Easily create children Christmas cards with the Signs of Santa Stamp Set and the Santa’s Signpost Framelits Dies. Although this set is great for kids, it’s also great for the “young at heart”.

Recipe

Stamps:Signs of Santa

Ink:Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper: Thick Whisper White, Poppy Parade, Whisper White, Santa’s Workshop Specialty Designer Series Paper.

Accessories:Big Shot Die Cutting Machine, Santa’s Signpost Framelits Dies, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Triple Banner Punch, Red Rhinestone Jewels, Garden Green Baker’s Twine, Stampin’ Blends: Poppy Parade Duo, Crumb Cake Duo, Smokey Slate Duo, Daffodil Delight Light, Petal Pink Dark, Ivory, Color Lifter.

Many parents try to keep the spirit of Santa around for many years.  It’s like the right of passage for children, it’s the magic, and the belief in something good.  So often, today, there is not a lot to cheer!

Details:

If you are using Stampin’ Blends to color the images, you need to use the Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  This ink is great for alcohol markers and will not bleed and ruin your images.

In the 2018 Holiday Catalogue, Stampin’ Up! expanded their line of Stampin’ Blends giving us more options for coloring.  In addition to the blends in the Annual Catalogue, there are the following appearing in the Holiday Catalogue: Real Red (dark & light), Shaded Spruce (dark & light), Basic Black (dark & light), Mango Melody (dark & light).  Remember that all Stampin’ Blends can be purchased in combined light & dark set, or individually.  You can see and order all the Stampin’ Blends HERE.  And, the Whisper White cardstock is a dream to use with the blends.  Make sure your work surface is covered so that you will not damage your desk or table.  The blends will bleed through to the back of the cardstock and this is a GOOD THING.

So, create children Christmas cards with Sign of Santa Stamp Set and matching Santa’s Signpost Framelits Dies. Receive 10% of the individual cost of the stamp set and the framelits when you purchase these as a bundle.

Have fun!

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Create a frosty morning Christmas card with the Winter Wood Stamp set from Stampin’ Up!.  Can you feel the foggy frosty morning?  Use elements and colors that that appeal to the senses.  For example, use a white  against a dark colored card base, and different shades of grey. With the addition of the green tree, the scene pops.

I really enjoyed creating this card.  I am not sure why.  Sometimes when I finish a card, I am not sure whether or not I am satisfied with how it looks.  Does this happen to you?  When I encounter this situation, I put the card away, and then the next day, I take another look and then I think to myself that the card looks pretty good.  However, with this card, I liked it right away.

Recipe

Stamps:Winter Woods, Wishing You Well.

Ink: Grey Granite, Granny Apple Green, Blueberry Bushel.

Paper:Blueberry Bushel, Whisper  White, Festive Farmhouse Designer Series Paper, Sparkle Glimmer Paper.

Accessories: Big Shot Die Cutting Machine, In the Woods Framelits Dies, Gently Falling Textured Emboss Folder, Embossing Mats, Galvanized Buttons, 3-/16″ Braided Linen Thread.

Details

• Cut a wide strip of wood-look from the Festive Farmhouse DSPand wrap a piece of 3-1/16″ Braided Linen around it 2Xs.  Attach this strip to the Blueberry Bushel card base.
• Ink the birch tree stamp with Grey Granite and stamp on a  Whisper White panel. Emboss the panel with the Big Shot and the Gently Falling Emboss Folder.
• Die cut 3 Birch Trees from the Sparkle Glimmer Paper.  Attach 2 trees to either side of the  Whisper White panel and attach.
• Shape a piece of the wood-look paper from the Festive Farmhouse DSP into a snow-like mound and attach over the die cut trees.  Attach the 3rd die cut tree in the middle overlapping the grey wood-like paper.
• Cut a piece of Whisper white to resemble a snow drift.  Emboss with the long-curvy die cut.  Don’t forget to use the embossing mats. Attach to the bottom of the embossed Whisper White.
• Stamp the evergreen tree with Granny Apple Green ink on Whisper White cardstock and die cut.  Stamp another tree with the Ganny Apple Green ink on Whisper White cardstock and die cut with the decorative tree die cut.  Lift the cut branches with a bone folder.  Attach this tree to the full cut tree and attach both trees with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
• Thread a piece of the  3-/16″ Braided Linen Thread through a Galvanized Button and tie a knot. Attach to one side of the card.
• Stamp the sentiment with Blueberry Bushel ink on the DSP.

