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Night In Bethlehem
Hello Stamping Friends,
Page 26 of your holiday catalog has the Night In Bethlehem stamp set that I will be featuring here. The bundle, in wood #146043, or clear # 146044, includes the stamp set and the Bethlehem Edgelits Dies which have the most amazing city scenes that fit one over the other to make a phenomenal card!
I chose to do a black and white scene and used white embossing for the stars and the greeting. I placed a star above Mary with one of the Metallic Enamel Shapes #141678. The shooting star was an accident from rolling the stamp a bit but my stampers loved it and wanted to recreate it in the sky. Mary and Joseph were stamped with the Memento Black Tuxedo Ink #132708 and then cut out with the Bethlehem Edgelit Die.
The inside could just as well have been the outside of a card, (you will find that with most of my designs.) The white on black designer paper is on page 13 of the holiday catalog- Merry Music Specialty Designer Series Paper- #144623. (DSP is my shortened version of ‘designer series paper’ when I give measurements.) Note: the city is stamped at the bottom of the whisper white layer and lined up with the base without leaving the standard bottom border of black DSP. This alignment makes the city stand out better. The Whisper White layer starts as 5″ X 3 3/4″. This top piece is cut diagonally 1″ up from the bottom and 2″ over on the top of each side. Hint: When you align it on your Stampin’ Trimmer, place pieces of sticky note on the trimmer to mark the diagonal and you can cut many pieces without remeasuring. Another Hint: put all three stamps, the star, the greeting and the city, on a large acrylic block, use your grid paper to test and make sure they are straight, and then you can stamp the inside all at once making this a very easy card for making multiples. Other measurements:
Base, Thick Whisper White Cardstock – 5 1/2″ X 8 1/2″ , scored at 4 1/4″
Outside first layer, Basic Black, 5 1/4″ X 4″
Outside city, Regular Whisper White, 5″ X 6″
Mary and Joseph, Regular Whisper White, 2 1/2″ X 2″
Inside Merry Music DSP – 5 1/4″ X 4″
Top Inside Layer – Regular Whisper White – 5″ X 3 3/4″
Start by stamping the greeting and stars with Versa Mark then embossing with white embossing powder, I used the Stamp A Ma Jig for placement of the greeting. The stars are stamped and embossed on the top 1 3/4″ of the basic black. Don’t go down too far or you will have stars in your street!
The back of the city, the framelit with three palm trees, is adhered directly to the basic black 1″ up from the bottom. The second layer of the city is popped up with dimensionals lining up its bottom with the bottom of the first layer.
Mary and Joseph are stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black, cut out with the framelit, and popped up with dimensionals. It is important to put the dimensionals below their heads so the bottom part is popped up and the heads are directly on the city.
Stamp your name on the back and you are done!
SAL, See A Light shining in Bethlehem
Karen
December’s hostess code is TRSWNNDN. Year end close outs are happening now. Click on SAL to go to the store.
November 2017 Paper Pumpkin- Three Wise Men Sock
Hello Stamping Friends,
The year end close out is ongoing and this month’s hostess code is TRSWNNDN!
Before I post all the fun cards from the last events I want to show you my version of November’s Paper Pumpkin. The kit is an adorable set of 10 little stockings with a black plaid top to match the green plaid cards from October’s Paper Pumpkin. My creative juices started flowing when I saw a Zum Bar of soap in the grocery store made with frankincense and myrrh. They had small ones that would fit perfect in the little stockings. I ordered some gold plated coins and a gold looking Reagan dollar to fill the stocking with gifts representing the gifts from the wise men to the Christ child. I didn’t order this year’s wise men stamp set (Wise Men From Afar #144875) so I used the Come To Bethlehem stamp set from a few years back. With Stazon black ink I was able to get a nice image on the stocking.
I used a Swarovski crystal for the star and 6″ of black and white gingham Stampin’ Up! ribbon from days past to create a hanger for the stocking.
