There’s Snow One Like You with Kat Scrappiness

November 8, 2018November 8, 2018 | marialrussell

Hello my crafty peeps! Maria here with you today and I’m back with a Christmas card, showcasing the Merry Critters stamp set. I LOVE this stamp set so much and I just couldn’t wait to play with it.

I started by stamping my images on Neenah solar white card stock and colored them in with my Copic markers. The little yellow bird reminds me so much of tweety! Here’s what the stamp set look like:

Since this stamp set didn’t come with coordinating dies, I die-cut the images using my Brother Scan N Cut 2.

I inked up my background with some distress oxide inks. I ahve been loving the Tumbled Glass and Spun Sugar color combination lately! It gives the perfect wintery-sky! Here’s my card:

I used some white glittered card stock as well to create my snow hill. I think this card turned out so cute. Here’s a little close-up:

I hope you like my project today. The supplies I used are listed and linked blow. Please consider supporting me by clicking on those links. Don’t forget to use my coupon code “MARIA10” for 10% off your order. Have an amazing day!

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Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog Hop with CAS-ual Fridays

October 19, 2018October 19, 2018 | marialrussell

Hello coffee lovers and CAS-ual Fridays fans! I am so excited because today, the CFS Ink Squad is collaborating with the Coffee Loving Cardmakers group. There will be tons of inspiration during this hop and if you leave comments, you will have the chance to win 1 of 3 $25 Gift Certificates.

For my project, I am showcasing the Coffee Cup Fri-Dies, Coffee Talk Stamp Set and the Hot Coffee stamp set.

I started by stamping my image on some smooth white card stock. I die-cut the image using the Coffee Cup Fri-Dies. I colored the image with my Copic markers.

I die-cut a piece of some Bristol Smooth white card stock and used a stencil from my stash to color my background. I used Carved Pumpkin and Wild Honey distress oxide inks. I smooshed my Vintage Photo distress oxide onto an acrylic block and added water, then used my watercolor brush to splatter some colors on my background. I adhered the coffee cup onto my card.

The stamp sets that I used for this card are definitely must-haves for any coffee lovers! I think the sentiments are so funny! Here’s a little close-up:

I finished my card design by adding some Sparkling Clear Jewels. Don’t you think the little color splotches look like coffee? I love how this card turned out.

Please don’t forget to use my coupon code below if you’d like to order the stamps and dies I used today. Hop along with us by clicking on the link below to see more inspiration from the Coffee Loving Cardmakers DT and CAS-ual Fridays Ink Squad. Don’t forget to leave a comment for a chance to win 1 of 3 $25 Gift Certificates. I hope you like my card and got inspired. Happy crafting!

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Newton’s Nook Designs October Release – Day 4

October 18, 2018October 18, 2018 | marialrussell

It is the last day of the October reveals by Newton’s Nook Designs. Were you able to check out the first three days of the reveal? Which one is your favorite so far? You have a chance to win each stamp set during release week so check out the details I have indicated at the end of this blog post. [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 the last day of the October reveals, the design team is showcasing the Slothy Christmas stamp set and coordinating dies, the Happy How-lidays stamp set and coordinating dies with two new mini stamp sets called Mistle-Toad and Fleece Navidad with their coordinating dies. Here’s what they look like:

I stamped and colored all the images with my Copic markers. I die-cut the images with the coordinating dies. Also die-cut the other elements I needed to create my scene. Here’s my first card:

The little stockings are from the Ornament Shaker Dies. The Birch Trees and Pine Trees are from the Forest Scene Builder and the Snow Hills, using the Land Border die set. Since this is a holiday card, glitter is the way to go! I added some stardust stickles to the Santa hat. Here’s a little close-up:

Don’t you just love this little cutie? He represents me around the holidays. I get so tired from traveling, cooking and entertaining that all I want to do is take a long nap.

Here’s my second card with the Happy Howl-idays stamp set.

I added some gold detail on the dog’s jingle-bell collar using my Sakura Gold gel pen. Also added some red stickles to the berries. Here’s a little close-up:

Last but not the least, here’s my card with the Mistle-Toad stamp set. This is so adorable.

I used the Framework die set to add some embossing details to my card stock. I also used the Fancy Edges Tag Die Set and the Pines and Holly Die set, with the Festive Forest stamp set. Here’s a close-up:

To finish my card design, I added sparkling clear jewels and stardust stickles.

Would you like to win the “Slothy Christmas” or the “Happy Howl-idays” 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 18th at 9pm EST to comment — winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, October 19th.

