Blue Fern Studio Mistletoe and Holly Birthday Card

   Welcome back and Nancy, here.  Needing a birthday card for this time of year.  Discover Blue Fern Studio Mistletoe and Holly collection that brings out our warmest childhood memories of baking delicious treats in the kitchen, a silent blanket of snow outside, and stockings filled with tasty surprises in rich and vintage colors.

My card measures 6" x 6" and there wasn't much need to embellish since the gorgeous pattern papers of vintage scenes were too beautiful to cover up. I used two of the single Blue Fern Studios - Mistletoe & Holly - 12 x 12 Chalet single cardstock and had some left over for a smaller card.   I just cut the size I needed for the front and added Nuvo Clear Glitter to the Ciao Bella Snowflake stencil and then NUVO Crystal Gloss White drops to the bottom of  cottages to the snow since I wanted the wintery snowy scene as well as bring out the gorgeous flowers found in the Blue Fern Studios - Mistletoe & Holly - Ephemera Pack #2 Frostings.

I used Scrapbook Adhesive 3D Foam Strips  behind the flowers and pine cones to give it a raised appearance and used a hot glue gun to adhere the glittery white ribbon behind the chipboard flowers as well as some of the flowers on the edge of the card.  I added two Wild Orchid Craft little flowers and some tiny pine cones around the flowers for more of a 3D appearance.   

Inside of the card, I cut out the patterned paper and adhere on both sides.  I typed out a sentiment, printed the fonts in dark brown and tore the edges of the paper with my fingers.  I sponged on with a brush the Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink - Gathered Twigs on the edges and used the Ranger Tim Holtz Spun Sugar on a rose stamp around the sentiment before gluing to the inside of the card.

Now, I have a wintery birthday card for this time of year to my special daughter.  

Supplies

Blue Fern Studios - Mistletoe & Holly - Ephemera Pack #2 Frostings

Blue Fern Studios - Mistletoe & Holly - 12 x 12 Chalet

Ciao Bella Snowflake stencil

Scrapbook Adhesive 3D Foam Strips

Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink - Gathered Twigs

Ranger Tim Holtz Spun Sugar

NUVO Crystal Gloss White

Spellbinder Blending Brushes

Beacon 3-n-1 Advanced Glue

Scor-Pal Scoring Board

So get crafting and have a fabulous  day and thanks for visiting.

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Sizzix 3D Santa Wishes Colorlit Christmas Cards

Santa Claus is Coming To Town!

Welcome back and Nancy, here.  Merry Christmas and hope you will have a wonderful holiday with family and friends this weekend.

 I needed a card with Santa and feel in love with this Sizzix Tim Holtz Santa's Wish Colorize Thinlits die set.  Putting all the layers together will end up into an adorable Santa that you can use in so may projects and your little ones will love it.  

Santa's Wishes Assembling:

I like cutting the pieces one at a time rather than cut all of the pieces at once since it is very easy to have these tiny pieces get lost.  The beard has three die cut layers inaddition to adding on the very  tiny mustache.  I inked the top of the beard with Ranger Gathered Twigs Distress Oxide before assembling and then add the NUVO Clear glitter paste to the top of the beard and eye brows after the Santa was assembled.  This gives the completed appearance of a 3D vintage look and the clear glitter paste gives this Santa the Christmas dimensions and glow for a Christmas card.  Santa needed gold rimmed glasses so I cut the glasses with gold metallic cardstock.  

Putting this Sizzix 3D Colorlit die set of Santa is fairly easy and Sizzix has a step-by-step video.  Also, I used package image as a guide for putting it all together.   