I discovered that one side of the “Merry Music Specialty Designer Paper” #144623 had the music to ‘We Three Kings’ so I substituted a little banner from the designer paper instead of the white one provided in the kit. I did use the white banner as a template for cutting but cut the banner 2 1/4″ long instead of the 2 7/8″ original. It needed a little something else so I added the treble clef from the Musical Instruments Framelits Dies #144677. This set is a must have that will be used well beyond Christmas.
The stocking still had room so I googled the lyrics to ‘We Three Kings’ and found a great printable version that I cut down, sponged and then distressed the edges before rolling it up on a skewer like a scroll. Click to download:
We Three Kings – printable lyrics
The retired stamp set had the greeting: “O come let us adore Him….” I pray you all find time to do just that this wonderful Christmas season!
SAL, Seek And Listen for He is still waiting and wants your love above all other gifts!
Karen
November 18 Card Buffet – 6 card designs
Hello Stamping Friends,
Saturday, November 18, is the fourth Christmas Card Buffet here at my house in Castle Rock! We have had fun times each month and some stampers are well on their way to having a number of handmade Christmas cards for those special people in their lives.
There are two sessions: morning 9-12 and afternoon 1:30-4:30. Bring a sack lunch and stay for both sessions if you would like. I will have drinks, snacks and chocolate to keep up your stamping energy. There will be a door prize and a thank you gift as always. There are six card designs to choose from and prices are $5 for one card of one design, $8 for two cards of one design, $10 for three cards of one design. The cards, fronts and insides, are listed here with numbers for each design. Just RSVP by Sunday evening, November 12 with 1) the cards’ design numbers 2) How many of each design 3) Which session you will be attending.
Card #1, Believe
Card #2, Everything Merry
Card #3, Musical Season
Note: The black embossed words caught the flash but are true black
Card #4, Bethlehem
Card #5, Ready For Christmas
Card #6, Hearts Come Home
Space is limited so RSVP soon with the session/s you would like to attend, the cards’ numbers you would like to make and how many of each card!
I will be posting each card individually with measurements and supplies in a future post. If you would like to know right away so you can order just leave a comment, email or text me and I will feature that card first. The hostess code for November is ZQEYYZXM. Use the code if your order is under $150 and receive a thank you gift from me. Over $150 and you receive the hostess benefits yourself!
Stampin’ Blends Available Now!
November 1 was the debut of Stampin’ Ups’ Alcohol Markers! Click on the image below for a video from the home office.
Click on this image to go to the online store and view all the colors, kits, and package deals:
There are three days left to order your November Paper Pumpkin! We’ve heard talk that it is awesome! Click below:
As always contact me if you have any questions!
SAL, Shine A Light this Christmas
Karen (Click on SAL to go to the online store)
Fun With Christmas Cards
Christmas went by too fast this year! I am just not ready to give up the fun. The tree is still up and I hope to enjoy sitting in the window seat with snow falling on one side of the window and the Christmas tree on the other! Snow is predicted for tomorrow!
Maybe my sentimentality comes from one of the most incredible gifts we empty nesters can receive – a Christmas Eve grandbaby!
This is my youngest daughter, Amber, with Tyler and their new son Jaxson Christopher Buchholtz! He was born a little after 1:00 pm Christmas Eve!
Humor me with just one more picture of Jaxson with his eyes open, then I will move on to cards!
We are so anxious to get up to Renton, WA and hold this little one!
I promised more cards with the Cable Knit Embossing folder. Let’s start with the pullover sweater with the Christmas tree embossed into the card stock:
The Christmas tree is cut out with the Peaceful Pines framelits still available in the big catalog, see page 28 for the stamp set and page 192 for the framelits. The Warmth and Cheer Designer Series Paper (DSP) is retired but page 172 has a lovely set of lightweight Christmas Specialty designer paper. My favorite in that paper is the sheet music. It is lightweight which makes it perfect for making fancy envelopes.
