Combine the Peaceful Pines Photopolymer stamp set bundle and the Merry Moments Designer Paper Stack and you can make yourself a big stack of Christmas Cards in no time.
This card was part of my November Christmas Card Stamp a Stack class. What a wonderful class it was – each person that attended made 5 of this card plus 3 other designs for a total of 20 completed cards ready to be addressed and sent out to family and friends.
There are a few more days left of the Online Extravaganza sale and the Magnetic Platform is a hot item on the sale list don’t miss it! Click on anything in the list above and it will take you to my online store.
I have another edition of my “Reclaimed Wood” Skinny cards. Just in time for Thanksgiving it’s a Pilgrim! I made this little guy for my last Card Maker’s class and he was a big hit.
Here are a few tips for making him:
The card base is Basic Gray – it’s a 3″ wide card and the brim of the hat is 4-1/4″ wide – so he will fit in a regular envelope if you want to mail him out. He would be cute for a place card too.
The hair is cut with the Fringe Scissors.
The gold foil buckle on his hat is the small letter o from the “no.” that is part of the Little Number Thinlits. And the black centers of the eyes are the centers of that same little o.
The white part of the eyes are the small pumpkin shape in the Square Pillow Box Thinlit set – trim off the stem.
For the mouth I traced the Stampin’ Mist bottle
The rosy cheeks and nose are a cotton swap dipped in Pink Pirouette ink.
The bow is from the Mini Treat Bag Thinlits die set.
The notch in the collar is made using the top of the Tree Punch.
Faux stitching is added with a Project Life Journaling Pen.
I hope that you have a wonderful Thanksgiving with you and your family. I have all three of my boys back home. Kyle flew in from California last Thursday. Ryan flew in from Indiana Sunday night. And Tyler came over too (he doesn’t live too far away).
Don’t forget this week is the Online Extravaganza – Click Here for the list – or shop online in my store. The Magnetic Platform is on the list and so are a bunch of the dies for the Big Shot!
There are new Weekly Deals posted today and there is always the Clearance Rack. Do your shopping from home and don’t fight the crowds at the store.
Here are the supplies that I used for my Pilgrim card.
He’s here. The third card for my “Reclaimed Wood” collection. I have more ideas to work on but this is the third one – a Snowman. The other two – the scarecrow and Frankenstein I’ve already shared. This one I actually created two versions – one I used for my Christmas Card Stamp-a-stack that I had last week and the other was a slightly stepped up version that I did for a swap group. So let me introduce the Skinny Snowman –
Isn’t he fun! And you might never guess where the eyes and nose come from or the trick for the mouth so I’ll tell you! I used the Square Pillow Box Thinlits Dies – the little decorative pieces for the details on this snowman. There is a little strip with tiny pumpkins – snip off the stem and ta-da you have some tiny oval eyes! Then the little strip with the trees – snip off the trunk and then you get the little pointy nose! I also used the snowflake element to decorate the hat. To create his smiley mouth I used my Project Life Journaling pen and traced one of my button containers – it was just the right size and shape to give him a big smile.
This is a skinny card – the base is 3″ wide – Basic Black and then I cut Whisper White strips which are stamped in VersaMark ink with the Hardwood Stamp – it is really light and in real life looks like white-washed wood. The brim of the black hat is a 4-1/4″ wide strip – so once you add that the card fits perfectly in our medium sized envelopes.
Here is my stepped-up version.
Can you see the difference? It’s not easy to see on the photos but I added some embossing. I stamped snowflakes on the top of the hat and embossed with clear embossing powder. The brim of the hat is embossed with the Hardwood stamp. Here is a closer look:
it just dresses him up just a bit. But I left that off when I held my Stamp a Stack class because I wanted to simplify it for them – they had a lot of cards to make that day. You could simplify even more by leaving off the Jolly & Bright from the top of the hat.
In September I had my Fall Stamp, Scrap & Create Retreat. I love to hold these retreats and spoil those that come with fun little surprises throughout the weekend. To start the event I like to have some type of container that serves a couple of purposes. One it has their name on it so they know where their crafting spot is when they arrive – and it’s a fun little welcome. Plus since its a container it can hold some basic supplies that they need to carry around when we do our make&takes. And it’s cute and fun! For this years Fall retreat I found some fun containers at a local store – black little cauldrons! I decorated them up by adding a cute little tag.
