Thank you for joining me today for our Christmas Holiday Blog Hop! I am excited to have you here!
My name is Mikki Winebrenner and today I have a fun and simple Christmas card for you using Stampin Up Christmas Tiding Embossing Folder.
Christmas is my favorite time of year. I love the colors, smells, family and pretty much everything about it! Especially the snow!! I also know all too well how busy this time of year is.
For our card today I wanted to keep things as simple as possible. Anything to make things a little easier to help spread the Christmas Cheer.
For this card all you need is: Basic White and Cherry Cobbler Cardstock, Ribbon, Craft White Stamp Pad and your Stampin’ Cut and Emboss Machine.
Lets dive in!
Measurements are:
Real Red 8-1/2” x 11” Cardstock: 4-1/4” x 11”, 3-1/2” x 5”
Basic White 8-1/2” x 11” Cardstock: 3-5/8” x 5-1/8”, 4” x 5-1/4”
After embossing your paper, lightly run the white stamp pad across the paper.
Now you will have only the embossed images white making it all pop even more.
Attach that to your Basic White Cardstock.
Cut the ribbon at 5-1/2” and attach them together.
Attach the ribbon to the left side of the embossed piece.
Attach all of that to the Real Red base with dimensionals. I also added some sparkle gems at the bottom, I used the silver small ones but I did color some with my Real Red Stampin’ Blend to give it some more color.
Super simple but festive and fun. You could easily change up the colors to any combination you want and even add different embellishments to give it bright colors.
I hope this helps to inspire you for some super simple cards for your holiday needs!
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Welcome everyone to the Stamp It Group Halloween and Fall Blog Hop!! My name is Mikki and I am super excited to have you all here today!
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Most people who know me know that I am not a fan of Halloween 🎃. I would much rather be setting up my Christmas Tree than watching anything spooky. Now my kids and sister LOVE Halloween. I’m not sure where I went wrong with them 😂
We had a choice of doing Fall theme for this hop but I decided to take myself out of my comfort zone and try to use what I had on hand to create a spooky Halloween Card. I think I succeeded! Boy does this card have a cool feature to it too!
Lets dive right into it!!
You can see from the photo that we are using 1 retired product. The Wicked Dies from I believe 2020. I only have a handful of Halloween anything and this die just happens to be one I purchased for my sisters Hallowedding. You can easily replace the sentiment “Wicked” with anything you want.
Paper Dimensions are pretty basic, nothing fancy.
Basic Black Cardstock base: 5-1/2” x 8-1/2” scored at 4-1/4”
Coastal Cabana Cardstock : 5-1/2” x 4-1/4”
Basic Black Cardstock: 5-1/2” x 4-1/4”
Basic White Cardstock: 5-1/4” x 4”
You will also need a scrap piece of White Cardstock for the moon. I do have a full list of products used below with links to them in my store.
This card has a lot of little details but stay with me. It will be worth it. I promise! Normally I would a printable PDF for you but due to time constraints and family obligations I have not created one yet. I can most definitely get one up later on if you all want it to refer to later!!
Step by Step on how I created this beauty:
We are going to take this blank Coastal Cabana piece and create it into that —->
A spooky night sky!
To start, take your StazOn Jet Black and directly run the pad onto the cardstock leaving about an inch or so at the bottom.
Using a blending brush, blend the black in. You can keep adding black to smooth out the color. Little bits of the Coastal Cabana showing is okay.
Now you will want a clean blending brush and apply Coastal Cabana all over the back and down on the border. This will darken the color and add a little more Coastal back into the black.
I want to add a quick note here about the ink choices. You have to use a StazOn or alcohol based ink for the black color. If you do not, when you use the regular colors such as the Coastal Cabana, the black will just transfer into the brush and discolor everything!
Now grab your Winter Owl bundle and pull the Moon stamp and Die. Also grab your masking paper! You can use a post it note if you don’t have any.
Take your die and trace the inside of the moon onto the masking paper. Now I do this because we actually want it smaller then then the final piece. Cut the circle out with your snips.
Place the moon mask in the sky wherever the force guides you.