• Hat: Tried different ways but liked the top layer sponged with Ranger Lumberjack Plaid and then cut out.  The other two layers were a Deep Berry cardstock and a vivid Red cardstock.
• Holly Leaves: Olive and sage green cardstock or used two green inked white cardstock and then cut each out and assemble.
• Holly Berries: NUVO drops
• Face: White cardstock and inked with Copic Markers E11 and then cut out.
• Cheeks and Nose: White cardstock inked with Copic Markers R20 and then cut out. 
• Beard and Hat Trim: White cardstock with sponged edges of Ranger Gathered Twigs Distress Oxide, assemble the entire Santa and topped with NUVO Clear Glitter paste
• Eyes: Black Cardstock

Sizzix Tim Holtz Pine Branch 3D embossing folder:

The card measures 5" x 7".  Assembled and glued with Beacon 3-n-1 Advanced Glue

1.  I liked using the shimmer white cardstock.  Cut out a 4 1/2" x 5 1/2" white cardstock and spray lightly behind the cardstock.  Place the embossing folder on top and run through the Sizzix Big Shot machine.

2.  Place the embossing folder on the bottom and only run through the Sizzix Big Shot machine half way through the cardstock.  This will emboss the other side of the paper without flatening the other side.  

3.  Brush lightly  Ranger Peeled Paint and Ranger Pine Needle Distress Oxide inks to the raised side of the branches as well as brush the edges of the white cardstock.  

I cut out a 5 x 7 inch patterned paper and adhere with Beacon 3-n-1 Advanced Glue to the base of the card and then centered the front to it.

I hope you enjoyed learning how this Santa Tag came to life. I can't wait to see what you create and share using the Santa's Wish Colorized die set.  

Supplies:

Sizzix Tim Holtz Santa's Wish Colorize Thinlits die set

Sizzix Tim Holtz Pine Branch 3D embossing folder

Ranger Peeled Paint Distress Oxide

Ranger Pine Needle Distress Oxide

Ranger Gathered Twigs Distress Oxide

My Colors White Cardstock

Spellbinder Blending Brushes

Beacon 3-n-1 Advanced Glue

Scor-Pal Scoring Board

So get crafting and have a fabulous  day and thanks for visiting.

 The Rubber Buggy has the crafting supplies for your next project. So have fun crafting this weekend with these products.   My cards and projects are always posted on Saturday.  Keep watching and thank you so much for those wonderful comments as well as suggestions. 

Enjoy and Happy Crafting!

Sizzix 3 D Thinlits Colorized Harvey Christmas Cards

Welcome back and Nancy, here.  I'm sharing two of my Christmas cards I made for you of the Tim Holtz/Sizzix Christmas release using the Guardsman from the Harvey Colorize Thinlits. The minute I saw this set of Thinlits, I knew Harvey would be perfect to send Christmas wishes to all to my friends and family especially with children. I even made one Christmas card using this little toy soldier as a nutcracker.  

Each card measures 5" x 7".  I added the new Tim Holtz Pine Branches embossing folder to the card above and will be showing more cards this season with the gorgeous pine branch embossing.  I used shimmer cardstock and used a snowflake embossing folder first on 4 1/2" X 6 1/2" cardstock and then used a brush to sponge on Ranger Distress Oxide Peeled Paint ink.  I tried other darker inks on my trial runs but liked the lighter color green with a touch of yellow.  I liked using the brush rather than a sponge this time.  I framed this card with gold metallic cardstock and Lawn Fawn Christmas paper.

This set of 19 Thinlits Dies, Harvey Colorize is designed by Tim Holtz and is part of the Christmas Collection for Sizzix. 

 In the beginning to understand how these pieces go together, I die-cut the base first and then the face.  I colored the face with Copic Markers rather than a solid cardstock and glued this on to the base before gluing the hat and die cuts on the hat. When cutting out the base, the face and other parts of the soldier is scored into the base cardstock so that you know perfectly where the face will be glued first.   After completing one toy soldier, I recommend to cut out the pants and shoes and glue to base before doing the jacket since the pants fit lightly under the jacket.  I found it very useful to have the picture of the solders from the package in front of me as a guideline.