Checkout the previous post, Elizabeth Stamp A Stacks, for all the details to making a cardigan; the inside of this card is also shown there to compare the new Stitched Framelits product with a regular circle. Did I make you look? There are lots of additional pictures from the post you would have previously seen in your email. I updated it yesterday and now there are details. If you view this in your email post but want to quickly go to the full blog just click on the little SAL image at the top of the post.
Next I wanted to do a much more feminine cable knit sweater.
The collar is cut using the Lots of Labels Framelits, pg. 193, #138281. A must have set of framelits! The inside is the same just using the Warmth and Cheer DSP for the border and bow. If I did it again, I would put a piece of red foil for the turtleneck to make it look more like silk.
My next challenge was to make a stocking cap similar to what I had seen on Pinterest.
The candy cane is removable in all of these cards if you wanted an ornament but are ready to throw the card away – (be still my heart, it happens)! A pompom is made for the top by wrapping the Candy Cane Lane Bakers Twine around a 1″ piece of cardboard 20 times, then run a 4″ piece of twine under all the loops at the top of the cardboard and make a tight double knot. Cut through the bottom of the loops and trim the longer ties to match the other lengths. Mount it to the top of the card using several glue dots to secure the pompom. I am loving our Thick Whisper White cardstock, pg. 175, #140272! I have always liked layers on the front side of the card and needed layers on the inside when I used Whisper White because it seemed flimsy otherwise with several layers on the front. Problem solved with Thick Whisper White cardstock!
The stocking cap started with two pieces of Thick Whisper White 4 1/4 X 5. Do you remember MyDigitalStudio? After failing to make a nice cardboard template by hand that had perfect curves, I went to MyDigitalStudio (which I need to transfer to My Memories Suite before I upgrade the computer) and opened a new project, selected the ornament punch, turned it upside down and sized it for my card. I printed it out, laid it on cardboard for a more permanent template and Voila! a perfect stocking cap! So how do you attach the front to the back when you don’t want to lose your shaped design? I am glad you asked! Let’s look at this picture of the inside which uses the oval stitched framelit, the Wrapped In Warmth greeting and the tails of the bow punch with red foil paper to bring in the shiny red to match the holly berries on the outside. The berries and leaves on the front are from the retired Stocking Accents Bigz die since I didn’t have the Holly Berry builder punch.
Do you see the score line at the top of the cap? Okay, don’t look quite so close, it is a bit crooked, but you get the idea- you score about 3/4″ from the point on the inside and fold that down to glue the top on. Use Tear and Tape to secure the top since it will be opened 1000s of times as people admire your card.
For the cable bottom on the front start with a 1 1/4 X 4 1/4 piece of Thick Whisper White cardstock, spritz, leave off the bottom acrylic plate, and run through the Big Shot. Then fussy cut the extra to get just the cool cable for the bottom. I used Tear and Tape on the sides and very bottom to attach it to the front and leave a pocket for the candy cane.
If you would like to knit a stocking cap sign up for my knitting class. My knitters received a little gift in a bag created with our Gift Bag punch board and lovely designer series paper (DSP). See page 184 of the big catalog, item #135862. It is another must have!
The knitting club played bingo using the bingo sheets I made years ago with the Stampin’ Up! bingo sheet and My Digital Studio. We did the typical white elephant pick a gift or steal a gift and they had fun. I made a miniature octokitten this year for the little girls next door who are too young to join my knitting class:
Back to showcasing cards….. On page 35 of the Big Catalog is the Joyful Nativity stamp set and this card is a case from Pinterest that used smaller layers on the front leaving a 5/16″ white border on the card which is very effective! And with the Thick Whisper White cardstock I didn’t feel I needed layers on the inside. Get a jump on your Christmas cards for next year and make a dozen of these quick and simple cards with product that is still available!
It is so pretty with the Night of Navy contrast on Whisper White. This picture doesn’t do it justice at all.
