Hello Friends! Welcome to Simon Says Stamps holiday kick-off and Making Spirits Bright product release blog hop.!! It’s always an honor to participate with this inspiring bunch of ladies plus Simon always has awesome giveaways!! I had such fun creating my cards with these versatile products that I think you will love too.
To start at the beginning of the hop go to the Simon Says Stamp blog and if you are coming from Anna-Karin blog you are in the right place.
You can check out the full release here!! Sequins! Stencils! Beautiful Die Cuts! Envelopes! Frames! Stamps! Coloring Cards! OH MY!! Let’s get started shall we.
Using some of the different elements of the new release was really fun to create my three cards for the hop & I was pleased how easily the cards came together.
The “Stained Glass Greetings” stamps & die cuts give your cards an artistic edge that is unique and refreshing. The “Center Cut Kaleidoscope” is my kinda thing! LOVE! Who can’t resist this sweet deer called, “Picture Book Deer” ohhh the possibilities.
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Next time I will give the deer a bright red nose to resemble Rudolph or tie a bow with a ball on his antler!
The background on my card is one of those must have stamps that can be used as a background or take center stage on the front of your card. It’s called, “Center Cut Kaleidoscope” and it’s sooo fun to color. Stained Glass Greetings gives the sentiments that extra pop with a graphic twist.
Adding those little extra details is my favorite thing to do. I used this must have super fine tip marker to the add eyelashes, the lines on the deers scarf & the tiny lines on the letters. Don’t forget to cut some fringes on the end of the scarf for some extra texture.
To soften the background on my card I added a piece of vellum so the deer & sentiment would stand.
I stamped the cut Kaleidoscope twice with some grey ink so I could color it again for my second card but, in a more bold way adding doodles and dots. The “Stained Glass Greetings” are easy to color or to go for that simple look with some embossing on vellum.
The “Pine Needle Trio” was scribble colored with a copic marker .. then I decided to use a distress ink re-inker to give the needles more color on the tips with a brush. A quick dry with the heat gun before I bundled them with twine.
The twine was custom colored with a marker and I used a white gel pen to add white dots. A layer of vellum was placed on top of the background.
One more card was a must because I had to color these fun lights and the lil bird from the stamp set called, “Merry & Bright“. For the background this stencil was used. I forgot to give both snow banks a little blue color on the edges with a marker.
If I had more time I would have added two or three coats of glossy accents to the lights. The twine was colored with a marker & glued on the back of the lights with glossy accents.
It would be fun to cut & glue half of a paper clip to the top part of the light & and a twine bow to each light. So many fun options!
GIVEAWAY: Simon Says Stamp is GIVING AWAY a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop from each blogs comment section. Winners will be announced on the Simon Says Stamp store blog on Tuesday. (Winners must email SSS to claim his/her prize) Good Luck
Next on the hop is the talented Lisa Addesa blog here. Thank you for your visit today and have a great weekend. Hugs, Kathy
P.S. Simon will be having another blog hop tomorrow!. Yay!
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I have no words – these cards are so artistic! Thanks for the great videos, too!
Aweee, thanks so much, Janice!
Oh! I LOVE your Christmas Lights! Thank you for sharing the coloring ~it’s so much more interesting than simply coloring the bulbs a single color. I was liking the words dies from this release best of all but now I think the Christmas Lights a pretty special as well!
Amazing, as usual. Love the deer as the “O” and think your little bird is just the cutest.
Those are just amazing! Your coloring is so beautiful.
Love both these cards. I also like how you coloured the kaleidoscope background.
Wow!! Really Amazing cards!!!
Love the Christmas lights and the reindeer card. Great cards.
I’m fairly swooning over the new products and your magical creations! Thanks so much for sharing your creativity, Jo x
Thank you so much, Jo!!
you cards are gorgeous!
OHHH I love these cards, the stainless look is amazing. and the cute little reindeer too cute. Fantastic job
All of your cards are just gorgeous. I love all the extra detail you added to the deer.
Really Beautiful!!!
What an amazing release, and I love what you created.
Over the top! Amazing!
Your cards make me want EVERYTHING in this wonderful new release – fabulous cards!
Hahaha Susi – this release was FAB!!!
Love the birdie holding the string of lights. The kaleidoscope stamp is gorgeous.
Beautiful cards. Love the stained glass backgrounds!
Super cute! LOve the ideas.
LOVE your cards, Kathy! The coloring and all the extra details you add are so pretty. Thanks for the video.
Your coloring skills always amaze me! Thanks for sharing.
I love your beautiful big lights!! That Center Cut Kaleidoscope is Amazing and I love what you did with it….might be a must have. Thank You!!
