One Line Nativity Watercolor Painting

Christmas is over and a new year is about to begin. So excited for a new year. Every time we reach the end of the year, the exciting possibilities of the new year come into view. I love it! Another year of fun, crafting, new ideas, changes, family time, holidays and birthdays to celebrate, of course their will be hardships, trial, and challenges. But Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf once said"...Now is the best time to start becoming the person we eventually want to be." All the good and the bad helps us to become us! I hope you have a wonderful new year! 

I love the holidays and I painted this very simple, one line nativity for our Nativity walk we held in our ward. I actually did a little walk through with my camera and here is the link to the video to the nativity walk I posted earlier in December: Link to Nativity Walk Video

I love to watercolor paint and one of my goals this year is to paint a bit more. It took me a bit to get this post up because I did a video with it. I needed to edit the video a bit and with the Holidays, life was a bit busy, as I am sure we all understand. 

I also created a video - Link the the video. 

You can also view on our all our Social Media platforms - links for those are on the side bar ---> under our bio! I will also uploaded it up at the bottom of this post.

Here is the Painting:

"Picture a Christmas"

I used:

• Canson 9x12 cold press 140 lb. watercolor paper (I buy mine on Amazon)
• Dandilon Co Watercolor paints:  Pink, Tahoe Blue, Lemon Yellow, Blush, Sepia, Honey Brown, and black. 
• I also used metallic watercolor paints in a paint pan - given as a gift so I can't recall the brand. Just used colors to match pink, blue, yellow, and a white/cream.
• Princeton Heritage Brushes Sizes 8 and 6 

Here are some more photos to show some close-up details of this watercolor painting:

Here is the Video on YouTube: 

Here are some other watercolor painting of the nativity scenes I have also painted:

"Following the Star"

"Nativity from Afar"

"There shall a new star arise, such an one as ye never have beheld"

"Away in a Manger"

......and that's it! 

Happy crafting to you all! We hope you feel inspired to create something and if you can, craft with your family and/or friends and make some fun memories together! 

Happy New Year!

 

“With every new day, a new dawn comes—not only for the earth but also for us. And with a new day comes a new start—a chance to begin again. Now is the best time to start becoming the person we eventually want to be.”  

– Dieter F. Uchtdorf

 

As always you can check out Our social Media pages and YouTube channel for more projects and ideas! Links on our blog home page under our bio!

 

See you on the next post!  

Sabra & Holly
The Crafting Duo

Stuffed Stocking Christmas Card in Green and Red

Stuffed Stocking Christmas Card

Christmas is here! Merry Christmas to you all! We are so excited to celebrate with our family! We are also taking some time off and staying home...which means lots of crafting time! We have been inspired to create a few cards and tags representing the magical holiday season and the Challenges! 

Inspired by Christmas and stockings hung by the fire, my Mom (Holly) decided to make a few cute little cards featuring a stampin' up! Sentimental Wishes Stamp set

Here is one of the cards:

Holly used:

• Stampin' Up! Black ink pad
• Red and White cardstock
• Gel pens and Alcohol markers (various Colors)
• Stampin' Up Sentimental Wishes Stamp set and die set
• sculpted and stitched square die 
• Old World Winter Designer Paper (from Hobby Lobby)
• White Ribbon and gold sequins for embellishment 

Here are some more photos to show some close-up details of the tags Holly Created:

......and that's it! 

Happy crafting to you all! We hope you feel inspired to create something and if you can, craft with your family and/or friends and make some fun memories together!

 

We are joining the following challenges:

Simon Says Wednesday Blog Challenge

Simon Says Stamp Instagram Challenge - Die Cutting

We hope you will join us!

 

“Christmas was on its way. Lovely, glorious, beautiful Christmas, upon which the entire kid year revolved.” – A Christmas Story

 

As always you can check out Our social Media pages and YouTube channel for more projects and ideas! Links on our blog home page under our bio!

 

See you on the next post!  

Holly & Sabra

The Crafting Duo

Stuffed Stocking Christmas Card in Vintage Red

Stuffed Stocking Christmas Card

Christmas is here! Merry Christmas to you all! We are so excited to celebrate with our family! We are also taking some time off and staying home...which means lots of crafting time! We have been inspired to create a few cards and tags representing the magical holiday season and the Challenges! 

Inspired by Christmas and stockings hung by the fire, my Mom (Holly) decided to make a few cute little cards featuring a stampin' up! Sentimental Wishes Stamp set

Here is one of the cards:

Holly used:

• Stampin' Up! Black ink pad
• White cardstock
• Gel pens and Alcohol markers (various Colors)
• Stampin' Up Sentimental Wishes Stamp set and die set
• sculpted and stitched square die 
• Old World Winter Designer Paper (from Hobby Lobby)
• White ribbon and sequins for embellishments 

Here are some more photos to show some close-up details of the tags Holly Created:

......and that's it! 

