Category: 2012 Holiday Catalog

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Island Pool Merry Christmas Tags

Hello! How is your weekend so far? Mine has been quite nice. I got some quality craft time in yesterday and that always makes me happy! I have to start getting a move on making my Holiday cards to send out. I can’t believe how fast this year has gone! Christmas will be here before you know it. Have you started on your Holiday cards yet?

For today’s post I made some 3 x 3 cards that would make nice gift tags. The first one uses a base of Island Indigo Card Stock. I used the Simply Scored Tool with the Diagonal Plate to emboss piece of Crumb Cake for the background and adhered it to the base with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The greeting is form the Teeny Tiny Wishes Stamp Set and is stamped in Early Espresso. I used the Bitty Banners Framelits to cut it out. The ornaments, stamped in Pool Party and Island Indigo, are from the Merry Minis Stamp Set and are punched out with the Merry Minis Punch Pack. All of the elements are mounted to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The second tag starts off with a base of Pool Party Card Stock. I used the retired Spiral Edge Punch along the top and took a piece of Island Indigo and punched it with the Scallop Border Punch and adhered it to the back along the bottom. It’s mounted to the base with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The greeting is form the More Merry Messages Stamp Set and is stamped in Early Espresso. The trees are stamped in Pool Party and Island Indigo from the Merry Minis Stamp Set and punched out with the Merry Minis Punch Pack. They too are mounted to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Pool Party and Island Indigo are great colors, especially when paired with Crumb Cake. These tags would go great on a package wrapped with craft paper. I hope that you are inspired by these tags to make some of your own. Thank you very much for dropping in today. Enjoy the rest of your weekend! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Pool Party Island Indigo and Crumb Cake

Ink: Pool Party, Island Indigo and Early Espresso Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Merry Minis and More Merry Messages Clear Mount and Teeny Tiny Wishes Wood Mount

Tools: Big Shot, Bitty Banners Framelits Dies, Simply Scored, Simply Scored Diagonal Plate, Merry Minis Punch Pack, Spiral Border Punch (Retired), Scallop Edge Punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

Don’t forget to check out the Anchor Rewards tab at the top. Earn 10 Anchors and get a FREE Stamp Set of your choice from any current catalog. If you purchase $150 worth of product you will be eligible for $25 in Host(ess) dollars to get one of the great new Host(ess) Sets or any other items from the NEW 2012-2013 Catalog or the NEW Holiday Catalog!

A new month starts a new promotion! From now until December 16th when you host a workshop and get over $450 in sales you will get a FREE collection of InkPads!!!! You can have the Subtles, Regals or Brights collection of full size ink pads. What a great way to expand your color palate. Book your party soon to take advantage of the Holiday cards that people want to make! Contact me for more information.

(You can also earn the Stamp Pad Collection by placing an online order over $450 (does not include shipping or tax.)

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Fab Friday 06

Hello everyone, how are you today? I’m doing well, looking forward to the nice weather we are going to have for the next couple of days. Today’s post is for Fab Friday. This time we have a color challenge…

There are two of my favorites, Midnight Muse and Crumb Cake, in there. The base of my card is Midnight Muse Card Stock. I embossed a piece of More Mustard with the Holiday Frame Textured Impressions Embossing Folder and adhered it to the card with SNAIL. The stamped image and greeting are from the Joyous Celebrations Stamp Set. I stamped the oval in Midnight Muse and the reindeer in Crumb Cake. It’s punched out with the Extra Large Oval Punch and backed with a piece of Cajun Craze that I cut out with the Lots of Tags Sizzlits. The greeting is stamped in Cajun Craze and I flagged the ends before mounting both of them to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. It’s a nice quick simple non-tradiotional holiday card but if you look at it you can see that the More Mustard as a gold and the Cajun Craze as a red. I hope that you enjoyed my card for the Fab Friday Color Challenge. Thank you, as always for visiting and especially for all of your comments! Have a great day!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Midnight Muse, More Mustard, Cajun Craze and Very Vanilla

Ink: Midnight Muse, Cajun Craze and Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Set: Joyous Celebrations Clear Mount

Tools: Big Shot, Holiday Frame Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Lots of Tags Sizzlits, Extra Large Oval Punch, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

Don’t forget to check out the Anchor Rewards tab at the top. Earn 10 Anchors and get a FREE Stamp Set of your choice from any current catalog. If you purchase $150 worth of product you will be eligible for $25 in Host(ess) dollars to get one of the great new Host(ess) Sets or any other items from the NEW 2012-2013 Catalog or the NEW Holiday Catalog!

