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Archives for October 2020

VIDEO: Easy Die Cut Christmas Card with Honey Bee Stamps

25 Oct
Easy Die Cut Christmas Card by Jessica Frost-Ballas for Honey Bee Stamps

Good morning! The holiday release from Honey Bee Stamps is now available for pre-order and I'm sharing an easy die cut Christmas card using some of the new dies!  You can watch the video below over on my YouTube channel. If the video is not visible please head to my YouTube channel to view ... View Post

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christmas card, distress oxide ink, honey bee stamps

VIDEO: Ink Blended Shutter Card – Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #87: Sketch

19 Oct
Ink Blended Shutter Card by Jessica Frost-Ballas for Lawn Fawn

Good morning!  It’s time for a new Lawn Fawnatics challenge and we have a fun sketch challenge!  I decided to interpret the sketch in a slightly different way and created an ink blended shutter card! Here's what I created! If you can't view the video below please head over to my ... View Post

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christmas card, ink blending, interactive card, lawn fawn, lawn fawnatics, shutter card

VIDEO: Halloween Scene Building with Lawn Fawn

16 Oct
Halloween Scene Building with Lawn Fawn by Jessica Frost-Ballas for Lawn Fawnatics

Good morning!  Today I'm up on the Lawn Fawnatics blog with another Halloween scene building card for our current inspiration challenge with Lawn Fawn!  I also have a video for this card up on my Youtube channel that you can watch below or over on my YouTube channel! You can also find another ... View Post

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VIDEO: Three Ways to Use Coverplate Dies – Ellen Hutson October Release (+GIVEAWAYS!)

9 Oct
Three Ways to Use Coverplate Dies

Hello!  Today is release day for Ellen Hutson and we've got a huge hop filled with lots of inspiration using the new holiday release!  I'm sharing three ways to use coverplate dies to create a trio of quick cards perfect for the holiday season!  I have a video for my cards that you can watch below ... View Post

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VIDEO: Rainbow Christmas Cards with Cardstock Scraps – Hero Arts October 2020 My Monthly Hero Blog Hop (+GIVEAWAY!)

5 Oct
Rainbow Christmas Cards with Cardstock by Jessica Frost-Ballas for Hero Arts

Good afternoon!  Today is release day for the October My Monthly Hero kit from Hero Arts and I'm going to share a fun way to create Rainbow Christmas Cards using the kit!  This fabulous holiday kit is now available for purchase at Hero Arts; but remember, once they’re sold out, they’re gone for good ... View Post

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VIDEO: Scene Building with Lawn Fawn – Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #86: Halloween

5 Oct
Scene Building with Lawn Fawn Halloween Card Lawn Fawnatics Challenge 86

Good morning! I recently asked my YouTube subscribers what they'd like to see from me and a few people requested videos on scene building and my thought process behind card design so I have a video to share today on scene building with Lawn Fawn! It’s also time for a new Lawn Fawnatics challenge ... View Post

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VIDEO: Quick Distress Oxide Spray Background and World Cardmaking Day Sales

3 Oct
Quick Distress Oxide Background Honey Bee Stamps

Good morning and Happy World Cardmaking Day!  A few months ago I finally tried the distress oxide sprays that I've been hoarding for years and really had a lot of fun using them!  I wanted to create a Halloween background using something other than ink-blending (shocking, I know!) so I decided to ... View Post

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Hero Arts October My Monthly Hero Countdown, Day 1

2 Oct
October My Monthly Hero Kit by Jessica Frost-Ballas for Hero Arts

Good morning!  We're starting the Hero Arts My Monthly Hero Countdown today and I'm sharing a slimline card using the new kit! To start I masked off a moon using the Infinity Nesting Circle dies and then fussy cut a mask for my snowy hill.  Then I blended Soft Pink, Orchid, Cornflower, and ... View Post

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