Simple Joys of the Holidays

Hidey Ho Teaspoon Fans,

Today Teaspoon of Fun is so excited to bring to you one of our BRAND NEW dies in the shop.  It’s not just a street lamp but it’s so much more!!!  My card reminds me of a warm cozy holiday night!  What do you think?

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Let’s take a look at what I picked for you today… 

What do you think?  Cozy Cozy Cozy!!!

Precision Glue Press

StampWheel

Snowy Street Lamp Fancy Dies

Simple Joys of the Holidays Stamp

Black Glossy Paper

White Iridescent Glitter Paper

Hybrid Black Ink Pad

Watercolor Paper

Silicone Dispenser

#4 Watercolor Brush

1″ Square Watercolor Brush

Altenew Watercolor Pans

Paw Palette or Flower Palette

Christmas Fairy Jewels

Wink of Stella

Copic Markers

Heat Tool

6″ Haberdashery Scissors

Jewel Picker

Retractable Pick

Fine Tip Tweezers

Tim Holtz Precision Trimmer

Ladybug Vacuum

Black 3D Foam Strips

Black Micro Foam Squares

Regular Black Foam Squares

EZ Grand Tape Dispenser

Deluxe Adhesive

A2 WhiteEnvelopes

 A2 Cream Envelopes

I started with the background.  I did a watercolor wash using Watercolor Paper (watercolor paper is cut to 3 3/4″ x  5″) and 1″ Square Watercolor Brush.   Put some water from the Silicone Dispenser into either the Paw Palette or Flower Palette.  Pick up water on the 1″ Square Watercolor Brush and randomly saturate just the middle of the paper.  Pick up some black from the Altenew Watercolor Pans and dab it onto the saturated portion of the paper.  Let it “run” on the paper watching it float over the water.  So cool.  You can use a Heat Tool to speed up the drying of this layer.

Make sure your watercolor paper is dry before adding the sentiment.  For this I used the Simple Joys of the Holidays Stamp.  It’s one of our single stamps that we just love.  I stamped it using the StampWheel and  Hybrid Black Ink Pad.  Using the Paw Palette or Flower Palette and Altenew Watercolor Pans pick up some black with the #4 Watercolor Brush and splatter some black spots onto the background.  Set that aside to dry.  Cut a piece of light gray card stock 4″ x 5 1/4″ and adhere that to the white card base using the EZ Grand Tape Dispenser.  When dry, add the water colored piece to that layer.  

Cut the Snowy Street Lamp Fancy Dies out of our Black Glossy Paper.  Then cut the top of the lamp out of white card stock (we will only use the inserts).  Cut the wreath and the bow out of white card stock and color with Copic Markers (you could certainly cut them out of colored card stock so there is no coloring involved but you KNOW how much I love to color)!  with the inserts, color them and add them to the middle of the lamp using Regular Black Foam Squares.  These foam squares will hold the tiny pieces in place.  Easy Peasy!

Now put Black 3D Foam Strips and Black Micro Foam Squares up and down the rest of the lamp and adhere it to your water color washed panel.  Cut the drips of snow from the Snowy Street Lamp Fancy Dies from White Iridescent Glitter Paper.  Adhere the small one that fits perfectly on top of the lamp.  Take your finished wreath and put it on the top of the lamp.  Cut the candle out of white card stock, color and place that inside the lamp using the Precision Glue Press.  Time to add it to your card on the left side leaving room for the park bench.  To finish off the lamp, add some of our Christmas Fairy Jewels.  GORGEOUS!!!!

Cut the park bench (my favorite) from Black Glossy Paper and adhere it to the right side of the card using the Precision Glue Press.  Cut a bird from white card stock and color with Copic Markers (again you can use colored card stock if you’d like).  Add the small drippy snow you cut earlier from White Iridescent Glitter Paper and add that and the bird to the bench. For the finally, add some Wink of Stella to the candle flame.

Here are some of my most important, must have, use all the time, can’t live without, use on EVERY card tools (I really do use them on every card, make sure you have them in your stamp room)…..

Heat Tool

6″ Haberdashery Scissors

Jewel Picker

Retractable Pick

Fine Tip Tweezers

Tim Holtz Precision Trimmer

Ladybug Vacuum

Add your card to one of our A2 White or A2 Cream Envelopes and mail it off to your dear friend.

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Thank you for letting us come into your home and spend a little crafty time with you!  It’s so much fun sharing what is such a passion.  If we can ever help with any of your stamping needs, please reach out to us, we are here to help and teach, that’s what we love to do.  It doesn’t have to be hard, it doesn’t have to be complicated, just fun and thoughtful.  All products can be found in our Teaspoon of Fun Shoppe.  Happy Crafting today!

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(((Hugs)))

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Simple Joys of the Holidays

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Simple Joys of the Holidays

~ With a dollop and dash of fun and sass…

 

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