Dec 16, 2012 | Cards, Christmas, Holiday catalog 2012 |
Sorry I forgot to post this earlier on Sunday so here it is now. The day just got away from me. It rained pretty much all day. Ryan had his last driving lesson with the instructor and she took him on the course where he will actually take his driving test for his license. He did it all in the pouring rain including all the parking and she said he did great on every thing. His test is Friday afternoon. Then I came home and wrapped Christmas presents – I’m almost done with everything that I already bought. Now I just have a little bit more to buy.
More Christmas card ideas for you.
Scentsational Season Bundle, First Edition Designer Paper, Early Espresso and Sugar & Spice Embossing Powder.
Card idea from Kimberly van Diepen
Two things I did on this card – I mixed the Early Espresso and Sugar & Spice Embossing powders together and then used them on the Gingerbread Men. And I used a sponge to rub Crumb Cake ink on my white baker’s twine to give it a more vanilla/vintage look to it.
Scentsational Season Bundle, Red Glimmer Paper, Woodgrain Embossing folder.
Card shared by Cindy Schuster
One of her tricks was to use a red sharpie to color the rhinestones which are his buttons.
Frosty Friends, Greetings of the Season, Snow Festival Designer Series Paper
Swap card from Anne Granger
I love the pearl snowballs that the snowmen have in their hands!
Winter Memories, Cherry Cobbler Tulle, Candlelight Christmas Designer Series paper
swap card by Barbara Lash
You can’t see it well in this photo but the ice skates are glittery and embossed so they sparkle and shine!
Chock Full of Cheer stamp set, Be of Good Cheer Designer Series paper, Rhinestones, Gumball Green ribbon
swap card by Wendy Randall
I love how she used the candy cane stamp to create the J and Y in the word JOY.
I hope you enjoyed today’s cards.
Dec 15, 2012 | Big Shot, Cards, Christmas, class, Holiday catalog 2012 |
I’m going to try to share 25 different Christmas cards over the next few days. Just in case you still haven’t made any and you need to ideas to spark your creativity. Plus some of these will be part of my Card Maker’s class on Wednesday – you can always come to my class and get some made while your here – or make some Holiday Thank Yous – plus I’ll have a couple of New Year themed cards too. Go to my website to RSVP for class.
Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White, Ornament Keepsake Bundle, Holiday Frame embossing folder, Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding.
Swap card from Linda Madison
Core-dinations Card Stock – Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Green, Early Espresso, Simply Scored, Sanding System, Scentsational Season Bundle
Swap card by Lou Ann
Merry Minis stamp set and punch pack, 1″ square punch, Postage Stamp punch, Striped Embossing Folder
idea shared by Lisa Swantek
No Peeking stamp set, Festival of Prints Designer Paper Stack, Island Indigo ruffled ribbon, Snowflake embossing folder
Crumb Cake, Pool Party, Snowflake Embossing Folder, Snow Flurry die, Pool Party ruffled ribbon, Vintage Trinkets
Idea from Heather Summers
Many of the products used on these cards come from the Holiday Catalog which will be ending soon. The last day to order is January 2nd.
Have fun creating!
Dec 11, 2012 | Cards, Christmas, Designer Series Paper, Holiday catalog 2012 |
This is a quick and easy Christmas card – or really a card for any occasion. You need some Designer Paper, a coordinating ribbon, matching card stock and ink, a stamp set with the appropriate greeting and then a set that has something like a swirl or spray of foliage. Here is what I am talking about –
For this card I used the Snow Festival Designer Series Paper – the colors in it are Soft Suede (my card base), Cherry Cobbler (mat layer), Gumball Green (ribbon and ink), Whisper White (stamped layer), plus Primrose Petals and Baja Breeze. Cut a piece of designer paper for the bottom, stamp a greeting and the little spray of leaves on the top, tie the ribbon around. Add the layer to the front of the card base and ta-da a quick card.
Don’t need a Christmas card – then change the designer paper and the greeting – I made this same card layout with several other papers and color combinations and used it as a birthday and a thank you. The Just Believe stamp set isn’t Christmas but it worked on this card – but you could look through your stash and see what else you had to add some color right there. Or if you have a larger/longer greeting you wouldn’t even need anything else stamped on there. Another thought is to use a punch – a flower or something else that coordinates with the feel of your card.
I originally received a card with this layout as a swap and thought it was so simple and versatile that I have used it several times throughout the last 6 months. So get busy making some quick last minute Christmas cards.
