Thanksgiving day is a week from now. There are so many things we are thanking God for. He has done amazing and unexpected things in our lives in this year.

Today I am thankful to be able to make another thank you card to send out this week. I made this clean-and-simple card with simple heat embossing resist techniques.

I stamped the sentiment with Versamark ink, added clear embossing powder and heat set it with my craft heater. Using make sponges, I added the Distress inks on the bottom of the canson watercolor paper. And then I splattered with some water and wiped it of with paper towel after several seconds.

I die cut some of the weath leaves out of kraft cardstock and added them on the card with Liquid Glass glue. I formed them like a half wreath. Then I stamped the heart and fussy cut it, then added it at the center of the half wreath with 3D foam tape for some dimension. Then I added some sparkly glitter on the hearts and leaves using Spectrum Noir glitter brush.

I added some of the Fall Festive sequins and natural twine on the panel. Then I added the finished panel on the card base with 3D foam tape.

Here are supplies I used today:

• Give Thanks Bundle (Concord & 9th)
• Canson watercolor paper
• Heavy weight white cardstock
• Kraft Cardstock
• Distress Mini Ink Pads
• Versamark Ink
• Clear embossing powder (CTMH)
• Natural Twine (May Arts Ribbon)
• Fall Festive Sequin Mix (Neat & Tangled)
• WRMK Evolution Advanced diecutting machine
• Spectrum Noir Clear Glitter Brush
• Liquid Glass glue (CTMH)
• 3D foam tape
• Tombow permaned adhesive runner
• Craft Heater (CTMH)

Thank you so much for visting today! Have a fabulous blessed day!

I play along at:

WAW Anything Goes Challenge week 256-257

AAA Cards Game 77 – Thanks/Thanksgiving

Where Creativity Meets C9 Challenge #3: Sparkle and Shine

Little Tangles: Challenge #74- CAS

STAMPlorations Giving Thanks Link Up

Hello everyone… During this season, I am making lots of Holiday cards for friends and families. And for me, using from 1 stamp set with matching die cut set is one way to create a batch of cards at one crafting time. One of my favorite sets are Hero Arts Stamp & Cut Die sets.

Today I am sharing how to create these 2 cards with Hero Arts Peace Stamp & Cut Die set. Please visit a2z Scrapbooking Blog for all the details and steps 🙂

You find the various Hero Arts Stamp & Cut Die sets the a2z Store. And you get 15% OFF for your order of $25 or more by adding this code Helen15 when you checkout, or if you have $50 or more, you can get FREE SHIPPING on domestic orders plus a free surprise! If you do not see any Hero Arts products that you’d like to buy, you can custom order it through a2z Store.

THANKS for visiting me today and have a fabulous day!

Hello everyone, this is my second post today. Check out the earlier post today about the Special Holiday Release Blog Hop with Our Daily Bread Designs and a chance for you to enter the giveaway.

I am still working on more Christmas cards. This one is a clean-and-simple card with Snowflake Season Collection Paper Pad, Snow Crystals Dies and Merry & Bright clear stamp set from Our Daily Bread Designs.

I die cut the snowflake crystals out of white cardstock and then embossed them with the same dies for some extra detail on them. And then I added some glitter with Spectrum Noir clear glitter overlay brush. I stamped the sentiment with red ink on a white cardstock and I cut it out in rectangled, also I cut out the red cardstock slightly larger for the mat. I added some glitter also on the white sentiment strip with the Spectrum Noir clear glitter overlay brush.

I finished the card with some silver sequins along with the snow crystals on the card 🙂

My card today is inspired by the new Photo Inspiration challenge at Addicted To Stamps and More

and the sketch from Sugar Pea Designs – Mix it Up Challenge #21

I also play along with the challenges at:

LOVE! Handmade Cards, ATCs & Other crafts Flickr Group – Nov Challenge

Christmas Card Challenge November 2016 – Anything Goes

Challenge Weeks #256-257 – Anything Goes

Virginia’s View Challenge #25

I love Christmas and this holiday is special because we are celebrating the One who was sent to save us and was born to give freedom to all of us from our sin slavery. His name is Jesus. He is the reason for this special holiday season. We are celebrating the life, the great plan and the victory given by God through His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ.

He is the Mighty God, the Immanuel, the Savior, the Redeemer, the Great Counselor, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace, the Ruler of everything, the King of kings, the Healer, the Light of the World. The World created by Him and in Him.

To celebrate this special Christmas, Our Daily Bread Designs has a Special Holiday New Release! In this release, Our Daily Bread Designs is also giving away a $25 gift code to the store, please keep reading to find out how to enter 🙂 Visit ODBD blog to see the full details on this new release and inspirations from the Design Team.

