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Paradise Palms for May Swaps, Sweet Songbirds Catalog Launch
Hello Stamping Friends,
Let’s take a moment to remember those who gave their lives for their country!
Jo Brooks sent a swap card that is so perfect for the day:
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The little red star is attached to the left and fits inside the blue star creating an awesome hinge. Opening up the stars, Jo has inserted ‘A Soldier’s Poem’:
May we honor their sacrifice by protecting our freedoms as best we can!
Jo’s card uses many Stampin’ Up! Dies– Celebrate You, Basic Borders, Cross of Hope, Scalloped Contours, and Stitched Stars. What a great card for Memorial Day! Thank you, Jo!
I have so much to share I hardly know where to start. Grab a cuppa and settle in for some wonderful inspiration from my group of swappers and the projects at the catalog launch.
You had better hurry! You have so much to share.
Catalog Launch Fun
Stampin’ Up!’s new annual catalog made its debut May 3rd and it was so hard to decide what to showcase. I love birds and wasn’t sure about the Sweet Songbirds stamp set until I saw a card made by Sue Vine of Miss Pinks Craft Spot with the bird in the air so I went with that idea and voila:
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There are two different sets of eyes- open or closed- and two different feet -standing or walking- and a punch to punch out our little songbird! Laura Mellinger of laurasworksofgheart.blogspot.com designed the little nest which was perfect for a party favor!
I used the Tea Boutique Cards and Envelopes with strips of the new Tahitian Tide, Parakeet Party and Sweet Sorbet card stock adhered to the white side which I made the front. The clouds are from the Give It A Whirl Dies! The clouds have stitched edges for a fun look and there are hearts and circles and rectangles, a must for your collection, even if you never make a whirly card like I did here.
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. All the attendees got to see the new In Colors up close and personal as they made their color chart:
. Sweet Songbird In Flight Recipe
–Sweet Songbirds stamp set, Songbird Builder Punch
-Base, Tea Boutique Cards and Envelopes
-Basic White, 2 3/4″ X 4″; stamp the songbird and then punch out. Stamp and punch an extra belly to make the larger wing. Helpful Hint: Punch the songbird out of scrap to make a template for positioning the stamps on the Stamparatus. Save your template with the stamp set.
-Side Strips X2, 5 1/2″ X 3/8″ in one color for the songbird and one color to match your choice of card
-Basic White scraps, various sizes to die cut clouds with the Whirly Dies
-Baker’s Twine, 12″ and 3 Opal Round embellishments (There is Baker’s Twine to match the In Colors)
-Inks, Memento Black, Soft Suede, Old Olive, Tahitian Tide, Crushed Curry, Sweet Sorbet (Poppy Parade)
Sweet Songbird Favors
-Nest box, Soft Suede, 3X3, score at 1″ and 2″ on both sides, cut from one score line to the other on opposite sides 
-Nest, Soft Suede, 2 1/2 X 3, stamp two nests and fussy cut
-Bird, Tahitian Tide 2 X 2 1/4, punch – no stamping, Basic White scrap for belly, Daffodil Delight scrap for beak
-Sign, Basic White, 2 X 2, stamp the post full strength and then the rectangle after stamping off (2nd generation) so the greeting stamps nicely over top, stamp the notes in memento black and fussy cut
May Swaps
I chose the Paradise Palms stamp set and Palm Dies on a background of New Horizons Designer Series Paper (retiring June 30) with a Pale Papaya Base and Basic Black accents. The greeting and birds are from the retired Beautiful Moments stamp set. The coconuts are from the Pebbles Enamel Shapes . I added the setting sun and sponged a bit of extra colors in the sky.
I made a vertical book fold with the same palm tree design and a different piece from the same DSP for the inside of the card that looks like a beach with sea foam just coming in!
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Horizontal Paradise Palms Recipe
- Base, Pale Papaya, 8 1/2 X 5 1/2, score at 4 1/4
- Layer, Basic Black, 5 3/8 X 3 3/8; 1/16 reveal top and sides
- Top Layer, New Horizons DSP, 5 1/4 X 3 1/4
- Designer Strip, Basic Black, 3/4 X 5 1/2, die cut with Palms Die and center 1/8″ up from bottom and 1/8″ from black layer
- Palm Tree, Basic Black, 2 5/8 X 3 3/8, die cut with Palms Dies
- Greeting and birds, Memento Black Ink; stamp set – Collect Beautiful Moments
- Sun, use a sponge dauber to make a circle in Crushed Curry with a little extra sponged in the sky
- Embellish with Pebbles Enamel Shapes for coconuts and 3 In Color gems on DSP
- Inside Layer, Basic Black, 2 5/8 X 5 3/8
- Inside Top, New Horizons DSP, 2 1/2 X 5 1/4
- Inside Greeting, Memento Black, Paradise Palms Stamp set
Vertical Book Fold Paradise Palms Recipe
- Base, Pale Papaya, 8 1/2 X 5 1/2, score at 4 1/4; Turn 180 degrees and score at 3 3/8″ and 3 3/8 + 1/16, (7/16) for a decorative extra score line
- Layer (X2), Basic Black, 3 1/8 X 5 1/2, this will be flush with top and bottom with 1/16 reveal right and left
- DSP Top Layer (X2), New Horizons, 3 X 5 1/2; Hint: with 3″ in width you can make two from a 6 X 6 which is the goal if you are making multiples. Obviously, a different DSP used for inside.
- Designer Strip, Basic Black, 3/4 X 5 1/2, die cut with Palms Die and center 3/16″ from side and 3/16″ from black layer
- Palm Tree, Basic Black, 2 5/8 X 3 3/8, die cut with Palms Dies
- Grass, Basic Black, 3 1/2 X 1
- Greeting and birds, Memento Black Ink, Stamp set – Collect Beautiful Moments
- Sun, use a sponge dauber to make a circle in Crushed Curry with a little extra sponged in the sky
- Embellish with Pebbles Enamel Shapes for coconuts
- Inside Greeting, Memento Black, Paradise Palms Stamp set
Do you crafters really measure to the 1/16 of an inch?
Well, Sal, we often just eyeball the placement but that doesn’t make for very good instructions.
Let’s look at the swaps from the rest of the group. We saw Jo Brooks’ swap up top so now let’s look at Sharon’s swap using a tea cup very similar to our new tea cup in the Tea Boutique Suite. She uses three layers for the butterfly- a Fresh Freesia base, a Blushing Bride die cut and then tops her butterfly with a vellum die cut and a unique oval gem.
Heather used the Flowering Fields DSP (retiring June 30) and a greeting from the Flowering Tulips stamp set in beautifully layered circles on a gold foil circle. The base is Poppy Parade and she used a corner rounder punch on opposing sides of the DSP for a unique look.
