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The Christmas Countdown continues with 12 days to go!!! Michelle here, excited to share a snowflake shaker card today. Here are a list of supplies I used: Snowflake Crystal Die Snowflake Frost Die Swanky Christmas Sentiments Swanky Christmas Sentiments Coordinating Die Slim Line Die Cutting System- Scallop Frames Shaker Sheets Sequin Mix Plus- Plum Pudding This card is pretty simple to create thanks to the shaker pouches. I trimmed white cardstock for the base the same size as the Slim Line Scallop Frame. I die cut the Slim Line Scallop Frame using navy cardstock. I used both the die cut...

Hey!  Welcome back to the Picket Fence Studios Countdown for Christmas.  I'm Emelie and today I'm going to give you some inspiration to create a slimline Christmas card. I started by mixing colors on two panels. One in blue and green, the other in yellow and pink.  On my green blue background, I stamped the Find You Northern Lights in black.  I think it turned out amazing against the green blue colors. I also embossed small silver stars..  With the pink and yellow panel, I used the Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Word Topper Die. I cut it out...

Hello all friends and Welcome to The Picket Fence Studios Christmas Countdown!   Christmas is approaching and we want to make sure we have all  the cards needed  for this magical time. I make a list of people to whom I want to give a card, or tags for packages to be prepared, how do you do it? Today I show you this card I made with the no line technique, colored with pencils. I chose this very funny Santa that has a very long list of names, the stamp is Name off the Good  For the background I used  Winter Wonderland Trees to...

Happy Sunday! Eugy here and today I’m sharing these two Christmas cards I made using non traditional color palette. I started making my cards with background preparation. I blended some distress oxides and added splashes of water and white gouache. The backgrounds turned out to be very cute and delicate, and I wanted to add some contrast. So I collected all my dark-colored materials and started creating.  The base of the first card I cut out with with the second largest die from the 5x7 Double Stitched Layering Rectangle Die set from the November release. After that, I added some dimension using Christmas Ornaments Stencil and the Blackboard Paper Glaze Velvet.  Then...

Hi there! Eugy here and today I’m sharing two Christmas card ideas using Rockin' around the Christmas Tree stamp and coordinating die from the October release.   I wanted my first card to be a clean and simple, so I used the masking tape technique. I stamped the scene I had on my mind and simply colored it with copic markers.   This is a very fun technique, it helps you create a lot of different compositions and scenes. Guess which of the characters I stamped first? My second card is completely different, it’s bright and bold 🤪😁 After I stamped...