Last Christmas Card Tutorial for 2017

Hey peeps.  Well this is it!!  My last Christmas card tutorial for 2017.  I really don't know where this year has disappeared to.  It seems like I blinked and it was gone.  I'm blessed to say that I made it through so far. (wink wink).  Only a week and some change and this year is over.

For my last tutorial I thought I would end with a shaker card.  I really challenged myself to make some last minute interactive cards so I can swing in the new year keeping up that trend.  The more I do them the less I'm afraid of them.  LOL  I used the adorable Santa's Wonderland from Neat & Tangled and the Stitched Collage Frame from My Favorite Things to make this shaker card.  I've listed all the products I used below.  You can easily make any kind of shaker card with this die cut.  This one will be used a ton as I'm already in love with it.

Here's a quick tutorial on how this shaker came together.  You can watch it right here on my blog or over on my YT channel mzdanajoy.  I have links below using affiliate links however there is no additional cost to you.

Have a great Monday everyone.  As I stated I will not be posting anymore tutorial until the beginning of the year but I will have some Christmas and winter inspiration here on the blog.  Hugs to you all!

MFT Cool Day and Merry Christmas Circle Die

Hey peeps.  Happy Wednesday.  We are getting closer and closer to Christmas.  I'm still shaking things up in my room with some last minute cards.  Here is one I made for a sweet little girl who wanted an interactive card this year.

I stamped out the cute polar bear from the MFT Cool Days stamp set and colored him up with Copic markers and paired him with a sweet little birdie and sign.  Next I die cut out some snow drifts and the Merry Christmas circle die to begin the assembly of my shaker.  I used some older paper from my scrap bin and some lovely sequins from my ever growing sequin collection. I made sure to stamp shake me on the sign so she knew to shake the card so the sequins could move.

I'm trying to challenge myself to make a least one interactive card a month.  This way when I do make them I won't feel so overwhelmed and scared.  I outdid myself already this month and made a spinner/slider card last week.  You can find it here.

Have a great Wednesday everyone.  I'll see you back here soon.

Winter Challenge Card and Winner Announcement

Hey everyone and Happy Monday.  I'm back today to share a cute winter card as I'm participating in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge and the MFT Sketch Challenge.  I decided to make a spinner card since I needed to make an interactive card for a friend of mine to give away to a sweet little girl.

I will tell you, I was CHALLENGED big time with this one.  It's simple process but I have been battled a cold, my mind was in a fog and I could not get my little bear to spin on the track. I reached out to my interactive genius friend Ilda from I Love Doing All Things Crafty.  She is like my superhero of interactive cards to figure out what I was doing wrong.  I even Periscoped with my favorite peeps to try to get this card done.  FINALLY I had to walk away and when I came back with a clear head I could finish it off and I LOVE it.

I used the bear from the Ski-sons Greetings from MFT and colored him with Copic markers.  To create the downhill slop for him to ride down I used the Surf and Turf die-namics.  For my background I used some distress inks in the colors of chipped sapphire, broken china and wilted violet.  I used the stitched hillside border dies from Lawn Fawn to make my snow drifts.  The sentiment, snowflakes and trees are from various Lawn Fawn stamp sets. I stamped the "I move" sentiment on the bear so the recipient knows that the bear moves.  That sentiment is from the Heffy Doodle Interactively Yours stamp set.  I sprinkled the card with a few pink, purple and blue gems.

UPDATE:  This card was "spotted" on the My Favorite Things blog!!  Woot woot!!  Thanks so much MFT for your sweet showcase!

Now for our winner announcement.  The winner of the Lawn Fawn stamp sets is:

LOIS WYCHE

Lois please email me at gotjoycreations@gmail.com to claim your prize. Thanks for stopping by today.  I'm working on some last minute cards so make sure to swing back by as I will have some quick tutorials to share with you.  Have a great day everyone.