Sneak Peek of the NEW "Snow Angel" Stamp Set coming Thanksgiving Day!!

HELLO CRAFTY FRIENDS!! 

Larissa here today to share a SNEAK PEEK of the NEW "Snow Angel" Stamp Set that will be available on Thursday Nov. 27th!! 

SWOON!! You're just going to LOVE the NEW Set!! 

If you missed my share as part of the 25 Days of Christmas Tags, here's a Photo of the Tags I created for the Holidays, using the same set!!

You can find my post HERE and to join in on the 25 Days of Christmas Tags FUN with chances to WIN some AWESOME Prizes HERE!! 

So for my Card today I wanted to create an Encouragement Card for a SWEET friend who's battling Uterine Cancer!! This Lil' Snow Angel is PERFECT for so many occasions!!

 

 I wanted a BEAUTIFUL Sparkling Snowflake background to go along with both the Snow Angel Image and the Sentiment I wanted to use on my Card!! I Started by Inking my Background using some Distress Ink in Royal Velvet!! I added some Water Droplets for some Texture and then used an Anti-Static Tool to run over my entire Panel!! I Stamped and Embossed Several of the Snowflake Images from both the Joy and Sugar Plum Fairy Stamp Sets using Versa Mark Embossing Ink then I Embossed them with WoW Glitter Embossing Powder in Fools Gold!! It's a STUNNING Gold Embossing Powder with a Mauve/Rose Gold Glitter!! In real life its just GORGEOUS!! I added some White and Black Paint Splatters using some Distress Paint in Black Soot and Picket Fence!! Then I added some Shine and Dimension to several of the Snowflake Centers using Pretty Pink Posh Snowflake Sequins and some Tonic Studios Nuvo Glitter Drops in Summer Sunrise!! I Stamped and Embossed the Word Ribbon Image and then Die Cut it out using the Ruffled Ribbon Fri Dies!! I used WoW Gold Pearl Glitter Embossing Powder and I just LOVE the look against those Snowflakes!! I really brings out the delicate detail of the Snowflake Images!!

I Stamped ans Embossed the NEW "Snow Angel" Image and Colored it on using Copic Markers!! I used (Skin: E00, E11 & E13  Cheeks: RV11  Hair: E31, E33 & E37  Halo: YR23  Robe: RV00, RV11 & RV34  Wings: W0, W2 & W5)  I added Glitter Nuvo Drops in Summer Sunrise to the center of the Snowflakes on her Robe and then I Stamped and Embossed the sentiment onto some Black Cardstock and Embossed it with some WoW Embossing Powder in White!! I added some White Pigment ink to the outside edges of the Sentiment strip to make it not as harsh against my background and then add some more Glitter Nuvo Drops to the center of the Snowflakes!! I used some Foam Tape to add the Ribbon, Angel and Sentiment strip onto my card and I just LOVE the way it turned out!! 

I hope you come back on Thursday to get your hands on this SWEET NEW "Snow Angels" Stamp Set, and Stay Tuned for even MORE SURPRISES for Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday!! If I were you I'd get my WISH LIST ready and don't forget to visit the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Blog often Next week/weekend for TONS of AMAZING Inspiration and to shop the NEW, Old and Sale Products in the CFS Shop!! You can also use my discount code LARISSASENTME to SAVE 15% off anything in the Shop!! 

WHOOP WHOOP!! 

THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by today and I hope you have a FABULOUS WEEK!! 

Larissa 💗

Pink Christmas in July

Hello it's Michelle here today from Seashell Creations with a pink Christmas card for you.

We have a hot Christmas here in Australia so July is a perfect time for me to make a Wintry Snow Flake card because it is Winter time here!  I might send this card to my sister who lives in the UK, she's sure to have a cold snowy Christmas.

I've used the brand new Flakey A2 Panel Fri-Die for my card today.  I love the new panel Fri-Dies, they make for a quick card!

I started by ink blending  pink ink onto some Neenah Solar White card stock with a make up brush.  I stamped some snow flakes from the "Sugar Plum Fairy" Stamp Set onto my ink blended piece and then splattered some water for a bit more effect.

Then I die cut the Flakey Panel die from another piece of  Neenah card stock and added a some clear sequins to the middle of a few of the snowflakes.

I stamped the sentiment from Sugar Plum Fairy onto a separate strip of white card stock with black ink.

I adhered the panel die and sentiment strip directly onto the ink blended piece with liquid glue then glued it onto a top folding card.  I think the whole card took me no longer than 1/2 an hour from start to finish.  That's quick for me!

You can click HERE to take you over to the shop and don't forget to use my special discount code  (MICHELLESENTME) for a 15% discount.

Christmas Card Production Line!!

