November 2013 – Page 2

November 20, 2013January 6, 2016

Paper Craft Crew 68

It was freezing here last night and windy all day! Not my kind of weather I can tell you! Did you’ll enjoy the Control Freaks Blog Tour last night?! I love Christmas projects especially home decor ones! If you haven’t taken the tour scroll down after today’s post! But, before I get to today’s post I have some fun news for you! Today starts Stampin’ Up!’s annual Holiday Sale! It runs November 20th thru December 2nd, you can get some great products for up to 50% off and today only there are some Doorbuster specials:

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Off to today’s post we go and it’s my Design Team card for this week’s Paper Craft Crew sketch challenge…

For my card base, I used Calypso Coral Card Stock and for my background I dusted off an oldie-but-goodie, my “Vintage” Distressed Dots Background Stamp stamped in Soft Suede on Very Vanilla Card Stock. My main image is from the Simply Sketched Host(ess) Stamp Set stamped in Soft Suede and backed with a piece of Gumball Green. The two flags are pieces of the Epic Day This and That Designer Series Paper and they are adhered to the panel with SNAIL. The greeting is from the Chalk Talk Stamp Set stamped in Soft Suede and punched out with the 1 3/8″ Circle Punch. I used the Circles Collections Framelits to cut out a piece of Gumball Green to back it. Stampin’ Dimensionals hold the greeting and panel to the base of the card. To finish off the card I used the “fork method” to make my bow from Gumball and a Mini Glue Dot to adhere it. Every once in a while I miss one of my stamps, which is why you saw the Distressed Dots today! I appreciate you stopping by to see my Design Team card for this week’s Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge. Head on over to the blog to see what the other designers have come up with for the sketch and don’t forget to enter your card in the gallery! May you all have a wildly wonderful Wednesday!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Calypso Coral, Very Vanilla and Gumball Green

Designer Series Paper: Epic Day This and That

Ink: Soft Suede Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Simply Sketched Host(ess), Chalk Talk Clear Mount and “Vintage” Distressed Dots Wood Mount

Framelits: Circles Collections

Punch: 1 3/8 Circle

Embellishments: Gumball Green 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon

Tools: Big Shot, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Paper Snips, Mini Glue Dots, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

Current Promotions:

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Check out all of the Photopolymer Stamp Sets! The two latest ones are Map It Out and Greetings From. There is also a special Halloween set! It’s a completely clear stamping option you are going to love!

Thinlits Card Dies! A fast and easy way to make a flip fold card! Available August 1st! Click here for the PDF.

November 19, 2013January 6, 2016

Control Freaks November Blog Tour

Hello everyone and welcome to the November Control Freaks Blog Tour! Our theme for this month’s tour is Christmas! If you are following the tour then you have arrived here from Cindy Elam’s blog. She had some great stuff, didn’t she?! I have two home decor projects for you. Who couldn’t use a little inspiration to help with the decorating around your house this time of year?

The first of the two projects I have for you today is a banner. I’m a big fan of nontraditional holiday colors and this banner is no exception. The bases for the banner are Cherry Cobbler Card Stock that I stamped in Cherry Cobbler with the Dictionary Background Stamp. I flagged the bottoms and used the 1″ Circle Punch to create the ticket corners on the top. The rosettes are made from Winter Frost Specialty Designer Series Paper using my Simply Scored Scoring Tool. My next layer is a piece of Blushing Bride that I cut out with the Chalk Talk Framelits Dies and embossed with the Alphabet Press Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. The letters that spell out JOY are cut out using the Typeset Alphabet Bigz Dies from Cherry Cobbler. To add a little interest I stamped some snowflakes from the Festive Flurry Stamp Set in Pool Party and cut them out with the Festive Flurry Framelits Dies. The flags are held on to the jute twine with some Pool Party that is punched out with the “Vintage” Tab Punch. The snowflakes are held on with Card Stock that is punched out with the Word Window Punch. It’s a fun and relatively simple banner to make, but it’s sure to dress up any home for the holidays!

