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Just In Time For Christmas

What a great time to shop items that were retired from previous catalogs or special promotions.  The Clearance Rack has a new selection of previously retired products that you may have missed at up to 60% savings.  Items like Specialty Papers, embellishments, and die sets are not only great finds, but they also are great last minute stocking stuffers for those crafters on your Christmas list.  So do it quick as this sale is only while quantities last.

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Clearance Rack Refresh

What a great time to shop items that were retired from previous catalogs or special promotions.  On December 1st the Clearance Rack will have a new selection of previously retired products that you may have missed at up to 60% savings.  Items like Specialty Papers, embellishments, and die sets are not only great finds, but they also are great last minute stocking stuffers for those crafters on your Christmas list.  So do it quick as this sale is only while quantities last. 

Truly Blessed

🎶 I’ve got pleanty to be thankful for!🎶

Now who can name the movie this song is from?  But this is truly a day of thanks giving.  And my list is long.  

• I have my health.  (Well not right this moment - Covid ya know)
• I have a husband I adore who still makes my heart skip a beat after 31 years
• I have my sister of 84 who can still run circles around me
• I have two beautiful homes - mountain and desert
• I have clothes on my back and food in my fridge
• i have wonderful neighbors and friends who have brought me meals during my illness 
• And I have you!  “All you lovely people out there in the dark”. Another movie quote

I am so thankful for each and every one of you - customers, followers of my blog, colleagues, students…you are my chosen family because you chose me.  I wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving and a Joyous Holiday Season.

 

Beautiful Seasons Greetings

Stampin’ Up! Brightest Beauty and Merriest Moments Stamp Sets

Yesterday I had my last class for Christmas Cards.  For this card I decided to take a set that was intended for fall and use colors and embellishments to reflect the upcoming Holidays.  Many stamp sets can be used creatively for other than their intended purpose if you just think out of the box.  The Brightest Beauty stamp set is a great example.  I just pulled the sentiment from the Merriest Moments stamp set (one of my favorite bundles) and voilà - a Christmas card!  I hope you like it.

• I started by matting a piece of Very Vanilla card stock on a piece of Cherry Cobbler card stock
• I stamped the image twice - once on the Very Vanilla card face and again on a separate piece of Very Vanilla card stock - using Old Olive and Real Red ink.  Don’t you L-O-V-E the detailed feathery look of the stamped leaves in this set?  The pic doesn’t do it justice.
• Die cut the second image using the coordinating Golden Beauty die set.  Attach it to the card face offset from the stamped image using Dimensionals 
• Stamp the sentiment on Very Vanilla card stock using Cherry Cobbler ink and die cut it using the label die from the  Golden Beauty die set.
• Die cut another label from Gold Foil Specialty Paper.  Cut it in half horizontally and attach it to the sentiment label letting the gold foil show on the top and bottom of the label.  Attach it using Dimensionals. 
• Make a bow from the Gold & Vanilla Satin Edged Ribbon and attach it with a Glue Dot.  (I didn’t have this ribbon so I used some retired ribbon)

Enjoy!

Stamp Review Crew - Cottage Wreaths

Stampin’ UP! Leaf Fall 3D and Very Best Trio Punch

It's the fifth Monday of October and that means it's time for the Stamp Review Crew Bonus Hop.  We are a group of Stampin' UP! demonstrators sharing a ton of ideas focused on a single stamp set. This week we're featuring the  stamp set Cottage Wreaths. You have likely come from  Holly Krautkremer’s blog on your way through this amazing hop. If you get lost, simply click on the banner for a list of participants and get back on track.

I hate to repeat myself from my October 25th post, but I’ve always had this thing for wreaths.  A wreath can accommodate every season with the right decorations and color choices. Fall, Thanksgiving, Christmas, winter, spring, Easter, summer, Memorial Day, 4th of July - they can all be covered with a wreath and the right accessories.  I have bought every stamp set Stampin’ Up! has offered over the years that focus on that circle of leaves called wreaths  So why should this set be any different.  I did, however decide to make it more modern than in past posts.  Leave a comment and let me know what you think.

• Starting from the background, I have several packs of the Sale-a-bration Designer Series Paper called Silver & Gold.  It’s such a versatile neutral color and pattern.  And who doesn’t like Silver & Gold?  I took a 3” x 5 1/4” piece of the silver dots paper and ran it through the Leaf Fall 3D embossing folder.  I cut the sheet vertically in half.  A 1” x 5 1/4” strip of the silver stripe paper separates the two Silver dot paper.
• Whisper White card stock looked more like Very Vanilla against the stark white of the Designer Series Paper.  So I took another piece of the Silver & Gold Designer Series Paper and used the back side for the wreath background and the sentiment.  
• The wreath itself is cut from Silver Foil Specialty Paper.  The bow is White Glimmer Paper.
• The sentiment is stamped in Silver Embossing Powder.  It’s from the Brightest Glow stamp set.
• I LOVE LOVE LOVE the new Very Best Trio Punch.  Cut your sentiment card stock in two sizes - one in white and one in black 1/8” longer and wider than the sentiment and you end up with the perfect mat for the sentiment.  This is definitely a punch you’ll want to add to you stash.  
• The accents are Basic Rhinestones.

 

   

Next stop on the Hop is Debra Burgin’s blog where she'll

wow you with her beautiful design skills.

BOO!

Stampin’ Up! Celebrate Everything Designer Series Paper and Cottage Wreath.

