Hello and Happy Friday Crafty Friends! Today the Simon Says Stamp Shop is celebrating and introducing Brand New Release called “Love You More“, the project I made today is using one of the items in this release. This is the Heart to Heart“ background Stamp, it is a large 6×6 stamp and I think it is so pretty, I mean who doesn’t looove hearts!!!! I created a very organic watercolor background using the SSS Daniel Smith Watercolor Dot Palette. I hope you like it and get a chance to check out the New release over at the Simon Shop🙂
You can watch how I created this card on my YouTube Channel, Just Click Here. Time to grab your coffee friends and let’s get to crafting! Have a Beautiful day! Hugs, Tina
Hello and Happy National Cocoa Day Crafty Friends! Today is day 13 of my Countdown 2 Christmas Series, my project features the super fun Stampendous! Cocoa Hot Tub Cling Stamp along with the Marshmallow Friends Cling Stamp. I was super excited and honored when Stampendous! invited me to create a few projects for their July 2019 Catalog🙂 I wanted to share a similar/same card with you all. Just making a a semi-shaker card with Shaved Ice, perfect for National Cocoa Day wouldn’t you agree:)
HOT COCOA FUN FACTS
The National Cocoa Day is celebrated on December 13 this year. This food day is a perfect occasion to indulge yourself with a cup of hot cocoa or some chocolate confections.
Cocoa powder often referred to as simply cocoa is made of cocoa solids which remain after the extraction of cocoa butter from cacao bins. Cocoa is rich in flavor antioxidants. It is a key ingredient of chocolate. Cocoa powder is used to make hot cocoa, also known as hot chocolate.
Hot chocolate can be made with cocoa powder, shaved chocolate, or melted chocolate combined with heated milk or water, and sugar. The first cocoa beverage is believed to have been created by the Maya people around two thousand years ago. Of course, it has undergone considerable changes since then.
To celebrate the National Cocoa Day, make a cup or two of cocoa to enjoy. Here is a simple hot cocoa recipe. Whisk together 2 tbs of cocoa powder (unsweetened), 1 to 2 tbs sugar, 2 tbs milk and a pinch of salt in a small saucepan over medium-low heat. Make sure that sugar and cocoa are dissolved completely.
Whisk in 1 cup of milk and heat over medium heat until hot, whisking occasionally. Stir in 1/4 tsp vanilla extract. If you have lactose intolerance, you can substitute cow milk with almond, soy, or rice milk.
If you would like to check out the Cocoa Hot Tub step by step Printable Tutorial over at the Stampendous Shop, CLICK HERE. Plus there is much more wonderful inspirational card projects using this stamp too:)
You can watch how I made this card over on my YouTube Channel, Just Click Here. Time to grab your coffee friends and let’s get to crafting! Have a Wonderful day! Hugs, Tina
Hello and Happy Thursday Crafty Friends! Today I am sharing a Happy Birthday card made with the Spellbinders Small Die of the Month Club kit for December 2019🙂 This month I am excited about the sentiment dies, there are 14 in total and Oh my goodness, you can create custom sentiments for just about any occasion:) This is the “Our Favorite Font Sentiment” Set , I agree and looove the font too!!
You can watch how I created this card on myYouTube Channel, Just Click Here🙂 Thank you so much for stopping by! Grab your coffee friends and let’s get to crafting! Wishing you a Beautiful Day! Hugs, Tina
Hello Crafty Friends! Today I am sharing with the beautiful Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month for December 2019. If you love the Glimmer Hot Foil System this club kit subscription is perfect, a set of Lovely Glimmer plates will arrive at your door every month along with some fantastic inspiration!! The December Glimmer Plates are called “Perfect Fit Hexagon Strips”, this set has 4 different detailed strip dies that will fit a portrait or landscape style card:) This month there are 2 sets of coordinating dies that fit the glimmer plates beautifully. The glimmer plates are accompanied with the lovely Aura Glimmer Foil 🙂 Hope you enjoy!
You can watch how I created my project over on my YouTube Channel, Just Click Here. Grab your coffee friends and let’s get to crafting! Wishing you a great day! Hugs, Tina
Hello and Happy Tuesday Crafty Friends! Today for my LDRS CreativeDesign Team Project I am sharing a fun otter thank you card made with the adorable Otterly Loveable stamp set🙂along with the Coordinating Otterly Loveable Dies. After the Holiday’s I love to give out Thank you cards and with the wintery theme of this stamp set, I thought it would be perfect, I hope you like it!
You can watch how I created this card on my YouTube Channel, Just Click Here Grab your coffee friends and lets get to crafting! Wishing you a Fabulous & Crafty Day! Hugs, Tina
Hello and Happy Friday Crafty Friends! Today I am sharing five cards made with the Pink & Main Subscription Kit called Crafty Courtyard. This month’s kit is called “Winter Wonderland” and it is filled with lots of sparkle and snowflakes I love the theme, this time of year when we bundle up and enjoy the beauty of the white fluffy flakes that cover our homes. I just love snow…correction….I just love snow while I am at home in my comfy clothes, in my warm craft room with a lovely cup of joe:) Yes, I love it!! I hope you like my projects!
