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Monday, July 29, 2019

Christmas in July - Countdown to Christmas Advent Card

Hero Arts Presents Background Stamp with Peek A Boo Doors Die to create an Advent Calendar Card

On the one hand, I love Christmas so I think it is great to get a headstart on crafting for the holidays as soon as Christmas is over. On the other hand, I feel a bit overwhelmed if I haven't started crafting holiday gifts and cards by this time of the year. Bearing that in mind, I just made my first Christmas item for this year.  It is a Countdown to Christmas Advent Card.

The idea behind this card was actually my 14-year old's as she was watching me stamp, emboss and die cut. She suggested turning the card into an Advent Calendar.  I've made many Advent Calendars over the years and here are some posts with a variety of different kinds of creations, here, here, here, and here. The last post has a list of activities that a child or family could do on each day as they count their way to Christmas.

Tim Holtz Sizzix die for numbers and Christmas Greetings Stamps from Hero Arts

This card was considerably more complicated than most of the ones I have been making this month. However, it was fun! And it really did not take a huge amount of time... just some searching for numbers to die-cut that were the right size.  It would have been easy to use the Cricut or Silhouette, but I had my Vagabond out and wanted to use that if I could.  It turns out the Sizzix Tim Holtz Thinlet Mixed Media set pictured above was a perfect match.  Adhering 4" wide strips of double-sided adhesive to cardstock made it very easy to cut, peel, and stick the numbers to each of the little doors.
Please let me know if you have any questions.

Today is the last day of both Sizzix and Scrapbook.com's Christmas in July sale. I am posting the links to Scrapbook.com for the current products I used in case you are in the market for any of these things and want to hit up a good sale!  Hero Arts Stamps just released their Winter Catalog. You might want to check out their site for inspiration. Here is the list of items that I used:


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Tuesday, June 18, 2019

Quick Altenew Card - Also, Tim Holtz Class and Free Distress Crayons

Altenew Floral Cover Die A with Distress Crayons
Here is a quick card using a die that is sized for a standard card front.  I colored the cut image with Distress crayons and layered it onto a piece of Bristol paper that was left over from another project using Shimmer Powder. There are a few sequins for some extra glitz and a stamped sentiment. All of the item names are listed below.



Have you taken any classes from Tim Holtz? I really enjoy watching him create. He works fast and is entertaining at the same time. Since I don't have a very long attention span, his style works for me.  Scrapbook.com has free classes from some leading crafters. Here is the link to Tim's class:

FREE Class!



Also, for today only, with a purchase at Scrapbook.com, they are sending out a free set of Distress Crayons. For more information visit their website here. 






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