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Winter Foliage Cards with Pretty Pink Posh

| marialrussell

It’s been a very hectic week for me but I managed to make these two Christmas Cards today from the latest holiday release by Pretty Pink Posh.


For today’s projects, I am showcasing the Winter Foliage Dies along with the Happy Santa Stamp Set (sentiment) and Ruby Red Pearls.

Here’s how I made this first card:

  • ink-blend some Bristol Smooth white card stock with Evergreen Boughs Distress Oxide ink.
  • die-cut the holly leaves and pine boughs using the Winter Foliage Dies.
  • die-cut the Poinsettia a few times with some dark pink card stock.
  • layer the die-cuts inside a used box. Water-down some white paint on an acrylic block and use a brush to sprinkle the paint on the die-cuts. This added texture and interest to the die-cuts.
  • foam-mount the poinsettia on the card panel for more dimension and adhere the greenery with liquid glue.
  • finish the card design by stamping the sentiment from the Happy Santa Stamp Set.

Since I already die-cut a few of the winter foliage and have another card panel prepared, I created another card. This time, I only used the Holly Leaves, another type of greenery and the Pine Boughs.

I foam-mounted the Holly Leaves onto the card for more dimension and used the Ruby Red Pearls for my berries, adhering the pearls and the greenery on the card with liquid glue.

I finished my card design by stamping the sentiment with some Versafine Onyx Black ink. Here’s another look at the second card:

I hope you like these cards today and got inspired. Below, you will find links to the supplies used to create these projects. Where available, I use compensated affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Your support helps me to keep bringing you new projects and inspiration. Thank you for stopping by, and have an amazing day!

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2 Christmas Cards with Pretty Pink Posh

| marialrussell

I am slowly unpacking the boxes at my new location and it has been overwhelming to say the least. Creating a project is very challenging right now because I can’t seem to find a lot of my stuff. Luckily, these items from Pretty Pink Posh’s October release was one of the first box I’ve found!


For today’s projects, I am showcasing the Mitten Shaker Dies, along with the Layered Mitten Stencils, Layered Winter Foliage Stencils, Winter Wishes Script Die, Winter Foliage Dies, Pine Green Pearls and Peppermints Clay Confetti.

Here’s how I made this first card:

  • adhere the silver mittens on the card using tape runner.
  • create a shaker well on the pink mitten by adding some foam adhesive. Adhere the pink negative piece on the card on top of the silver mitten and use Peppermints Clay Confetti as your shaker element. Adhere the mitten to close the shaker.
  • use the Mitten Shaker Die again to die-cut just the end of the mitten piece. Stamp the sentiment on this piece with Versamark ink and heat-set with the heating tool. Adhere the same on the mitten with liquid glue.
  • finish the design by adhering the Snowflake, the pine boughs that were die-cut using the Winter Foliage Dies and add texture by adhering some Pine Green Pearls.

Since I already die-cut a few of the mittens, I decided to create an extra project. This time I ink-blended the panel using the Layered Winter Foliage Stencils and some distress oxide inks. I followed the steps above to adhere the panel on some A2-size notecard and added the mittens.

I finished the card design by adhering the Winter Wishes Script Die-cut with liquid glue. Here’s another look:

I hope you like these cards today and got inspired. Below, you will find links to the supplies used to create these projects. Where available, I use compensated affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Your support helps me to keep bringing you new projects and inspiration. Thank you for stopping by, and have an amazing day!

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Happy Holidays with Pretty Pink Posh

| marialrussell

Hello my crafty friends! I’m super excited to announce that I am guest-designing for Pretty Pink Posh for the months of November and December! This amazing bundle from the October Release was sent to me a few weeks back, but I had to keep my excitement on hold and announce it this month.

Incidentally, this bundle below is discounted at 15% off so you will save quite a bit of money if you purchase it now. It is packed full of goodies that you wouldn’t want to miss to create your holiday projects!

For my project today, I am showcasing the Pine Trees Die Set, along with the Happy Santa Stamp and Coordinating Dies, Layered Snowflakes Stencil, Christmas Friends Stamp and Coordinating Dies.

Here’s how I made this card:

  • foam-mount the ink-blended panel on some red slimline card base.
  • die-cut the trees using the Pine Trees Die Set on some white glitter card stock. Adhere them on the card with glue.
  • add a snowbank die-cut to the card and start adhering the colored images. Using a Reverse Grip Tweezers to grab your images and adding glue and adhering them to your card make things a lot easier.
  • Finish the card design by stamping the sentiment on some red card stock with Versamark ink. Sprinkle some white embossing powder and heat-set with the Heating Tool/Gun.
  • adhere the sentiment onto the card.

