Dec 6, 2010 | Uncategorized |
To be honest, I bought this Jolly Old Saint Nick stamp set only for the big Santa face. I love that Santa face! See for yourself on page 26 of the Holiday Mini Catalogue. Isn’t it adorable?
But the more I use this set, the more I appreciate all of the images and how well they work for making fast and fun Christmas cards. For this card, I paired the snowman with the “Wishing You a Merry Christmas” greeting to make a card with a completely different look from my Santa cards. And the snowman and snowflake images can be used well after New Years for thank you and birthday cards since winter will be here for awhile yet.
This card uses just one colour, Night of Navy, with the Whisper White. I think it makes this card really clean and crisp looking. I also used only Night of Navy accessories – the 1/4″ and 1-1/4″ striped grosgrain ribbons and Regals Big Designer Buttons with some rhinestones from the Basic Rhinestones package for more bling. I added rhinestones to cover up the stamped snowman buttons as well as the center of the navy designer buttons.
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Stamps: Jolly Old Saint Nick (Clear 121321, Wood 121711)
Inks: Night of Navy (102977)
Paper: Night of Navy (100867), Whisper White (100730)
Big Shot: Petals-a-Plenty Embossing folder (116824)
Other: Basic Rhinestones (119246), Regals Designer Buttons (119744), Night of Navy 1-1/4″ Striped Grosgrain Ribbon (119773), Night of Navy 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon (109036), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)
Jolly Old Saint Nick
Set of 6
Clear $21.95, #121321
Wood $30.95, #121711
Page 26 of the Holiday Mini Catalogue
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Dec 5, 2010 | Uncategorized |
This Christmas Card was lots of fun to make!
I decided to create a small garland with the Mini Vintage Tags for this card. Since space was limited it needed to be a shorter word and “merry” worked well. I created the letters out of Always Artichoke cardstock using the Billboard Decorative Strip for the Big Shot. The letters were adhered to the tags with mini glue dots that I rolled so they would not be visible. Remember to leave the holes uncovered so the linen thread can be inserted to hold the letters in place.
For this card I used the ‘Merry Christmas” greeting from the Four the Holidays stamp set. Using an Always Artichoke marker to colour only “Christmas” and omit “Merry”. I stamped the greeting onto the Crumb Cake cardstock and then added the linen thread with the letters adhering on the back. Next, I layered this piece onto Always Artichoke cardstock. If necessary, you can use more mini glue dots to hold the letters to the cardstock and keep them evenly spaced.
The card itself is Always Artichoke cardstock with layers of Crumb Cake cardstock and a coordinating pattern from the Deck the Halls Designer series paper. I layered the stamped piece to the card with dimensionals.
The Mini Vintage Tags are about 3/4″ of an inch wide and feature shimmery gold cardstock inside a silver ring. These petite tags are so pretty and will work with lots of projects and cards. Add a package to your next order!
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Stamps: Four the Holidays (116921)
Inks: Always Artichoke Marker (105113)
Paper: Deck the Halls Designer Series Paper (120810), Always Artichoke (105119), Crumb Cake (120953)
Big Shot: Billboard Sizzlits Decorative Strip Die (114510)
Other: Mini Vintage Tags (118763), Linen Thread (104199). Mini Glue Dots (103683), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)
Mini Vintage Tags
12 tags per package
$6.95, #118763
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Nov 30, 2010 | Promotions |
Can you believe that tomorrow is December 1st already? Where does time go?
There is something about it being officially December that makes me seriously start planning Christmas. I start thinking Christmas in November and maybe even in October but the planning for me actually doesn’t start until now. I just can’t put it off anymore. What baking will I do? (probably not much, I’m a cook not a baker). We always host Christmas Eve at our house so I need to plan the menu. I need gifts for my kids and friends and family. Does anyone else have more fun buying stocking stuffers than the actual presents? I love shopping for stocking stuffers maybe because they can be more fun and frivolous than the gifts.