Main Card – Thick Whisper White 8 1/2 X 5 1/2 scored at 4 1/4.
Night of Navy Layer – 4 7/8 X 3 5/8
Top Layer – Whisper White 4 3/4 X 3 1/2
Scrap of Whisper White to stamp angel – 1 1/2 X 1 1/2 Fussy cut and mount with dimensionals
Copper Metallic Thread – about 6″ ( I put glue dots on the back of the angel to help wrap the thread)
This is Whisper White paper and the Night of Navy stamping is stunning in real life. I am going to make a photo booth this year to help my pictures look better. The greeting is from the Warmth and Cheer stamp set.
For my Messianic Jewish family I used the retired Jewish Celebration stamp set:
Like always, I couldn’t get cards done for everyone and only had a limited number of box cards so when we returned from our trip I made Happy New Year’s day cards to complete my holiday greetings to everyone. I will give you (and myself) a much needed break and post those the next time. Hmmm…. and now I need baby cards! Whoopee….. One more picture? Here’s my middle daughter, Stacia, the new Auntie, with little Jaxson…..
I’m going to check plane tickets again – maybe there is some fabulous deal today- I already checked yesterday, and the day before, and …..
SAL, (Sing A Lullaby)
Karen
Sale A Bration is going on right now. Buy $50 and get a free item from the Sale A Bration catalog.
The hostess code is: R7QAJV2P with Lucille as our hostess. We will do a Jan – Feb – Mar online club this year since we will be going to Renton, WA sometime and going over to the Western slope to see Dad as often as possible. Thank you for your understanding and support!
Elizabeth Stamp A Stacks
Merry Christmas Stamping Friends,
December isn’t quite normal for us this year as our father was diagnosed with terminal cancer and we have been driving over the mountains as often as possible to be with him and with mom and the family. We are headed back again today but have the joy of spending a Christmas Eve with family! I posted the three cards we made at the Elizabeth Stamp A Stack for the post that went out before Christmas but have now added all the details of construction. If you love one of the cards and would like to make it next year be sure and go to the store and order the supplies before they are discontinued. The bundles that are discontinued may not necessarily mean the stamps themselves are discontinued but it would be good to get them now for next year if it is something you love! You can check out the retiring list on the website. Click the computer image at the end of the post.
Santa hitched up Rudolph, loaded the sleigh with ornaments and started decorating the trees at the North Pole! It is a Z fold card and the trees, sleigh, sleigh top detailed layer and Rudolph are all in the Santa’s Sleigh Thinlits bundle – page 24 of the Holiday catalog. The North Pole sign and the greeting come from the Christmas Magic Stamp Set – page 22 of the Holiday Catalog. The houses are the Candy Cane Lane DSP (Designer Series Paper)! The greeting uses the new red glitter embossing powder. The santa is from the retired Jolliest Time Of The Year set.
It was so popular I am going to make my first attempt at selling cards on Etsy with this one!
The base is Cherry Cobbler cut at 11 X 4 1/4 and scored at 2 3/4 X 5 1/2.
Left and middle DSP (designer series paper) top mats= (2) 3 X 2 1/2
Top right DSP mat 5 1/4 X 2 3/16; the houses made it a bit tricky so there wasn’t much wiggle room on the cuts.
The following Whisper White pieces are run through the Big Shot with the Softly Falling embossing folder and then fussy cut along the top to look like snow piling up:
Bottom right below the houses: 2 X 5 1/4 in Whisper White, embossed and fussy cut along the top
Middle: 2 1/2 X 1 7/8 then cut the left 1 7/8 side down to 1 3/8 to create the hill going from the right hand side to the left hand side.
Z Fold Strip: 10 3/4 X 1 1/2 in Whisper White, embossed and fussy cut along the top and scored at 5 3/8 and 8 1/8.
Santa and the North Pole sign were stamped on a piece of 3 X 4 Whisper White using Black Memento ink and then colored with Real Red, Garden Green and Crumb Cake markers. Clear and red colored rhinestones were put on the wreath of the North Pole sign.
