CDD October New Release Sneak Peek - Chilly

Hello and Happy Tuesday! 

Yesterday was Day 2 of the sneak peeks for the October stamp release at Craftin Desert Divas!

We have 4 new stamp sets for this release and 2 new die sets designed by our own design team member, Leah! 

I am showcasing the stamp set, Chilly.

I have created a card using the walrus, ice and the new Mini Banner Die.

To begin, I stamped the walrus on Neenah Solar White and masked it before I stamped the ice to make it look like the walrus is sitting on top. Next, I fussy cut the walrus and the ice and colored them with various Copic markers. To give the walrus some texture, I added colorless blender to a rag and pounced the rag on the walrus a few times. 

To make the layers for the card, I used several dies from the Fancy Frame Dies. 

I used the sentiment, You melt my heart. I cut a strip of vellum and heat embossed the sentiment using Versamark ink and Hero Arts white embossing powder.

For the water, I blended Mermaid Lagoon and Tumbled Glass Distress Ink into the background. After that, I adhered the walrus and ice with foam tape and adhered the vellum on the back of the panel. 

For the upper half of the panel, I stamped several of the snowflakes with Sea Glass ink. I stamped the heart with Raspberry Jam shadow ink and colored it in with Copics, adding Clear Wink of Stella and Glossy Accents over the top. 

I die cut a piece of patterned paper with the new Mini Banner Die and adhered it to the panel. It's such a fun die! 

After that, I added Snow Palace sequins, adhered the panels and I was finished! 

CDD products used:

Fancy Frame Dies

Snow Palace Sequins

I hope that you joined us on Facebook for the sneak peeks yesterday! I'll be back on the 24th with a second card from this stamp set for the fun blog hop! 

Thanks for visiting and have a beautiful day!

A Jolly Hello!

Hello and Happy Sunday! 

Today I'm sharing a card I made with the stamp set, Owl-idays from Craftin Desert Divas.

These little owls are adorable! I decided to make a sweet scene using three of the owls and a stack of presents.  

To start, I stamped and masked the presents before stamping the owls over them so it looked like the owls were standing on the presents, behind the bows.

I used my Copics to color the images and paper piecing for the presents using a paper pack called Altitude from Bo Bunny.  

I repeatedly stamped the present on the patterned paper and on Neenah Solar White so I could do a bit of copic coloring on the ribbon. There was quite a bit of fussy cutting involved on this card but I feel it was well worth the effort.

I chose the sentiment, A Jolly Hello, from the stamp set because I thought the script worked perfectly for this card. I stamped the sentiment using a Hero Arts Mid-Tone Shadow Ink in the color, Grape Juice.

Here is a closer shot of the sweet owls. To be honest, I started coloring them like penguins before I remembered these were owls! I suppose it could have worked. haha

From this angle, you can see the Clear Wink of Stella that I brushed on the ribbon.

I hope you like my card and thank you so much for stopping by!

Here are the CDD products used:

Owl-idays

Fancy Frame Dies

Have a beautiful day!