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Snowman Theater Card
Hello Stamping Friends,
Thank you to all who patiently watched the Tuesday Facebook Live that had about 4 technical glitches. Sigh….. I did subscribe to some new streaming software so next Tuesday will rock!
There are two videos since it didn’t refresh after one of the crashes. Also, the videos wouldn’t go to full screen so when you view the videos there is an extra screen in the background. Look below that screen for the scrolling bar so you can scroll past the parts where I am battling the software.
But this is your tenth video shouldn’t it be getting better and easier?!
Good point, but every time Facebook changes something I have to figure out how to do what I used to do or perhaps I click on something new and mess things up! Who knows!
Video 1:
Video 2:
. Let’s take a look at still pictures in case the video made you dizzy!
This is how your recipients will see the card out of the envelope-curtains closed:
. Drum roll for the snowman – don’t you wish we could make him sing!
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I refer to the mechanism as a “C Fold”:
. And I called the strips on the back of the front – suspenders! The curtains of your mechanism slide through the suspenders.
The back of the card with room to sign your name:
A close up of the curtain and the background trees before we add the snowman:
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Mr. Snowman up close:
Note the slots on the sides where you will insert the I-beam:
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. The I-beam is folded like this on only one side to slide through the slot. It is then opened up to make a stop:
The Blue Version:
. I will include this picture because it shows one of the beautiful So Many Snowflakes Dies cut once with the solid color and then again with the Designer Series Paper:
. Recipe:
Supplies:
- Snowflake Wishes Stamp Set (bundle with the dies for 10% savings)
- So Many Snowflakes Dies, page 37 of the mini
- Snowflake Splendor Designer Series Paper (DSP) page 37 of the mini
- Winter Snow Embossing Folder for the curtains, page 37 of the mini
- Rectangle Stitched Die, 4th largest
- Smallest of the stitched shapes circle or a 1 3/8 inch circle punch for the finger holes
- Blue Adhesive Backed Gems, page 37 of the mini
- Word Wishes Dies for Merry Christmas, page 183 of the Annual Catalog
- Snowman Builder Punch, page 167 of the Annual Catalog
- Pine Tree Punch, page 166 of the Annual Catalog
- Garden Gateway Dies for the little red bird, page 181 of the Annual Catalog
- Coastal Cabana Ink and sponge dauber, Whisper White ink
- Stampin’ Blends: Dark Pumpkin Pie, Dark Basic Black, Dark Soft Suede
- Snowflake Sequins, page 64 of the mini catalog
- Pearl or Rhinestone jewels colored black with Stampin’ Blend
- Fine Tip Glue to cover the snowman and then glitter if you like
Cuts:
- Base: Coastal Cabana, 81/4 X 11; cut 1/4″ off a full 8 1/2 X 11 sheet then cut that sheet at 5 1/2 and 4 1/4. You will have( two) 5 1/2 X 4 1/4 pieces for the front and back and (two) 5 1/2 X 4 pieces for the C-fold mechanism.
- Score the two 5 1/2 X 4 pieces at 1 1/4 and 2 3/4 on the long side then burnish your folds to make a C – fold.
- I-Beam: Coastal Cabana, 1 1/4 X 4 1/4; Place horizontally at the 1/2″ line on the Stampin’ Trimmer and make a 1/4″ long cut down from the top and 1/4″ cut up from bottom. Turn and do the other end. Then lay the I-Beam vertically on the Stampin’ Trimmer at the 1/4″ line and cut from 1/2″ to 3 3/4″. Repeat on the other side.
- Suspenders: Coastal Cabana, 5 3/4 X 5/8 scored 3/4 inch on each side; these are glued to the back of the front on each side as shown above
- Front: DSP, color A, 5 1/2 X 4 1/4
- Back of Stage: DSP, color B, 2 7/8 X 4 1/4
- Back sides of Stage, glued over the mechanism: DSP color B (make 2), 1 1/4 X 4 1/4
- Sides of Stage: DSP, color B, (make 2) 1 1/2 X 4, glue on mechanism before cutting I-Beam slots
- I-Beam Strip: DSP color B, 3 1/4 X 3/4
- Greeting Frame: DSP color A, 4 1/2 X 2 3/4, corner rounded on top right and bottom left
- Inside of the Greeting Frame: DSP color B, 4 X 2 1/4
- Merry Christmas Die Cuts: Whisper White, 4 1/2 X 1 1/4, use slightly smaller adhesive sheet backing before cutting. You could also use the cut our from the front rectangle.
