2024 Holiday Card Series #11

Hey friends, happy Black Friday! I hope all of my friends here in the U.S. had a wonderful Thanksgiving yesterday. Now that there are no more holidays left before Christmas, I am really feeling the pressure to get our Christmas cards done! So today I'm bringing you Day 11 of my Holiday Card Series using an oldie but a goodie stamp set, Winter Woodland by Pretty Pink Posh. I colored the images with Copic markers and trimmed them out with the matching dies.

Next I created my sky, blending Tumbled Glass, Cracked Pistachio, Evergreen Bough, Broken China, Uncharted Mariner, and Chipped Sapphire Distress Oxide Inks onto a panel of Bristol Cardstock in a bit of a streaky pattern. Then I trimmed down the panel with the largest of the Lawn Fawn Outside In Stitched Rectangle Stackables and added two Stitched Hillside Border snowdrifts. I added a sentiment from Pretty Pink Posh Holiday Greetings, and finished with a bit of Stardust Stickles.

If you'd like to see how this card came together, click the video thumbnail below, or you can find it HERE on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty. I really hope you enjoy it! And I so appreciate you being here. Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a lovely holiday season!

2024 Holiday Card Series #10

Hey friends, today I'm so happy to bring you Day 10 of my 2024 Holiday Card Series! Similar to Day 6, this card also features Mama Elephant's The Nutcracker and Cozy Christmas. That's because these two cards were originally planned to be filmed in one video! But I quickly realized that the coloring of all the wonderful details was going to take too long, so I split them up. In that way, today's video is a little bit of a Part 2, though certainly they can be viewed individually and separate from the other.

So I colored the images with Copics and trimmed them out with their matching dies. Then I brought in layers of Mintay patterned papers and Vellum for my background, added a Scripty Xmas sentiment, and popped the focal panel up with foam tape. I adhered my images and finished with a sprinkle of clear sequins and some Stardust Stickles.

If you'd like to see how this one came together, click the video thumbnail below, or you can find it HERE on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty. And stay tuned to the end of the video to see a side-by-side comparison of both cards! I think they each turned out unique, while sharing a few similarities. I hope you like them both! Thanks so much for stopping by!

2024 Holiday Card Series #9 - Lawn Fawn Feature

 Hey friends, today I am so thrilled and honored to be featured over on the Lawn Fawn blog and YouTube channel with a fun and festive all dies card using Book Collection. This one definitely brings together my two big passions: reading and card making! I'll have all other supplies and details in my post over there, so be sure to check that out. This is also Day 9 of my 2024 Holiday Card Series, so if you'd like to see how it came together, click on the video thumbnail below, or find it HERE on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty. I really hope you enjoy it! Have a lovely weekend!

2024 Holiday Card Series #8 - Lawn Fawnatics Feature

Hey friends, today I'm excited to be featured over on the Lawn Fawnatics blog with another card for our Holiday Critters challenge. This one features the adorable snow dog and snow cat, along with their entire Frosty Family and Frosty Family Add-on crew! For all other supplies and details, check out my post over there. This is also Day 8 of my 2024 Holiday Card Series! To see how this one came together, click the thumbnail below, or you can find the video tutorial HERE on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Lawn Fawnatics #185 - 2024 Holiday Card Series #185

Hey friends, it's time for another Lawn Fawnatics Challenge, and this is one of my favorites of the entire year, Holiday Critters! There is just something so festive about animals celebrating the season. For this card, I started out with the Simply Celebrate Santa stamp set, and added in images from Ho-Ho-Holidays and Holiday Helpers. I colored the images with Copic markers and trimmed them out with their matching dies.

For the background, I started by blending Distress Oxide Inks directly onto my Blue Jay card base. I used Chipped Sapphire and Black Soot to create a night sky, and splattered some white acrylic paint to create stars. Then I trimmed part of my sentiment out of Barn Red and Noble Fir Cardstock with Finley's ABCs. The rest, I white heat embossed onto Narwhal Cardstock.

For the house, I used Sage Leaf Cardstock, and for the roof, alternating rows of Narwhal and Storm Cloud. I added snowdrifts using the Stitched Simple Wavy Borders, and a chimney left over from a previous Lawn Fawn project using the brick wall stencil. I put it all together and finished the card with a bit of sparkle from Stardust Stickles.

This card is also Day 7 of my 2024 Holiday Card Series! So if you'd like to see how it came together, click the thumbnail below, or you can also find the video tutorial HERE on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty. I really hope you enjoy it! Also, don't forget to visit the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge blog to see what the rest of the designers have created to inspire you, and to link up your own projects to play along!

