Hey, crafters! Happy December! 🎄 Welcome to a brand new month filled with all the crafty inspiration you need to kick off your holiday season!

This card is a total two-for-one! It’s my DT entry for both Park Hopping My Happy Place and the Colorful Options Challenge.

Over at Park Hopping My Happy Place, we’re all about the amazing “Turning Red” vibes and celebrating those bright red goodies you find at theme parks. On the other side, the Colorful Options Challenge has us embracing the bold combo of RED, GREEN, and GOLD. Come along and join me as we dive into the fun and colorful magic of both worlds!

I decided to go with red as my main color, with a little splash of gingerbread brown for a neutral vibe. The theme I went with is gingerbread, which is totally iconic at the Disney World Resorts during Christmas time every year. It just gives off those cozy holiday vibes!

Have you ever seen the life size gingerbread house at the Grand Floridian Resort at Disneyworld? I did, although young, it was amazing!

If you’re looking to recreate this card, here’s what you’ll need:

• Strathmore Bristol Smooth cardstock, red cardstock from your stash
• Waffle Flower’s Postage Collage Coloring Stencil, Postage Gingerbread Stencil
• Waffle Flower’s Grip Mat
• Waffle Flower’s Postage Collage Fall Stamp Set
• Pixie Tape
• Stampers Anonymous: Holiday Postmarks CMS323
• Distress Oxide: Festive Berries, Lumberjack Plaid, Ground Espresso, Vintage Photo
• Inks: Versafine Onxy Black Ink,
• Ranger White Embossing Powder
• Stickles Diamond
• Nuvo Jewel Drops – Strawberry Coulis
• Misti Stamping Platform

Merry Christmas!

Make sure you join in on the blogs or on Instagram for your chance to win a gift certificate of your choice (Simon Says Stamp, Scrapbook.com, or Amazon). Visit the challenges to check out the amazing creations from the talented Design Teams. You can’t win without entering! Come join the fun!!

For the Colorful Options Challenge, you have until Saturday, December 28th, 11:59pm US CST time, which translates to 5:59am on Sunday, December 29th in the UK or 6:59am on Sunday, December 29th in CET.

For the Park Hopping My Happy Place, you have until Monday, December 30th, 11:59pm US CST time, which translates to 5:59am on Tuesday, December 31st in the UK or 6:59am on Tuesday, December 31st in CET.

Wishing all the entrants good luck! Have fun, everyone!

Happy December, crafters. Welcome to another month of crafting inspiration! You might want to settle down with a warm cup of cocoa, this is a bit of a long post. 😁🎄❤️

This card serves as a two-fer! It is a DT entry for both Park Hopping My Happy Place and the Colorful Options Challenge.

At Park Hopping My Happy Place, we’re celebrating all things Turning Red and the vibrant red items found at theme parks. Meanwhile, over at the Colorful Options Challenge, we’re embracing the bold trio of RED, GREEN, and GOLD. Join us as we explore the colorful magic of both worlds!

This card draws inspiration from the rich hues of red and gold, paired with the blocks of color on the left of Colorful Option’s December inspiration board. The musical notes in the background bring to mind the festive carolers at Epcot and the Dapper Dans at Magic Kingdom. While these elements aren’t featured on this month’s Park Hopping mood board, remember that this challenge invites you to draw inspiration from any theme park, not just the current board. 

