Watercolored Holiday Houses with Kelly

Hello Crafters!

First, let me apologize. I know Halloween is barely over and I'm hitting you with a Christmas card. However, just like the heart wants what it wants (if you sang that Selena Gomez style we're friends) - the crafty mojo wants what the crafty mojo wants. And mine wanted Holiday Houses.

Look at how cute those guys are. How could I say no?

I couldn't and so here we are with this adorable winter scene.

I actually used layers and die cuts. Like multiple layers. Christmas Miracle.

See what I did there?

Also, I used real watercolors. Serious adult ones. In fact, I used our own Yana Smakula's watercolor dot card.

It has gorgeous colors by the way.

You can watch the whole card come together in the video below.

Watch above or watch in HD at YouTube

In real life those snowy dots look amazing. It's next to impossible to see them in the photos. But, I encourage you to try it, it's a super cool technique.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Featured Supplies

For your convenience, here is a list of the featured supplies used on today's project(s), along with links to purchase. Please note: this list contains affiliate links.

Wplus9 Landscape Borders Die Shop at: Wplus9	Wplus9 Shimmer Spray Mist Shop at: Wplus9	Wplus9 Holiday Trimmings Shop at: SSS | Wplus9
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3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Permanent Shop at: SSS	Canson MONTVAL WATERCOLOR 9x12 Pad Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp LARGE GRID PAPER Pack Pad Shop at: SSS
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Merry and Bright with Joni

Hello Everyone, Joni here sharing a post featuring the new gorgeous Rose Builder and Hellebore Builder stamp sets.

I made a card that can be used for the holidays, but you can use these sets with any sentiments you might already have which are great for any occasion!

To begin my card I stamped my flower on a white cardstock. Then, die-cut the images with the Rose Builder Die and the Hellebore Builder Die.

Next, I distressed a different cardstock for my top panel with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Tumbled Glass. Then, stamped the sentiment "May Your Days be Berry and Bright" with Versamark Ink, and heat embossed it with gold embossing powder. Then, I adhered all the die-cuts with foam tape for dimension. I added some Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear Snowflakes and Sparkling Clear Sequins to finish the card.

I hope you enjoyed! Can't wait to see what you create with these stamp sets. Be sure to tag us #wplus9 on social media!

Christmas Hellebore Background with Yana

I love to stamp my own backgrounds using my stamps and with the Holiday Season being not too far away I pulled out my Hellebore Builder set and a few other all-time favorites from WPlus9. Hello friends, this is Yana and I hope you are having a wonderful week!

I filmed a video tutorial showing the creative process from start to finish, which you can watch below:

Watch above or watch in HD at YouTube

I didn’t do any kind of masking as I was working on my background. I did my stamping in clusters - stamped one flower and added leaves, branches and berries around it. Next, stamped another flower and repeated the steps.

Whenever I stamp backgrounds using my layering images I prefer to stamp base layers first (I call this “sketching out” my background) and once I have all of the base layers stamped then I add in the detailed second and third layer images. I feel my stamping process goes a lot faster this way and there’s less room for error, too.

I stamped my background onto a 4 ¼ x 5 ½” panel and once my stamping was done I adhered the panel onto an A2 side folding card base. To create a sentiment I heat embossed a beautiful message from the Iconic Christmas stamp set in gold embossing powder onto a piece of white cardstock, trimmed it into a banner and foam mounted onto my card. I added a bit of red and white bakers twine and called this card done!

Have you tried stamping custom backgrounds similar to this one? Share below!

Featured Supplies

For your convenience, here is a list of the featured supplies used on today's project(s), along with links to purchase. Please note: this list contains affiliate links.

WPlus9 Hellebore Builder Stamp Set Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Fresh Cut Flowers Stamps Shop at: WP9	WPlus9 Holiday Boughs Stamp Set Shop at: WP9	WPlus9 Iconic Christmas Stamp Set Shop at: WP9	WPlus9 Fairy Dust Dye Ink Shop at: WP9
Simon Says Stamp Fog Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS	WPlus9 Silver Lining Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	WPlus9 Gala Red Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	WPlus9 Cranberry Crush Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	WPlus9 Wild Mango Dye Ink Shop at: WP9
WPlus9 Old Gold Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	WPlus9 Last Leaf Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	WPlus9 Appletini Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun PW200 Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ	ScraPerfect Crafting Pouch Shop at: SSS | AZ
Hero Arts Gold Embossing Powder PW100 Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ	Versamark Watermark Emboss Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | HA | AZ	Doodlebug Ladybug Twine Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ	Scor-Tape 1/8 Inch Crafting Tape Shop at: SSS | AZ	Scrapbook Adhesives White Foam Squares Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