Showing posts with label DT - Dalis Acedevo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DT - Dalis Acedevo. Show all posts

December 24, 2025

Tipsy Tidings from the North Pole

Hi Everyone, Dalis here.

Some stamp sets steal a giggle, others steal the whole show… and this one might just be my forever favorite. It’s naughty, fun, and perfectly unhinged in the most festive way. The Let’s Get Blitzen sentiment pairs like a dream with the Santa and Reindeer Dancing stamp from Crackerbox Stamps, creating a scene that feels lifted straight from the North Pole’s after-hours holiday party.

This card leans fully into the holiday spirit — both the twinkly kind and the kind poured into questionable eggnog. The colors are classic, bright, merry, and loud enough that even Rudolph would squint approvingly. It’s one of those makes that practically winks at you from the craft table.

If you’re itching to craft something funny for your family, friends, or that one person who absolutely appreciates a tipsy reindeer, this set will keep the joy flowing season after season. Here’s to cards that toast, twirl, and tiptoe on the naughty list. Cheers! 

Supply List:

Additional Supplies: Snowflake brads, bling, pattern paper, and dies


Until next time— Stay colorful, stay crafty! -- Dalis


December 22, 2025

An Evening of Elegant Light

Hi Everyone, Dalis here.

We’re leaning into the soft-glow side of the season with the Candles 3 Lit stamp from Crackerbox Stamps, and goodness does it deliver a quiet kind of magic. The colors drift away from the usual holiday palette and settle instead into something gentle and refined, like a whispered toast in a dim room.

The thread accents and tiny embellishments weave in just enough texture to make the design linger in the mind long after you set the card down. Nothing loud, nothing hurried, just a graceful trio of candles carrying their own hush of warmth.

A little glow, a little shimmer, and a whole lot of elegance. This one feels like a deep breath wrapped in cardstock. 

Supply List:

Additional Supplies: pattern papers, bling, dies, and thread.

Until next time— Stay colorful, stay crafty! -- Dalis

December 17, 2025

Patterned Paper Gingerbread Parade

    Hi Everyone, Dalis here.

The cookie crew is reporting for duty, freshly stamped, colored, and dressed to impress. These little gingerbread-shaped charmers from Crackerbox Stamps practically pirouette off the patterned paper, soaking up its toasty tones to look more gingerbread than sugar-sweet. A bit of decorating here, a flourish there, and suddenly the plate feels alive with holiday cheer and cookie swagger. Santa might need to pace himself, because these cuties are almost too adorable to dunk. 

Supply List:

Additional Supplies: Silver paper, white gel pen, embossing ink, and embossing powder. 


Until next time— Stay colorful, stay crafty! -- Dalis

December 15, 2025

Cheers from the Snarky Pond

Hi Everyone, Dalis here!

Snarky Frogs TAKE 2! Honestly, the moment the Sign Post Snarky Sentiments hit the desk, a Merry Kissmyass greeting was inevitable—CHEERS! The tiny bling-as-bubbles detail adds the cutest sparkle to this mixed media card. The background is a gelli print, and I recolored the poinsettia to coordinate perfectly with our froggie friend.

Supply List:

Additional Supplies: Gelly Prints, Punches, Golden splatter paint.

Until next time— Stay colorful, stay crafty! -- Dalis


December 13, 2025

Sipping Season Sparkle: Let’s Get Lit!

     Hi Everyone, Dalis here.

'Tis the hour for a drinkity-drink, and this card steps right up to clink glasses. It keeps its stance simple, like a well-poured cocktail, then leans in with just a few spicy embellishments that feel like decorative bubbles rising to the surface. A wink of sparkle here, a playful detail there, and suddenly the whole thing hums with that holiday-evening buzz where lights glow warmer, and spirits grow braver. Consider it a tiny paper toast to getting lit in all the best ways.

Supply List:

Additional Supplies: Shaped dies, bling, pattern paper.

How to recreate this card: 
  1. Stamp Glass with Memento Black ink and color using your favorite medium. I colored mine with alcohol markers. 
  2. Add highlights with a white gel pen if desired.
  3. To create the shadow of the lights, just offset the shadow a bit and follow the same all along the glass. Blend the warm grey color with a blender pen.
  4. Add a line of light blue marker close to the line around the glass, but not touching the line.
  5. Fussy cut the image.
  6. Cut a die cut from silver paper and doodle around it.
  7. Stamp the sentiment from Glass and Get Lit, and cut with die and draw a stitched line around it.
  8. Trim a piece of paper with the 25 and mat on white cardstock.
  9. I did follow a sketch from Kendra's Card Challenge for the background layers.
  10. Add twine/thread and bling.


