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Mark your calendars for Saturday, March 13.  My annual garage will be held from 8:00 – 10:00 am.  I have lots (and lots) of scrapbooking and stamping supplies that will be priced to go!

My Hostess Club Meeting will be held after the Garage Sale or you are welcome to come early to the Garage Sale and then complete your projects.  If you would like more details on joining my Hostess Club, please email me.  Peaches will be our hostess this month.

…or throw away those scraps.  I know the holidays are over but I’m sure you have some great pictures to highlight.  This scrapbook page featured one large 5×7 picture and 3 smaller 2.5 x 2.5 pictures. 

 

This 12×12 single page layout features the Christmas Cocoa Specialty Paper from the Holiday Mini, Chocolate Chip paper as the base, Real Red for matting and Whisper white for matting the larger picture and used for embosssed greeting,  The other piece of this page I love is the snowflakes!  These again were from the Holiday Mini and you may have some left – the white Snowflakes from the Icicles Rub-ons.  Baroque Motifs‘ large swirl stamp was used as a textured background (embossed). I like how it goes with the holly designer pattern.

Instructions

• Emboss the left side of the page with a few swirls from Baroque Motifs.  I used Chocolate Chip Craft Ink and then Clear Embossing Powder. Then heated. Then started to add some snowflakes.
  
   
• Next, I layed the 2×12 strip of holly patterned paper and the 3/4 inch strip of real red patterned paper from the Christmas Cocoa Specilaty pack. 

  
   

• Next, matted and laid the smaller picture squares on the right. Some on a diagonal, and the center one as a square. Placed with Stampin’ Dimensionals. You can swap a Whisper White piece for one of these squares for journaling if you’d prefer.
• Then matted and laid the larger picture.
• Matted and created the greeting, which again could instead be used for journaling. Used Stampin’ Dimensionals in the middle so it would not stick to any pictures on the left and right side.
• Finished adding some more snowflakes.

Other Suggestions:

• Add some brads for an accent on the greeting or around large picture.
• Add some ribbon.

Hope you had a wonderful holiday season!

Don’t forget to check out the new Sale-a-bration and Occasions Mini!  Samples to come!

 
 

 

 

Here is another quick, less than 10 minutes, card using the same Lovely as a Tree stamp set but with Bella "blue" and a masculine look.

Stampin’ Up! Product Used:

• Chocolate Chip cardstock, Craft Ink, and Classic Ink
• Chocolate Chip Wide Satin Ribbon (from Clearance Rack)
• Bella Bleu Designer Series Paper
• Large Oval Punch
• Scallop Oval Punch
• Lovely as a Tree stamp set
• Clear Embossing Powder
• Heat Gun
• SNAIL Adhesive
• Stampin’ Dimensionals

Instructions:

1. Start with a standard card using Chocolate Chip cardstock. 
2. Then cut a 4 x 5-1/4 piece of blue patterned paper from the Bella Bleu collection of Designer Series Paper.
3. Stamp the large tree in Chocolate Chip Craft Ink and stamp the 1st tree. Then re-ink and stamp the 2nd tree to the left, and slightly higher. 
4. Then cover both trees with Clear Embossing Powder. Shake off excess. Heat.
5. Then I used the small trees from the Noble Deer stamp set (retired) but you can also instead use the horizontal bunch of trees in the Lovely as a Tree stamp set. Stamp in Chocolate Chip Classic Ink (not Craft Ink and not embossed).
6. Wrap ribbon around and knot in the front, center.
7. Adhere to card front using SNAIL Adhesive.
8. Stamp and emboss greeting on scrap Bella Bleu paper. Punch out with large oval.  Then adhere to Chocolate Chip scalloped oval (punch). Adhere to card using Stampin’ Dimensionals.
9. You’re done!

Other Suggestions

1. Use Icicles snowflake rub-ons from the Holiday Mini in the background.
2. Try Chocolate Chip striped grosgrain ribbon.

Don’t forget the Sale-a-bration and the Occasions Mini catalog is coming – JANUARY 5, 2010.

A popular theme lately is first to be able to make a beautiful card in less than 10 minutes, and then second is to create a holiday card using non-traditional Christmas colors. So I used Pretty in Pink, window sheets, and the beautiful Lovely as a Tree stamp set. Sorry about the smudges on the window sheet and the glare when taking the picture (I tried a few angles but this was the best one).

 

First, I stamped the two trees in Chocolate Chip Craft Ink and embossed using Clear Embossing Powder and then the heat gun.  I did the same technique for the greeting "Merry Christmas" (Four the Holidays stamp set from the Holiday Mini). 

Then using a White Gel Pen I added highlights/snow to the tree branches.

Next, I adhered the window sheet (4 x 5-1/4) to the trees (card front panel) using SNAIL Adhesive (to hold the window sheet in place).

