Warm and Cozy Day

Hello crafty friends! Today I am sharing a card using some new My Favorite Things products you can pick up in the Butterfly Reflections Ink shop. Check out my video to find out how I layered these fun winter sets.

I knew the mittens from the My Favorite Things Cozy Mittens stamp set would be the focal point. I used the Cozy Mitten Die Cuts for a polished look. 

I wanted to create a background with the fabulous My Favorite Things Nordic Knits. I struggled a bit because the pigment ink I was using at first was not stamping clearly. I recommend picking up some pigment inks like these Shadow Inks from Hero Arts for stamping the background. For a finishing touch I attached the string with some Multi Medium Matte.

Quick and Easy Christmas Tags with Gerda Steiner Designs

Hello crafty friends! Today I have some simple tags featuring some of the adorable rubber stamps from the Gerda Steiner Designs Christmas release. This technique would work with any of them so use whichever ones you like best. Check out this video for more on how to whip up a few quick tags for your holiday gift giving.

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Bling it On

Shopping Our Stash: Favorite Technique (Heat Embossing)

Holiday Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

Hello crafty friends! Today I have a card as part of the Holiday Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. My card today features the Wave of Snowflakes stencil from Create A Smile and the Smells Like Christmas rubber stamp set from Gerda Steiner Designs. Check out the video for more on how this card came together.

Please visit Amy Tsuruta's blog to hop along. A big thank you to Amy for organizing this amazing hop and the fabulous sponsors. I can't wait to hop along for inspiration 

Peace on Earth

Hello crafty friends! Today I have a card that features the amazing Lawn Fawn Stitched Snowflakes and Neat and Tangled's Winter Trees. Check out my video for more on how I combined some simple die cutting and heat embossing for this tone on tone winter card.

I think this card would be awesome in any color and you could customize it for anyone on your list based on their favorite color. White embossing powder would work for most colors but the Butterfly Reflections Ink store has many to choose from. 

Deck the Halls with Inky Paws Blog Hop

Welcome to the Deck the Halls with Inky Paws Blog Hop!!

The blog hop starts at the Newton's Nook Blog and we have a lot of fabulous guests. For my card I did some rainbow stamping with Beautiful Blizzard. I love seeing rainbow colors in cards and our guest Laura Bassen is so awesome with rainbow cards and inspires me to explore them. I have created a video explaining my process with this card so please check it out. Make sure you scroll down to the bottom to go to see the whole link list and hop along to all 16 blogs and comment for your chance to win!

ENTER to WIN! 

We will be choosing two lucky winners to win a $10 store credit for Newton's Nook Designs online shop! To enter, just leave comments on the Design Team Member and Guest blogs (see list below)! Two winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs in the blog hop. 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 Sunday, December 7th at 9 pm CST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the NND blog on Monday, December 8th.

Deck the Halls with Inky Paws Blog Hop

Newton's Nook Designs
Nichol Magouirk
Jennifer McGuire
Amy Sheffer
Laura Bassen
Heather Hoffman

Taheerah Atchia

Lydia Brooke

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Crafty Math-Chick

Shellye McDaniel

Jess Moyer <--- You are here

Stephanie Muzzulin

Danielle Pandeline

Tessa Wise

PC&S Magazine Swan Song Blog Hop

Hello crafty friends! Welcome to my stop on the Paper Crafts and Scrapbooking Magazine Swan Song Hop. You should have arrived here from the lovely and talented Kymona Tracey. Today I am sharing a card and quick video of a clean and simple friendship card. I decided to share this style of card because my first published card was in that style. I share more thoughts and reflections on PC&S magazine in my video.

Thank you so much to the whole Paper Crafts and Scrapbooking Team for inspiring and teaching us over the years! We LOVE you! After checking out my video hop on to the fun and adorable...

Kathy Martin

Some Products:

Canson Watercolor Paper
Clear Embossing Powder
Lawn Fawn Small Stitched Rectangle Stackables

Tim Holtz Distress Stain Salty Ocean

Inkadinkado Embossing Powder Bag

Masculine Merry Christmas

Hello crafty friends! Today I have what I hope can be a masculine Christmas card. Let me know if you agree in the comments. The WPlus9 Handlettered Holiday Dies are quickly becoming a go to set for me. I love that merry die but this time I am combining it with the stunning WPlus9 Stag Trio dies. You can watch the video for more on my process.

With masculine card I like to keep it simple so I combined the WPlus9 Handlettered Holiday Dies with the coordinating stamp set because the font is very classic. For the gold embossing of the stamps and around the edges of the matter I used the Ranger Fine Detail Gold. I am very impressed with the quality of thin lines with the powder.

I combined gold, black and kraft for a simple color scheme masculine color scheme. I love kraft at Christmas time.  To get a polished clean look I used Multi Medium Matte as the adhesive on my die cuts.