Here’s another look:

I hope you like this card today and got inspired. Below, you will find links to the supplies used to create this project(s). Where available, I use compensated affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Your support helps me to keep bringing you new projects and inspiration. Thank you for stopping by, and have an amazing day!

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3 Last-Minute Halloween Cards with Matching Envelopes | LDRS Creative

| marialrussell

Hello my crafty friends! Are you all done creating Halloween Cards yet?! If you are looking to create some last-minute Halloween cards without the fuss of stamping and coloring images, here’s a cute project for you (or should I say, a couple?)!  These cards are so easy to make and they have cute matching envelopes to boot!

For today’s projects, I am showcasing the Trick-or-Treat 6×6 Halloween Paper Pack, along with the A2 Diagonal Stitched Layered Card Toppers, Large Word Halloween Dies, A2 Envelope Dies and A2 Envelope Liner Die.  Let me just tell you that the new A2 Envelope Dies with the A2 Envelope Liner Die are SO EASY to put together and they look like you bought them from a stationery store!

All 3 cards (and envelopes) were made the same way!  If I wasn’t running out of the Trick-or-Treat Halloween Paper, I could have made more, to be honest!

I started by die-cutting the sentiments using the Large Word Halloween Dies [this die-set is another favorite of mine from the latest release] on some different colors of card stock.  I adhered them together with liquid glue.

Next, the background panel was die-cut using the A2 Diagonal Stitched Layered Card Toppers Die and adhered on some black A2-size notecard.  I foam-mounted the Halloween Sentiments onto the card for added dimension.  Easy peasy and I’m done with all three cards!  However, I wanted to add some matching envelopes to finish the design.  I used the A2 Envelope Dies and the A2 Envelope Liner Die to die-cut some black and gray card stock and the matching Halloween Paper that I used to create the cards.  I adhered them together using some strong adhesive.  Here’s another look at the finished projects:

I hope you like these cards today and got inspired. Below, you will find links to the supplies used to create these projects. Where available, I use compensated affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Your support helps me to keep bringing you new projects and inspiration. Thank you for stopping by, and have an amazing day!

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NND October Release Day 4 – Snowflake Oval + Giveaway

| marialrussell

I am a bit bummed because it’s the last day of the Newton’s Nook October Release. I hope you were able to check out the reveals since Monday.  You also have a chance to win the stamp set being revealed each day so please read through til the end of the blog post to find out more info.  [Just a little important note:  I know some of you had difficulties finding the comments section.  If you would like to leave a comment to participate in the giveaway, the “comments section” will only be ever visible when a single post on Word Press is being viewed. Please click on this particular blog post and you will be able to leave a comment below.  Thank you!]  

For Day 4, we are showcasing the Snowflake Oval Stamp Set that coordinates with the Oval Frames Die Set.

I started by prepping the pink card stock with the anti-static powder tool. I stamped the image with Versamark ink and sprinkled some gold embossing powder, then heat-set with the heating tool.

I stamped the sentiment also with Versamark ink and used the same gold embossing powder.

Next, I die-cut the focal panel using the Oval Frames Die Set and foam-mounted on a gold oval frames notecard for added dimension. This card is really simple but I love how it turned out.

Would you like to win the “Snowflake Oval” Stamp Set? We will choose one lucky winner for each stamp set!

Here’s how to win: Comment on the NND blog and Design Team blogs (see list below)!  The winner will be chosen at random from the collective reveal posts. Make sure to check out each of their blogs and comment for your chance to win. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Thursday October 13th at 9pm ET to comment  — winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday October 14th. 

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

Newton’s Nook Designs

Donna Idlet

Ellen Haxelmans

Tina Herbeck

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Zsofia Molnar

Maria Russell

Farhana Sarker

Tatiana Trafimovich

Amanda Wilcox

NND October Release Day 3 – Christmas Nap & Newton’s Gift + Giveaway

| marialrussell

Hello and Welcome to the Newton’s Nook October Release. I hope you were able to check out the reveals from Monday.  You also have a chance to win the stamp set being revealed each day so please read through til the end of the blog post to find out more info.  [Just a little important note:  I know some of you had difficulties finding the comments section.  If you would like to leave a comment to participate in the giveaway, the “comments section” will only be ever visible when a single post on Word Press is being viewed. Please click on this particular blog post and you will be able to leave a comment below.  Thank you!]  