Lastly, I threaded a piece of Chocolate Chip Taffeta ribbon through a silver buckle from the Styled Silver Hodpodge Hardware kit and adhered to the back of the card front panel.  Then adhered the panel to the Chocolate Chip card using SNAIL Adhesive.

Other Suggestion

• Once I was finished with the card, I think if we used either White Craft Ink or the white snowflakes from the Icicles Rub-ons in the background as well, that would have added an extra holiday, snowy touch.

Happy Holidays!

 

I’ve had this set, A Cardinal Christmas, for a while and had trouble coming up with a design that I liked for this beautiful bird. I had tried embossing and watercoloring but it never looked the way I had imagined.  So this week, I tried using the Stampin’ Write Markers and coloring the stamp the different colors – Real Red, Garden Green with a touch of Old Olive, Close to Cocoa and More Mustard – then stamped on Whisper White paper.  I really liked the way it came out.  Then to dull the brightness a little, I sponged this panel with Chocolate Chip Classic Ink.

 

Next, I really do like the Petals-a-Plenty Textured Impressions Folder featured in the Holiday Mini.  I used it iwth Real Red, matted it on Chocolate Chip paper,  and wrapped a piece of Chocolate Chip Striped Grosgrain Ribbon. Then rotated it to make a diamond shap.

 

Lastly, the card and card front.  The card front was created using Chocolate Chip cardstock and then stamped the leaves from the A Cardinal Christmas stamp set in Chocolate Chip Craft Ink, added Clear Embossing Powder and then heated.  The image was stamped 4 times to get the desired look shown. Then matted onto the card (Close to Cocoa).

 

To assemble the card, add the diamond panel using SNAIL Adhesive, then the Cardinal, top panel using Stampin’ Dimensionals.  I really do like the way it came out and you can use this layout for many holiday sets, such as Home for Christmas or Good Cheer and many others.

Other suggestions:

1. Using the Big Shot or Circle Cutter to frame the Cardinal.
2. Create a Shadow Box card, again focusing on the Cardinal image.
3. Try watercoloring instead of the marker technique.

Happy Holidays!

Christmas is just around the corner. Today’s post is using the Good Cheer stamp set from the Idea Book & Catalog.  I saw this marker and embossing technique with this holiday set on another demonstrator’s website and had to C.A.S.E it – it looked so nice and absolutely perfect for the holidays!

The following Stampin’ Up! product was used:

• Crimper
• Chocolate Chip, Real Red, and Whisper White cardstock
• Chocolate Chip Wide Satin ribbon (from the Clearance Rack)
• Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon
• Rub-ons (Merry & Bright in the Holiday Mini Catalog)
• Stampin’ Write Markers
• Versa Mark Pen
• Clear Embossing Powder
• SNAIL Adhesive
• Stampin’ Dimensionals or Pop-up Glue Dots

First, cut the standard, vertical card size in Chocolate Chip.  Then run a 4-1/2 by 5-1/2 piece of Real Red cardstock through the Crimper. Afterwards trim to 4 x 5-1/4.  Wrap a piece of satin ribbon around the front and adhere to the back. Then wrap the Real Red ribbon on top of the Chocolate Chip satin ribbon and adhere to the back as well. Adhere this panel to the card front.

Next, cut up one of the phrases from the Merry & Bright rub-ons and used on the ribbon!  I like how it came out.  Choose your favorite holiday greeting and give it a try.

Lastly, color the stamp the Santa image with Garden Green, Real Red, Creamy Caramel and Chocolate Chip markers. Then stamp  on Whisper White cardstock.  Cut the paper to the image. Using the Versa Mark pen, color parts of the image you would like embossed. Then sprinkle with Clear Embossing Powder, shake off excess powder, then heat.  Mat the image on Chocolate Chip cardstock and trim.  Then adhere to the front panel using Stampin’ Dimensionals or Pop-up Glue Dots.

Other Suggestions

1. Stamp the image in Chocolate Chip Craft Ink and emboss. Then watercolor the picture instead of coloring the stamp with markers.
2. Add glitter (Dazzling Diamonds) to the image.
3. Add brads as an accent. For example in each corner of the front panel or on the bottom or top right.
4. Instead of using the Crimper use a background stamp or Textured Impressions Folder.

Don’t forget to check out the 12 Days of Holiday Sales!

Happy Holidays!

 

These might be the most exciting 12 days of December with select Big Shot dies and vinyl sheets for the Big Shot on sale! The 12 Days of Holiday Sales begin today and runs through December 22.