Using Basic White (Or is it Whisper White? I cant remember) Craft Ink and another blending brush and add some white around the moon area.
Grab the Black and Coastal Cabana brushes and blend the moon out so it’s smooth.
Stamp your moons onto a piece of scrap Basic White. I stamped them in Smoky Slate.
Pull out the Aspen Tree Dies and grab the egg shaped trees die.
Cut out the moons with the coordinating dies. You can add some Coastal Cabana to them if you choose for a little added spooky.
Cut our the Aspen Tree Die onto the 5-1/2” x 4-1/4” Basic Black piece. Someone forgot to photograph the cutting process, but we’re gonna skip over those facts 🤣 I would also advise cutting 2 of these. You’re gonna need a mask later on.
Attach your moon to the spot you had the mask with Liquid Glue.
Attach the trees over the entire piece also with liquid glue. You can see that mine isn’t lined up evenly. This is because I didn’t like how the trees covered the moon so I moved it around a little bit.
Once I was happy with the placement, I just trimmed the edges of the back piece to line up with the tree base.
Attach that entire piece to the front of your card base.
Grab that Basic White piece and your Coastal Cabana and Jet Black Blending Brushes.
Lay the tree cut out over the white piece and either hold it or tape it down. You are using this as a mask.
Using the brushes – don’t ink them up if they still have ink on them- lightly add color over the mask. Use the black on the edges to create shadows.
Attach the white piece to the inside of the card.
For the sentiment, I cut out the Wicked die on the 6” x 6” Glow In the Dark Specialty paper that is in our current Mini Catalog.
I placed it onto the card front with dimensionals to add a little pop to it.
For the final reveal!!! Does it glow??
Of course it glows in the dark on a Wicked Spooky Night!!!
Now I went bonkers with the way this turned out and created 3 different cards in 3 different colors because why not make more experiments! **Insert Stitch evil laugh here**
I surprised myself and am very pleased that the experiments where successfully brought to life!!
These were a lot of fun to make!
Real Red, Coastal Cabana and Lemon Lime TwistAre the sooOOoo Cool or what??!!!!
While editing the photos, my brain went “WAAIIT… Can the moon glow too?” Well, once the idea was in my head of course I had to try it!!
The moon can definitely GLOW bright on a “Wicked” night! Use StazOn for the moon stamp on the Glow in the Dark Paper to prevent smudges!
I hope this crazy adventure of mine has helped inspire you! I have learned that the power of creativity is a beautiful thing! It allows you to take what you have and create something unique and totally different!!
Don’t forget to leave a comment below to be entered into this months giveaway of a Birthday Card Kit! What a fun little kit this is too!!
Congratulations to last months Winner!!
Follow the links below to continue this journey of inspiration for Spooky and Gorgeous ideas!! Be sure to leave a comment on all the blogs you visit! Each comment gives you a chance to win!
Thank you for joining me today as we begin to welcome Fall! I am excited to have you here!
My name is Mikki Winebrenner and today I have a fun and simple fall themed card for you using Stampin Up! Abundant Beauty Decorative Masks. These masks will make their big debut September 6th, 2023 in the new Mini Catalog.
Fall is one of my favorite seasons. When I think fall one thing that comes to mind is our big Sunflower Festival. I love walking through the sunflower fields and seeing them in full bloom. They are just absolutely gorgeous!
In the Abundant Beauty Decorative Masks there is a 4 part sunflower that I thought would be perfect not only for the sunflower card but as a way for you to see these masks in action!
I will cover the process of how I used the masks for this card but the rest of the details on putting the card together can be found in the full printable PDF available for your use at a later date as well as a full product list with links below.
To begin with the card you will need Basic White Cardstock and Daffodil Delight Cardstock.
Cutting & Scoring:
Basic White 8-1/2” x 11” Cardstock : 5-1/2” x 8-1/2” scored at 4-1/4”
Basic White 8-1/2” x 11” Cardstock : 4” x 5-1/4”
Daffodil Delight 8-1/2” x 11” Cardstock: 4-1/8” x 5-3/8” and 4” x 2”
Tape the 4” Basic White down to keep in place. I used old washi tape.
