After quite a lot of Christmas cards, today’s project is a Thinking of You type card. A dear young lady injured her leg and I wanted to let her know I was thinking of her. She loves nature and animals, so this card is right up her alley.
Isn’t this little guy adorable? I am not totally sure what he is, but I think a hedgehog??? I just love the expression on that face. I cased the stamped area from the Annual Catalog where the Walk In The Woods stamp set is shown. Sorry, I don’t have it in front of me to say the page number.
I wanted to try some more watercoloring with these images. I used my H clear Stamping Block and just a drop of the ink refills. The new Water Painters are awesome to use! I added a bit of water from the painter and mixed with the color I was using each time. The coverage is wonderful. For the grass and leaves, I began with Shaded Spruce and moved to Old Olive. The mushrooms are Soft Suede, Sahara Sand and Crumb cake. The tops are Cherry Cobbler. For Mr Hedgehog, I also used the Sahara Sand, Crumb Cake and Soft Suede.
The cut of the card is a little different and I apologize for not showing the inside. I had written inside before I thought that I had not taken pictures. Duh!!! You can see from how the stamped layer hangs over the front Shaded Spruce, that I have cut the top layer of the card. I cut off about 1 1/2″ I believe. I added a piece of the Classic Christmas Designer Series Paper, I love those little trees, to the inside to show where the front layer is cut off. The Whisper White layer to write on is still plenty large enough for a sentiment and writing.
The front sentiment, which I love because it is a little bit different, is from the Walk In The Woods stamp set. I didn’t show it, but the inside was a sentiment from the Life Is Beautiful set.
I have added the Retiring List from the current Mini Catalog. Simply click on the picture of the list and it will open to the three page list. This list has removed the stamps in other than English as well as the bundles. It is cheaper in this sale to purchase those bundled items separately. If you do place an order, please use my December Host Code. It is further down just above the supply list, and on the right side column if you are viewing on an ipad or larger device.
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Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed taking a break from Christmas Cards and will return tomorrow for , you guessed it, another Christmas Card!!! Hugs to you all!
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Hello, welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop! This month our Design Team created projects showing “My Favorite Things” from any of the two current catalogs or the upcoming catalog in January. We hope you enjoy and will be inspired by them! Don’t forget to leave comments! We love hearing from you. At the end of my post, you will find the full line-up to help you “hop” along from Pal to Pal.
I Love Christmas. I love everything about it. And of all of the stamp sets and paper from Stampin’ Up! this year, I believe my favorite pair is the Curvy Christmas and the Classic Christmas Designer Series Paper. These two products are only for a limited time, and I have thoroughly enjoyed them.
Since I use DSP on most of my cards, you know I love Stampin’ Up!’s Designer Series Paper. But these designs on the Classic Christmas DSP are among the top for me. To celebrate that, I used four different pieces for this card. It may be a tad on the “busy” side, but it makes me happy!
The stamps are all from the Curvy Christmas stamp set. I had to re-curve them to fit the curve of the die I used. The Die is from the Curvy Die set. (It along with the Quite Curvy Stamp set will be in the next Mini Catalog. However the Curvy Christmas and Classic Christmas DSP are only available through the end of the year.) Since the stamps are photopolymer, the curving is a simple matter to achieve.
The bow was a last minute touch that I am crazy about! I even used it on yesterday’s card as well. You can see that card HERE. The bow does not have a matching die, but is very easy to fussy cut using our great Paper Snips. My finishing touch was to add Wink of Stella to the bow and the stamped stars across the top.
Thank you for visiting today! I would love to read your thoughts on my layers of DSP happiness. 🙂
More inspiration awaits! Use the Blog Hop Line-up below to visit the rest of this month’s Design Team. My fellow Pals are excited to show you what they’ve created! Mark your calendars for our next blog hop on January 13th when our theme will be Time to Sale-A-Brate. Participants will showcase tags or 3D items that will be great for gifts for any occasion. Don’t miss the fun! Until then, please stay safe and have fun in your craft room.
