Posts Tagged With: Santa’s Sleigh Thinlits

Stampin’ Up! Merry Medley and Santa’s Sleigh for the Happy Stampers Blog Hop

Posted on December 15, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Good morning, y’all – welcome to another edition of the Happy Stampers Blog Hop! Today’s hop is all about color. So, it’ll be interesting to see how all the Ladies-Who-Hop interpret that challenge for you! I hope you’ll spend some time scrolling thru all their offerings today!

Here’s our colors – some of my favorites!

I used one of my favorite-est stamps – the beautiful Merry Medley background stamp – and more of the Santa’s Sleigh Stamp set and matching Thinlits Christmas trees to make a serene and non-traditional Christmas card. Take a look-see:

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Stampin’ Up! Santa’s Sleigh and Pines!

Posted on December 7, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Happy Hawwmp day, y’all! Hope your week is going well.

So, apparently I have a puppy with a bit of a jelly-belly streak. He’s not at all okay with a cat being on my lap. In fact, just last evening, Katy was on my lap and Finn started to come up, putting his feet…..

On my lap.

Right by the cat.

I saw my life flash before my eyes.

Fortunately, before things got too far out of hand, he accidentally bumped her with his paw – I’m sure it was an accident! – and she climbed down.

Crisis averted.

Much of the reason he doesn’t like Katy or Leo to be on my lap is cuz he thinks he needs to be on my lap. It’s become something of a nightly routine. He comes to the chair and gives me the “the look”. I move the laptop and say “come on – hug”. And he boings into my lap.

Like he was on springs.

And then, to show his total love and adoration…

Looks so sweet…and it is, but…unfortunatley I have horses. And I know where that mouth’s been!!

Finally, he was done with the nightly hug and I was able to get on with doing a post for today!

My card uses the beautiful Santa’s Sleigh stamp set and Thinlits die set (FYI – the bundle (for 10% off) is retiring!) and a little bit of Pretty Pines and a touch of Detailed Santa! Take a look-see:

My design hails from the sketch challenge at Stamp, Ink, Paper:

And my color scheme is from the Can You Case It challenge this week.

Finally, I played along with the Just Us Girls Word challenge:

Thanks to the great Santa’s Sleigh bundle, this one was easy peasy!

I started with a piece of Fancy Frost Specialty DSP and lightly, gently, barely touched the raised pattern with an almost completely dry sponge with Elegant Eggplant. Just to bring out the pattern and give the trees a little contrast. I also lightly flicked the edges with the sponge, too.

Then I matted the panel on Elegant Eggplant and then on Silver Foil.

My trees, from the Santa’s Sleigh stamp set, are heat embossed in Silver on Whisper White, and cut with the matching die from the Santa’s Sleigh Thinlits. I adhered two of them to the card front with Multi-Purpose Liquid Glue and popped the third one over top with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I cut a couple of pine boughs with the Pretty Pines thinlits from Silver Foil. Then I adhered them to the card front with some Liquid Glue.

My sentiment, from the Santa’s Sleigh stamp set, is stamped in Elegant Eggplant on Whisper White. I rounded the corners with the corner rounder on my Envelope Punch Board, edged it with my Elegant Eggplant Stampin’ Write Marker, and popped it on with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Over top of that, I adhered a little bow tied from a piece of Elegant Eggplant Solid Baker’s Twine and 3 strands of Silver Metallic Thread.

To finish the card front off, I added an Elegant Eggplant star Enamel Shape on the middle tree. Then I cut some stars from Silver Foil with the die in the Detailed Santa Thinlits and adhered them on the card front and the trees with Liquid Glue. And that was it for the card front.

On the inside, I stamped a second sentiment from Santa’s Sleigh in Elegant Eggplant on a Whisper White panel and added one more little tiny Detailed Santa star.

