Hi all,
Today’s card theme for Holiday Style is to create a card that is cute or whimsical. Here’s the card I came up with to contribute to the class.
The piece is watercolored using distress inks. I loved the look so much that I decided to make this a mass produced card!
Hi all,
We’re in full swing of cards here on the blog and I wanted to share with you cards that I consider soft & subtle for the holiday season.
First, I have a watercolor card. I created the background using distress inks and ended up loving the painting so much that I created duplicates!
I heat embossed a snowflake design on some and left others with a simple sentiment. 
Next, I went for a more classic theme. Here I have an illustrated image that I lightly colored using the same distress inks.
To add some shimmer and shine, I used a glitter brush on the roof of the church and on the trees. I tried to captuer this as best as possible in the photo. It looks so pretty in the light!
These cards were also created in bulk!
Hi friends!
Check out this amazing DIY!
Anthropologie sells some seriously gorgeous hand-painted globes. Although absolutely stunning, they came with a pretty steep price tag. I’m sure the quality was top notch as most Anthropologie items are, however, being the DIYer that I am I wanted to create my own.
Here’s what I did.
I purchased a little globe (I have a little shelf I wanted to display this on). This one doubles as a pencil sharpener.
I did a little inspection on how the globe was created and found the paper could easily be removed.
I separated the pieces and gave them a couple coats of my favorite spray paints.
Ahhh, now we’re in business! Now to decorate.
Here’s the finished piece next to the piece Anthropologie made. I used my silhouette to create a sentiment and some of my favorite floral stamps for some foliage.
Helpful Hint: If you want to achieve crisp lettering use die-cuts or a gold paint pen with a steady hand!
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Hey Everyone!
I hope everyone is having a wonderful summer and enjoying a few good moments of quality r&r. I’ve been enjoying some quality time with friends, family and the great outdoors. I’ve even spent a good amount of time in the craft room working on projects and filmed a room tour (that still needs to be edited) for you all!
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Anyway, on to today’s card. Before Pinterest and all these online resources for inspiration hit, I kept a notebook of random images or color schemes that I thought were fun or could potential make a spark a ‘creative jumpstart’ towards making a crafty project. This week I’ve dug out that book and found a page that immediately gave me a “hmmmm” moment. I took that as a challenge and came up with a card (okay, maybe three cards) to share with you today. I know what you’re thinking. A car ad inspired you to make a card!? Yes, absolutely!
I’d love to tell you how I created it, but i’d rather show you. So here’s a video of the entire process. Enjoy.
Here’s a finished set of the balloon cards.
BONUS VIDEO: I made a second card using the same inks & same ad.
How fun is this card!?
Hope you enjoyed watching! We’ll catch up again real soon =)
Have a great weekend friends.
