Hey everyone! It's been a minute since my last post and video. I had a ton of grand plans to do all the catching up and post a ton of Christmas cards and videos leading up to Christmas. Then every single member of this household got hit with the worst cold - all the kids plus Chris and then myself got it. I still have it. It hasn't been fun. I get a lot of comments that "wow you get sick a lot" - sort of. I think because I share so much online it seems that way (plus I probably tend to whine about it a lot online lol 🤷🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️) - it doesn't help that we have 5 kids bringing home allllll the germs. I think me working from home and not getting out much just makes it so that I catch EVERYTHING they bring home. Usually it's not that bad - this one is. The poor kids had it rough and I knew EXACTLY how they felt. Anyway - they're all on the mend and I'm getting there lol!
Anywho - catching up is still going to happen as I get random bursts of energy lol! Plus I used up almost my entire Christmas card stash (finally!) getting them all labelled and addressed for my Patreon supporters. So now I need to make more! And if I don't start making some now there's no way I'll get them all made for next year at that time too lol! Since today's post only makes 15 videos for my Holiday card series I'm still going to try and hit 25 like I do every year - rather ambitious to say the least with only a week left so we'll see what happens!
I made this card and video for my monthly Honey Bee Stamps video. I had a LOT of you asking me about the Winter Wonder Background stencil set when I showed it in the Release & Review video here. I wasn't totally sure on how I'd work with it either at that time. I found (and Honey Bee recommends) that it was easiest to just snip the stencils apart and use them like that - and this was the end result:
I used Distress inks and one of my Picket Fence blending brushes to create the background with the Winter Wonder stencils. I then used white pigment ink over the larger snowfall stencil and then white gouache over the smaller snowfall stencil to complete the scene on my card base.
Of course I had to pull out my all-time-favorite Honey Bee sets to finish the card - Coffee Break and Perfect Blend. The to go cups were stamped and coloured with Copics, and nestled into "snow drifts" made from glitter card stock and Honey Bee's Hill Borders wafer dies.
As is a trend with me lately - this card was perfect for including a gift card with (and to be inspired by). I made a happy little discovery when I realized that one of the A2 Scallop Rectangle dies is a PERFECT sized frame for the Gift Card Slots wafer dies. Combining the two with green card stock for the inside of the card worked perfectly, and then I added sentiments from the Perfect Blend set and that was it!
To see how this card came together check out my video below:
Or watch in HD over on YouTube HERE <------click!
Also - if you missed any of my previous Christmas card posts you can find them all at the links below:
Lawn Fawn Simply Celebrate Christmas Cards | AmyR 2018 Christmas Card Series #14
Honey Bee Snow Buddies Latte Scene | AmyR 2018 Christmas Card Series #13
SSS Christmas Trees CAS Cards | AmyR 2018 Christmas Card Series #12
Paper Pieced Cat Sweaters Card | AmyR 2018 Christmas Card Series #11
Classic & Simple Christmas Cards | AmyR 2018 Christmas Card Series #10
Easy Embossed Backgrounds | AmyR 2018 Christmas Card Series #9
Easy Galaxy Background Shaker Cards | AmyR 2018 Christmas Card Series #8
Honey Bee Cards Using Glitter Paste on Foil | AmyR 2018 Christmas Card Series #7
SSS Picture Book Polar Bear | AmyR 2018 Christmas Card Series #6
Christmas Cocktail Shaker Cards | AmyR 2018 Christmas Card Series #5
6 Easy Watercolor Christmas Cards | AmyR 2018 Christmas Card Series #4
Waffle Flower Christmas Cards 4 Ways | AmyR 2018 Christmas Card Series #3
MFT Sweet Holiday Penguins | AmyR 2018 Christmas Card Series #2
SSS Critter Sweaters | AmyR 2018 Christmas Card Series #1
SSS Ornate Ornaments | World Cardmaking Day Special
Pinkfresh Studio July Release Blog Hop (quick and easy Christmas card inspiration!)
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