Happy World Cardmaking Day! + SSS Holiday Inspiration
Hi bloggers! Happy Saturday to you, AND Happy World Card Making Day! I hope you carve some time out of your day to make a card (or 2 ;)) in celebration of this crafty holiday! I honestly couldn’t think we could have a better fit for content today, than the amazing Debby Hughes! She’s cooked up some gorgeous SSS unique Holiday inspiration & if you’re anything like me, it’ll get your creative juices flowing! Enjoy!
Hi Debby here with a look at stretching those supplies! I love when Stephanie asks me to take a look at my supplies with fresh eyes and look for creative ways to use them. It really makes me stop and think and not just reach for the first set which comes to mind when I’m creating my cards.
As I looked at the STAMPtember® release one die immediately jumped out at me as having lots of other uses than the obvious …… Feathers! For my card I cut 5 of the large feather from Neenah solar white and then blended Distress Inks over them in Peeled Paint and Forest Moss. Then I used a thin coating of Ranger Glossy Accents before coating them in beautiful Distress Stickles dry glitter in Clear Rock Candy :) Layering the feathers to give dimension and popping a shining star on top and I had a frosted Christmas tree! I used the tree to create a little winter scene for Mannie from the Furry Christmas stamp set. All the extra dimension really adds interest to a simple card :)
So having given the dies from the STAMPtember® release a little look over, I then turned to the stamps and spotted the balloons from Tag Sayings would make fabulous Christmas baubles!
For my card I stamped a loose wreath using sprigs from the Life is A Journey set then I die cut a circle and stamped the ‘baubles’ and colored them with Copics, adding a thick coat of Ranger Glossy Accents for that lovely shine. The circle is popped up over the wreath, a simple sentiment from Handwritten Greetings and a twine bow added. I also made a matching tag too using one of the Medium Tag dies :)
Thanks for joining me today and I hope you take a fresh look at your supplies and really get the most out of them :)
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great tag
So beautiful
hugs Tamara
I just love the “furry christmas” card – it’s soooo cute!
Happy world card making day, indeed! What great ideas and a reminder to look through different eyes!
I don’t know how Debby thinks of these things but her cards are always amazing!
SO in LOVE with these cards STUNNING!!!
Lovely projects! :)
Fabulous artwork!
Wow! Love the feather trees and balloon baubles. Debby never fails to inspire.
Love the idea of coming up with creative ideas for supplies you may already have on hand. Love your card creations – thanks so much for the inspiration !!
What fun ideas – love the projects here.
Wow, that is the cutest card ever! Love the shaped base, the sweet kitty and that amazing feather tree!
SUPER creative!!!!!!! Love them both and makes me want to go play with my stamps!
Fabulous projects…love them!!
Love the feather tree and the balloon baubles! Need to look at my stamps differently!
Love these! For sure trying that with the feather die!
Love your project )
Happy WCMD )
I just love it when someone thinks out of the box when it comes to card making supplies. I do the same thing and I like it cause it challenges me. Also supplies can be expensive and it is nice to get more bang for your buck. Bravo Debby take a bow!
Those ideas are so cute and awesome!
Love the projects!
Gorgeous cards, so clever to use your feathers as trees!!
Great projects! Thanks for the ideas & inspiration. ;-)
lovely card today thank you for sharing it with us.
great projects today thanks for sharing
what an awesome card today thank you for sharing it with us.
Great Cards and Tag
Oh, good heavens! Is there any limit to her creativity and talent?! Amazing card and tag! LOVE! Happy WCMD!
Wowzer! These projects are fabulous! Thanks for the inspiration!
What adorable cards!! Happy World Card Making Day everyone!! =D
Great cards! Love the use of the feather die for the tree and the fun balloons as ornaments! Very creative!
love the dimension and texture of that tree!
Love that 3D tree and little kitten! CUTE!
beautiful love how you used the feathers
Love those balloon/baubles!
Great projects! The kitty card is so sweet
Happy Cardmaking Day to everyone! Cute kitty card, need to make onefor our dog friends. Thanks!
WOW!!! Amazing and super creative use of supplies! LOVE the ideas!!!
Beautiful! I especially love the tag on the bag.
Great projects today!!
Beautiful projects. Love the newly released items.
Turning balloons into Christmas ornaments. Genius! Thanks for the beautiful ideas. :)
Darling cards and such clever ideas for the stamps and dies!
Those are some lovely cards!! Have a great day!
Creative, fun projects!
Lovely cards Debby. Sadly, I didn’t get any cards made today, but I did get 3 sets of 28 alphabet tags finished (minus one that needs a sentiment), and some ATCs done :)
Too cute! Love it.
The cat is cute and
the tree looks great.
Carla from Utah
Wonderful cards! I know lots of people that would love to get that in the mail.
I love the cretivity of using the feather dies for the tree!!!!!
Super creative and awesome! Really genuis….happy WCMD!
oh love, love, love these…