My second project for today I’m going to use as a tree topper, but you could also use it as an ornament on a bigger tree or it could be hung on a door. The base for my project is a piece of Soft Sky Card Stock that I cut out with the Circles Collections Framelits Dies. The background is a piece of Very Vanilla that I stamped with the World Map Background Stamp in Old Olive and that is also cut out with the Circles Framelits. I used the Christmas Star Single Stamp heat embossed with Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder, cut out with my Paper Snips and scored with my Simply Scored Scoring Tool. Some stacked Stampin’ Dimensionals adhere it to the background. The greeting is from the Greetings of the Season Stamp Set, stamped in Cherry Cobbler and punched out with the 1 3/4″ Scallop Circle Punch. It is backed with a piece of Cherry Cobbler that I cut out with the Deco Labels Collection Framelits Dies. Two flagged pieces of Brushed Gold Card Stock are adhered behind it. On the back of it is a tube of Soft Sky that I will use to place it on top of my tree.

I hope that you enjoyed my projects for this month’s Control Freaks Blog Tour. Now on to your next stop, up next is Lisa Martz, enjoy! Thanks so much for stopping by here and have a great day!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Banner:

Card Stock: Cherry Cobbler, Blushing Bride, Pool Party and Whisper White

Designer Series Paper: Winter Frost Specialty

Ink: Cherry Cobbler and Pool Party Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Festive Flurry and Dictionary Background Stamp Clear Mount

Framelits: Festive Flurry and Chalk Talk

Embossing Folder: Alphabet Press

Punch: 1″ Circle

Bigz Dies: Typeset Alphabet

Tools: Big Shot, Simply Scored Scoring Tool, Paper Snips, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

Tree Topper:

Card Stock: Soft Sky, Very Vanilla and Cherry Cobbler

Specialty Card Stock: Brushed Gold

Ink: Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Stampin’ Emboss Powder: Gold

Stamp Sets: Christmas Star Single and Greetings of the Season Clear Mount

Framelits: Circles Collection and Deco Labels

Punch: 1 3/4″ Scallop Circle

Tools: Big Shot, Heat Tool, Simply Scored Scoring Tool, Paper Snips, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

November 19, 2013January 6, 2016

SUO Challenges 84

Glad to see that we all made it through another Monday. Mine was filled with meetings and the usual office shenanigans. It was another nice day, a little windy, but not too cold. This morning however, it’s really windy and promises to get a lot colder, winter is back again. I really don’t mind it’s little appearances, lets just hope that it doesn’t overstay it’s welcome!

My card today is for the SUO Challenges and this time our theme is let it snow. I decided on a nice simple card, sometimes you just need one don’t you?! The base of my card is Gumball Green Card Stock. I used a piece of Pool Party for the background and stamped the snowflakes from the Snow Day Stamp Set in Pool Party randomly. My tree is from the Special Season Stamp Set and is heat embossed with Gumball Green Stampin’ Emboss Powder. The greeting is from the Greetings of the Season Stamp Set and is stamped in Gumball Green. This would be a great card to mass produce because while it’s simple, the embossed tree gives it that little something extra! Thanks so much for coming by today to see my simple card for the SUO Challenges let it snow challenge. Head on over to the blog to see what the other clever designers have come up with and don’t forget to post your card in the gallery! Have a simply enjoyable day!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Gumball Green and Pool Party

Ink: Pool Party and Gumball Green Classic Stampin’ Ink

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Embossing Powder: Gumball Green Stampin’ Emboss

Stamp Sets: Greetings of the Season, Special Season and Snow Day Clear Mount

Tools: Stamp-a-ma-jig, Heat Tool and SNAIL

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November 18, 2013January 6, 2016

Paper Players 172

I know that I say it every Monday but the weekend goes way too fast. It was gloomy here all day and I felt a little gloomy myself, I made the mistake of listening to too much sad music I guess. I did manage to get a lot of my projects done yesterday so that was a good thing. I even got to stop by and see my friends Kim and Brian and little Izzy and Savannah and let’s not forget Kevin! It’s the start of a new week and as always I’m just waiting for Friday! LOL!