I added the pearls to the buttons but the die set has a small die that is for the buttons and eyes.  If you are struggling with cardstock, I like sponging on ink on cardstock or using the Copic Markers for some of those pieces like sponging the front of the jacket with Distress Oxide Lumberjack Plaid ink before cutting it out.  I adhere a holly chipboard from the Tim Holtz Christmas Botanicals chipboard packet which the package is filled with stunning poinsettias and holly for that special Christmas embellishment.

I had the Graphic 45 Nutcracker carcstock so I used this for the Nutcracker theme.  I added the Tim Holtz Candy cane which has been my favorite embellishment for Christmas cards this year as well as Tim Holtz

Supplies:

Sizzix-Tim Holtz Harvey Colorized die set
Sizzix-Tim Holtz Textures Fades Pine Branches Embossing Folder
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Christmas Confections Candy Canes
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Layers Christmas Botanicals Chipboard
Graphic 45 Nutcracker Sweet paper
Ranger Distress Oxide Ink - Peeled Paint
Ranger Distress Oxide Ink - Lumberjack Plaid
 My Colors White Cardstock
Spellbinder Blending Brushes
Beacon 3-n-1 Advanced Glue
Scor-Pal Scoring Board

So get crafting and have a fabulous  day and thanks for visiting.

 The Rubber Buggy has the crafting supplies for your next project. So have fun crafting this weekend with these products.   My cards and projects are always posted on Saturday.  Keep watching and thank you so much for those wonderful comments as well as suggestions. 

Enjoy and Happy Crafting!

Ciao Bella Christmas Vibes cards

Welcome back and Nancy, here.  I wanted to create more nostalgic Christmas card and naturally, I return back to Ciao Bella Christmas Vibes gorgeous collection to help me create these two cards. I love the rich colors of poinsettias, holly and pine in this collection which adds a vintage touch to cards and projects.  Also the vintage Merry Christmas sentiments is from the Stampers Anonymous by Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamp - Department Store stamp set which adds the vintage appearance to any card.

I fussy cut many of the additional poinsettiasbow with ribbon, pine cones and flowers  using the Ciao Bella Christmas Vibes Fussy Cut paper pad.

Stampers Anonymous by Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamp - Department Store

Cards measures 5 x 7".

Supplies:  

Ciao Bella A4 Collection Pad

Ciao Bella Christmas Vibes 12 x 12

Ciao Bella Christmas Vibes Fussy Cut paper pad.

 My Colors White Cardstock

Spellbinder Blending Brushes

Beacon 3-n-1 Advanced Glue

Scor-Pal Scoring Board

So get crafting and have a fabulous  day and thanks for visiting.

 The Rubber Buggy has the crafting supplies for your next project. So have fun crafting this weekend with these products.   My cards and projects are always posted on Saturday.  Keep watching and thank you so much for those wonderful comments as well as suggestions. 

Enjoy and Happy Crafting!

Stamperia Cosmos Infinity Collection Male Birthday Card

Welcome back and Nancy, here.   The perfect start for a male birthday card is creating with the Stamperia Cosmos Infinity collection!  I have so many hunters and fishermen in my family which makes this collection ideal for creating birthday and projects for them.  The Stamperia Cosmos collection includes cardstock sold in the pads or individually, coordinating forest nature and animal chipboards, stencils, stamps, decoupage papers and rice paper.   

Inside: 

• I cut out 10" x 7" Stamperia Cosmos cardstock, scored in center and glued to the inside base of the card. 
• Typed the sentiment with font in dark brown.
• Print on cream cardstock in Microsoft Word.
• Tear the sides of the cream cardstock around the sentiment with your fingers.
• Brushed on Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Vintage Photo and Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ground Espresso ink around the edges of the sentiment to give it a rustic appearance.  Glue to card with Beacon 3-n-1 Advanced glue.

