Handmade Paper Hugs

Good morning, everyone! Can believe in 2 weeks Christmas is over and it's once again a whole year away. Days are moving really fast, for me at least.  Here are 3 cards I created with my new Tim Holtz Colorize Santa Greetings die.  Die cutting is not typically my thing so I struggled with these, I'll be honest. But I love the result, and the Santa is just the cutest. So it was all worth it.  For the background I used  Simon says stamp Center cut Christmas icons  Nellie Snellen tree dies I used a mix of cardstock, including some non shedding from Rema1000 for the trees and Santa beard, and Nuvo mirror card for MERRY and GOD JUL (merry Christmas).  I also added stickles for extra sparkle.  On the green trees I added Liquid Applique and added glitter before I set (puffed) it. That tiny bottle is finally completely empty, after 10 years, so now comes the hunt for a new one.  Hope you enjoy the cards. Merry Christmas to all.  Happy holiday crafting...

  I made another couple of sets of summer cards for the Danish operation write home, this time using Newton's Nook Woodland picnic critters along with sentiments from Gitte's eget design (sending you sunshine) and Three Scoops (wishing you a wonderful summer).  Background stamps are from Simon says stamp and the plaid paper was made with Newton's Gingham stencil. 

Enjoy life! Danish sentiment from Three Scoops which fits the adorable Bear from Waffle Flower on these mini slimline cards for the danish Operation write home. A bit of ink blending, a few Nuvo drops and "corners" from Simon says stamp. 

  Hi friends! Shring more Christmas cards from last year for the Danish Operation write home. I used one of my favorite sets for Christmas - My favorite things Happy pawlidays along with Simon Says Stamp Christmas background, Simple and Basic dies, Altenew inks and Copic coloring. As you can see I added a bit of glossy accents to highlight the baubles and eyes. These pups are just too adorable. Don't you agree? Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it! Let me know in the comments which is your favorite. Stay safe, and happy crafting! Tina

  Hi there! I welcome you to still clebrate summer with me!  I've used yet another Krista Smith digital stamp as always colored witgh Copics, Honey Bee Stamps flip flop dies, and Simon says stamp sentiments. Copics used: E04, E11, E21, E00 + R89, R83 E57, E55, E53 E79, E77, E74, E71 B66, B63, B60 E44, E43, E42 BG49, BG15, BG23, BG11 Thank you so much for stopping by! Stay safe and happy crafting! Tina

Hey everyone! Here's another summer card using a krista Smith digital stamp, some patterned paper and a Simon says stamp sentiment. I added a couple of paper flowers with i pearl in the centre for a little extra cuteness.  Copics used: E04, E11, E21, E00 + R32 RV29, RV14, RV13 E47, E44, E42 E55, E53, E30 B05, B02, B00 W3, W0 + G14 C5, C3, C1 BG11, BG23 + B00, B0000 Thanks so much for stopping by!  Stay safe and happy crafting!  Tina

I still have quite a few summer cards to share. Fall and Halloween will have to wait, lol. Here I'm using another Krista Smith digital stamp. I paired her with some patterned paper left overs, because I'm determined to use more of my patterned paper stash. Simon Says Stamp sentiment and bikini, also cut from patterned paper. Copics used: E13, E11, E21, E00 + RV13, RV11 E37, E35, E31 BV13, Y08, Y13, Y11 RV69, R37, RV23, RV21, RV10 Thanks so much for stopping by! Stay safe and happy crafting! Tina  

You guys,  I can share this card because it has reached it's recipient who has just been such a wonderful and supportive friend during my absence from social media. The image is a Krista Smith digital stamp and I just love this sunflower field. I kept it in just a few colors and I really like the outcome. Sentiments are from an old Simon Says Stamp set. Copics used: YR27, Y35, Y11 E71, E74, E77, E79 G94, G43, G40 E13, E11, E21, E00 + RV13, RV11 Thank you so much for stopping by! Stay safe, and happy crafting!

  Hi everyone! Today I'm sharing a custom made 70th birthday card for a friend of the family. He loves golf, beer and flowers and he's worked for a local news paper for ages. I knew I had to use Mo's digital pencil "Big guy golfing". The beer bottle and glass are from Three Scoops (bottle says cheers), tillykke (congrats) die from Gitte's eget design and the numbers from The Cat's Pajamas. I added a WOW! embossing powder mix to the numbers. I couldn't fit in flowers as well, so I stenciled the beautiful peonies from a Simon Says Stamp stencil. I wantes to add a braided patch of newspaper, so I cut a few strips and ripped the ends. I added newspaper to the word cut as well. In the end this card totally describes the birthday boy and I'm really happy with the results. Thanks so much for stopping by! Stay safe, and happy crafting! Tina

  Hello friends! Today I'm sharing a custom made 50th birthday card. I didn't have much to go on, except "stripes" and my friend who ordered it likes "surprise" in cards. So I wanted to make a fun pop-up card. I stenciled the background (Birch Press stencil) for the stripes part and stamped a sentiment (The Cat's Pajamas). The beautiful peony arrangement is from Simon Says Stamp (Strangeness). Copics used: Y28, Y17, Y13 R89, R85, R83, R81 V09, BV17, BV13, BV01 BG78, G43, G40 On the inside I made a fun twist and pop feature (no dies) and I cut the letters TILLYKKE (which means congrats) with Altenew Bold alpha dies and since I thought it looked a bit too white I used a fine liner to add lines and flowers. Thank you for stopping by! Stay safe, and happy crafting! Tina

  **Add** Hello everyone! Today is the day to celebrate the Alex Syberia Design February Release and we're doing that with an Instagram hop where you can win a gift certificate to the Alex Syberia Design Etsy store. So hop on over to Instagram to participate here ! For my card today I cut the Love U svg file on my Silhouette machine, as well as the love word and shadow from the Love Sentimnts svg file. I then covered the cardbase with double sided adhesive and poured over WOW! Pink Sorbet embossing powder. I could have used my embossing ink, but I wanted to prevent the ink from wetting and warping my base cardstock. And it worked out great. I adhered the heart panel to the base and stamped my sentiemnts (from Simon says stamp Hey love). I left the love word white and heat embossed the shadow with 3 layers of WOW! Florida Sunset. I then adhered the word on top and popped it up with foam squares. There's lots of sparkle on this one and I really hope you like it! I know I do 😉 I ...

  Hello everyone! Today I'm so honored to be guest designing over on the AAA Cards challenge blog. It's a blog dedicated to CAS cards (clean and simple). I don't typically do CAS cards, although I have done quite a few this past year.  The theme this month is this beautyful mood board, and I feel I've incoorporated the elements quite well - snowflake, snow, sky blue, dog, fence/gate. I encourage you to stop by the AAA Cards blog since there is a challenge hop with prizes to be won! I stamped and masked to create this one-layer scene using My favorite things Warmest wishes, Snow buddies and Best in show and then Copic colored the scene using mainly B60-ies and C's. The sky was ink blended though. I also added a bit of Liquid applique and sprinkled over some glitter before setting it. I used a sentiment from MFT Warm wishes and heat embossed it onto vellum. I placed the vellum on top of a white snowflake - Simon says stamp Sophie snowflake - and placed it over some c...