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Santa’s Ride

Posted on September 19, 2026 9:38 PM by Julie Comment

Today I have a fun Christmas card that was pretty easy to make. It’s all die cuts plus one stencil and one blue ink. So no coloring and it would be easy to make a bunch at one time and maybe use different paper behind Santa or different color paper for Santa to change it up.

It’s my turn to host the Featured Stamper Challenge FS1024, so a big congrats to Darlene! She has a sweet little gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I kept the Christmas theme & navy & white color combo, but I used all die cuts instead of stamps, added a stenciled background & made mine a 5×7 card.

After die cutting Santa, the reindeer & the snowflakes out of white, I die cut a large marquee background out of a night sky designer paper. I also used the same set of marquee dies to cut a white frame. For the stenciled bg, I used a falling snow stencil & 1 color of blue ink to lightly add some color. With the stencil still in place, I coated it w/ a glitter grit paste & let it dry. A little more blue was added around the edges after it dried. Then everything was attached to the 5×7 card, w/ some elements popped up.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies: (click the names below the pictures to take you to the products)

Stamps: Brass & Bliss: none

Paper: Staples 110# white, Brass & Bliss: Frosted Keepsakes paper pad

Ink: Brass & Bliss: Color Fuse ink set # 7

Accessories: Brass & Bliss: Lg Santa & Reindeer, Mini Snowflakes, Ho Ho Ho Script w/ Shadow, 5×7 Rectangle Maquee, 5×7 Stitched Rectangle dies, Falling Snow Stencil, Lg. Blending Brushes, Ranger grit paste

Lg Santa & Reindeer die 5936-02D	Ho Ho Ho Script dies 5829-01D	5×7 Marquee dies 5941-06D	5×7 Classic Stitch Rectangle dies 5941-03D	Mini Snowflake dies 5933-04D
Falling Snow stencil 4407	Color Fuse Ink set #7	Large Blending Brushes	Frosted Keepsakes paper 2405	Staples 110# White Card Stock
Ranger Grit Paste	Scotch ATG

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Tree Farm Snowglobe

Posted on September 18, 2026 9:44 PM by Julie Comment

It’s been a while since I made a shaker card, but this snowglobe die just calls for it. I put a little Christmas tree farm inside it with a bunch of chunky glitter and holographic stars. The label at the bottom really adds to the snowglobe look.

For the Inspiration Challenge IC1085, we are visiting Country Door & their Pinterest Boards. I used THIS door mat as my inspiration.

To make my snowglobe, I die cut 4of the globes out of heavy white & one out of white cardboard. Two of them were glued together used for the base w/ a piece of the insert in between. I added all the little die cut trees, out of 4 colors of green, the Tree Farm sign & snow at the bottom, cut out of white glitter. I popped a few up for dimension. The other 2 globe frames have a piece of acetate (also die cut w/ the globe insert) glued between them & the cardboard version glued underneath, I sprinkled the chunky glitter & stars on the bottom, then carefully glued the top layers down, making sure the edges were all secure in order to keep the glitter inside. The base was cut out of brown & dk brown & I used a wood grain embossing folder before attaching it.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Winter Fence Sign Sayings set, Christmas Mini Sayings

Paper: Heavy white, lt green, forest green, pine green, tan, brown, dk brown, scrap of brushed gold, acetate

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Brass & Bliss: Snow Globe, Winter Fir Trees, Winter Fence w/ Sign dies, Misti, chunky glitter

Snow Globe die 5940D	Winter Fence Sign Sayings set 37039	Winter Fence Sign dies 5825D	Christmas Mini Sayings set 38038	Winter Fir Trees dies 5936-01D
Recollections Hvy Wt white c/s	AC color card stock	Memento Inks	MISTI	Scotch ATG
Sizzix Splats/Wood Embossing Folders 658726	Sulyn Chunky Glitter

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Superhero Saves the Day

Posted on September 5, 2026 9:38 PM by Julie 1 Comment

A fun card for that someone special who really helped you out when you were in a pinch. Or did something wonderful for you. Who could resist this cute little panda superhero? They made your day, now you can make theirs!

A big congrats to Cathy, the newest Featured Stamper, FS1022. She has a sweet little gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I kept the Superhero theme & townscape w/ the big kapow layered word on top. I used different dies, colors & added a panda superhero w/ a greeting. I also changed the layout.

To make my thank you card, I colored & die cut super panda along w/ the thanks greeting. The big superhero words were cut of red, white & blue..true superhero colors! As I was playing around with the layout, I happened to turn the cobalt blue bg sideways on the white layer & decided I liked it. I attached it to the white piece then die cut them together w/ a stitched rectangle. I made sure to have the space where I cut the largest starry layer visible & attached the WOW layers slightly offset so the white would show. The little townscape was cut out of the same blue, put together & added behind the superhero.

Here are the Copics I used:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Mighty Little Hero set

Paper: Staples 110# white, cobalt blue, bright red

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Brass & Bliss: Mighty Little Hero, Stitched Rectangles, Action Hero Sayings, Townscape, Spring Townscape Accessories dies, Copic Sketch Markers, MISTI

Mighty Little Heroes set 38028	Mighty Little Heroes dies 38028D	Action Hero Saying dies 5926D	Rectangle Small Stitch dies 5013D	Town Scape die 5722-01D
Spring Town Accessories die 5722-03D	Copic Sketch Markers	MISTI	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock
Memento Inks