Good very-early-morning! I’ll be back later with my card share for today!
I wanted to let you know that the Stampin’ Up! Seasonal Sale is underway!
Fold, snip, layer, and stamp! During the Seasonal Sale, you can stock up and save 10% on cardstock, 15% on ink pads, and 20% on dies. Build up your collection of crafting basics—and prepare for another year of top-tier projects—with a steal of a deal on papercrafting products!
Don’t know why I started this post like that but…it just seemed right!!
Seriously, though….ARE you ready for the Seasonal Sale? It’s coming tomorrow – 16 Nov 2021!
Fold, snip, layer, and stamp! During the Seasonal Sale, you can stock up and save 10% on cardstock, 15% on ink pads, and 20% on dies. Build up your collection of crafting basics—and prepare for another year of top-tier projects—with a steal of a deal on papercrafting products!
Happy Monday! So…I realized something yesterday while we were at Sam’s. Wayne said…”It’s Sunday and everyone is at Sam’s shopping!”. I did a little high-level, very sophisticated math in my head and realized…THANKSGIVING is like…tomorrow!
Well – not EXACTLY – but…close! A week from Thursday! I ordered my ham to pick up next week and then promptly decided (apparently!) that I was “ready”. So…nothing to worry about or prep for – obvs! Sheesh!
Know what’s RIGHT AFTER THANKSGIVING!?
Friday! Bwahahahaha! YOU thought I was going to say CHRISTMAS!
But – it IS right smack around the corner so…today’s card is spot on! It uses the Candy Canes and Sweet Little Stockings stamp set – and is SOOO easy that if you’re behind (I am so NOT behind! 😂😂😂😂) and need some quick cards – I’ve got you covered. Take a look-see!
This sweet layout was inspired by the Freshly Made Sketches challenge.
This one goes fast so….pull out your Stamparatus and…let’s roll!
I started with a piece of Basic White that I matted on Shaded Spruce for the card front.
Another piece of Basic White went into the Stamparatus and I stamped it with the Candy Canes stamp in Real Red.
I used the next-to-largest Scalloped Contours die to cut out a rectangle and adhered it to the middle of the card front with Liquid Glue.
Using Stampin’ Seal, I adhered a length of Real Red 3/8″ Double-Stitched Satin Ribbon across the panel.
I stamped the sentiment from Sweet Little Stockings in Real Red on a strip of Basic White and matted the strip on Shaded Spruce cardstock.
Then I popped it over the ribbon with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
I added a Shaded Spruce gem from the Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels and the card front was done.
Who AM I!?? 😳😳😳 Surely….this can’t be a Mary card!!?
On the inside, I stamped a second sentiment and a candy cane, from Sweet Little Stockings, in Real Red on a Basic White panel. Then I added another Shaded Spruce Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewel.
I used Stampin’ Seal to adhere the panel to a Shaded Spruce mat and into my Thick Basic White card base, popped the card front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the card was done!
My Basic White Medium Envelope got a few Sweet Little Stockings candy canes on the front…
…and one…single…yummy…cane on the envelope flap!
Et Voila! Red – White – Green. Classic! Real Red Candy Canes! A Sweet Little Stockings sentiment and…how handy that there was a CANDY CANE in that set, too!?
I hope you like!
If you’d like to recreate this card, all the products and card cuts you’ll need are down below!
I’ve got ONE opening left in my Host Club that starts on 1 Dec – so…if anyone wants a great way to add to their stampin’ stash – this is it (beaten only by Joining Stampin’ Up!). Here’s all the deets!
TTFN
M
Good morning! Whew! OnStage 2021 was awesome! We got to see all sorts of new goodies coming in January in the new Jan – Jun 2021 Mini Catalog. They had the usual stamping demonstrations and…a fun “stamp off” between Stampin’ Up! Concept Artists – that they ran like those Baking competitions on TV! AND – they told us that next year’s event will be LIVE (vs virtual) and it’s going to be in Vienna, Austria! 😳😳😳
Vienna has been on my “list of places to go” since…I read Marguerite Henry’s The White Stallion of Lipizza a hundred years ago! And since I am now owned by Haflingers (of AUSTRIAN descent!)…seems like it’s time! Fingers, toes and eyes crossed – I would LOVE to be able to go there!