The only good thing about Monday is that it’s time to for the Paper Players. I wanted to thank Ann for choosing my card as her Headliner for last and her lovely write up. You can see my original post here and the Paper Players post here. Now for this week, we have a CAS project with leaves from Nance…

I debated for a while what I was going to use and then the card materialized in my little brain! The base of the card is Very Vanilla Card Stock. I wrapped some Linen Thread around the card and tied it in a bow. My leaf is cut out with the Autumn Accents Bigz Die from Gold Foil Sheet and I tucked it under the Linen Thread. I used some Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder to heat emboss the greeting from the Harvest of Thanks Stamp Set and cut it out with my Bitty Banners Framelits Dies. Some Stampin’ Dimensionals adhere it to the base. A very CAS card indeed but I love the rich slightly rustic look. Thanks for stopping by to see my card for this week’s Paper Players CAS with Leaves challenge from Nance. I hope that you enjoyed the card! Now go and enjoy your day! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Very Vanilla

Specialty Paper: Gold Foil Sheet

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Embossing Powder: Gold Stampin’ Emboss

Framelits: Bitty Banners

Bigz Die: Autumn Accents

Embellishments: Linen Thread

Tools: Big Shot, Heat Tool, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

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November 17, 2013January 6, 2016

Just Add Ink 191

Well, yesterday turned out to be a nice day after all. It was warm enough to skip the jacket for a while. I did some clean up in the craft area in the morning. In the afternoon I went to the gym with my buddy Andrew and then we went for a walk just because it was so nice out. There was even a little fence climbing, I haven’t done that since I was a kid! LOL! All in all not a bad day. How were things by you?

My card for today is for this week’s Just Add Ink challenge. This week we have a sketch as our inspiration…

I like trying out different color combos to mix things up, I also went with a collage style card, one of my favorites. The base of my card is Whisper White Card Stock. I embossed a piece of Pool Party with the Alphabet Press Textured Impressions Embossing Folder and adhered a piece of Gumball Green 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon around the back and then adhered it to the card front covering the whole thing. I liked the way my card looked yesterday with it so I will be doing more often! The partial circle is a piece of Gumball Green that I cut out with the Circles Collection Framelits Dies. The stamp is from the Notable Notions Stamp Set and is stamped in Gumball Green, I also used it for the buttons which are stamped in Gumball Green, Cherry Cobbler and Pool Party and punched out with the 1/2″ Circle Punch. My doily is Bushing Bride and I used the Delicate Doilies Large Sizzlit to cut it out. The ornament is from the Best of Christmas Stamp Set and is stamped in Cherry Cobbler. For the small ornament I used the Very Merry Tags Stamp Set and stamped it in Pool Party and punched it out with the Mosaic Punch. The final piece to the collage are the tickets which are stamped in Pool Party and Gumball Green from the That’s the Ticket Stamp Set. To finish off the card I used a Mini Glue Dot to adhere a Subtles Collection Designer Button on the ribbon. I really am liking the colors and they aren’t ones that I would usually put together. Thanks for stopping by today to see my card for this week’s Just Add Ink sketch challenge, I hope that you enjoyed it and have a wonderful Sunday! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Whisper White, Pool Party, Gumball Green and Blushing Bride

Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Pool Party and Gumball Green Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Notable Notions, That’s the Ticket, Very Merry Tags and Best of Christmas Clear Mount

Framelits: Circles Collection

Embossing Folder: Alphabet Press

Sizzlit: Delicate Doilies

Punch: Ornament, Mosaic and Ticket Duo Builder

Embellishments: Gumball Green 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon

Tools: Big Shot, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Sticky Strip, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

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November 16, 2013January 6, 2016

Pals Paper Arts 179 x 2!

