Scrapbook & Cards Today Blog: "12 Days of Holiday Giving!" DAY TWO!

Hello, it's Nancy Damiano here kicking off Day Two and these cards are sure to bring a smile to someone you love! Let's send some caroling Christmas cheer with an adorable stamp from Avery Elle!

The background of this card was made using a stencil and some light modeling paste. While it looks complicated, it's not and it adds just the right amount of pop to a card backdrop.

The musical notes add a touch of theme and movement to this whimsical design. It's those small touches that complete a design.

In this version of the card, the color are brightened and a sentiment is added. The design principle is the same, but the look is very different.

Some of the stamped images are raised with pop dots. This gives a nice dimensional effect without much effort.

Let's take a look at the process in the video:

This season, my Holiday wish for all of our readers is - Be Still. Be Kind. Be Creative!

~ Nancy Damiano

"12 Days of Holiday Giving" Giveaway - DAY TWO

Our fabulous Day Two giveaways come from our friends at Paper Smooches and Simple Stories! These are two wonderful companies have been strong supporters of SCT and all that we do. When we asked if they would like to join this jolly celebration, we don't think it took more than 10 seconds for them to reply! Here is what today's prize package includes:

From Simple Stories...

"Happy holidays from all of us at Simple Stories! Document your holiday memories this season with our SN@P! Holiday Binder and Classic Christmas collection! In addition to this wonderful prize, we’re excited to share some free Classic Christmas printables with you here. Enjoy!"

Next from Paper Smooches:

"Today's winner will enjoy choosing their favourite stamps and dies from Paper Smooches! Paper Smooches has the cutest, most loveable, and creative hand-drawn art collection of clear, Photopolymer stamps and exclusive steel metal dies are perfect for your paper crafting, scrapbooking, and card making needs! Happy Holidays Scrapbook & Cards Today readers from Paper Smooches!"

Thank you Simple Stories and Paper Smooches! For an opportunity to win today's prizes, be sure to leave a comment below by midnight EST, December 23rd. On December 24th one winner from each day will be randomly selected and announced right here!

Simple Stories

Paper Smooches

We hope you'll take a few moments to head on over to the Facebook pages of today's sponsors to give them a HUGE thank you for their generous prizes. We of course also have one more for you! Would you like to learn all year long with 12 industry experts? Some of our favourite designers ever? Then today's winner (and a friend!) will win spots in our newest self-paced, online class SCT365 in partnership with PageMaps! For more information or to join us on January 2nd, click here!

Be sure to join us tomorrow SCT friends! Enjoy the rest of your wonderful Sunday! (Only 14 days until Christmas!) And if you're just joining us today, be sure to take a peek at yesterday's kick off and all the fun we had here!

Comments

Just getting warmed up :-)

Posted by: Ingrid B | December 22, 2016 at 11:09 PM

Love the mixed-media with the modelling paste. Thanks for the tutorial and this event.

Posted by: Frances | December 22, 2016 at 11:19 PM

love the adorable card!

Posted by: Tammy | December 22, 2016 at 11:25 PM

I love that SNAP album and I am planning on registering for the 365 class anyway...your classes are amazing...I would love to win!!

Posted by: Roz Kelly | December 22, 2016 at 11:40 PM

Those cards are so sweet.

Posted by: Tammy McAnally | December 23, 2016 at 01:09 AM

What an amazing giveaway! Thanks for the chance!

Posted by: Linda E | December 23, 2016 at 01:11 AM

Great prize! Crossing my fingers and thank you to the companies participating!!

Posted by: Paula Tyrkalo | December 23, 2016 at 01:29 AM

Lovely cards! Love your inspiration. Ty SCT!

Posted by: Brenda Anderson | December 23, 2016 at 06:10 AM

Love the cards! Great prize!

Posted by: Venise | December 23, 2016 at 06:27 AM

I could definitely use both of those giveaways! Thanks

Posted by: Mary McKenzie | December 23, 2016 at 09:19 AM

Such cute cards & more fantastic prizes!

Posted by: Tammy Valley | December 23, 2016 at 09:22 AM

Such a great card. I love the images, and the colors are so vibrant and eye-catching. Thank you for the inspiration and the chance to win!

Posted by: Mel | December 23, 2016 at 09:26 AM

LOOOOOVVEE!

Posted by: Denise | December 23, 2016 at 09:39 AM

I love both of these products but simple stories is my favorite

Posted by: Doreen | December 23, 2016 at 10:46 AM

Nancy's cards are so sweet and she has mad colouring skills!!! A merry thanks to Simple Stories and Paper Smooches for their very generous prizes today - love these companies so much!!!

Posted by: Amber M. | December 23, 2016 at 10:47 AM

Cuteness!!

Posted by: Penny Colley | December 23, 2016 at 10:56 AM

Such a festive card...and I swear I can hear them singing!!

Ohhhh how I have loved Simple Stories...and when I first saw their release announcement of the peppermint striped Snap Binder I literally gasped! Sigh...

Paper Smooches never fails to deliver on adorable!

Thanks for the chance to win!!!!!

Posted by: HeatherDG | December 23, 2016 at 11:35 AM

Great card project. The critters are adorable. Thanks for the chance to win.

Posted by: ColleenB | December 23, 2016 at 11:40 AM

Thanks for the chance! Thanks to you SCT and Simple Stories! Happy Holidays!

Posted by: chantal | December 23, 2016 at 11:46 AM

Another beautiful collection from Simple Stories <3 Thank you for that amazing giveaway

Posted by: Buckley Cat | December 23, 2016 at 12:16 PM

AWWWW NANCY! I truly love watching videos so thank you for posting a video on this post. One day I am going to be able to color that good I hope!! :) Simple Stories is my absolute favorite Company and Paper Smooches is soooo smoochable!! And the 365 class would be an amazing win! I need the all the help I can get to pull out my creative side!

Posted by: Veronica Traupman | December 23, 2016 at 12:24 PM