Before I get to today’s card, I wanted to share the Year End Closeout Sale with you. I am sure you have seen the retiring lists. The one I am sharing is a paired down version. This one does not include bundles and other languages. The bundle products are less when purchased individually. And this way makes it easier to find. Just click on the picture below and it will open up to a three page spread. Remember, all of these items are while supplies last. So if you really want something, this may be the last chance. Or give a wish list to a family member or friend and have them contact me. I would be thrilled to assist them in a gift for you.
Now for today’s card. It is a quick Christmas card using the Curvy Christmas stamp set.
The gorgeous Designer Paper is from the Classic Christmas DSP and is part of the special Curvy Christmas Suite.
All of the stamps are from the Curvy Christmas stamp set. It is only available through January 4th. The three Fir boughs are stamped using Shaded Spruce Ink. The bow is stamped using Cherry Cobbler Ink and then colored with Cherry Cobbler Blends. There is not a die for the bow, so I fussy cut it with my handy Paper Snips. It is really easy to cut. You can see the flyer I have at the bottom of the post.
The sentiment is also from the stamp set. But the oval backgrounds are a sneak peek of an upcoming punch. It is the Double Oval Punch. Yes, you read that correctly!! The scalloped oval and the plain oval are both on one punch. I love punches for quick cards and this is a must have to me. This punch will be available in the January – June Mini Catalog.
Thank you for stopping by today. Please come back tomorrow for another new project as part of the Pals December Blog Hop. There will be a lot of great projects shared.
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Yesterday I shared the “surprise” background I got from coloring a Square Vellum Doily using the upcoming Blending Brushes. Today I am sharing the card I was trying to make at the time. It has a few of the same elements of yesterday’s card, but looks totally different. Consider this as a “2 for 1” idea.
Looking at this card now, it’s sort of hard to see the doily and compare to yesterday. In case you missed yesterday’s card, you can see it HERE. I have gone from clean and simple to many layers!
I wanted a lot of texture on this card. I used the Square Vellum Doily, although I have it positioned as a diamond, and colored it with the Blending Brushes using Cherry Cobbler Ink. I also punched three ornaments from the Red and Green Foil sheets using the Gleaming Ornaments Punch Pack. This is two different size ornaments.
I also added the ornament from the Tag Buffet Stamp Set. I stamped it in Cherry Cobbler Ink and colored it with Cherry Cobbler and Shaded Spruce Stampin’ Blends. The “believe” is stamped in Cherry Cobbler also.
The background is a piece of the Green Foil that I embossed using the Hammered Metal Embossing Folder. For more texture, I added a piece of the Wonder Of The Season Designer Series Paper underneath everything. The finishing touch is the Snowflake Splendor Ribbon made into a huge double bow. I wanted a bit of layering and dimension and definitely achieved that! This is not a card to be mailed however due to the bow.
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you have a wonderful weekend and come back on Monday for another new project.
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In trying to add some texture to card, I used the Blending Brushes that will be in the upcoming January – June Mini Catalog. I was going to use the brushes to color one of the Square Vellum Doilies with Cherry Cobbler Ink. I had a great unexpected result. Naturally I turned that into a card as well.
This card was a variety of “accidents” that ended up being great finds. I did not necessarily intend for the Whisper White card layer to be under the doily as I was using the Blending Brush. After a few strokes with the brush I happened to notice that it was clearly leaving the blank image underneath. Then I became careful in holding the doily in place.
The second surprise find was from the swipes of the Blending Brush. To achieve a smooth, less brush strokes, look you begin your strokes off of the intended area. That leaves the harsher and deeper color off your project. What I noticed from those strokes was the dark and light lines you see on the card. It reminded me of a beautiful sunset streak of color.
When I finished with the coloring of the doily and removed it from the card stock, I realized the negative area was much prettier than the colored doily! I still used the doily, and you will see it on another card later. But I was so excited about my accident, that I wanted to finish it first.
To keep this a simple card to showcase the background, I used the Christmas Gleaming Punch. I punched an ornament from the Red Foil and then embossed it with the Hammered Metal Embossing Folder. I tied a bow with the Snowflake Splendor Ribbon and added a sentiment trimmed with the Banner Pick A Punch.
Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you liked this surprise card as much as I do!