LOL I agree Jodi, definitely a must-have!
Beautiful work as always. That background stamp looks great and I like how the vellum softens the look
Your backgrounds are amazing. Fun cards!
So very pretty. I just love the colors you chose.
WOW!! I love to watch you color!! Your cards are just absolutely gorgeous!!!
I am in love with the stained glass background stamp and that adorable deer! Congrats to SSS for yet another spectacular release!
Love your cards. They are all amazing but the bird pulling on the string of lights is my favorite. Thanks for sharing.
I love the use of the vellum to make the greetings pop on a bright and fun background!
Always love everything you do That deer is the cutest and the stained glass background is great
All your cards are amazing!!! My favorite is the bulbs!!! I love it!!!
I love how you colored the light bulbs. Amazing !
All three cards are gorgeous! I enjoyed the video and love your smash coloring. So many great ideas. Thanks for the inspiration.
Thank you, Lisa! So happy you like my color smashing! I posted another YouTube video demonstrating it yesterday! ☺️
Love the backgrounds you created and then putting the vellum over top is just beautiful. I am so inspired to get my Christmas cards made already.
Take care
Tracy
Your cards are just gorgeous, my favorite one is the cute little deer with the scarf. 🙂
Beautiful cards! I am in love with that reindeer!
I love the look of vellum on top of a colourful background. Gorgeous!
Wow! All of these are amazing! Thank you for sharing the how-to videos!
Fabulous samples! No surprise there 😉
just finished watchign your video, I’m glad you had fun travelling around! the deer is super cute and although you chopped his head off, I still love you 😉
LOL- thank you!!!
I knew you would knock my socks off using these products! The deer is so, so precious!! Wonderful cards!!
Oh Broni, thank you so so much!
Oooh, your cards are so pretty! Love that scarf on the deer! 🙂
Such beautiful cards and the deer, that is just beautiful!
Stunning cards, you are so talented.
You just blew me away with your works of art!!! I just have to say if I was receiving one of these creations it would be displayed!!!! You just showed me the beauty of each one of these products you’ve used. I’m am just in ahhhh.
Oh Amy thanks so so so much for the wonderful compliments!
That reindeer card is OMG so adorable. Love your use of the dies.
Beautiful layers and I love how the vellum adds a gentle frosted appearance over the bright colourful backgrounds – gorgeous cards!
Beautiful cards. Love the reindeer. Thanks for sharing…
your cards a beautiful and unique
Adorable. And such fun colors. and such pretty lights. I’m amazed.
I love all the added details! Fabulous cards! thank you for the videos!!
The lights are my favorite! So pretty! Well done!
I LOVE your light bulbs! They look so realistic. The vellum over the stained glass softens the colors beautifully. I love your cards.
Awesome coloring on the reindeer, not to mention the lights!
I want the deer die now after you colored it. I would never think it would come out so cute and I love how you colored the scarf and even made fringe. His nose is so cute and would be so darling in red like you said. I really loved the way you colored that background, too!
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All of these cards are so cute!
Awesome! Beautiful coloring and great designs to inspire us! Thanks Kathy!@
Darling card. The deer is so cute and I loved the vellum over the background stamp.
Beautiful cards! I just love those bulbs and the kaleidoscope stamp 🙂
I never fail to learn inspiring tips from you and always look forward to your folksy videos.
Awe, thanks Mari!!!
Oh, such a beautiful cards! I really like the idea of using vellum over stained glass background.
Lovely! I am in love with your coloring skills. Love the little touches of white and the details you gave to your creations.
Wow what a great video, Kathy – love all the details and tips on coloring and creating this darling deer card. Thanks for sharing:)
Thanks for the fun video inspiration!
The use of the Center Cut Kaleidoscope gives a gorgeous result.
The eyelashes you added to the deer are the cutest. The perfect finishing touch.
The eyelashes you added to the deer are the cutest. The perfect finishing touch.
Love love love the reindeer. Beautiful job! Now there’s another stamp I must have.
Wonderful cards! I really like the bird and light card. The bulbs are beautifully colored!
Love the background on the first couple cards.
the reindeer is darling.
Fantastic job coloring the light bulbs.
thanks for sharing.
Your cards are simply gorgeous! I think I need to get that background stamp. Your cards just showed me how versatile it is. Love your coloring, too!
Wow, I was on the fence about the Center Cut Kaleidoscope Stamp, not any more, that will be a must have… TSF, your cards are amazing
WOWZA.. once again, your coloring leaves me speechless. Its just over the top gorgeous..