I matted the panel on Elegant Eggplant and Silver Foil and then into my Elegant Eggplant card base, popped the card front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals, and the card was done! 🙂

My Whisper White Medium Envelope got another Silver heat embossed tree from Santa’s Sleigh on the front, surrounded by some Elegant Eggplant stars…

…and more of the Elegant Eggplant stars on the envelope flap.

Et Voila! Easy peasy quick and breezy! The very hardest part was getting the bare lightest touch of the Elegant Eggplant on the Fancy Frost DSP. After that, it was smooth sailing – due to the wonderful images and coordinating dies in the Santa’s Sleigh bundle. Hope you like! 🙂

Scroll on down for the card cuts and all the goodies you need to make this one for yourself!

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Use this host code when you order and receive a free gift from me! But, if your order is over $150, please don’t use this code (you’ll miss out on your own Stampin’ Rewards if you use it) but you’ll still get the free gift. The free gift is your choice of any item valued up to $10.00 in the 2016-17 Annual Catalog or the 2016 Holiday Catalog! And – you can even select one of the Host-exclusive sets! See my Rewards page for more details.

2017 Occasions Catalog Shares are Open!

The new catalog goes live on 4 Jan 17 and buying shares (a little bit of all the new ribbons, trims and embellishments) is a great way to get a little taste of everything! If you were to buy one of every paper, trim and embellishment, you’d spend over $150! Click right here and check out the shares that are available and get your order in now!

Year End Closeouts and 2017 Holiday Catalog Retiring Products

Promotion period: December 1, 2016 – January 3, 2017

All products (and discounts, if any) can be found in the Year-End Closeouts category of the online store. Check it right here!
Here’s a download with the Initial List of Retiring Items, but the very best way to know what’s still available is to go to the Online Store! Hint: There’s a lot under the “Everything” section – and be sure to Show “All”!
This is a great list of all the items on Clearance, on the Retiring List and in excess inventory. Use it as you will. Note, though, that this list won’t be updated as things sell out!
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Online Host Club

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Be sure to get over to my Shares page and see what’s included and then get signed up! Beautiful papers, and trims and ribbons are in the 2017 Occasions Catalog! 🙂 And – snap up the Santa’s Sleigh Bundle while you still can – you know you want both pieces, might as well get them while you can save 10%, right!?!

There’s still time to enter to win my 2nd Stampin’ Up! Anniversary Blog Candy – you’ve got until tonight at 8pm eastern. Here’s a link to the blog post!

Tomorrow’s Happy Stampers Blog Hop day, so I’ll be back at 7am Eastern!

TTFN

Mary

STAMPIN’ UP! PRODUCTS USED IN THIS PROJECT:

Santa’s Sleigh Photopolymer Bundle

[143499]

$45.75

Pretty Pines Thinlits Dies

[141851]

$26.00

Detailed Santa Thinlits Dies

[141836]

$25.00

Fancy Frost Specialty Designer Series Paper

[142014]

$13.00

Elegant Eggplant 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[105126]

$8.00

Silver Foil Sheets

[132178]

$4.00

Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[100730]

$9.00

Elegant Eggplant Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126969]

$6.50

Regals Stampin’ Write Markers

[131262]

$29.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$8.50

Silver Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109131]

$5.00

Regals Enamel Shapes

[141681]

$9.00

Elegant Eggplant Solid Baker’s Twine

[141685]

$3.00

Silver Metallic Thread

[138402]

$3.00

Envelope Punch Board

[133774]

$20.00

Medium Whisper White Envelopes

[107301]

$6.50

SNAIL Permanent Adhesive

[104332]

$7.00

Liquid Multipurpose Glue

[110755]

$4.00

Stampin’ Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Stamping Sponges

[141337]

$3.50

CARD CUTS USED IN THIS PROJECT:

Elegant Eggplant Card Stock: 4 1/4″ x 11″ (card base, score and fold at 5 1/2″); 4″ x 5 1/4″ (mats for card front and for inner liner)

Silver Foil: 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″ (mats for card front and for inner liner); Pretty Pines Thinlits die cuts

Whisper White Card Stock: 5/8″ x 2 3/8″ (sentiment banner); 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (inner liner); Santa’s Sleigh Thinlits die cuts

Fancy Frost Specialty DSP: 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (card front)

If you need any stamping supplies, I’d be very happy to be your Demonstrator. Just click on the Order Stampin’ Up! Online Now button on the right side of the screen to go directly to my online store or drop me an email if you have any questions. Happy Stamping!