I ordered cards that I created in My Digital Studio – that will go to our family mostly – it has updates on what the boys have done this year along with photos. It looks like those will be here at the end of this week so I’ll be getting those in the mail on Saturday (that’s the plan). I better go buy some more stamps so I can send out hand stamped cards too.
Have a great day!
Dec 10, 2012 | Big Shot, Christmas, Holiday catalog 2012 |
Look at these cute Mini Milk Cartons that my sister-in-law and I made over the Thanksgiving Holiday. We used the Scentsational Season stamp set and framelits to decorate the front of the milk cartons. The designer paper and ribbon are retired because we were working from Stephanie’s stash.
The candy cane box was made with the Naturals White card stock and then wrapped with an embossed piece of card stock. The two stamped and cut candy canes (they are embossed with clear embossing powder too so they would be shiny) are tied together with Baker’s Twine. The top is cut so two sides fold down and a hole is punched through the other two with ribbon pulled through to hold it shut.
The gingerbread man box is Bashful Blue to match the designer paper we used. The little gingerbread man is stamped on Crumb Cake and embossed with Early Espresso embossing powder – if you want him to smell good mix some Sugar & Spice Embossing powder in. Frosting is drawn in with the white gel pen to make it stand out. The box is held shut with a mini clothes pin and some frayed ribbon.
The tree box is Real Red and wrapped in designer paper. The tree is stamped with versa mark on the Always Artichoke card stock and embossed with clear powder. If you want to add some glimmer use the dazzling details on all the dots. We tied some of the old Sale-Bration ribbon around and curled the ends. And added a little tag at the top too.
Fill with yummy treats like M&Ms and you have a cute little something to give out during the holidays. Enjoy!
Dec 6, 2012 | Big Shot, Christmas, Create with Connie & Mary, Holiday catalog 2012 |
Good Morning! Today we have a new challenge at Create with Connie & Mary. This week we have a sketch challenge for you –
I decided to create a card based on a holiday scrapbook layout that I made for my last scrapbook class. In order to do that I turned the sketch on it’s side. I don’t know about you but I really love using the little Festival of Prints paper stack in the Holiday catalog. I have been using them for scrapbooking and for cards – cutting them quickly in half or into strips.
I’ll post the scrapbook layout another day. I actually started creating a My Digital Studio card based on this too – but ended up changing my mind on our family Christmas Card. I am using My Digital Studio for that – I ordered 55 cards – I hope that is enough. And I included photos but it took me a longer time to figure out what I wanted to do. Finally finished earlier this week. Anyway back to this card.
The base is Crumb Cake (yes one of my favorites of the neutrals). Then a layer of Early Espresso – it was run through with the Chevron Embossing Folder – I did using my Boutique embosser machine but the Big Shot works too. The little flags are strips from the Festival of Prints paper pack. Then I stamped the image from the Merry & Bright stamp set – and yes it fits so nicely in the Apothecary Framelit. The edges are sponged in Crumb Cake. My scrapbook page had little collections of the embosslit buttons and it used Jolly Bingo bits which I decided was too big for this card. So I pulled out the Merry Mini’s set and added a tiny little ornament for this card. I really love all these colors together.
What can you create with this sketch? Can you turn it or flip and make something for the holidays? Have fun playing along.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:- Stamps: Merry & Bright, Merry Minis
- Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Lucky Limeade
- Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Lucky Limeade, Cherry Cobbler
- Accessories: Big Shot die-cut machine, Chevron Embossing Folder, Button Embossing Folder, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Festival of Prints Designer paper pack, Linen Thread, Merry Minis Punch Pack, Stampin’ Sponge, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Texture Boutique
Visit the Create with Connie & Mary site to see the creations from the rest of the design team and to submit your own creation for this new challenge. Have a great week!
Dec 5, 2012 | Big Shot, Christmas, Holiday catalog 2012 |
Remember the other day when I posted about the ornament that I made for my gift making class – well this is the second one from the set. It is Crumb Cake – with Very Vanilla and Crumb Cake snowflake die-cuts in the center and a Vintage Faceted Button tied with Linen Thread in the center. I know you can’t see it in this picture but there is shimmer on the whole ornament – I mixed the Champagne Shimmer paint with rubbing alcohol and put it in a spritzer bottle.
If you like this style of ornament guess what – Stampin’ Up! just released an ornament kit that you can order to make the ornament like the one on the front of the Holiday Catalog –
You can visit my website – www.monika.stampinup.net – go to the online store by clicking SHOP NOW – and order there – or contact me directly and I can place the order for you.