And of course, cards. It is definitely time to decide on a design for my cards and get them made. But before I commit I still wanted to play with a few more designs this week.
I love making these tiled pyramid cards. You can see other cards I have made like this one here and here. For this card, I decided to focus on the Cherry Cobbler designs in the Jolly Holiday designer series paper and use the coordinating stamp set, Contempo Christmas.
I layered the cardstocks and then stamped the tree and greeting in Cherry Cobbler ink onto Very Vanilla cardstock, I added the Cherry Cobbler seam binding by looping it onto adhesive as I added it to the card. The final touch was an Antique Brad. Since I wanted the brad to sit a little higher, I snipped off the prongs on the back and aded it to the card with a dimensional.
This card may be a little time intensive for all of my Christmas cards but it was fun to make!
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Stamps: Contempo Christmas (Clear #120594 $14.95, Wood #118734 $19.95)
Inks: Cherry Cobbler (119669)
Paper: Jolly Holiday Designer Series Paper (117159), Cherry Cobbler (119685), Very Vanilla (101650)
Other: Cherry Cobbler 1/2″ Seam Binding (120992), Antique Brads (117273), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)
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Jolly Holiday designer series paper
Clear $21.96, #124072
Wood $25.96, #124071
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Nov 29, 2010 | Uncategorized |
This weekend marked the end of my many November birthdays. Now, that they are over I can focus on my Christmas stamping. But first, I wanted to share another set of birthday cards that I made.
These cards feature the Charming stamp set and one colour, either Real Red or Pretty in Pink. I added satin ribbon in the same colour to add more detail and used either Basic Pearls or Rhinestones in the center of the flower.
Although these cards are exactly the same except for the colour, the Pretty in Pink one is so much softer and elegant. But I also like the bold statement the Real Red card makes by being more vibrant. Hopefully whichever card was received the birthday girl liked it!
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Stamps: Charming #116519, Occasional Quotes (Level 3 Hostess Set, page 14)
Inks: Real Red (103133) or Pretty in Pink (101301)
Paper: Real Red (102482) or Pretty in Pink (100459), Whisper White (100730)
Big Shot: Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder (120175)
Other: Basic Pearls (119247) or Basic Rhinstones (119246), Real Red 5/8″ Satin Ribbon (117286) or Pretty in Pink 5/8″ Satin Ribbon (117289), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)
This card uses Real Red cardstock, ink and ribbon with the Basic Rhinestones.
Charming Stamp Set, Set of 7
$24.95, #116519
Page 130 of the Idea Book & Catalogue
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Nov 23, 2010 | Uncategorized |
In my family, November means birthdays! We start celebrating on the 10th and go right thorugh to the 27th. The 28th if you include our puppy, which of course, we do.
Our challenge this year was to find a cake large enough to write eight names on it. The person in charge of buying the cake finally settled for only adding the names of the five kids. Personally, I think she was just too embarrassed to request all eight names!
So, I’m sure you can understand why my November brithday cards need to to be clean and simple. The cards shown today will go out in the mail for family and a friend and I still need a few more for another party on Saturday. Watch for more birthday card samples later this week for the rest of my family.
For this card, I used my Decor wheel. I really like this pattern. I added a Basic Pearl in the center of each design after stamping and the card was almost finished. Talk about simple stamping!
I added a background piece of the Rich Razzleberry paper from the Brights Patterns Designer Paper Stack and a stamped “Happy Brithday” greeting from the Curty Cute stamp set and I was done!
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Stamps: Curly Cute (Clear #120510, Wood #117014)
Wheel: Decor (119894)
Inks: Rich Razzleberry (115658)
Paper: Brights Patterns Designer Series Paper Stack (117155), Rich Razzleberry (115316), Whisper White (100730)
Other: Basic Pearls (119247), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)
I also made this card in Rose Red for another birthday (of many!) this week. Which colour is your favourite? The Rich Razzleberry or the Rose Red. Please leave a comment and let me know your pick.
Decor Standard Wheel
$7.95, #119894
Page 133 of the Idea Book & Catalogue
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