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Categories: Christmas | Tags: Christmas Card, Detailed Santa Thinlits, Pretty Pines Thinlits, Santa's Sleigh stamp set, Santa's Sleigh Thinlits | 30 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Santa’s Sleigh and Christmas Music

Posted on October 22, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Happy Weekend, y’all! Hope you’ve got something fun planned for the weekend – I think Mr. Finn is going to have a play date with his “sister” Scout. She’s two years old now – but from the same mom and dad as Finn. Her mom says she’s all ready to show Finn the ropes. 🙂

We’ve been taking the little man out to the arena in the evenings after we feed and playing ball with him. He loves racing after the tennis balls and pouncing on them! And when he gets tired and done with us, he races around us and leaps on the golf cart. We stop on the way back to the house and he gets a big drink of water from the horse trough – I’ll try to get a picture of that, it’s pretty cute!

It’s really amazing how quickly he’s assimilating into farm life!

Then he comes in and goes in his kennel. He’ll spend a little time trying to get the peanut butter out of the big stuffed bone (thank you, Amy Koenders!)…

and finally, if we’ve done a good job playing, we get this…

And then I can settle down and type a blog post! 🙂

My card for today is another one using the beautiful This Christmas DSP sheet music paper. I added some images and die cuts using the Santa’s Sleigh bundle, and this is what I got. Take a look-see:

The layout for my card comes from the Hand Stamped Sentiments challenge #249:

I started by double matting the sheet music paper from This Christmas DSP on Rich Razzleberry and Basic Black. Then I wrapped a length of Silver 5/8″ Satin Ribbon and one of Very Vanilla 1/2″ Lace Trim around the panel, securing them in the back with scotch tape.

I “made” an oval doily by taking a Silver Metallic Foil Doily and cutting it in half, then gluing it back together with some overlap – making it an oval. I knew the seam would be covered up by the tree.

The tree in question is from the Santa’s Sleigh stamp set – I heat embossed it in Silver on Very Vanilla and then cut it with the matching die in the Santa’s Sleigh Thinlits. I used some Multi-Purpose Liquid Glue to adhere the tree onto the newly oval-ized silver doily, and then popped it over the ribbon with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The sentiment is from the Christmas Greetings Thinlits – I cut three of them from Rich Razzleberry and then adhered them in a stack with Liquid Glue. I used more little dots of the Liquid Glue to adhere the sentiment to the card front.

The decoration on the right side is comprised of a length of Rich Razzleberry 3/8″ Ribbon from the Trio Pack in the Holiday Catalog – I doubled and stuck it under the other ribbon with a Glue Dot. Then I added a couple of Silver Foil boughs cut with a Pretty Pines Thinlits die with some Liquid Glue. The final touch is a little bow, tied with two lengths of Silver Metallic Thread and one of Basic Black Solid Baker’s Twine, added with a dab of Liquid Glue. And I nestled a Christmas Trinket Embellishment in with a Glue Dot.

On the inside, I stamped part of the sentiment from Santa’s Sleigh in Rich Razzleberry – since it’s a photopolymer stamp, it’s easy to ink just the first part of the sentiment! Then I added a tiny bow – also from Santa’s Sleigh – heat embossed in Silver. Across the bottom is a piece of This Christmas DSP, matted on Rich Razzleberry and Basic Black.

I SNAILd the panel into my Very Vanilla card base, popped the front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the card was done!

My Very Vanilla Medium Envelope got another of the Santa’s Sleigh trees, heat embossed in Silver, on the front…

…and I added some more of the This Christmas DSP to the envelop flap.