As always, we did some projects during the event – and we used the new Blessings of Home stamp set with the bundled Flowers of Home dies and the gorgeous Heart & Home DSP – all of which you’ll be able to get in January (or…on 1 Dec as a Demonstrator!). Take a look-see:
This is pretty close to the planned project – I changed it up a little and gave it a little “bump”!
I started by cutting a piece of Garden Green paper from the Heart & Home DSP and adhered it to the front of my Garden Green card base with Liquid Glue.
On a piece of Shimmer White cardstock, I stamped the large floral image in the Blessings of Home stamp set in Misty Moonlight.
I used a Blender Pen to color the flowers and leaves by picking up color from the lid of my Misty Moonlight and Garden Green Stamp Pads. Like the sample in the event, I only colored the leaves and the two large flowers.
Then I used the matching die in the bundled Flowers of Home die set to cut it out.
For the “boom” factor, I used three foliage dies in Flowers of Home to cut several from Garden Green and a few from gold Metallic Specialty Paper (from the Gold & Rose Gold pack).
I did a dry fit and then used Liquid Glue to adhere the die cut foliage directly to the card front to that it would stick out ever-so-artistically from under the die cut flower.
So – the demonstrator/make-along was led by Shannon West from the home office. She taught us a good trick – especially when you have a lot of layers!
To pop the floral die cut – but…save a little thickness – she showed how to put dimensionals on the back of the die cut above and below where the sentiment would be placed. Like this!
Then you run a line of Stampin Seal down the middle. That pops the top and bottom up – but sticks the middle down! Great idea!
So…using the Dimensionals and Seal, I adhered the die cut over top of the adhered foliage.
I stamped the Blessings of Home sentiment in Misty Moonlight on a strip of Shimmery White cardstock.
I ran a little Stampin’ Seal across the die cut flowers and used it to adhere a length of new 3/8″ Denim Ribbon (part of this Suite and coming in January!). Then I popped the sentiment over the top with Dimensionals.
I adhered some white Classic Matte Dots (new catalog goody!) here and there. Then I used a Glue Dot to adhere a Bumble Bee Trinket on the flower (this wasn’t part of the sample, but…come on! It was NECESSARY!) – and the card front was done!
On the inside, I stamped the smaller floral from Blessings of Home in Misty Moonlight in the corner of a Shimmery White cardstock panel. I used the Blender Pen and ink from the lids of my Misty Moonlight and Garden Green ink pads to color the flower. I added a few more of the white Classic Matte Dots.
I used Stampin’ Seal to adhere the panel to a Misty Moonlight mat and into the Garden Green card base and the card was done.
My Basic White Medium Envelope got the small Blessings of Home floral on the front…
…and more of the Heart & Home DSP on the envelope flap.
Et Voila! I think this Blessings of Home stamp set and bundled Flowers of Home dies, with the gorgeous Heart & Home DSP is going to be a big winner in the new catalog! And…hint hint…there’s more in the Suite! And…I may or may not (I totally DID!) have hit the get-it-here-lickety-split button when I ordered it on Friday (another demonstrator-who-attended-OnStage perk!)…so…it should arrive on Monday! I’ll share as quick as I get it – I know you’ll love it!
I hope you like!
If you’d like to recreate this card, all the products and card cuts you’ll need are down below!
As I posted yesterday – I’ve got openings in my Host Club that starts on 1 Dec – so…if anyone wants a great way to add to their stampin’ stash – this is it (beaten only by Joining Stampin’ Up!). Here’s all the deets!
TTFN
M
Good morning, y’all – and happy weekend! I’m busily watching and learning at the last day ( 🙁 ) of our 2021 OnStage@Home! What are YOU up to today??
Now – you read the title of the post but…FIRST…I want to send an invitation out to any and all within the transmitilation area of this blog post!
Ready?
I am officially inviting EACH and EVERY one of you to JOIN MY TEAM.
Well – good morning, it’s Friday again! House cleaning day (whoo-hoo!) and Day 1 of OnStage! Last night was fun and we saw a lot of Top Performers recognized for their achievements this year! 🙂
And speaking of…I want to send a HUGE THANK YOU out to ALL of you!! I was tickled sideways to find myself at #34 in the Overall Demonstrator ranking in the US for the 2021-2022 Stampin’ Up! year!! I owe ALL of that to my amazing customers and Critters-N-Creatin’ Krew Team! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!! 🙏🏻🥰🙏🏻🥰🙏🏻🥰🙏🏻
If you were able to join me yesterday afternoon for my YouTube video, I appreciate you spending part of your day with me! If not – but you’d like to watch the replay and see how to make this fun fold (with a hidden bonus!) – here’s ’tis!
