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We Wish You a Merry Christmas

1 Sep

For my first Stamptember post please scroll down or click here!

I told you I’d be sharing cards all month! 😉 I’ll be back with a fabulous blog hop tomorrow with lots of great prizes but I wanted to pop in with another fun card, this time with a Christmas theme!  I didn’t get to post for My Crafty Christmas collab in August but I’ll be back this month.  In the meantime here’s another Christmas card to get your holiday creative juices flowing!

We Wish You a Merry Christmas by Jessica Frost-Ballas for Simon Says Stamp

Goodness guys, when I saw this stamp set I fell head over heels.  If you didn’t know already I am a lifelong musician: I freelance for weddings and events and I teach piano and harp lessons as my fulltime gig! And of course, I adore bunnies…so a bunny playing a keyboard?! LOVE!

I didn’t go too wild with this card…just some copic coloring with some sparkly and shiny accents!  I started by stamping the bunny and bear from Carol Singers onto white cardstock with copic-friendly ink.  I colored them with copics and then used the coordinating dies to die cut them.  Then I added touches of white gel pen to their scarves and little white stars to the bear’s sweater (to cover up an ink blooping mistake!).  I added spectrum noir clear sparkle to the bear’s cheeks and their scarves and then applied a layer of nuvo crystal glaze to the ornament and the bear’s cheeks!

We Wish You a Merry Christmas by Jessica Frost-Ballas for Simon Says Stamp

I masked off the bottom of a piece of white cardstock and then blended festive berries distress ink above it.  I stamped the sentiment and music notes from Carol Singers with versafine and heat-embossed them with clear embossing powder. Then I adhered my bear and bunny with foam mounting tape and added a sprinkling of sparkling clear sequins to finish the card!  Simple but fun and a perfect way to start off Kathy Racoosin’s The Daily Marker Coloring Challenge! 🙂

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a fantastic Friday!

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Categories:
card-making, crafting, design team, simon says stamp
Tags:
copic, simon says stamp, stamptember

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Comments

  1. Jean G. says

    September 1, 2017 at 9:45 am

    Cute cards. I’m always looking for something different for Christmas. Can’t wait to see the rest of the new release.

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  2. Cathy Homan says

    September 2, 2017 at 8:35 am

    Cute cards. I love the whimsical feel of the cute animals!

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  3. Marisol Benitez says

    September 2, 2017 at 8:56 am

    I can hear the music. LOL. Great card.

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  4. Jackie says

    September 2, 2017 at 9:00 am

    That’s adorable. Those little critters are so cute.

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  5. Jeannean Marshall says

    September 2, 2017 at 10:49 am

    I am now so ready to throw down my phone and run to my craft room and start playing! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  6. Sue LD says

    September 2, 2017 at 11:19 am

    Cute musical scene and I like your coloring.

    Reply
  7. Greta H says

    September 2, 2017 at 11:58 am

    So adorable! Love how you blended the festive berries!

    Reply
  8. Mary Holshouser says

    September 2, 2017 at 11:59 am

    A fun set that makes a darling card.
    Can’t wait to get to play with it.
    thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  9. Queen Mary says

    September 2, 2017 at 12:13 pm

    Great coloring! And a fun card!! AND I’m taking piano lessons! this may be perfect for me to CASE!

    Reply
  10. raggiodiluce82 says

    September 2, 2017 at 12:23 pm

    Awww!!! So cute!!!

    Reply
  11. Joy Brimingham says

    September 2, 2017 at 9:00 pm

    So cute!

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  12. Deepa Lakshman says

    September 2, 2017 at 11:07 pm

    This is so cute. Love the ink blending here and the characters are adorable.

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  13. Rufus says

    September 3, 2017 at 10:37 pm

    My Mom was a music teacher, both piano and organ. Unfortunately I’m all left thumbs when it comes to keyboards! That bunny looks like it knows what it’s doing though.

    Reply
  14. Celeste Goff says

    September 4, 2017 at 11:39 am

    So super cute Jess!

    Reply

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