Dec 24, 2009 | Christmas, Punch Art |
This was given to me by my friend Becky. She made these for her children to give to their teachers. I saw this same idea last year but forgot about it until Becky brought me one.
You need to punch three sizes of circles in a green card stock. You will need three of each size.
Then you fold the circles – in half one way, in half the other way – then in the opposite direction in between. See the photo to see how they are pinched up to form the tree shape.
You will also need to punch a hole in the center so you can string them on a skewer.
Becky also added shimmer paint to hers. You can’t see that well in this photo.
At the top punch out two stars from a yellow card stock and glue one on each side of the top of the skewer.
The bottom of the skewer has candy on it. With the base being a peanut butter cup. Becky added a marshmallow for some snow.
Since here were gifts she put the bottom inside a store bought bag and tied them up. But if you were serving for you family you could just set them out on a platter.
I know I saw this idea on someones blog last year and they used the gum drop bells and holiday type pieces which I wasn’t able to find last year so I never made any.
Merry Christmas!
Dec 22, 2009 | Christmas, Designer Series Paper, Holiday Mini Catalog 2009, Rub-Ons |
I have more 3×3 cards. I should have bought this snowflake punch earlier – I have used it a lot since I got it. 
For these 3×3 tags I used Chocolate Chip card stock and a strip of paper from the Designer Series paper called Autumn Meadows in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday mini catalog.
I punched a snowflake from Very Vanilla card stock and glued it to the front.
The greetings are from the Chit Chat Rub-Ons. On a few of them I cut off just the word “thanks” because I wanted these tags to say thanks but a few of the phrases with didn’t exactly say what I wanted. So if you have the rub-ons you could cut apart the saying that you aren’t using or don’t suit your needs and put together with other words to say something that might work better for you.
I always cut out the rub-on that I am using so that I don’t mess up the others that I’m not using. Place it on the card and then burnish it with the little popsicle stick that comes with your rub-ons. The white shows up nicely on the dark card stock. There will be a new pack of Rub-ons similar to this set in the upcoming Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini catalog. These are a great deal – you get more than 200 greetings in each pack.
These will be tags that go on orders that I have right now. If you are in my stamp club your orders are here.
Merry Chritsmas!
Dec 22, 2009 | Christmas, Embossing, Holiday Mini Catalog 2009 |
I wanted to share with a card made by my friend, Yvonne. She sent this to me for Christmas and it is gorgeous. I call it a fancy fold card. The front is scored and folded back. The ornament outline is cut on one half only so that the ornament image shows through on the front and the inside. The images from Delightful Decorations are stamped and embossed in White. The one on the inside has the half pearl from the Pretties Kit in the center.
Yvonne added some silver cord at that fold so it sits at the top of the ornament. Either side of the card has a piece of the Flocked paper from the Christmas Cocoa Specialty paper and a layer of Whisper White card stock that was punched with the Eyelet border punch.
This card turned out great and I haven’t made one like this yet. I’m going to have to try one of these. I think the Movers & Shapers die with the various windows would work for this idea.
Thank you Yvonne for sending me this beautiful card.
I shared this on Late Night Stampers as day 11 in the 12 Days of Christmas Challenge.
Have a great day – Christmas is almost here…..
Dec 20, 2009 | Big Shot, Christmas, class, Holiday Mini Catalog 2009 |
This cute little ornament was designed by my upline Wendy Randall. I just loved it when I made it at her house and used it for my class on Friday as well. It is an ornament but could also be used as a gift tag. I am also making a snowman version – I don’t have a picture of that one yet so I’ll have to show it tomorrow.
This uses the Stampin’ Up! Dasher stamp – what a great deal and very popular too!
And the treat cups that are in the Stampin’ Up! holiday mini catalog and these will also be in the new Occasions Mini Catalog that will begin on Jau. 5th along with a new stamp set to use it with.
The Big Shot was used to cut two Scallop circles from the Scallop Circle #2 die – it is the large circle of the two on the die. Then use the Big Shot again Stampin’ Up! Perfect Details Texturz Plate to add the swirly texture on each piece.
Sponge with Chocolate Chip ink to bring out the texture and we also sponged the scallops around the circle. Then add the white dots with the gel pen. Use the 1-3/4″ Circle punch to punch a hole in one of the circles – the hole is not in the center – so the bottom is bigger than the top edge – we pushed the punch in as far as it would reach and lined it up from side to side in the center.
Stamp Dasher in Chocolate Chip ink on Whisper White card stock. Add Dazzling Diamonds glitter to his antlers with a 2-way glue pen if you like. The “snow” in the cup is Tapioca – so put a little in the sweet treat cup – remove the adhesive from the cup and attach the cup over the stamped dasher. To do this I held the cup and the card stock above me so I could see where I was putting it – you may also be able to set the cup on the table and “see through” the white card stock to position it.
Then put the scallop circle with the hole over the sweet treat cup and trim off any white card stock that shows. Use a little bit of adhesive to hold the scallop to the sweet treat cup. On the second scallop circle I used the Tombow mutli-purpose adhesive and then glued that to the back matching it to the one in the front.
To finish add a piece of the red polka dot ribbon and silver cord for a hanger.
It is really cute! Thanks Wendy for sharing it with me.
Have a wonderful day!
Dec 19, 2009 | Christmas, Holiday Mini Catalog 2009, Scrapbook Pages |
Hi everyone – the WOW Scrapbook Kit for December is now posted on the our Blog. Wendy and I have both been busy and during the holidays our schedule is off – I know I’m late getting everything posted to the blog. We are working together on this project to bring you some WOW scrapbook pages throughout the year. The December kit includes two Christmas layouts and one New Year layout – of course you can always change them to use for the occasions that you need. The FULL Kit – which includes supplies and instructions can be ordered through Jan. 4th – we will place supply orders – assemble the kits and send them out approximately 2 weeks later. The Demo Kit – which is a pdf file with the instructions can be ordered at any time – the pdf files will be sent out after the holidays. You don’t have to be a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator to order the pdf files either – that is just what we are calling it since that is what most Demonstrators want. We also have individual layouts that can be ordered – these are also pdf files with instructions. All the instructions include photographs, measurements, supply lists, step by step instructions and wow tips to help you create these beautiful pages. These feature all Stampin’ Up! products. I hope you will stop over and take a look at the WOW Scrapbook Kits blog where you will find more details about each of the three layouts in this kit. Here is the December Sneak Peek. These pages do use a few items from the Holiday Mini Catalog – but other sets and paper can easily be substituted.
Happy Scrappin’!
You need to punch three sizes of circles in a green card stock. You will need three of each size.
