Ho Ho Ho!

Good morning everyone! This week I am all about pink! I seem to keep making pink cards, even though that isn't a "plan." It is my favorite color, though, so not a surprise, I guess!

Today I am sharing the ADORABLE reindeer from Prickley Pear Stamps' Santa and Rudolph. I stamped with VersaFine Clair Nocturne (can't beat the black crispness) and then quickly embossed with Clear Embossing Powder. That sets the ink (non-marker friendly) and then I am able to color with alcohol markers without the black ink smearing. The Coordinating Die cut her out perfectly! Same with that cute sentiment!

I added some things from my stash: patterned paper, a little doily, baker's twine, and sequins, and a few snowy layers. I love her pink sweater and think she's so cute!

You can see more of my stamping projects on my blog at Joy in a JAR. Thanks for stopping by!

2 More Sleeps!

Hi Prickley Pear friends!  Have you jumped on the Memory Dex train yet?  I absolutely love making Dex cards, as they are a quick and easy project to create.  I created this Dex card using the sweet Santa from the Santa and Rudolph stamp set ages ago and forgot to take photos so I could post.  I figure since the big day is nearly here, now would be the perfect time! 

As I said, Dex cards are really easy to create.  I started by die-cutting my Dex card four times - once from a solid cardstock (for the back), two patterned papers, and one glitter cardstock.  I trimmed the papers down to the sizes I wanted to layer up on the solid base.  The best part of this is that I have additional pieces to use on another Dex card later. 

I heat embossed the sentment and cut it in to a banner, adhered it to the back of my Santa, and glued it down to the front of the card.  I added a bow from metallic embroidery thread and some glitter enamel dots.

I would love it if you would comment and let me know if you have started making Memory Dex cards or not.

Don't forget to head over to the shop and check out all the goodness available!  

Thank you so much for spending a few minutes with me today!  

Xoxo, Kim

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Santa Clause is Coming to Town!

Hello, crafty friends!  I am still having trouble wrapping my head around the fact that there are now only FIVE days until Christmas!  Are you ready?

Today, I am sharing a fun Christmas card that I made celebrating everyone's favorite roly-poly fella.   

I colored up the sweet Santa image from the Santa and Rudolph Stamp Set, cut him out and set him aside. I wanted to keep a lot of white space on my card, but also wanted to incorporate traditional Christmas colors, so I die-cut a bunch of greenery and berries using some dies from my stash.

I dry-embossed a white card panel using a brick embossing folder that I have in my stash and have never used.  Can you believe it?  It was the perfect backdrop for Santa!   (Check out the last photo to really see the embossing.)  I backed the embossed panel with some red glitter paper and adhered it to my card base.  I stamped the "Ho Ho Ho" sentiment from the stamp set and backed the sentiment strip with the same red glitter paper.

  I set about to arrange the greenery and berries on the lower portion of the card and when I was satisfied, adhered them down.  If you have never tried Glad Press 'n Seal, it is my favorite trick for working with clusters of embellishments.  Once you have them arranged, you lay a piece of Press 'n Seal over it, gently rub your hands over it so your cluster sticks, and gently pull it up.  You can then add your favorite adhesive and adhere it to your surface.  It prevents them from moving around too much.  This was a total game changer for me. 

Once the greenery was down, I added the sentiment strip and Santa, and I finished my card with some red bling. 

I hope that this inspires you to get crafty today!  Make sure to head over to the shop and check out all of the amazing products! 

Thank you so much for hanging out with me for a few minutes! 

Xoxo, Kim

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Merry Christmas from Rudolph!

Good morning, Prickley Pear fans!  I am so excited to share my first design team project with you today.  I used the new Santa and Rudolph Clear Stamp Set to create this fun card. 

I colored up this darling little Rudolph with Copic markers and added some white highlights using a Posca Paint Pen.  I cut him out and set him aside. 

I used a fun Christmas knit digital paper that looks so realistic.  I paired it with a dry-embossed panel and some strips of glitter cardstock.  

I also dry-embossed a stitched hexagon to place Rudolph on, and I created a loopy bow and embellished it with a brad that I doctored up by removing the legs and adhering it to the bow with a glue gun.

I don't know about you, but I just love this little fella!  He has to be the cutest Rudolph I have ever seen!  Make sure to head over to the shop to check him out and while you are there, be sure to check out all of the other amazing goodies! 

Thanks so much for hanging out with me!  I hope you are inspired to get crafty! 

Xoxo, Kim

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Rudolph and his adorable sweater

  It's day 2 of the new "Rudolph and Santa" release at Prickley Pear Stamps.  This little Rudolph is so cute I just can't get enough of him! 

The set comes with 10 stamps and 5 sentiments and coordinating dies.

I had so much fun creating this card.  I have colored my image with copics on Premium coloring paper from Sweet Sentiment. I added some snowflakes(one of the stamps in the set)  I used chucky embossing powder for the snow.

Copics used:
Red - R22, R24, R27
Brown - E34, E35, E57, E79
Skin - E50, E51
Black - C5, C7, C9
Grey - C00, C1

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great crafting day!

Hugs~Charlene