- Optional curtain: color as desired; 4 X 2 3/4 embossed with Winter Snow Embossing Folder. I embossed the long portion of the mechanism C-fold with the Winter Snow Embossing folder and then drug the Whisper White ink across the snowflakes for contrast
Glue the front base and the front DSP, color A, together, placing liquid glue only on the outer edge. Do not get glue on the inside. (They should be the same size 5 1/2 X 4 1/4). Place the 4th largest rectangle stitched die 3/4″ from each edge and cut. The cut out is 2 3/4″ X 4″ Use the DSP cut out to punch three trees for the background with the Pine Tree punch:
If you prefer the words to match the base, cut a piece of double back adhesive sheet (page 162 of the Annual Catalog) just a little bit smaller than the rectangle cut out – 2 1/2 X 3 3/4 and glue to the rectangle stitched Coastal Cabana you just cut out. Then place the Merry Christmas dies from Word Wishes dies on the other side of the Coastal Cabana and cut.
For the side slits for placement of the I Beam: First glue the DSP stage sides on the middle section of each mechanism. Stand the mechanisms up in their C shape so that you see the smallest side is to the back, the middle faces inward, and the curtain goes to the front. Scroll back up to the picture that shows the C Fold. This is important so you make both slits at the bottom of the stage. Place the long curtain portion at the 3 1/2″ mark on your Stampin’ Trimmer. Double check that your mechanism’s score lines are at the 3/4″ mark to the right and 3/4″ mark to the left of the middle section where you are cutting. Start your cut up 1/2″ from the bottom of the mechanism and cut 1″. Now carefully move the piece 1/16 of an inch to the left and cut again 1/2″ from the bottom, cutting up 1″. Use your scissors to cut the little 1/16 portions out to make a nice slit.
The video next Tuesday will be a theater card with the Peaceful Nativity silhouettes. I will show the construction of the I-Beam and the I-Beam slits in that video. A picture is worth a thousand words and I think I just gave you enough of both! I hope you will make many versions of this card. It is really fun!
Here is the Nativity version of the Theater card:
It uses the ‘Brightly Gleaming Designer Series Paper’ and copper foil cut outs with the ‘Nativity Dies’. You do not make an I beam for this card so that you can see the palm trees and sheep on one side and the palm tree and donkey on the other. The theater curtains are embossed with the ‘Dainty Diamonds’ embossing folder and then versa mark is rubbed across the panels and copper embossing powder applied and heated.
Our hostess code is : BX2TBPDE with Cindy as our hostess.
Join me on my Facebook page at 9:30 AM for Take A Break Tuesday, the second Tuesday of each month! Facebook.com/stampalosopher/videos
SAL, (Sharing A Lot)
Karen
Sights & Sounds of the Season
Hello Stamping Friends,
If you are viewing this post in your mobile device, click to open the email and then click again on the header to go to the website so the videos and links work.
Joy is our hostess this month and the hostess code is: 9YGY2BAX
We made a spur of the moment trip to Estes Park last weekend and it was so worth it, even though I am now far behind on my to do list.
The fall colors were exceptional and there had been a river site cancellation at Manor RV park just minutes before we called! Saturday was picture perfect!
Did you put a pumpkin outside Jasper to decorate?
That would have been fun, Sal, but the neighboring RV had plenty of decorations to enjoy. (By the way, Sal is referring to Jasper, our motorhome, it’s a Jamboree, so of course, being a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, we needed to have alliteration in the name just like all our Stampin’ Up! colors). Here’s Paul and Jasper on the river site.
So let’s get down to business!
If we must…. sigh…Yes, we must! Select Designer Series Papers are on sale- click on the image to view:
And we have a sneak peak of the November Paper Pumpkin- I see a gingerbread house stamp, I hope, and what looks like a house we can decorate and candies…. oh my!
Click on the Jolly Gingerbread image to join or visit page 71 of the Holiday catalog to get a prepaid subscription with the benefit of adding other supplies from your wish list! Use hostess code: 9YGY2BAX and our current hostess, Joy, will be on her way to earning free products.