I used the Howl-o-ween Treat Stamp set and the Boo To You Framelits to make this cute tag. The owl is stamped in Rich Razzleberry and the little pumpkin in Bermuda Bay. I had wrote everyone’s name on their little pumpkin. I also added the “hello” from the Greetings Thinlits which I stapled across the owl. The tag is tied on with Bermuda Bay Thick Baker’s Twine. And the eyes – I added some wiggle eyes – these are old ones from Stampin’ Up! that are self-adhesive – but you could use the new FIne-Tip Glue Pen to add some regular ones from the craft store.
Inside each cauldron I added a Pen that I lined with some of the Happy Haunting Designer Series Paper, a bottle of the new fine-tip glue (we used that for our make&takes), a piece of Stampin’ Sponge, and a floss threader. As they moved around through the weekend they could stick in their paper snips and snail or anything else they needed to carry around to the make&take tables.
These little cauldrons would be fun filled with treats for the kiddos this Halloween too – or for a teacher’s treat or party favor. See what other little containers you can find and add a fun tag too.
It was a fun weekend! Here is a picture of our little fall group.
Thanks for visiting today!
Here is a Stampin’ Up! supply list of what I used on my cauldron:
I saw this idea for a tea bag holder and I wanted to recreate it using Stampin’ Up! products. I do love how it turned out. It was one of the projects for my Time to Fly class. This project is for us moms when our kids leave the nest – take a few minutes and have a cup of tea. Of course you can always give this as a sweet gift to someone else that needs a little calming tea.
I stamped the Watercolor Wings butterfly on one side of a piece of white card stock. Then cut it out with the framelits. Then I used the stamps again to stamp the other side – good thing this is a photopolymer stamp set – it makes it so much easier to do this. I folded the butterfly in half and added a notch in the center – that’s where you slide it onto the mug over the string of the tea bag. I found the perfect little die to cut that notch – it is the handle end of the shovel in the Handpicked framelits set. It’s the perfect width and is nice and rounded at the end.
After I cut out the center notch I unfolded the butterfly and decided to cover it with some self-adhesive laminating film that I had. That way it would be a little protected in case it fell inside the cut of tea! I just used my paper snips to trim around the butterfly and trim out the notch again. I tried to cut with the framelits but they didn’t do so well on two layers of film and the card stock.
Once I made the little butterfly holder I decided I wanted a little envelope to hold it along with a tea bag. So I used the Gift Card Envelope die set and cut one from some of the matching Envelope Paper. I stamped another butterfly to decorate the envelope.
It sure does make a nice little gift to give someone – maybe buy them a special mug and then just slide the envelope with the tea bag and holder inside it – or even add a gift card if you want.
Hopefully you have noticed all the Bundles that are offered in the Stampin’ Up! Catalog. Bundle’s are where Stampin’ Up! has put together coordinating stamps and accessories to give you a 15% discount when you purchase them together. It’s a sweet deal and there are bunches of them throughout the catalog. Here is one that I’m going to share with you today – it’s a follow up to the All Boxed Up Kit I shared a few days ago. If you loved that kit and want more boxes like that then you need this bundle.
It’s the Homemade for You stamp set + Baker’s Box Thinlits Dies – it’s on page 59 of the annual catalog.
For my Stamper’s Club meeting this month everyone got to make their own box using some of the Pretty Petals Designer Series Paper stack. The 6×6 pieces fit on the die for the box – you’ll need two matching pieces of paper.
I used the stamp set to create my little tag for the front. Added some of the new In-Color accessories – the blossoms and lace trim to finish my box.
One tip for you – because I used Designer Paper instead of card stock the box was not as sturdy so I cut a piece of thin cardboard (like the piece that comes in the designer paper packages) to fit in the bottom of my Baker’s Box. I just put a bit of adhesive on that and then slid it inside the bottom of my box for a little extra support to hold whatever treat I add to the inside.
Here is a video from Stampin’ Up! showing you how to use the dies to make the box.
I love that it has the various options for the handles. Since I used Designer paper which is thinner than card stock I did stack both sides together before I cut my hole for the handle – so it was lined up.
Everyone used different prints from the Pretty Petals paper stack for their box so each one was unique – some where tied with the Mint Macaron Lace and others with Watermelon Wonder Lace.
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