A new month starts a new promotion! From now until December 16th when you host a workshop and get over $450 in sales you will get a FREE collection of InkPads!!!! You can have the Subtles, Regals or Brights collection of full size ink pads. What a great way to expand your color palate. Book your party soon to take advantage of the Holiday cards that people want to make! Contact me for more information.

(You can also earn the Stamp Pad Collection by placing an online order over $450 (does not include shipping or tax.)

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Freshly Made Sketches #60

A very good morning to you all! I have some awesome news… I got my power back last night after almost 10 days without it! I cannot tell you how happy I am! It’s so nice to sit at my craft desk and not shiver! LOL! I hope that all of the other people get theirs back soon. There are still about 260,000 people without power on Long Island. It really is terrible that it is taking them so long to fix all of this especially when we are lucky enough to have all of these people from other states here helping us. A big thank you to all of those that have come from all over the country! I also want to take a moment and thank all of you for your wonderful comments. You guys are the best!

Now for today’s post which is for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches. This week we have a great simple sketch from Tui…

I was in an exceptionally great mood last night when I made this card so I needed something equally as happy to be the main element. I love the santa from the Jolly Old Saint Nick Stamp Set. He is retired but he reminds me of the Coca Cola santa from years ago. The base of my card is Cherry Cobbler Card Stock. I embossed a piece of Whisper White with the Woodgrain Textured Impressions Embossing Folder using no tabs so it was a little more subtle. The two shorter strips of card stock are Gumball Green and Cherry Cobbler. I used a piece of Silver Glimmer Paper in the middle for some sparkle. The main image is the happy santa from the Jolly Old Saint Nick Stamp Set (Retired). I stamped him in Basic Black and colored him with Blush Blossom, Cherry Cobbler and Pink Pirouette Stampin’ Write Markers. He is cut out with my Paper Snips and adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The greeting is from the same set and is stamped in Gumball Green. I double cut it out with the Labels Collection Framelits Dies and also cut another one in Gumball Green to back it. Stampin’ Dimensionals also hold it to the card. I really love the classic look of the santa and the sparkle of the Silver Glimmer Paper. I hope that you enjoyed this week’s Freshly Made Sketches card. Thank you for stopping by and for your comments. Have a bright and warm day! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler and Gumball Green

Specialty Paper: Silver Glimmer Paper

Ink: Basic Black and Gumball Green Classic Stampin’ Ink

Markers: Blush Blossom, Cherry Cobbler and Pink Pirouette Stampin’ Write Markers

Stamp Set: Jolly Old Saint Nick (Retired)

Tools: Big Shot, Woodgrain Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Labels Collection Framelits Dies, Paper Snips, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

Don’t forget to check out the Anchor Rewards tab at the top. Earn 10 Anchors and get a FREE Stamp Set of your choice from any current catalog. If you purchase $150 worth of product you will be eligible for $25 in Host(ess) dollars to get one of the great new Host(ess) Sets or any other items from the NEW 2012-2013 Catalog or the NEW Holiday Catalog!

A new month starts a new promotion! From now until December 16th when you host a workshop and get over $450 in sales you will get a FREE collection of InkPads!!!! You can have the Subtles, Regals or Brights collection of full size ink pads. What a great way to expand your color palate. Book your party soon to take advantage of the Holiday cards that people want to make! Contact me for more information.

(You can also earn the Stamp Pad Collection by placing an online order over $450 (does not include shipping or tax.)

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Paper Craft Crew Sketch 15

Happy Wednesday! I hope that you are all well today. Yes, I still have no power, it’s been over a week. Sigh… it’s getting colder and electric would be nice! I hope that all of the other people have found a warm place to stay, I’ll be at Louis’ again. I’m sure that he will eventually tire of me! LOL!

