint splatters and bits of gold to finish my look. Let's be jolly indeed!! (I actually wish I had a denim jacket like this!) I added a tree and a sweet sentiment banner to finish it off!
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I just received the AMAZZZZING Alpine Village Dies in the mail last week and I had to use them today too! EEK!! This finished card is an A2 white card base. The layers are all from the super genius die set. I die cut all the pieces using my fav colors of Concord & 9th cardstocks. I really wanted to create a little Swiss village so I used red, dark green and brown…. That little ski lift makes me giddy!! I added little white snowflakes to their Winter skating sweaters… I used glitter glue for the rooftops and skating pond… Snowy splatters finish it off. The sentiment is just perfect!
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That's it for today's Wintry goodness! These cards were so much fun to make! I hope your week is going great, and your holiday prep is going smoothly… Sending you Winter good wishes today and always. Happy Crafting!
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Hi friends! Happy Sunday! I hope you had a great Thanksgiving and a great long weekend! It's the official kick off to the holiday season and it's December first! Christmas will be here before we know it! We enjoyed a very quiet and peaceful Thanksgiving here at our house and then we got up at 5am to go shopping on Black Friday. We have had a shopping tradition for many many years. I love being out in the hustle and bustle of the mall and the stores – everyone wearing their holiday sweaters and feeling festive! We shopped til we dropped – having fun. Didn't really buy too much, mostly just looking. I feel like the store/mall decorations this year were super amazing!! I love that kind of stuff. It makes me inspired and in the spirit of the season!!
We had a Christmas miracle happen also… I left my iPhone on a bench at the mall (right by the exit to the parking lot) and didn't realize it for 10-15 minutes. I FREAKED out. We ran to the Apple Store and they turned my phone to lost mode and we were able to track my phone – to still being inside the mall (I thought for sure someone would take it and run)… The Apple store employees were so nice. Since my phone was locked, they sent a message to it which allows the person to call a number…. Well, through divine intervention an honest person had my phone and she called me. Boy did I feel grateful!!!! Whew.
I have a couple of projects to share today since it's December! I love working with my supplies from Iron Orchid Designs….gorgeous molds and transfers and stamps…They are really wonderful to work with and create beautiful things. I made a home decor piece and some ornaments and I have some more to make also. Here's my home decor piece…. It's hanging in our entry way now…. This started with a plain wood arch piece, which I painted with navy and gold, then a big fabulous transfer, and then more gold paint and a few coats of wax. Annie Sloan Chalk Paints and waxes are the BOMB!!!
The piece is painted Navy (I combined two blues for a dark starry night color), and then I painted gold on that inside edge to look like gold leafing… I also splattered gold paint (of course). I used three coats of the blue paint and about five coats of the gold paint on that inside edge. The entire piece is coated in two coats of clear Annie Sloan Wax and then buffed out to a shiny finish. The tree is actually a giant rub on transfer! I cannot even tell you how pretty it is in person.
I also made these resin ornaments using my supplies from Iron Orchid Designs supplies also. The shapes were made using resin and then I painted 2-3 coats of deep charcoal chalk paint onto them. I used sweet woodland rub ons and then gold wax as shading. The ties for the ornaments are Tim Holtz velvet ribbon from my stash. These came out soooooo nice. I love them and can't wait to make more!!! I like to use the quick set resin so they set in about 10-15 minutes and then I usually let them sit until the next day before I paint them.
Here's another photo of my home decor painting piece – on our dining room table – in different light. It was a very hard project to photograph!!
I took some in-process photos with my iphone – so you could get a feel for the projects…. Here I'm starting with my first layer of paint…
The two colors I mixed for the blue color….
That gorgeous transfer!!
Starting on the gold paint…
Ready to put the tree on!!!!
And it's almost done! I let it sit overnight and then did the wax! I used two coats of wax and let that sit for a day and a half and then buffed it out. You can see in my final project photo that it has a pretty sheen to it now. LOVED making this!
I only took one photo of my ornaments! Ugh. I get caught up in the moment and the fun and forget to take more pictures!!
Thanks for spending a little time with me today. Happy Sunday! Happy December! Wishing you a bright and lovely holiday season! XOXO
Happy Thanksgiving 2024!
Best wishes for a lovely holiday with friends and family. Blessings and abundance are my hopes for all of us as we enter the holiday season. Lots to be thankful for! Now it will be time for full on Christmas crafting! XOXO
THE GREETERY NEW RELEASE IS LIVE NOW!!
THE ICING COLLECTION IS AVAILABLE!
