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 #2 - Lawn Fawnatics Feature

 Hey friends, today I'm so thrilled to be featured over on the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge blog with another card for our Monochromatic challenge. Since my last contribution was a Halloween card, I decided to go with Christmas this time, and I picked blue for my color palette. I combined images from Winter Birds and Frosty Fairy Friends, but I'll have all the other supplies and details listed in my post over there. This is also Day 2 of my 2024 Holiday Card Series, so I hope you'll check out the video! Click the thumbnail below, or find it HERE on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty. I hope you enjoy it!

Mama Elephant 12th Anniversary Stampede - 2024 Holiday Card Series #1

Hey friends, boy is it an exciting day today! It's Day 2 of Mama Elephant's 12th Anniversary Stampede and I am so honored and thrilled to be helping them celebrate again this year! The stampede is taking place over on Instagram, so be sure to check out all list of all the hop participants at the bottom of this post. There's going to be giveaways and prizes and free gifts with purchase, plus a 10% off site wide discount that you are not going to want to miss out on!

I made two cards featuring the adorable Build a Snowman stamps and coordinating dies, plus the Yuletide Greetings stamps, and the gorgeous Eyelet Frames. I'll have more details about the supplies in my video tutorial, which is also Day 1 of my 2024 Holiday Card Series. You can watch by clicking the thumbnail below, or find it HERE on my YouTube channel. I really hope you enjoy it!

 

And now, get ready to STAMPEDE!

Happy Anniversary to you and ME! We are celebrating 12 years of being in this wonderful industry full of kind people who share the love of crafting and making new friends! We had never imagined being in such a more inspirational community full of color, love and joy! 

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Check out the rest of the hop for amazing inspiration from our Design Team and Friends!

To celebrate Mama Elephant will pick three random winners per Stampede day the collective Design Team and Guest Designer's Stampede posts (Instagram, Facebook or YouTube) to win a $25 gift card to mamaelephant.com, so let's get to it and hop along with us!

9/15 STAMPEDE DAY 1

@mamaelephant

@jennifermcguireink

@jessicafrostballas

@twiddlersnook

@vera_rhuhay

@popsiclesticks

9/16 STAMPEDE DAY 2

@mamaelephant

@laurafadora

@christygetscrafty

@nguyenindoubt_makecards

@nicholspohr

@dasmimz

9/17 STAMPEDE DAY 3

@mamaelephant

@starofmay

@pinkpeppermintcards

@craftee1

@cre8iveli

@craftmusubi

And don't forget our promotion celebration!