Happy Saturday! Wow, am I glad that week is over! It was super busy at work but I did manage to get some stuff done today… whew! It’s supposed to rain today, tomorrow and Monday on and off but it will be warmer so I’m ok with that. I did get some fun news this week that I have been waiting to share with you but I can’t hold it in any longer! I have been asked to do a presentation at Leadership in Houston Texas in January!! How cool is that?! I’m really excited about it and a little nervous but I’ll feel better once I get my presentation together. Hopefully I will see some of you there! 🙂

Today I have not one but two cards for this week’s Pals Paper Arts color challenge. Thanks to Cindy for choosing me for her pick last week! You can see my original post here and the Pals post here. This week they have given us these colors to work with…

It took me a little while to get going on what I was going to do. As I mentioned I ended up making two cards because I wasn’t thrilled with the first one. My first card used a piece of Eastern Elegance Designer Series Paper to cover the whole front of a card base of Whisper White Card Stock. The main panel is a piece of Rich Razzleberry behind a piece of Crumb Cake that I adhered a piece of Rich Razzleberry that I cut out with the Lattice Bigz Die. The butterflies are from the Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die, one is Vellum Card Stock that I embossed with the Perfect Polkadots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder and the other is a piece of Crushed Curry that I stamped in Crushed Curry with one of the Paper Pumpkin Stamps. My greeting is from the Happy Day Stamp Set and is stamped in Rich Razzleberry, the ends are flagged and behind it is a piece of Rich Razzleberry that I also embossed with the Perfect Polkadots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. A few Basic Jewels Pearls on the butterfly complete the card. I don’t hunk I have ever covered the whole card front with DSP before but I like it!

My second card starts off with a base of Crumb Cake Card Stock. I created the background by stamping the Positively Chevron Background Stamp in Crushed Curry on Crushed Curry. My flag is a piece of Rich Razzleberry that I punched out the left side with the Chevron Border Punch. Some Crumb Cake pieces also punched out with the Chevron Border Punch are adhered along the right. The Crumb Cake flag is stamped with one of the Paper Pumpkin Stamps in Crumb Cake and all of the pieces are mounted to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. My greeting is from the A Dozen Thoughts Stamp Set and is stamped in Rich Razzleberry right on the background. Now that is one card that’s full of chevrons!

I think I’m going to go with the first card for my entry. You can let me know which one you prefer by leaving me a comment, I always enjoy hearing what you think! Thanks so much for checking in with me today to see my double Pals Paper Arts cards for this week’s color challenge. Enjoy all that your Saturday has to offer! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card 1:

Card Stock: Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry, Crumb Cake and Crushed Curry

Specialty Card Stock: Vellum

Designer Series Paper: Eastern Elegance

Ink: Rich Razzleberry and Crushed Curry Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Happy Day and Paper Pumpkin Clear Mount

Bigz Dies: Beautiful Butterflies and Lattice

Embossing Folder: Perfect Polkadots

Embellishments: Basic Jewels Pearls

Tools: Big Shot, Paper Snips, 2-Way Glue, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

Card 2:

Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Crushed Curry and Rich Razzleberry

Ink: Crushed Curry, Crumb Cake and Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: A Dozen Thoughts, Positively Chevron Background and Paper Pumpkin Clear Mount

Punch: Chevron Border

Tools: Paper Snips, 2-Way Glue, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

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November 15, 2013January 6, 2016

Fab Friday 31

Hello my blog peeps! How is everything going? Work was beyond irritating today. We had a presentation at one of our other offices. I had asked if there was a projector there and I was told there was, but when I got there, no projector! The day started off badly and just spiraled out of control from there. However, the day ended with some fun news. I became an uncle for the first time!! 😀 Happy birth day to Daniel Steven! Congratulations to my brother Jason and his wife Erika!!

Kind of cute, isn’t he?!