It was my pleasure to introduce the brand new Icing collection to you today! And, I hope you love it as much as I do!! Happy Crafting!! If you scroll back to my last blog post you can see all my projects from the new release, and the accompanying supply lists. If you have any questions – reach out!! Thanks for all the love and kind comments! Happy Creating! Can't wait to see what YOU make!
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Hi crafty friends! Happy Thanksgiving Week! I am sending love and wishing you and your families a wonderful holiday together! I can hardly believe it’s time for turkey already. This year is going to finish up fast! I am looking forward to a quiet week at home with my family, staying cozy and watching Christmas movies and eating tooooo much! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Today is a VERY exciting day because I’m here to announce a NEW RELEASE from The Greetery! The last release of the year! The new release is called the Icing Collection – as in the icing on the cake! The new release is full of more holiday goodness and things for packaging and giving. So here’s the deal – and it’s good. Today, the design team is showing you everything! And guess what? Today you can BUY everything too! No need to wait until tomorrow! The new release will be available at 10am EST today! Yeah!
I will be sharing four new projects with you today! Lots of photos and inspiration. Let’s get started!
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My first card for today features the brand new Nordic Tree Die set! I combined it with the Warm and Cozy sentiments from the last new release. I created a clean and simple Christmas card with Dr. Suess colors and vibes! My finished card is an A2 white card base, layered with soft pink and vellum. I die cut the tree layers (there are three layers to create the tree) from green cardstock and then added white paint splatters and a bit of snow too! I finished it off by adding a pretty gold star and some enamel dot ornaments. The sentiment is heat embossed in white onto kraft cardstock. Classically Christmas! I love the details in the die cut – makes for a gorgeous tree.
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My next card for today features the brand new Nordic Birds Dies and the brand new Crystal Charms Dies! Also featured are past favorites Joy and Pine Wisps! My finished card is an A2 kraft card base, layered in Christmas red, then a pretty arch to feature my design elements. I ink blended the top of the arch for a bit of warmth. My color palette is classic red and green for the holidays… I made it a bit rustic by using kraft paper also. I die cut all the pieces and added bits of sparkly glitter for a snowy feeling. My final touch was some red enamel dots.
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My third card for today features the brand new Hey Honeycomb Penguin Dies! More cute additions to the Honeycomb product line! And also, just releasing today, white honeycombs! Wait until you see all of these!!! I kept my card cute and sweet! My card base is a white A2 card, layered with some Doodlebug plaid for a subtle background. I die cut a scallop panel and added icy blue ink blending… I used the new Hey Honeycomb Holiday stamp set for my sentiment. These are SOOOO fun to make!!
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My final project for today features gift tags I made using the brand new Inside and Out Holiday Tags stamps, dies and stencils! I also used the brand new Ornamental Tags Dies. I love a soft color palette of pink, cream and gold… I do also love pretty pink packages! The stamp/die combo makes 8 tags at once, in a pretty, ornate shape! I stamped and heat embossed the stamp in gold embossing onto cream cardstock. I used the matching stencil to do ombre pink ink blending on the tags. I blended the ink only on the top of my tags… I splattered everything with white ink! I added some gold bows and classy pearls… The twine is natural with a bit of gold in it also.
That’s it for today – and for the reveals of this awesome new release! I am quite sure you must be in the holiday mood now! Thanks for stopping by to share with me today! It’s my pleasure to introduce the new release. Enjoy and happy crafting! XOXO
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Hi friends! Popping in this weekend to share a cute and cheerful Christmas card! The new release from Honey Bee Stamps is called Cozy Christmas – and boy is it cozy! And gorgeous! I will be making more cards with this fun new release, but I couldn't wait to share the first one! I do love a vintage reindeer motif – kitschy and adorable…. Well, Honey Bee came out with a die set that makes the MOST adorable little reindeer! I turned him into a card and used classic Christmas colors and a vintage vibe…. Stripes and holly and snowflakes, oh my!
Wishing you a very Happy Thanksgiving week coming up! Stay tuned next week, too, because there will be a NEW Greetery Release! YEAH!
My card for today is an A2 cream cardstock card base. Layered with candy cane stripes and red and more cream. The star of the show is my dapper reindeer in his winter scarf… I added lots of greenery and a few sparkles and snow flurries. It all worked together so nicely. I die cut the background with a subtle snowflakes pattern. Using cream cardstock instead of bright white cardstock softens everything just the right amount here. I used Copic Markers to shade my die cut pieces and also white gel pen accents…. Again – just SO fun! Happy crafting my friends – hope you're having a great weekend! XOXO
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