Caffeinated Christmas and Frantic Stamper - Reminder!

We're back with a mid month reminder of this month's Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge!  Frantic Stamper is the sponsor and the theme is Coffee, Christmas and Snowman!

I used tons of products from the Frantic Stamper shop including the I Love Chocolate and Coffee dies that are part of the prize for one lucky winner!

All of my papers are from my Your Paper Insider boxes this past year except for the pretty purple gel print I used for the background... I added some snowflakes to it using the Snowfall stencil from Frantic Stamper and some white Glitz Glitter Gel and splattered some paint over the top.

  And check out that huge cup!  I'm a little worried about how this cute snowman will fare after that drinking that whole cup of coffee!

Oliver the Snowman is one piece and I just cut him out (be sure to save those little pieces!), added a piece of foam tape behind his body so that the sticky showed through his eyes, nose and buttons and then added back those pieces and colored him in.  Easy peasy!  

Be sure to head on over to the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge blog for more inspiration and to link up for your chance to win the three dies shown above!

Thanks for stopping!  Come again soon!

 

New Years With A Cool Friend - A Jillian Vance Design

Welcome back!  Today I'm sharing a New Years card I created using the A Cool Friend stamp set!  I knew I wanted to create a New Year's card with this guy and was having a hard time deciding what that might look like, so I just stamped him and started coloring his body with my go to (BG0000 and the blending pen) and it came to me that he'd probably be wearing a fancy outfit for New Years so when it came time to color his hat and scarf I chose a gold and silver pallet.

I used some yellows for the gold spaces (Y28, Y26, and Y21) and cool grays for the silver spaces (C5, C3 and C1) and when I was done coloring I added some gold and silver Wink of Stella and added some extra clear over the top for extra sparkle!

Once I had him colored up the rest of the card just fell into place... of course I'd use some black and then lots more gold.  I cut a snowflake (once from some gold mirror cardstock and once from black cardstock and stacked them for dimension).

 I built my sentiment using the Headline Type Alphabet cut from the same gold and black as the snowflake and a sentiment from the Christmas Blessings sentiment set.  I decided to emboss the Happy New Year part in white to balance the white from my cool dude.

I'm playing along with a few challenges with this one!  Over at Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday Challenge and the Monday Challenge the theme is party!  And at Double Trouble, it's Anything Goes with a twist of New!  Check them out!

Thanks so much for stopping!  Wishing you all of the best for the coming New Year!  Enjoy and Be Safe!  See you next year!

Links are included below for all of the AJVD products I've used on this card:

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Miss Ink Stamps-Simon Says Stamp Freebie!

Exciting news!  While Supplies Last you can get this adorable Snow Couple stamp set free with a qualifying purchase over at Simon Says Stamps!  Purchase any Miss Ink brand products (great time to get the new release!) and you'll get this one free (while supplies last).

I got a chance to play with it and here's how I was inspired:

Aren't they so sweet??  For this one I used my current favorite background stamp from the new release, Woodcut Floral.

Be sure to get yours before they're gone!  I love this sweet couple!

And check out more inspiration over on Instagram where the Miss Ink Design team is sharing over the next few days!

I'm playing along over at Cupcake Inspirations Snowman challenge and Double Trouble Challenges Bring on the Glitz!  Check them out!  Also, did you know Simon Says Stamp has a challenge on Instagram? And it's all about the Holiday Cards this month!  I'm playing along over there!  Just tag #SSSIGCHALLENGE to play along!

Come back soon!

Peace, Love and Joy with A Jillian Vance Design!

I'm up on the blog over at A Jillian Vance Design with this cutie pie!

I love this sweet snow dude from the A Cool Friend stamp set!  Not to mention the beautiful Knit Stitch Cover plate I used for the background.

I used three separate stamps from the A Cool Friend set to create my sentiment.. embossed in white on red cardstock.

And I had fun tucking my various pieces in and over each other using various thicknesses of foam tape.  A few sequins and a wooden snowflake were all I needed to finish it up!

I'm playing along over at the Simon Says Stamp #SSSIGChallenge on Instagram which is Happy Holidays!

Thanks so much for stopping and hope you'll come again soon!

Merry & Bright - Rubbernecker Stamps

Hello!  Sharing with you a card I whipped up this morning using some fabulous Rubbernecker Dies and a beautiful sentiment stamp!

As you know Sunday was National Coffee Day and Rubbernecker celebrated with a short blog hop.  Four quick stops and two prizes of $10 and $25!  You have until 11:59pm tomorrow, Wednesday, October 2nd to hop and comment for your chances to win!  You can start at the Rubbernecker Blog right here!  Be sure to head on over there after you're done here!

I started with the beautiful and very cool Rectangle Combo OPC #3 die.  It's a one piece die that cuts a bunch of frames all at once and you can use 1 or all of them on your project.. whatever you don't use, save for another project!  

I cut my coffee cup from some wintery papers and added a background from the same color coordinated pack.  Then I used parts from the snowman die to add my guy to the front... SO cute!!  And don't you love the little stick that comes with the coffee cup??

I stamped the Merry & Bright sentiment stamp onto white cardstock and then fussy cut around the part that I wanted.  I think it's the perfect sentiment ... when I drink my coffee first, I feel both Merry and much Brighter...lol!

I'm playing along over at Simon Says Stamp's Monday Challenge which is Let's Get Ready for Christmas!

So thank you so very much for stopping today!  Don't forget to head on over to the Rubbernecker National Coffee Day Blog post and hop through the very quick hop for your chance to win some free stuff!!  And come back tomorrow!  I'm gonna have some more caffeinated fun for you then!

I've provided links below to all of the Rubbernecker products I've used today.  If you purchase through these links I will receive a small compensation at no additional cost to you and if you have, thank you!