Last year the Paper Pumpkin had tags and I made cards out of all the tags, click to view that post, and I have heard the sales of gift cards are expected to go up this year! I am certainly running out of ideas and may send a few myself.
FYI: There is a “Joy to the World” Facebook page for those of you who purchased October’s kit.
Event notice: If my kit arrives I will have a ‘Take A Break Tuesday’ Facebook Live next Tuesday, October 20, 9:30AM to look at the October Joy To The World kit and create cards.
Should I change my pumpkin to a snowman?
Oh no, Sal, not yet! But we do want to get a head start on Christmas Cards, so today’s post includes two cards representing Sights and Sounds of the Season. We love looking at poinsettias and hearing the silver bells!
Click here to view the Facebook Live:
Cherish The Season
This layout started with the picture in The Mini Catalog, page 33.
Recipe:
- ‘Cherish The Season’ stamp set
- ‘Sounds of the Season’ dies
- ‘Garden Gateway’ Dies for arch
- ‘Peony’ Dies Border
- ‘Toile Christmas’ stamp set for the greeting
- ‘Christmas Cardinal Dies’ to cut the banner
- Real Red Sheer Ribbon 10″
- Rhinestone Basic Jewels, 3 small, one large
- Inks: Garden Green, Versa Mark, Cherry Cobbler
- Clear Embossing Powder
- Base: Real Red, 4 1/4 X 11 scored at 5 1/2
- Front Sides: Designer Series Paper: Tis The Season, 1 X 5 1/2 (make 2)
- Middle Layer Background: Red Foil, 2 1/2 X 5 1/2
- Swag Base: Whisper White, 2 1/8 X 5 1/2; Die cut the top with the arch from Garden Gateway Dies, and die cut the bottom with the Peony edge die
- Pine Boughs: Garden Green, 1 1/2 X 6; Make 4 little and 4 large boughs
- Bells: Silver Foil, 2 1/4 X 4 1/2 Make one set of four bells and and an extra little bell for the inside; cut the 4 strips (all on one die) for the front four. Use Scotch Tape on the back of the two bells you will color before die cutting and then another piece after cutting. Color the holly leaves with Dk Shaded Spruce Stampin’ Blends and the berries with Lt Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Blends – color twice for depth of color.
- Front Greeting: Whisper White, 4 1/4 X 1 1/4; stamp Christmas Wishes from Toile Christmas, first in Versa Mark and then in Cherry Cobbler. Sprinkle with clear embossing powder, then heat and cut it out with the Cardinal Die Set. Tip: with clear embossing powder, you have the ability to emboss in any ink color you have.
- Inside Layer: Whisper White, 3 3/4 X 5
- Strip on Inside: Tis the Season DSP, 1/2 X 5
- Stamp set for inside: For Unto Us stamped in Garden Green
In the video, I use Shaded Spruce for the back of the swag instead of the red foil, and I had another card made with Garden Green. Which color do you like the best?
I vote for the Red Foil but I like the greens as well and that would be cheaper!
Poinsettia Petals
Layout cased from Vincenza Montereale on Demonstrator Planning Place.
Recipe:
- ‘Poinsettia’ Dies
- ‘Poinsettia Petals’ stamp set
- ‘Ornate Layers’ Dies
- ‘Stitched Rectangles’ Dies
- Beaded Pearls
- Shimmer Paint
- Stampin’ Spritzer
- Ink: Balmy Blue, Versa Mark and White Embossing Powder
- Base: Thick Whisper White, 8 1/2 X 5 1/2, scored at 4 1/4
- Large Ornate Layer: Balmy Blue, 4 1/4 X 5 1/2
- Flocked Vellum Specialty Paper Layer: 5 X 3 5/8, cut with the 2nd largest stitched rectangle die
- Small Ornate Layer: Balmy Blue, 5 X 3 1/2 , cut both the ornate layer and the center cut out at the same time using the 3rd smallest rectangle die
- Blue Sprigs X2: Use Balmy Blue rectangle cut out from the previous step
- Poinsettia and white sprigs: Whisper White, 5 1/2 X 6 1/4; make two each of the medium poinsettia and two each of the medium large poinsettia and cut three sprigs in white
- Small poinsettia and the Leaf: Balmy Blue Glimmer Paper, 2 1/4 X 2 1/4, Die cut one small leaf and two small flowers.
