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.
Thanks for stopping by today.
Dec 1, 2017 | Big Shot, Cards, Christmas |
There are so many wonderfully creative ideas out there on Pinterest, Instagram, Facebook and other places. I often mark ideas that I love and use them later either as a starting point for something or sometimes they are quite perfect and I stick very close to the original idea I found. Often I’m not exactly sure who created the idea and for all I know they could have copied it from somewhere else. So today’s card is an idea I found online – I believe it came from someone over in Europe as the stamped words on the card were not in English. So it was likely from someone in Germany. I thought it was a clever idea to use some of our all occasion designer paper for a Christmas card idea.
This is the Color Theory Paper Stack and I used these cards in a couple of my classes. The color options included Dapper Denim, Old Olive and Crushed Curry. The Designer Paper is paired with the Santa’s Sleigh Thinlits – the tree and the star die are from that set. But you could do this same idea with just a tree die that perhaps wasn’t even Christmas.
The words are from the coordinating Santa’s Sleigh stamp set. Both of these were from last years Holiday catalog and carried over into our Annual catalog. Cut a strip of the paper and then cut out the two trees and a hand full of stars. Adhere everything to a Whisper White card base and its done.
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While you are in my online store be sure to check out the Year End Sale we have going on. Some products are retiring from the Holiday catalog so get them while you can, others are on sale to clean out some inventory and make room for new stuff coming in January!
The new Occasions Catalog and Sale-a-Bration catalogs will be coming out soon. The ones I mailed out will be heading your way later next week. If you aren’t sure if you are on my mailing list send me a note and I’ll check. If I need to I’ll get you one in the mail once I have some here to send back out.
Thanks for visiting with me At Monika’s Place.
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!
Visit my online store to shop for the supplies to make this card.
Thanks for stopping by!
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.
You can get all the items for this card in my online store.
Thanks for visiting!
Nov 8, 2017 | Cards, Designer Series Paper, Stampin' Blends |
More Stampin’ Blends. Look how pretty this little teapot turned out. 
This is a little notecard – they are quick and easy since they come scored and with envelopes. For this one I added a piece of Old Olive Card stock that’s embossed with the Brick Wall Textured Embossing Folder.
The teapot and succulent bowl come from the Just Add Color Specialty Designer Series paper. I colored with the new Stampin’ Blends and then fussy cut them out for my card. I used the Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight and Old Olive Stampin’ Blends.
The little greeting is from the Banners for You stamp set and so are the little leaves I added to the envelope.
I’m off to OnStage Live in Salt Lake City today. I’m going to try to add some blog posts while I’m away. But sometimes that doesn’t work as well as I want it too.
GIVEAWAY ALERT
Place an
order in my online store between November 1, 2017 and November 15, 2017 using the hostess code MC2RE7DH at check-out. All orders will receive a small gift in the mail – any size order. Order $50 or more in product and get an entry into a drawing for the exclusive Merry Patterns Hostess set.
I’ll draw one winner from all entries for the Merry Patterns stamp set and mail it to you. **Do not select No Contact – or I won’t know that you ordered or have any contact information for you. I will know that someone ordered just not who it is.
The Merry Patterns stamp set is seen in the photo below along with the Stampin’ Blends. I used the Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight and Pumpkin Pie Blends on this card.
*Offered by Monika Davis – Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator. The Merry Patterns set was an exclusive set for qualifying Hostesses in September/October.
Nov 7, 2017 | Cards, Stampin' Blends, Uncategorized |
I’ve been having fun playing with the new Stampin’ Blends. I wanted to show you one of the cards I made.
Isn’t she so cute?
I used the new Stampin’ Blends with the This Little Piggy set. She is so happy on my card. Did you know you can also color the pearls? I have a little tiny pearl in the center of the flower and it’s colored with the Pool Party Blends to match the flower.
Have a happy day! Thanks for stopping by.
Order the new Stampin’ Blends today. Don’t forget about my giveaway for orders in my store through Nov. 15th – read more about it here.
