Have yourself. .

. . a merry little Christmas. Another card made with stamps by Eat Cake Graphics. Aren't they the cutest stamps? I'm still trying to decide which of these I'm going to use for my Christmas cards this year since they're all so cute. Colored in watercolors, and embellished with glass glitter.

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Detailed view:

Christmas card with instructions.

This took me all day to make! Colored in watercolor and embellished with gel pen and glitter. I messed up on the tree and tried to salvage it by putting ornaments all over it. Grandma needs to step away from the ornament box. I think she went a little overboard. All stamps are by eat cake graphics.

For the Grandma card:

1. Stamp "Gran's got hot chocolate" and the "Christmas tree" with versafine ink onto watercolor paper with enough distance to slightly overlap the eventual fireplace.

2. Time to make a mask. On a regular piece of paper, stamp "Gran's got hot chocolate" and "Christmas tree" and carefully cut them out with an craft knife. On the back of the paper cutouts apply a temporary liquid glue and let that dry. The reusable mask can be kept on a piece of wax paper for later use.

3. Cover the already stamped images of "Gran's got hot chocolate" and "Christmas tree" on the watercolor paper with the two masks.

4. Stamp two of "Stocking with patches" in the middle of the already stamped images, lining up the top of the stocking with the top of the "christmas tree". Since the stamps will be covering the previous masks, one of the stockings will now be behind Gran's hot chocolate tray when the mask is eventually removed. (The fireplace hasn't been stamped yet so the stockings will be floating.)

5. Make two masks for "Stocking with patches", using the same procedure in step (2), and apply them over the stocking images on the watercolor paper.

6. Use the stamp-a-ma-jig to line up the fireplace so the top of the two stockings are even with the top of the fireplace, and stamp that over the four existing masks.

7. Pull off all the masks and color in the stamped images with watercolors using the same method as the Halloween card.

8. (Optional) Use a white gel pen for embellishments. For example, the snowflake on Grandma's pocket, the steam from the cocoa, the bells on the stockings and the highlights on the wood holder. Use a silver gel pen to outline Grandma's glasses and to write out JOY on the fireplace. (The letters are supposed to be stocking holders.)

(I completely messed up on the tree by adding too much green glitter. Since it overlapped the fireplace there was no way I could salvage the card. By this time, I had put in around 4 hours and couldn't bear to trash it. Underneath all that mess is a tree stamp. :) I figured I could salvage the tree by covering it with ornaments.)

9. (Optional) Using a temporary glue pen, make circles randomly over the "Christmas tree" stamp. Allow the glue to dry for a few seconds, then cover with glitter. (Repeat separately for each color of glitter)

10. Mat the painted images to red card stock, then green card stock. Wrap a ribbon around the bottom. Tape it to a 6x7" card made out of card stock.

11. Stamp "Grandma's hot chocolate is the best!" on a scrap piece of card stock. Mat it to red, then green cardstock, and tape it to the front.

Another Halloween card with instructions and Luna update.

Single, shy, blue Merle, female with dark brown eyes looking for friends. I love chewing on carpet, licking the cupboards, licking the dishes in the dishwasher and eating cat poop. My interests are tug of war, chase, licking the toilet bowl and biting ankles. If interested, please sniff my butt.


A halloween card made with stamps from eat cake graphics. Colored in watercolors and embellished with iridescent paint. As always, the colors aren't accurate and the picture is skewed.

For the Halloween card:

1. Stamp the "porch with light" with black versafine ink on watercolor paper. Hot press paper is best for stamping, as it's smoother than cold or rough.

2. Line up the "candy hands" with a stamp-a-ma-jig and stamp that in front of the porch, then stamp the trick-or-treaters (side). (I got the stamp-a-ma-jig just for this, too. I don't know how I lived without it.)

3. Color the stamped images and layered the colors until they are as vibrant as you want them to be. Layer with multiple colors so the stamped images don't look flat. For example, the sky has around 5 colors blended into it.

4. For the sky, wet the entire background and start blocking in colors, blending the yellows into the blues. Clean the brush off every time so the darker colors don't muddy up the lighter ones.

5. The card is embellished with iridescent medium on the light fixture, bowl, candy, mask, and pumpkins. (It can't be seen in the front view though; only from the side.)

6. Trim the image and layer it onto white card stock. (I made a 6x6" card out of orange card stock and affixed some Halloween type paper to it with double stick tape.) Tape down the matted image to the card base. (I stamped the "trick or treat" stamp onto orange polka dot paper and matted it onto black cardstock.) Lastly, tape it to the front of the card, and it's done! :)

Edited 8/24. Added a better picture. Edited 8/25 with instructions.


I don't approve of mommy's earlier post. That's just not true!


I do enjoy talking to myself. Forgot to mention that I've been so sick the past few months and that's why I haven't updated.

Happy anniversary to us!

It's our 3rd anniversary today! Well I guess that's it. :) Maybe we'll go out to dinner and take a trip to the craft store. lol The weather is going to be really cool today! I guess that's our gift from mother nature.

Another Christmas cards. I'm being productive!

The ink I used to stamp this bled on me while I was painting it. Boo! I tried to correct the problem anyways but I think it looks autumny or muddy, however you want to look at it. The entire card is covered in various colors of pearl-ex and I used mica for snow this time. Stamp is by house mouse.

Full view:


Detailed view:

Christmas card

A full view and detailed view of the Christmas card. Painted in watercolors and embellished with pearl-ex in the sky, snowman and mailbox and glass glitter on the snow. This poor stamp has sat and collected dust for years. I finally decided to make something with it.