Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to you all!  One last Christmas card to share with you today to celebrate.  I have used the Stitched Shapes Framelits, some Pinecones and Petals designer series paper and the Wonder of Christmas stamp set.

To accent the card I added a lace doily and some gold metallic baker's twine.  This one would be great for reproducing if you had lots to make and was one of my stamp a stack cards this month.

Supplies:

Wonder of Christmas

Delightful Dijon ink

Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Mint Macaron card stock

tea lace doily

gold metallic baker's twine

Stitched Shapes framelits

Petals and Pinecones dsp

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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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

All Through the Year

Earlier this week, I shared a non Christmas card using the Warmth and Cheer designer series paper collection and today I have another card using that paper that is Christmas themed. 

I took strips of designer series paper (there is also some from the This Christmas collection) and added them diagonally to some card stock and then trimmed it to the size I wanted.

I added a little bit of Fancy Frost designer acetate behind the designer series paper piece and then wrapped some baker's twine around the designer layer and tied on a Christmas trinket embellishment.

The background stamping and sentiment are from the Wonder of Christmas stamp set.

Supplies:

Wonder of Christmas

Garden Green, Crumb Cake ink

Crumb Cake card stock

Fancy Frost designer acetate

Warmth and Cheer dsp

This Christmas specialty paper

ovals collection framelits

basic rhinestones

baker's twine

Christmas trinkets embellishments

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.

If these look like fun to you and you think you might like to join us for stamp club - contact me here for more information about both my monthly club and my every other month virtual clubs!

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

Joy to the World

Since everyone can now order from the holiday catalog, I  thought I would share some more samples with products from it.  I know we are a long way from Christmas but if you do your own cards, you have some time to prepare! 

I have used the Wonder of Christmas stamp set and some Fancy Frost specialty designer series paper for this card.  I sponged some Dapper Denim ink on the specialty paper (which has raised texture on it - awesome!).  Then I added some Candy Cane lane baker's twine, there is a string of red metallic thread mixed in with the white although you can only see that in person.  There are some adorable little Christmas trinkets embellishments in the catalog as well and I added a bell to this card.

On the inside I added another sentiment and some snowflakes.

Supplies:

Wonder of Christmas

Dapper Denim, Cherry Cobbler ink

Smoky Slate, Whisper White, Dapper Denim card stock

Candy Cane Lane baker's Twine

Christmas trinket embellishments

Fancy Frost specialty paper