Greek God Fandom Card with Kindred Stamps

I'm hoping along with some crafty friends today and I had a lot of fun with the theme this month! When I saw Greek, I immediately thought of the Stay Strong stamp set from Kindred Stamps. The underworld god is one of my favorite villains and I thought it was just perfect. I used the colors of this character to inspire the rest of my card.

For the kaleidoscope or stained glass, I thought I could accomplish a look like a kaleidoscope look with my Penguin Palace Stencils 360 with Distress Oxides and Simon Hurley Solar Paste. I hope you'll check out my video below and make sure to watch it on YouTube so you can get all the details of how to hop along with my crafty friends and me!

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Penguin Palace Stencils 360°™ for Easy Christmas Cards

A little while ago I finally splurged on getting the Penguin Palace Stencils 360°™ System! I also bought quite a few different stencils, including Christmas themed stencils. I thought they would be really great to make quick Christmas cards and I have to say, it was was pretty fun to use! In my video today, I will show you how I use the system and three different stencil patterns with Distress Oxides.

Once I was done stenciling my backgrounds, I grab some cardstock from the Christmas A2 Paper Pad from Scrapbook.com to cut out a "Merry Christmas" sentiment cover plate also from Scrapbook.com. I picked some colors that I thought would go well with the design and colors of the stenciled background. Using glue with a fine tip, I adhered the cover plate sentiment die cut to the stenciled backgrounds.

To add some sparkle, I splattered on some gold watercolor with a small paint brush as I thought the solid cardstock just needed a little something to jazz it up. Overall, it was pretty quick to make these three card fronts and I can definitely see myself making more of these quick and easy cards for Christmas!

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Halloween on the Last Day: Pop-Up Mummy with Penguin Palace

Hi Friends! Maybe I should be changing my Halloween videos to the first rather than the last day of the month... February was just a super busy month for me. Going back into the office, softball starting, Girl Scout cookies, and on and on... But I'm getting adjusted and am working on setting up my ideas for March. I'm still aiming for weekly posts: 2 YouTube videos, 1 Instagram tutorial/video and 1 blog post (no video).

Today is a video sharing some Halloween inspiration! I wanted to use this cutie mummy from the Penguin Palace Mysterious Egypt set. As I finished this card, I really wanted to make it clear that I don't associate Egyptian culture with Halloween, I just think of a mummy raising and coming out of the tomb can be used to make a cute Halloween card. Hopefully everyone is okay with my card and I don't offend anyone...

It's also an interactive card using the Penguin Palace Twist-N-Pop Surprise dies and I created two small scenes to place in the center with the cute polaroid die cuts. I hope you enjoy the video down below and know that you can easily adapt this card for any time of the year. There are some really cute sentiments in the stamp set that can make it a really great motivational card or for someone embarking on a new journey.

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