2024 Holiday Card Series #6

Hey friends, it's time for Day 6 of my 2024 Holiday Card Series and I had so much fun with this one. I love the story of The Nutcracker, so I was thrilled when Mama Elephant recently came out with this stamp set! I've been super excited to bring this one to life, and today was the day! I combined it with images from Busy Elves and Cozy Christmas, stamped them all in Lawn Fawn Jet Black Ink, colored them with Copic markers, and trimmed them out with the matching dies.

Next I pulled out some patterned papers from the Mintay Merry & Joy Add-on paper pad. I used one print for the focal panel, which I trimmed down with one of the Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables and stamped a sentiment on the middle right using Scripty Xmas. The other two prints I layered on my card base, and added a sheet of Vellum over top for a soft, filtered effect. Then I popped up the focal panel with foam tape, adhered my images, and finished with a sprinkling of Clear Sequins and some Stardust Stickles.

If you'd like to see how this card came together, click the thumbnail below, or you can also find the video tutorial HERE on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty. And if you've missed any of the previous days in this year's Holiday Card Series, you can access the entire playlist using the link above. Thanks so much for watching! I really hope you enjoy it. Have a great day!

Fawny Holiday Week - 2024 Holiday Card Series #5

It's Fawny Holiday Week over on the Lawn Fawn blog and YouTube channel! It's going to be a super fun week FULL of holiday inspiration surrounding all things Lawn Fawn. Each day there will be a new video and a GIVEAWAY too! So make sure you check back often for your chance to win some goodies and to simply be inspired.

It's my honor and privilege to get to help kick off Day 1 with the first video! I just adore polar bears, so I wanted to make a fun Christmas card featuring the cubs from Snow Much Fun and Den Sweet Den combined with Treat Cart. I also added in accessory images to complete the scene from Treat Cart Add-on: Coffee, Holiday Helpers, and A Creature Was Stirring. I colored them with Copic markers and trimmed them out with their matching dies.

Then I created a focal panel by cutting down some Candy Cane Lane 6x6 patterned paper for my sky, and adding two Stitched Hillside Borders snowdrifts. I stamped my sentiment on the bottom one in Merman Ink. Then I popped that up with foam tape over two layered prints of patterned paper for a fun, peppermint polar party! I added a few Clear Sequins and some Stardust Stickles to finish it off.

This card is also Day 5 of my 2024 Holiday Card Series on my own YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty, so come check it out! And if you've missed any other videos in the series this far, you can click the link above to take you to the full playlist. Or you can find today's video HERE. I really hope you enjoy today's video and all of Fawny Holiday Week! Thanks so much for stopping by!

2024 Holiday Card Series #4

Hey friends, today I'm excited to bring you Day 4 of my 2024 Holiday Card Series! And this one is kind of a bonus because I'm actually creating TWO cards, instead of my usual one. I could not wait to ink up my new Mama Elephant Elephant Cheer stamp set. These little guys are the cutest! I colored up four of the six and two of the trees with Copic markers, and trimmed them out with their matching dies.

These cards both feature three different prints of patterned paper from the Simple Stories Santa's Village 6x8 pad, two on the card base and one in the background serving as my wallpaper. For the floor, I used a strip of Lawn Fawn Woodgrain Cardstock, and stamped a greeting onto an Everyday Sentiment Banner. Then I popped up a Flirty Scallop Frame to encapsulate my scene and finished with a bit of Stardust Stickles.

I also finished off the insides of these cards with the opposite sentiment and one of the two remaining elephant images. They were too adorable not to use them all! You can check out the video tutorial by clicking the thumbnail below, or find it HERE on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty. I really hope you enjoy it! Thanks so much for watching!

2024 Holiday Card Series #3 - Lawn Fawnatics #184

Hey friends, it's time for another Lawn Fawnatics Challenge and this time we've got a pretty Holiday Inspiration photo and color palette to inspire you. For my card, I really wanted to ink up the adorable, new Cheesy Christmas. These mice are just so cute! I combined a bunch of stamp sets to pair with them, including Holiday Helpers, A Creature Was Stirring, Christmas Dreams, and Fly High. I colored all of the images with Copic markers, and trimmed them out with the matching dies.

For the background, I cut down some Candy Cane Lane 6x6 patterned paper and Light Brown Woodgrain Cardstock with the Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables to be my wallpaper and floor, then added a thin strip of white cardstock for my baseboard. I glued that to a Kraft card base and adhered my images over top. Then I stamped a sentiment onto a Simple Wavy Banner and added that to the top right and trimmed off the excess. And of course, I finished things off with a bit of Stardust Stickles.

This card is Day 3 of my 2024 Holiday Card Series, so I hope you'll check out the video tutorial, either by clicking the thumbnail below or finding it HERE on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty. I really hope you enjoy it! I had so much fun creating this one. Also, be sure to visit the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge blog to check out the rest of the design team's Holiday Inspiration and to link up your own projects to play along. We can't wait to see what you create!