from my ink pad to yours: Lots of Cheer

May 24, 2020

Christmas in May? Lots of Cheer Says Goodbye

I have a few special Lots of Cheer cards to jump in and share with you this Memorial Day Weekend.

This is a top fold vellum card that also features the Stitched Rectangle Dies and the Subtle Embossing Folder.
I ran the shiny Pretty Peacock foil paper (Noble Peacock Suite) through the Subtle 3D embossing folder, turned it 90 degrees and ran it through again giving it kind of a shiny textile look.
After deciding that my original frame was too big, I cut out the middle and mounted it onto a top fold Vellum card stock card and let the white image rectangle appear to visually float inside the skinnier frame.

This is a newer take on an old favorite color scheme that I originally did with older colors: Blush Blossom and Sage Shadow plus a long retired teapot set shown here:

The Christmas tree balls were colored with Petal Pink and Mint Macaron Blends Combos.
I embossed the Petal Pink layer with the Tufted 3D folder which is also retiring. Too soon I think!

You can see a few more of my Lots of Cheer here.

We are heading out soon to try to get in a second hike today. Here is a waterfall we came across on our hike this morning:

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October 21, 2019

Lots of Cheer Trio

Happy Monday everyone. Today I've got a trio of Christmas cards showcasing the different images in Lot's of Cheer. This set is perfect for quick coloring and these cards show how you can come up with colors that aren't necessarily available in the Blends collection.

These ornament balls are stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento and colored with some of the newer Blends combos: So Saffron, Rococo Rose and Pretty Peacock. Aren't they lovely!
I fussy cut them - it was way faster than it probably looks.
You'll want to stamp the greeting on the Pool Party layer prior running it through your Big Shot with the Tufted 3D folder.

What do you do when you have a color challenge that calls for Granny Apple Green + Melon Mambo + Blushing Bride with stripes for dessert PLUS the overall theme was Christmas. No corresponding DSP...so I had to make my own!
I used an acrylic quilting ruler to draw my 1/4" wide stripes on the diagonal, colored them in with my blends which allowed me to get a little variation with each color. The light Lovely Lipstick Blends marker works perfectly as a fill in for Melon Mambo and gave me a chance to add a little shading with the dark one. (For the Blushing Bride stripe I had to use my regular marker, discovering that you can carefully combine these different types of markers when necessary as long as you don't mix them in the same area and are careful not to touch a stamped area that wasn't meant for that marker.) When I was all done coloring the stripes I went over the lines with a (retired) Black journaling marker.
A stitched rectangle die and some Glitter Enamel Dots finish off this card.

This was also for a Christmas in July Color Challenge: Cherry Cobbler + Garden Green + Gold.
I embossed this jingle bell wreath in gold and colored it with Blends (SU alcohol markers) These don't come in Garden Green so I used Mint Macaron Light and Dark plus a little Light Call Me Clover to bring it closer to the Garden Green range.
I added the sentiment, cut it out with a rectangle die and popped it onto a white card.
Once I have the routine down for coloring the bells it's definitely a card that can be mass produced.

If you place a minimum $50 (US) order using the June host code, QPWQEMHA, I will send you the free gift of product that will be featured in my November projects. US customers only. Customers placing an order smaller than $50 will still receive my thank you card.

If you place a $150 or greater order please don't use the hostess code. You will still receive the gifts but you will also get your own hostess benefits.

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Lots Of Cheer Cling Stamp Set

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Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

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Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

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Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

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