Ann’s swap used embossed strips of the new In Colors on a Crumb Cake base and the greeting from Biggest Wish stamped in Parakeet Party with the ‘happy’ stamped over in Starry Sky. The ribbon is the 1/8″ Metallic Woven ribbon in Orchid Oasis
Lucille Kearin used the DSP with butterflies (retired) and a fun ‘hi’ Die. She embellished with white ribbon and Paper Studio Flowers.
Joy’s card uses the new Nature’s Prints stamp set and Natural Prints Dies. She used the Gray Granite side of the Sun Prints DSP, the Layering Circles Dies, a doily and beautiful gems. You would love the sparkly Wink of Stella she used on the branch but the camera didn’t capture the sparkle. Her gems really sparkled!
You must see the other card she made using the Nature’s Prints Dies! I love the shape of the greeting and had to go look up the dies since I hadn’t even noticed that die. She used the new Fern 3D embossing folder on a base of Starry Sky and then sponged the top lightly with white craft stampin’ ink.
Lori Moore made a slimline card on a white base with Design A Daydream DSP for her first layer and then a layer of embossed Basic White, a layer of Blackberry Bliss with the top layer of Basic White stamped with the Art Gallery stamp set flower in Berry Burst and Rich Razzleberry. The leaves and ribbon are Soft Succulent. The greeting is from the Floral Gallery Dies.
Wow, you will have lots of samples to show at your next party!
So true! Thank you everyone for participating in our monthly swaps!
Hopefully, I will have some cards from the May Paper Pumpkin to show you soon.
Now, now, Sal, be kind! Though you make a good point and I think I even missed the April swaps.
Thank you for spending some time with me!
SAL, Sharing A Lot of inspiration
Karen
CTC #1 Pocket Card
Good morning, Stamping Friends,
Here is a walk down memory lane for a swiper St. Patrick’s Day card. When you pull the card side to side the pot of gold pops up:
You can click on the image to go to the post for detailed pictured instructions! We can change the images to a current product while maintaining rainbows, shamrocks and a pot of gold!
Now there’s a thought! And we could add a pepper shaker to be your friend!
Ann Hausmann cased Kirsteen Gill and made the cutest St. Patrick’s Day favor:
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Thank you, Ann!
February Case The Creator #1 printable pdf file (click on the blue)
Lynn Dunn of Stamptastic Designs is our creator! Thank you, Lynn.
I made a Valentines Day card since I had all those supplies sitting at my work table, and then I used the same design for February thank you cards. Another sincere thank you to all those who ordered in February! Oops…. That’s why I have you!
I used the ‘Always In My Heart’ stamp set for Be My Valentine on a banner die cut from the Floral Heart Dies. The paper is the ‘Sweet Talk’ Designer Series Paper in the mini catalog. I fussy cut candies for the inside. The Happy Valentine’s Day fits so perfectly in the opening and is from the retired ‘Heartfelt’ stamp set. The ribbon is the Faux Linen Real Red ribbon from the mini catalog.
For the Thank You card and a card for Mom I made these:
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The paper is from the ‘Flowering Fields’ designer series paper, also in the mini catalog and I used the ‘Jar of Flowers’ stamp set to make a bouquet the perfect size for the pocket opening. I had a stack of products by the time I finished:
- Delivering Cheer stamp set – shadow under the jar
- Positve Thoughts stamp set – Hugs, Prayers, Love
- Forever Blossoms stamp set – All of me loves all of you
- Prized Peony stamp set – Love & thanks to a dear friend
- Jar of Flowers stamp set – Tulips & stems, jar stamped on a window sheet with stazon ink
- Detailed Bands Dies – cut once in Basic White and once in Fresh Freesia
- Stampin’ Blends – Lt Fresh Freesia, Dk & Lt Soft Succulent, Dk Rich Razzleberry, Lt Highland Heather, Pineapple Punch
To the above CTC instructions I added a Gorgeous Grape belly band permanently attached – 1″ X 8 1/4″, score at 1/4″ and then gently fold to determine where it will wrap on the side, then score that fold.
For the bow on the jar I used a 1/8″ X 4″ strip of Gorgeous Grape and folded in a 45 degree fold to which I added a second 1/8″ X 1 1/2″ strip tucked in at the fold.
I also added a 3 X 4 Basic White piece to go on back of the insert for writing a message, a doily and three little brass butterflies.
. I love the little fussy cut flower laying on the ground in the insert! Nice touch.
Thank you, Sal! Let’s look at the cards from those who participated and sent me pictures.
Joy used the cut off for the pocket to make a second card and the Layering Ovals punch for two different greetings. She’s using products from the Art Gallery suite.
Sharon did three different cards – the pocket card and then used the pieces for two others. She used the ‘Expressions In Ink’ designer series paper and a paper bow from the ‘Pierced Blooms Dies’.
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Ann used the hostess ‘Pattern Party’ designer series paper and the ‘Pierced Blooms Dies’. I love the stripes that peek out from the back:
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Heather used the Poppy set in Pool Party for a lovely card:
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. Thank you, dear stampers, for participating and helping others see the variety of creations from one fun fold pocket card! We have a large flower in the opening, a whole bouquet in the opening, a lovely paper bow or even a heart in the opening!
SAL, Spring At Last
Karen
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Pencil Box & Sympathy Cards/Eden Garden
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Hello Stamping Friends,
The gold leaves are foil and just beautiful! I would like a whole pack of just that sheet! The sympathy greeting on Susie’s card is from the ‘Peaceful Moments’ stamp set.
So if you haven’t been making cards with the new set, what have you been doing?
Well, I haven’t been slacking, Sal (Slave driver At Large). October is pastor appreciation month and we have three main pastoral staff at our church so I purchased a nice pen and refill for each of them and then created a Pencil Box. Check it out:
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Here is the recipe for future pencil boxes to decorate with whatever you have in your stash:
Pencil Box Recipe
I started by measuring the pen and refill I was putting in the pouch. This takes a 12 X 12 cardstock.
- Base: 10 3/4 X 9 1/4; Score at 4, 4 1/2, 8 1/2, 9, 10 1/4
Fold and burnish all your score lines.
Place Tear & Tape on the 1/2″ flap at the right, fold over and corner round the edges.
I used the Crop A Dial to add an eyelet to the flap on two of the pencil pouches, the pink one I just tied with ribbon.
Angle your little side tabs when you cut them for ease and then glue them to the inside.
- First Layer (2): 3 3/4 X 8
- Second Layer (2): 3 1/2 X 7 3/4
- Envelope Flap: Gold Foil, 8 X 1 1/8 corner rounded
- Envelope Flap: DSP, 7 3/4 X 7/8 corner rounded
From there, I found the greetings I wanted and then let the creative juices flow.
