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Friday, September 23, 2016

Snowflake Notecards

Do you even find a stamping supply laying on your desk and it suddenly inspires you to create a card? That's what happened to me with the projects in this post.

I have been trying to reorganize my craft room. I have lots of retired stamping supplies laying around. Instead of just saying, "Oh this is old. Let me just shove this away in a corner", I have decided to pair the old with the new.

The old supply I am using is the beautiful Something Borrowed embellishments. These lovely silver tone and rhinestone embellishments have been sitting on my desk forever. They were definitely a case of a product being too pretty to use. I know that sounds ridiculous, but it's true! I could not bring myself to use them because I thought that they were just too pretty. Well now, I need to get them used up.

These embellishments were originally geared towards wedding projects, but I think that they are fabulous when paired with snowflakes!

Flurry of Wishes is my favorite snowflake stamp set! (And with a coordinating punch, it is super easy to make great projects.) To me, snowflakes sparkle just like these embellishments.

For some more stash busting, I made a matching envelope from some retired paper. That's a great way to use up some DSP if you have a bit piled up and you want to make room for the latest and greatest paper. Just use it to create beautiful envelopes.

I couldn't resist making another card with a different color scheme. Can you tell that I love non-traditional colors for Christmas cards??? Love it!

Yeah, I made another matching envie with my envelope punch board.

Check out these beauties together!

You could make several of these in different colors and bundle them up as a set! What a nice gift to give someone to prepare for the holidays.

Cardstock Measurements:

Card base: 4" x 8"

First mat: 3-3/4" x 3-3/4"

Whisper White stamped panel: 3-1/4" x 3-1/4"

Ribbon: 5"

Product List

Flurry Of Wishes Photopolymer Stamp Set [139732]	Tip Top Taupe Classic Stampin' Pad [138325]	Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad [138326]	Rich Razzlebberry Classic Stampin' Pad [126950]
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Tip Top Taupe 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [138336]	Rich Razzleberry 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [115316]	Mint Macaron 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [138337]
Ribbon 3/8" (1 Cm) Trio Pack [142021]	2015-2017 In Color Envelope Paper [141697]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]	SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332]
Envelope Punch Board [133774]

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Offer Dates: August 11–October 10, 2016

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· After the first two months, the subscription will continue for $19.95 USD/$26.95 CAD + tax per month (shipping included) unless cancelled or suspended. Ends October 10, 2016.

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· Not valid on prepaid subscriptions.

· Ends October 10, 2016 (the last day to subscribe and get the October kit).

Monday, September 19, 2016

Flurry of Wishes Shaker Card

It's never too early to get a start on your holiday cards. Today I have a fun, interactive card to share with you. It will have you thinking cool thoughts during these hot, humid days.

Shaker cards are so much fun and they are super easy to make. Everyone who receives a shaker card is immediately WOW'd by it! They will think that you spent hours making the card, but the truth is that you can create this card in under an hour. Just let everyone think you spent hours making it.

I love using the thick Whisper White card stock for a nice, clean card base. It makes the Dapper Denim on this card pop.

Inside of the shaker portion of the card, I stamped the snowflakes in Smoky Slate. If you wanted a more subtle effect, you could stamp them off first before making your final stamped image. That would make a very light shade of Smoky Slate and will bring even more attention to your sentiment.

To create the "confetti" for inside of the shaker, I used the star confetti punch and some silver glimmer paper. The stars are the perfect size for a shaker card, and the glimmer paper adds sparkle! Then I quickly added another sentiment and some additional snowflakes to decorate the interior of the card.

TIP : Do your interior stamping first. That way if you make a mistake, you can just stamp an new card base rather than having to take the shaker element off and transferring it to a new card.

Click HERE to see another shaker card I have created.

Hostess Code for September 1-30, 2016 - ZZ6QKCTV

For the FIRST time ever, FIRST-time subscribers can buy their FIRST month and get their second month FREE!

Offer Dates: August 11–October 10, 2016

The Fine Print:

· After the first two months, the subscription will continue for $19.95 USD/$26.95 CAD + tax per month (shipping included) unless cancelled or suspended. Ends October 10, 2016.

· This offer is open to first-time subscribers only.

· Not valid on prepaid subscriptions.

· Ends October 10, 2016 (the last day to subscribe and get the October kit).

Product List

Monday, August 17, 2015

Color Throwdown #355

Hi Stampers!

I'm using more new product today for the Color Throwdown challenge. I think I buy a snowflake set every single year. I just LOVE snowflakes! (Too bad I hate real snow.) Here's the color combo for this week's Color Throwdown. If you want to play along, just click on the image below to go to their blog.

I went with Pacific Point, Tempting Turquoise, and Smokey Slate as my colors for this throw down. I thought they were perfect for a snowflake card!

It might be difficult to see in the picture, but for the turquoise snowflakes, I added some sparkle with Iridescent Ice Stampin' emboss powder. This is really easy to do with photopolymer stamps. First I stamped the snowflakes with the Tempting Turquoise ink. After the ink has dried, I stamp again with Versamark and then heat emboss with the embossing powder. It's really easy to line up the images because of the see through photopolymer stamps.

I also added some of the fun new bling from the catalog to certain snowflakes for some extra sparkle! These are the Winter Wonderland Embellishments. Do you also see the two new punches I used on this card?

Hope that you have enjoyed my card today. Tell me what products from the new catalog you are most excited about in the comments!

Sneak Peek Products Used (Available Sept. 1st, 2015):

Winter Wonderland Embellishments

Snow Flurry Punch (will be available in a bundle)

Flurry of Wishes Photopolymer Stamp Set (will be available in a bundle)

Curvy Corner Trio Punch

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Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Celebrate the Season Card

Hi Stampers!

Today I have a Christmas card to share with you that features a lot of non-traditional Christmas colors! Don't you love Lost Lagoon with Smoky Slate? I added in a dash of gold for some shine!

A close up of the tag. I was able to create a cool shadow effect on the sentiment. It was so easy because you can see through the photopolymer stamps!