SPECIAL DELIVERY: Family Cards for 2018

I love being a nanny to our only grandchild, a little girl named Malin.  She is her Nanny’s – that’s me – sunlight and sunshine.  Just looking at her pictures and videos bring me so much joy.  I like to do special cards for her that are age appropriate.  She will be 4 in April, 2019.  This year I just fell in love with Papertrey Ink’s Bear Hugs released this month and though it’s really a Valentine’s set, I saw STARS instead of hearts.  This bear is just too cute!  Lots of possibilities to color too with multistep stamping or other coloring mediums with the outline stamp.  There is even a die to cut slits for his arms to hold a heart or in this case a star!  Too, too much!!!!  Here is my enabler’s list!

·      Stamp set(s): PTI – Bear Hugs SS, Botanical Blocks IV SS

·      Ink(s):  PTI – Cocoa Bean, Dark Chocolate, Sweet Blush, Ripe Avocado

·      Paper:  PTI – Blueberry Sky, Ripe Avocado Gingham, Rustic Cream

·      Dies & Embossing folders:  PTI – Bear Hugs Die; Verve – Starry Die; MFT – Stitched Scalloped Basic Edge Die; Copic Spica Glitter Pen, Black

It really is Gold Foil!!1

Cards for the adult kids are all the same basic card this year which I created while playing around with one of the PTI’s Christmas release sets this fall and the new Spellbinder’s Glimmer Machine at a friend’s house.  (She has In2stampincards.com, an online papercrafting and card making store.  I ended up buying one from her and then decided to make multiples of this card because I just loved it!)  It’s simple but I just loved the way “Making Spirits Bright” just popped off the cardstock.  It got even better when I used some dies from MFT that made a frame and cut out the sentiment on the card front all at the same time! A little bit of crafting foam behind the sentiment really added the dimension I was looking for.  I used holly stamps and dies for the red cards and pine boughs and pine cones for the dark green.  I hope that you like them as well.  Maybe a bit late for Christmas this year, but the layout would lend itself to any occasion! Here’s my enabler’s list!

First Up: the Green card

·      Stamp set(s): PTI-Sincerely Yours: Sending Joy

·      Ink(s):  Pinefeathers, Dark Chocolate

·      Paper:  PTI – Pinefeathers, Classic Kraft

·      Dies & Embossing folders:  MFT – Single Stitch Line Rectangle Frames; Darice – Diagonal Stripe EF

·      Embellishments/Other things of note:   Wink of Stella Clear; Spellbinders – Glimmer Plate Making Spirits Bright with Gold Foil; Verve – Sequin Mix

Second:  the Red Card! I added an additional frame to the red card using the same die from MFT.  The contrast between the Pinefeathers and Classic Kraft cardstock seemed enough but the blank space was too blank on the red card.  I think that this solution worked really well!

·      Stamp set(s): PTI – Sincerely Yours: Sending Joy

·      Ink(s):  PTI – New Leaf, Olive Twist

·      Paper:  PTI – Rustic Cream, Pure Poppy, New Leaf

·      Dies & Embossing folders:  MFT – Single Stitch Line Rectangle Frames; Darice – Diagonal Stripe EF

·      Embellishments/Other things of note:  Spellbinders – Glimmer Plate Making Spirits Bright & Red Foil; Wink of Stella Clear; Pretty Pink Posh – Raspberry Sequins 6mm

       I hope that you've enjoyed this post!  I'm finally done; the notes are written on the inside for each recipient and ready to give to my loved ones tomorrow.  They wouldn't know what to do if Mama didn't make their cards for Christmas and throughout the year!  Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Many Blessings!

Donna