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. 

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Rainbows for Days & a Two For One Die Cut Bonus

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I needed some bright, happy cards this week, and I'm on a big two-for-one and rainbow kick, so I put those two things together this week for some cheery, colorful and QUICK cards. 

I did a very simple background using stencil shifting with this stencil and Life Changing Blender Brushes - the big open shapes made it easy to figure out where to overlap the colors - just three of them - my Holy Trinity - yellow, magenta and turquoise. Love the kelly green and fiery orange and purple that result, as well as the green-ish neutral where all three overlap.

I was careful to leave a bit of white space to both tie in to the butterflies - cut with this die - but also to offset the saturation of the ink blended portions. I used this Celebrate die to finish the front.

But when I die cut a sentiment, I always am careful to cut it straight and in a good position on a card front so that I get a second card out of the deal. No need to waste the negative! I was careful to keep the pieces in the looped letters when I cut the white one so I could piece them back in to this second card. 

Keeping with my rainbow theme, I used this amazingly versatile rainbow paper pad and the matching enamel dots. Such an easy way to turn a scrap into a card. This paper was designed to match these fun dies, and these and these and these - and I feel sort of dumb for not understanding that when I first saw the paper - it's genius.

Here are all the supplies I used for these - and all my current discount codes are below!

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Smackdown - A Blast From the Past

I'm doing the tutorial today over at Splitcoast with a trip through the wayback machine!

I was surprised we didn't have a tutorial on it already, because I learned this simple technique two decades ago.

It's just a simple, repetitive stamping technique to create the illusion of movement.

You can see my video on the technique below, but I'll walk you through these cards first.

I have fun new fineline marker I'm sneak peeking on the first card. I inked the butterfly from this set in Morning Mist (I highly recommend Versafine Clair for this technique, because you're using a block, not a MISTI, so you need that first image to have great coverage on the first image.)

The sentiments in the other set I used below are builders, which gives you a lot more flexibility.

After stamping the first generation, you just tap off the rest of the ink in a line to create movement.

I added my fave sunshine sequins for a clean, bright card.

Another way to use this technique is to stamp the main image with a fully inked stamp - again Morning Mist here - and then stamp around that image in a circle to repeat the patterns. I thought that fall leaves were the perfect subject for this type of technique. The leaves I used were from this stamp set. When I had filled in the background, I stamped another leaf on watercolor paper in Nocturne, watercolored it with Daniel Smith, and cut it with the matching dies, and placed it on top of the leaf I stamped first. Then I used this thankful layering die and copper glitter paper on top of grey paper to finish it off. I love the little ghost images of the leaves. I brushed more Morning Mist around the edge with a Life Changing Blender Brush.

You can also do a brighter, cleaner version with Electro Pop Inks to give the illusion of falling leaves.

This time I used the stamp that matches the dies I used above and sprinkled iridescent sequins all about! Love that ink. 

So here's the video, with all the supplies listed below. For the step by step written instructions, please see today's tutorial!

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