The Base of the sleigh is cut using the sleigh framelit from a Basic Black piece 2 3/4 X 4 1/4
The Gold Sleigh overlay is cut with the detailed sleigh framelit from Gold Foil paper 3 1/4 X 2
Trees – I stamped in Memento black and then cut with a framelit- two full and one partial using Always Artichoke 4 1/4 X 5 1/2
The deer is stamped in Memento black and then cut with a framelit using Soft Suede 3 X 2 1/4
Bow: Red Foil Scrap cut with a framelit from the same Santa’s Sleigh set
Red Glimmer Bakers Twine 12″. Use glue dots to position the twine around the tree and into Santa’s hand.
Gold Thread 8″ again I used glue dots starting the thread under where the deer’s bow will be, then through a hole punched in the sleigh, and back behind the neck of the deer and into Santa’s hand. I tap the glue dots with the embossing buddy to prevent sticking to the card when closed.
The ornaments are not Stampin’ Up! but could have been stamped from the Wrapped in Warmth stamp set, Be Jolly By Golly or any of the many stamps we have that have little ornaments. For the sake of time at the Stamp A Stack I purchased a set of sticker ornaments. There are six ornaments in the sleigh. And don’t forget to add a colored pearl for Rudolph’s nose!
The next card was a case from Juanacreates using the Star of Light bundle on page 9 of the catalog.
This star was centered on a #5 Banner Framelit but the saying just barely fit. The #6 Framelit was so big the stamped saying at the bottom wouldn’t have fit so we made a template from cardboard that was 2 3/8″ wide and used it to cut the top white banner.
The star was moved over so that the beautiful tail was completely visible.
The star is a layer of silver foil paper and dazzling diamonds glitter paper, two more silver foil stars and a rhinestone on top! The star could be removed from the card and hung on the tree for an ornament.
These are the layers using the fabulous framelits. The good news is that this set and framelits carrys over!
And what a set it is with awesome greetings and various sizes of stars! I love it and will use it again.
The base is Night of Navy 4 1/4 X 11 scored at 5 1/2
The Banner is Whisper White 2 3/8 X 5 1/4 cut using a handmade template. Hmmm… I wonder if the triple layer banner punch would have been just the right size.
The little silver banner is Silver Foil paper 1 3/4 X 1 1/4 cut using Framelit #2 of the Banners Framelits.
Emboss the greeting at the top of the Whisper White Banner with white embossing powder and then sponge with Marina Mist going down about 1 3/4 inches on the banner and then sponge the top with Night of Navy. Wipe the greeting with a paper towel when through sponging.
The tails to the top of the star are embossed with white and the tails on the banner are stamped in Night of Navy. The greeting at the bottom is embossed with the white.
The little stars are cut with a smaller framelit using Silver Foil paper. A 3 X 3 piece will be enough to cut out the large background star. Turn your star framelit diagonally to cut the silver outline star and one of the smaller detail stars. The silver foil star on top needs a piece 1 3/4 X 1 3/4. The Dazzling Diamond detailed layer needs a piece 3 X 3.
The inside is a standard 4 X 5 1/4 Whisper White layer. The instructions will be clear as you look at the stamp set and important to follow so that you leave room for the greeting in the middle.
- Stamp the star in the upper left corner first – tail of 4 diamonds down, 3 diamonds to side. Don’t use the longest tail of the star stamp.
- Right Corner next – Stamp top star tail using the 3 larger stars that are in amongst the small stars to guide you in positioning the tail
- Turn the stamp upside down and stamp lining up the thin tails to match
- Now you can place the Peaceful and Bright greeting close to the bottom of the tails leaving room for Merry Christmas
- Finally, stamp the Merry Christmas
It is worth the extra effort to create this stunning card.
