Flora and Fauna: Christmas by the Sea
Hi friends! Happy Wednesday! Please welcome one of the owners of Flora and Fauna, Lara Di Re as a special guest on our blog today! She’s showcasing some brand new Flora and Fauna sets to make tropical holiday cards using their new Christmas by the Sea clear stamp set! Please read on and enjoy!
Hi! This is Lara from Flora & Fauna and we are so excited to be guest posting here on the Simon Says Blog again! Today we are excited about the holidays and using one of our new clear sets Christmas By the Sea for a fun take on a traditional holiday!
To make the first card we watercolored the background and then masked the border with seashells and starfish which we colored with colored pencils. Then we added White Blizzard Nuvo glitter drops to the hat which was stamped in our favorite classic versafine black onyx ink.
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For the next card we stamped the shells in black and colored with colored pencils. To give it more sparkle we added gold sequins. Next we fussy cut the mermaid and tiny candy candy and colored with pencils and to finish added a mini wobble to the mermaid to make her move.
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For our sled card we stamped the image with black and filled in with colored pencils. Next we used an exacto knife to open the sled and placed the shell packages in the sled. On top we used black glaze pen for the added ropes between seahorses and sled and used red Nuvo drops for nose. The next step was to emboss the stars with white embossing powder and to add additional snow dots using white Sakura pen. To finish we sponged the background with peacock feathers distress ink. The star stamp comes from our Cozy Cuddles Penguin set.
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For our final card we first stamped the wreath with various sea life stamps from the set and then added the greenery from our poinsettia watercolor set. We first stamped sea life pieces in black, then colored with pencil and finally filled in with greenery stamp. To complete the card we added Nuvo red drops at the end.
We hope you enjoyed our samples with our new holiday sets. For more inspiration visit our Instagram page at florafauanclear. Happy Stamping!
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Thanks for reading today, and thanks to Lara for being our guest today!
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I love these cards – so perfect for our hot Florida Christmas times. They are all lovely. Love those cute Seahorses as “reindeer’!! Adorable!!
I live in Minnesota, so Christmas by the sea is only a wish on my bucket list. But, I so love the cards. I might just do them anyway, gosh darn it! lol
I have lots of family in Hawaii. These would make wonderful Christmas cards for them.
Adorable mash up of two themes!
So unique! The Christmas tree made of shells is so cute!
Absolutely fabulous!
Cute cards! Love the wreath and the seahorse reindeer!
These cards are adorable–love the cute mermaid!
Very cute Stamp set and well done cards. I like tropical Christmas cards.
What fun and adorable cards!!
Cute cute cute Images and Lara your coloribg it totally adore able…love your coloring skill..cuttee cards
Such cute cards and stamp set!!
Such sweet and pretty cards!!!
That sea shell Christmas tree is so adorable. All these cards are lovely and whimsical.
Living on the central coast of California, this speaks to me! Much more than the snowy scenes! Cute, cute, cute!
Great ideas. Love the cards
Today’s cards are just so cute and fun!!
Love your fun cards! They are so unique!
Man, those cards are super cute!!
These are such fun, different takes on Christmas cards!
I adore Flora & Fauna’s illustration style! So whimsical. What an adorable stamp set! Great company and always a super packed set of images in their stamp sets.
A different twist on Christmas cards! I love the seahorse card!
Very creative!
The starfish reminds me of Patrick from Spingebob!
These cards are just so cute. I love the bright colors and the adorable sentiments!
What cute ideas! And theme is so unique and creative. I love it all!?
Fun cards! I never thought of using mermaids for Christmas! Cool!
These are sooo cool and fun Holidays cards ! I love the shell for the Christmas tree or in the wreath with stars !! So fun !
Great bold-coloured cards for kids…by seeing this I wish there were more youngsters in my circles…
I love this set – Christmas by the Sea is perfect for our hot Sydney Christmases! Love the wreath card!
What a great and unique stamp set
This set is so fun!!!
Cristina
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Love the cute whimsical images!
Oh my !!! Awesome unconventional Xmas cards!!! Love them!!!
These are all amazing … But the “Joy” wreath card is a jaw dropper! Wow! That is creative, beautiful, amazing, and so fun! I love it!!
Oh I’m so happy to see flora and fauna on the blog today! I absolutely love there style, so unique and so fun! Such cute cards today!!!
Genius! Love these holiday card ideas. I have to start thinking outside the box. Maybe that will be my new challenge
This is so clever, to use shell stamp for Christmas tree!
Adorable and so creative.
Great sets for all of us in warm Christmas areas!
These are so fun. Love the seahorses. Hugz
SO FUN for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)
This is such a fun take on Christmas cards. Thanks for sharing!
Omg. I love these cards!
Such cute cards. Thanks for sharing…
AWESOME cards I especially love the seashell Christmas tree!
Don’t live anywhere near the ocean, but glad to see that the folks in warmer climates are not forgotten when we make holiday stamps.
Super cute! Love the holiday vibe with the ocean theme!
These cards are so cute!! Love them!
So cute, love the clean and simple designs.