Add a pine bough and and pinecone to the inside of the card.

Want to create this Frosty Morning Christmas card and need supplies. To purchase, click on the images below which will take you to my ONLINE STORE.

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Create a thoughtful Petal Promenade card with the Petal Promenade Suite. Because this suite is versatile, you can create Wedding, Birthday, Just Because cards. 

When cruising the internet and pinterest, I say a number of cards done with this suite.  The more cards I saw, the better I knew I had to have it.  So, here I am.  Actually, the pictures in the catalogue do now do the papers justice and they are a WOW in person.  The flowers and the colours are beautiful.  Who can resist roses in Blushing Bride, Petal Pink,  Fresh Fig and leaves in Mossy Meadow and Tranquil Tide.  The neutrals are Whisper White, Very Vanilla and Soft Suede.

Recipe

Stamps: Beautiful Promenade, Rooted in Nature.

Inks: Blushing Bride.

Papers:Fresh Fig, Blushing Bride, Whisper White, Vellum, Petal Promenade Designer Series Paper.

Accessories: Big Shot, Beautiful Layers Thinlit Dies, Stitched Shapes Framelit Dies, Markers: Fresh Fig, Mossy Meadow, Rose Metallic Thread, Petal Pink Rhinestone Gems.

Details

• The card base is Fresh Fig with layers of Blushing Bride, designer series paper with Fresh Fig, Mossy Meadow, Blushing Bride and Petal Pink colours.
• A layer of Vellum makes the designer series paper subtle and sets of the medallion die cut in Mossy Meadow.
• Because of the beauty of the paper, I did not want to take away from its beauty by adding lots of layers. Stamp the sentiment from the Rooted in Nature stamp set with Blushing Bride ink on Whisper White cardstock.  Die cut with the Stitched Shapes Framelit and layer on the medallion with Dimensionals. Add a Medallion die cut in Fresh Fig.
• Finally, add interest by attaching a small sprig of flowers.  Color the stamp with Fresh Fig and Mossy Meadow markers, and stamp on Whisper White cardstock.  Die cut and attach with Dimensional.

To set off your card, attach a piece of designer series paper (the same as used on the card) to the back flap on the envelope.  See the picture below.

To purchase the Promenade Petal Suite, visit my ONLINE STORE.  You can save 10% by purchasing the stamp set and the framelits as a bundle.

Leave me a comment to let me know what you think of this paper.

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More of the beautiful Laser Cut paper and I have no regrets about the purchase. There are so many ways to use this paper and I have 2 more in addition to the ways in this POST.

Recipe

Stamps: Detailed With Love.

Inks: Blueberry Bushel.

Paper: Whisper White, Blueberry Bushel, Delightfully Detailed Laser Cut Specialty Paper.

Accessories: Detailed Trio Punch, Pretty Label Punch, 5/8″ Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon, 1/8″ Grosgrain Blueberry Bushel Ribbon.

This card is simple and easy to create and focuses on the Laser Cut Paper. Snip a  portion of the laser cut full page to obtain the flower pattern.  Adhere to a panel of Blueberry Bushel cardstock with the Fine-Tip Glue Pen.  The contrast between the cardstock and the flower panel really showcase the laser cut paper.

Stamp the 4 corners of the Whisper White panel with the scalloped and dot stamp.  Use the Detailed Trio punch  to punch the flower into the corner.  Place a piece of the Blueberry Bushel cardstock behind each punch out.

