Get Cracking: Believe in the Magic

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: Believe in the Magic

Digging around in my holiday stamps I haven’t used yet, and I found this funky snowman from Polkadoodles and just had to play with it!

I was actually creating my card yesterday (last minute like always) and it was the day Tim Holtz was announcing the new Distress Ink, did you see it by the way? Speckled Egg- gorgeous… ok anyways I was inspired to play with my Distress Inks and make a fun background. Like I need an excuse to play with Distress 😉

I used Shaded Lilac Distress, Milled Lavendar Distress, and Stormy Sky Oxide as you can see below. I stamped the snowman onto the background, and then several times onto white cardstock. I wanted to paper piece the snowman over the inked background so I colored and fussy cut out as you can see below

Once I adhered the pieces onto the background, I stamped the sentiment from Altenew. Lastly, I added a line of Chunky Glitter for snow with a Glue Tube.

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!

Carolina

Donna

Kelli

Laura

Marianne

Samantha

Samantha M

Tiffany 

Sharna

Giveaway Details

• This giveaway is open from May 21, 2020, to June 17, 2020, 11p ET.  Winner will be announced, right here on this post. 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
  • Bonus: Use the hashtag #GetCrackingOnChristmas on Instagram and/or Facebook

Supplies Used:

Supplies I used are linked below. Click on the picture 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!

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Polkadoodles, Smiley Snowman Shop at: SSS	Altenew, Believe Shop at: SSS	Tim Holtz, Distress Oxide Stormy Sky Shop at: SSS | Ranger	Tim Holtz, Milled Lavender Distress Ink Shop at: SSS | Ranger
Tim Holtz, Shaded Lilac Distress Ink Shop at: SSS | Ranger	Hero Arts, Misti Mini Black Shop at: SSS | HA	Lawn Fawn, 80 LB WHITE 8.5 x 11 Inch Cardstock Shop at: SSS | LF	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
Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer Ranger 4 Ounces Shop at: SSS | Ranger	Distress Watercolor Cardstock Shop at: SSS | Ranger	Lawn Fawn, Chunky Glitter Shop at: SSS | LF	Tsukineko Versafine Onyx Black Ink Pad Shop at: SSS
Lawn Fawn, Jet Black Premium Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | LF	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	Altenew, Mini Blossom Die Cut machine Shop at: SSS	Spellbinders Deep Sea Die Cutting and Embossing Machine Shop at: SSS