Christmas Craft Creations | August Challenge | Animals

Welcome back for the August post for the Christmas Craft Creations blog.  This month's challenge is to use animals.  Really, is there anything cuter than animals decked out for Christmas?!

My first card features this cute little mouse and his cup of cocoa.  Cocoa Mouse is a small inexpensive stamp.  It does come with two cookies and a sentiment that I did not use.  Instead of a large sentiment I used the Merry Christmas pattern paper with the repeating design.

Copic Colors

Red hat & mug: R17, R27, R39, R59

White parts on hat: C0, C1, C3

Mouse: W9, W7, W5, W3, W1, W00

Ears: R02, R00

Cheeks: R01

Feet pads: R01, R00

Scarf & mittens: BG01, BG05, BG07

Sweater: YG11, YG13, YG17

Candy cane & whipped topping: R27, N1, N0

Card Layer Dimensions

Mouse: 2" x 2 1/8"

Mouse layer: 2 1/8" x 2 1/4"

Merry Christmas: 3 7/8" x 1 5/8"

Merry Christmas layer: 4" x 1 3/4"

Milk & Cookies: 1 7/8" x 4 5/8"

Milk & Cookies layer: 2" x 4 3/4"

Candy: 4" x 5 1/4"

Candy layer: 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"

For my second card please visit me on Instagram!

Chalkola Unboxing | Rustic Chalkboard | Chalk Markers | 2 Projects

Hello everyone!  I have a new product to share with you today....well new to me.  It is Chalkola.  This is a fun new way to get the chalk look.  It's that everything old is new again but in an improved reimagined way.

Unboxing Video

Rustic Chalkboard Project

Light Project

This is a fun product and I will definitely have more projects coming!  I think this would be great for teachers to use on their windows in the classroom.

#chalkola

Haul Video August 2020

So many new goodies and so little time...sleep is overrated right?!

Whimsy Stamps Ahoy Matey | Copic Coloring | Box Card | Bonus project

How adorable is this stamp set?!  And those sentiments are just awesome.  What cute summer cards can be made with these!

Shop Ahoy Matey: CLICK HERE

Shop Whimsy Stamps: CLICK HERE

For my project I wanted to create a 3D scene and a fun way to do that is what I call an explosion box card.  It folds flat to go into an A2 size envelope and when you take it out of the envelope it explodes into this fun scene!  There are some dies on the market that does this but after careful measuring I was able to create it with my Cricut.

 Copic Colors

Water: B06, 05, 04, 02
Teal: BG32, 15, 09
Stump: E49, 47, 44, 43
Bird: W9, 7, 5, 3, 1, 0
Cat: YR01, 02, 04, R00
Feet/Beak: YR61, 65, 68
Flamingo: RV10, 21, 13, 14
Green: G12, 14, 07
Grey (white areas): N7, 5, 3, 1, 0

Ocean/Beach Background

Distress Oxide: 

Tumbled Glass

Salty Ocean

Chipped Sapphire

Ocean foam: 

Copic Opaque White

Video Tutorial

Bonus Project

Whimsy Stamps Cow Friends | Anniversary Card | Copic Coloring | 3 Projects

Who can resist an adorable cow!  These images are so easy to color and the puny sentiments are awesome!

 

Shop Whimsy Stamps: CLICK HERE

Get Cow Friends stamp set: CLICK HERE

Card Inside

Copic Colors 

Cow: C0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 & 

N3, 5, 7

Cow nose: R00, R30, R20

Umbrella: BG11, 13, 15, 18

Duck: Y11, 13, 15

Duck feet?beak: Y32, 35, 38

Grass: YG21, 23, 25

Bonus Projects

Video Tutorial

Merry and Bright | Sizzix Dies | Quick & Easy Christmas Card

I know this one is a little late for the whole Christmas in July thing...but technically it was filmed in July!  This one is super quick and easy to make and you need minimal supplies for it!

Video Tutorial

Supply List

Simon Says Stamp August 2020 Card Kit Picnic Parade | Unboxing

Create some awesome summertime fun cards with this kit.  It's all about fun in the sun and lots of great Doodlebug goodies!

As of this posting the kit is still available, but you can also purchase things individually!