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I think Christmas cards are my favourite to make.  This year I have loved using the North Pole Pals stamp set to create lots of fun and playful cards.  On this card I mixed Avery Elle stamps with Lawn Fawn dies.  All the supplies I used are listed and linked to the shop at the end of this post.  If you are interested in creating cards with this ink blending technique, we are planning monthly card making classes.  If you … Read More

The Postage Stamp Die is great for creating small scenes on cards.   Scene Building I die cut the small postage stamp three times from watercolour card. From the inside pieces I die cut two snowbanks and one mountain border using the mountain border die. Using my ink blending tool I added a small amount of Tumbled Glass distress ink to the top of the snowbanks to add some depth.   On the mountain tops I used Pumice Stone with a little … Read More

Hello, I was inspired to create a night sky with a glow around the lamp for a beautiful night time scene.  I love all the cute clear stamps in this set by Avery Elle.  There are four singing critters, a lamp to help set a scene, snowflakes, lots of musical notes and lovely handwritten style sentiments. I have linked and listed all the products I used to create this card. Background Scene I started by die cutting the large postage die … Read More

Hello, today I am sharing how to make Thank You Cards.Since both cards are made the same way but with different colours, these are the instructions are for both Thank You Cards. All the supplies I used are listed and linked at the bottom of this post.  Clicking on any highlighted word will take you to that product.   Ink Smooshing I smooshed some Squeezed Lemonade and Picked Raspberry distress ink onto my craft mat, sprayed some water from the Distress sprayer … Read More

How do you create a super spinner card?  I’m hoping this blog post can help you understand the steps needed.  We posted a short video of this card in action on Instagram.  All the supplies I used are listed and linked below, and are available in the online shop right now.     Background On a piece of 11x14cm piece of Bristol smooth card, I lightly ink blended Salty Ocean Distress Ink to the top 2/3 of the card and … Read More

I love the “I’ve taken a Viking to you” sentiment but I want to be able to use the Viking for birthday cards, with a different sentiment.   Selective Inking There are three ways to do selective inking. Stamp the image on a scrap piece of paper to create a mask to place on your stamp while you ink it up. Test the material you use for your mask.  I first used a post-it but the ink went through so … Read More

I had a packet of these cork pieces on my craft desk while I was thinking of what to do for this month’s challenge.  “Thanks” seemed to be a good theme, since people will be sending Thank You cards for their Christmas presents, and these cork pieces are from the Elle’s Studio Thankful collection. Links to all the supplies I used are listed at the end of this post. Process I created a 5 ¼ inch by 4 ½ inch … Read More

I was inspired by my Mom (Janet) to make a Peek A Boo Winter card with the Lawn Fawn critters. All the products I used are listed and linked below – along with a template for the window. Poop A Boo Frame I traced the window frame onto a piece of cardstock and used my craft knife to cut out these rectangles, which I kept to one side so I could make another card later. To help you re-create this … Read More