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When looking through stamps for today’s project, I came across the Life Is Beautiful stamp set. I have not used it previously. And when I saw the stamp of the birds and birdhouse, I saw a birdfeeder. We have several feeders and always have Cardinals around them. So I am pretending the house is actually a feeder.
I live north of Atlanta and I had commented to my husband yesterday that with all the leaves still on the trees, it did not seem like December. So I went with the Fall look of the leaves to match my imaginary bird feeder!
To get the multicolored leaves I used a reinker and baby wipe technique. I folded up a baby wipe on my silicone mat and added reinkers in Mango Melody, Cherry Cobbler, and Cajun Craze. I did a drop of each scattered around. Because the stamp itself is one of the Distinctive stamps, it made an even more rough look to the leaves. I was happy with how they came out.
And yes I made it look even more like a Fall card by using this sheet of the Plaid Tidings Designer Series Paper. I had to though. It matched the leaves perfectly!
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I love making cards with different folds. I believe it adds a bit of an extra to a simple card. So I have a birthday card with a fund fold to share today.
I am giving you a sneak peek of a few products from the upcoming January – June Mini Catalog with this card. It is another Wonderful Catalog!! As a Demonstrator, I was allowed to do my pre-order this morning. These products were part of our OnLine Conference order. Great perks for being a Demonstrtor!!!
The gorgeous DSP is named Fine Arts Designer Series Paper. The bold colors are what grabbed my attention immediately. The stamps and Dies are the Art Gallery Bundle. I used a technique that Shelli and Sara demonstrated at our OnLine event. They die cut different colors of the die I used and then pieced them together. I stamped the first one and die cut the Pretty Peacock. I left the Pretty Peacock in it’s entirety and cut up the one I stamped. It was easy to glue the flowers onto the solid piece.
Do you love the die of the Happy Birthday? That was one of the pieces that drew me to the set! There are two different sizes of that die.
This is a view of the inside, which gives you another view of the fold as well.
Here are the measurements for this Fun Fold.
Card base of Pretty Peacock cut 5 3/4 X 5 1/2, score at 1 1/2 on the 5 3/4 side.
First layers are Poppy Parade and are 4 1/8 X 5 3/8 and 1 3/8 X 5 3/8
DSP layers are 4 X 5 1/4 and 1 1/4 X 5 1/4
Focal Poppy Parade layer is 3 1/4 X 3 1/4
Whisper White Focal layer is 3 1/8 X 3 1/8
Inside layer is 3 X 3
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I began today’s project making a treat box from the Little Treat Box Dies. Of course after the box, I decided it needed a matching card. So I have a two for one to share with you today.
I will begin with the Treat Box. It is die cut using the Little Treats Dies and Gilded Autumn Designer Series Paper. I wanted to use this paper because it is too pretty to put away now that the Fall season is about gone. The Little Treat Die is so simple to make a box with. It is one piece that is pre-scored and simply folds into place.
For the Treat box and the card, I stamped a tree from the Plaid Tidings stamp set. I used Cinnamon Cider Ink on Mint Macaroon card stock. For the box, I stamped two trees and folded them down the center. They were then glued together and then to Gold Foil label and onto the box. All of the trees have been touched up with Wink of Stella to give them a bit of frosty looking shine.
For the card, I used one stamped tree with the same Gold Foil label. The label is the Everyday Label Punch. I wanted as much of the pretty DSP to show as possible so I played around with the layout of the tree and the sentiment. I finally decided on this vertical layout. I used the Metallic Edge Ribbon as the anchor. The gold edging matches the gold in the DSP. And the ribbon would work on both the card and the box.
The sentiment is from the Merry Hello stamp set. I cut the “A Merry Hello” and the Gold Foil layer using the Layering Circles. For the final Gold touch, I added some of the Gold Gilded Gems.
The card layers are 4 1/4 X 11, scored and folded at 5 1/2. The Gold Foil layer is 4 X 5 1/4, and the DSP layer is 3 7/8 X 5 3/8.
Thank you for stopping in today. I hope you like this little duo and will give the Little Treat Box a try. They are the best yet, in my opinion, of the treat holder dies!