Et Voila! See how I managed to get some pine boughs in there? 😉 I love how the pieces and parts all came together to make an elegant Christmas card. Hope you like!

Scroll on down for the card cuts and all the goodies you need to make this one for yourself!

HOST CODE FOR 16 OCT – 31 OCT: PXSUUPGV

Use this host code when you order and receive a free gift from me! But, if your order is over $150, please don’t use this code (you’ll miss out on your own Stampin’ Rewards if you use it) but you’ll still get the free gift – your choice of any item valued up to $8.00 in the 2015-16 Annual Catalog or the 2016 Holiday Catalog.

Today and tomorrow are the last days to take advantage of my ordering special and get stocked up on envelopes for the holidays!

For all Stampin’ Up! orders of $50 or greater placed through me thru Sunday, 23 October – You’ll get to choose a free pack of Stampin Up! Envelopes or Note Cards & Envelopes!

Here’s the Deets:

For any order of $50 or greater (before shipping and taxes) placed through me, you’ll get to select a pack of envelopes or note cards & envelopes of your choice! This is on top of the regular $10 thank you gift that you get to select if you add my Host Code (if your order is under $150 then add the code, but if your order is over $150 don’t add the code…but you’ll still get the gifts!). The Host Code for this event is: PXSUUPGV. You’ll also earn Peppermint Rewards Points!

How to get your free envelopes or note cards & envelopes:
Simply place your $50 or greater order and then email me your selection! I’ll order the envelopes or note cards & envelopes when I place my Host Order on November 1 and I’ll send them out (along with your thank you gift if you’ve added the Host Code or have an order over $150) to you just as soon as my Host Order arrives.

Here are your choices!

Item # Product Name
141663 Floral Boutique Designer Series Paper
141645 Moroccan Designer Series Paper
141660 Fruit Stand Designer Series Paper
141654 Blooms & Bliss Designer Series Paper
141630 Festive Birthday Designer Series Paper
141640 By the Shore Designer Series Paper
141986 Presents & Pinecones Designer Series Paper
141981 Candy Cane Lane Designer Series Paper

See y’all tomorrow! 🙂

TTFN

Mary

STAMPIN’ UP! PRODUCTS USED IN THIS PROJECT:

Santa’s Sleigh Photopolymer Bundle

[143499]

$45.75

Pretty Pines Thinlits Dies

[141851]

$26.00

Christmas Greetings Thinlits Dies

[139659]

$17.00

This Christmas Designer Series Specialty Paper

[141628]

$13.00

Very Vanilla 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[101650]

$9.00

Rich Razzleberry 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[115316]

$8.00

Basic Black 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[121045]

$8.00

Silver Foil Sheets

[132178]

$4.00

Rich Razzlebberry Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126950]

$6.50

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$8.50

Silver Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109131]

$5.00

Metallic Foil Doilies

[138392]

$4.00

Ribbon 3/8″ (1 Cm) Trio Pack

[142021]

$11.00

Silver 5/8″ Satin Ribbon

[134548]

$7.00

Very Vanilla 1/2″ (1.3 Cm) Lace Trim

[141672]

$7.00

Basic Black Solid Baker’s Twine

[141682]

$3.00

Silver Metallic Thread

[138402]

$3.00

Christmas Trinkets Embellishments

[141997]

$8.00

Medium Very Vanilla Envelopes

[107300]

$6.50

SNAIL Permanent Adhesive

[104332]

$7.00

Glue Dots

[103683]

$5.25

Liquid Multipurpose Glue

[110755]

$4.00

Stampin’ Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

CARD CUTS USED IN THIS PROJECT:

Very Vanilla Card Stock: 4 1/4″ x 11″ (card base, scored and fold at 5 1/2″); 3 3/4″ x 5″ (inner liner); Santa’s Sleigh die cut

Basic Black Card Stock: 4″ x 5 1/4″ (mats for card front and for inner liner); 7/8″ x 5 1/4″ (mat for inner liner strip)

