Let it Snow by Shannon

It's been a strange winter leading up to the new year.

Snow seems to be missing this year (well, for most of us). I created this project using SRM goodies, in hopes that snow will fall and create some winter magic.

I purchased some frames from an online discount site, they sat on my shelves waiting for me to pick them up and create something. 

Finally, inspiration came!  First I painted the frame.  Once it was painted and dried, I set it aside. I then took a Medium Muslin Bag and cut it into two pieces. I did the same with a SRM Burlap Bag. I adhered those to the frame backing, to provide a base for my decoration.

I used white card stock to create the "hills" I simply traced around a plate and free handed them. Using Jane's Doodles "Warm Wishes", I stamped and colored snowmen, snowflakes, stars and trees. to set the snowy scene, I placed the stamped images throughout the hills.

I added "let it snow" to the image using Winter Sentiment stickers. I tied some twine around the top and added a few sequins before popping it back into the frame. It's ready to go! 

In this case, it went to a good home as a Christmas present to my Auntie Claudia and Uncle Pete. 

Here's a close up of the Jane's Doodles!

Thanks for letting me share with you! Happy 2016! Here's to the year ahead! 

Let it Snow! by Michele

Good morning my crafty friends! 

 MICHELE here with a water colored snowman card. I used the adorable Jane's Doodles set called, WARM WISHES.  It was stamped with Versamark and embossed in white.  I used my Zig Clean Brush Markers.  I wanted a bit of dimension, so I added liquid applique to the snowman's hat and on the ground.  As soon as I heat it with the heat gun, I sprinkled glitter over it. 

I matted the image with several layers of card stock.  The last panel was given a coat of glossy accents and sprinkled with glitter.  

(One can never have enough glitter! ;)

I hope you are keeping warm this holiday season!

Thanks so much for popping by!

Shaker Ornaments by Michele

Dear SRM Friends… 

Here's a special Saturday post.  There's still time to make this amazing project.  
Enjoy! 

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Good morning my crafty friends!  Michele here with a fun and easy ornament! I am always looking for cute gifts to give my daughter's teachers and therapists without breaking the bank. 

I was rummaging around in my craft closet when a box of transparencies fell out at me.  (Along with quite a few other supplies....my room is a complete disaster! LOL!)

That's when I had a light bulb moment!

Cut two circles out of acetate, sew them together using ribbon or twine, and just before closing them up, add a scoopful of sequins and clear beads. 

I used the Warm Wishes set by Jane's Doodles for the front of my ornament. 

They were colored with Copic markers. The scarf was colored separately, cut out, and given a coating of glossy accents. 

Each ornament was color coordinated with matching jingle bells and a bit of ribbon and twine. 

These were easy to make, and now my mind is thinking of other shapes I could create! ;)

Thank you all for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Be Jolly • Be Merry • Spread Cheer by Amy

Happy Holidays!!  This is Amy here with a fun card just in time for your Holiday celebrations. 

I created this card using the Jane's Doodles Warm Wishes stamp set.  I colored the images with Copic markers and added some white pen accents.  The snowflake background is stamped snowflakes from the Warm Wishes stamps set and then heat embossed with white embossing powder.

I added some Sticker Stitches along the top and a sentiment from the Stickers by the Dozen Gingerbread Man.

I layered them all together with foam adhesive for this fun winter scene.  

Thanks for stopping by!!

Amy

Snowflakes in the Air by Shannon

✳...Snowflakes in the Air...✳

♬♪...Carols everywhere

Olden times and ancient rhymes

Of love and dreams to share...♫♪♩

Hello!  Shannon here to let you know it's quickly approaching! I'm not beating down the door to Christmas and the holiday season, but I'm just standing outside pacing. 

94 days....do you have a sense of wonder? Or a sense of panic? 

I'm here today to make your life a little easier. All you need is some cardstock (or pre-made tags), twine, stamps, mist, glitter glue, markers and some ingenuity. 

I used one sheet of white card stock to create these tags. I used a file and my cutting system to get an easy 20 tags out of the 12X12 sheet. Another easy way to get 20 tags? Buy some pre made ones. 

Using Jane's Doodles stamps from SRM (I used stamps you can purchase here: "Warm Wishes") 

I stamped on each tag. If you notice, I did not stamp them perfectly at all. They are all off center. This is perfect for people who aren't stamping gurus. I am among that category. I love stamps, I just get easily intimidated. 

Once you get them all stamped and they are nice and dry, you can begin coloring. That is always the fun part! After they're colored...you can use some mist and spatter it all over the tag, or if you aren't into that..skip it! You can also add the glitter glue at this time...this is also optional. 

Once everything is good and dry, add your twine. I simply threaded the twine through and tied a bow. You can either add another piece of twine to tie on a bag or gift...oooorr you can add a glue dot to the back and stick it right to a package!

I shared each set of 5 because I wanted to share all the fun little details.  And here's the products I used to create these fun little tags:

SRM Clear Stamps Warm Wishes

Solid Maraschino Twine

Baker's Twine/Ocean

Solid Caribbean Twine

Baker's Twine Gunmetal Shimmer

Thanks for dropping by.  Time to get started on your Christmas crafty projects?  I'm off to do more of mine! :)

{ warm wishes · merry christmas} by Shannon

She's back and we could not be happier!  Shannon Morgan is a SRM All Star:  an artist with a passion for scrapping, card making and now stamping! Welcome back Shannon! So happy to have you on the team again!

Now let's hear from Shannon in her own words…

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Call me crazy, but I have no problem creating Christmas cards in July or August.

SRM Stickers has so many awesome new products coming to you! I added some of these to my project I'm sharing with you today! 

I created this card using some brand new Jane's Doodles stamps...they are so very fun! I love the way the stamps are so easy to work with, you'll want to pick up all of the new stamps for sure!  This design is called Warm Wishes.

Now let's take a look at this card:

See the white "merry christmas" sentiment?  That's a clear sticker from SRM's MERRY We've Got Your Sticker sheet.  It was perfect for this card. Love the happy scene created by the snowmen, trees and snowflakes combined with washi tape and vellum paper.  And don't forget the twine!  I used Carribbean for this card.  

Want some close ups.. I've got 'em! 

Look behind the snowman...you'll see another new SRM offering...LACE! It was such a light, airy and elegant backdrop for this card...a perfect touch! You can use it so many ways.

Here's the close up of the other snowman and snowflakes. There's another peek at that awesome lace.  Look at the details in these stamps!

These stamps are amazing, I can't say it enough.  I am not the best at stamping, so if I say the stamps are awesome, they truly are. I felt like I had been stamping for a long time! I didn't have to stamp and stamp and stamp to get the perfect image.

FYI… for stamping the images, I used some ombré ink, stamping onto a muted graph pattern paper.  I wanted the card to feel magical and dreamy… I used water color pencils to add some shading to the snowmen and trees, blended with a pain brush dipped in water.  The snowflakes were stamped with ombré ink also.  And the circle "snowballs" were made by taking the tip of an eraser on the ink pad and stamped onto paper. 

Thank you for letting me share with you today! 

Remember...Christmas is only 163 days away! :)