These are so pretty, my favorite is the deer, I didn’t even like the die until seeing all the great cards with him on them, he is adorable put together
Your details are absolutely amazing! All the special attention given to these creations is so impressive. I love the look of the “striations” on the Christmas light bulbs, too.
Kathy!! Wow oh Wow! I love all of the cards you did for this hope. My favorite is the reindeer and the light bulb card. Just stunning. Thank you for sharing and inspiring and encouraging all of us to add some coloring time to our day.
Oh love the reindeer:) and the pine needles. Just great use of multiple products.
It is go great to see how the same stamps can have so many different looks. I can’t wait to get my Christmas cards started. Loads of ideas thanks to this blog hop.
Those backgrounds are amazing. Thanks!
Your cards are just so beautiful! This is a wonderful release.
Your work never fails to amaze and inspire. Thank you!
Wonderful cards! I especially love what you’ve done with the backgrounds – so beautiful and varied!
I like all these cards, especially the bright colours of the stained glass and the bulbs.
That is the cutest deer I have ever seen. He would be great as Rudolf. All the cards are super. I’m getting in the mood to start my Christmas cards.
the coloring of the lights is amazing!
your cards are amazing!!
Love to watch you color. You make it look so easy…maybe someday. Wonderful Wonderful cards. I must have the deer and that background stamp.Thanks so much for all the great ideas..as always. I think you speak just fine :)..
great take on using the new SSS release
The pine sprigs look so real! Love the card – love it all!
I didn’t think that deer could get any cuter, until I saw this card, Wow! Love it.
Oh wow, Kathy, these are amazing. I just love the soft look of the background on the first card. And the deer – love the eyelashes, the dots, the scarf, sooo cute! And the light bulbs – they look amazing!
gorgeous! I was hoping that you would show how you did the lights, perhaps in another video??
Beautiful backgrounds. Your coloring on the lights is amazing. And I love that sweet little bird.
That reindeer with his plaid scarf and long eyelashes is adorable! Beautiful cards!
Fantastic cards ! Your coloring is just gorgeous….
those backgrounds are gorgeous, Kathy – especially love the second card with the vellum overlay and just the pine springs!
Fantastic use of color and vellum. Love the cards and the stringed lights
A trio of delightful cards. Thank you
Gorgeous cards! Love how you made the texture on the reindeer! So glad I picked up the Kaleidoscope stamp set!!!! I’m going to check out your road show. Do you come to SD????
great cards, tfs.
I Love the light bulbs! They look so realistic!
Wonderful cards! I would have troubles if I had to choose just one of your cards. They are beautiful! Thank you for being on this blog hop!
All your cards are wonderful, but the little deer is my favourite :o)
Such amazing cards!! I absolutely love the Christmas lights! The stained glass is a beautiful touch.
Beautiful cards!
I’m always impressed by your copic coloring. The card background & deer are amazing. I can’t get over how cute the deer is.
I love your technique for coloring with Copic markers.
I just found your blog and singed up. Looking forward to learning from you.
Thank you so much for teaching your skills.
Pam
Yayyyyy welcome Pam!!! Welcome to my blog and YouTube – – The Daily Marker! I’m delighted you found me and hope I provide you with coloring and crafty inspiration!
Stunning cards, absolutely beautiful, those bulbs are amazing
You do such amazing work!!
Love your cards and the bulbs look like silk thread. The background is beautiful and the reindeer and the little bird are darling.
Love them all. The one with the Christmas lights is my favorite.
The bulbs have become my favorite. Love them.
Your cards are absolutely gorgeous! The coloring is stunning.
cute with a touch of whimsy
Great cards! I like your use of vellum paper. It adds a little something extra to the card.
Wow-amazing cards! Your coloring is fabulous.
Always and forever the coloring queen. These are really special. Stamps I would never have considered become must haves after watching Kathy at work!
Beautiful addition of the vellum. And that Picture Book Deer is adorable!
Fabulous cards Kathy! Love the vellum idea! the darling reindeer is my favorite die from this collection! Thanks for the wonderful inspiration. have an excellent day!
Beautiful projects. Thanks for the inspiration
Stunning cards! Love your backgrounds!
These background stamps are amazing! Love the vellum!
Wonderful details in your cards!
Wonderful cards, my favorite is with the reindeer!
Everything is fantastic but I am a sucker for the Christmas bulbs I don’t know why probably because Im old and I grew up with the big lights .
WOWZERS! Gorgeous creations, I love the bold colors! Thanks for the videos!
i’m so glad you included the birds and light card. my fave.