- Inside Layer: Balmy Blue, 4 X 5 1/4
- Strip: Balmy Blue Glimmer Paper, 3/4 X 4
Thank you for spending some time with me here on the blog and thank you to those who created their club cards with a Facebook Live instead of meeting here at home. The positive side is that there is no waiting as we share the tools, so we accomplished in two hours what normally takes four hours at the house.
Would you like to be part of club? You can pay $5 for the club cards and be our guest! We swap with each other, those who can, and we meet by Zoom on the last Tuesday of the month to share our swap cards, visit with each other and do a Mystery Card challenge.
I would be honored to be your demonstrator and support you however I can as I bring “a pinch of creativity to spice up your crafting world!”
That’s the part where I came in!
So true and let us all be SALs in this crazy world bringing Salt And Light to everyone we meet!
Virtual Hugs,
Karen
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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!
August Hostess Code: HKVNWPPX
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)
Mini Chocolate Pretzels
Hello Stamping Friends,
Here are instructions for the mini chocolate pretzels that I make:
- Square pretzels
- Hugs candies (one package has about 75 pieces)
- M&Ms
Preheat oven to 200*. Place parchment paper on a cookie sheet and then carefully line up your square pretzels on the pan. (Just eat the broken ones; you need the whole ones.) Place one hug candy on each pretzel and place in the oven for 2-5 minutes. Time varies depending on the temperature of your candy; if it was frozen it will take longer; if it has been setting out it will take less time. Watch for the tip to start melting down. Remove and promptly put an M&M in the center of each hug. Place in the refrigerator to cool. Here is a picture of some I made in Thanksgiving colors and mixed with a batch of Rice Krispie treats for neighbor gifts.
SAL, Showing A Little Yummy
Karen
Paper Pumpkin Alternatives & Tailored Tag Quilted Card
Hello Stamping Friends,
This post is for those of you who still have a November Paper Pumpkin kit that you never got a chance to use.
Kind of like you never got around to posting the cards you made with the kit.
Yes, Sal, it has been a whirlwind of a month. Let me show you how I used the 24 Christmas tags to make cards.
I purchased the Night Before Christmas Memories and More Cards and Envelopes Kit so it really was like a typical Paper Pumpkin with cards and cool matching envelopes.
Snowflake Card
And when I ran out of the cards, I used the snowflake stamp from the PP and heat embossed white snowflakes around the edge of a Merry Merlot layer of card stock:
I have all my Paper Pumpkin stamp sets together and the ‘Wonderful time of year’ greeting was from a prior Paper Pumpkin (PP).
The snowflakes were in the November PP kit, the top greeting is in the retired “Beautiful Blizzard” stamp set and the Merry Christmas is from Octobers PP kit.
Deer and Tree Card
You know how I like to coordinate the greeting on the front with the inside and the “Itty Bitty Christmas” set had Christmas Cheer to match the “Perfectly Plaid” stamp set greeting that is so appropriate for Christmas time when we get so busy.
Sled Card
The outside greeting is from the PP stamp set and the inside is the “Perfectly Plaid” stamp set used again.
Birds Christmas Card
Joy to the world is from “Itty Bitty Christmas” and the inside greeting is from the “Still Scenes” snow globe stamp set.
Quilted Christmas Card
One more Christmas card I would love to show you is one my Mother-in-law made using the Tailored Tag punch and the plaid designer series paper with a greeting from the “Rustic Retreat” stamp set. Mom makes gorgeous quilts but has never tried her hand at cards so it was fun to show her that the two talents of quilting and cardmaking could be one.
We started by cutting a piece of copy paper to the size of the front and then folding it in half and then half again to find the exact center so we could punch a template for placement of the middle greeting.
From there it was like building a quilt:
The following card is one I had started with using all the plaids but Mom’s eye for colors made the coordination much better than my collage of colors with a white border. Just think what we could do with all our left over DSP!
Thanks Mom!
SAL, Share A Lot – Only 356 days until next Christmas!!
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
#Elfie Diorama Card
Hostess Code: FPDMJ4X9
Hello Stamping Friends,
It’s an Elfie day in the neighborhood, an Elfie day in the neighborhood, won’t you be my neighbor!
Yup! Elfie from my head to my toes! Ruger was the cutest elf of all!
