Tiger Stripe Birthday - Stampin' Up!® Along These Lines

   The CAS Colours & Sketches challenge team is back with a new clean and simple challenge.  We have a sketch this time with a fun little curved element and I can't wait to see how you all interpret it on your card! 

  

I decided that the Along These Lines stamp set would be perfect for that curve and pulled out the only stamp I haven't used yet in the set; the tiger.  The lounging vibe of this tiger works well with the curve and I just moved the sentiment over a bit but I think you can see the sketch nonetheless.

  The bold DSP (from the Modern Christmas DSP) normally wouldn't be something I pull out for a CAS card but since it kind of goes with the tiger stripe and it's on less than half the card I think it works.

  I used a blending brush to add Timid Tiger (see the theme here??) ink to my fussy cut image and curved the Simply Said sentiment to follow the lines.

  Check out what the CAS Colours & Sketches team has done with this challenge and then play along and share your card in the gallery!

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

All of the supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Along These Lines, Simply Said

Ink: Memento Black, Timid Tiger

Paper: Basic White, Modern Christmas DSP, Timid Tiger (card base, not visible)

Accessories: blending brush

Christmas Mail Gift Card Holder - Stampin' Up!® Jolly Delivery

 This card starts all the way back in August at the demonstrator preorder for the Sept.-Dec, mini catalog.  I ordered the Jolly Delivery bundle mostly because of the treat box die that was included because I knew it would be great for making treat packaging but also for gift cards.  Imagine my disappointment when I realized the box was actually too small for a gift card.  Cue the sad trombone noise lol!  Anyway I knew that I could probably figure out how to alter the box to fit a gift card but I just kept putting it off.  Never fear though, there are always way more organized demos than me who are gracious enough to share their "how to's" and that's what happened here!  Thanks to Liz Shannon at Ready Set Demo for sharing how she altered the treat box to make it fit a gift card!

  My stampers made this design at class last week and I taught them Liz's alteration for the gift card holder.  The base of the card is Pool Party, then a layer of Garden Green embossed with the Traditional Wreath embossing folder.  The raised image is highlighted with Garden Green ink and a blending brush.

A bit of North Pole Delivery DSP and Poppy Parade cardstock go across the middle of the card. 

  

  The mailbox and sentiment are stamped on a Stylish Shape circle.  The dog is stamped and die cut and it and the mailbox are colored in with watercolor pencils and a blender pen.  A bit of retired Pool Party ribbon accents the edge of the circle.  A few Peppermint embellishments are added to finish the details on the front.

 The real magic on this card is inside.  After die cutting, stamping and altering the treat box we ended up with a sweet little envelope pouch as a gift card holder.

 Altering the box die cut isn't hard at all and it's really just folding the flaps on some of the score lines and not others as well as just changing the placement for the die cut for the closure tab.  Watch Liz's video (linked above) for all the details.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

All of the current supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Jolly Delivery

Ink: Memento Black, Poppy Parade, Garden Green

Paper: Pool Party, Garden Green, Basic White, Poppy Parade, North Pole Delivery DSP

Accessories: Jolly Delivery Dies, Stylish Shapes dies, dimensionals, Peppermint embellishments, Pool Party ribbon (retired), watercolor pencils, blender pen 

Jolly Bear Partial Die Cut - Stampin' Up!® Jolly Delivery

   I'm sharing a fun card with a great technique today.  I used the partial die cut technique on this Christmas card and it's such a great way to show off a die cut such as the bear in the Jolly Delivery stamp set.

  I used the North Pole Delivery DSP for the background and kept to a classic red and green Christmas color combo.

  Check out the video and learn how to do partial die cutting and give your own Christmas cards that wow! factor!

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

All of the current supplies used to create this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Jolly Delivery

Ink: Memento Black

Blends: Poppy Parade light & dark, Granny Apple Green dark, Shaded Spruce dark, Pecan Pie dark, Medium Neutrals

Paper: Very Vanilla, North Pole Delivery DSP, Poppy Parade, Garden Green

Accessories: Jolly Delivery dies, Stylish Shapes dies, dimensionals, Garden Green baker's twine (retired), Traditional Sparkling Sequins

Golden Christmas - Stampin' Up!® Ornamental Christmas

   My card today is a bunch of orphaned card parts that didn't work out from other projects but I put them together and I ended up with a half decent card!  

