DT Day: Lori

Hi, IHP fans!  It's Lori here with today's DT post.  Since lots of us struggle with masculine cards, I thought I'd share one today using the fun Mister Man set from Technique Tuesday.

To get a masculine feel, I kept things simple with clean lines and added interest with a mix of fun papers, some shiny accents, and a tiny bit of texture.   I went with a trendy gray and yellow color scheme that I love for both masculine and gender-neutral designs.  Once I'd decided on my color scheme, I picked coordinating patterns from the Carta Bella Boy Oh Boy paper pad for the long panel that stretches down most of the length of my cardfront and for the paper pieced necktie.   The "you are the man" sentiment was stamped in gray pigment ink on a solid yellow panel that I layered over the patterned paper strip.  After adding the dotted necktie next to the sentiment, I added a little shine with a pair of silver brads along the side of the panel.  A little white twill tab tucked underneath the left edge of the panel adds just a bit of texture to the design.  The finished panel was adhered to a gray card base.

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DT Day: Sheri

Hello IHP fans!  It's Sheri here.  Can you believe Christmas is only a week away??  Have you finished up your shopping yet?   One of my favorite things to give are gift certificates so the recipient can pick something out they have been wanting but won't splurge on for themselves.

 

So I thought that I would create a fun way to present a small gift or gift card/certificate using Lawn Fawn's Goodie Bag Die. These are super quick to put together. 

 Supplies:

Paper: Red CS, SnowDay 6x6 Pad (Lawn Fawn); Stamps: Winter Penguin (Lawn Fawn); Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento); Coloring Medium: Copic Markers (C1, C5, C6, C7, R17, R20, R27, R29, YR15, YR18); Tools: Winter Penguin Die (Lawn Fawn), Goodie Bag Die (Lawn Fawn), Stitched Banner Set (Lawn Fawn), Stitched Snowflakes (Lawn Fawn), Classic Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders); Other: Ribbon (May Arts), Clear Rock Candy Distress Glitter (Tim Holtz/Ranger), 2 Way Glue Pen (Zig), White Paint Pen (Sharpie) Scor-Tape, ATG Tape, Foam Tape

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DT Day: Lindsay

To begin, I took the open dot pattern, and stamped it three times down the front of my white card base.  I then colored in the dots with my markers (which really didn't take that long).

I took a piece of black cardstock, rubbed it well with an embossing buddy, and white heat embossed my graphic sentiment onto it.  I trimmed it, and adhered it to the card using foam adhesive. I hope you are inspired to finish up those cards, and get them out!  There is nothing better than a handmade card for the holidays.  Thanks so much for joining me here today.

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DT Day: Vera

Hi everyone. Vera here today. How's your December looking so far? Well, for me, December means Christmas and also homesickness. Never more than in Christmas that I miss being with my family. Also, my niece birthday is in December. So, two events where I am totally missing my family.

With that in mind, I made this miss you card to send to  my niece.

This bunny is one of my favorite bunny stamp ever. Because it's so adorable & sweet. It's from Lawn Fawn Hello Baby set. For the hills, I added some green using the mini blending tool & Avery Elle Lemon Grass ink pad.

I am keeping it CAS and sweet. This card totally reflect how much I am missing my li'l niece on her birthday (of course, she gets a birthday card as well). Hah.... My  brother is used to me sending her a bunch of cards. Sometime for no reason at all. Being far away, I need to make sure she knows that I think of her all the time. 

That's all for me today and thank you so much for swinging by here. Don't forget to check out {i heart} papers for all your stamping need. Cheers!


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DT Day: Tracy

Good morning IHP fans! It's Tracy here with a fun and simple pastel holiday card you can make. I used Chickaniddy's Jolly Good paper pad and layered a couple pastel prints. My sentiment comes from Lawn Fawn's Winter Penguin set stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

To finish my card off I used a couple of Lawn Fawn's wood veneer snowflakes that I dragged through Palette New Canvas ink first. And I added a tiny bow of pink twine from Hemptique. Have a wonderful holiday season and don't forget to check out i {heart} papers for all of your crafty needs!

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Guest DT: Mariana

Happy December!  Today we welcome a new guest designer to the team, Mariana Grigsby.

Here's what she has to say about herself and her first project for us!

