Season's Greetings

Hello everyone,

Coralynn here with one last holiday card for 2016.  I can't believe its Christmas Eve already.  

For my card I used the ornament from the Trim the Tree set and heat embossed it with white embossing powder.  I watercoloured in the image and I'm really into splatter lately so I wanted to use it on my card today as well. 

I used the sentiment from the Cardinal Greetings set and stamped it using Versafine Onyx black ink.  I then die cut the panel and added it to the black card front.  

I want to wish you all a wonderful holiday season and get to spend time with family and friends.

Thanks for stopping by!

Coralynn  :)

A Latte Holiday Cheer...

Hello!  It is Lisa here today and I am sharing a card I've created with some awesome Mint Owl Studio goodies for the Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop...

To create this card I stamped my coffee image in the center of a white panel.  Now for my sentiment I used the Coffee Craze Stamp set mixed with the Trim the Tree Stamp Set.  I then used Copic® Markers for the cup and a white gel pen for the dish.  To create a fun bokeh effect I used the circle images from the Trim the Tree Stamp Set and various light inks.  After I diecut the panel I layered it with some Wood Veener (thanks hubby!).

Thanks so much for stopping by and Happy Crafting!

Lisa

Happy Holiday Shaker Ornament

Hello everyone,

Today I thought I would try and make an ornament.  

I die cut the hexagon frames with white card stock and did some ink blending with Mint ink.  I used some black shimmer spray and added some splatter.  I cut out the same frame from fun foam to create the shaker well and then added the acetate and the Mint Owl Sequins mix and a few seed beads from my stash and then another piece of acetate to form a see-through window.  Then I added another frame to the back to finish off the shaker. 

To make the hanger for the ornament I added some thick white thread and added it between the front panel and fun foam and added extra liquid adhesive.  

I used the sentiment happy holidays from the Trim the Tree set and heat embossed it with white embossing powder on to a piece of black card stock that I cut out with a banner die.

Thanks so much for stopping by, see you again soon!

Coralynn  :)

Non-Traditional Christmas featuring Trim the Tree

Hey all and happy Thursday!  It's Tara and today I am sharing a  project with you all featuring the adorable Trim the Tree stamp set and some non-traditional Christmas colors. I just love pink and teal  holiday themes and thought it would be fun to play with on this project!

This type of stamping is fabulous for when you want to crank out a card really quickly!  My family has been busy of late and I had limited time to bust this out but this technique makes it really easy to create a beautiful card in no time!  I used Lawn Fawn inks to stamp the ornament images on some Neenah 110 lb cardstock.  To get the full colored image I simply used the back of the stamp!  How easy is that?

I added some silver accents to all of my ornaments and paired them with some Lawn Fawn Perfectly Plaid Paper.  I love how this sweet and simple card came out and I love even more that it only took ten minutes to create!  

Thanks so much for stopping by and I will catch you next time!  Bye!

Deck the Halls

 Hello everyone,

I'm back with a Christmas card from our Trim the Tree stamp set and the Christmas Quilt Stencil.

As I was creating this card my daughter wanted to help so she fussy cut one of the boughs and I added it along with the others.  She will be tickled that it made it to a blog post!

I stamped and coloured in the ornament and pine boughs black in and coloured them in with my copics.  I fussy cut these out and for the ornament, I added glossy accents to make it shiny.

For the front panel, I used the Christmas Quilt Stencil and blended in Candied Apple and Lucky Clover distress inks.

To create the card base I die cut two panels and scored one of them on the top at about 1/4 down and adhered it to the front panel making this a shaped card.  

I cut out a smaller panel and stamped the sentiment with black ink and popped it up on foam tape.  I then added the boughs and ornament. 

Thanks for stopping by, see you again soon. 

Coralynn  :)

Dear Santa

Happy Tuesday, everyone! It's Cassie back with another card. Today's card came to me as I was making another card and I ran with it. I decided to take the sentiments from the new Dear Santa set and make them into a funny little holiday card for someone who-*gasp*-might be on the naughty list!

Let's take a look at the card!

This card was pretty darn simple to make, and it is another non-tradition holiday color combo like I've been so into lately. I started by stamping the pine branch from the Trim the Tree all over a piece of Bristol Smooth cardstock. Then I took my Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers and colored in the branches and background. I went simple with the colors so that it wasn't too busy. When the panel was dry I splatter black and white paint over it-a look I've been loving lately!

