Have you heard of my Get Cracking on Christmas Series? Well, this year is going to bigger and better and more inspiring than ever! So here are the details:
Let’s be honest.
November rolls around and we say to ourselves “man I should’ve started making holiday cards A LOT sooner.”
or
“I have so many wicked cute holiday sets that I haven’t even had a chance to play with yet.”
I am going to guess that most of you who are reading this post fall into one if not both of those scenarios. So for the past 2 years, some of my crafty friends and I have been challenging each other to create at least one-holiday card a month. I mean, that would give me 12 handmade holiday cards to send out at the end of the year and that’s better than none.
This year I am excited to have MORE crafty friends participating with me AND I will be offering a GIVEAWAY each month to you guys!
On the third Thursday, we are going to post a holiday creation and hopefully inspire you to create one too!
If you do end up making any please leave a comment below with a link, or tag me on instagram so I can see! We are also going to use the hashtag #getcrackingonchristmas. This is how I will choose the winner, more about that at the end of this post.
We can do this! We can create holiday cards all year, and be a little bit more prepared for the holiday season!
If you do end up making any please leave a comment below with a link, or tag me on Instagram so I can see! We are also going to use the hashtag #getcrackingonchristmas
Get Cracking: Beach Christmas
Are you really surprised that I purchased this stamp from Stamping Bella? I mean, c’mon, look at that sentiment!!!! I saw this when I was teaching at Impressive Ideas in GA and I just HAD to have it. If you NEED it too- I linked to it, just click the pic of the stamp.
I started out by stamping the image on some Neenah Cardstock, and coloring with Copic markers. I then masked the image and using blending brushes I ink blended a beautiful rainbow with regular Distress Inks.
Then I powder tooled the bottom of the card, and embossed the sentiment so that it would really POP off the ink blended background. To finish it off I added a little Lawn Fawn Prisma Glitter to details on the bus with a Quickie Glue pen, and then I gave the bus a “ground” with some Lawn Fawn Chunky Glitter. I find the best way to adhere this is with a generous amount of Lawn Fawn Glue Tube glue.
ok, before I explain the giveaway I want to be sure to have you go visit my crafty friends for more inspiration. I am so excited that they are joining me this year to bring you more inspiration and to remind you to work on those holiday cards all year long!
Giveaway Details
This giveaway is open from February 20, 2020, to March 18, 2020 11p ET. Winner will be announced, right here on this post- March 18, 2020. I will also email the winner.- 1 winner will randomly be chosen from the eligible comments
- I must get a reply from the winner with their mailing address within 48 hours or I will draw another winner.
- This is open worldwide
- In order to be eligible to win a prize you must be doing one of the following:
- Leave a comment with a link to your Holiday cards you make this month
- Use the hashtag #GetCrackingOnChristmas
WINNER
Congratulations to Sam Olden!! You can see her card here. I have messaged her as well about winning 🙂
Supplies Used
Supplies I used are linked throughout the post. Click on the product name and you will be taken to the product. I use affiliate links when available which means if you make a purchase I get a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for your support!
Picket Fence, Life Changing Brushes Shop at: SSS | LF |
Tim Holtz, Picked Raspberry Distress Ink Shop at: SSS |
Tim Holtz, Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink Shop at: SSS |
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Mustard Seed Shop at: SSS |
Tim Holtz, Twisted Citron Distress Ink Shop at: SSS |
Tim Holtz, Peacock Feathers Distress Ink Shop at: SSS |
Tim Holtz, Seedless Preserves Distress Ink Shop at: SSS |
Gina K, Masking Magic Shop at: SSS |
Mini Misti Shop at: SSS | LF |
Original Misti Shop at: SSS | LF |
Lawn Fawn Glue Tube Shop at: SSS | LF |
Rainbow Glue Tube Holder Shop at: Shurkus |
Glue Tube Holder Shop at: Shurkus |
Lawn Fawn, Chunky Glitter Shop at: SSS | LF |
Tsukineko Versafine Onyx Black Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
Copic Markers Shop at: SSS |
Fiskars Microtip Scissors Shop at: SSS |
Lawn Fawn Prisma Glitter Shop at: SSS | LF |
Sakura Quickie Glue Pens Shop at: SSS |
3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Permanent Shop at: SSS | LF |
Lawn Fawn Stamp Shammy Shop at: SSS | LF |
Mermaid, Stamp Shammy Holder Shop at: Shurkus |
Lawn Fawn, Starry Shammy Case Shop at: SSS | LF |
3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE GLIDER 0.25 Inch Adhesive Glue Gun Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Stamp, Clear Detail Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS |
Ranger Non Stick Craft Sheet Shop at: SSS |
Tombow, Mono Adhesive Dots Dispenser – Permanent Shop at: SSS | LF |
Tombow, Mono Adhesive Dots Refill Cartridges – Permanent Shop at: SSS | LF |
Altenew, Mini Blossom Die Cut machine Shop at: SSS |
Spellbinders Deep Sea Die Cutting and Embossing Machine Shop at: SSS |
I love the idea of this contest. For the last couple of years I haven’t gotten around to making my Christmas cards to send out. (I had good reasons this year since I was working a lot and my dog had cancer.) Now I’m busy with a new puppy, but with the self quarantine, it’s a great time to make Christmas cards. https://wayfaringpanda.com/3d-sweet-christmas-cards-with-stenciled-background/
Sharing this card for the challenge
https://www.instagram.com/p/B91wIjZJcMI/?igshid=hq1gkcux4qtu
And here’s another:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B9rFdDgpo7h/?igshid=15tbuexul6b41
Love your bright and happy card, it reminds me of Lisa Frank! Here’s my first entry:
https://inkami.wordpress.com/2020/03/08/gifts-for-penguins/
Feels so good to have one Christmas Card done! Thank you for the inspiration! And thank you to my daughter for showing me how to “tag you” on Instagram, lol
Here’s another card I made:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B9ZWqB1p76S/?igshid=q3bmt45ui9zi
So exciting to see all of them!
So fun to see everyone else’s makes!
Here’s mine:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B9PNg8bJRWG/?igshid=1cefuycgzi93n
thanks for the challenge to get “cracking” here is the link to my card
https://papertherapyponderings.blogspot.com/2020/03/get-cracking-on-christmas.html
Love your card! What a great idea! Thanks for the motivation
Thank you for sharing! Great mind think alike! I was just working on holiday cards stamped & colored images but need to decide what the background going to be?😊
Pretty! Thanks for sharing.
This is very motivating! I’m defniitely going to make a Christmas card to get cracking!
This is so pretty! I have to remember to get out my regular distress inks more!
I am in! What a great idea!!!’