Felt Candy Cane Card

Hello cardmaking friends.  I stitched up another felt candy cane for this card.  This is a fairly quick and fun stitch that makes such a great card front without a lot of extra embellishments.  There is a whole new collection of these felt dies from Spellbinders created by Nichol Spohr.  

I stitched this candy cane with one layer of felt and a piece of cardstock cut out with the same die.  It can be stitched with two background layers of felt, but I didn't want it too chunky for my card, especially with the holly leaves and berries.  

I have stitched a couple of these with both 100% Wool and a Wool Blend.  I would definitely recommend the 100% Wool, as does Nichol Spohr.  The blend doesn't seem to cut as cleanly and it doesn't hold up as well to the stitching.  I purchase my felt from Benzi Design.  They have a great color selection of felt and they also let you know what DMC floss matches.  I really appreciate that because I am all about "matchy, matchy".  The colors I used are Garnet, Ecru, Sherwood and Pinot.  

For the background on this card, I layered a green piece of cardstock with a piece of Honey Bee - North Pole patterned paper.  I also used a lighter color of brown cardstock cut with Lawn Fawn's Large Stitched Rounded Rectangle Stackables.  I used the Honey Bee Wood Planks 3-D embossing folder to add a little dimension and add to the rustic look I was going for.  I also spritzed it with the new Tim Holtz Distress Spritz in Vintage Photo.  

For the sentiment, I used Lawn Fawns, Happy, Happy Happy Add On.  The "Merry" was heat embossed with gold embossing powder.  

I am crazy about this card and can't wait to send it out.  I hope you have found some inspiration from this post.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you are having a great Holiday Season.  

Sandy

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Gift A Cup Of Coffee

 

Hello!  Today I took a break from Christmas cards and colors.  Well, I actually wanted this to be a Christmas card but I wasn't feeling it.  Sometimes that just happens.  

For this card, I started with patterned paper from Lawn Fawn's Watercolor Wishes, Spiffy Speckles and Pint Size Patterns: Summertime.  I touched up the edges of the cuts with Distress Oxide Ink in Worn Lipstick, Broken China, Fossilized Amber and Rustic Wilderness.

I wanted to make a Coffee Shop out of the Coffee Cup Gift Card Holder Die.  The awning on the shop is from Ta-Da! Diorama Shop Add On.  The door is from Build A Castle.  For the little windows, I used the rectangle piece from the Woodland Critter Huggers Winter Add On.  The fence is the Little Farm Fence Border Die.

The stamp sets that I used are: Treat Cart and Treat Cart Add On: Coffee.  All the images were colored with Copic markers in the following colors:

• RV10, RV11
• YR20, YR21, YR23, YR24, YR27
• E13, E15
• B91, B93
• E31, E33, E53
• BG10, BG70
• W0, W2, W3

The sentiment is a combination of wording from both stamp sets.  I heat embossed them using black embossing powder.  

This turned out to be a fun afternoon project and definitely a card I will use in the future.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great day.  

Sandy

Rockin' Around The Christmas Cheese!

 Greetings crafty friends!  I hope you are well!  Today I have a card I created for the current Lawn Fawn Blog Challenge:  #184 - Holiday Inspiration.  The challenge was to use the photo below for inspiration.  I always struggle a bit when there are color suggestions.  Not sure if I got it or not.

I hadn't had a chance to use their new Cheesy Christmas Stamp and Die set, so I thought I would break it out and see what I could do with it. I also used the Cheesy Christmas Add On and Crazy Antics stamps for additional images.   

As usual, I inked my background using Pine Needles, Uncharted Mariner and Speckled Egg Distress Oxide Ink.  Once I liked the blending, I spritzed it with a little water and the speckled it with some watered down white acrylic paint to add snow.  

I wanted a snow globe in my scene since music was part of the Cheesy Christmas theme.  I used the Build A Snow Globe Die to make my snow globe.  I didn't add any little sparkles in the snow globe to make it a shaker because I felt like it would take away for the scene inside.  I still like it because it has the dimension of the globe with the acetate window,  

All the coloring was done with Copic markers in the following colors:

• B000
• R20, R21, R22
• R24, R29, R39
• E50, E51, E53, E55, E57
• Y15, Y21, YR24, Y26

I used All The Speech Bubbles stamp and die set to create my speech bubbles using the sentiments that were included with the stamp sets.  The sentiment on the snow globe was heat embossed using white embossing powder.

This card turned out so cute with the little "punny" sentiments.  I know just the right person for the card.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope that you have an amazing day!!!

Sandy

A Very Vintage Christmas Card

 Hello friends!  I love kitschy looking Christmas from the late 40's and 50's.  There is something about it that just speaks to me.  Maybe its that my Grandma and Mom decorated the house with things they had saved over the years - I don't know!  What I do know is when I see paper that has that style or vibe, I am all over it.  

The paper for this card is from Simple Stories.  The collection is Simple Vintage Holly Jolly.  I used paper from the 6 x 8 Paper Pad and pieces from Bits & Pieces and Sentiment Bits Packs.  I did add a little bit of Stickles on Santa's Beard to replicate the glittery cards from the past.

What inspired me to make this card was the new Spellbinders - Felt Stitch & Create Collection Dies: Candy Cane by Nichol Spohr.  This candy cane made from felt reminds me of the little ornaments we would stitch using felt, sequins and beads.  

The first candy cane I made, I used two layers of felt and while that would be perfect for many cards, I felt like it would be to heavy for this card.  In order to stitch just one layer of felt, I really needed some type of stabilizer so my stitches were regular and neat.  I was also concerned about my felt puckering.  The solution I came up with was to die cut a piece of cardstock.  

I laid a piece of felt on top of the cardstock and then laid on the red felt stripes.  I started stitching the red stripes first using red floss.  I went completely around each red piece and tied it off at each one.  Nicole Spohr has great informative tutorials on her YouTube channel to neat stitching.  I could have done a traditional backstitch since the back of my candy cane wouldn't be seen, but I went with Nicole's stitching suggestions.  I would high recommend gently poking out the little dots before you start stitching, it help you line up the layers perfectly.  I stitched the leaves and the holly the same way.  In order to stay with the nostalgic vibe, I added sequins and beads to the center of the holly berries.

Assembly:  I glued the candy cane to the card background.  I used hot glue to add the leaves, holly and tinsel also.  The sentiment and Santa were popped up with some foam squares.  

Spellbinders has come out with a number of different Felt Stitch & Create Dies.  I am really looking forward to doing more projects with them.  I think I am going to do a gingerbread man next!

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have a great day!!!