I live in Northern Illinois with my husband and our two sons. We also have a cat and a dog that we consider part of our little family. I love creating with my hands since as long as I can remember. That was one of the reasons that years later I went to college to become a Graphic Designer, but in 2005 I set aside that title to become a stay-home mom. Since then, I discovered that crafting was a great way to keep my creativity active.  I specially love creating cards and scrapbook pages. I also like to challenge myself by trying out different styles of cards, and learning new techniques. I have achieved many accomplishments as a card maker, several of my cards have been published in magazines, I have been on different design teams, etc. Overall, I can say that crafting is a therapy for me, exercises my mind, makes me happy. You can find me at http://marianagrigsby.wordpress.com

To create my card I used a stamp set called Love You a Latte by Lawn Fawn. I stamped the images with Memento Tuxedo Black onto a white tag, and then, I colored the images with markers. I also created a frame onto the card base with a patterned paper included in Sweater Weather 6x6 Paper Pad also by Lawn Fawn.  I applied some glitter details over the marshmallows with a white Wink of Stella Brush Glitter Marker. Next, I put a layer of Glossy Accents on the image and sentiment.  Finally, I adhered the tag with foam tape, I stitched along the edge with my sewing machine, and added a simple red ribbon knot as an embellishment.

Products used: Love You a Latte, Sweater Weather, Memento Tuxedo Black, Wink of Stella Brush Glitter Marker

We're excited to have you joining the team for the next 2 months!

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DT Day: Lori and Black Friday!

Hi, IHP fans!  It's Lori with today's DT post.  I hope you had a wonderful holiday and are enjoying IHP's Black Friday sale.  If you haven't shopped yet, be sure to check out the latest and greatest in the store. Black Friday is here and runs through Monday!

The holidays are fast approaching and I haven't even begun to think about what I'll do for a holiday card (other than a fun photo insert featuring my Chloe the cutie puppy in her Halloween costume that I'll send to a select few who will appreciate it!).  The beautiful Snowflake Backdrops set from WPlus9 that I used for this card just might end up being the set I use for my card.  The flakes in this set are so pretty!

I really like non-traditional colors for holiday cards, so I stamped the three snowflakes in pale pink pigment ink on a white panel.  The "peace" sentiment was stamped in gray pigment ink.  The image is a trio of banners, but the "peace" one was on the top, so it was super easy to mask off the other words to ink up just the one I wanted.  I scattered a few white sequins around the flakes for a bit of sparkle, then used some Sticky Thumb dimensional dots to layer the stamped panel on a white card base.  The white on white is so clean and elegant!  I'm thinking I just may do a variation on this design for my cards . . .

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Black Friday sale starts NOW!

I hope you set aside some time this week to reflect on the things you're truly grateful for.  I'm grateful for you and we're kicking off Black Friday early here at IHP and running it through Cyber Monday.

Have a very happy Thanksgiving to my American friends and enjoy the sales!

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DT Day: Sarah

Hi IHP fans! Sarah here today with a card unusual for me - it's pretty much one layer! When I saw this print in the Everyday Collection by Avery Elle, I just knew I had to let those rays be the star of the show!

The Finished Frames dies have not left my desk since they came out, I love them! The stamped sentiments from So Happy paired perfectly with the Simply Said: Happy die - cut from turquoise cardstock then covered with a Gold Wink of Stella pen for some sparkle. Avery Elle ink in Kraft was used for the sentiments and I finished with some enamel hearts. 

Thanks for stopping by, wishing you a happy day! 

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DT Day: Sheri

Hello IHP fans!  It's Sheri here.  Eeek...Christmas is less than 6 weeks away!!  Have you started on your Christmas cards yet??  I'm always the one that waits to the last minute and totally stresses to get them in the mail.  

Today, I created an elegant CAS card that could be mass produced due to limited stamping and just using a combination of dies from Avery Elle, Lawn Fawn, My Favorite Things, and WPlus9.  I love how you can mix and match and come up with your own unique design.