Wow..Wow..Wow!! Your coloring is over the top awesome!! I love all your cards, but my favorite is the deer!! I love your amazing talent , thank you for sharing it with the rest of us:):)
Your cards are beautifully done and I want that reindeer card….lol. It’s gorgeous!
Oh yes, I need some Copic solution to try the rage tip and gotta get a .03 marker, love what you made! I need to try the stain glass too! Thanks for the ideas.
Kathy, that little reindeer is darling and your really showcased that new BG stamp beautifully. Love that sweet little bird and the fun way you colored the lightbulbs.
Love your cards! The deer is adorable!
Three very different projects…love them all!
Beautiful cards, as always. Love the Stained Glass Sentiments stamps and dies! Wish you’d bring the road trip to SW Ohio!
that stained glass snowflake background on that reindeer card is STUNNING!!!!
Loving your bold colorful cards!!
I’m in love with all your extra details!! Your coloring is always amazing and I adore your cards!!
I love how you colored the lights and the bunch of pine needles. So a lovely set of cards. TFS! And this blog hop led me to you, happy to find another great card designer
These projects are awesome! Love how you combined various elements from the new release. tfs
Wonderful cards! Those backgrounds look fantastic and I love the reindeer!
WOW! Your cards are wonderful! Those backgrounds really make an impact!
Love the stained glass effect of your cards and the colouring on your lights is perfect!
I continue to be amazed by your work. It’s absolutely beautiful.
Love your cards, especially with the reindeer. Thank you for sharing.
Oh my, all your cards are stunning.
WOW your cards are amazing!!! LOVE them and this new release!!
Hi, Such cute cards. I am in love with that Deer, he is so adorable with that scarf on and he is my favorite from the release. I also like the Christmas bulbs, I love the way you colored them also. Thanks for sharing.
Oh Kathy these are all so wonderful. That stained glass is really versatile. Love what you did with that one. Plus that adorable deer. Nicely done. Sounds like you had fun at Gina K’s shop. I’m sure everyone there loved you.
The cards you made for the release are so colorful and interesting to the eye. I love what you did to color the reindeer and how you placed him in the word LOVE. I really like you colored the Christmas light bulbs and little bird and how you strung the lights.
Oh my goodness! So incredible. The backgrounds are beautiful and I just love the deer!!
Gorgeous cards as always but my favorite has to be the reindeer card. She is so adorable.
Clever using the reindeer as an O –very creative and unique!
I love the way you show how to color the kaleidoscope background stamp in such a simple way. The reindeer is so cute with the added details. Thanks for sharing.
Three great cards…I love how you personalize your images as you color with details! Thanks for sharing your talent and tips!
Love the swirly Christmas lights. So well done.
Holy moly, your coloring is simply STUNNING!! I’d never seen that colorless blender+textured rag technique before, and it is so cool! It was enthralling to watch you work. Thank you! 🙂
all your cards are gorgeous, but I like the Christmas lights the best!
Stunning cards, as always. Love the vellum over the stamped background and the deers eyelashes are just so darn sweet!
Wow, you’ve really taken these products to the next level. Beautiful!
Loved the cards and the video was well done . I learned things 🙂
LOVE<LOVE<LOVE the kaleidoscope card with that adorable deer. The colors, softened by the velum and the addition of the color on the card base…..I think this may be my favorite thing of anything you've ever done and that is saying a LOT! Then there is the coloring on the light bulbs….it makes them look like they're made out of blown twisted glass! AMAZING!
Beautiful cards! I love how you made little bundles of pine boughs. They almost look real!
Beautiful cards!!!!
I love your projects. You have a unique way of coloring that is just lovely.
Love the coloring on the bulbs! Super gorgeous.
Wonderful card designs with these new products. I like how you colored the light bulbs.
These are three great cards !
These are all fantastic. Love the way you bundled the pine branches and how you coloured them. 🙂
Those cards are so cute and festive, I love them.
I love all the cards today – so hard to choose a favorite. I”m especially enchanted with the “twist” you colored into the light bulbs – such a beautiful effect! Such a fun stop on the blog hop today, Kathy! Thank you!
Gorgeous cards and the
vellum looks great! The
reindeer is adorable.
Carla from Utah
Like the wonderful coloring of your creations. Like the swirl coloring look of the bulbs.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
I knew when I saw your name on this hop list that we were in for a treat and you’ve done just that Kathy! You pay such attention to detail with your white gel pen and those darling eyelashes on your sweet deer. Love the way you added the vellum behind her to help showcase that beautiful new background stamp designed by Kristina. Thank you so much for sharing and I hope you have a wonderful weekend. ~HUGS~
#kindnessmatters
Wow, everything you create is amazing. Love this release
Very nice cards! Love the Christmas lights.
