Peace, Love and Joy CASED Bridge Card from My New YouTube Class Video

I posted a new Techniques and Tips Class video yesterday here on my YouTube channel where I teach how to make bridge cards in several different sizes. As I explain in the video, I learned how to make bridge cards from a blogpost here on Stampin' With Sandi, and because of her I had to buy the Stampin' Up Hometown Greetings Edgelit Die Set. I CASED much of her card, but used Nuvo Silver Glimmer Paste through a stencil and a different stamp set.  I also used several colors of my favorite Mirri Sparkle Card that I purchased at The Paper Cut. All the details on how to make this and two more bridge cards are on the video here and you can even qualify to win all three cards I made! Here are a couple more views of this card which will fit into an A2 envelope: 

I am entering this card in the Christmas challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday. 

How to Make Holiday Bridge Cards YouTube Video

Today a new Cardmaking Techniques and Tips video has posted to my YouTube channel here showing how to make bridge cards in several different sizes. This larger Frozen inspired version is one of three cards I am showing how to make in the video. Don't you just love the Olaf and Elsa dies from Disney Character World as well as the famous saying from the Frozen movie? I believe that, indeed, some people are worth melting for!

I first learned how to make a bridge card from a wonderful blog post and video posted here at Stampin' with Sandi. I adapted her measurements to accommodate the larger size die in the middle and explain all that in my video here. Here is another look so you can see the "bridge" across the front of the folded card and also a look at all three cards I teach in the video: 

My students pay to take my classes of course, but you can learn what they do for free and if you subscribe and comment and live in the U.S., you could even win all three cards yourself! For all the details on how to win them, come say hi here:  https://www.youtube.com/user/khasheck04

I am entering this card in the Christmas challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday and the Anything Goes challenge at Scrapy Land. Thanks for helping me #share the joy of creativity!

World Card Making Day Mood Board Challenge at Kat Scrappiness

I don't usually post twice in one day, but I guess an exception can be made for World Card Making Day:) Kat Scrappiness has a cool fall colored Mood Board and a challenge to post a card today and I made this shaker card for the challenge. It uses fall colors and leaves that are curled like real ones to reveal the shaker elements below them. The top picture shows the card "shaken up" and the bottom picture is the card standing up. The leaves stamps and dies are from Fun Stampers Journey and the "thankful" die is from Gina K.

On this day and everyday I am thankful for this creative passion I have found that brings me such joy and lets me share that joy with those who receive my cards and also those who learn from them on my blog and on YouTube. Thanks for helping me share the joy of creativity.

I am also entering this card in the Mood Board challenge at Victorine Stamps. 

Early Holiday Wishes 4 Kids at Send a Smile 4 Kids

It’s Saturday and time for another fun challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids! This time our challenge is: Early Holiday Wishes 4 Kids! Create and link any Christmas or winter holiday card with appropriate for a child and you could win one of our great prizes.

We have two very generous sponsors for this challenge: Dollar Graphics Depot is giving their winner a $15 gift certificate! And the winner from Dies R Us will receive a $15 gift certificate!

My card is a CAS Christmas card that features a fun colored digi from Dollar Graphics Depot called Baby Elves. I printed the cutie and attached him to a purple cardbase. I die cut "merry & bright" from a Tim Holtz holiday script die set and attached with some purple sticker gems. 

I am entering this card in the Christmas challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday and the Anything Goes challenge at Scrapy Land (I used Tim Holtz Sizzix dies.)

Thanks for helping me spread the joy of creativity.

Distress Oxides Sponged Thinking of You

Lately I have needed so many Thinking of You cards so when I was playing with Tim Holtz's Distress Oxide inks, I created quite a few of this type of card. On this one, I started by sponging fall colors of Distress Oxide inks through a leaf stencil by Carta Bella. I also spattered a little of the same colors on the kraft background. I die cut a pretty leaf from Gina Marie out of dark red and cream, attached them together and stamped Thinking of You by Endless Creations. 

I had an extra sunflower seed packet from our club challenge sitting here so I die cut another lovely leaf for the inside of my card. 

Thanks for helping me share the joy of creativity! 

Distress Oxide Sponged Fall Cards

I recently played with my Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks with some friends and will be sharing the cards I made here on my blog. Today I am showing two cards I made with a stencil I created using a large leaf die from Stampendous cut out from an acetate sheet. I taped the stencil down with temporary tape and sponged on Fired Brick, Spiced Marmalade and Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide inks through the leaf stencil. Then I stamped the beautiful fall bird from Inkadinkado before removing the stencil. I layered that piece on black and then onto a gold cardbase. I attached the Thinking of You die cut from Papertrey Ink and dotted the i's with black pearls. 

My second card is similar but I chose a different angle for the sponged leaf and then stamped with a Penny Black trees stamp. I added a "thankful" die cut from Gina K and layered the card front on black and gold.

Since the die I used on the first card is NBUS, I am entering it in the NBUS challenge here on Darnell's blog. 

Oldie But Goodie Folded Christmas Tree Revisited for YouTube Video

Years ago I learned how to make a folded Christmas tree from a template on this blog and I created the card on this blogpost which is my #1 most visited blogpost and my #1 pinned card of all time. I decided to revisit the idea for a new YouTube video using better tools now that make it even easier to make which you will see in the video here.

Every so often I am going to look back at favorite fun folds or techniques from the past and share them again in a video. We move on to new ideas, but that doesn't mean what we did a few years ago is no good now. 

I set a goal of posting a new video every Monday and I have 13 videos now posted in two months. I also exceeded my goals of reaching 100 subscribers and 1000 views in my first two months. The grand prize winner for my grand opening is also being revealed today on my YouTube channel so if you subscribed and commented in the last two months, head on over to my YouTube channel to see if you won! 

My next goal is to reach 1000 subscribers as I continue to grow and post new cardmaking videos every Monday, and when I do I will be giving away another huge prize package to one of my subscribers. So if you are not a subscriber yet, come on over and click the subscriber button, enjoy a video, leave a comment or two and click the thumbs up if you can. Thanks so much for your support both here on my blog and on my new YouTube channel.

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday.

Thanks for helping me #share the joy of creativity!