Before attaching the the BLueberry Bushel panel to the WHisper White panel, attach a piece of the Polka Dot Tulle ribbon and a piece of the Blueberry Bushel grosgrain ribbon behind the panel. Stamp the “Happy Birthday” and the swirl on Whisper White with Blueberry Bushel.  Punch with the Pretty Label Punch. Punch another label from Blueberry Bushel and cut in half lengthwise.  Attach each have to the Whisper White label so that the top and bottom are framed.

This card is very each to create as there is no stamps or ink used and very limited othersupplies.

Recipe

Paper:Whisper White, Petal Pink, Coastal Cabana, Share What You Love Designer Series Paper, Delightfully Detailed Laser-cut Specialty Paper.

Accessories: Big Shot Die Cut Machine, Celebrate You Thinlits,  Adhesive Paper, Pearl Jewels.

One side of the Laser Cut Specialty Paper is white and the other is ivory.  If you look at the previous Blog Post  you will find the card that was created using the laser cut paper as a stencil.  Use the flip side of this piece on the card.

FInally, attach a piece of the Adhesive Sheet to the Petal Pink cardstock and die cut “Amazing” and “You”.  Remove the backing from the Adhesive sheet and attach to the front of the card.

Don’t be afraid to to cut the flowers from the beautiful laser cut paper to make interesting cards.  You can find all the supplies to create these cards in my store.  Click on any of the images below to visit my store.

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A couple of weeks ago I received a request to design and create a customized wedding card.  Needless to say, I felt delighted, honoured and a bit apprehensive.  It’s one thing to design a card for a class or as a gift, it’s entirely different to design a card for someone else. The ask was to design a card that would fit into a custom designed cheque folder.  So that is what I set out to do.

The colors were to be Fresh Fig and Sweet Sugar Plum with a touch of gold filigree.

Recipes

Stamps: Flourishing Phrases.

Ink/Marker: Fresh Fig.

Paper: Whisper White, Fresh Fig, Sweet Sugarplum, Gold Foil.

Accessories: Big Shot, Layering Circles Framelits, Sunshine Wishes Thinlits, So Detailed Thinlits Dies,  Falling Petals Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Envelope Punch Board, Metallic Enamel Shapes, Adhesive Sheets.

Details

The measurements for the card and holder are custom. I measured a cheque book and then made adjustments for the folder.  A cheque folder is lower in the front than the back, has rounded corners punched with the envelope punch board. The folder is attached on 2 sides: along the bottom and one side.

To provide the touches of gold, die cut Gold Foil paper with the So Detailed Thinlit and attach to the Sweet Sugarplum layer

Die cut “congrats” from Fresh Fig cardstock and attach above the Gold filigree.

Now onto the card.

• The card base is Whisper White cardstock with Fresh Fig cardstock and Sweet Sugarplum cardstock layers.
• Emboss the Sweet Sugarplum cardstock with the Falling Petals Textured Impressions Embossing Folder or something similar.
• Attach the Adhesive Sheet to the GOld Foil. Create the entwined hearts from Gold Foil Paper using the Sunshine Wishes Thinlits. Use your Paper Snipes to slice one heart and insert the other heart around the slit.
• Attach the hearts to the card front.  Easy peasy with the Adhesive Sheets.

Finally, stamp the sentiment on Whisper White cardstock, die cut with the Layered Circle Framelits, sponge the circle with Fresh Fig ink and layer on a Fresh Fig circle.

I was delighted to create the customized wedding card. Click on the product pictures below if you require products to recreate this card.
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In this post, I will give you suggestions to create feminine greeting cards, but before I do, I would like to talk a bit more about color theory and the color wheel.  Read my previous post HERE. 

Black or white do not show on the color wheel, so where do this colors fit into the color wheel?

What colors, embellishments, images denote a feminine card?

