Guest designing for Spellbinders: Holiday 2019 Collection by Sharyn Sowell

Hi everyone!

My name is Karin Åkesdotter (You find me on Instagram as Peppermintpatty42 https://www.instagram.com/peppermintpatty42/ and my blog is PeppermintPatty’s Papercraft http://peppermintpattys-papercraft.blogspot.com/ )

I am super thrilled to be here today to share some projects that I’ve made with the absolutely wonderful Holiday 2019 Collection by Sharyn Sowell These dies are the most adorable ever!!!

 I think the tree from Starry Forest is so Beautiful and for my first card I wanted it as my center piece. I simply die cut it from thick White cardstock (300g) and also from gold cardstock so I could add some stars in gold to it. I also cut some extra using the tiny stars from SANTAS-WORKSHOP.

I cut an extra bird that I colored Bright red befor adhering to the top of the tree. I added a snow border using a scallopped die from Becka Feeken's latest Collection (candlewick border)

My background is inked using distress ink; Salty Ocean, Blueprint Sketch and Chipped Saphire.

My second card is super fast and easy to make - but oh how much I love it. I am chikldishly fascinated by how paper can be cut so beautifully just by running a die and cardstock though a diecutting machine (-:
I cut a panel from light blue cardstock to which I adhered the Beautiful S5-398-Spellbinders-LOVE-CAME-DOWN Before adding it to my White cardbase. The goldstar adds a bit of interest. 
This would of course look Lovely in more traditional Christmas colors too and in brighter non trad color combos too - endless possibilities!!!

For my last card I wanted a dreamy storybook look for a "Young Family" Christmas card. I started out by making my background by masking the snowy ground and sentiment strip with post-it tape and then inking the top piece of my White cardstock panel. I used distress ink: Victorian Velvet, Seedless preserves and Chipped Saphire. I then sprayed it with gold spray.
I then tried a range of different colors on the Lovely silhouettes from WINTER-FRIENDS but settled on White for this card. 

Hope you are inspired to make something beautiful with this collection  - You can find lots of more wonderful inspiration on the Spellbinders blog that you find HERE.

These are the wonderful Spellbinder products I used for my projects:

S4-1007-Spellbinders-WINTER-FRIENDS

S4-1008-Spellbinders-STARRY-FOREST

S4-1009-Spellbinders-PEACE-ON-EARTH

S5-398-Spellbinders-LOVE-CAME-DOWN

S4-1014-Spellbinders-SANTAS-WORKSHOP
(S4-1023 CandleWick border)

https://www.simonsaysstamp.com/product/S4-1007-Spellbinders-WINTER-FRIENDS-Etched-Dies-sps41007?currency=USD

https://www.simonsaysstamp.com/product/S4-1008-Spellbinders-STARRY-FOREST-Etched-Dies-sps41008

https://www.simonsaysstamp.com/product/S4-1009-Spellbinders-PEACE-ON-EARTH-Etched-Dies--sps41009

https://www.simonsaysstamp.com/product/S5-398-Spellbinders-LOVE-CAME-DOWN-Etched-Dies--sps5398?currency=USD

https://www.simonsaysstamp.com/product/S4-1014-Spellbinders-SANTAS-WORKSHOP-Etched-Dies-sps41014?currency=USD

Sentiment stamps from Paper Smooches and Hero Arts

For more of my projects please follow me on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/peppermintpatty42/ or visit me at my blog: http://peppermintpattys-papercraft.blogspot.com/


Have a wonderful day, lots of love, Karin

I also share my cards and watercolors here:  My Instagram

Have a great day, hugs, Karin

Spellbinders Blog Hop 3D Holiday Vignette

Hi Everyone!

I am super excited to be part of Spellbinders fun hop to introduce Becca Feekens absolutely WONDERFUL collection called 3D Holiday Vignette.

Giveaway:

To celebrate this release, Spellbinders is giving away a $50 gift certificate to one lucky blog reader – selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop. Giveaway closes on Sunday, September 1st, 11:59 pm EDT. The winner will be announced in the blog hop post the following Tuesday. The winner is responsible for shipping cost, duties and taxes.

Two Days ago I shared the following Projects, also made with the 3D Holiday Vignette Collection, on the Spellbinder blog - read the post HERE if you are interested in how I made them. 

These are the wonderful Spellbinder products I used for my projects:

S4-1005  Spellbinders  REINDEER PRANCING LAYERING Etched Dies

S6-158 Spellbinders GRAND SNOW GLOBE Etched Dies

S5-397 Spellbinders SANTA CLAUSE LAYERING Dies

S6-157 Spellbinders GRAND HOLIDAY CABINET Etched Dies

Bloghop order: 



Spellbinders
Becca Feeken
Hussena Calcuttawala
Bibi Cameron
Amy Rysavy
Jean Manis
Varada Sharma
Pam Sparks
Melody Rupple
Karin Åkesdotter

I also share my cards and watercolors here:  My Instagram

Have a great day, hugs, Karin

SimonSays Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

Hi Everyone!