Happy crafting to you all! We hope you feel inspired to create something and if you can, craft with your family and/or friends and make some fun memories together!

 

We are joining the following challenges:

Simon Says Wednesday Blog Challenge

Simon Says Stamp Instagram Challenge - Die Cutting

We hope you will join us!

 

“As we give presents at Christmas, we need to recognize that sharing our time and ourselves is such an important part of giving.” – Gordon B. Hinckley

 

As always you can check out Our social Media pages and YouTube channel for more projects and ideas! Links on our blog home page under our bio!

 

See you on the next post!  

Holly & Sabra

The Crafting Duo

Stuffed Stocking Christmas Card in Gold & Red

 

Stuffed Stocking Christmas Card

Christmas is here! Merry Christmas to you all! We are so excited to celebrate with our family! We are also taking some time off and staying home...which means lots of crafting time! We have been inspired to create a few cards and tags representing the magical holiday season and the Challenges! 

Inspired by Christmas and stockings hung by the fire, my Mom (Holly) decided to make a few cute little cards featuring a stampin' up! Sentimental Wishes Stamp set

Here is one of the cards:

Holly used:

• Stampin' Up! Black ink pad
• White, brown, red, and Gold cardstock
• Gel pens and Alcohol markers (various Colors)
• Stampin' Up Sentimental Wishes Stamp set and die set
• sculpted and stitched square die 
• Old World Winter Designer Paper (from Hobby Lobby)
• bronze ribbon and sequins for embellishments 

Here are some more photos to show some close-up details of the tags Holly Created:

......and that's it! 

Happy crafting to you all! We hope you feel inspired to create something and if you can, craft with your family and/or friends and make some fun memories together!

 

We are joining the following challenges:

Simon Says Wednesday Blog Challenge

Simon Says Stamp Instagram Challenge - Die Cutting

We hope you will join us!

 

“Faith is believing in things when common sense tells you not to." - Miracle on 34th Street

 

As always you can check out Our social Media pages and YouTube channel for more projects and ideas! Links on our blog home page under our bio!

 

See you on the next post!  

Holly & Sabra

The Crafting Duo

Stuffed Stocking Christmas Card in Teal

Stuffed Stocking Christmas Card

Christmas is here! Merry Christmas to you all! We are so excited to celebrate with our family! We are also taking some time off and staying home...which means lots of crafting time! We have been inspired to create a few cards and tags representing the magical holiday season and the Challenges! 

Inspired by Christmas and stockings hung by the fire, my Mom (Holly) decided to make a few cute little cards featuring a stampin' up! Sentimental Wishes Stamp set

Here is one of the cards:

Holly used:

• Stampin' Up! Black ink pad
• White, blue, and teal cardstock
• Designer paper from personal stash! 
• Gel pens and Alcohol markers (various Colors)
• Stampin' Up Sentimental Wishes Stamp set and die set
• sculpted and stitched square die 
• white ribbon and sequins for embellishment

Here are some more photos to show some close-up details of the tags Holly Created:

......and that's it! 

Happy crafting to you all! We hope you feel inspired to create something and if you can, craft with your family and/or friends and make some fun memories together!

 

We are joining the following challenges:

Simon Says Wednesday Blog Challenge

Simon Says Stamp Instagram Challenge - Die Cutting

We hope you will join us!

 

“There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor." - The Christmas Carol

 

As always you can check out Our social Media pages and YouTube channel for more projects and ideas! Links on our blog home page under our bio!

 

See you on the next post!  

Holly & Sabra

The Crafting Duo

Thank You "Snow" Much:
Set of Snowman Thank You Cards

We like to send thank you cards for all the fun Gifts we have received and will receive from family and friends this Christmas. 

Inspired by the freshly fallen Christmas snow in Idaho, my mom, Holly, created these adorable thank you cards. 

Here is some of the cards in the set of Snowman thank you Cards:

Holly used:

• Stampin' Up! Black ink pad
• Various Blue and white Cardstock
• Alcohol markers
• Circle and square stitched die
• Stampin’ Up! Snowman Season stamp set
• Designer paper from personal collection
• Snowflake Die
• Silver String and silver gems for accent

Here are some more photos to show some close-up details, variety of cards, and the products Holly used to create these adorable cards:

......and that's it! 

Happy crafting to you all! We hope you feel inspired to create something and if you can, craft with your family and/or friends and make some fun memories together!

 

We are joining the following challenges:

Simon Says Wednesday Blog Challenge

Simon Says Stamp Instagram Challenge - Tis the Season

We hope you will join us!

 

“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others." - Marcus Tullius Cicero

 

As always you can check out Our social Media pages and YouTube channel for more projects and ideas! Links on our blog home page under our bio!

 

See you on the next post!  

Holly & Sabra

The Crafting Duo