I know. I know. HOW many times will I use the Whimsical Trees bundle and pretty Whimsy & Wonder Specialty DSP this week?!? I’m sorry (not sorry!). I just love it – and when I saw the sketch that I used…it was too perfect! Just to mix it up a little, I DID use the Christmas Season stamp set for the sentiments – and it’s a fun fold. AND a gift card holder. So…totally different! Take a look-see:
And here’s that sketch I was talking about – from the SugarPea Mix It Up challenge for November!
So – I saw the idea of using a Joy Fold card to make a Gift Card Holder somewhere on Facebook. I carefully saved the post so I could give credit where credit is due but…it’s been disappeared! 🙁 Just know I wasn’t nearly clever enough to come up with this by my ownself!
I started with a 4 1/4″ x 8 1/2″ piece of Misty Moonlight cardstock that I scored at 3″ on the long side to make the large card base. A 3 5/8″ x 8 1/2″ piece of Blushing Bride cardstock, scored at 4 1/4″ on the long side, created the small card base.
I matted some of the snowflake paper from Whimsy & Wonder Specialty DSP on Mint Macaron and adhered them to the front small panel and the large back panel of the large Misty Moonlight card base.
I cut a piece of Whimsy & Wonder Specialty DSP – in silver-foil stripes – and adhered it to the inside of the small card base using Liquid Glue. I cut a smaller piece and used the scalloped oval in the Double Oval Punch to cut a half-circle out of one long edge.
I used a thin line of Liquid Glue – right at the very edge! – to adhere that piece to the small card base to create the gift card holder. Note: I only put glue on the two short sides and the non-punched long side.
I matted a piece of Misty Moonlight Whimsy & Wonder Specialty DSP on Mint Macaron to create the card front for the small card base.
On some Mint Macaron paper from the DSP pack, I stamped the tree image from Whimsical Trees in Mint Macaron. Using a second stamp in the set, I added Misty Moonlight lights to each of the trees and cut them with the matching die in the bundled Christmas Trees Die set. I also cut the cool “open” tree die from the same Mint Macaron DSP.
I used Liquid Glue to adhere the three trees to the small card front. Then I fussy cut a bunch of Christmas gifts from the Whimsy & Wonder Specialty DSP. These are “piled” under the trees with Liquid Glue.
I tied a small silver bow from a piece of Simply Elegant Trim and adhered it with a Glue Dot.
On a piece of Basic White cardstock, I stamped the Christmas Season sentiment in Misty Moonlight ink and fussy cut it – roughly following the shape of the words.
I used my Mint Macaron Stampin’ Write Marker to edge the sentiment, then used double-stacked Stampin’ Dimensionals to adhere the sentiment to the small card front.
I added a few Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels and then adhered the card front to the front of the small card base. Note: the small card base opens OPPOSITE a “normal” card, so make sure you’ve got it oriented correctly! 😉
For the inside of the small card base, I stamped the second Christmas Season sentiment in Misty Moonlight on a Basic White panel. In the corner, I added the Whimsical Trees images in Mint Macaron and Misty Moonlight – then I added a medium Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewel by the sentiment.
I matted the panel on Mint Macaron and then adhered it inside the small card base.
Using Liquid Glue, I adhered the small card to the back panel of the larger card base – and the card was done!
My Basic White Medium Envelope got the Whimsical Trees images on the front…
…and more of the Whimsy & Wonder Specialty DSP on the envelope flap.
Et Voila! I can’t overstate how much I love love love the entire Whimsy & Wonder Suite! The colors in the Whimsy & Wonder Specialty DSP are so much fun for the holidays and the images and die cuts in the Whimsical Trees and bundled Christmas Trees die set are perfect. I borrowed a couple of the sweet Christmas Season sentiments to just slightly change up my message. And…yes. How cool is it to use a Joy Fold card as a Gift Card Holder?!? 🙂
I hope you like!
If you’d like to recreate this card, all the products and card cuts you’ll need are down below!
TTFN
M
Hey everyone – this is my…THIRD!?! 😳😳😳 post for today! Yikes! Sorry for flooding your InBoxes. But…
I wanted to let anyone who was planning to come to my Thursday evening ZOOM the Craftroom get together today – I will NOT be on tonight!