Rich Razzleberry Card Stock: 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (mats for card front and for inner liner); 3/4″ x 5 1/8″ (mat for inner liner strip)

This Christmas DSP: 3 3/4″ x 5″ (card front); 5/8″ x 5″ (inner liner strip); envelope flap

Silver Foil: Pretty Pines die cuts

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Categories: Christmas | Tags: Christmas Card, Christmas Greetings Thinlits, Pretty Pines Thinlits, Santa's Sleigh stamp set, Santa's Sleigh Thinlits | 12 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Santa’s Sleigh Christmas Wishes

Posted on September 23, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Happy Friday, y’all! Day Two of Fall. I have to say that day one kind of….wait for it…fell short! LOLOLOLOLOLOL!! I’m crackin’ myself up!!

It was not at all “Fall-like” here today.

Which is getting tough on my ponies – who’ve been getting ready for winter as fast as they can for the past few weeks. Furry coats when it’s 90 are kind of a pain, dontcha know?! They come in in the evening more than ready for a quick shower while they have their dinner under the fans!

Contrary to the temperatures outside, I’ve got a wintery-cool card to share with you today. I recently acquired the Santa’s Sleigh bundle from the Holiday Catalog and decided it was time to ink it up! Take a look-see:

My design was inspired by the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #255:

And the color palette comes from the Pals Paper Arts color challenge #319:

I started with a piece of 2015-2017 In Color Envelope Paper in Mint Macaron – I think it looks kind of like a snow flurry.

Doesn’t it?

So – I played around with what color to mat it on – and ended up going monochromatic with a Mint Macaron card stock mat. Not my usual, but…I liked it the best, really.

The center panel is a Whisper White piece, that I embossed in my Softly Falling TIEF, matted it on Mint Macaron and SNAILd it to the card front.

Then I wrapped a piece of Flirty Flamingo 3/8″ Ruched Ribbon around the whole thing, securing it in the back with scotch tape.

Now, I told you this was the first time I used my Santa’s Sleigh bundle, yes? Well, I’m officially in love with it – particularly this pine tree and its matching die. It’s such a pretty, stylized tree – and the die cuts it perfectly! I stamped it on Whisper White in Versamark, and then heat embossed it with Silver Stampin’ Emboss Powder. Then I rinsed and repeated twice more.

Well. Didn’t rinse. That would be silly…

I cut them all out with their Santa’s Sleigh thinlit die. To adhere them – I stuck a little piece of Stampin’ Dimensional under the very top of each tree and under the very bottom of each trunk. Then I used Multi-Purpose Liquid Glue on the rest of the tree to stick them on. To the very tip-top of the center tree, I adhered a Gold star from the Metallics Enamel Shapes.

My sentiment, also from the Santa’s Sleigh stamp set – this is a full-service bundle! – is heat embossed in Silver on a strip of Flirty Flamingo card stock. I snipped the end into a banner, and adhered it over the trees with Liquid Glue.

The last touch is a little bow – heat embossed with Emerald Envy Glitter Stampin’ Emboss Powder from the Holiday Catalog – and cut with its matching Santa’s Sleigh die. Then I adhered it to the banner with a little Liquid Glue, and the card front was done!

On the inside, I stamped the second Santa’s Sleigh sentiment in Flirty Flamingo on Whisper White. And, cuz I think it’s pretty cute and I love this Emerald Envy Glitter – I gave it another little bow.

I matted it on Mint Macaron and SNAILd it into my Emerald Envy card base. Then I popped the card front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the card was done!

The Whisper White Medium Envelope was easy to gussy up (no naked envelopes!!) with a couple of Emerald Envy Glittery bows on the front…

…and then I used some of the Mint Macaron Envelope Paper on the flap.

Et Voila! This one makes me feel a little cooler just looking at it! The Santa’s Sleigh bundle is a sure-fire winner – this barely scratches the surface of what’s in the set! Hope you like!

Scroll on down for the card cuts and all the goodies you need to make this one for yourself!

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