The third card was to highlight the Cable Knit Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, page 13 of the Holiday catalog, #143537, $10. I am a knitter and loved using this embossing folder. I made pullover sweaters with Christmas tree fronts and a white stocking cap and this cardigan for the Elizabeth Stamp A Stack. (I will post the other creations on the next post).
The new product: Stitched Framelits came in while I was doing my personal cards so I am able to show you the difference a little stitching makes. Here is the one we did in Elizabeth without stitching….. and one with stitching…..
The set has four circle, four square and four oval stitched framelits. It will be available to order again on January 16th. Item #145372. Thank you Dawn for this great set of measurements!
The Cable Knit folder is a new 3D type folder and requires a different set up before running through the Big Shot. You spritz your paper with a bit of water before running it through the Big Shot and you don’t use the bottom acrylic plate.
The main card base is Cherry Cobbler 11 X 4 1/4 scored at 5 1/2
Once again we got out a piece of cardboard and made a template for the sweater front. Starting with a piece that was 5 1/2 X 4 1/4, we marked over 1″ from the right and from the left for the shoulders. We marked the middle of the V down 1 1/4 inches and over 2 1/8 from the side and then fussy cut from the 1″ marks to the middle V mark. The template will be stored with the Cable Embossing Folder for making more!
Garden Green of 5 1/2 X 4 1/4 was cut and then the V neck cut with the template. Spritz and emboss.
The pocket was cut on Garden Green with another cardboard template that was 1 3/8″ X 1 5/8″ with a 1/4″ diagonal on each side of the bottom creating a 5/8″ bottom edge.
Using the Work of Art stamp set and the Stamp A Ma Jig I stamped a Cherry Cobbler turtle neck right in the middle of the card base.
I cut 1/2″ strips of Garden Green and used the retired Crimper to create the ribbed pieces. Just score your strips on every groove of the Simply Scored Scoring Tool to get the same effect. Strips needed:
Ribbing: Bottom Front and Inside: 4 1/4″ V neck pieces 2 1/4″ Front Button strip 4 1/8″ Pocket 1 1/2″
Use the Bow Punch and our lovely Warmth and Cheer Designer Series Paper to make the front and inside bows. Use a piece that is 4 3/4″ X 2″ and punch twice. Use the tails for the inside bow with a regular 3D bow on the sweater.
The Merry Christmas wish is from Teeny Tiny Wishes and stamped on a piece 3/8″ X 2 1/2″ and then the top of the strip only is slid in the retired Jewelry Tag Punch.
Use a piece of black twine 8 1/2″ and a needle threader to thread the twine through two little bells and tie it on the candy cane.
The candy cane is stamped on a piece of Whisper White 1 1/2 X 2 1/2 using the retired Scentsational Season Stamp Set with matching framelits. The Candy Cane could be taken out and used for an ornament.
The deer is from the Santa’s Sleigh stamp set with matching framelits and is being carried over! Yay! Soft Suede 3 X 2 1/4
The greeting is from the Wrapped in Warmth stamp set and stamped on Whisper White 3 X 3 then cut with the # 6 circle framelit or the largest of the new stitched framelits and popped up in the middle with dimensionals. I stamped to the bottom of the cardstock so I had room for the bow.
Rudolph’s nose needs a colored pearl and with three buttons held on with several glue dots, you are done!
We had two great Stamp A Stacks with these cards. I made each guest at the first event a candy cane sleigh for a thank you gift. It has a Kit Kat base, then a pack of gum, a tin of mints, two chocolates and then another chocolate on the top.
And a snowman for a door prize:
At the next event I made little mugs out of Designer Series Paper for thank you gifts:
Aren’t they cute? Thank you Traci Cornelius for this pattern on Pinterest!
Base: 4 1/2 X 8 3/8 Scored 1 1/2″ on bottom long side of your Designer Series Paper. It is directional so be careful here.
