Sweet Treats + Falliday Fest Tutorial

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Many years ago, in a galaxy far, far away - I used to go to Starbucks as soon as they opened - 5:30. I ordered the same drink every day and then headed to work. I loved those people that worked there - I didn't even have to tell them what I wanted - as soon as I pulled up, they knew.

I've been working from home for more than ten years, so that's a bit of a distant memory, but I do miss bringing them holiday gifts. Probably twelve years ago, I made 50 of today's project and brought them to my Starbucks and listened to them squeal at the cuteness! 

I learned this cute idea at a local crafty co-op (that I miss in the pandemic) back when they first opened. They didn't use nuggets - they used painted tongue depressors - so if you have food allergies like I do and these nuggets aren't an option - there are lots of things you can make that look similar.

This is for today's Falliday Fest tutorial blitz - so be sure you're playing along! We have challenges and 6 holiday tutorials for you.

I have a video for you on the process and some rambling about fast food workers!

Click HERE if you don't see a video player.

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Hope you have a fun weekend planned. 

Loveyameanitbye.

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A Little Dawn Magic + A Great Cause

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My friend Dawn - the owner of Wplus9, is such a sweetheart on top of being a great artist. 

She let me share one of her techniques for a Falliday Fest Challenge at Splitcoast, so that's the card I'm bringing you today. 

It's such a fun and easy technique - I've done it many times since she showed it and I love it. There's only one non-negotiable in this technique and that is glue. Do not substitute a tape runner for glue - trust me.  So here are the steps. Start with watercolor paper as a base, and glue shapes you've cut from watercolor paper to this panel. I used these leaf dies and these leaf dies. Let them dry. I ink blended Distress Oxide ink on top in Peacock Feathers, Picked Raspberry and Mustard Seed. Then I splattered that with water. When that was dry, I lightly rubbed gold wax across the leaf die cuts. The sentiment is from this set, and I feel like sending this card to everyone in the world.

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I made this card for a very, very sweet Instagram hop benefiting a charity that helps dogs with mobility issues, organized by my friend Ricky. What a sweet thing to do. And my friend Fleurette is helping with a discount for you - just click her graphic to save 10%! Tons of prizes too. Head over to my Instagram post to take part!

If you're not already following Ricky, please do - he's such a sweet and uplifting person.

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Give me Coffee or Lock Me Up!

I have so much fun stuff for you today!

First - the other day I was painting this image, and I had to google what a baby goose looked like. Turns out they are olive green for the most part, with a bit of yellow. Also, they don't have that little stripe across their eye fur (I'm certain that's what scientists call it) like baby ducks do.

I needed to get it right because this storybook SWEET new stamp set demanded it. Doesn't it just kill you? I stamped the image in Fadeout ink and then watercolored with Daniel Smith watercolor. I tried to make it look like they were at the edge of a lake, and I used a teeny brush to make him look fuzzy. The sentiment is from this GORGEOUS beach themed set, and I stamped that in Nocturne. It's matted with Wild Dandelion and mounted onto a Desert Storm card base. I cut the sentiment in half to wrap it for a landscape card. Don't freak out - stamp surgery is my specialty!

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NEXT - there are two FANTASTIC single stamp sets for birthday sentiments in this release. I love single stamps like this - they are affordable, and for birthdays - these especially make quick cards simple and easy. There's this one, and the one I used today. I just used the Life Changing Blender Brushes to brush Passionate Pink, Tangerine Twist, Wild Dandelion, Key Lime and Blue Raspberry ink through this stencil. I doubt that took even a minute.

Then, I stamped this sentiment in Nocturne and added my favorite sequins. The card base is Key Lime. That is a super fun and quick birthday card where the sentiment is the star.

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Now I saved the best card for last. I cracked myself up with this card - the sentiment is SO hilarious and gave me an idea to turn this girl into a mugshot. I stamped her in Nocturne, and then drew stripes across her shirt for that jailbird look. I used the same Micron Pen and a ruler to draw stripes behind her and added the heights. I added accents to her and some sparkles behind her with my fave white gel pen, because come on - a girl who loves coffee that much leaves a little sparkle wherever she goes! Even to jail! Look at her death grip on her cup haha.

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Then, for today's second to last (of ten) Falliday Fest tutorials at Splitcoast, I updated Cindy Lawrence's adorable Card Pouch Tutorial to an A2 sized pouch. It has two pockets inside to hold cards on one side, and envelopes on the other. I temporarily adhered the top edges together with Hermafix repositionable, and used this rectangle die to cut a handle out of both pieces at once.

I used Shaded Lilac Distress Oxides to stamp this gorgeous distressed stripe background onto both the main pieces of the pouch and also the pockets on the inside with my MISTI.

The STUNNING large floral is from this set. I stamped that in Nocturne and then used Shaded Lilac and Twisted Citron regular distress reinkers to do a quick watercolor.

I added some glitter paper to the bottom of each side of the pouch to make it a bit sturdier. My updated dimensions are below.

So if you look at her original tutorial linked above, the cards in her project are 4.25 x 4.25. Mine are A2, so here are my modifications.

Here's what it looks like on the inside. And there's a handle on top - I just cropped the photo so it wasn't three feet long. Don't those Oxides look beautiful on Desert Storm? The envelopes are this color.

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There are more goodies to be had today including this cute coffee background, and this GORGEOUS girl. 

Head over to see the rest of the release and enjoy your knowledge bomb about green geese! :)

Loveyameanitbye.