Supplies:

Paper: White CS (Recollections, 110Ib); Stamps: Deck The Halls (Lawn Fawn); Ink: VersaMark (Tsukineko); Tools: Small Stitched Rectangles (Lawn Fawn), Stitched Hillside Borders Dies (Lawn Fawn), Finished Frames Elle-ments Dies (Avery Elle), Stag Trio Die (WPlus9), Noel Die (Avery Elle), Pierced Circle Stax Die-Namics (My Favorite Things);  Scor-Buddy, Embossing Heat Tool; Other: Detailed Silver Embossing Powder (Stampa Rosa), Clear Rock Distress Glitter (Tim Holtz/Ranger), Silver Sequins, Glue Pen, ATG Tape, Foam Tape

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DT Day: Lindsay

Hi i {heart} papers fans!

Lindsay with you today, with a colorful card using Wplus9's Dream Believer set and dies.  There are plenty of elements in this set to create a wide variety of designs with.  I used it in a more traditional way for my card here.  

I die cut the dream catcher and stamped it in brown ink, popping it up onto my card base.  I then die cut five feathers, stamping those with the coordinating stamp, and adhering them straight to card base.

I finished it off by stamping the cluster of dots in the same colors of ink in a triangle design on the card.  The Wink of Stella Glitter brush pen in clear, was added to the feathers for a bit of shimmer. Thank you for joining me here today!  I hope you are inspired to grab your stamps and dies and make a card!

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DT Day: Tracy

Hi everyone! It's Tracy here sharing a fun wintery card I created. I used this cute snowman from Avery Elle and made a shaker card. I just stamped the snowman on a piece of white cardstock, colored him in with Copics, and then put a piece of acetate over him.

I die-cut the snowman shape out of decorative paper from Chickaniddy Crafts and laid it on top of my image using dimensionals. To finish my card off, I added my sentiment from Winnie & Walter stamped on vellum. I cut a wavy snow-drift kind of shape into it. Then added a snowflake wood veener from Lawn Fawn that I dragged through my new canvas ink pad, and a tiny bow of off-white twine.

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Guest DT: Kim O'Connell

It's the first of the month and that means a new IHP Guest DT!  This month we welcome Kim O'Connell!

Here's what she has to say about herself and her first creation for us!

"I am a Dementia Program Director at a skilled nursing facility by day and a mad crafter by night.  I have been married for the past 14 years to my husband who tolerates my crafting addiction.  I have an 12 year daughter and 10 year old son and both have inherited the crafty gene.   I also have a  6 year old English yellow lab named Calvin who can often be found right at my feet as I craft.   I have been stamping since 2009 since I innocently went to the craft store and bought a couple of clear stamp sets in the clearance bin to make Easter cards with my kids. Those 2 stamp sets have multiplied like bunnies over the past several years. I would describe my style as clean but not so simple.   I would save my family, my dog, and my copics in a fire.  You can find me at Paper Perfect Designs or my  Paper Perfect Designs Facebook page."

Products used:

Avery Elle Be Jolly

Avery Elle Be Jolly Elle-ments Dies

Momento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad

WOW Pearl White Embossing Powder

Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Marker

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Last day!

Our Birthday Bash sale expires at midnight EST tonight!

Have you shopped yet?  Have a happy and safe Halloween!

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Birthday sale reminder!

Just a quick reminder that our 6th birthday sale continues through Friday!

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DT Day: Lori

Hi, IHP fans!  It's Lori here with today's DT post.  My card uses stamps and dies from Waffle Flower, a brand that's brand new to IHP.

I used the Holiday Labels-Give Thanks set and coordinating Give Thanks dies to put together this seasonal design.  I stamped the set's large round label image in green ink, then added the sentiment in the opening using brown pigment ink.  The label was adhered to a cream panel over strips of green and sparkly gold paper.  I accented the label with the set's acorn and leaf images, stamped with a combination of pigment inks from Tsukineko and Avery Elle.  The acorn's attached with some dimensional dots for a little pop.  A few yellow sequins give the card even more sparkle.  I matted the finished panel on green cardstock, then adhered it to a kraft card base.

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Happy 6th birthday to us!

This month marks our 6th birthday celebration here at IHP!  Time flies!

But, we're celebrating by giving you the gift, since you're the reason we are here.  For 6 days, starting today, use coupon code IHP6NB at checkout for 25% off your entire order over $25.  Offer expires midnight EST on the 31st so shop early for the best selection!

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