I am here to introduce a new challenge at the fantastic Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.

This week's challenge is called:Anything Goes
The team is showcasing products from: Tim Holtz

And this is my take:

I went super simple here with layering lots of different stitched rectangles and then finished off with some copic colored images. Can't help it but these birds are my top favorite TH stamps - they work EVERY time - don't know anyone who wouldn't love to get a crazy bird card!!!! <3 nbsp="" p="">

Supply list from the Simon says Stamp store:
BIRD-CRAZY

https://www.simonsaysstamp.com/product/PREORDER-Tim-Holtz-Cling-Rubber-Stamps-2015-BIRD-CRAZY-cms212-CMS212?currency=USD
SSS Black ink for use with markers
Copic Markers
Ranger's Distress ink
Neenah Solar White cardstock (for the stamped and colored images)
Simon Says Stamp Ultra Thick Cardstock (120 lb) (cardbase and die cuts)
Jet Black Archival ink (for watercoloring)
Scotch foam adhesive
Tombow Tape dispenser
Glue Dots

Hope you feel inspired to join us this week! By playing along with the Challenge you have the chance to win 50 usd to spend in the Simon Says Stamp Store - YIPPIE!!!!

Hope to see you there!

You have until next Wednesday at  8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in!

I also share my cards and watercolors here:  My Instagram 

Have a great day, hugs, Karin 

Paper Smooches August Relese Inspiration Card 4: Succulent Stencil

Hi Everyone!

I'm here with a new project for Paper Smooche's. This month I am sharing projects made with the super cool and fun products from the August release. This release is a lot about Beautiful succulents and cacti and I just adore Kim's cool takes on these plants! And if you haven't tried PS stencils yet - you just have to - awesome for all kinds of patternbuilding and for creating Beautiful backgrounds.

For this card I used:

SUCCULENT-Stencil

HALLOW-HELLO-Dies

My-Favorite-Things-BLACK-LICORICE-Hybrid-Ink

Copic Markers

Ranger's Distress ink

Neenah Solar White cardstock (for the stamped and colored images)

Simon Says Stamp Ultra Thick Cardstock (120 lb)

Jet Black Archival ink

Scotch foam adhesive

Xyron Adhesive Tape runner 

Glue Dots

Here's where you'll find some awesome Paper Smooches inspiration: PS BLOG

I also share my cards and watercolors here:  My Instagram and  in my  Paper Smooches PINTEREST FOLDER

Have a great day, hugs, Karin

Spellbinders 3D Holiday Vignettes

Hi everyone!

  I am super thrilled to be here today to share some projects that I’ve made with the absolutely wonderful 3D Holiday Vignette Collection by Becca Feeken. These dies are absolutely amazing – if you like fast but amazingly beautiful card designs this collection is for you  - AND if you are the other type of crafter – who like to spend lots of time to create fabulous projects with lots of beautiful details – this collection is for You!

I am the first type of crafter – I like my projects quite simple but want a lot of dimention and beautiful details that make my projects look worked at – like I’ve spent a lot of time making something extra for the reciever. These first two projects are just like that – fast to make but the result is stunning. For these cards I simply diecut the layers I liked the best for my backgrounds and assembled. For last I adhered my backgrounds, the photo and the inked sky, to the last panel before adding that.

I diecut the holly leaves, wayercolored them and added some nuvo drops before adhereing it to the center of the Snowglobe panel – and stamped and diecut a sentiment strip for the Grand Holiday Cabinet card and that was it.

You’d think that a project like this would be difficult to mail but folds and unfolds super easy like in the picture above – making this my go-to design for my Christmas Cards this year!

The layering dies are so wonderful – You can make amazing projects with them alone. Here I diecut the santa layer from SANTA CLAUSE LAYERING Dies and colored it with watercolors.Because the embossing is so good it makes it super easy to do no-line coloring (-: with a beautiful and professional result even for a watercolor beginner.  I added watercolored ornaments for the tree and and stamped and diecut a sentiment strip for the front panel.

I finished off by dry embossing a small snowfall square that I  added to the cardbase before assembling the card. 

Hope you are inspired to make something beautiful with this collection – I have two more projects from this collection to share for Monday’s bloghop – hope you come back and join me for that!   

These are the wonderful Spellbinder products I used for my projects:

S4-1005  Spellbinders  REINDEER PRANCING LAYERING Etched Dies

S6-158 Spellbinders GRAND SNOW GLOBE Etched Dies

S5-397 Spellbinders SANTA CLAUSE LAYERING Dies

S6-157 Spellbinders GRAND HOLIDAY CABINET Etched Dies

Sentiment: 

https://www.simonsaysstamp.com/product/RESERVE-Lawn-Fawn-FROSTY-FAIRY-FRIENDS-Clear-Stamps-LF1224-SULF1224

I also share my cards and watercolors here:  My Instagram

Have a great day, hugs, Karin