‘#Elfie’ is a super cute stamp set (page 22 of the 2019 Holiday catalog). I am casing Michelle Andrews and the diorama card she posted on her blog: www.stamppraylove.blogspot.com. I changed the coloring and positioning and added puff paint to the bobbles on their shoes and hat. I used the ‘Birch’ background stamp set to add a faux wood frame look. The little elf in the stocking would be great on the back of the card but I can only expect my club to do so much fussy cutting.
The greetings on the front and back come from the ‘Perfectly Plaid’ stamp set on page 14 of the 2019 Holiday catalog.
- Base: Crumb Cake 4 1/4 X 11; Score at 5/8, 5 3/8, 6, 10 3/4, Use 3rd largest rectangle framelit to cut the front. Mask each section of the base and stamp with Soft Suede ink using the ‘Birch’ background stamp. Stamp the front and back greetings using Shaded Spruce ink. The Stamparatus helps you stamp the greetings and restamp them to get nice dark green images. Burnish all the score lines really well to assure the card moves well and lays flat.
- Back of the Diorama: Pool Party, 4 3/4 minus 1/16 (4 11/16) to allow for score lines X 4 1/4, stamp snowflakes in Pool Party Ink and adhere snowflake sequins.
- Elves: Whisper White, 4 1/4 X 5 1/2, Stamp in Memento Ink and color with Stampin’ Blends. Fussy Cut. Use a blender pen to dip in Pool Party ink and color the area between the elf and the Christmas ornament. Glue a strip of whisper white on the back of the two tall pieces for stability.
- Snow Mounds: Thick Whisper White, Make 2: 5 1/4 X 2 1/4; creatively cut a large right hand mound and a smaller left hand mound. Score each side of the mounds 1/4″ . Make a template and you can quickly cut out the snow mounds for each card kit.
The rectangle cutout uses the 3rd largest die in the Rectangle Stitched Framelits. It is 1/2″ down from the top leaving about 3/4″ on the bottom for your greeting. I was able to stamp the three elves and the package on one 4 1/4 X 5 1/2 ( 1/4 of a sheet) whisper white. I cut two little strips 1/4 X 4 to adhere to the back of the long elf images for a bit more stability. The snow mound on the left is 1 3/4″ at the peak and goes in front of the right hand snow mound which measures 2″ at the peak.
The snow mounds are glued together to make a box of sorts.
The snow mound “box” is decorated with elves and snow. Glue the elves to the snow mounds before adding snow. Make sure nothing is adhered to the pool party background or the card will not lie flat to go in an envelope. Burnish each fold really well to help the card move. Cut around the elbows of the ‘No Peeking’ elf and don’t cut off the words. The elbows go over the front frame and the words give you a tab to glue to the back of the frame. Likewise with the package – cut a little tab at the bottom to use for gluing to the front of the frame.
The Holiday catalog has ‘Shimmery Crystal Effects’ on page 41 which you will use to adhere the ‘Ice Stampin’ Glitter’ (same page). It is most remarkable how the Crystal Effects holds the glitter and so cool how sparkly the ice glitter looks! The puff paint (page 19) is so fun to add to the hats and shoes of the elves! We learned to hold the bottle almost horizontally and let gravity do as much of the work as possible instead of squeezing the bottle. The background is pool party stamped in pool party ink with the snowflake stamp set in ‘#Elfie’. The little teensy tiny snowflakes are from the ‘Snowflake Sequins’ on page 43 of the 2019 Holiday Catalog. (Or you may have some left from the October Paper Pumpkin).
Place ‘Tear and Tape’ on the outside edges of your snow mound box and adhere to the base in the middle on the right side. This leaves about 1/8″ on each side of the base. When you adhere the other side which has the seam, place tear and tape on the seam and then fold the right hand side over the tape to insure the box will lie flat. This is a view from the bottom:
That was a lot of directions. This is when I wish I made Youtube videos. Maybe next year……
Now that we know how to make diorama cards just imagine what other stamp sets we can use. My inspiration came from Lucille who had the absolute cutest little diorama card with doggies. Hmmm…….snowmen next – or deer??
The new hostess code is FPDMJ4X9 and Stampin’ Up! is going to have a three day Extravaganza sale November 20-22.