Lay the sunflower stencil over the card stock at a slight angle. Over in the upper left corner you will see a notch, trace that so you have a guide for the rest of the masks.
With Blending Brushes apply Daffodil Delight and Crushed Curry to the sunflower. I started from the center with Crushed Curry and worked my way out with Daffodil Delight.
Line up the second mask with the notch over the sunflower.
Apply Pecan Pie to the center section of the sunflower.
Again, Line up the notch! This is actually important so that everything lines up exactly the way it is suppose to.
Apply Cajun Craze to give detail to the center of the sunflower.
And there you have a beautiful sunflower using the masks.
I also crated the background paper for my sentiment with the mask on Daffodil Delight cardstock.
As well as adding in some flowers to the inside of my card.
After cutting out the sentiment and attaching the card front together we are done!
A quick tip on the masks, especially this set of 4 with the sunflowers. There is a notch in the upper left hand corner for you to mark and be able to line up the layers flawlessly. They’re also numbered which was brilliant! Thank You concept artists for that little detail!
The photo above is a sample I did when playing around to see how the layout worked. The beautiful thing here is you can move those masks around on your paper to create different designs each time. This was how I created that background paper as well as the inside of the card.
I hope this card inspires you for not only a fall card idea. Below is the full PDF download for you to check out any time.
Welcome to Stamp It Group Christmas In July Blog Hop!
Thank you for joining me today for our Christmas celebration! I am excited to have you here!
My name is Mikki Winebrenner and today I have a fun and simple Holiday card for you using Stampin Up Merry Melody 3D Embossing Folder.
I love Christmas, it’s by far my favorite time of the year. I must ask one question… Can I put my decorations out now??
For our card today I wanted to keep things as simple as possible. Simple and elegant to offset that sudden realization that Christmas is only 6 months away!
I did not take step by step photos this time so I will give you a run down of the paper sizes. I have a full printable PDF available for your use at a later date as well as a full product list with links below.
Cutting & Scoring:
Basic White 8-1/2” x 11” Cardstock : 5-1/2” x 8-1/2” scored at 4-1/4”
Basic White 8-1/2” x 11” Cardstock : 3-1/2” x 4-3/4”, scrap piece for sentiment
Real Red 8-1/2” x 11” Cardstock: 3-3/4” x 5”
As I said, this card is super simple to make with minimal stamping required making this a great idea for mass production.
I’m super excited to have you all here on my new blog! Today I have a very fun and very summery card for you using Stampin’ Up!’s Playing in the Rain Stamp Set.
What says summer more than a delicious piece of ice cold watermelon? This is a hot commodity at my house especially on these hot summer days and definitely popular during our 4th of July festivities! My kids, myself, and even my dogs love to enjoy a piece of this deliciousness all summer long!
This was my inspiration for this card and as we do not technically have any watermelon type sets, I got creative. The seeds you see are actually rain drops from the Playing in the Rain Set!
Let me give you a little more detail on this card. There is a full PDF below for you to download with all the measurements and products used as wall as instructions for this card.
To create the watermelon look I used Garden Green, Lemon Lime Twist and Sweet Sorbet Classic Stampin Pads and Blending Brushes.
I started with the Sweet Sorbet as this was the most dominant color.
Next I added Lemon Lime Twist leaving a little bit of white between the 2 colors.
To finish off the coloring of the watermelon I added just a bit of Garden Green.
For the inside panel I basically cleaned my blending brush onto the corners of the white piece.
Next I added my sentiment in Tuxedo Back. I did this first so I had an idea of placement for the seeds.
Finally I added those seeds!
I also I added a few generational stamped seeds to the bottom of the inside panel.
I attached the inside panel to the inside of the card with liquid glue.
I attached my Sweet Sorbet Cardstock to the Basic White Cardstock and that to the Lemon Lime Cardstock.
I then attached my watermelon piece to the front of the Sweet Sorbet.
Finally I attached that entire stack to the Garden Green card base.
And there you have it! I simple yet adorable Summer time card to share with your friends and loved ones!
