I Can Explain!

Hello!  It is Lisa here with you on this lovely Wednesday, and I have a card that is sure to bring a smile to your face because this Reindeer is just too darn cute!

Isn't he adorable?!  You can find him and the sentiment in the Dear Santa Stamp Set.  To create this card I stamped him and the candy cane on a separate card stock, colored them and cut them out.  I then ran my blade along the line of his mouth and slid the candy cane halfway in.  After all he needed to be a little naughty to go with the sentiment hehehe!  I then propped him up on a snowy hill and added various patterned papers.

Thanks so much for stopping by and Happy Crafting!
Lisa

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!

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!

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!