“You make the ordinary extraordinary” – Simply Succulents
“You’re absolutely amazing” – Color & Contour
“Thank you”- Hand Drawn Blooms
“You Are So Special” – Tasteful Touches
Unfortunately, I also needed several sympathy/friend cards. Mary Ann Cowan used Soft Sea Foam on one she had made and it looked soft and comforting. The Hippo Dies gave me the layers and the Forever Fern Stamp Set and Forever Flourishing dies were used for the greenery. The Positive Thoughts stamp set has the ‘Hugs, Prayers, Love” greeting and the set also has the little flourish you see here under the ‘With Sympathy’ greeting from Lasting Lily(retired). The friend card uses the same little flourish and greetings from Welcoming Window (My Sweet Friend) and Seascape (I’m here for you …always).
- Base: Soft Seafoam, 8 1/2 X 5 1/2, scored at 4 1/4 and 2 1/8
- Layer: Soft Seafoam, 2 X 5 1/4, embossed with Tasteful Textile embossing folder
- Inside: Basic White, 4 X 5 1/4, emboss 2″ on the right hand side with Ornate Floral embossing Folder
- Vellum: 5 1/4 X 4
- Ink: Old Olive, stamped full strength on one leaf and stamped off on the second
- Dies: Forever Flourishing, Hippo Dies
- Stamp Sets: Positive Thoughts, Lasting Lily, Welcoming Window, Seascape
The greeting on the next one is from the Kindness and Compassion stamp set. Very Versailles was used for the vine and the words. The card stock used is Pale Papaya and Soft Succulent. It is so much prettier in real life. The die used is Detailed Bands. The sympathy greeting and rose are from the Painted Glass retired set.
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I need a scrapbook to look back on when I am designing cards and even if you are new to stamping, the layout can inspire you. I go to the blog Recipe Box when I need the measurements for a certain fold. Hopefully others find this useful as well. Please leave a comment if you have used the Recipe Box at any time. It is encouraging to know the time spent is valuable.
Did I sideline you with my ‘scrapbook’? I really want you to see Eden’s Garden so you don’t miss out on those beautiful papers!
Thank you, Brian, for a great view of the papers!!
SAL, Scrapbooking A Lot of ideas
Karen
Dove of Hope Ornament & Gift Box
Hello Stamping Friends and Followers,
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December hostess code is: F3ZE2UD2
Yesterday was a delightful time with virtual stamping and a virtual party!! I host a Christmas party each year for my club members to thank them for their faithful support. I opted for a Zoom party this year and it was fun! The theme was Snowmen and I was able to find snowmen gift bags and snowmen boxes and a snowman mug, and snowmen plates and napkins and kitchen towels and a snowman buddy to keep them company. So if anyone is looking for a way to connect this Christmas season, read on for a few ideas and CASE (copy and share everything) what you can. Leave me a comment if this helped and add your ideas for others to read.
Christmas Party Bag:
- Snowman Bag
- Snowman Buddy to sit beside you
- Dryer Sheets (just because everyone needs these for cutting out the intricate dies and cleaning up glitter)
- Snowman round box filled with cotton balls for the game
- Sleep Mask and plastic spoon on top to blindfold yourself for the cotton ball game
- Hot Chocolate holder with a candy cane and snowman Ghirdellis (tradition)
- Microwave popcorn holder
- Snowman mug, plates, napkin, and cleanup towel
- Chex Mix and Honey Roasted Nuts
- Christmas Feud Game Cards packaged with two plain white face masks to stamp
- Christmas Song Bingo Card with packet of buttons for bingo markers, and craft supplies-red and green sparkly pipe cleaners, bells and ribbon to make a pipe cleaner ornament. I saw this on Pinterest.
I purchased and downloaded the Christmas song Bingo cards on Etsy and used Spotify on my phone to create a playlist for the songs that were on the Bingo cards.
I purchased the Christmas Feud cards from Etsy.
The plain white face masks were at the Dollar Store as were many of the other items. It was amazing to see what these creative crafters did to decorate their face masks. Give a creative person a blank canvas and just watch them go to work!
Masks were scored on basis of : Participation, something with the snowman theme, image was recognizable, someone said oohhh or ahhhh, it made us laugh.
The round boxes were filled with cotton balls and the party goers were instructed to use the sleep mask (Walmart) to blindfold themselves, place the top of the plastic spoon in their mouth and see how many cotton balls they could dish out of the round box and place in the lid in two minutes. Points were given for each cotton ball that made it to the lid.
Three rounds of Bingo were played with scores of 3 points for the first bingo, 2 points for the second bingo(s), 1 point(s) for the third bingo(s).
Family Feud was scored as per the game cards.
I kept a running list of scores and then the person with the lowest score got to choose from the first white elephant gift, then up the line to the top score with each person able to keep or steal.
Here are some close ups just for fun:
Recipe for a hot chocolate holder:
- Pacific Point, 8 1/2 X 5 1/2 Scored lightly at 4 1/4 and then diagonally from 1 3/4 at top to 2 1/2 at side. The front is stamped randomly with the tiny snowflake stamp from the Snowflake Wishes stamp set in Whisper White. Use tear and tape to glue the diagonal to the inside and to glue the bottom and side of the holder.
- Bottom Strip: Snowflake Splendor Designer Series Paper, 1 1/2 X 4 1/4.
- Whisper White: 5 1/2 X 4 1/4, die cut three snowflakes from So Many Snowflakes Dies. Stamp in Pacific Point ink the outer ring of the greeting with the Warm Hugs stamp set as well as the greeting from the Warm Hugs set. They are both die cut with the Warm Wraps Dies and glued together. The coffee mug can be stamped right through the circle, stamped again to color the mug and then the steam is stamped in smoky slate.
- Small Rhinestones were added to the center of the snowflakes and two on the greeting.
- Insert bow wrapped candy cane and hot chocolate. The ribbon I used is retired.
My darling Paul made all of the hot chocolate holders after I gave him a prototype so I could make snowmen popcorn holders. Thank you, my love.
Look at the different plaids on these snowmen!
I loved choosing scarf and hat band colors from the exceptional, gorgeous, amazing Plaid Tidings 6 X 6 paper. The paper will be retiring on January 4. It is in the mini on page 57 and is $11.50 for 48 sheets. Item #153527.
Recipe:
- Base: Whisper White, 5 1/2 X 8 1/2, scored at 2 1/8 and 6 1/4. Check your popcorn before scoring!
- Nose: Pumpkin Pie, one petal of the Large Daisy Punch
- Eyes: Stamp directly on base with the largest of the Sweetest Time holly berries. Use a sticky note and punch two circles and you can have perfect alignment each time and no masking:
It looks like you were trying to make an eyebrow and not doing too well.