Your cards never disappoint Kathy, always so beautiful and inspiring! Love your creative expression
Love the card! The reindeer is great!!
Fantastic creations!! I love the use of vellum to tone down the beautiful background!! Love your work 🙂
I love the Kaleidoscope background, and the Center Cut feature is so clever! I love both ways you colored it, too. Thanks so much for sharing.
WOW! You never cease to amaze me with your gorgeous creations! Thanks!
such dynamic cards … you always rock the color
Fabulous cards. The Joy and Lights are wonderful. Love that Deer. So adorable and creative. Thanks for your fantastic inspiration.
Amazing!
Gorgeous cards from an amazing release! Thanks for sharing!
I love your coloring! Your reindeer is adorable with it’s colorful scarf. The stain-glass lettering & kaleidoscope image are beautiful!
That Centre Cut Kaleidoscope is so beautiful. There’s even room for a sentiment in the middle!
I always love when you’re on a blog hop because I know I will get to see at least one beautiful card, but usually more. Today is no different. I am thrilled that you used the stencil on a couple of your cards. I’ve had my eye out hoping someone would show what it looked like when it was used. It’s so pretty. Thank you!
WOW! Cards. Love the details on the light bulbs
All of your cards are beautiful, just like always! 🙂 I love the reindeer and the Christmas lights the most.
Aww Kathy! Your coloring of the deer is absolutely amazing! I love all of your cards! TFS
Gorgeous cards, all of them! Your coloring continues to amaze me and I LOVE the christmas lights and all the festive and fun look for your cards.
Lovely cards! What great backgrounds and I love how you colored the light bulbs!
Your coloring of the Kaleidoscope stamp is gorgeous. I could color that pattern again and again!
I have been following your blog for about a year and I absolutely love how you take the supplies and make them your own. Your projects look so differnt than any others on the hop and I love them! The beautiful coloring and outlined images are the most stunning calling cards.
I love how your colored the stained glass stamped word in the first card. All of your designs were great and the background stamp you used was beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Wow just wow.
Loved the Bird & Lights..so cute n clever
Great work!
Your coloring is stunning, as usual! These cards are beautiful and your attention to detail is awesome. I love all your cards and they make me want to practice so I can someday approach your level of talent!
Your coloring is gorgeous, as always… the light bulbs are amazing! The little deer is adorable! The entire release is outstanding!
Amazing … first time here and know I am a follower. Your cards are so beautiful… Thank you very much for the videos and please tell me that there is a video somewhere that shows how to color the lights… love it. best I have seen. 🙂
All your cards are wonderful! I really like your style of coloring, sooo much easier. I’ve checked out some of your other videos and you have a lot of talent! Thank you for sharing that with us!
Wow! I love your coloring, it’s just gorgeous. I need this release.
Kathy you are such an amazing artist! All three cards are exquisitely colored, I am in awe!
Beautiful cards! I love the colorful lights.
Absolutely beautiful selection of cards, but that first one with the reindeer just stole my heart!
Cute cards, my favorite is the reindeer… yes , so much personality ! Your coloring is amazing too ! Thanks for the tips on separating !
Out of the park AGAIN! my favorite is the last one with the little bird holding the string! (I thought the reindeer would win until I kept scrolling down the page!) I love the background stamps in the others, but I go insane trying to color those types of images! They are so gorgeous, but I leave the detailed coloring for the masters! Thanks so much.
Wow, you created three really beautiful cards ! Each of them with some great little details. Thank you for sharing your talent !
Simply gorgeous are your creations x
Love it all!
all your projects are stunnig!
hugs
Your coloring is amazing! I love the Christmas lights card! Beautiful!!
Spectacular cards!!! They are stunning to look at! Love the backgrounds and how lovely they look with the vellum overlay.
AMAZING cards! Love your coloring!
All three cards are wonderful, and as always, your coloring is amazing!
Beautiful cards. Love the bird.
I love the card with the lights!
This could NOT be more beautiful. The kaleidoscope is so gorgeous. Well done as always!
I was fascinated by your coloring, as usual. Love the cards.
Gorgeous cards as always Kathy, your attention to detail is fabulous.
One more stop…and it might be dangerous to my allowance. I love this set!
Wow!! Your cards are stunning – as always!! Love love love the light bulbs!! Beautiful coloring!!
Your cards are all lovely. I especially love the little birdie
holding the lights; so cute.
Love those backgrounds and your awesome little christmas lights!
Such a sweet little card. I love every element.
Such a sweet little card. I love every element.
Your cards are always fabulous!
Gorgeous cards!!! Love your colouring!!!
Your cards are always so lovely! I love them all!