      Front:

• Cut out 5" x 7" wooden cardstock from the collection and adhere with glue to the front base of the card.
• Cut out the owl journal card from the collection and adhere to a 4" x 6" My Colors black cardstock and glue to front of card.   
• Cut out a banner from the cardstock at 1 1/2" x 5 3/4" and use the Scrapbook Adhesive 3D Foam Strip behind the banner and adhere to card.
• Cut out a Poppystamps Celebrate die cut and glue to banner
• Glue the chipboard to side of banner.
• I made my gold star with epoxy resin the the Prima Marketing mould-Nocturnal Elements and painted with Prima Marketing Chest Of Gold acrylic paint.  Glue to card.

Additional Supplies:

Spellbinder Blending Brushes

Beacon 3-n-1 Advanced Glue

Ranger Distress Ground Espresso ink

Scor-Pal Scoring Board

Sizzix Chrome Precision Base Plate For Intricate Thinlits

So get crafting and have a fabulous  day and thanks for visiting.

 The Rubber Buggy has the crafting supplies for your next project. So have fun crafting this weekend with these products.   My cards and projects are always posted on Saturday.  Keep watching and thank you so much for those wonderful comments as well as suggestions. 

Enjoy and Happy Crafting!

Ciao Bella Christmas Vibes pocket card

Welcome back and Nancy, here.  I wanted to create a warm and nostalgic Christmas card and naturally, I looked to Ciao Bella Christmas Vibes gorgeous collection to help me carry out this task.  It is full of Christmas warmth to bring you back to simpler times as well as symbolizing the spirit of Christmas. This collection is filled with beautiful natures images, rich colors of poinsettias, holly and pine and adds a vintage touch to cards and projects.  

Ciao Bella Christmas Vibes 12 x 12

Ciao Bella A4 Collection Pad

TIP:  Add holly from Tim Holtz Ideo-ology Christmas Botanical Layers chipboards to create a magical Christmas vibe in your card.  I am just lovin these Christmas Cutout chipboards of the vivid colors of the poinsettias and holly and so will you.  These chipboards of poinsettias and holly add such a stunning 3D to Christmas cards.

A Peek Inside:

Add a wooden pocket on the  inside the card then add a simple Christmas greeting for the win with Ciao Bella Christmas Vibes paper cardstock.  The side pocket will hold a delicious hot chocolate bag and a small Christmas card.  Now our card can double as a gift!  I cut out the wooden patterned paper and used my fingers to tear the top of the paper.  I sponged the top with Ranger Distress Vintage Photo and Ranger Distress Ground Espresso ink before adhereing the pocket with Beacon 3-n-1 Advanced Glue.  I made a small Christmas card with the paper collection and added a Merry Christmas cut out with a die and gold metallic cardstock.

Instructions:

• Cut base of card 11" x 7" and score in center
• Cut brown card stock 5 1/2" x 7" and glue to front
• Cut brown card stock  4 1/4" x 6", red cardstock 4" x 5 3/4" and pattern Ciao Bella Christmas Vibes 3 3/4" x 5 1/4" and layer with glue  to front of card.
• Glue Tim Holtz Christmas Botanical holly chipboard to top right and bottom left of front of card.
• Fussy cut bird from Christmas Vibes A4 paper and add to card

Inside:

• Cut 5 1/2" x 7" of cardstock and glue to both sides of card.
• Cut out pocket 5 1/4" x 2 1/2" and use fingers to tear top of pocket.
• Use brush to brush/sponge on Distress inks to torn paper section.
• Fussy cut sentiment and brush/sponge on Distress Vintage photo around sentiment to blend and add a vintage appearance.
• The mini Christmas card measures 3 3/4" x 3 3/4".  Base of cream cardstock card 3 3/4" x 7 1/2".  Score in center.
• Cut out Christmas Vibes patterned paper 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" and glue to front of card.
• Cut out Merry Christmas with gold metallic cardstock and glue to card.
• Add you personalized sentiment hand written or type, print and cut out to glue to inside of card

Tip:  I used a dark brown Copic Marker pen and colored the inside white center and outside side of card to blend into the card.  