  The Pool Party card base and Shaded Spruce panel embossed with the Traditional Wreath embossing folder were extra parts from this card and then the colors are from bits and pieces I was playing around with while designing this card that ended up not being used.

  The embossed panel has a Real Red sheer ribbon/fork bow ties around the center and all the other pieces are added over the top of it.  The gold embossed tree is from Ornamental Christmas. The gifts are from the A Little Cheer stamp set and the sentiment is from Wishing You Joy.

  The berries around the wreath are highlighted with Gold Wink of Stella and a few Traditional Sparkling Sequins in Real Red add even more festive sparkle!

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

All of the current supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Ornamental Christmas(Online Exclusive), Wishing You Joy, A Little Cheer

Ink: Versamark, Shaded Spruce, Pool Party , Real Red

Paper: Pool Party, Shaded Spruce, Basic White

Accessories: Traditional Wreath embossing folder, gold embossing powder, Ornamental Christmas dies (Online Exclusive), circle punch, Gold Wink of Stella, dimensionals, Traditional Sparkling Sequins, Real Red sheer ribbon (retired)

Easy Peaceful Christmas - Stampin Up!® Peaceful Garden DSP

 

  The New at SU blog hop team is back with another great (and timely) group of projects!  We have Stampin' Up!® demos from around the world sharing the theme of "Simply Christmas" this month!  If you find yourself behind in your Christmas preparations we've got some great, easy ideas to get you on your creative way!  You can hop all the way through with us by following the links at the bottom of my post!

  I always need a lot of Christmas cards and as I get closer to having to actually get them in the mail I always find that I need a few more. An easy way to make a stack of cards in no time at all is to cut some of the paper at the same time and let the DSP do all the work!  I'm using the Peaceful Garden DSP and there is minimal stamping to keep the project moving along.

  You can check out the below video I made a few years ago about how to cut the DSP to make the easy background for 3 cards.  This is a tried and true technique that I go back to year after year.  I kept my first card very simple with a sentiment from the Wishing You Joy stamp set on a Traditional Labels die cut and some ribbon and Drusy embellishments.  

 If you wanted to step up the basic card a little bit but keep the same DSP background you could add a Snowy Delights snowflake die cut behind the label.  

  And finally if you still wanted easy but maybe a bit more 'wow' you could add just a little more!  On this last card I embossed the sentiment in white, changed the label color (but still the same label die), added another snowflake but in vellum cardstock and upgraded the ribbon to Misty Moonlight Silver Edged ribbon.

  All in all this is a very simple set of cards to get you well on your way to being ready for Christmas!  Check out the rest of the New at SU! team for their fantastic ideas for "Simply Christmas" by following the links below!

 Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

All of the supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Wishing You Joy

Ink: Secret Sea, Versamark

Paper: Peaceful Garden DSP, Basic White, Vellum, Misty Moonlight

Accessories: Traditional Labels dies, Snowy Delights dies, dimensionals, white embossing powder, Secret Sea Faux Linen ribbon, Misty Moonlight Silver Edged ribbon, Drusy adhesive-back embellishments

Snowy Shoebox Swap - Stampin' Up!® Snowy Delights

   A few weeks back I hosted a shoebox swap and lunch for my team because it's always a great thing to get together with stampy friends.  We had a good time stamping and laughing and chatting and I've already scheduled the next one for January. You have time to join my team and come stamp with us just saying!  I realized that while I shared all of the cards we made on my Instagram stories back then I never shared my card with details.  And seeing how we are getting closer to Christmas I thought you might like some more ideas!

  I used some of the Christmas sets that have been out for a while and I also used a new stamp that came out with the November Online Exclusives.  The Lasting Linen stamp is a beautiful background stamp to add "texture" to your cardstock using ink!  I love it!

  I started with a Misty Moonlight card base.  A layer of Cloud Cover is stamped with the Lasting Linen background using Pool Party ink since we don't have full size Cloud Cover ink pads.  Then I stamped the big snowflake from the Snowy Delights stamp set in Misty Moonlight ink in each corner.

