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You Had Me at Hello

Hello, friends! It's Janette here back at the helm. I'm popping in today to share a new favorite....  This is the My Favorite Things Wavy Coloring Book Background . If you find that it is sold out (so popular!), be sure to click the link to add your name to the waiting list. It is so worth it. It is super versatile and will have a home in my collection for a ridiculously long time. Paired with the coloring background are MFT dies Hello There and Bold Greenery . Hello was cut from a scrap of gold foiled paper and the sprigs of greenery from vellum. I then coated the greenery with Copic Opaque White . It is a matte white fluid - almost like liquid White-Out. All that yummy glimmer (which is much more shimmery in person)? Yes, that would be from the Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle Pen . After stamping the background pattern with Versamark and embossing with white detail powder , I colored in the image with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers . I laid the color near...

Mini Felt Ornaments

Hello!!  Please join me in welcoming another Monday!! :) I decided to mix things up today and NOT make a card!!  I love making cards but I'm starting to run low on unique Christmas designs. So, I decided to make a few Christmas ornaments instead.  Felt seems to be a very popular medium right now and I just so happened to have some kicking around.  I used a few different die sets to create my ornaments. First off, of course, I had to use the  Stitched Hearts Die  from Waffle Flower Crafts.  This is perfect because it already has the holes cut for you.  I ran the largest heart, twice, using  Red Felt  through my BigShot.  Now I don't have any nested heart dies to I just aligned the holes of the two pieces and cut the heart shape around them. I used white embroidery floss to stitch and ripped up cotton balls for stuffing.  After I stuffed the heart  I stitched in a piece of white ribbon for the holder. So...