Hi friends and crafty people! Just a few more sleeps until Christmas is here! I managed to fit in one last Christmas project to share with you. Then it's time to put away all the Christmas crafting goodies until next year. Dang, so many projects left that I wanted to make. Will someone please remind me next year to start earlier!? I hope you're having a great Christmas week and that all your shopping is done...and that you're sipping cocoa and enjoying life. Our week has been pretty quiet and calm. It's going to rain every day until Christmas now.... Everything is done. Time to relax!! Sending love your way today.
I have something VERY cool to share with you! Another innovative concept from our friends at Taylored Expressions. They're called Quad Stencils and my cards feature the Snowflake Quad Stencils! The concept is awesome: big 8.5" x 11" stencils that cover an entire sheet of paper....Then when you're done, you cut your paper into quadrants and you have four card fronts done! This came together like a dream... I made four cards and all the cards are A2 sized white card bases. My color palette is a cool fifties retro pastel palette - I love that...
Here is my favorite card - because I also used the brand new Cozy Winter stamps/dies/stencils to make some mittens! (All the supplies are listed at the bottom of my post)
Here are all four cards! How fun is this???
Here is a close up of my stenciled panel!! Aren't those the prettiest snowflakes?
Here are the four ink shades I used for my panels.
Here are the four big stencils - they are great quality and they clean up with a bit of water in the sink.
When you're done stenciling - you have this!!!
And then you have this!
Here are some close up photos of the four cards I made. I used accents of silver and vellum and also some enamel dots and gems. Gotta make it super sparkly and icy!
I used a few different Taylored Expressions Christmas sentiment stamp sets to make the sayings on all the cards. I love silver embossing powder on vellum. So classic.
These mittens are SOOO cute! I stenciled the mittens and then heat embossed the ribbing on the wrist part and the snowflakes. Looks so pretty! I used a bit of twine for the mitten string. And then I used this neat trick - a Snow Pen! The snow pen was used to make the fleece/fur on the mittens.
That's it for today! And that's it for Christmas 2021! Thanks for sharing with me all during this holiday season. I wish I could have made more things!!! I hate that the month of December goes by so fast. Sending you hugs!! XOXO Merry Christmas!!
CLICK HERE or on the graphic below to see the supplies for today's cards! (Affiliate Links Used)
I love the color scheme, Wanda.
The TE stencils are genius! I hope they come out with a Valentine set.
Posted by: christi | 01/03/2022 at 05:28 PM
I love the concept. Just got several beautiful stencils from Taylored Expressions as I only recently learned of them.
Posted by: Amanda Steele | 12/25/2021 at 02:41 PM
Prints are marvelous and combinations with blue mittens is superb!
Posted by: Stampiljke | 12/23/2021 at 11:59 PM
Absolutely gorgeous!
Posted by: Marisela Delgado | 12/22/2021 at 06:48 PM
Merry Christmas Wanda! Thanks for another year of terrific inspiration. Christmas always arrives too quickly, so I've fully embraced Christmas in July and any other month I feel like it. Of course I'm still making tags though!
Posted by: Mary Koby | 12/22/2021 at 12:15 PM
What a great idea ... that big stencil set pays off in a huge way!! Love your retro colors and heck, now you have a start on your next Christmas cards!! Having a baking day at my house. My husband is a huge fan of Chex mix during the Christmas season. I am on my second batch already ... Happy Holidays to you and Mark (Lucky too)
Posted by: Anne Sturgeon | 12/22/2021 at 11:57 AM
Merry Christmas! And you have outdone yourself on Christmas cards this year! These colors are so pretty and the stencils are such a wonderful idea! I hope you enjoy all your pre Christmas time!
Posted by: Jules L | 12/22/2021 at 09:42 AM
The quad stencils look amazing and I particularly like the color palette you chose. Stay warm and dry the next few days and Merry Christmas, Wanda!!!
Posted by: Kathy F. | 12/22/2021 at 08:19 AM
Thank you for all the crafty inspiration this month. You helped to make December 2021 more fun. Merry Christmas.
Posted by: Linda S. | 12/22/2021 at 07:04 AM
Beautiful cards Wanda! I'm hosting my family for Christmas- not much crafting going on right now. I so enjoy visiting your blog, want to wish a Merry Christmas to you & your family!
Posted by: Donna M. | 12/22/2021 at 06:34 AM
OH MY!!! I DO LOVE your snowflakes, Wanda! AND PASTELLY RETRO!!!! VERY NICE!!! I usually do one card for the year & everyone gets it. (I'm afraid I'll send the same card to someone in years that follow! LOL) BUT, I LOVE THIS CONCEPT with Taylored Expressions! You can do FOUR CARDS at once! WHAT A SUPER IDEA!!! BEAUTIFULLY DONE!!!HOPE you have a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!! Here, it's cold but no snow yet. We had a few small flurries the other day. Muzzle-loading season is over & so the deer are coming out of the woods now, & I am still working on Christmas things that have POPPED UP! AND THANK YOU CARDS! WHEW! LOL
Posted by: Becky Green | 12/22/2021 at 05:41 AM
Fabulous, fabulous, fabulous! Sold😬. I, too, have placed all my Christmas creating items away(made a pact with a fellow crafter we need to start in July) Along with the sweater weather from Pigment craft(way back from your September post) I am so excited to start my Winter cards and projects very soon 💖as always, many thanks, Wanda.
Posted by: Cindy Cottrell | 12/22/2021 at 05:19 AM
Beautiful cards and in soft, pretty colours. I love them. Thank you Wanda for all the wonderful makes you have shown us over the year!
Lovely frosty morning here and the temp is 0c. Don't think we be seeing family tho on x-mas day as planned because of covid :( the cases are going up again.
I wish you a nice Christmas and a healthy new Year ! xx
Posted by: Maria Alder | 12/22/2021 at 02:40 AM