  The Traditional Label die set was used to cut a Basic White label and the "merry" and "wishes" are stamped in Misty Moonlight ink at the top and bottom.  You can find all the sentiments in the Traditional Labels stamp set.  Before adhering the label a bit of Misty Moonlight silver edged ribbon is looped behind it.  You could swap out the Christmas sentiment for a Happy New Year one or even a birthday sentiment for a winter birthday.  

  The big "Christmas" is stamped in Versamark on a strip of Misty Moonlight and embossed in silver before being popped on dimensionals in the space between the other words.

  I dug around in my retired embellishments and found these white adhesive sequins so I added a few to finish off the details on this card.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

All of the current supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Lasting Linen (Online Exclusive), Snowy Delights, Traditional Labels

Ink: Misty Moonlight, Pool Party, Versamark

Paper: Misty Moonlight, Cloud Cover, Basic White

Accessories: Traditional Label dies, silver embossing powder, dimensionals, Misty Moonlight silver edged ribbon, white sequins (retired)

Note of Thanks - Stampin' Up!® Just a Note

   Before I get too deep into Christmas I better get some of these last fall cards shared!  I designed this card for my customer thank you's for October and it also uses a color combination that I challenged my customers to use on my private customer Facebook page.  The Gathering Moments stamp set is perfect for adding some cute seasonal accents to the the Just a Note panel with the fun notebook paper look.

  I started with a Basic White thick card base and then used the Textured Notes dies to cut a panel of Wildflower Birthday DSP (on sale now!).  Next I stamped the paper lines and then die cut the panel.  The sentiment is stamped in Pecan Pie and is in a new set called Banner Sayings.  It has a coordinating banner punch which is fantastic if you're not a fan of doing flagged ends yourself!

  The little fall images are stamped in Pecan Pie, Calypso Coral and Peach Pie and after they are die cut are added to opposite corners of the notebook paper.  

  A bakers twine bow and some faceted gems finish off this sweet thank you card.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

All off the current supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Gathering Moments (Online Exclusive), Just a Note (Online Exclusive), Banner Sayings (Online Exclusive)

Ink: Pecan Pie, Peach Pie, Calypso Coral

Paper: Basic White thick, Basic White, Wildflower Birthday DSP

Accessories: Textured Notes dies, Gathering Moments dies (Online Exclusive), Just a Note dies (Online Exclusive), dimensionals, bakers twine, faceted gems (retired)

Polar Bear Patchwork - Stampin' Up!® Jolly Delivery

   It seems that just a few days off of my regular stamping routine really throws a wrench in my blogging!  Last week I was out of town for a few days, then the weekend was filled with non-stamping activities and here I am just now getting around to sharing a card my stampers made last month at class!  We used the adorable Jolly Delivery stamp set and paired it with the Peaceful Garden DSP for a sweet patchwork  Christmas card!

  This one starts with a Misty Moonlight base, then a layer of Basic White then the Peaceful Garden DSP in various sizes.

  Measurements starting at the top left going clockwise:

2 2/3" x 1 3/4"

1 1/2" x 2 1/4" (Peaceful Garden Glimmer Paper)

2 1/4" 2 1/4"

2 3/4" x 2"

This is a great background to use with any DSP especially if you have a lot of coordinating ones that are smaller scraps.  Use up every last bit!

  Next is a Cloud Cover label die cut with the Traditional Labels dies and embossed with the new Beautiful Pattern embossing folder.

The bear is stamped in Memento black and then die cut.  The gifts are colored in with Stampin' Blends and then the bear is popped on dimensionals on top of the label.

  The sentiment is stamped and die cut with another one of the Traditional Labels dies.  The embellishments are added at the end with a Drusy Adhesive-backed embellishment and a bit of Misty Moonlight & Silver Edged Ribbon.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

All of the supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Jolly Delivery

Ink: Memento Black

Blends: Misty Moonlight light, Secret Sea dark, Cloud Cover light & dark, Basic Black dark

Paper: Misty Moonlight, Basic White, Cloud Cover, Peaceful Garden Glimmer Paper

Accessories: Jolly Delivery dies, Traditional Labels dies, dimensionals, Drusy Embellishments, Misty Moonlight & Silver edged ribbon