No, Sal, that is just the other two berries on the holly berry stamp. I chose that stamp because it has the little white semicircle to add twinkle to the eye. I usually use my white marker but this looked better and saved an extra step. I found that if I started with the eyes I could line the sticky note up exactly where I wanted the hat brim which helped me glue the brim on straight. The top of the hat then lined up perfectly at the back on the white base so I could glue it on quickly. Back to the recipe:
- Mouth, Black Marker and a 2 1/2 inch circle template to draw around. Be careful and replace it once in a while or the black ink will build up and get ink on your snowman. Yep- found that out the hard way!
- Hat Brim: Basic Black, 4 1/2 X 1 1/2
- Hat Top: Basic Black, 2 3/4 X 3, this gives you 7/8 inch on each side of brim
- Hat Band: Plaid Tidings Designer Series Paper (DSP), 1/2 X 2 3/4
- Scarf: Matching Plaid Tidings DSP, 5/8 X 5 1/2 (X2), make little cuts at the ends for fringe
- Back: Matching Plaid Tidings DSP, 1 X 5 1/2, Note- put adhesive on the white base on the right hand fold, attach the strip, place adhesive on the left hand side of whisper white base and then place popcorn in the holder and fold the right over the left. I found the popcorn bags weren’t all consistently filled so I had to flatten them as best I could before putting them in their holder. This one got an extra little strip because my glue went outside the band. I also had to glue a matching strip over the back of the scarf since I ran my glue clear to the end of the scarf.
If you just add a couple glue dots to hold the popcorn bag, the recipient shouldn’t have to ruin the holder and it can be regifted.
but I like it with extra matching DSP on the back of the scarf.
It does match nicely and if you have the time it is great! If you are scrambling three days before a party-maybe not an option, but definitely better than trying to get the glue off the back of the scarf! Where’s your snowman, Sal?
Yes, but I will have to get you one of the face masks the ladies made!
Dove Ornament and Gift Box
My goal is to be consistent with ‘Take A Break Tuesday’ facebook live at 9:30 on the second Tuesday of each month. Check it out-
Mini Paper Pumpkin Gift Box:
Recipe:
- Mini Paper Pumpkin Box from Annual Catalog page 152, #153069, $7.50 for 10
- Mats (border) for box: Copper Foil Sheet, Top= 3 5/8 X 5 3/8, Short Side= 7/8 X 3 5/8 (X2), Long Side=7/8 X 5 5/8 (X2)
- Designer Series Paper: Brightly Gleaming, Top=3 1/2 X 5 1/4, Short Side= 3/4 X 3 1/2 (X2), Long Side=3/4 X 5 1/2 (X2)
- Greeting on Box Top: Whisper White, 4 3/4 X 3 1/2, Die cut with Celebration Labels Dies, third largest
- Inside Heart: Whisper White, 3 X 3, punched with heart punch or die
- Memento Black Ink, Old Olive Ink and a sponge dauber
I cut out the copper layer for the inside of the box from the copper rectangle mat we used on the top and die cut it with the third largest Celebration die. I also cut out the Designer Series Paper for the inside using the 4th largest Celebration die and the rectangle I cut for the top of the box. No need to waste that beautiful paper that will be hidden by the Whisper White top layer!
If you still have some of the retired copper embossing powder from the previous catalog you could emboss the “peace, love, joy” and the inside greeting in copper for a nice touch!
Dove Ornament
I found this ornament on Pinterest made by Andrea Sargent of Valley Inspiration with Andrea. Thank you, Andrea!
Recipe:
- Dove: Whisper White, 3 3/4 X 5 1/2, die cut two detailed wings and one body
- Dove: Vellum, 3 3/4 X 5 1/2, die cut two plain wings, one body and one of the small plain tail pieces
- Olive Branch: Old Olive, 1 1/2 X 1 1/2, die cut with small olive branch die
- Gold Hoop: Page 156 of Annual Catalog
- Gold Cording: 11″, page 31 of the Mini Catalog
- Glue dots, Tombow liquid glue and mini dimensionals. The vellum is glued to the whisper white with liquid glue in just the areas that are solid, the peace branch is glued to the beak with liquid glue, the wings are then mounted with mini dimensionals to the body and the dove is then attached to the hoop with glue dots at the tail, the branch and the front wing only, making sure the glue dots are stretched and rolled to not have any excess between the dove and the hoop.
- Fold the gold cording in half and loop it over the hoop and then tie it in a knot at the top, cutting off the excess.
And with Christmas only 16 days away, do you think anyone will make any of these?
Sal, these would all be perfect for Christmas craft fairs next year and those projects must be started months ahead of time. Consider me ahead of things instead of a procrastinator!
I know.
Have a wonderful day ladies and click on over to the online store where you can see what products from the mini are on sale and which are discounted – some 50%!
The Clearance Rack has also been refreshed with new products so check those out. They go quickly!
December hostess code is: F3ZE2UD2
SAL, Sing A Lot of Christmas carols
Karen
August Club Cards using Sweetest Time Bundle
Hello Stamping Friends,
August Hostess Code: HKVNWPPX
The Facebook Live on Tuesday morning, August 11, worked! The internet stayed stable and we were able to create three Christmas cards and a Little Treat Box to introduce goodies in the new catalog! Club members and guests had kits for all four projects with instructions on what size of greeting they would need to add to each project since the kits cannot include any stamped images per the home office. The new Winter Snow Embossing Folder and a roll of Metallic Mesh Ribbon from the new catalog were prizes that will go to the lucky winners!
Christmas – are you kidding me? Four projects – are you nuts?
No, but it is new catalog launch time and, besides, everyone who participated now has three cards to start their Christmas card list, and a little treat box which would make a great name plate for their holiday table. Here is a collage of the products:
I will follow the order of projects from the Facebook Live video and start with the little treat box:
1) Little Treat Box
There are so many ways to construct this little box. The typical way is on the right with both flaps coming up on each side to meet at the top. The left shows a little treat box with the front flap folded to the inside so the other side of the designer series paper (DSP) shows. I die cut three little ornaments from the same DSP and I used one of the Medallion dies to make a matching paper ribbon. The middle box is my favorite. Instead of folding the flap to the inside, I cut the flap off and glued it to the back of the little box.
The die works perfectly on a 6 X 6 piece of DSP.
And look at all the dies that are in the Little Treat Box Dies!
Wait – what is that thing at the bottom?
That, Sal, is a cut out using the Medallion Die Set from the annual catalog. It is perfect to run through the holes at the top of the box to hold it together or just to decorate it as I have done on the one above at the left. Here are examples of some of the fun little stamps in the Little Treats stamp set and a silver foil die cut ring and spider.