Love what you did with the kaleidoscope stamp!
these are all fabulous; love all of the layering and the vellum; your coloring on animals is divine!
Love the Christmas lights, but my favorite is the little deer. So adorable. And colored beautifully. Thanks for sharing.
Love your projects today. The use of vellum was interesting. Thanks for sharing.
WOWsers! You are crazy talented! The coloring is so bright and bold and the design is so clever and unique. LOVE them all!!!
I really like how you were able to incorporate so many of the new items into your cards and it all worked so well together.
I love the new background stamp from SSS, so pretty and fun! These cards are so beautiful! Tfs!
your cards are beautiful, as always! maybe one day i will be able to color as well as you! thanks for sharing.
love the cute little birdie holding the twine – precious:)
Fantastic projects! I love how you used the vellum as an overlay to the background.
All of your cards are outstanding. The pine needles as the feature on that card look so real, I can almost smell them. Beautiful work, Kathy.
Love that vellum overlay card with the deer! And what a fabulous release!
Wow! Your first two cards are amazing! Love the deer!
I love your cards! The little deer is so adorable and I like the string of lights too. 🙂
Kathy, your deer turns out so CUTE! I love it! Thanks for the video!
Great cards as usual! Love the Christmas lights!
Beautiful cards! The Christmas light card really stands out for me. The light look so awesome!
I like what you did with vellum, but especially like the light bulbs in the 3rd card. Thanks for the inspirationa.
Love your video and card. The deer is adorable – I want to squeeze his cheeks, but the mosaic background is beautiful. Love how you color “chunks” of the image. Gorgeous!
AS always I am amazed. One day I will take the leap and buy some copics…… Afraid of my whole set syndrome!
Okay, so I NEED all of this, Kathy, LOL! Such inspiration!
Amazing – I love all of them!
Such cute stuff but so far out of my price range that I cannot justify $20 for a word die.
As always your cards are awesome!
Wow, Kathy! This looks AMAZING! I LOVE the gorgeous background on the Picture Book Deer card–my favorite die from the new release too! This is just so full of beautiful color and design! Completely awe-struck!
The reindeer face as the O in LOVE is perfection!!! As is all the girgeous coloring!!!
Great pen details!
You make the most beautiful backgrounds and with the vellum…makes me sigh. Do love the Christmas light bulbs, too.
Can’t get enough of the deer. He’s so cute on your gorgeous card. Thanks.
Such beautiful cards!!
WOW!!! I am at a loss for words – these creations are AMAZING! 🙂
There are some wonderful cards created (and there are many) with this latest release by the guest designers, but by far, the deer card is my absolute favorite!!!!!!! I love the details too! I’ll purchase it from you, seriously!
Wonderful cards, love the little deer. Your backgrounds are breathtaking. You’re truly an artist. TFS!
STUNNING! I really must remember the vellum ‘trick’ to soften busy (but beautiful!) backgrounds.
Such beautiful cards!
Love the vellum ideas!
Oh, wow, Kathy! I don’t know where to begin as each of your projects is AMAZING! I adored the deer with his cute harlequin scarf and the vellum overlay. Then I was blown away by the amazing technicolor kaleidoscope background with the pine leaves. The white makes everything POP! But, no, you weren’t quite done yet as you pulled out the big guns – the twirly lights! I fell hard for that card – how did you achieve that look? I absolutely adore that card. It is my favorite out of every other project I have seen with this release. I would love to purchase that card from you because it is so inspiring and captures my love of all the lights at Christmastime.
Your cards are amazing!!!! I absolutely love your reindeer.
Holy cow! I’m in awe! Every one of your cards has blown me away! Beautiful, and your idea of using a paper clip to the light bulbs to string to the twine is brilliant!
Those backgrounds are gorgeous! And I love how you created the bulbs.
YOUR coloring skills are so amazing – and those little light bulbs are so cute. Definitely one of my faves from this release.
That reindeer is so cute!
Beautiful card. Thank you for the video. That deer is so cute.
WOW! Kathy, what a beautiful bunch of cards you’ve made! I love your videos, thank you so much for your inspiration!
I love how vibrant your colored Christmas lights are. Your attention to detail is amazing.
Beautiful, colorful card. I LOVE the Center Cut Kaleidoscope stamp!
Oh my goodness. These are all beautiful, but I especially like the vellum on the deer card. And your coloring tips. It would never occur to me to color in large areas instead of coloring each little area separately. And the lights are just gorgeous!
Love them all! Each is amazing! The deer is the cutest ever. And the stained glass is so pretty!
I love watching your videos they have helped me work through not being perfect. I enjoy how you talk through what you are making.
