Dec 6, 2017 | 2017 Holiday Catalog, Big Shot, Christmas |
I hope you were able to get in your reservation for the Stamparatus – our new stamp positioning tool coming out in 2018. If you need help let me know. It’s going to be great to use when you need to make multiples of a card. For example a Stamp-a-Stack class would be a perfect setting for a tool like this. I’ve been sharing some of my cards from my Christmas Card stamp-a-stack classes and I have another one to show you today.
This one was my take on a card created by my friend Connie Collins. She is so talented and will be part of the 2018 Artisan Design Team for Stampin’ Up! I can’t wait to see what she creates with our new products in 2018.
For my card I used a Crumb Cake card base and then a couple of layers of the Merry Music Specialty Designer Series paper. I used the Stitched Shapes Framelits for the circle that I stamped my greeting on. The stamp set is Watercolor Wishes – I do believe it was my most used stamp set this season. The big words really worked on so many of my cards. The white circle and the white music print were both sponged with Crumb Cake ink. I finished with Linen Thread and a snowflake die cut out of the Champagne Foil using the large snowflake from the Seasonal Layers Thinlits Dies.
Everyone in my class made a set of 5 of these cards.
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Dec 4, 2017 | 2017 Holiday Catalog, Cards, Christmas |
Are you ready for Christmas? I’m not. We are in the middle of doing some redecorating – replacing furniture which now includes painting all the walls and replacing the baseboards in the main floor of the house. So I haven’t even pulled out any Christmas stuff. Instead I’m trying to find a place to put the stuff that was in/on the furniture I’m getting rid of until the new stuff comes – hopefully before Christmas (but maybe not). On my card today this little dog is ready for Christmas!
This is the Ready for Christmas bundle in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday catalog. It’s the fun staircase stamp set and coordinating thinlits dies. Right now you can still purchase as a bundle and save 10%. In the new year these two will still be available but not as a bundle – only as individual items.
On this card I’ve also used one of the Stampin’ Blends – Bronze color – to color in the little dog. Oh my he looks so good! It was just the perfect color for him and for the Chocolate Chip Cookies.
The plate and sweater are colored in with Stampin’ Write Markers because the colors I wanted to use don’t come in the Stampin’ Blends. I did hear that we will be adding more colors in the future!
The little table is stamped on the Wood Textures Designer Paper Stack – since there is all different sheets with different types of wood you could pick what you want for your table. Then I used the die set to cut it out, and the dog and the cookies.
The Holly Embossing folder was perfect for the background – don’t miss it – it’s in the annual catalog. And the rug is a strip from the Quilted Christmas Designer Paper Stack.
On the inside of the card (and also on the envelope) I stamped a portion of the Christmas Tree.
This card was part of my November Christmas Stamp-a-stack class. Everyone that came made 5 of these during the class.
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Don’t miss the Year-End Sales Event going on now. We are saying good-bye to retiring products from the Holiday catalog. Because once January arrives it will be time for brand new stuff in our Occasions Catalog.
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Nov 29, 2017 | 2017 Holiday Catalog, Cards, Christmas |
I heard from a few people that they are already done making all their cards and ready to get them in the mailbox! That is wonderful! I stopped in the post office yesterday and picked up some holiday stamps. They had a variety of choices – have you done that yet?
I love how this card turned out. I used the Foil Frenzy Specialty Designer Series Paper. It is so much nicer in person than how it looks in the catalog. For my cards I used the Soft Sky patterns but I think the other colors would be fun too – at least the Lemon Lime Twist and Berry Burst would be bright and cheerful for the holidays. The Tangerine Tango I will save for something else.
I used the Watercolor Wishes set again. I’ve been using it a bunch the last couple of months. And I have more card kits and I may have a little pop-up class to make some more of the kit cards – I’m going to look for a day in early December to fit that in.
The Layering Oval framelits are the two layers of the greeting – a Whisper White oval to stamp the greeting on – and I used Basic Black ink. Then the Soft Sky scallopped oval in the back. Layer it on a piece of the Foil Frenzy. I finished with a little bit of Baker’s Twine. It’s a quick card to put together but the foil really makes it shine!
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Nov 28, 2017 | 2017 Holiday Catalog, Big Shot, Cards, Christmas |
Christmas card season is upon us. I received my first one in the mail yesterday. How about you? Have you made yours? Have you planned anything yet? Well if you need some inspiration I’ve got ideas to share with you. So keep coming back to see what is new on my blog.
Today I have a card that uses the Christmas Quilt bundle from the Holiday catalog. This one actually came about because of left over pieces I had from another card. I’ll share that one on another day because I apparently didn’t take any photos of it yet.
The bundle includes the Christmas Quilt stamp set and the Quilt Builder Framelits Dies. I also used the coordinating Quilted Christmas Designer Series paper. The greeting is stamped in Garden Green. My card base is the Thick Whisper White card stock. The very center is finished with a pearl.
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Oct 31, 2017 | 2017 Holiday Catalog, Cards, Halloween |
Well in the case of my card – Happy OWLoween!
It’s a fun card using products from the Spooky Night Suite.
The fun Spooky Night Designer Series Paper has the spooky trees that you can stamp the owl right on to. Then I used the witches hat print and cut out a hat to add on the owl. And the eyes are sparkly with the Black Rhinestones.
I stamped the Happy OWLoween stamp and punched with the 1″ circle punch and then used a 1/16″ punch for a tiny hole to string some Black Baker’s Twine through.
TIP: I often take my clear mount stamps and cut them apart when images and words are on the same stamp. So when I want to use them separately I can. And when I want to use them together I just mount them back together on my clear block. In this set the owl eyes and the Happy OWLoween together but I cut them apart.
Have a Happy Halloween!
P.S. Today is the last day of the Designer Paper Sale! Buy 3 and get 1 free from select Designer Papers in the catalog.
Oct 25, 2017 | 2017 Holiday Catalog, Big Shot, Christmas, Mini - Love Notes |
Do you remember a few years ago we used to sell 3×3 mini envelopes? Well they are back in our Holiday Catalog. So I created a little set of mini cards to go with them.
I used the Christmas Quilt bundle – the stamp set and the coordinating framelits for these cute little cards. I also stamped each envelope to match the card.
To make a 3×3 card cut your card stock to 6″ long by 3″ wide and then score the long side at 3″. For these I cut pieces of the Quilted Christmas Designer Series 6×6 Paper Stack for the front of each card. Mine are 2-3/4″ squares. Then I stamped the little quilted trees from the stamp set and die cut them with the die set and added the stitching piece to each one.
For the greeting I cut a 3″ strip of Whisper White card stock and I used a Real Red ink spot (I had one from a Paper Pumpkin Kit) to ink up only the words Merry Christmas from the greeting in the stamp set. I stamped that on my strip for the front of each little card. These would be cute for little gift enclosures this holiday season.
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