Pining for You This Christmas Card by Samantha Mann

Hi there!
Samantha here, and today I am sharing a sweet Christmas card with you!

     

Those cute, chubby little pine cones are some of my favorite images, and I couldn't wait any longer to make a Christmas card with them!

Let's make this card together!

- first, I stamped colored all the images with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and then once they were all dry, I fussy cut them out!
- I used Distress Inks in Pine Needles, Mowed Lawn and Twisted Citron to ink blend the background
- then I used placed the Blizzard Stencil on top and used the same colors, but with more pressure
- once that was done, I used the Twinkle Stencil and some white embossing paste to add texture!

 

- I also splattered some white acrylic ink on top
- I heat embossed the scripty part of the sentiment in white onto some vellum and then fussy cut out around it.

-finally, I finished off the card by heat embossing in white onto black cardstock, the tiny phrase to finish it off!!

 

Stamping out the custom phrase took some time, but I really love making my own punny phrases! It would be quicker to recreate this card to use one of the many amazing phrases from Create a Smile Stamps!

For the background, I used the Blizzard Stencil and Twinkle Stencil. Then I used a combination of the Lettering Alphas, Clear Letters, Season's Greetings and Small Christmas Sentiments. And of course, who could forget the adorable Cones!

    

There is ALWAYS a fun challenge going on in the Create a Smile Stamp Facebook group page! It's fun and filled with prizes! I love seeing all of the incredible, unique and amazing inspiration!

 

~Samantha

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chocolate anyone?

Hello crafty friends, it's Kerstin here!

todays card is something special: I combined standard no-line-coloring with monochome no-line-coloring. 

 

 

 

I had this idea on my mind for quite a few weeks. This santa image is perfect for creating a chocolate santa.

  

 

• stamp your image with a very light color or an no-line-coloring ink
• color the upper half with chocolate like colors
• and the other half with the standard santa colors
• adhere some crinkled tinfoil between both parts to create the impression the chocolate santa is half unpacked

 

   

Santa

Kleine Weihnachstgrüße

Small Christmas Sentiments

 

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Merry Christmas

Hello crafty friends, it's Kerstin here!

Today I have very special christmas card for you. It's a more elegant one. I hope you like it.

 

 

 

I love to use different techniques. This time I used my quill foil pen for transferring the stamped image.

  

 

• stamp the image on gold foil
• place the foil on your panel and hold it in place with some washitape
• trace the stamped image with the quill foil pen
• remove the foil and heat emboss the sentiment
• ad some splatters onto your panel

   

 

 

Clear A6 Festive Foliage

Clear A6 Small Christmas Sentiments

Clear A6 Kleine Weihnachtswünsche

Cool Cuts Double Stitched Rectangles

       

 

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Christmas Stress Relieve

Hello crafty friends, it's Kerstin here! Today I have a fun gift tag for you.

I had this idea on my mind for quite a while. As you know things can go crazy around christmas and you might want to cheer someone up. Why not give away some bubble wrap for stress relieve combined with chocolate or a good bottle of wine?

The pocket tag cool cut is perfect for this idea.

• the santa is colored with alcohol markers
• I created a background pattern on the tag using a stencil and distress oxide inks
• and Isprinkled on some white gouache paint too
• last but not least I adhered the label and the santa with foam tape

            
 




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Kerstin