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Hello, friends! I am excited to join Paper Smooches blog hop today showcasing goodies from their August 2017 release. More info about the hop and giveaway below.
I love Paper Smooches style, their quirky images always make me laugh! To create this card I used one of their older Swanky Snowdudes set and paired it with the new Wavy Wishes sentiment set (available July 31st).
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CARD DETAILS
I started working on my card by stamping snowdudes and ornaments in black ink onto Arches Hot Pressed watercolor paper. I used my Daniel Smith watercolors and colored these using traditional red, green and white. To add shading to white areas I used a hint of gray and colored just parts of the snowmen to add a bit of depth to these images.
I cut my dudes out with scissors and die-cut ornaments using coordinating dies and set aside. To create a background for this card I blended Tumbled Glass Distress ink onto Distress watercolor panel and added droplets of water. After my panel had dried, I stamped “Merry Christmas” sentiment and foam mounted this panel onto an A2 top folding card base.
I used foam adhesive and adhered my die cuts in place forming a scene. I also used a paintbrush and painted ornament strings.
Lastly, I coated each of the ornaments with Nuvo Glaze, this added some shine and gloss and made my ornaments appear dimensional.
HOP ALONG WITH US!
It’s Pep Rally week and we are here today to share a sampling of the NEW Paper Smooches AUGUST 2017 release with you! TWO new stamp sets and FOUR new dies will be available to purchase at 8:00pm PT on July 31st. You will find our new products HERE once they go live.
Jill Hawkins
Karin Akesdotter
Laurie Schmidlin
Michele Boyer
Savannah O’ Gwynn
Teri Anderson
Yana Smakula – you are here!
GIVEAWAY!
To add extra fun to this blog hop Paper Smooches is offering up a prize! The prize – a $25 gift code to choose what you like at the PS online store.
Here are the details:
- FOUR winners will be chosen at RANDOM from any of the design team blogs and the PS Blog to win the $25 prize.
- Just leave a comment on any of the design team blogs listed above or the PS blog for your chance to win! (you do not need to comment on all blogs to qualify but it will increase your chances)
- Deadline: You have until midnight PT on Sunday, July 30th to leave a comment.
- Please check the Paper Smooches blog on Monday, July 31st to see if you are one of the FOUR lucky winners.
To increase your chances of winning: Tell us that you Facebooked about our blog hop; Tell us that you Tweeted about our hop; Tell us that you posted on your blog about our blog hop; (which means that you have up to three extra chances to win on each blog).
SUPPLIES
I’m listing the products I used below. Click on the link to go directly to the product. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!
 Paper Smooches Wavy Wishes Stamp Set Shop at: PS |
 Paper Smooches Swanky Snowdudes Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | PS |
 Spellbinders Tool ‘n One Shop at: SSS | SC | SPEL | AZ |
 Spellbinders Platinum 6 Die Cutting Machine Shop at: SSS | SC | SPEL | AZ |
 Tonic Crystal Glaze Nuvo Shop at: SSS | SC |
 Tsukineko VersaFine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Cardstock Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
 Arches Hot Pressed Watercolor Pad 9×12″ Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad Tumbled Glass Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
 Ranger Mini Round Foam Refils Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
 Ranger Mini Round Ink Blending Tools Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
 Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolor 238-Dot Color Chart Shop at: AZ |
 Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolors Sap Green Shop at: AZ | BL |
 Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolor 15ml Paint Tube, Graphite Gray Shop at: AZ | BL |
 Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolor 15ml Paint Tube, Quinacridone, Red Shop at: SSS | AZ | BL |
 Daniel Smith Extra Fine Essential Watercolor Set Shop at: SSS |
 Daniel Smith Primary Extra Fine Watercolor Triad Set Shop at: SSS |
 Daniel Smith Secondary Extra Fine Watercolor Triad Set Shop at: SSS |
 Silver Black Velvet Brush Size 2 Round 300527 Shop at: SSS | BL |
 Silver Black Velvet Brush Size 6 Round 300565 Shop at: SSS | BL |
 Scrapbook Adhesives White Foam Squares Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
 White Fun Foam 12 Pack 9 x 12 Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Be Creative Tape 3mm Sookwang Shop at: SSS |
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Super gorgeous card and that too using just a couple of colors, simply brilliant.
Such a cute Christmas card! Always love your work Yana :o)
I love how you stage your photos… lovely project too, TFS!
This is such a great Christmas card. It is so cute.
1. Awww!!! I’m in love for your darling Xmas card, dear Yana!!! <3
2. Just Facebooked about the blog hop right now as Arianna Barbara: https://www.facebook.com/arianna.barbara.1/posts/1456948834386061?pnref=story
3. Just Tweeted about the hop as @raggiodiluce82 (Arianna Barbara): https://twitter.com/raggiodiluce82/status/890842530069311488
Cute snowmen and I love your attention to detail…. water droplets on the background as snow flakes, glossy accents on ornaments.
So cute! Gorgeous card as always!
Really love your card! It is so bright and holliday inspired! So awesome!
Thanks for sharing your sweet card & the opportunity to win.
Such a wonderful winter card. I love it! Thanks for sharing it with all of us!
Love this card! so fresh and whimsical!
Very fun Christmas card…love the wavy sentiments.
I love Swanky Snowdudes and they look terrific with the new Wavy Wishes stamp set! Great job combining the two!
I tweeted about this new release and blog hop!
I facebooked about the blog hop.
Your card makes my heart melt, so cute!
I “blogged” about this release and post https://www.flickr.com/photos/snazzyjj/36033626716/in/dateposted/
I shared about the hop on facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009458699912
SQUEAL!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE this Stamp Set!! Snowmen are my FAVORITE!! The New Sentiments look AMAZING!! THANKS SO MICH for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!! =)
Loving those snow dudes! Those ornaments are great too! Thanks for sharing such a great card!
Absolutely LOVE your card!! Those are my fav snowmen, too 🙂 Beautiful coloring!
Lovely card! Thanks for the chance to win!
~Gin K.~
I love your card so much !!! Congratulations !
Super cute card!
This is such a cute card. I love these little snowmen. Thanks for sharing
I love the watercoloring on this great card! TFS! The snowmen are just so darn adorable. It’s great that you paired a new release with an older set to show the versatility!
Love your wonderful Christmas card.
What an adorable card! Love it.
I love the new lettering but you really made it with those snowdudes!!
Super cute card! Love those snowmen.
Just adorable!!
Would sure love to receive this card in the mail! Happy, happy, happy!
Darling card.
thanks for sharing.
Wow, this looks so Christmassy! Great photobackdrop to!
Super fun card! Sure to bring a smile to the recipient’s face.
Such a cute card – great way to show off one of the new Wavy Sentiments!
This could not be ANY cuter!! Thanks for sharing
wow! so pretty 🙂
So cute. Love the splash of red for a snowman card.
Beautiful catd. Love to all details
Love the snowmen.
What an adorable card! Love those snowmen and the dimension on the ornaments.
I love your card–I need to remember to use watercoloring on my cards more often! Thanks for sharing your techniques!
I shared about the release on Facebook.
Such a fun and festive card. I really should be giving these Swanky Snowdudes some love.