Here are the Special Holiday New Release:

Aren’t they beautiful papers, stamps and die sets? Today I am sharing these 2 cards using those new Holiday sets. On this first card, I also used the Snowflake Sky Die and Layer Lacey Ovals Dies along with the Christmas Ornament clear stamp set, Christmas Ornament Die, and the new Holly Jolly Collection Paper Pad.

I did double heat-embossed the Christmas Ornament on Canson Watercolor Paper and watercolored it with Koi Watercolor paint. And then I die-cut it with the matching Christmas Ornament Die.

And I love ODBD dies. They are not only for die cutting, but also for embossing and stenciling. On this card, I embossed the Snowflake Sky Die and the Layer Lacey Ovals Dies after I die-cut them. You can see the details on the papers.

On the second card, I created a partial die cutting zig-zag fold card. I found a tutorial from Jennifer to created this card. I used the Oval Dies for the partial die-cutting and the foil green mat. I cut out the red foil paper using the Holly Oval Die and added it on it. I love this patterned paper from the new Holly Jolly Collection Paper Pad. It has that beautiful border holly leaves, bells and snowflakes with the plaid patterned background. Just gorgeous!

I stamped the sentiment from the Christmas Ornament clear stamp set on the front and inside card using archival black ink pad and red ink pad. I added some silver sequins and clear gems for extra bling on the card.

And I also embossed both the Holly Oval Die and Oval Dies after I die cut them to give extra detail on the foil cardstocks I used.

Here how it look when I fold it flat into A2 size card and will fit in a regular size envelope.

That’s all my cards today… I know lots of pictures on today post but I would love to share with you all the details 🙂

And now… the GIVEAWAY!!!

Three randomly selected winners will each receive a $25 Gift Code to the ODBD Website just for commenting on the Design Team cards! You have until November 16, 2016 at 9:00 p.m. EST to leave your comments on the Designer’s Blogs for a chance to win! The Winners will be posted on the ODBD Blog on November 17th, so be sure to check back there to see if you won!

Here are the list of Design Team to visit and don’t forget to leave them some love while you are there :

Grace * Cathy * Chris * Kathy * Sabrina

Robin * Diana * Sandee * Lori * Helen * Julie

THANK YOU so much for visiting me and I hope these cards inspire you today. Have a fabulous blessed day!

I link up at:

Christmas Card Challenge November 2016 – Anything Goes

Challenge Weeks #256-257 – Anything Goes

Virginia’s View Challenge #25

HLS November Christmas Challenge – Watercolor

HLS November Anything Goes with Dies

Hello dear friends… first of all, I would like to THANK YOU ALL, for all who served the country. Your love, courage and bravery have given this country the freedom to live in. I thank God for those who fought and sacrified their lives at wars to defend this country, too. Thank God for the freedom given to us through Jesus Christ.

“Are you a slave? Don’t let that worry you—but if you get a chance to be free, take it. And remember, if you were a slave when the Lord called you, you are now free in the Lord. And if you were free when the Lord called you, you are now a slave of Christ. God paid a high price for you, so don’t be enslaved by the world.” (‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭7:21-23‬ ‭NLT‬‬)

I am so very thankful the love of God shown to us by sending His only Son to us. We sing the songs of joy to celebrate Him. Christmas is special because we have Christ in our lives! He is the One we celebrate in this season.

Today is an inspiration day with Our Daily Bread Designs. I do not always making layered card but today’s card has some layers on it with watercoloring, diecutting and stamping.

I diecut embossed one of the papers from Snowflake Season Paper Collection with the Double Stitched Rectangles Dies. I added it as the first layer background on the card. And the second layer, I die-cut and embossed another snowflake patterned paper from the same paper collection with Rectangles Dies. I love the embossed details on these patterned papers.

Then I die-cut and embossed a white cardstock with one of the Ornate Ovals Dies. I stamped the sentiment from Jingle Bell Time stamp set on it with red ink a little bit off to the left. Then I added it on the card with adhesive.

Om a piece Canson watercolor paper, I stamped the jingle bell cluster image from the Jingle Bell Time stamp set with Versafine Onyx Black ink and then I watercolored it with Spectrum Noir Aqua markers and watercolor brush. After the watercolored jingle bell dries, I added some glitter on it with Wink of Stella glitter brush, and then I fussy cut it with micro-tip scissors.

I added the jingle bell image on the right top of the ornate label with 3D foam tape for some dimension. I finished the card with some clear gems for more extra bling on this card 😉

This layered card is totally out of my style and comfort zone, but I had fun and joy creating it while listening to some Christmas songs 🙂

I hope this card give your an inspiration today to create and share the joy with others through your handmade cards. Thank you for visiting and have fabulous blessed day!

I link up at:

Christmas Card Challenge November 2016 – Anything Goes

Challenge Weeks #256-257 – Anything Goes

HLS November Christmas Challenge – Watercolor

HLS November Anything Goes with Dies