Plaid Vintage Ornament Gift Tag!! =)

HELLO MINT OWL STUDIO FRIENDS!!
Larissa here today to share a Festive Gift Tag!! With the Holiday's just a Week away I thought it would be FUN to do a Quick Gift Tag that you can make in a Snap for any of those Last Minute Gifts you may have ready to Wrap!! I've used the Ornament and Watercolored it with my Distress Markers!! Then I added some Nuvo Drops in Morning Dew!! It cracked alittle, but I actually kinda like the look it gives!! Making it more of a Vintage Ornament!! Then I Stamped and Embossed the Sentiment onto the Tag!! Then I added it to a Die Cut Tag using some Lawn Fawn Plaid Paper!! I also Die Cut a Sweet Bow to top it all off!! I Added some Burlap Twine and my Tag was done!!

THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by today and I hope you have a FABULOUS HOLIDAY WEEK!!
COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA   =)

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!

INTRODUCTION: Dear Santa

Hi all and happy Release Week Thursday!!  I'm Tara and today I have the please of introducing the absolutely amazing Dear Santa stamp set!  I mean, come on with the cuteness!!  The roly-poly Santa and reindeer are so incredibly fun and those sentiments just push this set over the top into too much awesome territory!

For my project I wanted to feature the fabulous and original sentiments in this set.  I really like the "Dear Santa" sentiment and chose to make it the star of the show.  Using the sweet Santa image I created my own patterned paper - I was envisioning wrapping paper as though the whole card were wrapped up like a present!  I love that Santa is on the card for the sentiment to reference but the sentiment is really the focal point.  

I used some green glitter embossing powder to heat emboss the sentiment on some vellum so that the background could peek through.  I love using glitter embossing powder during the holidays!  It just add a little extra something special!  The cute scene-building images were perfect for making my sentiment stand out a bit.

Finally, I used yet another adorable sentiment on the inside of the card and heat embossed it with red glittery embossing powder!  I'm telling you guys, the sparkly sentiments just scream holidays!!  Add a little holly and this card is good to go!

Thank you so much for joining me today and I hope you are having a fabulous time enjoying the new release this week!  See you soon!  Bye!