World Card Making Day
Hi there crafty friends! HAPPY WORLD CARDMAKING DAY!!! Yes, that’s right, today is the special day where crafters all across the world celebrate the art of creating handmade cards!
Today is also a special blog hop day, because Winnie and Walter are hosting a special hop where a group of fabulous designers are all sharing inspiration for you to enjoy; I am one of guest designers joining in and I have two cards to share with you that feature a few of my favorite Winnie and Walter products! If you have already been hopping with us, you should have arrived from the fabulous Heather Hoffman’s blog!
These two cards were made using the Essentials: Noelle Cutaway dies and the Happiest of Holidays stamp set. I love how these two paired up so well together to create these beautiful winter cards. What’s really great about these cards is that they could be indeed be used for the holidays or they could be used anytime as a pretty thank you/grateful card.
I created the tags by stamping images from the Happiest of Holidays stamp set onto watercolor paper that was die cut into a tag using the Noelle Cutaway dies. I then watercolored the images with my Zig Clean Color markers. I did quite a bit of color mixing on these images; for example, on the cardinal I mixed yellow, red indigo and gray into the bird to get a bit of variation in its feathers. I also did some color mixing in the backgrounds of each tag to fill in some more color. I love how the background is very impressionistic, as it makes me think of the background perhaps being more holly branches in the distance with a bit of sky peeking through)!
After watercoloring the tags, I created the rest of the cards different from each other; for the cardinal, I made the card from a Neenah Desert Storm card base (stamped with the Hero Arts Holiday Florals background stamp), and layered some pattern paper and vellum on top. The vellum has a heat embossed “frosted edging” on it, which I show how to do in this video). The sentiment is from the Happiest of Holidays stamp set, and is heat embossed on vellum with gold embossing powder.
The second card is on a white linen card base that I scored with two rectangle dies to create a debossed frame (see more on debossing in this video). I also layered some banners and more linen paper on top and tucked a few Sparkling Clear sequins in and around the card as well. As with the first card, the sentiment is gold heat embossed onto vellum.
I really love how pretty these cards turned out and I hope you got some inspiration out of them! HAPPY WORLD CARDMAKING DAY! And be sure to keep reading to learn more about the hop and how you can win one of the fun prizes being given away today!
KEEP HOPPING & GIVEAWAYS
Would you like to win a shopping spree??? Well guess what!? 3 random winners will be drawn from all the comments left on the different stops along this hop!!! How cool is that? Each winner will receive a $25 gift certificate to the Winnie & Walter shop. Please be sure to leave comments on this post and on all the others in the hop, as the more you comment, the more you increase your chances of winning! Comments for the hop are open until October 7th, 11:59 PM central time.
To continue on hopping, visit the blog of the talented Vanessa Menhorn! If you get lost along the way (or you are just joining in!), you can stop by the Winnie and Walter blog for the full hop list.
PRODUCTS
If you are interested in any of the products used in this post, I have them all linked below to Simon Says Stamp. Affiliate links used when possible.
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these are works of art!
I’m late to the hop, but it’s a perfect day for doing so, as it’s gloomy and lightly snowing here. Nothing like awesome creativity to brighten my spirits, and your beautiful birds and tag/card combinations have certainly done so! Gorgeous!
~carol
Wow!! Beautiful work! Your coloring is awesome!!
-Berina
Moxie Craftie
Lovely cards with beautiful layering and coloring! Love the sweet birds!
DELIGHTFUL cards Nina-Marie!!!
LOVE the BEAUTIFUL birds on your tags, LOVE your PRETTY layers too!!!
THANK YOU for sharing your CREATIVE INSPIRATION :)
Wow, I love all your beautiful layers and your cards are just stunning.
Wonderful inspiration from you. Thanks for sharing.
Just love your watercoloring!
Wow, your cards are wonderful.
Wonderful cards! So inspiring. Love how you watercolored the tags.
Beautiful cards. Love your colouring.
Beautiful, wow!! Love your colouring.
Love the colors!
Amazing coloring on these beautiful cards, love the tag focal point!
Very nice! Thanks for sharing your ideas!
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WOW those birds look super gorgeous
OMG, what beautiful tags on your cards! Your colouring is amazing!
Lovely cards – the birds are amazing!
These cards are fabulous. I love how you add such amazing detail to your cards with the texture and the layers and the media you use.
You did an amazing job watercoloring! The birds look so good.
I just love the colorful little bird. Thanks for your inspiration.
Beautiful cards. Love the all the pretty layers, and the tags with water colored birds are absolutely gorgeous!! TFS such inspiration!