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I hope you had a great Thanksgiving however you celebrated the day! Today I am playing along with the Global Design Project and the Case The Designer. In doing so, I broke out the Poinsettia Place Designer Series Paper for the first time. Oh My!!! I am in love with this paper. I hope you will be as well.
I love the softness of the colors in this sheet of holly from the Poinsettia Place DSP. The color is not listed as a matching color on the package, but I decided the light background was a perfect match to Soft Sea Foam. To break it up, I added a layer of Bumblebee, which pairs with the yellow on the leaves.
My layout is from the Global Design Project #268, Case The Designer. Here is the card I am casing.
My Holly is a favorite, and has been since it is from the Returning Favorite stamp set of Christmas Gleaming. I have used this holly quite a few times. But what else would I use to match this paper. For a change of pace, I heat embossed the holly in gold before coloring with the Stampin’ Blends. The gold doesn’t show as well as I thought it would. But it made the coloring a dream! And I did remember to use a tissue to clean off the embossing after I finished coloring.
The layers of the holly are cut using the Stitched Shapes Dies. I have not used these in quite a while. They give a bit more area between the layers. The Merry Christmas is from the Christmas Gleaming stamp set as well. I stamped it in Real Red and then fussy cut, which was very easy with straight lines, close to the edge for my little sentiment tag.
In casing the designer’s card, I used only a couple of items for the underneath layers. The base of that layer is the Wonder Of The Season Designer Series Paper. I used the piece with the gold foil writing. The ribbon is the Real Red Sheer Ribbon. I also added a few of the Gilded Gold Gems around the card.
Thank you for stopping in today! I really appreciate you following my cards. Please come back on Monday for another new project. Also, remember to get your Curvy Celebrations Bundle or individual pieces. You can purchase just one of the stamp sets, or just the dies. But I love the entire set personally. My favorite is the Curvy Christmas and the Classic Christmas DSP! See the pictures below. To shop, simply choose the SHOP button at the top banner of my post.
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Happy Thanksgiving to you and your families. I hope your day is a good one however you choose to spend this holiday. We will be spending the day with friends that are family. But first I have a card to share. It is a really Fun Fold and a Gift Card Holder.
I made this gift card holder as a Thanksgiving card, which may seem a bit odd. This year has definitely made me aware of how much I have to be thankful for. So I thought a gift to someone special is a good way to show how grateful I am for them, or something they have done.
LOL!!! Please forgive my finger…..the card wanted to open instead of cooperating with the picture!
As I said at the top of the post, this is a Fun Fold. But first, I love the simplicity of the look of the front. The pumpkin is from the Harvest Hello stamp set and is stamped on Plaid Tidings Designer Series Paper. The sentiment, which is an all time favorite, is from the Banner Year stamp set.
Here is the next view:
This is with the pumpkin layer lifted up. It reveals a gift card. The gift card is in a pocket on the bottom section. And seeing this picture, I should have stamped something on the underside of the pumpkin layer. Never fear, I will be doing this Fun Fold again!!
Here is the final opening:
Now you can see where the gift card is being held. Yes this card has quite a few layers, but I do love all of the folds. As I said, I will be doing this one again soon!!
Here are all of the measurements and instructions:
The base is Rich Razzleberry and is cut 5 1/2 X 4 1/4
the Crumb Cake layer is cut 4 X 7 1/4 and scored at 5 1/4
For the gift card slot, you need Crumb Cake cut to 1 3/4 X 3 3/4. Put Tear & Tape on each short side and one long side. Adhere with the side without tape and the end. (as shown in last picture)
Center the Crumb Cake layer folded as if it was a 4 X 5 1/4 layer
The Bumblebee layer is cut to 3 3/4 X 5 for the inside layer and 3 3/4 X 1 3/4 for the bottom fold
The Rich Razzleberry layer is cut to 3 1/2 X 4 3/4 for the inside and 3 1/2 X 1 1/2 for the bottom fold
The Top Crumb Cake folded layer is 2 3/4 X 8, folded at 4
The top Bumblebee layer is 2 1/2 X 3 3/4
Thank you for stopping in today! Happy Thanksgiving from my family. Please come back tomorrow for another new project.
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