Scrapbook.com Handmade Holiday Parade

Hello Friends and Happy Thanksgiving!

I have been graciously invited by Scrapbook.com to take part in their inspiring Handmade Holiday Papercrafting Parade Hop! I was very excited to take part and know it will be filled with fabulously festive holiday crafting. Please join us as we celebrate a week of unbelievable deals on Scrapbook.com's exclusive products. Be sure to leave a crafty comment at every stop along the way of this amazing parade hop to qualify for an unbelievable GIVEAWAY!

20 of your favorite crafters have used tons of Scrapbook.com's exclusive products to provide you with plenty of holiday cardmaking inspiration! You'll love seeing how we used products like the Exclusive Hybrid Inks, the revolutionary Domed Blending Tool, festive stencils, fun die cuts, cheery stamps and so many more! Come join us on this parade of Handmade Holiday Cardmaking Inspiration! 
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Let's get on with the hop!

Have you ever watched Food Network's show "Chopped"? The contestants are given a basket of various and unusual foods and must create a meal out of those items. Well, this felt a bit like that to me! We were given select items that had to be the focus of our cards and we could add a few Scrapbook.com items, if needed. For those of us who are card makers, we had from Scrapbook.com's brand: Nested Star Dies, 2 Christmas Stamp sets, Neehah white 80 lb. flat card front and pre-scored card bases, adhesives, 5 Hybrid Inks and domed blender tools. I've linked all items below so you can get a closer look. 

To begin, I sketched out about 5 different designs and then I stamped all the images onto copy paper in various colors to get a feel for the proportions. I feel that I am basically a Clean and Simple card maker and have to stop when cards get too busy. I tried several different designs, but at last settled on this one.

The design ticked all the boxes: stars, 5 ink colors, stamp set, ink blending and lots of adhesive!

I started with 2 pieces of the Neenah 80lb. pre-cut card base (4 /1/4" X 5 1/2"). One piece I ran through the Big Shot with Lawn Fawn's Rectangle Stitched die to give some interest at the borders of the card. Next, I used Scrapbook.com's "Little Boxes" stencil with Ranger's Translucent Embossing Paste and "painted"  the clear paste through the stencil in a random pattern. Once dry, I cut 3 star shapes from the panel using the 2 smallest the Scrapbook.com's Star dies.  

On the second panel, I ink blended from top to bottom, Ballet Slipper, Cardinal Red, Pine Green and Midnight Blue behind the open areas of the top panel with the stars. I used Scrapbook.com's new foam ink-blending tools. If you have struggle with marks and ridges with other foam blending tools, give these a try. They are domed, so no hard edge!

The next step was to use Scrapbook.com's Tree Stencil with the foam blending tool to blend their Premium Pigment White Ink onto the areas with color. 

I took one of the stamp sets from the Christmas Fun Card Sentiments and cut the first line off from the stamp, so only "It's Christmas" could be stamped by itself. It easy to put it back together to use a one piece in the future, but doing it this way is easier and makes the stamp more versatile. 

Here are my tips for obtaining a good white embossed sentiment:
1. Treat the card stock with powder tool. I even use cornstarch with a paint brush. In this case I used EK Success Powder on Lawn Fawn's Black Licorice card stock.
2) Stamp the sentiment with a white pigment ink. I used Scrapbook.com's White Premium Pigment ink. I used my MISTI and stamped several times, but an acrylic block will work, too.
3) Quickly sprinkle with white detail embossing powder while still wet. I used Nuvo Detail Glacier White. 
4) Preheat your heat tool for about 30 seconds. Heat set the sentiment starting from the back and move back and forth, on both sides.
5) Once melted, stop. Do not heat any more.
6) Let cool and dry. Gently remove the remaining powder/corn starch with a microfiber cloth or gently with your hand.
7) In this case, I trimmed it out with Avery Elle's sentiment strips. I really prefer a sentiment strip die, for I struggle with getting a straight, even cut by hand or cutter.

I added lots of Scrapbook.com 3D foam squares. They pull off the backer in a line so they were easy to add to the back of the card. I wanted to be sure the card will remain flat in the mail. At this point, the card was just put together one layer on top of the other.

The inside was the other "half" of the stamp set: "Eat, Drink & Be Merry (repeat whenever necessary)". Fun card to send to just the right person!

I hope you'll be so inspired after visiting each of the 20 stops that you'll want to create designs of your own! Why not enter to win a Scrapbook.com Gift Certificate for yourself? 

Scrapbook.com is giving away a $100 Gift Certificate to ONE lucky winner! To be eligible, leave a comment letting us know a bit about your holidays at each of the 20 hop stops along with your email. It's that easy! Share a favorite tradition, a cherished memory, or a memorable handmade gift! 

Giveaway closes Tuesday, December 3, 2019, at midnight MST. The winners will be notified and announced no later than Monday, December 9, 2019. The winner will be notified through the email provided and has 72 hours to respond to claim their prize. 

Here are the Handmade Holiday Parade Stops:
(Leave a comment at each of these official stops to enter the Giveaway!) 
 for complete official rules, click here

Alexandra Stapleton-Smith

Jess Francisco

Nicole Watt

Mona Toth

Amy Tsuruta

Terri Burson

Anita Trippi

Laura Volpes

Laura Mooney

Brandi Mahon

Nanette Tracy

Daniel West

Ashley Ebben

Marie Heiderscheit

Erin Reed

Juliana Michaels

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Justine Hovey

Heather Little

Ingrid Blackburn

Lorene Caido

GOOD LUCK!

Here are all the products I used today. Many, many creative cards could be made with these few products. Give it a try!

*Some of the links in this post are affiliate links. This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, I will receive a small affiliate commission at no extra cost to you. All opinions remain my own.