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

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Newton’s Nook Designs October Release – Day 3

October 17, 2018October 17, 2018 | marialrussell

It is the third day of the October reveals by Newton’s Nook Designs. Were you able to check out the first two days of the reveal? Which one is your favorite so far? You have a chance to win each stamp set during release week so check out the details I have indicated at the end of this blog post. [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 the third day, the design team is showcasing the Holiday Stockings stamp set (NOTE: you can cut these images using the Stylish Stockings Die Set), and the Ornamental Wishes with the Ornament Shaker Die. Here’s what they look like:

For my first project, I stamped the images on some smooth white card stock and colored them in with my alcohol markers. I die-cut the images using the Stylish Stockings die set. I die-cut another piece of white card stock using a square die from my stash to create the windows for my card. I embellished the stocking with Stardust Stickles and set them aside to dry.

I die-cut the Merry and Bright sentiment using the Holiday Greetings Die set, featured on the first day of the reveals. Here’s my card:

I absolutely ADORE the images on the stockings! I can’t even pick a favorite because they are all so cute! This stamp set is a must-have for your holiday cards. Here’s another look:

For my second project I used the Ornament Shaker Die with some silver glittered card stock. I used the double-sided adhesive foam to create my shaker well and used some sequins from my stash. I die-cut the top piece of the ornament with gold glittered card stock and used a bow punch from my stash. I also die-cut some pine boughs with white card stock to decorate my ornament.

To finish my card design, I die-cut the “Happy Holidays” sentiment using the Holiday Greetings die set and adhered these pieces on my card.

This Ornament shaker die is another must-have for sure! Wouldn’t you just love receiving a holiday card with this shaker ornament?

Which one is your favorite from today’s reveals? I would love to know.

Would you like to win the “Holiday Stockings” or the “Ornamental Wishes” Stamp Set? Each stamp set will be given away to ONE lucky winner!

Here’s how to win:

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

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Newton’s Nook Designs October Release – Day 2

October 16, 2018October 14, 2018 | marialrussell

It is the second day of the September reveals by Newton’s Nook Designs. I hope you were able to check out yesterday’s reveal. You also have a chance to win each stamp set during release week so check out the details I have indicated at the end of this blog post. [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 our projects today, the design team is showcasing the Nutcracker Squeak stamp set and coordinating dies with Caroling Newton stamp set and coordinating dies. Here’s what they look like:

I stamped my images on some neenah solar white card stock and colored them in with my Copic markers. I die-cut the images using the coordinating dies. I also die-cut the trees and the snow hills using the Forest Scene Builder dies and the Land Border dies. Here’s my first card:

I absolutely LOVE the Forest Scene Builder dies. Nt only did it come with the birch trees but I also came with little birds and Pine trees. Here’s a little close-up:

Don’t you just love the little mice? They are so adorable and super cute!

For my second card, I also used the Music stencil and covered their beanies with stardust glitter.

Would you like to win the “Nutcracker Squeak” Stamp Set or the “Caroling Newton stamp set? Each stamp set will be given away to ONE lucky winner!

Here’s how to win:

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

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Newton’s Nook Designs October Release – Day 1

October 15, 2018October 14, 2018 | marialrussell

It is that time of the month where the entire design team get so excited to show off the new stamps, dies and stencils by Newton’s Nook Designs. You also have a chance to win a stamp set for each reveal 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 the first day of the reveals, we are showcasing the Winter Memories stamp set and dies with two new stand-alone dies that you are absolutely going to LOVE – the Forest Scene Builder dies (my favorite because I LOVE birch trees), the Holiday Greetings Dies (another favorite), with three new AMAZING stencils. Heres what they look like:

I started out by stamping my images on Neenah solar white card stock with versafine onyx black ink. I die-cut the images with the coordinating dies. I die-cut the rest of my elements using the Forest Scene Builder dies and Land Border dies. I colored the birds die-cut with my Copic markers. Here’s my first card:

I am so bummed that my lighting didn’t really show the glittered “snow” on my card. When I was making this card, it was hurricane season in Florida. I used some diamond glittered card tsock to create my snow hills. Here’s a little close-up:

I love the silhouette images on this stamp set.

For my second card, I used my Nuvo Moonstone glitter paste and the Evergreen stencil.

I wish you can see this card in person. The glittered/snowy trees the background is really pretty. Here’s a little close-up:

Would you like to win the “Winter Memories” 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 18th at 9 pm EST to comment — winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, October 19th.

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

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Forever Friends with Kindred Stamps

September 15, 2018September 15, 2018 | marialrussell

Maria here on the blog today with this cute fall card featuring the Forest Friends stamp set. I absolutely adore the images on this set. They are perfectly sized for an A2 size card.

To start, I stamped my images on some Neenah solar white card stock with Memento Rich Cocoa ink and colored them in with my Copic markers. I fuzzy-cut the images with my precision scissors.

I cut another A2 size piece of some Bristol smooth white card stock and inked it up with my distress oxide inks using my mini ink blending tools. I used Tumbled Glass and Tattered Rose. I smooshed my Vintage photo distress oxide ink onto an acrylic block, sprayed it with water and used my watercolor brush to spritz the color on my background.

