Eat, drink and be merry... Another Christmas card

Hello,

Red and black are all over the paper pad I used for my 30 cards, so here is another one...

Base is a 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" rectangle fold in half. I cut the black frame from a journaling sheet from the pad (North Pole Gazette, Recollections), and the red frame from a sheet covered with Christmas saying. Both frame are mounted with 3D foam squares to give some dimension to the card.

If you're new to the blog, there is a giveaway going on until Christmas. I made 30 cards, one for each day during the month before Christmas, and if you comment on one or more, you will enter the giveaway. The more you comment, the more chance you will have to win. Check out this post for details and prize...

If you're looking for a good sale on scrapbooking or cardmaking stuff, Scrapbook.com has its 12 Days of Christmas sale going on. 12 hot brands on sale, 20% to 50% off Tim Holtz products today and a different freebie every day ! Today it's an Echo Park Spring Market Ephemera pack !

This second post (see my new canvas, it's the first one) was the 10th of 30 cards. I hope to see you tomorrow for the 11th...
Have a great day !

Fall meet Winter canvas

Hi there !

I'm glad to see you today with a project for the Art Anthology blog :

It's a small canvas where I used gel mediums to paint this landscape with small brushes. The effect is different than acrylic paint and the colors vibrants.

The colors I used are : 50 Shades and Silver for the background, red Desire Velvet, orange Tango Velvet, Portobello Velvet, Gold Metal Effect for the leaves and Tuxedo and Onyx Shine for the trees.

I am no artist painter, but it was fun to create it and I like the result. You should try it too !

I made a video for you if you want to see how I did it...

Thank you for stopping by. You can come back later, I will have another Christmas card for you...

Have a very nice day !

Can I have some glitter with this Christmas ?

Happy Sunday !

It's time to have some glitter on my cards, don't you think ? Here is my 9th card with red glitter...

Last year, I bought this cute die set with trees by Little B and I'm glad I can put it in use this year too ! I was a perfect fit in the center of the kraft journaling tag. I add a cut sentiment , a border with holly, and a red glitter border cut with decorative scissors.

You don't have glitter paper ? You can add sparkle some with glitter glue... It's the freebie of the day at scrapbook.com ! A Ranger Ink Stickles Glitter Glue Frozen ! And that is along the sale of 12 Hot Brands (Ranger, Sizzix, Prima, American Crafts... and more) at 20 to 50% off and for the last day only 20 to 50% off Tim Holtz products too !

I wish you a great starting week, and will see you tomorrow for another card ! And don't forget to comment this post to enter my giveaway !

Believe - A Christmas card

Hello everyone !

Day 8 of my 30 cards before Christmas giveaway ! If you're new to this blog, check out my first card to see rules and prize...

Another red and black card for today, with three dies and one black pen :

The base is a 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" rectangle fold in half. The red paper is cut with a double stitched rectangle die rectangle by Cottage Cutz, the circle is cut with a Lawn Fawn stitched die, and the believe came from the Naughty or Nice dies set by Spellbinders.

It is very tempting to add a flower or a ribbon to these cards, but I did stick to my rule to only use scissors and dies with the papers... I only outlined the stitches with a black pen.

If you want some dies to create your Christmas cards too, now is a good time to do so because scrapbook.com has 12 hot brands on sale during the 12 Days of Christmas Sale, plus 20% to 50% off Tim Holtz products and today only a freebie : A Ranger / Tim Holtz pack of 2 Distress crayons !

Thank you for stopping by today, I hope to see you tomorrow too !


P.S. : here are some affiliate links to products I used in this project

• Lawn Fawn - Lawn Cuts - Dies - Stitched Circle Frames
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• Nested Dies - Wacky Stitched Rectangle
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• Spellbinders - Holiday Collection - Christmas - D-Lites Die - Naughty or Nice
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Christmas delivery card

Hello again !

Still playing with my papers and this time I used a circle die and a 3D bow punch :

The Christmas delivery stamped image is hand cut but the black circle is not. I used a stitched circle die by Lawn Fawn on one of the square countdown tag of the pad.
The punched bow add some nice dimension to this card. I made it with the Fiskars Bow tie punch. By the way, Fiskars has an incredible customer service. I used the punch once before the upper part was defective, so I contacted the customer service and they sent me a remplacement punch right away ! I received it in few days ! And so I can use them on my cards !

We are now in December. It's day 7 for my cards, my daughters started to open their Advent Calendars, and it's also the first of the 12 Days of Christmas at scrapbook.com ! You will find 12 Hot Brands on sale at the same time ! And today you will have a freebie with every order : an exclusive Vintage Girl 6x6 paper pad by Photoplay ! Hurry, this freebie is today only...

Don't forget to comment on this post (and on the others 2018 cards for more chance) to enter my giveaway. Have a nice Saturday and see you tomorrow !


P.S. : here are some affiliate links of products I used for this card

• Fiskars - Squeeze Punch - Extra Large - Bow Tie
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• Lawn Fawn - Lawn Cuts - Dies - Stitched Circle Frames
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• Scor-Pal - Scor-Pal Eighths Measuring and Scoring Board - 12 x 12
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Have a Holly Jolly Christmas card

Hello !

Another card with a die, still cut from the North Pole Gazette paper pad (Recollections) :

The card base is a 10"x 7" silver and black rectangle fold in half. The tag matted with red is a journaling tag from the pad. I cut out 4 snowflakes that I placed on 3D adhesive foam on its corners.
I found this die by Spellbinders lovely, this Christmas phrase in shape of a tree is really cute.

Let me remind you about my giveaway : 30 days, 30 cards before Christmas. Comment at least on one of them to enter the giveaway. The more cards you comment, the chance you have to win. Being a follower is not mandatory but really appreciated. Look at this post for details and prize.

Have a wonderful day and see you tomorrow...

Advent calendar made with Cricut

Hello !

In Europe, we have this cute tradition called Advent calendar. I know in the States you have the 12 days before Christmas, but this is different. This calendar start on December 1st and stop at Christmas. You have an opening window for each day, with a surprise inside. The most common ones are filled with chocolates, but we can see more and more of brands making their own, a lot with beauty products. I have two daughters, and one love the beauty surprises, the other one doesn't care, preferring kawaii (cute japanese) surprises and food.

Well I decided (again) to create one for each girl, and I did it with the help of my Cricut and the Tags, bags and boxes cartridge.

I cut a box <purse2-h> for each day, with different sizes from 7" to 4", using the "A Winter's Night" paper pad by Recollections. I had it for $5 on sale and made two calendars with only half of the pad !

One of the design sheet was ornaments with number : it was perfect for my calendars as the pad has two of this sheet ! So I cut each number/ornament, and made a small hole to attach it to the bag.

Each bag has a string (different lengths), and I arrange them by number, with the 1 on the front, so the girls can pick one bag without disturbing the others.

By the way, the Black Friday deals are still available on the Cricut website, and until the Nov, 30th there is a coupon code for free shipping : FREESHIP49 (for $49 order and up). You could have a big box under the tree in time for Christmas...

My Cricut is always very helpful to create personalized gift. Take a look at the Advent Calendar I made in 2016.

Thank you for stopping by today. See you soon for another project...