This Santa’s Suit stamp set is so cute! The Photopolymer set has all the different pieces to create fun cards and a coordinating die set called Santa Builder Framelits.
It stamps so nicely. I did the outline of all the images in black and then stamped the filler images mostly in Real Red. The suspenders are colored in with Crumb Cake Stampin’ Write Marker and so is his belt buckle and the clothes pins. There are stamps to fill in the suspenders and the clothes pins but we were already using up all my little blocks so I thought the markers worked just as easily.
I also used the Powder Pink Stampin’ Write Marker to color in his heads, hands, and feet.
On the inside of the card I added his boots. On this one I also have mittens on the inside. But on the others that I made I included those on the front clothes line. When I made this card I spaced the front too far apart and they wouldn’t fit.
The tag is part of the Framelits dies. And I tied it on with a piece of the Real Red 1/8″ Solid Ribbon. The red striped Designer Paper is from the Christmas Around the World Designer Series Paper pack.
The Santa’s Suit stamp set, Santa Builder Framelits Dies, the Santa’s Suit Bundle and the Christmas Around the World Designer Series paper will all be retiring after this Holiday catalog ends. Be sure to order them now before they are gone.
This card was part of my Stamp a Stack class last month. Everyone in my class made a set of 5 of these cards.
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.
What is a Stamparatus? It’s the Best Stamp Placement Tool on the Market. It’s so popular the first reservation period sold out in under 15 minutes! But now is your chance to reserve yours during the second and final reservation window – Dec. 5 – 30, 2017.
Due to the incredible popularity Stampin’ Up! decided to make a few changes to the reservation process for this second time.
As was previously announced, the second reservation window will remain open from December 5–30; however, during this reservation period we will take as many orders as we receive (yay!) and not close the window until December 30. So whether the total number of reservations is 100 or 100,000, the window will stay open!
Please note the following changes:
Beginning March 19, we will ship Stamparatuses in the order the reservations were received (first in, first out) and continue through the next few months and beyond as product arrives in our warehouse. Because shipment dates are based on manufacturing lead times, not all of the reservations made during the December 5–30 window will ship on March 19 (as was previously announced).
In order to accommodate demand, limits have changed as follows: one reservation per customer and one per demonstrator.
Because we are not limiting the maximum number of reservations for the second window, we will not offer a third window. This is the last chance for you and your customers to reserve a Stamparatus before it becomes available in the 2018-2019 annual catalog.
Watch this video to see how the new Stamparatus works –
The second reservation window opens today – Tuesday, Dec. 5 at 2 PM Mountain Time – That’s 4 PM in the Eastern Time zone. Reservation Window #2 is Dec. 5 – 30, 2017.
You will need to go to my online store – HERE – and make sure you have an online account set up. Click on the reservation button to complete your reservation. Download an instruction sheet here – Reservation Instruction Sheet.
You will need to have a credit card to create your reservation but your card will not be charged now. Be sure your email is accurate. Once the tools are in the warehouse and ready to ship you will receive an email that it is time to complete your order. You will go into your online account and the Stamparatus will be in your shopping cart – DON’T DELETE IT!! You can add additional items to your cart. Add at least one item to bring your total over $50 in February and you will qualify for a Sale-A-Bration item! You can also add a hostess code at that time and update your shipping address if it has changed. Close out your order and your card will be charged at that time and your order shipped.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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