I’ve always had this thing for wreaths.  A wreath can accommodate every season with the right decorations and color choices. Fall, Thanksgiving, Christmas, winter, spring, Easter, summer, Memorial Day, 4th of July - they can all be covered with a wreath and the right accessories.  I have bought every stamp set Stampin’ Up! has offered over the years that feature that circle of leaves called wreaths  So why should this set be any different.  Leave a comment and let me know what you think.

Celebrate Everything Designer Series Paper 

Soft Seedlings For Autumn

Stampin’ Up! Gingham Cottage Designer Series Paper

and Lovely You Cling Stamp Set

With the Holidays just around the corner, my thoughts go back to the family and friends I left behind when I moved to Southern California back in 1984.  It seems like a lifetime since then. And in fact I’ve lived longer in California than I did in Michigan. So I felt this sentiment was perfect for a card that takes me back to Maple trees and apple cider.

• The card front was created using Gingham Cottage and Cherry Cobbler card stock.
• The sentiment was stamped using Early Espresso ink.
• The stems and seeds were also inked in Soft Suede.
• the leaf was inked in Pumpkin Pie and accented using Real Red ink using a Sponge Dauber directly to the stamp before I stamped it on to Very Vanilla card stock.

Stamp Review Crew - Leaves of Holly

Stampin’ Up! Silver Foil 

It's the third Monday of October and that means it's time for the Stamp Review Crew.  We are a group of Stampin' UP! demonstrators sharing a ton of ideas focused on a single stamp set. This week we're featuring the  stamp set Leaves of Holly. You have likely come from Cindy Elam's blog on your way through this amazing hop. If you get lost, simply click on the banner for a list of participants and get back on track.

I tried to create a modern twist on a very traditional image.  I couldn't think of a more modern material than chrome, so the Silver Foil Designer Series Paper fit the bill perfectly with three different types of "chrome" colors.  It was difficult to capture the three different types of silver foil in the pic so you'll have to use your imagination.  but suffice it to say the card gleems!

1. I started out by matting the pinstripe background Sun Prints Designer Series Paper with Night of Navy card stock.  
2. The individual holly leaves in the top left corner and the sentiment frame were cut from the matte silver card stock.
3. The berry outline is from the mirror silver.
4. The background for the berries, leaves, and leaves in the sentiment frame are cut from the dark brushed silver.
5. The sentiment is stamped in Night of Navy on Basic White card stock

Everything used to create this card is from the Leaves of Holly stamp set and the Holly Berry die set.

I have to share with you four different stamped images of the holly leaf.  These images are absolutely awesome and the ink and cardstock, as well as the embossing powder, REALLY give you some very exciting images.

Starting from the left (Click on the image to enlarge): 

• Evening Evergreen card stock, Gold embossing powder
• Old Olive card stock, Evening Evergreen ink
• Basic White card stock, Evening Evergreen ink
• Basic White card stock, Old Olive ink, Evening Evergreen, Clear Embossing Powder.  

The Clear embossing powder needs to be added immediately after stamping the Evening Evergreen.  It gives a glossy textured effect that's gorgeous.

   

Next stop on the Hop is Debra Burgin's blog where

she'll wow you with her beautiful design skills.

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Week 4 - September 22nd through 28th

Thanks A Bunch

Stampin’ Up! Celebrate Sunflowers and Ring Of Love Designer Series Paper 

This was one of my September card class projects.  I thought the trees from the Rinds of Love Designer Series Paper   resembled sunflower stalks so I thought “what the heck”!  The monochromatic background really makes the sunflowers pop! This was so easy to do with Stampin’ Blends.  The Rings of Love Designer Series Paper was from the July-August Sale-a-bration catalog.

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So Grateful

Stampin’ Up! Leaf Fall 3D and Silver & Gold Designer Series Paper 

Here’s a super simple Thank You/Thanksgiving card that sparkles with fall - Leaf Fall 3D that is!  This was one of last months card class projects.  It was the first card we made.  I thought I’d ease everyone back into stamping after the summer break.  Although the design is minimalist, the impact is not.  Using the Silver & Gold Designer Series Paper makes it sparkle.  Especially when you use the Leaf Fall 3D Embossing Folder.  All the the embossed areas golem where the gold stripe and the embossed image intersects. A simple sentiment matted using the Nesting Ovals Dies completes the minimalist look.  The sentiment is from the Soft Seedlings stamp set and the embossing folder are from the July - December Mini Catalog and the Silver & Gold Designer Series Paper is from the Sale-a-bration catalog.

Stamp Review Crew - Trees For Sale

Stampin’ UP! Boughs of Holly Designer Series Paper 

It's the fifth Monday of August and that means it's time for the Stamp Review Crew Bonus Hop.  We are a group of Stampin' UP! demonstrators sharing a ton of ideas focused on a single stamp set. This week we're featuring the stamp set Trees For Sale. You have likely come from Cindy Elam’s blog on your way through this amazing hop. If you get lost, simply click on the banner for a list of participants and get back on track.

This set is so cool.  It reminds me of growing up in Michigan.  Dad, mom and I would go to Christmas Tree lots a few weeks before Christmas to pick out our tree.  The Christmas season didn’t begin until out tree was up and decorated.  As a child the lots seemed to go on forever with fresh trees and the warming scent of pine.  As an adult I have moved to an artificial tree for the environments’ sake. But every year I look forward to wandering through the tree lots to remind me of home.

   

Next stop on the Hop is Lou Kitzelman’s blog 

where she'll wow you with her beautiful design skills.