Until next time— Stay colorful, stay crafty! -- Dalis


December 8, 2025

Little Touches, Big Holiday Wow

Hi Everyone, Dalis here.
Don’t let these frogs fool you—they’re having a full-on partay! No need to behave, just make sure you don’t get your tinsel in a tangle. I absolutely love these little troublemakers! You’ll find several frogs in the shop, but this one is from the cool Frog Set 1 by Crackerbox Stamps. It’s one of our many fabulous (and slightly naughty) clear sets!
Today, I wanted to share how you can stamp directly onto book pages to achieve that mixed media feel without all the work. The natural text and worn paper add depth and texture instantly! It’s amazing how the smallest details can stand out the most. That little dangle flowing from the background to the sentiment? Chef’s kiss—perfectly aligned.

Supply List:

Additional Supplies: Gelly Prints, Punches, Golden splatter paint.

Until next time— Stay colorful, stay crafty! -- Dalis

December 3, 2025

Mixed Media Mayhem—courtesy of the NEON Elf in charge… me!

He Everyone, Dalis here today.
Welcome to one very bright card packed with fun details! Are you into mixed media? Because this one has it all—gel printing, heat embossing, splattering, decoupage, tearing, and rub-ons. If there was ever a mixed media party on a card… this is it.

Supply List:

Until next time— 
Stay colorful, stay crafty! -- Dalis

December 1, 2025

Snarky Season Starts Now

  Hi Everyone, Dalis here.


December 1st has officially arrived—let the Holiday Attitude begin! Grinchy or glittery, your holiday spirit belongs on a card. This one brings all the naughty seasonal sass using my beloved Sign and Snarky Words set. I’m fully obsessed and will be using that sign for every season. Challenge accepted!

Supply List:

Additional Supplies: Alcohol Markers, Pattern Papers, and blending brushes.



Until next time— Stay colorful, stay crafty! -- Dalis





November 27, 2025

A Touch of Red for the Holidays Ahead

 Hi Everyone, Dalis here.

As Thanksgiving arrives, so does the whirlwind of the holidays. But there’s magic in pausing—warming your hands around a cup of joy, admiring leaves underfoot and acorns along the sidewalks. This card celebrates that quiet shift from Fall’s coziness to the sparkle of the holiday season. A black-and-white background grounds the scene, while a touch of red on the Cup With Heart stamp hints at the festive days ahead.

Supply List:

Additional Supplies: Alcohol Markers, Pattern Papers, and blending brushes.

Would you like to learn how to put this card together? Follow along with me.

Until next time— Stay colorful, stay crafty! -- Dalis


November 18, 2025

A Festive Makeover: One Simple Masking Technique for Holiday Cards

   Hi Everyone, Dalis here.

When I sat down to create, I really wanted to give the Coffee Cup Heart a festive twist. My first instinct was to blast it with peppermint stripes and candy-cane energy, but I realized the cup itself could do all the talking with just a subtle adjustment. By using a single masking technique, I was able to tailor the focal point to fit a holiday theme while still keeping the design clean and balanced. It’s a great reminder that you don’t always need multiple layers or complicated steps—sometimes one well-placed mask is all it takes.


***NOTE: I used a piece of washi tape to mask part of the sentiment from Wanna Have a Cup stamp.

How to Recreate This Card: 

  1. For this card is all about masking the Santa's Hat (Lg.) stamp to be on top of the Coffee Cup Heart stamp.

  2. Stamp the Santa's Hat (Lg.) on white cardstock, leaving enough paper to stamp the coffee cup later on, and also onto masking paper using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. Cut the mask paper following the outside line of the image.

  3. Position your masking image on top of the hat. Position the Coffee Cup Heart stamp where the hat seems to be lying on top of it.

  4.  Ink and stamp your image,using Memento Tuxedo Black Inkon the white paper, stamping on top of the masking paper. Stamp also the cup onto masking paper.

  5. Color your images with alcohol markers.

  6. Mask and stamp Wanna Have a Cup to use as an inside sentiment.

  7. Using the Snowflakes Sm. and Med. Set of 2 create a background (put your masks back on before you stamp.) You can heat gold emboss the snowflakes or simply stamp with a light color.