The deer is so cute! I liked everything you made.
Love all of these! The lights look totally awesome with the white highlighting and the deer card is adorable! TFS!
Love all of your projects. As usual well done.
You’ve used quite a few of the new release items and each one looks FANTASTIC in your designs, especially the deer in your creative greeting, the bulbs that seem to really “glow,” and the stained glass sentiment that looks so “regal” in its gold lettering!
The vellum on top of the bold backgrounds is absolutely stunning. I love all of your cards!
Your cards are beautiful and fun. I love the deer and the LVE on the first one. Great detail to the card and the scarf and eye lashes. Love the vellum and colors. The pine card is sweet and lights are awesome. Beautiful creative cards.
Wow! You did such a great job coloring those lights look like they are lit.
Oh my, these are all gorgeous. Love the deer, and the vellum layers over the lovely backgrounds and the stained glass letters. Gorgeous. Hugz
Awesome fun and colourful cards! Thanks for sharing!
Kathy I love all of your cards. The shading on the bulbs are adorable.
Those light bulbs look so realistic, I want to touch them!
Gorgeous cards!! That background stamp is amazing and you coloured it so beautifully!! The vellum layer is a great idea to keep the images from getting lost. Love them!
I live the vellum with the new stain glass stamps, I can see when white embossed on vellum and colored for a true stain glass look.
Wow your coloring is amazing and never disappoints. Awesome cards and ideas.
I love the vellum on your cards -softens the look.
Wow, wow, wow! Love what you did with these cards and stamps and love the use of the vellum!
I absolutely adore your kalidescope (can’t spell it and you can’t say it — what a pair!) card. It looks like so much fun to color the background, the deer is so cute, the scarf is perfect, everything about it is wonder. And the next card is gorgeous and how did you get the striations on the light bulbs. Now if we could only get you to get off your back. : ) thanks for another great video.
stupendous creativity putting the reindeer’s head where the “O” would be, and the background is so gorgeous I don’t even know what else to say about it. So inspiring.
I love the way you colored the light bulbs. Very cool!
Amazing color technique and gorgeous cards!
Absolutely gorgeous coloring!! I adore the cute Christmas Lights card & the backgrounds on the other two are breathtaking.
Great cards, love how you incorporated the new products in your cards.
What a cute deer! Just love this card.
Love the impact of having vellum over the top, thanks for sharing your ideas with us.
I LOVE the lights!
I really enjoyed your card with the deer, but I think I might like the cards you featured here even more (if that’s possible). I love the jewel tones of the pine boughs; that is my kind of color palette. And then the contrast of the texture on the lights with the texture on the bird is simply stunning. Thank you for being so generous in sharing your incredible talent with us!
Awesome amazing cards, I love to see your creative twist – you never disappoint!
Thanks for sharing
Your cards are wonderful, as usual!
Awesome cards !! love how you colored the background stamp
Between the deer and the Christmas lights, I don’t know which card I enjoy more. So cute!
As usual your coloring is superb and designs losts of fun. I think I want to do a Christmas card where thr deer can be removed for an ornament for the grandkids.
These are stunning. So lovely
I think your lights might be better than the real thing!
Enjoyed your card video. I will have to try coloring my lattice backgrounds with a bit more thoughtfulness lol. And I love how you shaded in those Christmas lights. I just watched Kelly Latevola’s video and love how you both did them differently with each a unique effect 🙂
Wow, wow, wow! I knew you were going to create something outstanding with these awesome new products and you did not disappoint. 3 absolutely magnificent and beautiful cards!
What great detail you were able to achieve on the deer. I just adore the way you colored him in. 🙂
Kathy, I love your kaleidoscope patterns, even if you can’t say it! I think they’re awesome!!!
Amazing cards. The kaleidoscope card with that adorable deer is my favorite. love the use of velum that softens everything. your coloring is so beautiful.
Great cards and the backgrounds are stunning.
As usual, your beautiful coloring and attention to detail make your cards a stand out. Stunning, all three of them. You always just amaze me!
Your Christmas lights are stunning and the detail work makes all the difference. Thank you for sharing your talent with us.
I love all of these cards! Everything you make is simply beautiful! The way you put all the different elements together is so inspiring. I definitely am loving the kaleidoscope background stamp. I thought it was stunning just simple, on its own stamped, but the I saw your next example of it colored! Wow! is about all I can say. Thank you for sharing your talent!
Those backgrounds are GORGEOUS!! Thanks for sharing!
Everyone of your cards is just so wonderful! The details added are exquisite
Oh, my word! That bird card is adorable!