Wouldn’t the stamps make great decorations for the flap of an envelope?
I still think the best utilization of the little box is for a name plate at a holiday meal with the box filled with after dinner butter mints. Yum!
There are several additional examples on page 70 of the new mini catalog.
2) Gold Candles with Sweetest Borders Dies
This close up of the card shows the use of the Brushed Metallic Cardstock from page 45 of the new mini catalog. It also shows the use of the Fine Tip Glue Pen to add dimension to the berries and the candle flame. I stamped the candles from the Sweetest Time stamp set and then cut them out to use for a template for the curve at the top of the candle. I used an oval template to score a nice line at the top of the candles.
I cased the card from page 21 of the catalog except for the candles and the layer of Brushed Metallic Cardstock embossed with the Dainty Diamonds 3D folder. This is the card we did in the video.
This is another version with a little bit longer banner so I could fold it differently. After putting Fine Tip Glue on the berries in the first card, I moved the banner down on this one so I could see all of them.
Wow – the camera really reflected the brushed gold paper.
Which card do you prefer?
I choose the funny folded banner on the second one but the placement on the first one.
Thanks, Sal, that would look nice as well.
Tip: I used a folded dryer sheet under the cardstock as I cut out each color for the holly accents. This makes the paper piecing so easy when you separate the main die cut from the inside cuts. With a nice pair of tweezers you will be done in no time and you could make two cards with opposite die cuts for the greens, though you would have to run a second set of holly berries.
Tip: Mark the top of each of your die cuts so that the paper piecing is correct
The garden green is cut at the right and left sides to match the Whisper White layer after your paper piecing is complete.
I used scotch tape on the back to hold all the pieces in place.
Gold Candles Recipe
- Base: Real Red, 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 scored at 4 1/4
- First Layer: Brushed Gold, 5 X 3 3/4 embossed with Dainty Diamonds Embossing Folder
- Second Layer: Whisper White, 4 1/2 X 3 1/4
- Holly Leaves: Garden Green, 2 1/2 X 6 die cut on top of a folded dryer sheet- mark the top
- Holly Leaves Accent: Pear Pizzaz, 2 1/2 X 6 die cut on top of a folded dryer sheet-mark the top
- Holly Berries: Real Red, 3 1/2 X 1 die cut on top of a folded dryer sheet- mark the top
- Large Candle: Brushed Gold, 2 1/4 X 7/8 use template to round top and an oval to score the top
- Small Candles (2): 1 7/8 X 7/8 use template to round top and an oval to score the top
- Candle Flames: Daffodil Delight Scrap 1 X 1 punch outs from the Detailed Trio Punch
- Banner: Crumb Cake, 1/2″ X 6 1/2″ Scored 1″, 1 1/2″, 5″, 5 1/2″ ; Banner cut the ends to desired length
- Inside: Whisper White, 5 X 3 3/4
- Inside Accent: Brushed Gold embossed strip 5 (plus a hair) X 1/2″ (Embossing shrinks it a bit)
- Embellishments: 3 Red & Gold Wonderful Gems (pg 31)
- Inks: Garden Green and Real Red
- Stamps: Sweetest Time
- Dies: Sweetest Border Dies
The inside stamps and the front greeting are in the Sweetest Time stamp set and the stamp has the little white sparkle for the holly berries so we don’t have to add it. Love this!
3) Candy Cane Sweetest Borders Die
This project is a case (copy and share everything) from Deb Hoicks Crafty Cottage.
Candy Cane Card Recipe
- Base: Thick Whisper White, 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 Scored at 4 1/4
- Die Cut Layer: Real Red, 4 1/4 X 5 1/2, with 1 1/2 X 5 1/2 piece of double back adhesive placed at the right hand side before cutting with the Sweetest Border Die
- Designer Series Paper (DSP): ‘Tis The Season (pg. 31) 5 1/2 X 2 1/2
- Metallic Mesh Ribbon: 6 1/2″
- Candy Canes & Peppermints: Whisper White 2 X 3; Real Red 2 X 2
- Banner: Whisper White 1″ (minus a hair) X 3 1/4″
- Inside: Real Red Strip 3/4 X 5 1/2
- Inside Accent: Same DSP 1/2 X 5 1/2
- Real Red Braided Linen Trim 6″, make a little bow to place on top of the candy canes (not around them)
- Red Rhinestones: 6
- Ink: Real Red
- Stamps: Sweetest Time
- Dies: Sweetest Border Dies
4) Bermuda Bay Candles
This is a case of the catalog, page 73. I love that Stampin’ Up! gives us a pictured index at the back of the new mini and they use different examples in the index to give us even more ideas to use. The catalog candles are Coastal Cabana but I chose a deeper blue with Bermuda Bay. We can’t stamp images for kits so I made the candles from a Bermuda Bay cardstock embossed with the Subtle 3D embossing folder. The die cut is sponged with Bermuda Bay and Garden Green after stamping off to make it lighter.
Tip: Build your holly leaf and pine bough accents on Stampin’ Dimensionals (use the silicon pad so they don’t stick) then add them to the back of your circle. Having this all pieced together will help you know where to place the strip at the bottom, then put on more dimensionals on the left and right leaving the center open for the candles. Mount the circle with accents after you have glued on the bottom strip. The candles are mounted on dimensionals and slipped behind the circle. The candles are curved at the top with a template cut out from the stamped candle images. The curve is scored with an oval cut out. I used the Bermuda Bay marker to enhance the curve and then added the flames from the cut outs of the Detailed Trio Punch in Crushed Curry with a bit of Fine Tip Glue to make them glow.
I tried another version with a smaller circle on the front:
What’s your vote on this one, Sal?
Bermuda Bay Candle Recipe
- Base: Thick Whisper White, 4 1/4 X 11 scored at 5 1/2
- Top for die cutting: Whisper White, 4 1/4 X 5 1/2 cut with the left side of the die straight edge at 1 1/4 then sponged with Bermuda Bay and Garden Green -stamp off before sponging
- Circle: Whisper White, 3 X 3 Second largest in stitched shape circles; the small circle is the third largest
- Accent Strip under circle: Bermuda Bay, 5/8″ X 3″ Make two – one for the inside
- Holly Leaves: Garden Green, 2 1/2 X 2 1/2 Make two small and two large leaves
- Pine Boughs: Gold Foil, 7/8 X 7 1/2 Make 5 gold pine boughs and 2 holly berry die cuts;
- Candles: Bermuda Bay, Embossed with the Subtle Embossing Folder, 7/8 X 4, make one large candle 7/8 X 2 1/8 and one small candle 7/8 by 1 7/8, round the top & score the top with oval template
- Flames: Crushed Curry, 1 X 1, punched with the Detailed Trio Punch to give you nice cut outs, then add Fine Tip Glue to make it shine
- Embellishments: 6 Wonderful Gems (page 31) mounted on gold foil
- Ink: Bermuda Bay, Garden Green
- Stamps: Sweetest Time
- Dies: Sweetest Border Dies
I sure like your cardstock candles instead of stamped images.