• Pastel colors such as Powder Pink, Soft Sky, So Saffron, are part of the Subtles Color Family.  Any of the colors in this family are great for feminine, baby, wedding or sympathy cards.
• Lace also depicts femininity. Add a Delicate White Doily to your card and you have sweet and elegant.  Did you know that you can use a Stampin’ Spritzer with a reinker to spray the doily?
• Pearls are another embellishment that you can use for feminine cards.
• Ribbons, especially those in the Subtles Collection can be use to suggest femininity on a card.
• Lastly, images such as flowers, birthday cakes and/or small cute animals which are either stamped in a pastel color or colored in a pastel color are quite, calm and soft.

Above all have fun with color.

Create tints, shades and tones by mixing white, black or both into the wheel colors.

Tints, Tones, Shades

• Create tints by mixing white into a color.  More often than not, we recognize this colors as pastels. Pastels can represent as peace, calm and quiet.
• Create tones by adding black and white into a color.  The quantity of black or white added to the original color  will result in a lighter or darker color. Grey is formed by mixing white and black.
• Create tones by adding black to a color.

Recipe

Stamps: Birthday Delivery

Ink/Marker: Black Stazon, Markers: So Saffron, Powder Pink, Crumb Cake. Â

Paper: Whisper White Thick, Whisper White, Smoky Slate, Powder Pink, Fresh Florals Designer Series Paper Stack.

Accessories: Big Shot, Happy Birthday Thinlits, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Birthday Friends Framelits, 1/2″ Powder Pink Finely Woven Ribbon, 1/4″ White Ribbon, Pearl Basic Jewels, Delicate White Doilies, Adhesive Sheets.

Details to create the above feminine greeting card.

• Card base is Whisper White cardstock.
• Layer a panel of Smoky Slate cardstock.
• Add a layer of Powder Pink from the Fresh Florals Designer Series Paper Stack.  For this card I chose the pattern that looks like lace.
• Stamp cake image on Whisper White cardstock and colour with markers and blender brush (Crumb Cake, Powder Pink, Soft Sky for cake, So Saffron for candle flames).  Die cut cake, add pearls to bottom of candles and on the ribbon.
• Add a Delicate White Doily, a circle cut from Powder Pink cardstock using Stitched Shapes Framelits.
• Die cut the Happy Birthday from Smokey Slate cardstock.  Don’t forget to add a piece of Adhesive Sheet to the cardstock before die cutting.  The Adhesive Sheets make is so easy to attach the intricate die cut pieces to your card.
• To complete your card, place a piece of white narrow ribbon on a piece of Powder Pink Finely Woven Ribbon and all to card.  Attach the cake over the ribbons.

You’re done!

Try out these suggestions to create feminine greeting cards.    You can purchase the suggested inks, cardstock, embellishments and Big Shot Tools from my ONLINE STORE.  Remember though, it’s a good idea to give these types of card to someone who enjoys femininity.

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The Crazy About You stamp set in the 2015 Occasions catalogue is a great stamp to have on hand when creating sentiments.  It has 33 stamps and comes in wood mount, clear mount and photopolymer.  With this stamp set, I would definitely go with the photopolymer.

Why is that you ask?  Photopolymer stamps are clear so that you can see through them to place them precisely where you want the images on your project.  With the Crazy About You stamp set, there are 30 words or phrases that you can mix and match.  Combine the  words and phrases to create your own sentiment.  How super it that!

The Hello You Thinlits Dies compliment this stamp set and give you 4 additional words to add to your sentiments.  Just about every occasion is covered with this stamp set.

My card today uses the Hello Thinlit and the “Just Sayin'” phrase.

Recipe

Stamps: Crazy About You.

Ink/Markers: Calypso Coral, Soft Suede, Pistachio Pudding.

Paper: Whisper White, Soft Suede, Crushed Curry, Sahara Sand, Best Year Ever DSP.

Accessories: Big Shot, Hello You Thinlits, Flower Medallion Punch, Brights Candy Dots, Calypso Coral Baker’s Twine, Adhesive Sheets.

The flower was stamped 3 times, the first one is punched out with the Flower Medallion punch and the other 2 are fussy cut to provide 2 additional layers to the flower.  These 2 layers were attached to the first flower using dimensionals.

