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My prayers go out to all those suffering from the LA wildfires and a special prayer for the firefighters and first responders who brave it all to protect others from losing it all.
Our last and final Shoebox Event was hosted by me with a Christmas luncheon, snowman gift exchange game, and a couple rounds of bunco for laughs! Card making of course started the day and I used the unique Krazy Kreations stickers to create one Christmas card and one friend card.
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I created a way to bring the celebration of the birth of Jesus with the music notes and Stampin’ Up! stamps.
The dancing deer do look like they are celebrating.
That, Sal, is Designer Series Paper from Stampin’ Up! as is the red and black plaid I used for accents.
So the outline of the deer is actually a sticker?
Yes, Sal. So are the music notes on the outside, the little bird and the greeting, bell and holly up top. The little bird is from the ‘Hello Winter’ sticker bundle, and the green boughs and greeting are also stickers. Here are steps for creating with a Krazy Kreation’s sticker when adding to glitter paper:
- Burnish a piece of KrazyKreations fine glitter paper.
- Carefully peal off the stickers that you want to be glittery, place on the glitter paper.
- Burnish the sticker. I used our ink roller.
- Color the image using ALCOHOL markers.
- Fussy cut the image.
- Use the edge of a black marker to have a definitive black edge on the cut out sticker.
- Apply to your project.
Woah – that is not as easy as stamping!
Just different, Sal. It is always fun to learn new things at any age.
Recipe
- Base: Sahara Sand, 5 1/2 X 8 1/2, scored at 4 1/4
- Layer 1 (X2): Basic Black, 5 3/8 X4 1/8
- Layer 2: Red & Black plaid DSP, 5 1/4 X 4
- Layer 3: Basic Black, 4 X 3 1/2
- Layer 4: Sahara Sand DSP with deer, 3 3/4 X 3 1/4
- Inside: Sahara Sand DSP with deer, 5 1/4 X 4
- Inside Strip: Red & Black plaid DSP, 3/4 X 4
Inside Music Notes: Stampin’ Up! ‘Music From The Heart’
Heaven & Nature Sing: Stampin’ Up! ‘Nature Sings’
For Unto You… and Wishing You Every Blessing…: Stampin’ Up! ‘Every Blessing’
Alcohol Markers Used:
- Bronze with the Color Lifter for the deer; Add color to the edge then pull it in with the Color Lifter
- Lt Granny Apple Green for the holly leaves
- Dk Real Red for the bow on bell, the holly berries and the belt circles and the bird’s hat
- Basic Black for the belt the hooves, the nose and the edging
- Lt Smoky Slate for the bell
- Dk Smoky Slate for the bird with the Color Lifter to blend color
The downside of using Krazy Kreations stickers is using them up and not having any more for future cards. However, they are still available in the store so I could purchase more. I will link the Krazy Kreations store in the computer below.
How often do you go back and make the same card?
Good point, Sal! I always want to try something new.
For the Snow Friend card I went through my stash of DSP-designer series paper, and found two sheets with a watercolor look that worked well together:
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I am using the Krazy Kreations Snow Friends Sticker Bundle. Everything you see is from that bundle, even the stars on the dividing strip in the middle. I made some kits with a strip of 11 stars and some kits with 10 stars and two red jewels.
Recipe
- Base: Coastal Cabana, 5 1/2 X 8 1/2, score at 4 1/4
- Layer 1 (X2): Basic Black, 5 1/4 X 4
- Layer 2 at the top: DSP with snowflakes, 2 1/8 X 3 7/8
- Layer 2 at the bottom: DSP watercolor look, 3 X 3 7/8
- Inside top layer: 5 1/8 X 3 7/8
- Fine Glitter Paper: 3 X 3 for stickers, 3 7/8 X 3/8 for the strip separating the two DSPs on front
Alcohol Markers Used:
- Dk Real Red for the bird, the hat and the inside of the heart star
- Lt Balmy Blue for the outline on the bear with the color lifter for blending
- Dk Basic Black for the edging
Thank you for stopping by today to see a new way of creating greeting cards!
SAL, Sharing A Love of Learning
Karen
Riddle of the day:
Question: “What four-letter word can be written forward, backward, or upside down and can still be read from left to right?”
Answer: “NOON”