I die-cut the white frame, trees and the label die to start assembling my card. I adhered the frame first with some foam adhesive. I added the rest of the elements to decorate the card. To finish my design, I stamped the sentiment onto my card.

This Forest Friends stamp set is so versatile. I think you can also use these images to create a cute Christmas card. Here’s another look:

I hope you like my card today. Please visit Kindred Stamps to purchase the Forest Friends stamp set that I used today. If you are also into pop-culture stamps, Kindred has a ton of them available at the shop. Thanks for stopping by and have a nice day!

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Newton’s Nook Designs September Release – Day 4

September 13, 2018September 8, 2018 | marialrussell

It is the last day of the September reveals by Newton’s Nook Designs. Were you able to check out the first three days of the reveal? Which one is your favorite so far? You have a chance to win each stamp set during release week so check out the details I have indicated at the end of this blog post. [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 the last day of the reveal the design team is showcasing one 4 x 6 stamp set and TWO mini stamps and dies – the Thankful Thoughts stamp set, Tea-Rex stamp set and coordinating die and the Slothy Coffee stamp set and coordinating die. The “slothy” cracks me up! What a perfect name for this stamp set!

This is going to be a long blog post since we are featuring three stamp sets today so please be patient 🙂

I cut an A2 size piece of Bristol Smooth white card stock and inked up my background using some sponge daubers and the new Pumpkin Patch stencil. I used Wild Honey and Mowed Lawn distress oxide inks.

This stencil is so cute and a definite must-have for fall projects! This stencil will also be perfect to use on a scrapbook layout!

I used an oval die to die-cut the window on my card base. I also used the same oval dies to die-cut an oval frame for my card. I covered my inked up background with some vellum and adhered the frame with some foam adhesive. I die-cut the leaves and acorn using the Autumn leaves die set to adorn my card.

To finish my design, I stamped the sentiment using the Thankful Thoughts stamp set with Versafine Vintage Sepia ink. Here’s a little close-up:

I love the details on the Autumn Leaves. I colored the leaves with distress oxide inks and the acorn with my Copic markers.

For my other projects I colored the images once again with my Copics. For the tags, I used the Fancy Edges Tag die set.

I stamped the background with Fog ink. The coffee cup is from Newton Loves Coffee stamp set and Spooky Street stamp set.

This tag will go with a gift set that I am sending to a friend of mine who loves drinking tea. I think it is so adorable!

Here’s my Slothy coffee card:

Here’s a cute tag with the Slothy Coffee again.

Whew! I am now going to make myself a cup of coffee! That’s it for today! I hope you like my projects. Would you like to win the “Thankful Thoughts” Stamp Set? We will choose ONE lucky winner to WIN this 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 September 13th at 9pm EST to comment — winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, September 14th.

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

Newton’s Nook Designs

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Newton’s Nook Designs September Release – Day 3

September 12, 2018September 8, 2018 | marialrussell

It is the third day of the September reveals by Newton’s Nook Designs. Were you able to check out the first two days of the reveal? Which one is your favorite so far? You have a chance to win each stamp set during release week so check out the details I have indicated at the end of this blog post. [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 the third day, the design team is showcasing the Harvest Tails stamp set and Harvest Tails Coordinating dies. This stamp set is one of my TOP 5 favorite stamp sets of all time! Just look at all the adorable images on this set? My favorite is the deer and the squirrel! Ahhh! Can it get any cuter? I don’t know how Jennifer keeps coming up with AMAZING designs! It’s like Christmas for the design team, every month!

I know this sounds redundant but I stamped the images again using Memento Rich Cocoa ink and colored them in with Copic markers. I die cut the images using the coordinating dies.

I inked up my background using Tumbled Glass and Tattered Rose distress oxide inks! I wanted to create a soft-colored background to make my images pop! I splattered some Vintage photo onto my colored background and blotted it dry with my paper towel. I die-cut the rest of the elements to create my scene.

To create a little bit of contrast to the white pumpkins and soft colored background, I added an orange pumpkin and also adorned the birch trees with orange leaves from the Autumn Newton stamp set. I finished my design by stamping the sentiment using Memento Rich Cocoa Ink. Here’s a little close-up:

Don’t you just love that adorable squirrel holding a pile of acorns? The deer image is sooo cute with the white pumpkins! This stamp set is so versatile, you can also use it for Christmas by masking the pumpkins and replace it with some presents. The possibilities are endless with this stamp set. Here’s another look:

For my second project, I wanted to create a tag that will go with a gift that I am sending to a friend of mine. I used the Fancy Edges Tag die set and the bow is from the Pines & Holly die set.

I colored the tag with some spiced marmalade distress oxide inks and stamped the sentiment with Versafine Onyx black ink.

I hope you like my card today. Would you like to win the “Harvest Tails” Stamp Set? We will choose ONE lucky winner to WIN this 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 September 13th at 9pm EST to comment — winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, September 14th.

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

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