I hope the new year is treating everyone well so far. The Sistahs are back with our first challenge of 2025. We are encouraging you to use some of your Virgin Supplies. Aka, NBUS. Aka, NEW STUFF....or at least new to you. I have a whole bin that fits that bill but today I chose this trio of nutcrackers.
This die set is from Cottage Cutz and if you're familiar with this company you know that the dies are formed from a single piece of metal. I love this because nothing gets lost but it can be tedious if cutting from various colors of cardstock. For this reason I have found it easiest to cut from white cardstock and then color each element using either alcohol markers or inks. I used dye inks from Catherine Pooler on these cuties.
I cannot lie. These tiny nutcrackers are extremely fiddly but I enjoy the process. I chose this sentiment from another company which I thought fit our snarky theme wonderfully. I heat embossed it in white onto blue cardstock before dry embossing. I also embossed the kraft cardstock and used a strip of red in between the two. To keep my trio from floating I added a die cut platform/shadow. I'm pretty in love with these guys and already know who the recipient will be. I'll have to send it a few days late to make it look good. Ha!
Supplies:
Cottage Cutz - Nutcracker die set
MFT - Squirrel! stamp set
Pink & Main - brick embossing folder
MFT - oval shadow die set
Simon Says Stamp - kaleidoscope embossing folder
We hope you'll join our month long challenge! Snark is not required to play but it is most highly encouraged. Thanks for visiting!
Jules