Supplies:  

Tim Holtz Ideo-ology Christmas Botanical Layers 

Ciao Bella A4 Collection Pad

Ciao Bella Christmas Vibes 12 x 12

 My Colors White Cardstock

Spellbinder Blending Brushes

Beacon 3-n-1 Advanced Glue

Ranger Distress Ground Espresso ink

Scor-Pal Scoring Board

Tim Holtz Idea-Ology Paper Stash Kraft Metallic Paper #2

So get crafting and have a fabulous  day and thanks for visiting.

 The Rubber Buggy has the crafting supplies for your next project. So have fun crafting this weekend with these products.   My cards and projects are always posted on Saturday.  Keep watching and thank you so much for those wonderful comments as well as suggestions. 

Enjoy and Happy Crafting!

Sizzix Christmas Cutouts Die Set by Tim Holtz card

Welcome back and Nancy, here.  Today, I am showcasing the Sizzix Christmas Cutouts die set by Tim Holtz that is available now at The Rubber Buggy.  These adorable special messages with the festive season are ideal for your Christmas card making and paper crafting of the houses, trees, hearts and stars to pop out of the die to create unique Christmas card, party invitation and gift tags.

Sizzix Thinlits Dies by Tim Holtz - Christmas Cutouts

 

The Sizzix Tim Holtz Christmas Cutout die set of 16 thinlit dies can be used separately or with the trees, heart and stars to pop out of the die to create unique sentiments and images. 

I wanted to make this look like a snow globe so I cut out the white circle with Spellbinder Nestabilities die set and then used the same circle die along with a larger circle die to cut out the metallic silver circle.  I sponged on the white cardstock some Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Stormy Sky blue ink and then stamped the Lawn Fawn Winter Sky stamp set with the Santa and sleigh with black ink.  

I cut out the houses and trees with green and red cardstock and cut out some yellow cardstock and glued behind the red houses.  I cut out a circle with white cardstock and cut off 1/3 for the ground.  I glued the houses and trees on the circle and added NUVO White Blizzard glitter drops all over to make the snow.  I cut out the stars in the die set with metallic gold cardstock and added these to the background and above the three in the PEACE sign.

I made the Peace banner using the wooden cardstock from the Ciao Bella Christmas Vibes paper pad and used the Sizzix Tim Holtz CutOut die of the banner that came with the set to cut out black paper to adhere behind the PEACE.  I cut out the Christmas tree with green glitter paper and used glue to added it to the PEACE Christmas tree.  

I used Scrapbook Adhesives 3D Foam white strip to adhere the globe and sign to the Lawn Fawn Let It Shine paper cardstock.  I used two Spellbinder Nestabilities rectagular dies to create the silver metallic cardstock frame and used glue to adhere to the card.  

Supplies:  

Sizzix Tim Holtz Christmas Cutouts

Memory Box Circle Die Set or Lawn Fawn Circle Die Set

Lawn Fawn Let It Shine paper cardstock

Ciao Bella Christmas Vibes cardstock

Spellbinder Rectangle Nestabilities
 My Colors White Cardstock

My Colors Glimmer Black Cardstock

My Colors Yellow Cardstock

NUVO White Blizzard glitter drops

Distress Oxide blue ink pads

Spellbinder Blending Brushes

Scrapbook Adhesives 3D Foam Strip-White

Silver Metallic cardstock

Beacon 3-n-1 Advanced Glue

Tim Holtz Distress Oxides Ink Pad Stormy Sky

So get crafting and have a fabulous  day and thanks for visiting.

 The Rubber Buggy has the crafting supplies for your next project. So have fun crafting this weekend with these products.   My cards and projects are always posted on Saturday.  Keep watching and thank you so much for those wonderful comments as well as suggestions. 

Enjoy and Happy Crafting!