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Hello, crafty friends.  Today, I'm sharing a festive card I made following the new color challenge at Sunday Stamps!   I used the Half Full stamp set found on page 42 of the Holiday Catalog. This card will be perfect to send to a few of my red wine drinking friends. :) Of course I just had to use the Stampin' Blends again. :) I love the snowflake designed paper from the Christmas Around the World DSP . It makes a perfect backdrop for my wine bottle and wines glasses standing in the snow.   Here's this weeks color challenge. To play along with us, use a minimum of any 3 colors shown below. My color choices were: Rich Razzleberry, Real Red, Smoky Slate and Basic Gray. To make my card sparkly, I added Clear Wink of Stella to the the Christmas hollies and Silver Metallic shapes along with the Silver Tinsel Trim. You have until Friday, December 15, 2017, to join us!  What will you make? Can't wait to see! To see the other design team c...

Today, I am sharing a fun Christmas card I made using the  October and November Paper Pumpkin kit stamp sets: I just love the little tree image in the November Paper Pumpkin kit and knew right away that it would make a great scene for the deer in the Carol of Christmas Bundle to stand in front of. I used my Pool Party Stampin' Blends to create the sky.  The white embossed snowflakes and sentiment are from the October Paper Pumpkin stamp set. Card Supplies: October and November Paper Pumpkin stamp sets, Carols of Christmas Bundle Thick Whisper White, Old Olive and Whisper White cardstock Early Espresso and Old Olive stamp pads Pool Party Stampin' Blends, Pear Pizzazz 3/8" Shimmer Ribbon, Versamark, White Embossing Powder and Rhinestones. Did you know that the Paper Pumpkin kit makes a great Christmas gift?  I have purchased several prepaid subscriptions over the past couple of years and gave them as Christmas gifts to several family members wh...

Today, I am sharing a birthday card I made for a close friend- who also stamps with me, and since she has already received it,  it's safe to share it here now. :) Are you ready to hear that I colored this using my Stampin' Blends?  Yep, it's true. I can't stop coloring and this flower from the Remarkable You stamp set is PERFECT for coloring with the Stampin' Blends.   Two of the flowers were colored with the light and dark Rich Razzleberry Stampin' Blends, and the other flower was colored with the light and dark Night of Navy Blends. After I was finished coloring them, I cut them out. The background was created using the dotted circle image from the Eastern Beauty stamp set and then "flicking" water droplets onto the cardstock using my Aqua Painter mixed with Rich Razzleberry ink. The sentiment was embossed in gold, and I added 3 Gold Metallic Enamel Shapes to finish it off.  Since the flowers are the showcase, not a lot of extra em...

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Hello, crafty friends! With Thanksgiving just around the corner, I want to wish all of you a very blessed 2017 Thanksgiving with safe travels while you make happy memories with family and friends.  Which you are going to scrapbook when you get back, right?  Ha-Ha!  Aren't I funny?  Seriously, at our home we will be taking our annual family photo for my hand made Christmas cards, and if I can get that accomplished- that's sayin' something- do you know what I mean? Here is one of the cards I made for this years Thanksgiving celebration: This card came about because of my obsession of coloring with the new Stampin' Blends. I was experimenting with the Stampin' Blends trying to see what they would look like just colored and not worrying about blending them together. :) I used 4 different stamp sets to create my Thanksgiving card: Vintage Leaves, Painted Harvest (sentiment), Timeless Textures (splatter and coffee rings), and  lastly the Watercolor W...

Hello, crafty friends.  Today's card features the Eastern Beauty Bundle colored with Stampin' Blends following Sunday Stamps! new sketch challenge. Now that we have Stampin' Blends, I can't stop coloring!  I went through all of my stamp sets, and decided it would be fun to color the flower images in the very cool and stunning stamp set called Eastern Beauty .  After embossing the three flowers with Gold Embossing powder, I colored them with Pool Party and Bermuda Bay Stampin' Blends. The gold foil leaves are from the Flourishing Framelits and match perfectly with the Eastern Beauty flowers.  The congratulations sentiment is from the Happy Birthday Gorgeous stamp set.  I have always loved the Bundle of Love Specialty DSP with the gold embossing on the paper, and actually used it instead of hoarding it. :) Here's this weeks sketch challenge at Sunday Stamps! : Card Supplies: Eastern Beauty Bundle ( 145308 ), Flourish Thinlits ( 141478 ), ...

Yippee!  It's time to celebrate the holidays with Stampin' UP!'s Extravaganza Sale! Mark your calendar: t he sale begins on Monday, November 20, 2017! The party gets started with a 24 hour sale  on select stamp sets on:  Monday, November 20, 2017!  But there's more on sale!  A variety of accessories ranging from ribbon to punches to card kits will also be on sale while supplies last! To see the PDF of the Online Extravaganza Sale - CLICK HERE!    Remember: the sale starts MONDAY, November 20, 2017! If you place an online order of  $40 using my November Host Code: M3MJFJSZ ,  I will send you the W inter Wonder Embossing Folder as my thank you gift!  Details are HERE!   

UPDATE: The Stamparatus preordering window is closed.  The next ordering window is December 5, 2017. EEEK! It's so exciting to share the news! While at Onstage 2017, Sara Douglass, Stampin' UP!s CEO, demonstrated a new stamping tool called the "Stamparatus" . You are going to love it! Here's just a few reasons why you need one:   ·    Make multiple stamped images with ease ·    Consistently stamp crisp, clean images ·    If you want a darker impression, apply more ink and restamp—no need to start over ·    Make fewer mistakes, saving time and money and my favorite part of the Stamparatus: ·    Easily create 2-step, 3-step, and 4-step stamped images using the  reversible plates! Some specific details about the new Stamparatus: ·    Compatible with Stampin’ Up!’s red rubber and photopolymer stamp ·    Foam mat to use with photopolymer stamps ·    Rulers and gridlines ...

What is more festive than gold snowflakes surrounded in gold designer series paper and gold embossing?  Today's card showcases the Winter Wonder Embossing Folder with the Year of Cheer Specialty Washi Tape and Designer Series paper. I have to admit that I made this card on the same day as my challenge card for Sunday Stamps! last week.  I basically used the same layout as my Seasonal Chums cards HERE . Remember, you don't have to recreate the wheel every time you sit down to make a card. I really love all the gold accessories in the Year of Cheer Suite of the Holiday Catalog.  I am excited to make a bunch of these for Christmas cards this year. Card Supplies: Snowflake Sentiments Bundle (144820) Thick Whisper White cardstock, Whisper White cardstock Stitched Shapes Framelits, Winter Wonder Embossing Folder, Gold Foil Sheets, Year of Cheer DSP, Year of Cheer Specialty Washi Tape, Rhinestones Place an order of $40 using my November Host Code: M3MJFJSZ...

Hello, crafty friends!  Today's card share is from the Colorful Seasons Bundle in the annual catalog.  I love that there are 3 different sized snowflake dies to go along with the 3 different snowflake stamp images.  As a result, you can whip up this card in a matter of minutes. I used a piece of Color Theory Designer Series Paper for the background for my snow scene.  Die cut snowflake colors  are: Dapper Denim, Soft Sky and Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer paper. The little round snowflake (see black arrow in photo) has a dual use.  It can be used as a snowflake as I have done here, but it can also be used as a lemon slice in the for drink image in the stamp set. The sliver embossed sentiment is from the Tags & Trimmings stamp set.  I also added some White Perfect Accents to each die cut snowflake. Orders of at least $40 using my November Host Code: M3MJFJSZ  will receive the Winter Wonder Textured Embossing Folder as my thank y...