 

 

Then I die cut some paper to write my letters. You can hardly tell in the photos due to the lighting, but I did use a T-ruler to give the paper blue horizontal lines and a pink vertical line on the left side. Then I took the sentiments from the Dear Santa set and stamped the "Dear Santa" at the top of each letter. I did cut the sentiment apart, as the "is it too late to be good?" was attached, but you don't have to if that makes you cringe. You can just mask off the part that you don't want to stamp. Part of the reason I did cut mine apart was that I wanted the words to fit nicely in the blue lines I had drawn in, but again-you don't have to do that. I continued by stamping the rest of the sentiments. I wanted it to look as though someone had started a couple letters and finally settled on the last one, so I crossed out the first two letters contents with my ruler. I popped the letters up with some foam tape and added a couple of white enamel dots, and that's it for this card!

Thank you so much for joining me today! Do you think you'll make the nice list this year?! Or do you know anyone who would have to write a couple letters like this? I know I do! :) I hope you liked the card. Have a great week, and I'll see you again soon with another card!

Merry Christmas

Hello everyone,

I'm back with another Christmas card for you using the Trim the Tree stamp set.  And did you know we now have coordinating dies as well?

I started out with a pice of watercolour paper and I added a couple of different blues to the card with my watercolour paints.  I did this in layers and heat set each layer before adding more colour.  I happen to love the harsher lines this technique gives.

I then stamped the ornaments in Versamark and heat embossed it with silver embossing powder.  I then took my Versamark pen and added the lines that the ornaments are hanging from and heat embossed them again along with the sentiment.

I then added a few dots using the Nuvo drops in glitter and let that dry before adhering the panel onto a card base.  I always manage to stick my finger in these dots thinking they are dry enough, and they never are.  But this time I put the card up so I wouldn't keep checking on them.  ;)

Thanks for stopping by, see you again soon!

Coralynn  :)

Deck the Halls CAS Style

Hello!  It is Lisa Lahiff here with you today and I have a CAS Christmas card to share with all of you today using the new Trim the Tree Stamp Set...

To create this card I started with a panel that I stamped the tree branch image onto repeatedly.  I then sprayed this panel with two different green mists and one pearl mist.  I then set this to the side to dry. I stamped, colored and cut the ornament images.  Once everything was dry I layered the images up onto kraft card stock.  I decided to emboss the sentiment in gold in the lower right corner and finished the card off with gold washi and a twine bow.

We can't wait to see what you create with the new sets, and remember there is a Instagram Challenge you can take part in each month too!

Happy Crafting!

Lisa

Let It Snow

Good morning Mint Owl friends! It's Cassie here, with another card to kick us all into holiday crafting gear. Today I'm combining a new set with an old set and loving the results. I started by pulling out my Banner Sentiments 2 stamp set to use with my Mini Banner Die set. I love that the sentiments that can be used with these dies keeps growing!

To start out I die cut one of each of the banners. I love the size of these because they fit so well across a card panel. I also pulled out my Dear Santa stamp set because it has a few cute little images that fit well in the banners. I stamped each of the images on a banner with VersaMark and then used white embossing powder and heat set them. To make the embossed images pop I added color to the banners with my ink blending tool and Distress Inks. I've been on a non-traditional Christmas color kick so I picked Lucky Clover, Blueprint Sketch, Cracked Pistachio and Peacock Feathers.

For the background I also used Distress Inks to create a snowy night. I started by die cutting a stitched rectangle out of some Bristol Smooth cardstock. Then I pulled the two different size dots from the Trim The Tree set. Using the VersaMark and white embossing powder I stamped the dots all over the panel to make snow. Then I splattered the panel with water to make it look like smaller snow flakes. I'm from Minnesota so trust me-I'm an expert on snowfall! :) I used Broken China and Blueprint Sketch again to make the sky.

Finally I poked holes in the banners and strung some aqua cord through. I taped it on the back and attached it to my card base. And now I've got another card to send for the holiday season! How many cards do you have ready for the winter? Thanks so much for joining me today, and I'll see you again soon with another card!

Happy Holidays Watercolored Card!! =)

Hello Mint Owl Studio Friends!!
Larissa here today to share a SWEET Holiday Card using the New Trim the Tree Stamp Set along with the Holly from the Dear Santa Stamp Set!! SQUEAL!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE these New Images and CAN'T WAIT to share what I've made!!

