A Card a Day in December--Card #2

I have to say my favorite color combo this holiday season has been the pink, red and green color blend. I love how Stampin’ Up! has given us so many great tones to use that build and support each other.

I started with a Flirty Flamingo card base and added a layer of Blushing Bride card stock over top. I embossed this with the Tasteful Textile 3D folder.

Merry Christmas is from the Christmas Gleaming stamp set and I stamped it in Real Red, Flirty Flamingo, Blushing Bride, Mint Macaron, Just Jade and Shaded Spruce. I just LOVE how festive these colors look. I didn’t even mind hand cutting them. BUT….

Fun tip: If you have the Classic Label punch you can insert this phrase inside and then snip off the ends!

It was something I remembered AFTER I cut these out! hahaha!

A traditional Real Red poinsettia was the perfect addition to this card. I have definitely gotten my money’s worth by using the Poinsettia Petals Bundle on project after project! I love how the dies give you the option of cutting around a stamped image or using them to cut and emboss the poinsettia shape and foliage.

On this card I cut and embossed the flower and stamped some of the leaves to cut. I added in a slightly different leaf from the Sweetest Borders dies.

Some Red Rhinestones added the perfect amount of bling to this card in the center of the poinsettia.

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A Card a Day in December--Holiday Style!

Hello friends! It’s December, which means we have finally made it to the last month of 2020. We did it, we are surviving a pandemic, we are managing a thousand things at once—our families, households, jobs, our stamping and hobbies, our pets, our Netflix addiction and the list goes on and on! Which is why, I want to be fully present in this holiday season. Somehow, it means just a little bit more. Gone are many of the things we have been able to enjoy in the past. However, I am blessed to still be creating and loving what I do.

So today is Day 1 of my A Card a Day in December—Holiday Style Event. I am going to share 25 holiday cards or projects and end the month with a week of New Years Cards! So I hope you are ready for your daily dose of inspiration!

Don’t you just love coordinating projects? I do! they are so fun to give as a little gift and I don’t think anyone will mind getting a cute little hand sanitizer project this season!

My first project I want to share is this fun holiday card and matching hand sanitizer project! I decided to use a traditional color palette of Real Red, Whisper White and Old Olive!

I used the Little Treats Bundle as the starting point of my card and hand sanitizer holder. I stamped the little candy stamps around the phrase in Real Red. I cut a strip of Real Red card stock that I embossed with the Wrapped in Texture embossing folder. I added a polka dot strip of DSP from the Trimming the Town Designer Paper on top.

The sentiment is from the Little Treats stamp set and is stamped in Old Olive ink on Pear Pizzazz card stock. I added some ribbon from the Ornate Garden Ribbon combo pack and the silver cord is from a past Paper Pumpkin kit.

I added a few embellishments from the All the Trimmings collection and a classic Jewelled Rhinestone.

This card is simple but cute and easily reproducible!

This little project is one of my favorites! I was so happy when I realized that a mini hand sanitizer could fit inside!

The Little Treat Box dies are so easy to use and assemble and I love that you can get two out of one piece of 8 1/2 x 11 card stock.

The candy canes are from the Sweetest Time Bundle which has been a well used stamp set in my craft room this season!

The stitched scallop circle is included in the Little Treat Box dies too!

I hope you have enjoyed my first card in A Card a Day in December—Holiday Style!

Joy of Sets-Thankful for You

Hello and welcome to another Joy of Sets Blog Hop! This month we have an awesome line up and I can’t wait to see how everyone interpreted our theme of “Thankful for You”. I do know you will leave feeling inspired!

Once I knew what our theme was I knew right away that I wanted to use the Snowflake Wishes stamp set and coordinating die set, So Many Snowflakes, from our Handmade for You catalogue. I was really intrigued that Stampin’ Up! had decided to add the sentiment “Thank You Snow Much” into this set and I wanted to find a clever way to use it.

I started my design by stamping the sentiment on a piece of vellum using Momento ink. I then stamped the snowflake cluster in Highland Heather ink around the phrase as a border. Be careful when stamping on vellum as it does need a little bit more drying time.

I layered this piece on a slightly larger piece of Whisper White card stock that I ran through the Winter Snow embossing folder and then finally added that piece to a square of the Snowflake Splendor Designer Series Paper.

This photo shows off all three layers nicely I think! I also stamped the same image on the top left and bottom right corners of the card. The base is Purple Posy and the ink is Highland Heather.

I decided to add another strip of the designer paper along the left side and add a few ribbon details. I love our Denim Ribbon! Did you know its still current and available in the Annual Catalogue? A bit of the Purple Posy ribbon from the Playing with Patterns combo is also a great addition.

And finally, got to have some bling so I added in the Snowflake Sequins. Adding sequins to your project could not be easier if you have the Take a Pick Tool! It is one of my favorite craft room must haves!

I absolutely love the Snowflake Spendor suite or set in the Handmade for You Catalogue! If you are in Canada and would love to get your hands on any of these items, please use the Hostess Code on my sidebar or shop with me directly using my online store!