Hi there everybody!! I can't believe that there are only just over 5 weeks till Christmas!! I've done no shopping, haven't even have any lists yet, haven't started my Christmas baking and haven't made all my Christmas cards......so to say I'm not prepared is an understatement!

I'm also trying to make lots of cards for a group here in New Zealand that send Christmas cards to rest homes around the country called 'Sending Love NZ', for people who don't have any family. Last year I made 50 cards, this time I'm aiming for 100. I really needed a design that looked good but that I could also turn into a 'production line' and create many in a row, so decided to make that the basis for my post today.

To start with, this is the card design I came up with:

This is a one-layer design with loads of stamping, so thank goodness for my trusty MISTI!! It took a bit of organising with the different snowflakes but once I had it done, it was quite easy!!

 

I started off by using a marker pen to make marks to show how big my card base was on the inside of my MISTI door. I grabbed snowflake stamps and arranged them within that area. I found this handy instead of doing on top of the card base itself. I also did the same on the stamping area paper, so I could put my card in the right place every time. I used snowflake stamps from:

Bring on the Snowflakes 
Dashing 
Joy 
Merry 
Snowy Sayings 
Sugar Plum Fairy 

And since the card is completely covered with images I couldn't hold it in place with the magnet, so I added a little removable tape to the back of each one. 

Now I was ready to start stamping!! I used inks from Waffle Flower and Hero Arts. All I did was press the ink pads on different areas of the stamps and it didn't matter if they overlapped and stamped each card twice to get the best coverage. I did 25 cards in blue.

And 25 cards in pink. I'm so happy with how they turned out, especially the way the colours blended together!!

Now it was time to add a sentiment. I was going to heat emboss one but my card stock isn't very thick and didn't want to warp all my stamping. So I decided to use a large sentiment with the darkest ink I used on the cards:

I'm really happy I stamped the sentiment, it still stands out against the background and the cards are nice and flat. I also decided not to add any sequins to these either as there is already a lot going on with the design. Now all I have to do is write a message in each one, wishing them a wonderful Christmas and happy, healthy New Year. I'll add these to the other 50 cards I've made and put them in the 'Sending Love NZ Drop Box' in town and they will distribute them from December 14th. Hopefully they will make lots of people happy!!

Whew, sorry that was such a long post but wanted you to see how you can create one design and then crank out lots of cards with different colours. I hope its given you a few ideas and if your still needing to buy some Christmas products, don't forget to use my special code to save yourself 15%!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and we will see you back here tomorrow for a rather fabulous blog post.....you won't want to miss it!!

Take care
Shona

 

Magical Winter Unicorn Birthday Card!!

HELLO CRAFTY FRIENDS!! 

Larissa here today to share a MAGICAL Winter Birthday Card!!  

Speaking of Birthday's HAPPY BIRTHDAY to ME!! I'm one year closer to the BIG 40!! 😬

The Holiday season is closing in fast, but along with those Holiday Cards, you may need to have some Winter Birthday Cards on hand too!!?? I just LOVE Unicorn's in general, but the Image and Sentiments in the NEW Be a Unicorn Stamp Set are PERFECT for LOTS of occasions and Seasons!! So don't be afraid to think outside the Box and stretch this set for ALL of your Crafting Needs!! 

I Stamped and Embossed the Unicorn Image and then Die Cut the Image out using the coordinating Die!! I used Copic Markers to color the Image in (N8, N6, N4, N2, N0 and R00)!! Added some Tonic Studios Glitter Pen and Morning Dew Nuvo Drops to the Horn, Hooves and Star!! I used Distress Oxide and Distress Ink in Tumbled Glass  and Cracked Pistachio to create my Background!! Then I Stamped and Embossed several of the Snowflakes from the Sugar Plum Fairy Stamp Set, using both White and Winter Glitter WoW Embossing Powders!! I LOVE the look of combining Regural and Glitter Embossing Powders for Snow Flakes!! It looks so realistic in real life!! I added some Water Splatters for texture and then add some Distress Picket Fence Paint Splatters to resemble Fine Snow falling!! I Stamped and Embossed the Sentiment and added some Iridescent Crystals to the centers of several of the Snowflakes!! Some Patterned Paper and a Scalloped Black frame finishes off the Design!!

If you just can't wait to go shopping, the new release is in the Store RIGHT NOW, PLUS there's several Sets that are RETIRING!! So you can stock up on some of those Products that you might have had on your WISH LIST before they're GONE for Good and at a SALE Price!! You can also use my discount code,LARISSASENTME, to save 15% off on all of the goodies in the CFS Shop!!

THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by and I hope you have a FABULOUS WEEK!!

COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA   =)