I Stamped and Embossed the Images onto some Distress Watercolor Paper and then used my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers to watercolor the Images!! I've used (047 May Green, 033 Persian Green, 022 Carmine & 024 Wine Red for the Holly, 034 Dull Blue, 030 Blue & 033 Persian for the Blue Ornament, 063 Ochre & 067 Mustard for the Ornament Toppers, 027 Dark Pink & 070 Orange for the Pink Ornament, 082 Purple & 042 Turquoise Green for the Purple Ornament) I then Stamped and Embossed some of the Pine Leaves for the Top of the Card and then added some Watercolor for the Leaves and some Splatters for some Texture!! A Sprinkling of Sequins and a Stamped and Embossed Sentiment and my Card was done!!
THANKS SO MUCH for stop by today and I hope you have a FABULOUS WEEK!!
COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA    =)

Happy Holidays Watercolored Card!! =)

Hello Mint Owl Studio Friends!!
Larissa here today to share a SWEET Holiday Card using the New Trim the Tree Stamp Set along with the Holly from the Dear Santa Stamp Set!! SQUEAL!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE these New Images and CAN'T WAIT to share what I've made!!

I Stamped and Embossed the Images onto some Distress Watercolor Paper and then used my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers to watercolor the Images!! I've used (047 May Green, 033 Persian Green, 022 Carmine & 024 Wine Red for the Holly, 034 Dull Blue, 030 Blue & 033 Persian for the Blue Ornament, 063 Ochre & 067 Mustard for the Ornament Toppers, 027 Dark Pink & 070 Orange for the Pink Ornament, 082 Purple & 042 Turquoise Green for the Purple Ornament) I then Stamped and Embossed some of the Pine Leaves for the Top of the Card and then added some Watercolor for the Leaves and some Splatters for some Texture!! A Sprinkling of Sequins and a Stamped and Embossed Sentiment and my Card was done!!
THANKS SO MUCH for stop by today and I hope you have a FABULOUS WEEK!!
COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA    =)

RELEASE DAY BLOG HOP

Hello!

Welcome to our Release Day Blog Hop!  Make sure to hop along with our design team and leave comments on their blogs for your chance to win the entire new release!  All of the details are at the end of this post.  We are also excited about the new coordinating dies for our stamp sets!  All of the new sets will have coordinating dies and we are slowly going to be adding the dies for our older sets.

Trim the Tree

Trim the Tree Die Set

Away In A Manger

Away In A Manger Die Set

Dear Santa

Dear Santa Die Set

Banner Sentiments 2

Christmas Quilt Stencil

Coffee Craze Die Set

Ice Cream, You Scream Die Set

Thoughts and Prayers Die Set

Hop Order:

Mint Owl Studio

Lisa

Larissa

Cassie

Coralynn

Tara

We're also giving away the entire new stamp release!  Want to know how to win?  All you have to do is comment on this blog and each of the blogs on the hop.  The winner will be randomly chosen from one of the blogs, so the more blogs you comment on, the better your chance is to win!  Good luck!

Mint Owl Studio Intro Week: Trim the Tree!

Hi all! It's Cassie here today with a fun new card! Today is a fun, fun day because I'm sharing a peek at a new stamp set being release for Mint Owl Studio this month. I'm pumped for this set because I can see so many possibilities in it.

 

Isn't it cute?? Let's take a look at my card.

I started with a piece of water color cardstock. I curved the tree branch so that it looked a little more natural, and stamped it with an ink that works with water color. I colored it in using my Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers. This is seriously my favorite coloring medium right now because it is so easy and the "messy" look is great to hide mistakes. I stamped the light bulbs onto a scrap piece of water color cardstock. I used my Distress Ink markers for these because I wanted a more pastel look.

 Instead of using water to move the color on the light bulbs I used my Spectrum Noir shimmer pens so that they were super sparkly. Once they were colored and dry I cut them out and outlined them in black. Then I scattered them on the branches. I put a piece of water color card stock behind the tree piece that was ink blended with distress ink. The entire piece was splattered with white paint. I put the tree panel on the black piece and drew a cord to each of the lights. I used the Packaged Pretty die to high light my sentiment by stamping it on the ribbon die.  And that was pretty much it!

I'm really excited about making some more cards with this set. If I were smart I would've mass produced this one! Stick around for more sneak peeks this week for the big release!