Drive By Crafts ~ Winter Woodland Wonders ♥

Good Morning - again! 

I have 2 blogs posts today!
For a dose of yummy coffee goodness

from Honey Bee Stamps, please check this post :)

I'm up on the blog today over at Drive By Crafts 
bringing you a card with one of my absolute favorites:  Storybook characters ♥
I love LOVE the look of classic children's storybook illustrations ~
add in some winter/snow and I'm just smitten!

I have quickly fallen for Avery Elle stamps
and Drive By Crafts has quite a few to chose from.
Today, I'm working with the winter woodland wonders {nice alliteration!}
 stamps and dies and this set is everything I hoped it would be and more!
Absolutely adorable little woodland friends,
playfully peeking out from the birch trees to say hi on a winter day.

So here's how I made my card:
 I stamped out the birch tree, birdie, rabbit and deer using Momento black ink 
and ran those though my die cut machine with the coordinating dies from the set. These are so nice to use and line up with such precision!
 Once those were all die cut, I colored each of those using soft and subtle colors for that beauty you see in children's illustrated books.
 Once that was done, I simply added Scrapbook Adhesives 3D foam to each of the cut outs so the card would have a lot of dimension. 
The 3d foam difference really makes your cards pop when it comes to little animals ~ it gives them great definition!
 Lastly, I added a sentiment (from Avery Elle 'More Stories') 
and popped that up on 3d foam and sequins 'snowflakes'. 

Close up of the woodland cuties!
As you know I'm a big fan of dressing up the inside of my cards,
but for busy/dimension cards with a sentiment, 
I usually just let that be the focal point.

 Such a fun and easy card to make with the supplies from Drive By Crafts!
And shhhhh - little confession ........
I'm keeping this card for me :)
It reminds me of my time visiting wonderful friends this January ...
lifelong friendship, beautiful hearts, lots of smiles!

Quick links to the products I used ....

Avery Elle Winter Woodland Wonders

Avery Elle Winter Woodland Wonders dies

Scrapbook Adhesive 3d foam - assorted

Thanks for stopping by!
Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥
~Kelly

I'll enter this to 2CraftyCritterCrazies - critters
Crafty animals - animals
Southern Girls - Pop it up!

I'm the Sandcastle Stamper! :)

 

One of the fun things to see while visiting in blogland

is to see the creative, wonderful and often witty titles
people have come up with for their blogs ♥

Me?
I'm the Sandcastle Stamper!

 

When I was new to blogging, I knew I wanted to combine my love
of the ocean and playing at the beach with my kids ~
 collecting shells, swimming, surfing, and making sandcastles, of course! :)

My card today reflects a few 'favorites!'
Jeanette is the hostess of this round of card making in the SOTC,
a crafty group of friends over on SCS.
She challenged us to make a card based on her words:

 

 

My theme for September/October is inspired by those very thoughts. The theme?

 

Favorite and Fabulous!

Let me explain:
Favorite = Use one/s of your favorite things on your card. It might be your favorite stamp/image, your favorite embellishment, your favorite color, or any other “favorite” that you choose.

Fabulous = I know we always use at least two layers and one embellishment, but for this time I want you to do something a little extra to make your cards fabulous. It might be simply adding another layer to your card, using a handmade embellishment, creating your own designerpaper,using a unique fold, or any other “fabulous” feature you choose.

 

And here's my card based on that theme -

a Sandcastle with a fancy fold paper card design!

Another favorite:  This gorgeous Sandcastle die-version die was a gift

from my super sweet friend, Carol! ♥

It's so me and I love love LOVE it ~

 Thank you so much! ♥

 

I let the sandcastle die cut be the focal point of the card

and the different scraps of paper, folded into a design,

became the 'unique fabulous fold'.

I hope that's what Jeanette meant and I won't be in the 'sand' doghouse :)

A few little tiny pearls scattered in the dsp finish it off.

 

 

And the inside of my card, of course!

I kept the same design going for the smaller layer and left it blank

so the recipients can write any message they like :)

And that's my contribution to the SOTC cards this month ~

Sandcastle Stampin :)

 

We're out to the park today enjoying this GORGEOUS 60* weather!

Definitely not beach weather but it's still fabulous!

I hope you are enjoying it, too!

 

Big hugs, Bigger Blessings!
~Kelly



 

Card entered into:  Dragonfly Dreams - Girly and Use a Die Cut!

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