Stamping Gifts

Happy December! It's the season of giving and what better gift to give than one made with your own hands? I love giving and receiving handmade gifts. I like to think about my recipient as a create a little something special just for them. If you also love to give your heart in a gift, this is the challenge for you!

I have been giving handmade ornaments with the Christmas cards, to my co-workers, for years. When I saw the new wood slice die/embossing folder from Tim Holtz, I knew I wanted to make ornaments. As soon as I saw A Little Mousy, I knew I had found my stamp! This is such a cute kit, very versatile, and was a fairly simple project to make. Cut and ink the wood slices, stamp and color the image, cut out and add to the wood slice. You can see the process in the video below.

A Little Mousy

Tim Holtz Mini Tree Rings

For this challenge, I task you with making a gift of some sort. It can be a pack of cards, canvas, coaster, jewelry, ornament, the sky is the limit! Bless someone's day with a gift from your heart and hands. The challenge will be open all month, so you have time. Be sure to upload to the Unity Show & Tell group to be in the running for a prize. Until next time, happy stamping!

Color Me Happy - Scrapbook.com Exclusive Cut File Collection

Hello and welcome! I had the chance to use the new Scrapbook.com exclusive cut file collection, Color Me Happy. It's filled with super fun rainbow cuts. 

I used one from the travelers notebook collection to document some of the storms I encountered on a recent trip to Tanzania. We had some massive thunderstorms. It was really cool and my favorite moment was capturing a lightning strike in the midst of a beautiful rainbow.

I cut the rainbow, using Neenah Solar White. Then I colored the bands with rainbow Distress Inks, and added them to my preprinted notebook. After adding my photos, I stamped some clouds and sun with cloud with Lawn Fawn's Happy Village. 

Until next time, happy crafting!
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Tis The Season - Scrapbook.com Exclusive Cut Files

Great news! Scrapbook.com has new cut files in the house and they are so cute!

I cut the card base with trees and snow and used it as a stencil to add foiling glaze and added foil to make a background. I then die cut the mountains and trees with the new Tim Holtz mountain dies.

You definitely should check out this great collection. There are files for every occasion; cards, traveller's notebooks, and scrapbook layouts!

Until next time, happy scrapping!

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Happy World Card Making Week!

It's World Card Making week and Scrapbook.com is celebrating by delving into making cut files! Their first set is amazing and comes sized for all sorts of projects; cards, traveller's notebook, scrapping, and pocket cards. There are many add ons too. Best of all? It's a freebie this week! Be sure to head on over and download them today!

Here is a card that I whipped up using the card front. Isn't it just darling? I did rainbow inking using Distress Inks and blender brushes, backing onto a black base. I just sprinkled a few gems and hearts from the die cut. Bingo, fast card that is sure to please.

Also, be sure to check out the freebies that are being given away this week. They are simply fantastic!

Stay tuned for another project using these cut files later in the week. Until then, happy crafting!

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