Today’s post is for this week’s Paper Craft Crew.This week’s sketch is pretty neat. I liked it so much that I didn’t change anything! Here it is…

My card starts off with a base of Lucky Limeade Card Stock. On the right side we have a piece of paper from the Festival of Prints Designer Series Paper Stack. On the left side I took a piece of Crumb Cake and cut the edge with the Adorning Accents Edgelits Dies. I then ran it through the Big Shot again with the Delicate Designs Embossing Folder. Both of the background pieces are adhered to the card with SNAIL. The next element to go on the card are the fagged pieces of Lucky Limeade and Cherry Cobbler. The Very Vanilla piece is stamped with the Teeny Tiny Wishes Stamp Set in Crumb Cake and mounted to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I cut the heart out with the Hearts Collection Framelits Dies and then embossed it with the Adorning Accents Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. It too is adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The cute little gingerbread man is from the Scentsational Season Stamp Set and is stamped in Crumb Cake and cut out with the Holiday Collection Framelits Dies. I love the gingerbread man with the heart behind him, he’s a very happy guy! I hope that you enjoyed my card for this week’s Paper Craft Crew Design Crew Challenge. Don’t forget to head over to the blog and check out the other designers cards and enter one of your own! Also, come back later today, we will be announcing the winner of our respective blog candy! Thank you for your wonderful comments and good luck once again. 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Lucky Limeade, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake and Cherry Cobbler

Designer Series Paper: Festival of Prints Stack

Ink: Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Scentsational Season Clear Mount and Teeny Tiny Wishes Wood Mount

Tools: Big Shot, Adorning Accents Edgelits, Holiday Collection Framelits, Hearts Collection Framelits, Adorning Accents Textured Impressions Embossing Folders, Delicate Designs Embossing Folders, Paper Snips, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

Don’t forget to check out the Anchor Rewards tab at the top. Earn 10 Anchors and get a FREE Stamp Set of your choice from any current catalog. If you purchase $150 worth of product you will be eligible for $25 in Host(ess) dollars to get one of the great new Host(ess) Sets or any other items from the NEW 2012-2013 Catalog or the NEW Holiday Catalog!

A new month starts a new promotion! From now until December 16th when you host a workshop and get over $450 in sales you will get a FREE collection of InkPads!!!! You can have the Subtles, Regals or Brights collection of full size ink pads. What a great way to expand your color palate. Book your party soon to take advantage of the Holiday cards that people want to make! Contact me for more information.

(You can also earn the Stamp Pad Collection by placing an online order over $450 (does not include shipping or tax.)

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Mojo 266

Good morning everyone! How are you all doing today? I’m ok, still no power and it’s getting a little chilly here. I’m one of the lucky ones that has a nice warm place to stay. I really feel for the people that don’t. It has been exactly 7 days since we had power at my house. On a positive note I have seen tons of electrical trucks so I’m hoping again that today will be the day. They have come from all over to help, I even saw a few from Joplin Missouri, they had an incredibly tough time with the tornado and it’s great to see them here able to help us now. So a big thanks to everyone that is doing what they can to get us back to a civilized life here in New York. I won’t even comment on the gas issue, that has gotten way out of hand!

Happy time! Today’s post is for this week’s Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge. This week we have a sketch from Julee Tilman…

I’m loving the flagged items as always! My card starts off with a base of Early Espresso Card Stock. I used the Woodgrain Background Stamp inked up in some Illuminate Glimmer Ink. I find that it takes a while to dry but the end result is worth the wait. A flagged piece of Primrose Petals makes the next layer. The next two layers are pieces from the Candlelight Christmas Specialty Designer Paper Pack. The top most layer is backed by a piece of Very Vanilla. I cut a piece of Brushed Silver Card Stock with the Snow Flurry Bigz Die. For a little change of pace I stamped a butterfly from the Papillion Potpourri Stamp Set in Primrose Petals and punched it out with the Elegant Butterfly Punch. Both are mounted to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The greeting is from the More Merry Messages Stamp Set and is stamped in Primrose Petals. I flagged the end and used a Vintage Faceted Designer Button with a piece of Silver Glimmer Paper in the center on the left side. I hope that you enjoyed my Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge card for this week. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate all of your comments, they always make me smile! I hope that you all have a great day and thank you so much for checking in with me today!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Early Espresso and Primrose Petals

Specialty Card Stock: Brushed Silver

Designer Series Paper: Candlelight Christmas Specialty

Specialty Paper: Silver Glimmer

Ink: Primrose Petals Classic Stampin’ Ink

Specialty Ink: Illuminate Glimmer

Stamp Sets: More Merry Messages and Papillion Potpourri Clear Mount and Woodgrain Background Wood Mount

Embellishments: Vintage Faceted Designer Button

Tools: Big Shot, Snow Flurry Bigz Die, Elegant Butterfly Punch, Mini Glue Dots, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

Don’t forget to check out the Anchor Rewards tab at the top. Earn 10 Anchors and get a FREE Stamp Set of your choice from any current catalog. If you purchase $150 worth of product you will be eligible for $25 in Host(ess) dollars to get one of the great new Host(ess) Sets or any other items from the NEW 2012-2013 Catalog or the NEW Holiday Catalog!