Adorable cards! I just love them all. The deer is so cute , but my favorite has to be the cute birdie with the string of colored lights. Too cute!!! Thanks for sharing.
~Gin K.~
The kaleidoscope background is gorgeous. As always your cards are beautiful. Thanks for all the inspiration.
Wonderful coloring on each card! I always enjoy seeing what Kathy’s projects and watching the videos- so inspiring and great teaching, too.
Kathy your coloring is just so beautiful! We are all so glad you found your passion for this so we can learn and be inspired!
Your cards are wonderful. That deer is so cute and I love hoe you did the string of lights.
What a great cards, your colouring is so gorgeous and the deer wiht his eyelashes. Only you can made that up, love it! Your backgrounds are stunning, I also love the Center Cut Kaleidoscope Stamp. Thanks for al the beauties you made for this hop!
Your cards are beautiful! Such nice saturation of color and your attention to detail is amazing!
Love all the cards but – OMG the deer! With EYELASHES! *swoon* Just too adorable ❤
Thanks for sharing! xx
Beautiful cards, love how you coloured the lights 🙂
Your cards are always breath taking pieces of art, Kathy! You do not leave is single detail unfinished. So polished and regal !!
Absolutely stunning! Thanks for sharing!!!
So many beautiful cards! I love those lights the most and the way you colored them. You do such an amazing job! Thanks for the inspiration 🙂
Love these cards. That stained glass font stamp is just gorgeous. I have that font on my computer and now have the opportunity to use it in crafting.
Love your idea and especially this release! Fabulous
The kaleidoscope is beautiful, and I loved watching your videos on coloring them. Your cards care just gorgeous!
Your coloring is gorgeous as always, and the little reindeer is especially adorable! I am really drawn to the stained glass letters, and it’s so fun to see how you colored them in.
I love your cards! The background stamp is fabulous too, and of course the coloring is fantastic!!!
As usual, your cards are amazing! You sure know how to color. I love your reindeer! The background is so cool and not something I would use for a Christmas card but I love how it looks on your card. I love that plaid scarf on the reindeer. He looks so sporty and in style. I think I have that kaleidoscope stamp but I haven’t had the chance to use it yet or at least I have something like it. I really do love how it looks on both cards and I might have to think about using mine for Christmas cards. I like the branch on the card too.
I love, love, love how you colored those Christmas lights and that little bird is cute too. You did an amazing job on everything!
Would you mind if I copied one of your cards or tried to? I love what you did.
Also, your supposed to be coming to a card shop in CT. I can’t find out when you’re coming. I misplaced where I put it. Can you tell me the name of the shop and when you will be there so I can see if I can go or not? Thanks!
WOW! These are gorgeous!
What a great bunch of cards. love the use of vellum.
Love the coloring! The spotted texture on the reindeer is cool!
I really love the way you colored the lights, which I’m sure I’m not the first to say… But, they’re fantastic, and they really capture your eye… Wonderful! The cards are both so awesome!!! Thank you for sharing!
Fabulous cards! I love the one with the deer – the background is just beautiful! Your lights look amazing too!
Beautiful cards! Love how you used the stencils and all the products on your cards!
Hi Kathy! Wow, have you been busy! Love all the cards and colors, but have to say I am in awe of your deer! He looks so snuggly with his soft fur!
Oh wow, the combo of the stained glass and kaleidoscope is amazing!
Your coloring is AMAZING! So much attention to the details of that little deer! Just fantastic! You have a fantastic eye of putting together amazing color combinations! You are so very talented! I love watching you!!!
All of these cards are so festive looking. Great coloring techniques used.
Cute card.
I love all the cards, but especially that deer–fantastic!
Colorful and fun cards! Love the center cut background and your coloring!
I don’t think you “fake” it coloring at all. You have amazing talent. I am never sure how to shade. These are beautiful.
All your cards are great but those lights are unbelievably awesome!
Love those colored background images. Just stunning.
Three amazing cards Kathy! That background is gorgeous and I love how you included it in your projects. And the paper clip idea for the baubles is genius! Gorgeous cards, and more inspiration for my background stamps. Thank you so much, Lisa x
Amazing cards as always.
You make this release look beautiful!
These are so stinkin’ cute!!!
Oh y goodness! These are GORGEOUS!
This looks fantastick Kathy!
How clever of you to use the muzzle of the Buck for the “O” in LOVE:)))
I learned some new ideas by watching your video. I am going to try the colorless blending solution “on-a-pillow” to add some interest to card backgrounds. You did a fabulous job using the Altenew frame.
Love your trick with flowers!
Love your cards and videos!
Those Christmas lights are incredible!