And today, wait… today’s FRIDAY!! Woo hoo! And it’s an extra good Friday because it’s Fab Friday! This week we have a sketch with a big tag on it…

I decided that since I bought the Typeset Alphabet Bigz Dies that I should really be using them more. My card today contains red and green for all of you traditionalists and some sequins for my friend Karen. The base of my card is Gumball Green Card Stock. My background is a piece of Crumb Cake that I embossed with the Pretty Print Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. Before I adhered it to the card I put a piece of Silver 1/8″ Ribbon around the bottom. My tag is cut from a piece of Real Red Card Stock. The JOY part of the greeting is cut out using the Typeset Alphabet Bigz Dies from Silver Glimmer Paper and the “to the world” is heat embossed with Silver Stampin’ Emboss Powder from the Joy to the World Stamp Set. Another piece of Silver Glimmer Paper goes across the bottom of the tag and 5 Silver Sequins help add to the bling! Finally, some more Silver 1/8″ Ribbon is tied through the tag. There is a little something for everyone on this card: traditional Christmas colors, some Glimmer Paper, a few sequins, a touch of heat embossing and some ribbon. Thank you very much for stopping by today to see my Design Team card for this week’s Fab Friday sketch challenge. Head on over to the blog to see what my talented Design Teammates have come up with and post your card in the gallery so you can be a Fab Fave! I hope you all enjoy your Friday as much as I know I will! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Gumball Green, Crumb Cake and Real Red

Specialty Paper: Silver Glimmer

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Stampin’ Emboss Powder: Silver

Stamp Set: Joy to the World Clear Mount

Bigz Dies: Typeset Alphabet

Embossing Folder: Pretty Print

Embellishments: Silver 1/8″ Ribbon

Tools: Big Shot, Heat Tool, Multi-Purpose Glue, Hole Punch, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

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November 14, 2013January 6, 2016

Freshly Made Sketches 112

It was another very frigid day here, lots of wind too. It’s supposed to warm up by the weekend, let’s hope they are right! Work was insanely busy and things are piling up and I don’t like that at all. Hopefully I will be able to play some catch-up on Friday. I stayed in last night where it was warm and played with my crafty stuff. Got a few projects made and have a bunch more to finish this weekend. Ahh, soon the weekend, don’t you just love it?!?!

My post for today is for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge. Thank you so much to Linda for choosing me as the King of Clean for lats week’s challenge!! What an honor! You can see my original post here and the Freshly Made Sketches post here. Now for this week, the sketch is provided by Jen…

A very simple sketch but open to some fun interpretation. The base of my card is Strawberry Slush Card Stock. My tags are from the Stamp a Tag Kit and I threaded some Linen Thread throughout the holes for that authentic tag look! The greeting is from the Christmas Messages Stamp Set. I masked off the greeting with tape and stamped each part separately on a tag. The chevrons are also from the Stamp a Tag Kit and are stamped in Coastal Cabana along with the greeting. My stars are from the Simply Stars Stamp Set and are also stamped in Coastal Cabana and cut out with my Paper Snips. Some Stampin’ Dimensionals hold them in place and complete my simple card. I even kind of got the red and green in there too! LOL! Thanks for stopping by today to see my Freshly Made Sketches card for this week’s challenge. I always appreciate your visit and hope that you enjoy the rest of your day! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Strawberry Slush and Whisper White

Ink: Coastal Cabana Classi Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Christmas Messages and Simply Stars Clear Mount and Stamp a Tag Kit Wood Mount

Kit: Stamp a Tag

Embellishments: Linen Thread

Tools: Paper Snips, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

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November 13, 2013January 6, 2016

Paper Craft Crew 67

So it snowed this morning and in my opinion, it is far too early to have that happen! Not to mention the fact that it was FREEZING and very windy. I’m definitely not a fan of the winter! I did have a nice dinner with Andrew last night and a good workout at the gym. So the good balanced with the bad, and it’s a wash. LOL! Wednesday means it’s time for this week Paper Craft Crew sketch challenge. And here’s the sketch we have for you this week…