Some of the items introduced in this sale are new colors of Décor Elements vinyl sheets. There are 18 new colors to choose from, and they make great projects when you use them with Big Shot dies. Consider pairing the Clear Décor Elements vinyl sheets with the Tulipe Bigz die to create an etched-like design on a vase. Or use the Decorative Accent Bigz dies with the Old Olive Décor Element vinyl sheets to enhance a frame. The combination of Big Shot dies and Décor Elements vinyl sheets is sure to take your creativity to a new level!

Tell your husband!!! Shop now — sale is only until Dec. 22nd!

 

Item	Page #	Description	Regular Price	Discounted Price
114515	195	Flower Burst Embosslits die	$11.95	$8.96
114516	195	Cherry Blossom Embosslits die	$11.95	$8.96
115957	195	Thanks Embosslits die	$11.95	$8.96
114513	195	Sweetest Stem Embosslits die	$11.95	$8.96
115952	195	Hi Embosslits die	$11.95	$8.96
115951	197	Timeless Type Junior Alphabet Medium Sizzlits die	$74.95	$59.96
113446	197	Build a Flower #2 Set Sizzlits 4-Pack die	$19.95	$16.96
114509	197	Big Bold Cupcakes Sizzlits 4-Pack die	$21.95	$18.66
113448	197	Hearts Set Sizzlits 4-Pack die	$19.95	$16.96
113457	198	Tulipe Bigz die	$21.95	$16.46
115954	198	Two Tags Bigz die	$21.95	$18.66
114524	199	Fringed Flower Bigz die	$19.95	$15.96
114523	199	Decorative Accents Bigz die	$19.95	$15.96
114534	199	Flower Bigz Clear die	$19.95	$15.96
113473	199	5-Point 3D Star Bigz die	$19.95	$16.96
113472	199	Circle 3D Ornament Bigz die	$19.95	$16.96
113470	199	Flower Layers w/Leaf Bigz die	$19.95	$16.96
113465	199	Bird w/Leaves and Flower Bigz die	$19.95	$16.96
115961	200	Perfect Setting Bigz XL die	$42.95	$32.21
113483	200	Pennant Bigz XL die	$39.95	$29.96
113484	200	Baskets & Blooms Bigz XL die	$39.95	$31.96
116760	201	Pop-Up Three Tier Cake Bigz XL die	$39.95	$29.96
116759	201	Pop-Up 3D Ball Bigz XL die	$39.95	$29.96
114890	201	Matchbox Bigz XL die	$42.95	$36.51
113458	202	Flower Layers Originals die	$15.95	$13.56
114336	158	Kraft Décor Elements sheets 12" x 24" (2)	$12.95	$10.36
114334	158	Dark Gray Décor Elements sheets 12" x 24" (2)	$12.95	$10.36
114337	158	Chocolate Décor Elements sheets 12" x 24" (2)	$12.95	$10.36
114335	158	White Décor Elements sheets 12" x 24" (2)	$12.95	$10.36
118797	n/a	So Saffron Décor Elements sheets 15" x 24" (2)	$12.95	$9.71
118798	n/a	Rose Red Décor Elements sheets 15" x 24" (2)	$12.95	$9.71
118799	n/a	Taken With Teal Décor Elements sheets 15" x 24" (2)	$12.95	$9.71
118800	n/a	Pretty In Pink Décor Elements sheets 15" x 24" (2)	$12.95	$9.71
118801	n/a	Bashful Blue Décor Elements sheets 15" x 24" (2)	$12.95	$9.71
118802	n/a	Real Red Décor Elements sheets 15" x 24" (2)	$12.95	$9.71
118803	n/a	Old Olive Décor Elements sheets 15" x 24" (2)	$12.95	$9.71
118804	n/a	Black Décor Elements sheets 15" x 24" (2)	$12.95	$9.71
118805	n/a	Night of Navy Décor Elements sheets 15" x 24" (2)	$12.95	$9.71
118806	n/a	Certainly Celery Décor Elements sheets 15" x 24" (2)	$12.95	$9.71
118807	n/a	Tempting Turquoise Décor Elements Sheets 15" x 24" (2)	$12.95	$9.71
118808	n/a	Clear Décor Elements sheets 15" x 24" (2)	$12.95	$9.71
118809	n/a	Pumpkin Pie Décor Elements sheets 15" x 24" (2)	$12.95	$9.71
118810	n/a	Pixie Pink Décor Elements sheets 15" x 24" (2)	$12.95	$9.71
118812	n/a	Sahara Sand Décor Elements sheets 15" x 24" (2)	$12.95	$9.71
118813	n/a	Gable Green Décor Elements sheets 15" x 24" (2)	$12.95	$9.71
118814	n/a	Basic Gray Décor Elements sheets 15" x 24" (2)	$12.95	$9.71
118815	n/a	Chalkboard Décor Elements sheets 15" x 24" (2)	$14.95	$11.21

 

 

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