I hope you are able to visit everyone on the Joy of Sets Blog Hop today! Thank you for visiting! Please feel free to leave a comment and visit Susan Webster next on the hop!

Create with Connie and Mary--Home for the Holidays!

Hello and welcome to our weekly Saturday Blog Hop! This week we are sharing projects with the theme “Home for the Holidays” so naturally I thought of the Trimming the Town suite as it has stamp images to create a bunch of different homes!

Recently my team had a virtual meeting and we made a Cube Card together! Have you tried this fun fold style yet? I actually thought it would be complicated but its actually surprisingly easy!

This is my ‘Home for the Holidays’ themed Cube Card! I really enjoyed designing the panels and putting this project together.

To create a cube card you will need a piece of 12x12 card stock. I used Poppy Parade as my base because its coordinated with the Trimming the Town DSP.

On your trimmer cut down one side of the 12x12 to 11 1/2 inches. On this side (11 1/2) SCORE at 2 3/4, 5 1/2, 8 1/4 and 11.

Rotate the paper so your 12x12 length is across the top and CUT at 2 3/4, 2 3/4 and 5 1/2. Thus creating 3 strips of paper—-2 will be at 2 3/4 width and one at 5 1/2 width

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You will notice that you have a 1/2 inch section and this will be where you will add your adhesive to fold your paper into cubes. You will have two cubes that are 2 3/4 wide and one that is 5 1/2. The largest one is the base.

You will attach each of the smaller cubes to the largest cube, ONLY adding adhesive to the bottom cube. If you glue the whole thing is will not pop up into the cube card shape.

Hopefully this visual helps you as well. There are a bunch of YouTube videos you can also watch on how to create a Cube Card.

Once you have the basic design mastered, decorating and embellishing is all up to you! I decided to mix up some of the panels with DSP and card stock that I ran through the Wrapped in Texture embossing folders from the Heartwarming Hugs suite.

I added in Merry Christmas and ‘Tis the Season from the Tag Buffet stamp set.

I hope you are inspired to give this fun Cube Card design a try! My team had a lot of fun putting its together and I challenged them to share their finished design on our group page.

I can’t wait to see what the other gals create this week! You can go BACK to see what Melissa has designed and NEXT to see what Connie has created!

Stampin' For Christmas Blog Hop--Christmas Slider Card

Welcome to another Stampin’ For Christmas Blog Hop—the hop that runs all year long! I am really excited to share my project with you today as its a bit of an interactive project!

One of my team members recently shared with me how to make a ribbon slider card and I just love it! It they are way more simple than I would have imagined! In fact, its so fun that I am planning to share this design with two of my monthly card making groups this November.

Before I give you some quick measurements and directions on how to put this together I will share a bit about the design on the front. I am really loving the colour combo of Just Jade, Misty Moonlight and Petal Pink at the moment…even any variation of these colors look great together!

I started by stamping the left edge with a cluster of snowflakes from the Snowman Season stamp set! It is a returning favourite in our main catalogue from last holiday season. I also reached for the Perfectly Plaid stamp set too. Both of these stamp sets have coordinating punches which is awesome!

The background Whisper White is run through the new Winter Snow embossing folder and the ‘snow drift’ is cut using the Pinewood Dies. I ran my Wink of Stella pen just over the top of the snow drift to give it a little drizzle. The sentiment is from the Perfectly Plaid stamp set and is embossed with Whisper White Craft Ink and white embossing powder. I punched it out with the Timeless Label punch and gave it a little flick with the Misty Moonlight marker. The little banners underneath are actually cut from the Whale of a Time DSP.

A few of the Holiday Rhinestones and a teeny star give a little sophistication to these plaid trees.

To create a ribbon slider card:

1. Cut card stock base to 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 and score at 4 1/4 (like a standard card) and then along one edge at 1/2 (on the horizontal side). On the other side, CUT, 1/2 off. You should have created a little flap.

2. Fold card and MARK the center line of the short edge with a dot. Punch half a circle along the edge using the dot to keep centred. Now apply Tear’n Tape along the 1/4 score tab and seal to create a closed ‘pocket’. Keep the punched edge open.

3. Cut pocket inside card stock to 4 3/4 x 3 1/2 and insert this into the pocket. Mark the centre line of the punched edge with a dot and then with a Crop-a-dile or 1/4 hole punch make a hole (for the ribbon).

4. Pull out this inside piece and REVERSE it so that the holes line back up with you poke it in. This inside piece will barely be inserted in the pocket.

5. Cut and insert 18 inches of ribbon through the holes and tie a double knot at the end. This helps secure the ribbon before you tie it into a pretty bow! You can now slide this into the pocket and watch the magic happen. If you wanted to, you could also do some stamping on this piece before you add the ribbon.

6. Create a feature piece for the front of your card. My base layer is 4 1/4 by 3 1/4.

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I hope you enjoy hopping along to all of our blogs today! I know everyone has worked hard to create some amazing things for you to enjoy and be inspired by! See you next month!