Did you ever go caroling as a child? I did, in the snow. Snow much fun! 🎶❄️🎄

If you’re looking to recreate this card, here’s what you’ll need:

• Strathmore Bristol Smooth cardstock, Black, Black Cardstock by Fabriano
• Waffle Flower’s Postage Collage Coloring Stencil
• Waffle Flower’s Grip Mat
• Pixie Tape
• Stampers Anonymous: Department Store CMS 458, Tiny Text Christmas CMS 424
• Sizzix, Tim Holtz Vault Series Christmas 2021
• Distress Oxide: Festive Berries, Worn Lipstick, Scattered Straw
• Distress Spritz Fossilized Amber
• Distress Mica Stain Peppermint
• Inks: Versafine Onxy Black Ink, VersaMark Embossing Ink
• Ranger White Embossing Powder
• Stickles Diamond
• Nuvo Jewel Drops – Strawberry Coulis
• Misti Stamping Platform

Begin by cutting a piece of Bristol Smooth cardstock to 4.25″ by 5.5″ and centering it on your grip mat. Place the stencil over the paper, masking the edges with Pixie Tape. Blend Distress Oxides diagonally, starting from the center and working outward. Begin with Scattered Straw at the center, followed by Worn Lipstick, and finish with Festive Berries at the edges. Next, mask the “red” areas using scrap paper and lightly spray the center with Distress Spritz. Afterward, mask the center of the design and lightly spray with Distress Mica Stain. Remove the paper masks and lightly spray the entire image with Distress Spritz a second time to help the shimmers blend. Allow the inks & sprays to dry completely. Keep the stencil and Pixie tape in place while you hand stamp the music pattern using VersaMark. Once stamped, remove the card from the stencil & grip mat; add white embossing powder, heating it until it is set. Select your desired sentiments from the Tiny Text Christmas stamp set and stamp them with black ink using a Misti or other stamping platform.* Cut the sentiment out of black cardstock and center it on your card. Use the remaining black cardstock to create the card base. Finally, embellish your design with Stickles and Nuvo Drops for a bit of sparkle and dimension.

*Technique Tip: To ensure perfect sentiment alignment, place your card base in a Misti Stamping Platform and secure it with magnets. Lay a piece of acetate over the area where you plan to stamp the sentiment. Stamp the sentiment onto the acetate first to check the alignment. If the sentiment isn’t positioned where you want it, simply clean the acetate, reposition the sentiment, and stamp again on the acetate until it’s just right. Once satisfied with the positioning, remove the acetate and stamp the sentiment directly onto the card base.

Merry Christmas!

🎄🎨 🌈🎢✨Makira✨🎢🌈🎨 🎄

Make sure you join in on the blogs or on Instagram for your chance to win a gift certificate of your choice (Simon Says Stamp, Scrapbook.com, or Amazon). Visit the challenges to check out the amazing creations from the talented Design Teams. You can’t win without entering! Come join the fun!!

For the Colorful Options Challenge, you have until Saturday, December 28th, 11:59pm US CST time, which translates to 5:59am on Sunday, December 29th in the UK or 6:59am on Sunday, December 29th in CET.

For the Park Hopping My Happy Place, you have until Monday, December 30th, 11:59pm US CST time, which translates to 5:59am on Tuesday, December 31st in the UK or 6:59am on Tuesday, December 31st in CET.

Wishing all the entrants good luck! Have fun, everyone!

Happy November, crafters.

We are celebrating SNOW over at the Park Hopping My Happy Place.

This card was inspired by Christmas, snow, and fairies. I was inspired by Marta at Maremi Small Art to make this card.

Make sure you join in on the blog or on Instagram for your chance to win a gift certificate of your choice (Simon Says Stamp, Scrapbook.com, or Amazon). Visit the challenge to check out the amazing creations from the talented Design Team. You can’t win without entering! Come join the fun!!

For the Park Hopping My Happy Place, you have until Saturday, November 30th, 11:59pm US CST time, which translates to 5:59am on Sunday, December 1st in the UK or 6:59am on Sunday, December 1st in CET.

If you’re looking to recreate this card, here’s what you’ll need:

• Strathmore Bristol Smooth cardstock
• COLLECTANEA Collage Ephemera Christmas Fairies
• Stampers Anonymous, Vintage Holidays, CMS423
• Tim Holtz ideology transparent wings
• Ranger’s Liquid Pearls Bisque

Wishing all the entrants good luck! Have fun, everyone!

Challenges entered:

• Everybody Art Challenge