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It’s an Elfie day in the neighborhood – won’t you be my customer? Contact me if you have questions or need a catalog. You can also go to the catalog tab at the top of the blog to see all the catalogs.
SAL, Silly And Loving it
Karen
Christmas Card Stamp A Stack
Hello Stamping Friends,
It is Friday! Hopefully you had a great week and are looking forward to a restful or fun filled weekend.
Here are cards from a Paper Pumpkin:
I did change the greeting. It comes from the very versatile Itty Bitty Christmas stamp set in the Holiday catalog.
NOEL Double Time Stamping:
Casing Mary Detharage at stampsnlingers.com:
Recipe:
- Stamp Sets: ‘Joy & Noel’, ‘Timeless Tidings’
- Ink: Memento Black
- Tools: Oval Stitched Shape Framelit and Oval die (retired) 3rd smallest in set or oval 1/8″ smaller than Stitched Shape Oval
- Stampin’ Blends: Real Red, Shaded Spruce
- Base: Real Red, 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 Scored at 4 1/4
- Layer: Basic Black, 4 X 5 1/8 -make 2
- Top: Whisper White, 3 7/8 X 5 – make 2
- Embellishment: 3 gold metallic pearls
Using the largest Stitched Shape Oval, cut out a piece from the middle of the black layer. Set aside.
Center the small oval framelit on the white top layer and cut the oval then return the oval to the layer and stamp the Noel. I used the Stamparatus so I could stamp until I got a really dark black image on the letters.
Color. I used the light Shaded Spruce for the stems and small leaves around the berries, both dark and light Shaded Spruce on the large leaves and Real Red dark and light for the berries.
Adhere the colored oval to the black stitched shape oval with snail and then pop up the ovals on the white layer.
Add gold metallic pearls.
The inside greeting, Merry Christmas and holly branch are from Timeless Tidings.
This card is a case of the catalog using the other stamp in the set:
Beautiful Baubles:
This card is a case of www.sandjunecrafts.com who cased June Keingstaer:
Recipe:
- Ink: Pacific Point and Versa Mark with silver embossing powder
- Stamps: Beautiful Baubles, Timeless Tidings
- Tools: Detailed Bands Dies, Aqua Painter, Gray Marker, Wink of Stella
- Base: Silver Foil Edged Cards & Envelopes (#147900)
- Layer: Pacific Point 5 1/4 X 4
- Top: Shimmery Whisper White 5 X 3 3/4
- Inside: Silver Foil Strip 4 1/4 X 1/4 and Pacific Point Strip 4 1/4 X 1/4
- Greeting: Shimmery White 2 X 3 and 2 ovals cut from Silver Foil using the Detailed Bands Dies. Deck the Halls is in Beautiful Baubles, the inside greetings are in Timeless Tidings
Start by creating two masks of the bauble on sticky notes. Stamp the left bauble in Versa Mark, mask it and then stamp the bow and string. Remove the mask and emboss with silver embossing powder. Mask that bauble and stamp the middle baubles and the right side bauble, bows and string. Emboss with silver. Use the Aqua Painter and dip in the Pacific Point and water color the baubles. Color the inside of the top little holder thingy gray and apply wink of stella. Add rhinestones.
Stamp the greeting, cut with the Detailed Bands Oval Die and attach to two silver ovals cut with the same die. Sponge the edge with Pacific Point. Use glue dots to attach to the foil and then dimensionals to attach to the top of the card.
Apply strips to the inside left and stamp the greeting. The card stock in the set is thick so you don’t really need another layer. The catalog also has gold foil cards and envelopes. Check out page168 of the Annual Catalog 2019-2020.
Note: I will add the catalog year in the future posts since I have gone back to reference posts from years ago and the page number is not the same. In the catalog section of my blog I have kept all the pdfs of catalogs since I started blogging so you can go to that section and find the catalog I reference. You can look at the date of the post to figure out which catalog but I will be more helpful in the future. Do you have other suggestions that would make my blog more user friendly?
Christmas Tree Special Fold:
Cased from Rachel Tessman at StampYourArtOut.com:
This is a Step Panel Card and folds to fit in a standard envelope.