Well, it is a creative challenge to find a way to make kits with no stamped images but we accomplished it and hopefully everyone enjoyed their kits!
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SAL, Sighing A Lot (to think of Christmas)
Karen
Sweetest Time Bundle
Hello Stamping Friends,
You are invited to a Facebook Live event tomorrow morning at 9:30. I will be using the Sweetest Time Bundle to CASE (copy and share everything) this bundle from the new mini catalog and to case a beautiful red and white candy cane card created by the very talented Deb Hoicks of Deb Hoicks Crafty Cottage.
Every year you make a red and white Christmas card of some kind.
That is true, Sal, and once again the mini catalog is full of amazing products, some of which I will be using tomorrow morning. Here is a sneak peak.
So join me tomorrow at 9:30 and spend the rest of your morning letting me bring a pinch of creativity to spice up your crating world! There will be a prize drawing for those commenting by 9:40 and another for those who are still with me at the end. Hint: Prize patrol will be something from the new mini catalog! The event is recorded and recipes will be posted here on the blog on Wednesday.
The link:
https://www.facebook.com/stampalosopher/live/
Contact me if you need a catalog or have questions about anything. [email protected]
SAL, See A Little of the new mini catalog then buy a lot to make a lot of Christmas cards!
Karen (Hostess code is HKVNWPPX)
Silhouette Scenes & Heart Foil Tin Brownies
Hello Stamping Friends,
February hostess code: FPRJEPZJ
How was your Valentines Day?
Mine was phenomenal! My grandsons gave me chocolates and a card and flowers via their folks and Paul brought home chocolates and had my favorite flowers delivered – carnations! I was very spoiled and loved every minute!
I made Paul a card similar to the one on page 132 of the annual catalog.
I changed it up a bit by using the rectangle stitched framelits and a Blueberry Bushel layer on a Balmy Blue card base. I attached a double sided adhesive sheet on the back of White Velvet Sheets (retired), cut out the ‘forever’ using the Sweet Silhouettes Dies and adhered it to a piece of Bluberry Bushel. I cut around the word to make a nice background. Lately, I have been seeing a lot of words embossed in white embossing powder on black paper and then cut out around the words. I liked that look so I imitated it here.
Measurements:
Base: Balmy Blue 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 scored at 4 1/4
Layer 1: Blueberry Bushel 4 1/8 X 5 3/8 (make 2-one for the inside)
Layer 2: See A Silhouette Designer Series Paper 4 X 5 1/4
Together Greeting: Balmy Blue 2 X 1 1/2 cut with Rectangle Stitched Framelit to 1 11/16 X 1 3/16
Silhouette : Whisper White 3 3/4 X 2 1/4 cut with Rectangle Stitched Framelit to 3 9/16 X 2 3/16
Forever: White Velvet DSP 3 1/2 X 1 1/2
Background of Forever: Blueberry Bushel 3 1/2 X 1 1/2
For the inside I printed a poem I wrote on Whisper White cardstock and cut it to 7 3/4 X 5 1/4 scored at 3 15/16 (one hair less than 4 inches) and glued just the right side to a Blueberry Bushel layer.
And for my family and special neighbors I made brownies in the Heart Foil Tins ( page 9 of the mini catalog).
One brownie mix made all 10! I washed the tins really well and sprayed them with PAM no stick spray then cooked them at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. (18 minutes would have been better)
The tins have high-dome lids so you can decorate them as you wish. I used the German Chocolate Coconut Pecan Icing.
For the lid I used several of those fun supplies from the suite on page 9 of the mini. I layered:
- A Heart Doily (stamped on the back-see below)
- A punched out scallop from the From My Heart Specialty Designer Series Paper using the Heart Punch Pack
- A punched straight edge heart from the same DSP using the Heart Punch Pack
- A retired pink heart jewel
A little red bow at the front completed the project. I put two glue dots on the inside of the lid to hold it on better.
On the back of the doilies I stamped Happy Valentines Day from the retired ‘Valentine Love’ stamp set and used three glue dots to adhere the whole set of hearts to the lid. The lid is clear so the greeting shows through when they open up their goody.
If you don’t have food in the tin you can punch another heart for inside the lid. Also, the heart doilies fit perfectly in the bottom of the tin for further bling. The heart tins wash up to use again.
What’s the point of posting valentines after the day has come and gone?
Ahh Sal, love is in the air everywhere and with anniversaries and birthdays we can change up the greetings and delight someone’s heart any time of year!
If you haven’t met your neighbors, try making a batch of brownies in heart tins with great big hello greetings and take them around as you introduce yourself.
SAL, Send A Love gift
Karen
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Dino Days Birthday Cards
Hello Stamping Friends,
Hopefully you are finding time during these windy winter days to have fun with your Sale A Bration products.
I made birthday cards for my grandsons Jaxson -now 3- and Emmitt -now 2! They are really into dinosaurs. I preferred the Mickey Mouse days but like my hubby says – they are boys and love to roar like a dinosaur and take dinosaur bites at dinner and attack Grandpa with a roar and a dino toy! What fun.
So it is Dino Days stamps and Dinoroar Designer Series Paper (DSP) with Dino Dies to cut out the dinosaurs on the DSP. See page 99 in the annual catalog:
I made a pop up box card and a waterfall card. The DSP is so ‘Rawrsome’ itself. It is mounted on a layer of Pretty Peacock and a card base of Balmy Blue. The pop up box card fits perfectly inside our standard envelopes.
Pop Up Box Card:
We cut out dinosaurs from the DSP and another dino of the same in a matching card stock to glue behind the DSP for strength. The dinosaurs were mounted on a strip of window sheet to secure them to the box base:
The back of the box lends itself to more stamping and I used the Vertical Greetings (retired) for the Happy Birthday and the Dino Days stamps for the greeting, palm tree, and dino tracks. I hand drew the mountains.
We cut out several additional dinosaurs and backed them with cardstock to stick in the pockets of the clothes we bought for their birthdays so they had dinosaurs to play since clothes are just not the preferred gift for toddlers.
Measurements: Click on the blue for all the instructions and examples of different boxes:
Box Card pdf
Waterfall Card:
Waterfall Card pdf
The pdf is from a past waterfall card. The difference on this one is that I used two layers on top of the base and increased the size of the little panel layers by 1/8″ so I could use a square Stitched Shape Framelit. I started with a small square Stitched Shape Framelit with a Pretty Peacock layer but I thought it was too small for the outside so I used it on the inside of the card and switched to a larger square Stitched Shape Framelit and used it to cut the Pretty Peacock layers behind the DSP squares which I just cut to size. I was able to get more of the dinosaurs on the top layer with a bigger square.