I think these are so precious… what lovely work you do and an artist’s eye. Thank you for sharing!
Amazing cards!!!
Nina, As usual these tags/cards are absolutely beautiful, love layouts and colors. Am jealous you are really good at what you do.
Those birds are so beautiful! Gorgeous colouring! I love your cards, Nina, they’re fabulous!
I remain speechless while watching these beautiful cards Nina ! What a wonderful creations you’ve have done ! Those birdies are so gorgeous and the coloring so….amazing ! Love your videos, I learn so much with them ! Thanks for sharing.
Lovely work
The water coloring is beautiful. Lovely cards.
These are some of the most beautiful cards I have ever seen!! I love them! The birds are adorable and the vibrant colors really catch my eye.
Cardinals at Christmas are my fav. So beautiful!
Talk about gorgeous cards! These are amazing. Thanks for sharing them with us.
Your birds are awesome, as well as your cards !
I love those little birdies! They are SO adorable!
Not much to say – except wonderful.
One is soft and pastel and the other bright and colorful.
Love them.
thanks for sharing.
Both cards are simply beautiful! The birds are exquisite.
Love the holiday birds! So sweet
love your watercolor birds
Exceptional!! I really wish that I could see you making the tags – they look amazing!!
Wow! Totally beautiful. . . love the way the colors connect the elements
Beautiful cards! Love all the different elements you have used & your watercolouring is fabulous!
Oh Nina! The birdies ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Nina Marie…these 2 cards took my breath away…so perfect…love, love, LOVE them!!!
Gorgeous cards! So many wonderful details!
Such great cards, so beautiful ! 💖
Wonderful watercoloring of those little birdies!
Beautiful cards, Nina – I love the sentiment embossed on vellum. Such a elegant touch that makes the card pop!
Exquisitely done, NinaMarie!!!!
Gorgeous, love all of your details!!
Always love your gorgeous layering. Your close ups really showcase how beautiful you do details with stamping!
Awesome layering and beautiful cards!
Thanks for sharing these cards with us! Happy World Cardmaking Day! I’m enjoying seeing how these W&W products can be used to make such a wide variety of cards!
Wow these are breath taking!!
Your cards are stunning, so full of gorgeous details.
Great cards! Love that little cardinal.
I am inspired to paint some birds with my Zig WC pens.
Such gorgeous cards with
the beautiful watercoloring.
Carla from Utah
Terrific layout on these cards and they look so very different. Beautiful variations on a theme.
Your cards are so creative!
Cool collage cards! Thank you!
Very pretty vintage looking card!
your bird tag is so sweet and wonderful. TFS
Both of your cards are beautiful Nina, I love how you watercolored both of the birds but the red cardinal really is gorgeous!
So beautiful and bright.
What talent.
Beautiful watercoloring.
those birds are lovely! happy wcmd!
Wow! The coloring is stunning! Love the cards.
Awesome coloring!
So pretty!!!
Must try recreating this card today, I love it!!
Beautiful cards!!
Cool layers. Overlapping the sentiment across the tags was a great idea.
Awesome cards ! loved the watercolored tags …so beautifully layered on card :)
Gorgeous cards!!! I love those birds!! They are so adorable!!
Wow. So pretty love your layers and colours .
Gorgeous cards!!
Oooooh Nina, they’re both STUNNING! I love all of the different elements and the color chose. They have a vintage feel, love, love, love them. I’d love to see a video on these cards. Thanks for sharing and always inspiring.
Love all the layers and your watercoloring is lovely
I just love how you added a little of this and a little of that to create two perfectly mixed backgrounds for your birds. Just lovely.
Beautiful cards. I always love bird images.
Beautiful cards. I love the collage effect of the cards. Each element of the card is so lovely together.
These are gorgeous! Happy WCMD, Nina-Marie!
I cannot believe how absolutely beautiful these images are! What a gorgeous card! Very inspiring today!
Love the collage approach–such fun to put together.
Love your use of tags! Beautiful work!
Wonderful collage cards. I love how you’ve painted the birds.
Those are beautiful!
Awestruck! Your amazing coloring skills are evident on those fabulous tags. But those card designs are so new and different. LOVE them. Both. Just the right amount of “extras” to not take away from the wonderful images.
Both of these are gorgeous… I think I love the red cardinal a little more just because the color is so vivid… Awesome as always, Nina.
I love how you gave dimension to this card with your backgrounds. The birds are lovely and your coloring of them really add pop!
Beautiful cards, amazing watercolors!
Love this card. Very vibrant.