Create your sentiment by layering multiple words and stamps on one block (the beauty of the photopolymer stamps) so you don’t have to line them up when you are stamping.  So easy!!

Do you have trouble attaching your Thinlits to your projects because you don’t know which adhesive to use?

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Crazy About You Photopolymer Bundle – 138873

Price: $52.50

Flower Medallion Punch – 137417

Price: $22.95

Brights Candy Dots – 130931

Price: $7.95

Transfer Adhesive Sheets – 133722

Price: $8.95

Paper Snips Scissors – 103579

Price: $14.95

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We are always looking for sentiments for our cards and scrapbook pages and this one fits the bill.  You can even get this stamp set for FREE!, Order $60.00 worth of products from the current catalogue or the clearance rack and you can pick this stamp set from the Sale-a-Bration brochure.

The Vintage Verses stamp set is a set of four sentiments that can be used for a variety of cards…”Thank You”, “Anniversary”,  “Thinking of You”, “Birthday”, “Random Act of Kindness”, and probably a few more that you can think of.

Vintage Verses- (w-12963, c-129636)

Supplies

Stamps: Vintage Verses ( c – 129636, w- 129633, 2013 Sale-a-Bration), Madison Avenue  (c – 129660, w-129657 2013 Sale-a-Bration)

Paper: Naturals White, Rich Razzleberry, Pool Party, Sycamore Street DSP

Ink: Rich Razzleberry

Accessories: Big Shot, Large Scallop Edgelit, Versamark, Pearl Jewels, Tea Lace Paper Doilies, Sycamore Ribbon & Button Pack, Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets, Multipurpose Glue, 1/2” Punch, 3/4” Punch

Directions:

1. Cut Naturals White card stock – 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ and score at 4-1/4″
2. Cut Razzleberry card stock – 3″ x 3″
3. Cut Sycamore Street DSP panel – 2-1/2″ x 4″
4. Cut Pool Party card stock – 5-1/4″ x 3/4″
5. Using Versamark and the the stamp from Sycamore Street Stamp set, stamp down the Rich Razzleberry panel – evenly spaced
6. Fold Tea Lace Paper Doily in half and stamp “Just Because” with Rich Razzleberry ink
7. Run the Pool Party strip through the Big Shoot using the Large Scallop Edgelit.
8. Assemble card using Multipurpose Glue .
9. Place Pearls along the bottom of the Pool Party strip.

To Make Ribbon Flowers

Tip: Do 1 flower at a time and cut your ribbon when you have completed the flower

1. Punch out 2 pieces from the Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets using the 3/4″ punch
2. Punch out 1 piece from the Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets using the 1/2″ punch
3. Do 1 flower at a time
4. Peel backing off the circles to reveal the sticky surface
5. Tie a knot at the end of the ribbon and adhere to center of the adhesive circle.
6. Start going in a circle around the knot and twist your ribbon as you go.  Make sure that the ribbon is being attached to the adhesive.
7. When your flower is as large as you want, trim the end of the ribbon and tuck under the flower to adhere the end to the adhesive.
8. Trim any adhesive sheet that shows beyond your flower and place flowers on the card in a group of three.
9. Place a small pearl in the center of the flower.
10. If some of the ribbon in the circles did not touch the adhesive sheet, use a glue dot to hold it down.

A reminder that Sale-a-Bration ends March 22, 2013.

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See you next Saturday for Week #7

Happy Stamping

Karen

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Today’s Christmas card shows how you can frame an image using the Labels Collection Framelits and cutting out the label in the main panel of your card.  Then insert a piece of card stock as a background to show off your main image.

The ornament is stamped with Early Espresso ink, a piece of adhesive sheet attached and then the image run through the Big Shot using the matching framelit die from the Holiday Ornaments Framelit Dies.  The backing of the adhesive sheet is taken off and the sticky part remains.  You can then swish it around in your Dazzling Diamonds creating a sparkling ornament.

Last but not least, the ornament is tied up with a big bow made with the Scalloped Tulle Ribbon – available until January 3rd in the Holiday Catalogue.

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