I am happy to be taking part in the Pinkfresh Studio Holiday Card Blog Hop! The hop is taking place on November 1 & 2, you can find all the details and participants on the Pinkfresh blog! Pinkfresh Studio will be picking 6 random comments from each day to win a $25 gift card to the Pinkfresh Studio store. There will be two grand prizes picked from the Pinkfresh Blog posts: each day a different bundle of our holiday stamps & dies. Pinkfresh Studio will be offering a free Holiday Vibes die with any purchase in the Pinkfresh Studio shop! You have until Saturday, November 10th at 11:59pm CST to leave a comment. Winners will be posted on the GIVEAWAY PAGE on Sunday by 2pm CST. You must check this page & claim your prize within 2 weeks.
My first card features the Bloom & Grow stamp set. It is not a holiday stamp but I thought the flowers would look adorable painted with red and green to make them holidayish! I also used the mistletoe stamp from the Joy & Cheer stamp set. To make the window box I used a label from the Holiday Vibes collection and finished it off with the sweet little birds! To make the background I used Distress Ink in a few brown colors to make a “wood” look background!
My next card also uses the Joy & Cheer stamp set and a paper from Holiday Vibes! I love the cute little Santa! I stamped all the images I wanted to use on white cardstock. I colored the images using watercolors and kept to red and green for a traditional feel!
The sentiments on this card are from the Skating Bunnies and Squirrel Friends stamp sets.
My last card for today features the tree from the Joy & Cheer stamp set. I stamped the tree with green ink and then stamped the sentiment (Squirrel Friends) and tree string with Versamark and embossed with gold embossing powder.
I also stamped and fussy cut the star on top of the tree for extra dimension! It is a simple card but I love it!
Friends, that is 14 chances to win! All you have to do is hop along to each stop & leave a comment along the way to be entered to win! You have until Saturday, November 10th at 11:59pm CST to leave a comment. Winners will be posted on the GIVEAWAY PAGE on Sunday by 2pm CST. You must check this page & claim your prize within 2 weeks.
Here is a look at the gorgeous die that comes with any purchase at the Pinkfresh Studio shop while supplies last.
This is such a cute card! I love the beautiful colors and the sentiment warms my heart!
Wonderful set of cards!! 🙂
A trio of delightfully festive cards, Lorilei! The transformation of the flowers into Christmas blooms yields wonderful results! Santa is absolutely charming and your Christmas tree is sparkly sensational! Simple AND lovely! Christmas spirit soaring in visiting you!
~carol
Love your beautiful cards!
Love your trio of Christmas cards! So festive!
Such sweet cards Lorilei. This hop is leaving me wanting…. (IT ALL!) Ahhhhhh…
Thanks for sharing your work, they are all amazing!
Thanks for sharing these gorgeous cards.
Wonderful cards today! I love them… Just the thing to get me in the mood for the holidays!
I love these cards. The first one is very Scandinavian, love it
Wonderful cards. This release is so jam packed… Love the sweet bird and the Santa is super cute. Nicely done.
You did a wonderful job with the cards! Love each of them. Thank you for sharing!
I loved all three of your cards. The “Wonder” card made me smile from ear to ear. Just so adorable.
Very cute holiday cards! Thank you for sharing!
Great ideas!
Your cards are really cute! 🙂
3 very different cards and all amazing! Your wood effect background is superb.
Really versatile stamps and dies in this release!
Love all of these! They are bright and fun! They make me smile!
Your wood background is amazing! Your three cards are delightful with your color choices and execution. These cards are lovely.
Your holiday cards are beautiful!
Very beautiful cards. Love the array of techniques and different looks. It is very inspiring.
Wow! You fooled me! I thought you used a woodgrain paper, but no, you made it! Incredible! I love it! In fact, I love all of your cards and the Pinkfresh release!
Adorable cards!! I love all the layering of your elements on them. ❤️
Beautiful designs. I love how you used the same colored sequins for the berries; gives a little personality to them.
These are all so sweet – I love how you added the sequins to the Christmas tree!
Love the woodgrain background on the first
card. The flower box is fantastic.
Santa looks so happy on the next card.
They are all wonderful. thanks for
sharing. txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com
What adorable Christmas cards!! They are super cute!! You did a wonderful job with layering.
Wonderfully happy and festive cards! Beautiful designs and I love the wood on the first card.
Your cards are DARLING! I love the SANTA the most!
Lorilei I’d sure like to know how you used the Distress inks to make such a realistic piece of woodgrain looking cardstock. I honestly though it was designer paper you used. Wow! You are talented. I love the traditional reds & greens used on the second card with the Santa as well. Mostly, though, the third card is my favourite. CAS appeals to me so much! Thanks!