Turn your paper lengthwise on the Simply Scored and score at each inch: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 leaving a 3/8 inch tab at one side. Remove the section of tab at the bottom of the mug. Cut each score line to the 1 1/2″ horizontal score line. Put Tear and Tape on 3/8 inch side tab and lay flat to join sides. Put more Tear and Tape on front and back of half (4) of the bottom tabs and join with the opposite tabs that have no sticky tape being careful not to push the mug out of shape. Cut a #5 circle framelit to glue on the bottom and then attach to a doily!
Handle: 1 X 4 1/2 attached with Tear and Tape
For a fee of $20 you had six cards, two of each of the above, and a fun take home gift, possibly a door prize, and a wonderful afternoon stamping with friends! Don’t you wish you had come?
Shall I do another?
Have a wonderful Merry Christmas and remember the most important gift you can give is the gift of your time – time spent worshiping Jesus and time spent being with your family!
SAL, Soak in A Lot of Love
Karen
Paper Pumpkin November 2016
Hello Stamping Friends,
Thanks to Paper Pumpkin, I am eight cards closer to completing my Christmas cards!
I chose to add a Basic Black background (4 1/4″ X 3″) to the layers instead of the velum layer over the base as the kit instructed. I needed a little star and found the one in The Newborn King retired set to be just the right size. A medium size rhinestone gave emphasis to the star and added that little sparkle I like to have on cards. The kit had white sequins for the sky that now go to my stash!
For the inside I used the Peaceful Pines stamp set – still available, see page 28, and a scripture verse from the Every Blessing retired stamp set.
It feels good to look at the whole set of cards and know you only have a few dozen left to make!
My next set of cards will be the Stamp A Stacks that we did in Elizabeth!
SAL,
Karen
Christmas Magic Diamond Fold Card Class
Hello Stamping Friends,
Today I will spotlight the Christmas Magic Diamond Fold Card Class I held in November. The class fee included your choice of the wood or clear Christmas Magic Stamp set, card instructions, two kits and a luncheon. I loved this stamp set. It reminded me of the Polar Express train and the Polar Express production my third grade class put on years ago.
The tables are set:
I am ready to go:
The Diamond Fold card with the Christmas Magic Stamp set as designed by Stephanie Fischer:
I changed a few things on the front and used a Garden Green background. The banner is mounted so the card stands nicely like an easel card. I added two sizes of rhinestones for the front train lights and I used a silver Sharpie to add dimension to the bell. I stamped just a little of the train smoke on the North Pole side to make it look like a scene. Our Acrylic Block size D was exactly the size of the middle square making it easy to position the train. The three little red dots on the greeting use the retired cupcake punch and red glimmer paper and the leaf is from the Square Pillow Box Thinlits as is the snowflake shown here:
Not having to design the front gave me opportunity to design something special for the back to truly make it a “Carin’ Card” as my husband so fondly states:
Above is the card which I used at the class and had drawn in the red and white striped ribbon between the bells. When I made more to send I used the other greeting from the set and drew in a solid red ribbon since I ran out of the little white striped ribbon (retired product).
The bells are stamped just like a Triple Time Technique. Use just a bit of snail to hold the white in place and stamp on the white and green. After stamping the bell, remove the white and mount to the black border then reattach to the green for a great image! If you measure carefully on the second bell on each side, when you close the card you will get two ribbons that match, (I am asking Santa for a camera so I don’t struggle focusing my phone camera). I love the bells in the Christmas Magic stamp set. I used them on the envelopes as well.
This is a diagram of the fold:
And here is a printable pdf file for your folder just click on the blue:
We broke at noon for salad and baked potato broccoli cheddar soup.
Thanks for coming Kris, Virginia and Sheri! It was a fun day!
SAL,
Karen
#12 of 12 Cards of Christmas
Hello Stamping Friends,
Christmas isn’t officially over until we actually go to bed right? So it is still Christmas at my house and I have one last card for you. This card with its removable angel ornament was made for Safyre in New York. She is the little girl the internet was buzzing about who lost her family and her home in a fire. She survived but is badly burned. Her wish was for Christmas cards to hang on her tree so I decided she needed an angel to hang on her tree. Do you remember the punch art angel we made with the Gift Bow Bigz Die? It uses the smaller of the two bows on the die.