For Day 3, we are showcasing the Christmas Nap Stamp Set + Coordinating Dies with the Newton’s Gift Stamp Set and Coordinating Dies.

I started by stamping my images on some X-Press It Blending Card and colored the images in with alcohol markers. I used the coordinating dies to cut them out.

Next, I ink-blended some Bristol Smooth white card stock and covered the bottom part with masking tape. I used the Starfield Stencil and Antique Linen Distress oxide ink with my blending brush. I removed the masking tape and lightly ink-blended the same color at the bottom of the panel. I adhered this on some A2-size white notecard.

I added the focal image on the card with foam adhesive for more dimension. I stamped the sentiment using Versamark ink on a strip of red card stock. I sprinkled some white embossing powder and heat-set with the heating tool, adhering the sentiment with liquid glue. Here’s another look:

My next project was also stamped on some X-Press It blending card and die-cut with the coordinating die. I also die-cut the tag using the Fancy Edges Tag Die Set with the new Canine Christmas Paper Pad and some Neenah solar white card stock, adhering them with liquid glue.

The focal image was foam-mounted onto the tag for added dimension.

I finished the tag by adding some red ribbon and gold jingle bell, then stamped the sentiment with some red dye ink. Here’s another look:

Would you like to win the “Christmas Nap” or “Newton’s Gift” Stamp Set? We will choose one lucky winner for each stamp set!

Here’s how to win: Comment on the NND blog and Design Team blogs (see list below)!  The winner will be chosen at random from the collective reveal posts. Make sure to check out each of their blogs and comment for your chance to win. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Thursday October 13th at 9pm ET to comment  — winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday October 14th. 

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

Newton’s Nook Designs

Donna Idlet

Ellen Haxelmans

Tina Herbeck

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Zsofia Molnar

Maria Russell

Farhana Sarker

Tatiana Trafimovich

Amanda Wilcox

NND October Release Day 2 – Christmas Haul and Wreath Pups + Giveaway

| marialrussell

Hello and Welcome to the Newton’s Nook October Release. I hope you were able to check out yesterday’s reveal.  You also have a chance to win the stamp set being revealed each day so please read through til the end of the blog post to find out more info.  [Just a little important note:  I know some of you had difficulties finding the comments section.  If you would like to leave a comment to participate in the giveaway, the “comments section” will only be ever visible when a single post on Word Press is being viewed. Please click on this particular blog post and you will be able to leave a comment below.  Thank you!]  

For Day 2, we are showcasing the Christmas Haul Stamp Set + Coordinating Dies with the Wreath Pups Stamp Set + Coordinating Dies.

I started by stamping my images on some X-Press It Blending Card and colored the images in with alcohol markers. I used the coordinating dies to cut them out.

Next, I ink-blended some Bristol Smooth white card stock with some Distress Oxide ink and adhered this panel on some A2-size notecard. I die-cut a panel of some Neenah Solar white card stock using the oval die from the Oval Frames Die Set to create a window. I dry-embossed this using some embossing folder and foam-mounted this panel for added dimension.

I covered the card front with some masking tape and use some diluted white gouache to add some white splatters on the background for added texture. I adhered the focal image on the panel with liquid glue. Lastly, I added some white pearls for added texture and interest and stamped the sentiment with black ink to finish the design. Here’s another look:

My next project has a ton of texture! I used the Snowfall Stencil with some texture paste on some Neenah Solar White Card Stock. I set this aside to dry for about half an hour and adhered this panel on some A2-size notecard.

Next, I die-cut some Bristol Smooth White card using a die from the Frames & Flags Die Set and ink-blended this panel with some distress oxide inks. I also die-cut the snowbank using the Land Border Die and adhered this piece on the card with liquid glue.

Foam-mounting the focal image was necessary to create more dimension to this rather simple card. The sentiment was stamped with Versamark ink and heat-set with heating tool and adhered on the card with liquid glue.

I finished the card design by using some white gel pen to add some dots and stars for added texture and interest. Here’s another look:

Would you like to win the “Holiday Haul” or the “Wreath Pups Stamp Set? We will choosse one lucky winner for each stamp set!

