Poinsettia Christmas

This card was recently in a couple of my stamp a stacks and features the Reason for the Season stamp set and again the This Christmas specialty paper. 

I also used the Stitched shapes framelits and the note tag punch popping both of those layers up with Stampin' dimensionals. 

This is one of my favorite Christmas stamp sets and I love to use Cherry Cobbler for the flower petals.

Supplies:

Reason for the Season

Soft Suede, Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler ink

Whisper White card stock

This Christmas specialty paper

note tag punch

Stitched shapes framelits

enamel dots

Flowers for You

Once in awhile I make some blank cards to either add a sentiment to later or just leave blank since I have orders for them occasionally.  This one uses the Stitched shapes framelits (are you sick of me using them yet?!) and the Number of Years stamp set.

I used a retired embossing folder for the background on Crumb Cake card stock and then added a strip of This Christmas specialty paper.  The linen thread is wrapped around the Crumb Cake piece and attached in the back with washi tape.

Supplies:

Number of Years

Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler ink

Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler card stock

This Christmas specialty paper

linen thread

Stitched shapes framelits

zig zag embossing folder

Winter Thank You

I was playing around with the Thoughtful Branches set again one day and came up with this winter themed thank you card.

I added some snowflakes with white craft ink and some This Christmas specialty paper behind the trees.

It is a pretty simple card but I love the way it turned out. 

Supplies:

Thoughtful Branches

Soft Suede, White craft ink

Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake card stock

This Christmas specialty paper

December Stamp Club projects

Although I hadn't planned it this way, my project colors coordinate this month centering on Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake and Dapper Denim with a couple added variations.

My layout is fairly plain as I try to always keep them pretty generic so they can be used for whatever occasion my club goers prefer.  I did use the Stitched Shapes framelits on them as accents.

The first card is a masculine birthday card using the Gorgeous Grunge and Guy Greetings stamp sets.  The designer series paper in the background is from the This Christmas specialty designer series paper pack.

The second card uses the same designer series paper along with the Wonder of Christmas stamp set.

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Christmas Stars

Star of Light is one of my favorites from the Holiday catalog this year.  I have tried it in a few different color schemes - this one uses Cherry Cobbler and Crumb Cake. 

There is a strip of This Christmas specialty designer series paper behind the popped up star layer and I added a metallic enamel shape to the center of the star.

Supplies:

Star of Light

This Christmas specialty paper

Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake ink

Very Vanilla, Early Espresso card stock

Metallic enamel shapes

Mini Treat Gift Card Holders

I have been playing around with my Mini Treat Bag thinlit lately and put together a bunch of little gift card holder treat bags. Below are some of the Christmas themed ones, but I also made a few birthday. 

I started with some This Christmas Specialty Designer Series paper and cut out my pieces with the Big Shot and the Mini Treat Bag thinlit die. 

Then I took some scraps of the same specialty paper, Basic Gray and Very Vanilla card stock and

added my sentiment and some layers on the front of the bag.  Inside I added a piece of Very Vanilla card stock that a gift card holder and note could be added to.

Supplies:

Wonder of Christmas

Garden Green, Smoky Slate ink

Basic Gray, Very Vanilla card stock

This Christmas specialty designer series paper

tear and tape adhesive

banner triple punch

Mini treat bag thinlit

Cable Knit Christmas

When I began creating this card, I only knew I wanted to use the Merry Tags framelits as the focal point.  After I had cut those pieces out, the rest of the card just kind of fell into place.  I sponged and rolled edges on some This Christmas specialty paper and layered it onto some Early Espresso card stock and then again layered that on top of some Cherry Cobbler card stock that was embossed with the Cable knit folder.

The sentiment was made by curving the Merry Christmas photopolymer stamp on a block before I stamped it and then punched it out with the Duet banner punch.

All the elements of the card were sponged with Soft Suede ink.

Supplies:

Star of Light

Soft Suede, Early Espresso ink

Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Early Espresso card stock

This Christmas specialty paper

Cable knit folder

duet banner punch

mini jingle bells

Merry Tags framelits

Happy Birthday Bag

I like to give gift cards as gifts quite often and try to have fun ways to wrap or enclose them on hand.  This little glassine gift bag would be a great way to share a gift card with someone by just adding it to a piece of card stock and sliding it inside the bag. 

I added some This Christmas specialty designer series paper to the bag and then on top added a layered flower made by stamping the flower twice and then cutting out the full flower once and the inside of the second flower and layering them with Stampin' dimensionals. 

Next came some gold and red sequin trim, the sentiment and a bow made from kraft rope trim that was taken apart.

Supplies:

Sunshine Sayings, Crazy about you

Dapper Denim ink

Very Vanilla, Soft Suede card stock

This Christmas specialty designer series paper

gold and red sequin trim

kraft rope trim

glassine gift bag

September Stamp Club Projects

It is time to share my monthly stamp club projects with you again.  This time around I created a layout using the Pop of Pink specialty paper and used some items from the Holiday catalog for the cards.

The first card uses the This Christmas specialty paper and Wonder of Christmas stamp set.  I colored in the angel with markers and the Wink of Stella glitter brush.

The second card uses the Halloween Night specialty paper, Ghoulish grunge stamp set and Suite Seasons stamp set along with some Halloween night enamel dots.

The layout this month leaves lots of open space for the user to add a title, journaling, embellishments or just leave as white space.  I cut the designer series paper at an angle for the left page and have added some washi tape and little banners as accents.

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Christmas Memory Tray

I always love playing with this type of decoration, trying to tie in different ideas in all the different slots of the memory tray.  In the last few weeks I have put together a couple different ones with different themes and while I will show them all to you eventually, I thought I would share the Christmas themed one first.

The wooden tray is 12" x 12" and while this one happens to be white, I also have some black ones to play with :)  I started by choosing one of the designer series paper packs that Stampin' Up! has available in a Christmas theme and the one I chose is called This Christmas specialty paper. 

Next, I picked the stamp sets - Wonder of Christmas and Star of Light...

I definitely had a good time playing with embellishments on this project, some retired and some current, but all of them are Stampin' Up! products.

Although Crumb Cake is not a color in the This Christmas specialty paper collection, I decided to add that to my color scheme.

For the ink colors, I stayed with the same ones as in the paper - Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black and Garden Green except for coloring in the angel where I added a few other colors.

My favorite pattern of the paper collection is the music sheets, I have always been drawn to that and decided to highlight it a couple of different ways - with some Fabulous Foil designer acetate over the top in one slot and as a large background in another.

If you happen to be able to go to the Fall Scrapbooking retreat at Park River Bible Camp in November, this is a project that I am teaching a class on and you will have a few different themes to choose from :) 

Supplies:

Wonder of Christmas, Star of Light

Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black, Garden Green, Soft Sky Crumb Cake ink

Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla card stock

This Christmas specialty paper

Fabulous Foil designer acetate

Starlight thinlits

Ovals collection framelits

lace trim

gold sequin trim

mini jingle bells

metallic enamel shapes

gold designer buttons