Recipe:
- Ink: Shaded Spruce, Versa Mark and white embossing powder
- Stamp Set: Snow Is Glistening
- Tools: Snowfall Thinlits, 1 3/8″ circle punch and 1 1/4″ circle punch
- Base: Shaded Spruce 4 1/4 X 8 1/2; Score at 1/2, 1 1/2, 3, 4
- Step: Shaded Spruce 2 1/2 X 4 1/4; Score at 1/2 and 1 1/2
- Tree: Shaded Spruce 4 X 2 1/2
- Greeting and the snowflake background at the top of tree: Whisper White 1 3/4 X 4
- Back of the greeting and snowflake on top of the tree: Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper: 1 3/4 X 2 3/4
- Designer Series Paper: 4 X 2 7/8
- Embellishments: Three rhinestones for the snowflakes and 14″ Silver Metallic Edge Ribbon
Fold each score line and use your bone folder to make nice folds on the base and the step. It is critical at this point to get a feel for where the base and the step are attached so you identify the bottom of each. Don’t attach until after you have stamped but you need to know the bottom.
Adhere the Designer Series Paper.
Stamp the tree and the bottom of the step and the base and white emboss. Use the trimmer to cut the tree leaving a tiny edge of green. This will be mounted last and the ribbon will be tied through the step and over the bottom of the tree which hides the seam.
Apply Tear and Tape to the 1/2″ fold on the base, it seems to be the front since stamping but it will be folded back to attach. Critical – don’t guess where it is attached- remove the top of the tear and tape, fold the 1/2″ flap over and then fold the card base flat to correctly attach the 1/2″. Do the same with the step- don’t guess where it is attached. Adhere it to the bottom of the base and then remove the back of the Tear and Tape on the 1/2″ fold and fold the step and base flat to get perfect placement of the step.
Stamp your greeting. Joy is in the Snow Is Glistening stamp set. Punch with the 1 1/4 punch. (Attach to the Dazzling Diamonds with glue dots), then pop up on the base with dimensionals. Die cut two snowflakes from the Snowfall Thinlits (one for the front of the tree and one for the back).
Punch a circle of Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper with the 1 3/8 punch and die cut a dazzling diamond snowflake for the top of the tree. Add a rhinestone!
The back Whisper White piece is a rectangle with the 4 1/4 going vertical and the 4 on the horizontal. It seems square so you have to look carefully for a nice border placement. Die cut a large snowflake and a smaller snowflake in the corners, poke out all the little pieces and set aside for a minute. After cutting your snowflakes it is easy to see where the greeting will fit. Stamp the greeting, adhere the layer to the base and then place the snowflakes back in their cutout. Add rhinestones to the snowflake.
Tie the ribbon through the base right at the top so it covers where your tree is attached.
You just made a step card!
SAL, Stamp A Lot of Christmas cards
Karen
Christmas Stamp A Stack
Hello Stamping Friends,
October Stamp A Stack:
Here are pictures of the cards we made at the October Stamp A Stack. If you have questions leave your requests in the comment section.
Still Scenes Snow Globe
Still Scenes Snow Globe with Feels Like Frost Designer Series Paper on a layer of Seaside Spray and a cardbase of Thick Whisper White. The banner and base background are Night of Navy. The greetings are from the Bells and Boughs stamp set and the Farmhouse Christmas.
TIP: Make yourself a template out of cardstock and you can cut multiples quickly:
- Base: Whisper White 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 Scored at 4 1/4
- 1st Layer and inside: Make 2; Seaside Spray 5 1/4 X 4
- 2nd Layer: Frost DSP 5 1/8 X 3 7/8
- Inside Top Layer: Whisper White 5 1/8 X 3 7/8
- House: Whisper White 2 1/2 X 2 1/2, Stamp in Memento ink and color with Stampin’ Blends
- Snow Globe Base: Night of Navy 3 X 1 3/4
- Snow Globe Base top layer: Silver Foil 3 X 1 3/4, Tip: attach to adhesive sheet then run through Big Shot
- Banner: Night of Navy 1″ (minus a hair) X 4″ Punch with Banner Triple Punch
- Embellishments: 8″ ribbon and three silver foil punch dots punched with hand held punch
- Snow: A little bit of Ice Stampin’ Glitter with a few of the Snowflake Sequins
Shrinky Dink Cardinal on Seasonal Wreath
Seasonal Wreath 3D embossing folder with Shrinky Dink Cardinal from Toile Christmas stamp set & Christmas Cardinal Dies. Strips of Red Glimmer Paper are scotch taped to the back of the top layer and the entire top layer is popped up on a Thick Whisper White base.