Here’s how to win: Comment on the NND blog and Design Team blogs (see list below)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective reveal posts. Make sure to check out each of their blogs and comment for your chance to win. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Thursday October 13th at 9pm ET to comment  — winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday October 14th. 

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

Newton’s Nook Designs

Donna Idlet

Ellen Haxelmans

Tina Herbeck

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Zsofia Molnar

Maria Russell

Farhana Sarker

Tatiana Trafimovich

Amanda Wilcox

NND October Release Day 1 – Holiday Heights + Canine Christmas & Christmas Time Paper Pad + Christmas Tree Line Stencil + Giveaway

| marialrussell

Hello and Welcome to the Newton’s Nook October Release. I am so excited to show off the new products by Newton’s Nook Designs.  You also have a chance to win the stamp set being revealed each day so please read through til the end of the blog post to find out more info.  [Just a little important note:  I know some of you had difficulties finding the comments section.  If you would like to leave a comment to participate in the giveaway, the “comments section” will only be ever visible when a single post on Word Press is being viewed. Please click on this particular blog post and you will be able to leave a comment below.  Thank you!]  

For Day 1 of the reveals, we are showcasing the Holiday Heights Stamp Set + Coordinating Dies, along with the Canine Christmas and Christmas Time Paper Pad with the Christmas Tree Line Stencil.

I started by stamping my images on some X-Press It Blending Card and colored the images in with alcohol markers. I used the coordinating dies to cut them out.

On some A2-size Neenah solar white card stock, I used some masking tape and temporarily adhere it diagonally and used some blending brush and SpuN Sugar Distress Oxide ink to slightly add color to this panel. I then used the Starfield Stencil and some texture paste to add more texture to the panel. I set this aside to let it dry for about half an hour and adhered the colored image to the panel.

Next, I adhered the card front on some red notecard. I also adhered some white card stock inside the notecard measuring 4 X 5 1/4.

I die-cut the sentiment strip using a one of the dies from the Frames & Flags die set. I stamped the sentiment using VersaMark ink and sprinkled some white embossing powder. I used my heating tool to heat set and adhered the strip onto the card with liquid glue.

I finished the card design by adding a gold star on top of the tree and gold baubles for added texture. Here’s another look:

Would you like to win the “Holiday Heights” Stamp Set? This stamp set will be given away to ONE lucky winner!

Here’s how to win: Comment on the NND blog and Design Team blogs (see list below)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective reveal posts. Make sure to check out each of their blogs and comment for your chance to win. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Thursday October 13th at 9pm ET to comment  — winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday October 14th. 

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

Newton’s Nook Designs

Donna Idlet

Ellen Haxelmans

Tina Herbeck

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Zsofia Molnar

Maria Russell

Farhana Sarker

Tatiana Trafimovich

Amanda Wilcox

Creepy & Kooky Halloween Card with Kat Scrappiness

| marialrussell

Hello KS fans! I’m sharing this super simple Halloween card today showcasing the Creepy and Kooky Halloween Paper Pad, along with the Happy Halloween Word Die with Shadow, Creepy Crawly Dies (spider), Peacock Backdrop Die, Dress-Up Quokka Stamp Set, Quokka Halloween Costume Add On Stamp and Mint Green AB Solid Round Confetti Sequins.

Sometimes, you just don’t have the time or energy to die-cut a lot of pieces to create a scene for your card. I am showing you a simple way to create a cute Halloween card without spending too much time, and use up those cute pattern paper without overwhelming the design.

Here’s how I made this project:

  • Stamp the image from the Quokka Halloween Costume Add On Stamp on Neenah solar white card stock. Stamp the image again on some masking paper and use precision snips to fussy-cut the masking image.
  • Stamp the Dress-Up Quokka Stamp Set onto the masked image. Remove the mask and color the images with alcohol markers.
  • Use Brother Scan N Cut machine to die-cut the image or precision snips if you don’t have the machine.
  • Die-cut the background panel using the Peacock Backdrop Die and adhere on some A2-size top-folding notecard.
  • Die-cut some black circle using the Never-Ending Circle Dies and cut some black strip as well measuring 2 1/4 by 4 1/4. Adhere both pieces on the card.

Here’s another look:

I hope you like this super simple Halloween card today and got inspired. Below, you will find links to the supplies used to create this project(s). Where available, I use compensated affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Your support helps me to keep bringing you new projects and inspiration. Thank you for stopping by, and have an amazing day!

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