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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Whaaaaa, how clever – feathers!!!! Beautiful card :)
Love the wreath!!
Love how Christmasy these non Christmas stamps and dies look – thanks for showing great ways to stretch my stamps and dies!
Absolutely brilliant! Debby blows my mind. She is amazing.
Wow, so creative! Love the use of the feathers and the balloon stamp too! I absolutely love your wreath card design. :) Thanks for sharing.
Katie B.
I so LOVE the Christmas tree made from feathers, it looks AMAZING!!! Thank you for sharing these great ideas!
Fabulous creations. The kitty card is so cute with that unique tree! :)
I’m in awe of Debby’s creativity! Using feathers to create her tree is downright BRILLIANT! I love both cards and her burlap bag is fabulous!
I hope everyone has had a really fun World Card Making Day!!!
Love the cat.
Thanks for the great ideas. I’m totally getting inspired for the holidays!
Adorable cards…but loved the first one!
Great embellishments! I keep forgetting to gloss mine up! Love the layers on number one! :)
Amazing cards here ladies! Love the use of the feather dies for the tree! In my best Joey voice… “Woe!”
love the holiday inspiration!
What beauties will!!!
So fun and smart to use the feathers to make a christmas tree! TFS =)
Such clever ideas! Love the baubles :)
What amazing and gorgeous cards!
Amazing!!!! Absolutely wonderful!
I love to see creative ideas for Holiday crafting using “every day” stamps! So creative and cute. TFS!!
Very pretty card and tags.
These cards are soooooo creative!
Beautiful cards and tags! Love the glittery, layered tree!
Absolutely lovely cards! So much dimension! Theses cards have gotten me inspired to start on my Christmas cards! Absolutely fabulous Debby! Thanks so much for sharing!
WOW!!! Both cards are absolutely beautiful and adorable!!!
Omg!! You are AWESOME!! Love your cards and amazing inspiration!! Have a Fabulous Week!! ;)
This is beautiful, Debby! I have the Life is a Journey set, and would never have thought to use the sprig to create this gorgeous wreath!
Oh my gosh! SO Clever to use feathers for trees and balloons for ornaments! LOVE these!
Debby did a wonderful job ^^
Happy card making day to all the SSS crew ! You are AMAZING and so generous ! You make crafters lives happier everyday !!!
THanks !!!!
Hugs from France
Lunea
Fabulous cards Debby.Especially love the circle card with the layers… the tree is amazing! Thanks for the inspiration.
Fabulous projects. I love them!
Wow! I really love the idea Debby used feathers as a Christmas tree! and it looks so realistic and beautiful! Great projects!
I would never have recognized the tree as feathers, but did catch the balloons. Very clever you are. Both cards are so cute. Thanks.
Love the cards .. that ” feather ” tree is amazing .
Debby, you’re amazing and so creative! Beautiful all!
Wonderful projects! I love the glossy finish on the balloons! Thanks for the inspiration!
They are all so beautiful!
Love both cards!! The cat is too cute and I can’t believe how much glossy accents made your card pop.
The cat is so darn cute and loved the tree. Great projects, for sure.
Couldn’t figure out the tree die or where the ornaments came from. It’s because they were feathers and balloons! Thanks for thinking ‘outside the box’ for me. :)
This girl is amazing, what clever and beautiful creations she made, just WOW!
I love the kitty card and those berries look so juicy!
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Wow, the feather tree is wonderful! And I just love those balloons as Xmas ornaments. So creative!
I love everything in the holiday catalog…I think my faves are the snowflakes!!!…Thank you to all of you for the wonderful project shares….everything has been amazing!!
Oooh I have feathers! lol Great project!
Feathers as trees. Now THAT is creative. What a sweet card!
I love how not all of the pieces for each card are actually Christmas related. Pure Genius!
Such a cute card. I love all of the details.
loved the cards. great job.
Feathers for trees and balloons for baubles–great ideas!!! Really nice projects.