- Base: Thick Whisper White 4 1/4 X 11 scored at 5 1/2
- Wreath: Whisper White, 3 15/16 (4″ minus a hair) X 5 1/2, emboss with Seasonal Wreath Embossing Folder
- Strips of Red Glimmer Paper: Make 2; 3/8 X 5 1/2; use scotch tape to adhere to the back of the embossed wreath
- Cardinal: Clear Shrinky Dink paper, 2 5/8 X 5; Stamp cardinal with Staz On ink and color the back with alcohol markers
- Banner: Whisper White 1 1/2 X 3 1/2 Stamp greeting with Real Red Ink
- Inside Frame: Red Glimmer Paper, 3 1/8 X 3 1/8, Use circle framelit to cut circle. The two Christmas Cardinal Scrolly dies can be cut from the inside of the red glimmer paper circle
- Inside top greeting: 2 3/4 X 2 3/4 cut with one size smaller circle. I used circles 5 & 6 in the retired circles.
- Branches: Whisper White 3 X 3, Cut two large and two small branches. Place 4 glue dots in the bottom middle of the wreath and layer: one large to right, one to left, one glimmer paper scrolly die to left, one scrolly die to right touching in the middle to look like one, one small branch to the left and one small branch right about the middle to cover all the glue dots. Use glue dots to place the cardinal above the branches so he looks like he is sitting on the red glimmer scrolly.
- Embellish the wreath with red glimmer dots.
Noble Peacock Foil Christmas
This card uses the Noble Peacock Specialty Designer Series Paper with Noble Peacock Foil Sheets cut with the Detailed Bands dies and layered on an oval of Bermuda Bay. The top layer of DSP is bordered with a strip of black foil paper and another black foil strip is cut out with one of the Detailed Bands dies for the inside. The Merry Christmas is a separate piece that is popped up with dimensionals. The card base is Bermuda Bay. The outside Merry Christmas is actually a sticker I picked up from a Krazy Creations craft booth several years ago. The inside greeting is from the “Timeless Tidings” stamp set.
For those who felt the colors were better for a birthday card, the “Band Together” stamp set that is bundled with the “Detailed Bands Dies” (page 121) has a perfect birthday greeting that fits perfectly on the cut out center and was easily embossed with black embossing powder to tie to the overall shiny look of the foils. The inside greeting is from the current “Country Home” stamp set.
- Base: Bermuda Bay 5 1/2 X 8 1/2, scored at 4 1/4
- 1st Layer: Peacock DSP 3 7/8 X 5 1/2
- Strip to border 1st Layer: Black Foil 1/2 X 5 1/2
- Strip at top of inside: Black Foil 1 X 5 1/2 , cut with Detailed Bands Die
- Greeting Layer 1: Bermuda Bay die cut oval 2 1/2 X 3 1/2
- Greeting Layer 2: Turquoise Peacock Foil die cut with Detailed Bands die, trim edges so it covers from the black to the right edge, adhere directly to oval
- Greeting Layer 3: The Detailed Bands Die gives a great cut out to stamp a greeting and pop up with dimensionals
- Embellish: I used 9″ of turquoise sequin ribbon and loops of black thread to adhere behind the oval before gluing the oval directly to the DSP. Two Noble Peacock Rhinestones completed the card.
K-Cup Thank You Gift
For a little thank you gift I made a K-cup holder sitting on top of a pumpkin spice latte mix, the little squiggle below the thank you is in the “A Big Thank You” stamp set:
- Long Strip: Pumpkin Pie, 2″ X 12″ Score at 5″ and 7″ ( Tip: score at 5″ and turn and score other side at 5″), punch each end with Scalloped Tag Topper Punch.
- Inside Box: Early Espresso 3 15/16 X 3 15/16 ( 4 X 4 minus a hair on each side)
- Score each side at 1” and then make tabs at every other corner by cutting 1″ from the corner to the score line. Cut the tabs at an angle to make them easier to adhere. Use Tear and Tape to adhere sides.
- DSP: Make 2: 1 3/4 X 4 1/4
- DSP: Make 2: 1 3/4 X 7/8 (sides of the box)
SAL, Stamp A Lot of Christmas Cards
Karen
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