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Archive for December, 2014

Happy New Year!

Posted: Wednesday, December 31st, 2014 @ 3:31 pm in Projects | No Comments »

The last day to order from the Holiday Catalog is Jan 5.  A few popular sets are not on the carryover list such as Beauty of the Season, White Christmas, Homemade Holiday and Ornamental Pine.  First day for the Occasions Catalog and Sale-A-Bration is January 6.  I ‘m excited that Blendabilities sets are one of […]

Christmas Stars

Posted: Tuesday, December 23rd, 2014 @ 9:19 am in Projects | No Comments »

The Many Merry Stars kit was so much fun to put together.  It makes a ton of decorative star that you can use as ornaments, a wreath (as Brenda made here) and a display (as I made across my mantel). And the kit is on sale right now in the Year-End Closeouts at my WEBSITE […]

Christmas (Card) Time

Posted: Saturday, December 20th, 2014 @ 11:15 am in Projects | No Comments »

I made up the Watercolor Winter kit (a Year-end Closeout at my SHOP) for my Christmas cards to send out this year.  It was a bit fussy with all the little letters, but fun to assemble.  One of the girls at the Watercolor and Wine class made swirls instead of stripes for one of the […]

Christmas (Card) Time

Posted: Wednesday, December 17th, 2014 @ 9:57 am in Projects | No Comments »

Here are my last samples using the All is Calm Washi Tape.  I just love the colors of this collection as well as the matching  Designer Series Paper.  It’s hard to believe that these products are only available for a couple more weeks at my SHOP. Stamp sets used are Gorgeous Grunge, Many Merry Stars […]

Christmas (Card) Time

Posted: Thursday, December 11th, 2014 @ 5:01 pm in Projects | No Comments »

Here’s a couple of fun Christmas cards I made with the Festival of Trees stamp set and matching Tree punch.  I added some All is Calm Washi Tape.  What a pretty color combo – Smoky Slate, Lost Lagoon, Pear Pizzazz, Soft Sky. Today’s Tip: -Add a bit of silver embossing and silver Glimmer Paper for […]

Christmas (Card) Time

Posted: Tuesday, December 9th, 2014 @ 4:23 pm in Projects | No Comments »

Dianne, one of my Stampin’ Up! downline, organized a snail mail Christmas swap.  Here is the card that I made.  I was happy to only need one because it took a lot of coloring and my last little bit of Irridescent Ice Embossing Powder!  I used the Gentle Peace stamp set (available only online) and […]

Christmas (Card) Time

Posted: Friday, December 5th, 2014 @ 1:35 pm in Projects | No Comments »

Today is the first day of the Year End Close-Out Sale!  Some fun products are up to 80% off!  Here are some Christmas cards I made last year using some of the sale items. Today’s Tips: -For the first card I used the adorning accents folders and matching framelits for the snow border. -For the […]

Christmas (Card) Time

Posted: Wednesday, December 3rd, 2014 @ 12:36 pm in Projects | No Comments »

Festival of Trees is a fun stamp set.  Here I stamped on Typeset Designer Series Paper and added a gold embossed sentiment from Christmas Bliss. Today’s Tips: -Pop up the punched tree – I can’t live without my Stampin’ Dimensionals:) -The matching punch is bundled with the stamp set at 15% off at my website […]

Christmas (Card) Time

Posted: Tuesday, December 2nd, 2014 @ 2:00 pm in Projects | No Comments »

Here’s an easy card using an old classic (Lovely as a Tree) and a new classic (Work of Art).  Sentiment and snowflakes are from Many Merry Stars in the Holiday Supplement.  TODAY IS THE LAST DAY:  Online Extravaganza and Build Your Own Bonus here at my website.  I love it when you can double dip […]