Above is a picture of a few of the kit contents but if you would like to all of them, check out the “Unboxing” Video, Just Click Here🙂
You can watch how I created these four cards over on my YouTube Channel, Just Click Here. Thanks so much for visiting:) Have a fantastic day! Hugs, Tina
Bonus Project
Did you know that the front of the Content sheet in your Pink & Main Crafty Courtyard Card Kitis a great Inspiration for a card project:) Everything you need to create the same layout is included in your kit!! I created a card using it as a guide, just switching up the plaid paper:) Easy Peasy and Fun!! Try it out:)
Hello and Happy Friday Crafty Friends! I hope you are having a wonderful start to your weekend:) I am super excited to be part of the Newton’s Nook Designs– Deck the Halls with Inky Paws Blog Hop:) All week long the Newton’s Nook has been celebrating this fun and inspirational annual event, I hope you had a chance to check it out:) My projects today feature the Festive Fawns Stamp set it’s one of the many fun New items in the New Release. I fell in love with the sweet holiday critters:) I used very single image in this adorable set!!
My background was created with the Newton’s Nook Evergreens Stencil and oxide inks, super easy to make:) My cards today are a smaller Note card measuring 3-1/4 x 4-1/2, I think they could be used as a gift tag if you wanted to:) If you would like to see how I created my projects, check it out down blow or over on my YouTube Channel, Just Click Here🙂
Supplies
Sale & Prize Alert!!!
Enter to Win! Deck the Halls with Inky Paws Hop Prizes! We will be choosing two lucky winners to win a $25 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 8th at 9 pm EST to comment — winners will be announced on the NND blog on Monday, December 9th.
Thanks so much for visiting! Now it’s time Hop Along, there is lots more Decking of the Halls with Inky Paws ahead!! Crafty Hugs, Tina
Hello and Happy Thursday Crafty Friends! Today I am sharing a fun Christmas/Winter Card made with the Spellbinders/FSJ Stamp of the Month Club kit for December 2019🙂, this month the set is called Penguin Waddle. Oh my!! Talk about a fun set, great for so many occasions! I wanted a bright background for these adorable waddlers, I am using the FSJ Liquid Colors for my background. First time using them and I love the outcome:)
As always, you can watch how I created this card down below or over on my YouTube Channel, JUST CLICK HERE🙂 Thanks so much for stopping by! Wishing you a Sunshiny and Lovely day! Hugs, Tina
Hello and Happy Wednesday Crafty Friends! Today for my Gerda SteinerDesign Team Project I created a HO Ho Ho Christmas card with the Gerda Steiner Designs On the Tablestamp. This is a 4×6 stamp with the cutest puppy and kitty!! I love the the additional elements that can be used to customize your scene, today’s project I used the Santa hat:)
Thanks so much for stopping by! If you would like to see how I created this card check it out down below just click on the link. Or over on my YouTube Channel, JUST CLICK HERE🙂 Have a Fantastic and Crafty day! Hugs, Tina
Hello Crafty Friends! I am so excited to be a guest designer for Newton’s Nook – Deck the Halls with Inky Paws Week! This is an annual event hosted by Newton’s Nook for the Holiday season and I am so happy I have been invited to be part of it. My projects today feature the Frosty Folks Stamp Set and the Purr-fect Present stamp set. I just love snowmen and this set reminded me so much of my sisters:) There are 5 of us and this sentiment just cracked me up!! Although I know “they” wouldn’t admit it…I think we all have a bit of flakiness in us, lol:)
I created my background with bright Distress Oxide Inks and love how cheery it came out! For bells and whistles I added a touch of Glitter drops:)
The Purr-fect Present was just the right size to create a handmade tag. I created the same background as I did with the card just turned one side upside down and colored the present a different color.
As an added touch I used the bakers twine that Newton’s Nook Designs uses when they send our goodies to us, tied up with a pretty bow.
Thank you so much for joining me today for this fun event, I hope you enjoyed my projects. If you would like to see how I created them, you can watch the tutorial down below or over on my YouTube Channel, Just Click Here🙂
Hello and Happy Friday Crafty Friends! Today the Simon Says Stamp Shop is celebrating and introducing Brand New Release called “Love You More“, the project I made today is using one of the items in this release. This is the Heart to Heart“ background Stamp, it is a large 6×6 stamp and I think it is so pretty, I mean who doesn’t looove hearts!!!! I created a very organic watercolor background using the SSS Daniel Smith Watercolor Dot Palette. I hope you like it and get a chance to check out the New release over at the Simon Shop🙂