Thank you, Teri! I used my craft mat (slippery) and lightly ran 3 shades of brown distress inks starting out on the mat and then lightly over the card, I did this so that there would be no harsh starting line with the ink. I switched up the browns to blend them and then lastly I dry brushed white paint lightly over the card. I believe I used gathered twigs, antique linen and a touch of walnut. Hope that makes sense!! It really was getting just the right light swipe with the blending tool.
Great set of cards !! Love your second card !!
You created such fresh, modern cards for the holidays. Each one has a cute twist, but the one on the wood background is my favorite.
What a great set of holiday cards. Each is so unique…love all these designs. tfs
All of your cards are fabulous!
Pink Fresh has crwwated some wonderful nostalgia products for this holiday.
Wonderful Christmas cards. All of them Are are amazing.
Thanks for sharing…
I love your cards, Lorelei! The one with the birds and flowers on the wood-like background is my fav!
I love the Christmas tweetings card – I must get the set on order – those darling birds are so, so cute! Love all your cards!
Adorable sparkly and festive flowers with that bluebird!!
Your flowers look so pretty. I like the simplicity of them
The berries and flowers look great as a backdrop to the blue bird. What a great card.
Wonderful cards! So full of fun and merriment. Love the sentiments.
Lovely cards, i especially love the first one with it’s gorgeous bird.
Love how the first card looks like a windowsill planter, and that Christmas tree is perfect!
Such cute cards! Love the Santa and the little bird is adorable. Great job!
I really need to invest in some of these new products, they are so fun!!!!!
Estoy impactada con la manera en usted usa las tintas logró un efecto madera increíble me encantó como quedo y créame trataré de ponerlo en práctica porque es un hermoso resultado, gracias por compartir su proceso creativo son bellísimas sus tres tarjetas
love your sweet cards – they are so creative and fun:)
I love the creative use of stamps and dies on your cards. They are all beautiful!
Amazing cards! Thanks for the inspiration!
Thanks for sharing your lovely cards–they are all terrific but I especially like the wood grain background on the first one–really sets off the beautiful image.
Lots of creativity in these cards!
I love your designs, they are so beautiful! The green Christmas tree is my fave.
All wonderful cards – I love your first one the most. Fresh and festive florals!
Beautiful cards! Love the use of the wood veneer paper on the first one and those lovely snowflakes on the second!
Lorilei, these cards are so fun and festive!! Loved your “wood” background and bright red flowers with the birdie especially!!!
Your cards are refreshing! I love how you used the Floral image for a Christmas card. Very smart! And the second card is so adorable! And the last is simple, but elegant.
The gold with the holly berries is a great touch! I love the Christmas tree, great use of sequins – I will definitely need to give this a try! Thanks for the inspiration.
Great card! Great new stamp sets!
Very nice cards!
The Christmas tree card is so GORGEOUS!!! Thank you for sharing, it was beautiful!!!!
Your cards are fabulous. Especially love Santa with the beautiful snowflakes.
Amazing cards!! I like your style!!
I love the Joy & Cheer Stamp Set. Your card is super cute.
Your cards are super cute. I love the Joy & Cheer Stamp Set.
I like your pretty and cute card designs.
Awesome cards! Love that fun Santa!
I love blog hops because they inspire me to create-thank you!
Love these cards! All of the sentiments are wonderful!
I just love that cute little bird, and the cheerful flower “pot”. The Santa is my favourite. Can’t wait for Christmas.
Beautiful trio of cards! Your homemade wood grain paper is amazing and looks wonderful with the window box of flowers. I love how you created that card with a non-holiday stamp set. The Santa card is so festive in the traditional red and green, and your tree card is simply lovely.
Such lovely cards. I can’t pick a favorite. All are so unique and fun.
Beautiful cards! Love how you creatively combined stamped sets on your first card.!
Such pretty cards!
So beautiful! I love the reds and greens you chose for your holiday colors and the way you incorporated the paper packs ephemera into your cards. Thanks for sharing with us!
Your cards today are fantastic! I can’t believe your wood background is not real wood lol or at least paper, I was shocked when I read it was Distress Ink blending, it is gorgeous! Your post is full of inspiration, I can’t wait to get started, thanks for sharing. (mardy14@bellsouth.net)
Wonderful cards! The wood background is awesome. Love so many of the sentiments in these new sets!
Love them all! I especially love the green on the snowflakes!
Great cards! I love the one with the bird especially!