I wondered what the angel would look like with our new Bow Builder Punch, so I made one!
Of course I needed to make a card for the delivery of the little winged ornament so voila:
And for the inside I tied in the red and gold using gold metallic ink. That ink is discontinued but gold embossing powder would be better!
Here are the instructions followed by the supplies used:
Punch Art Angel Card PDF Instruction Sheet
Built for Free Using:My Stampin Blog
So Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night! It is SAL time – sleep a lot! Karen#10 & #11 of Twelve Cards of Christmas
Hello Stamping Friends,
The two cards for today are from the November Paper Pumpkin kit. Subscribe to Paper Pumpkin and for $19.95 a month (plus tax) you will receive a kit with all the supplies and complete instructions for that month’s projects. A great way to indulge your need to create something without the brain fry of doing the designing. (However – Pinterest is full of alternate ideas you can use!) Click HERE to subscribe. You will be asked to choose a demonstrator and I would love to be your choice.
And for the inside I used the greeting from the hostess set Six Sayings. The holly leaf is a Paper Pumpkin stamp colored with markers. I added a Cherry Cobbler layer with a Whisper White layer on top instead of stamping directly to the Paper Pumpkin card. The Paper Pumpkin stamps had “Bright & Merry”, “Seasons Greetings”, “Happy Holidays” and a “NOEL” stamp like the “JOY” stamp, so you really don’t need other stamps.
If you would like to create your own similar card I have added a PDF instruction sheet with dimensions. We have tools to cut out greenery and could easily convert either of these Paper Pumpkin cards to a birthday card or……….
Holly Card-Paper Pumpkin PDF Instruction Sheet
There were supplies in the Paper Pumpkin for five of the Holly cards and five of this next Mistletoe Card:
I used the Cozy Christmas stamp set for all the stamped images and added layers to the inside of the card for a bit of extra pizzaz.
Mistletoe Card-Paper Pumpkin PDF Instruction Sheet
Paper Pumpkin would make a great gift and can be purchased in 1-month, 3-month, 6 month, or 12 month subscriptions. Click on the image to go to my store and purchase a subscription. You will then receive a code by email and a link to www.paperpumpkin.com where you will enter the code to complete your subscription.
Merry Christmas! See you soon for one last very special card for a very special little girl. Stay tuned.
Karen
#8 & #9 of Twelve Cards of Christmas
Hello Stamping Friends,
Today’s card is a quick and easy card with two different versions. You can cut out all the layers the same and then customize the top with either the Holy family or the Wonderland trees. The Seasonal Frame Thinlits Dies set (#139658) is on sale and great for saving money on paper by using the large rectangle to cut out the inside of your layers. We will do that on this card with the silver foil layers. Download the PDF instruction sheet, shown after the images, for all the dimensions.
Card #8 All Is Calm Version 1
The Holy family and the inside greeting are from the All Ye Faithful stamp set in the holiday catalog. The star is from Every Blessing on page 70 of the main catalog. The “All is calm, all is bright” greeting on the side is from the Wonderland set. The embellishment is in the holiday catalog, page 23, and on sale now!
Card #9 All Is Calm Version 2
Cased from Deb Valder with a few changes.
I originally bought the Wonderland stamp set just to have one stamp with six different sizes of snowflakes but the trees are just fabulous and when shadow stamped on the inside (ink and stamp and then move your stamp slightly and stamp again without reinking) they are so striking! I used the 2-way glue pen to add glitter to the trees and snowflakes; just be careful to only put the glue over the stamped image so it doesn’t look yellowy when it gets on the whisper white.
The greeting is from Every Blessing. Click on the blue link for the PDF instruction sheet:
All Is Calm, All Is Bright PDF Instruction Sheet
Here is the list of supplies:
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