  8. Using a small blender brush add color to the center of the snowflakes.

  9. Stamp Tinsel sentiment onto white paper and mat with black paper.

  10. Trim focal image to 3 1/2 x 4 and mat with black paper. 

  11. Glue your pattern paper (4 x 5 1/4) to white cardbase. Glue your focal point at an angle.

  12. Glue your matted sentiment onto a scrap of the embossed background. and mat onto black again and glue to card.

  13. Assemble as shown. 

Supply List:

Additional Supplies: Alcohol Markers, Pattern Papers, and blending brushes.

Until next time— Stay colorful, stay crafty! -- Dalis





November 13, 2025

Stamping a Rainbow of Coffee Beans

Hi everyone, Dalis here!
You know how coffee cards usually lean into browns and neutrals? Well, not this one! When I started this design, I knew I wanted coffee — but I also wanted color. So, I went bold. Vibrant, happy tones, and a palette that just makes you smile. It’s coffee, but in technicolor! Because sometimes a cup of joy needs a splash (or three) of color.

Supply List:

Additional Supplies: Memento Tuxedo Black, Alcohol Markers, white gel pen, pattern paper, wall repair tape, stickers and ephemera, foil, googley eyes, silver thread, and black bling.

Before I get into the BLOG HOP, let me mention we are having a 25% SALE: COFFEE, TEA & COCOA SALE!
Crackerbox Stamp is Sponsoring Coffee Lovers, for more information, make sure you check out our Blop Hop Post HERE 
#fallwinter2025clh

The hop is:
2025 Fall | Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop
Friday, November 7 - Friday, November 14
How to Recreate This Card:
  1. Lightly draw diagonal pencil lines about one inch apart across your card front.

  2. Stamp your large and small coffee beans, rotating the stamps each time to create visual interest.

  3. Follow the ROYGBIV color order for a fun rainbow look! I used Memento ink pads — they’re bright, vibrant, and stay that way beautifully over time.

  4. Once the ink is completely dry, gently erase your pencil lines.

  5. Add a few doodled hearts for a playful touch.

  6. Stamp the “Cool Beans” sentiment with VersaMark ink onto a piece of vellum, then heat emboss it in black.

  7. Color the beans from the back side of the vellum with alcohol markers, then attach it to your card front.

Until next time— Stay colorful, stay crafty! -- Dalis

November 10, 2025

A Whole Latte Love for Paper Piecing

  Hi Everyone, Dalis here.
☕ Coffee is my JAM! Honestly, without coffee, life would be… well, let’s just say I’m not willing to risk it for everyone’s safety. 😅

I’ve been hoarding some patterned paper from my #1900sCraftyStash (you know the one—you love it too!), and decided it was finally time to give it some love. The Coffee Cup Heart stamp was the perfect match for a little paper piecing magic, and let me tell you—it turned out even better than I imagined!

I colored the heart and kraft sections to bring it all together, and even with a little fidgeting on the die-cutting part (looking at you, “BEAN” letters 😜), the whole card came together in about 30 minutes.

Scroll down for the full instructions—hope you give it a try! 💛

Before I get into the BLOG HOP, let me mention we are having a 25% SALE: COFFEE, TEA & COCOA SALE!

Crackerbox Stamp is Sponsoring Coffee Lovers, for more information, make sure you check out our Blop Hop Post HERE 

#fallwinter2025clh

The hop is:

2025 Fall | Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop
Friday, November 7 - Friday, November 14

How to Recreate This Card:

  1. Cardbase is a grey cardstock sized at 7x6 inches. Scored at 3.5 on the 7" side to make this mini slimline. Cut out a piece of pattern paper at 3x5.5" and attached to the front, leaving a frame margin all around it.

  2. Stamp the Coffee Cup Heart on white cardstock and also onto your pattern paper of choice. This teal bubbled paper was just perfection (in my humble opinion.)

  3. Cut out the two pieces that make the cup without the sleeve from the pattern paper stamped piece. 

  4. Before gluing the paper pieced pieces color the sleeve, heart and the shadow on the lid of the cup. This way in case you color outside the line the pattern paper might cover it.

  5. Glue your pattern paper pieced pieces onto the white stamped image that you just colored.

  6. Stamp your Bean Awhile sentiment, masking the word BEAN onto white cardstock with your Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. Cut the IT'S and AWHILE and colored the borders to make it look distressed.

  7. Die-cut the word BEAN.

  8. Assemble as shown. 

Supply List:

Additional Supplies: Alcohol Markers, Pattern Papers and Alphabet Dies

Until next time— Stay colorful, stay crafty! -- Dalis



 



November 8, 2025

A Sip of Retro Charm

  Hi Everyone, Dalis here.