Base: Balmy Blue 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 scored at 4 1/4
First Layer: Pretty Peacock 5 3/8 X 4 1/8 (make 2 so you have one for the inside)
Second Layer: Dinoroar Designer Series Paper (DSP) 5 1/8 X 3 7/8 (make one of whisper white for the inside)
Waterfall Strip: Whisper White 2 1/8 X 9 1/4; Scored at 3/4″ intervals, 2 1/8—-2 7/8—3 5/8—4 3/8 (1/8 more than the standard directions), Burnish your score lines well going in one direction so the strip looks like a candy cane.
Front Belt: 1″ X 4 1/4″; punch a hole for the brad 1/2″ over and 1/2″ up on both sides of the belt.
Peacock Squares layered on the strip like shingles: (4) 2 1/8 X 2 1/8
Top Squares of DSP: (4) 1 3/4 X 1 3/4
Ribbon: Pretty Peacock 1/2″ scalloped linen ribbon: 3″ run through a ribbon hole punched at the bottom of the waterfall and then glued together with glue dots.
Adhere the DSP full sized layer to the Peacock front layer – NOT the Balmy Blue Base yet – and then place your belt 1″ from the bottom of the Peacock layer and mark through your belts’ hole punches with a pencil- see above- to punch the two layers for adding the belt with brads. I added a tiny strip of tear and tape to the back of the belt between the hole and the edge of the belt just to secure it in place and then put the brad through the three layers. Now you can attach the layers to the Balmy Blue Base- I suggest tear and tape for extra strength.
When gluing the Peacock squares, put adhesive on the white 3/4″ sections of the white waterfall strip not on the back of the Peacock squares. You will attach the TOP only of the Peacock squares to the 3/4″ sections. Slide the waterfall strip under the belt. Put tear and tape on the belt just the width of the waterfall (2 1/8″) and attach the bottom 1″ of the waterfall to the belt.
Be careful as you stamp the large section of the belt so that you do not get it on the wrong side of the white waterfall strip.
Placing the belt an inch from the bottom is critical to making the card work. I didn’t read my own directions and just placed it where I liked it. That is why I have two sets of brads so I could cover up my mistake and place the belt correctly.
We will be doing another waterfall card in club this month so follow my blog to get that post and see another rendition using the Rustic Retreat stamp set. Just add your email at the top right of the blog where it says “subscribe”.
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SAL, Stamp Away the Long winter days
Karen
Yummy Christmas Gingerbread House and Cuckoo For You
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Hello Stamping Friends,
I missed posting our September club cards and one is a Christmas card! Now that it is getting down to the wire for Christmas cards you might be looking for the details to this card you made “way back when”!
I cased Bronwyn Eastley with a gingerbread house box card.
http://addinktivedesigns.com/product/yummy-christmas-box-card/
Things I recommend doing differently:
- add strips of window sheets to the back of each pop up
- Make two of each pop up to put front and back so the back is prettier
- cut that little point on the bottom middle front and back just a tiny bit – not cutting in to the black line – so the box sits squarely
- Use the Bronze Stampin’ Blend for the gingerbread man and the deer for a darker brown
- Use puff paint for the snow
Cuckoo For You
With the ‘Yummy For Christmas’ and ‘Cuckoo For You’, we have two stamp sets that use the same set of dies!
Isn’t that so cool! The deer becomes a holly branch, the clock door becomes a gumdrop, the clock weight becomes a peppermint and the tree becomes a Christmas tree!
Christine Rohr posted a picture on Pinterest which used the Cuckoo For You and the Bird Ballad DSP. I cased and selectively edited it to come up with this card for club:
Push up on the little arrow and you see the little cuckoo bird!
Note: DSP means Designer Series Paper
- Base: Petal Pink 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 Scored at 4 1/4
- Layer 1: Bird Ballad DSP 5 1/4 X 4 Watch the direction on your DSP
- Strip of DSP for inside: 3/4 X 5 1/4
- Front Stitched Nested Label: Whisper White, 2nd largest label is 2 5/8 X 4 5/8 so start with 3 x 5 piece; emboss with the Subtle 3D embossing folder; then cut with the Stitched Nested Label. Use handheld hole punch to punch a hole on each side of the label for the ribbon. Mount the label 1″ down from top of base and 5/8″ from the sides of the base to the point of the Stitched Nested Label
- Ribbon: 1/4″ Copper Trim, 6″ , make two
- Clock and Parts: Whisper White 3 5/8 X 8 1/2; Stamp in Memento Tuxedo Black ink: clock, 2 pulls, 1 squirrel, 1 door; color with Stampin’ Blends: Old Olive on the vines, Bronze on the dots, roof-Dk Soft Suede, Clock Outline-Dk Balmy Blue, Pulls-Bronze & Dk Soft Suede, Squirrel – Bronze body, nut in Lt Suede, with a Dk Suede top, Door – Lt Suede, blue trim and be sure to cut off the white border of the door created when cutting with the framelit. Tip: When coloring with the alcohol markers in tiny areas just barely dot the area to color it. The ink spreads and you won’t be getting ink outside the lines.
- Mask the 2 flowers, the clock middle, the inside of door and sponge with Blushing Bride Ink.
- Clock Weight and clock hands: Copper Foil, 1 1/4 X 1 1/4. Stamp the clock weight in Versa Mark ink, emboss with copper powder and cut with the circle die. Cut the clock hands out of the foil and save the little pieces to use for the squirrel’s nose, the handle on the door, and the little dot right above the 12.
- Clock pull: left over from the Whisper White used for the clock and parts: cut one with the die. I used my Stamparatus to line up the lines with the arrows and the one word “cuckoo” so my stampers could easily stamp the images:
You stamp the arrow and lines image with the right side up and then stamp “cuckoo” on the back of the same piece. With the Stamparatus we could line up the one word “cuckoo” from the greeting “I’m Cuckoo About You” and didn’t even need to mask the edges. By using the grid sheet we can save it with the stamp set for the next time.
The odd looking die with a little heart on the top and the bottom is a piece that matches up with the hearts on the clock face to cut slots for the sliding mechanism in exactly the right places. There are YouTube videos using the two sliding mechanisms to make butterflies that “fly” and other fun tricks so the pieces are good for other applications.
Be careful to fold the score lines of the mechanism very straight so it slides nicely in the slots created by the second die. The slot is a little larger than the door -necessarily so- so that you can slide it in, but once it was in place, I cut two little strips of Whisper White and glued them to either side of the slot so the mechanism stayed straight.