My card starts off with a base of Old Olive Card Stock and my background is a simple piece of Soft Sky. Across the middle is a piece of paper from the Season of Style Designer Series Paper Stack. Some Soft Suede backs it and across the bottom I used the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch. Across the middle is a thin strip of Soft Sky and tucked behind is a piece of Old Olive cut out with the Circle Card Thinlits Die. My greeting is from the Christmas Messages Stamp Set and is stamped in Old Olive, backed with a piece of Old Olive and a piece of Cherry Cobbler cut out with the Tasteful Trim Bigz XL Die goes across the bottom. The flower is punched out with Boho Blossoms Punch from Soft Sky and Soft Suede with a Basic Jewels Pearl in the middle and three more across the label complete the card. I really like the Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler and Soft Sky together and the distressed look of the greeting is fun. Thanks for stopping by to see my Design Team card for this weeks Paper Craft Crew sketch challenge. Stop by the blog to see what the rest of the designers have and add your card to the gallery so we can see your take on the sketch. Have a wonderful Wednesday.

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Old Olive, Soft Sky, Whisper White, Soft Suede and Cherry Cobbler

Designer Series Paper: Season of Style Stack

Ink: Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Christmas Messages Clear Mount

Thinlits: Label Card

Bigz Dies: Tasteful Trim XL

Punches: Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border and Boho Blossom

Embellishments: Basic Jewels Pearls

Tools: Big Shot, 2-Way Glue, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

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November 12, 2013January 6, 2016

Mojo 319

Made it through another Monday. Work was a little crazy today because it was my boss’ last day for ten days, she’s off to Israel. The part that made me the most jealous was the flight, she will be first class on the second story of a 747! And I’m sad to say that I will miss her. The weather today is supposed to be rainy and snowy, hopefully less of the latter. How’s everything going in your neck of the woods?

I wanted to take a minute to wish my good friend Isabella a very Happy Birthday! I hope you have a great day! 🙂

Just in time for the Holidays Stampin’ Up! announces the Festive Flurry Ornament Kit. The kit is available starting today and only while supplies last. Here are the specifics:

The kit includes everything you need (minus adhesive) to create 10 snowflakes, including

10 feet of Soft Sky Ribbon
Printed cardstock – die cut and scored, ready to be assembled (Soft Sky, Crumb Cake, Whisper White Cardstock and Silver Glimmer Paper)
Large Rhinestone Basic Jewells (40)

Festive Flurry Ornament Kit 135813 $14.95

All need is a hot glue gun for assembly! You can see a video of how to put the ornament together here.

My inspiration for today’s card comes from this week’s Mojo Monday sketch provided by Julee Tilman…

I have been wanting to use the Santa image from the Best of Christmas Stamp Set for a while. If you remember, I had a little bit of an obsession last year with an image from the Jolly Old St. Nick Stamp Set. The base of my card is Crumb Cake Card Stock. For the background I used a piece of paper from the Season of Style Designer Series Paper Stack backed with a piece of Old Olive. In the middle is a piece of Baked Brown Sugar that I embossed with the Perfect Polkadots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. My large circle is a piece of Old Olive that I cut out with the Circles Collection Framelits Dies and another piece of paper from Season of Style DSP Stack that I cut out with the very “Vintage” Circle Scissor. Next up are two flags, one Baked Brown Sugar and one Whisper White that I stamped the greeting on from the Endless Wishes Photopolymer Stamp Set. Finally, we have the image of St. Nick from the Best of Christmas Stamp Set. I stamped him in Jet Black Staz-On Ink and used my Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Blushing Bride and Blush Blossom Stampin’ Write Markers. He is punched out with the 1 3/4″ Circle Punch and backed with another circle cut out from Cherry Cobbler with the Circles Collection Framelits. It really is a great Santa image and I’m still loving the Endless Wishes Photo Polymer Set. As always, I appreciate you stopping by to see my Mojo Monday card for this week’s sketch challenge. Here’s to a terrific Tuesday for all of you!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Old Olive, Baked Brown Sugar, Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White

Designer Series Paper: Season of Style Stack

Ink: Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Ink

Specialty Ink: Jet Black Staz-On

Markers: Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Blushing Bride and Blush Blossom Stampin’ Write

Framelits: Circles Collection

Embossing Folder: Perfect Polka Dots

Punch: 1 3/4″ Circle

Tools: Big Shot, Paper Snips, Circle Scissor (Vintage), Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

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