Good morning, y’all! It’s Thursday – which means it’s time for another Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop!! We’ve got a sketch challenge to work with and I’m excited to see what everyone brings to the table – I just know you’re going to see a ton of awesome-ness on the hop today!
I went with a Christmas theme and some pretty traditional colors! The Holly Jolly Wishes stamp set gave me the starting point with its big sentiment. Then I added some Christmas Pinecone die cuts and Christmas Season images. Take a look-see:
I’ll be back at 9am Eastern with my card for today’s Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop – but..I wanted to take a minute to thank all the Veteran’s out there!
Your Service – and that of your families – is why we are able to live the life we live here in the United States. Freedom is NOT free – never has been – never will be.
We don’t know you all but we do OWE you all!
Happy Happy Hawwwmp Day, y’all! How goes the week!? We’ve been busy – Wayne on the building, me getting ready for OnStage@Home at the end of the week.
And…roasting peanuts! Our friend brought us a BIG (😳😳) bag of peanuts and I’ve been trying to use them up before they…go bad?
Also – they taste really good roasted. And boiled! 😉
So – I DO want to tell you about something coming next week (16 – 18 Nov) – it’s the Stampin’ Up! Seasonal Sale – and…it’s got some great discounts on cardstock, ink and die sets from the 2021-2022 Annual Catalog. AND – you can combine the discounts with the Start with Savings Starter Kit special to get you some AMAZEBALLS savings! All the deets are down below!! 🙂
My card today uses the wonderful Sparkle of the Season bundle (NOT from the annual catalog!), Nature’s Harvest DSP and…Cork Specialty Paper! Take a look-see:
The wreath and layout are from the Inspired By challenge this week.
And The Card Concept was also inspirational – for the pumpkins and the color palette! I’d call this style Freestyle Collage!
And the Tic-Tac-Toe challenge…well – I think I got everything BUT Gold Foil/Glitter! 😉
Thanks to the Sparkle of the Season bundle, this one was easy to put together.
To begin with, I cut a piece of Cork Specialty Paper to the same size as my Cajun Craze card base and adhered it to the front of the card with Liquid Glue.
I cut a smaller-than-usual piece of Harvest Meadow DSP, matted it on Evening Evergreen cardstock and adhered it to the card front with Stampin’ Seal.
Using the Seasonal Swirls dies (bundled with Sparkle of the Season), I cut a leafy wreath from the Cork Specialty Paper and one from Cajun Craze cardstock. I stacked them up on the card front with Liquid Glue.
I used more of the Seasonal Swirls dies to cut leaves from Cork Specialty Paper and Evening Evergreen 2021-2023 In Color Shimmer Vellum and Pumpkin Pie pumpkins.
I used Liquid Glue to adhere a Cork and a Shimmer Vellum leaf to the top back of each pumpkin, then I popped the pumpkins on to the wreath with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
I tied a Half-Double-Loop Linen Thread bow (the picture below is a regular Double-Loop bow – they’re the same, just with fewer wraps!).
I adhered the bow to the side of the wreath with a Glue Dot.
On a piece of Very Vanilla, I stamped the Sparkle of the Season sentiment in Cajun Craze and cut it with the smallest, skinny Stitched Rectangle Die (my “go-to” sentiment die!) and popped it over the bow with double-stacked Stampin’ Dimensionals.
I used a little Liquid Glue to adhere two more leaves to the end of the sentiment, and then added Pumpkin Pie Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels here and there and the card front was done!
On the inside, I stamped a second Sparkle of the Season sentiment in Cajun Craze on a Very Vanilla panel. Then I stamped the sweet little three-leaf image in Pumpkin Pie!
I used Stampin’ Seal to adhere the panel to an Evening Evergreen mat and into the Cajun Craze card base and the card was done!
My Very Vanilla Medium Envelope got those little Pumpkin Pie leaves on the front…
…and more of the Nature’s Harvest DSP on the envelope flap.
Et Voila! Yeah – you know I love how this card turned out! The script-y paper from Nature’s Harvest DSP – the Cork Specialty Paper – the bundled up Sparkle of the Season wreath with the Linen Thread bow and simple sentiment. It’s really DOES have all the things! 😉
I hope you like!
If you’d like to recreate this card, all the products and card cuts you’ll need are down below!
TTFN
M
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