Inside Layer: Whisper White 4 X 5 1/4 stamped in Soft Suede ink with the greetings in the “Special Celebrations” stamp set.
Front Greeting: Scrap of Whisper White run through the Big Shot part way with the Rectangle Stitched Framelit and then turned around and run through the other sider with the same Framelit to shorten it to just the right size for “Time To Celebrate”. I didn’t stop and made the whole Stitched Rectangle so I just ran it again to shorten it and then had a little piece left that was perfectly stitched that I used on this card:
My youngest granddaughter, Emma, was born on 9/24 at 7:12 AM. I moved the house over a bit, found some left over pink twine from a Paper Pumpkin, and stamped the date with one of the first photopolymer stamp sets made by Stampin’ Up!
The inside uses the “New Wonders” stamp set and a template of the ‘1’ cut out of cardstock and then sponged with Blushing Bride Ink. The fairies are colored to match the DSP with white and blue like the flowers and green like the vines. This card will be hard to top when birthday #2 comes around. My grandsons are turning 2 and 3 in the next few weeks and I will be working to make them something memorable. Do you think parents save hand made cards?
The next Christmas Stamp A Stacks are December 4th and 7th at my house at 9:30. RSVP by November 25- next Monday. Wow, where has the month gone?
SAL, Stamp A Lot
Karen
Dashing Deer Card and Detailed Deer Thinlits Luminary
Happy Thanksgiving Stamping Friends,
May you have a wonderful time with family and friends and count your blessings many times over!
A quick reminder that the Stamp A Stacks are coming up:
- November 27, Tuesday, 9:30 – 12:00; and November 30, Friday 6:30 -9:00 Six cards each session $25
- December 4, Tuesday, 9:30 – 12:00; and December 7, Friday 6:30 – 9:00 Six cards each session $25
I need RSVPs as soon as you know your schedule since I will be traveling for Thanksgiving. There will be a Door Prize each session, Thank You gifts and Goodies of course!
At my very first Christmas workshop we made the luminary shown on page 9 of the Holiday catalog and the Dashing Deer white and gold Christmas card shown on page 8 – with a few changes of course. It is pretty in the day-time-
or at night-
The Dollar Store had large battery operated candles that worked well. The catalog uses the Galvanized Metallic Paper (#147805) shown on page 43 of the Holiday catalog. I used a retired Naturals Cardstock but we have thick Very Vanilla Cardstock(#144237) that would work beautifully!
- 2 – Very Vanilla Thick cardstock 8 1/2″ X 8 1/2″; score both at 4″ and 8″, use a pencil and ruler to mark 3/4″ on all sides and cut out the window openings. With Soft Suede ink stamp the single flower from the set in the opposite corners of each side and then stamp 1/2 of the garland stamp on the short (horizontal) side and the whole garland on the long (vertical) side.
- 4 – Vellum 3 3/4″ X 8″ ; glue to each window opening
- Base – Very Vanilla Thick cardstock 5″ X 5″; score the base at 1/2″ each side, cut out corners
- 2 – Deer – Very Vanilla 4″ X 6″; Cut out with your flying Detailed Deer Thinlit. The catalog uses the corrugated Embossing Folder to stripe the deer (#148026). I used the retired Diagonal Stripe background stamp to stamp the deer using Soft Suede ink. Remember to turn one over before stamping so you have the deer going opposite ways. To mount, I used glue dots and a tiny bit of the Fine Tip Glue on the horns.
- 4 Branches – Early Espresso – the catalog uses the Night Owl Thinlits Dies, pg 41 (#147920), I used the Petals & More Thinlits (#145655) and cut off the end of the leaves so they looked like branches. Use two branches going opposite ways for the top and two for the bottom. This is the first layer of your corner garland.
- 4 Spruce Branches for the next layer – Garden green – Cut with the Christmas Staircase Thinlits (#144679)
- 2 Sprig Punches, (page 29, #148012) cut in half – Granny Apple Green – layer on the spruce branches
- 2 – 12″ lengths of Gold Metallic Thread; wrap around three fingers and attach to the sprigs with glue dots
- 6 – flowers cut with the Detailed Deer Thinlits – Cherry Cobbler – layered on the gold thread
- 18 – flower centers cut with a 1/16 hole punch using a 1/2″ X 2″ strip of Pineapple Punch cardstock. With our new Take Your Pick tool, (page 30 #144107) you can easily pick up the tiny pieces and place them on your project.
Now let’s make the Happiest Christmas Wishes card changing up a few things from the catalog:
On page 11 of the Holiday catalog there are Foil-Edged Cards and Envelopes in gold, #147901, and silver #147900. I used the gold for this card.
For embossing with our gold embossing powder remember these steps:
Step 1: tap with embossing buddy on whole area;
Step 2: Stamp in Versa Mark;
Step 3: Coat with gold embossing powder; Turn over and flick off excess; use paintbrush to remove any other excess
Step 4: Heat until glossy
- Gold Foil-Edged Card base, Use gold embossing powder and emboss the garland from the stamp set in gold embossing powder on the base with the middle of the stamp 1/2″ down on the white part of the base and 1/2″ up on the bottom white part of the base. You will measure 1/2″ from the white edge not the gold edge. Use a light pencil mark so you know where to place the middle of the garland.
- Swirls and Curls Embossing Folder (#147923) Layer, Whisper White, 3 3/4″ X 3 3/4″
- 2 Gold Glimmer Paper strips- 1/2″ X 4″ , adhere to the top and bottom of the embossed layer, snip the ends. I find it is better to make little strips like this a bit longer and then snip them off so they are sure to be the perfect size.
- Gold Foil Cardstock – 3″ X 3 1/2″, cut out 1 flying deer and three gold flowers with the Detailed Deer Thinlits and use the scrap to punch 3 centers for the flowers with a 1/16″ hole punch.
- Banner, Whisper White Cardstock, 3/4″ X 2 1/2″, punch end with banner punch or a square punch, emboss the greeting
- 3- Top of the flowers: Whisper White, 1″ X 2″, layer on top of gold, slightly offsetting one edge and then add punched circle middle
- Inside – Whisper White 3 3/4″ X 5″; Emboss the greeting and the small standing deer with gold embossing powder.
One last project for today: Gift Bags using our beautiful Designer Series Paper!
Jill Olsen has a video on YouTube from years ago and she updated it this year, click to watch:
After our event, Lucille typed up directions for us so you would be able to print out a file for reference. Thank you, Lucille!
Gift Bag Instructions pdf file (click to download)
Stampin’ Up! will have a Black Friday sale so I will post the details as soon as I hear.
SAL, Sigh A Lot (as you sit back from the feast and marvel at your blessings)
Karen
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