Monthly Archives: October 2020

Christmas Comes Early

Sometimes . . . right? If you are a crafter, it’s time to start thinking about what you are going to be doing for Christmas this year! If you aren’t going to be able to be around your family, you will want to get it in the mail a bit earlier than in years past!

This project started out as a simple little project, and got to be so much more by the time I was done! Do you ever have that happen??

So, today’s fun project is a paper bag that is filled with some fun things! A super cute card hides in the very back pocket, and in front, there are two cocoa packets, two instant coffee packets, and two little spoons!

I literally just used scraps of paper for this project! I bet NONE of you have ANY of those! 😉

The card was super fun, and so easy to put together as well! I did have to cut some pieces for it (a few extra to give it the chipboard embellishment feel), but it was soooo easy! Except for the card base itself, every bit of this card came from scraps as well! It was a project that was just meant to be!

And, of course, I couldn’t NOT do the inside as well! Yup, you guessed it, more scraps!

I hope you love my little project! Take a peek over at the H2H challenge this week (Christmas comes early), and play along!

Products used to create this project:
Comfort & Joy Paper Packet
Comfort & Joy Cardmaking stamps and thin cuts
New England Ivy Cardstock
Black Cardstock
Card base & Envelope
Foam tape
Liquid Glass
Versamark Ink
White Embossing Powder
Twine (from stash)

Tools used:
Fiskars Paper Trimmer
Micro tip Non Stick scissors
Heat Tool
Mini Stapler

H2H’s New To You

Welcome to another weekly challenge hosted over at the Heart 2 Heart blog! This week is all about what’s new to you! And the majority of this card is all NEW TO ME!

Isn’t this card just adorable? I LOVE this little guy! So, I started by die cutting the gnome (From Garden Gnomes) twice, and then stamping with intense black ink. I also stamped him on the red pattern paper from the Comfort and Joy, and on the mistletoe paper (for the bottom of his parka). I let those dry while I moved onto the next step.

Next I used chipped sapphire distress ink with the ink blending tool to create the background for this cute guy! Then I took my card base, and again used the chipped sapphire distress ink for the edges, and went lighter on the ink the further down I went on the card base. Then I used the black soot distress ink to start at the bottom of the card base and work up, blending the two colors together.

While those were drying, I grabbed a few tri-blend markers and colored in the beard, nose, gloves, and boots on one of the stamped die cuts. (I’ll list them below) I cut out those pieces. I then cut out the pieces stamped on the B&T papers (the pretty ones). I used my liquid glass and glued the pieces, layered, onto the other stamped gnome!

I used the three dots to simulate snow falling, and stamped with versa mark ink and covered that with white embossing powder. The heat gun made quick work of the heating of those, and they popped quite nicely against the distressed background! I popped that up over the card base with some 3-d Foam tape.

Next I used a piece of white daisy cardstock, and tore it twice to get the fun snow hills behind my gnome! Pop up Mr. Gnome with some thin and regular 3-D foam tape!

Viola! Our card is DONE! I love the little gnomie! I didn’t add a sentiment, but can do that inside, or add a flagged sentiment later when sending it.

What papers do YOU think would be fun to use for his hat and parka? I would LOVE to know!

Thanks for stopping by! I do hope you play along with the H2H challenge!

~ Michelle

CTMH Items used:

Comfort & Joy paper packet
White daisy cardstock
Intense Black Ink
Chipped Sapphire Distress Oxide Ink
Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink
Versamark Ink
White Embossing Powder
Black Marker
Earth Brown Blend
Pale Pink Blend
Yellow Green Blend
Brown Grey Blend
3-D Foam Tape
Thin 3-D Foam Tape
Liquid Glass
Non Stick Microtip Scissors
Mini Ink Blending Tool

With All My Love

Can you believe it’s October?! This year has taken forever and flown by at the same time!

Well, with a new month is a new Stamp of the Month! This month’s stamp is called “With All My Love” and is a super cute set, that allows you to color if you want, but you DON’T have to! That’s my kind of stamp!

This set has some great sentiments on it too! I love that there is some variety in the fonts on there! (Plus, you can start planning for Valentine’s day, with the heart and the XOXO! 😉 )

Now, you see that I have mentioned a VIP membership, right? Well, that’s NEW starting today, too! This is a super great program, designed to give the customers the best rewards! Rewards, you say? That’s what you heard, right? How about some of these:

FREE SOTM!
Earn 15% back from every purchase
Special workshops/classes JUST for VIP members!

I’ll be doing a quick video later today to chat with you all about it! I hope you will join me over in my FB Group!

I hope you like the stamp set! I will be sharing more artwork with it throughout the month!

Until later, Have a fantastic day!!

~ Michelle