There’s something about that 50’s carved look on stamps that always makes me stop scrolling. It’s nostalgic and bold at the same time — like finding a piece of vintage charm that still feels modern. When I saw this coffee stamp at Crackerbox Stamps, it went straight into my cart. I knew it would be one of those stamps I could use again and again — for anyone, any occasion. I paired it with a retro color palette that just felt right, and honestly, the sentiment tied it all together. The pièce de résistance, as they say!

Before I get into the BLOG HOP, let me mention we are having a 25% SALE: COFFEE, TEA & COCOA SALE!



Crackerbox Stamp is Sponsoring Coffee Lovers, for more information, make sure you check out our Blop Hop Post HERE 

#fallwinter2025clh

The hop is:

2025 Fall | Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop
Friday, November 7 - Friday, November 14

How to Recreate This Card:

  1. Lightly draw diagonal pencil lines across your card panel — these will help you center your image and evenly alternate your three chosen colors.

  2. Blend or ink each section, alternating the colors as you go. Let the ink dry completely, then gently erase the pencil lines.

  3. To create a perfectly matched sentiment strip, drag one of your ink pads directly onto a piece of cardstock.

  4. Stamp your sentiment with embossing ink and heat emboss it using white embossing powder.

  5. Cut the ends of the strip into a fishtail shape and adhere it to the card front.

Supply List:

Additional Supplies: White embossing powder

Until next time— Stay colorful, stay crafty! -- Dalis




October 24, 2025

Boo-tiful Chaos: A Spooky Mixed Media Card Adventure

 Hi Everyone, Dalis here.
Halloween is my magical time of year—the season when I can make the weirdest cards imaginable, and no one says a thing about it! I love everything about creating during this time. Creepy cards? Yes, please. Funny cards? Absolutely. But my favorite of all are the Mixed Media FUN cards that let me throw everything onto the table (sometimes literally) and just play.

For this project, I used three fabulous Crackerbox Stamps: Ghost Sketched, Spider Spooky, and Wicked Fun. The ghost helped me complete the cutest little “BOO” sentiment, and honestly, he might be one of my favorites to work with. He’s so easy to color—and even easier to spookify!

To give him a little ghostly glam, I added two-way glue to his eyes and mouth and then pressed on some toner foil. Voila! The coolest foiled-eyed ghost you’ve ever seen was born. The spiders didn’t escape my creative mischief either—they each got a pair of 3mm micro googly eyes, and they couldn’t be more perfectly sized.

As for the background, I went full mixed media mode. I distressed edges, stitched on paper, blended colors, added paste and embossing powder, and, of course, brought in more foil. This card truly has a little bit of everything—and I couldn’t be happier with the spooky, shiny mess that came out of it.

That’s the best part of Halloween crafting—there are no rules. Just weird, wonderful, wicked fun.

What would you have done differently?

Supply List:

Additional Supplies: Memento Tuxedo Black, Alcohol Markers, white gel pen, pattern paper, wall repair tape, stickers and ephemera, foil, googley eyes, silver thread, and black bling.

Until next time— Stay colorful, stay crafty! -- Dalis

October 18, 2025

Brain in a Jar: A Curious Experiment in Creativity

 Hi Everyone, Dalis here!

There’s something strangely comforting about visiting your special creepy place — that quiet corner of creativity where things get just a little weird. Sometimes, you even light up the room… or at least, the brain in the jar!

This project started with the wonderfully odd Brain in the Jar stamp from Crackerbox Stamps — one of those designs that makes you grin the moment you see it. It’s creepy, it’s quirky, and somehow it just begged to be brought to life.

I began by coloring the brain with alcohol markers, layering soft watercolor pencil shadows to give it that eerie depth, then finished with colored pencils and gel pen highlights to make it pop. Everything was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, crisp and clean against the chaos.

The card itself took on a vintage laboratory feel — like something discovered in an old scientist’s notebook. There’s plenty of texture here: neon pastes, wall tape, and a mix of rough and smooth surfaces that catch the light in unexpected ways. My favorite part? The brain is on tiny hinges and actually opens up to reveal a wicked little message inside.

It’s the kind of project that feels like a mad experiment gone right — part art, part science, and all fun.
So, what do you think? Are we ready to join the crew at the crazy lab?

Supply List:

Additional Supplies: Memento Tuxedo Black, Alcohol Markers, white gel pen, pattern paper, wall repair tape, foam stickers and Halloween ephemera, and black bling.
Until next time— Stay colorful, stay crafty! -- Dalis