A new month starts a new promotion! From now until December 16th when you host a workshop and get over $450 in sales you will get a FREE collection of InkPads!!!! You can have the Subtles, Regals or Brights collection of full size ink pads. What a great way to expand your color palate. Book your party soon to take advantage of the Holiday cards that people want to make! Contact me for more information.

(You can also earn the Stamp Pad Collection by placing an online order over $450 (does not include shipping or tax.)

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Paper Players #120

Monday is here again and I am still without power. I did sneak home during “generator time” to make a card. I have been lucky enough to stay at my friend Louis’ house since Friday. My parents are also high on my awesome list as they took gas cans to the station when they got gas an got me 10 gallons! Like I said… awesome parents! The gas lines here on Long Island are still 2 to 3 hours long. There are so many people still without electricity. For all that we have accomplished in the past decade we still can’t manage to keep the lights on? Oh well, maybe someone will come up with a way soon. My thoughts and prayers are also with all of those that don’t have a house left to get lights in. It’s a tough time right now but we will all get through this and come out better!

Now on to happy stuff. Today’s post is for this week’s Paper Players. This week we have a “Give Thanks” challenge from Ann…

It’s a fitting challenge for our current situation. My card starts off with a base of Whisper White Card Stock. I used the Fancy Fan Textured Impressions Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Island Indigo for my background. The large image is from the Quint-Essential Flower and is stamped in Pool Party and punched out with the 2 3/8″ Circle Punch. The greeting in the middle is from the Blooming With Kindness Stamp Set and is stamped in Island Indigo and punched out with the 1 1/4″ Circle Punch. The smaller images are from the Circle Circus Stamp Set. The ones that are punched out with the 1 3/4″ Scallop Circle Punch are stamped in Pool Party and the tiny ones are stamped in Island Indigo. I thought that it needed a little more so I used some butterflies cut out with the Beautiful Wings Embosslit in Whisper White. All of the elements are adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I needed a happy card with some brighter colors and I think this fit the bill. I have a lot to be thankful for, my friends and family that have all been great! I’m a very lucky guy and I know it. I hope that you enjoyed my card for this week’s Paper Players Challenge. Thank you so very much for visiting and for all of your comments. You make everything better too! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Whisper White and Island Indigo

Ink: Pool Party and Island Indigo Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Circle Circus and Blooming With Kindness Clear Mount and Quint-Essential Wood Mount

Tools: Big Shot, Fancy Fan Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Beautiful Wings Embosslit, 2 3/8″ Scallop Circle Punch, 1 3/4″ Scallop Circle Punch, 1 1/4″ Circle Punch, 1/2″ Circle Punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

Don’t forget to check out the Anchor Rewards tab at the top. Earn 10 Anchors and get a FREE Stamp Set of your choice from any current catalog. If you purchase $150 worth of product you will be eligible for $25 in Host(ess) dollars to get one of the great new Host(ess) Sets or any other items from the NEW 2012-2013 Catalog or the NEW Holiday Catalog!

A new month starts a new promotion! From now until December 16th when you host a workshop and get over $450 in sales you will get a FREE collection of InkPads!!!! You can have the Subtles, Regals or Brights collection of full size ink pads. What a great way to expand your color palate. Book your party soon to take advantage of the Holiday cards that people want to make! Contact me for more information.

(You can also earn the Stamp Pad Collection by placing an online order over $450 (does not include shipping or tax.)

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Naturals Evergreen Cheer Christmas

Hello peeps! How are we all doing today? Still no power at my house. Sigh… being cold inside the house has lost it’s appeal! LOL! Do you know when you get that internal cold that you just can’t get rid of… I have that. Still, better of than so many others so chin up and and on we go. Today’a post is a nice simple Christmas card. I made it a little while back and the more I look at it the more I like it. It starts off with a base of Naturals White Card Stock. The bottom half of the card uses a piece of Be of Good Cheer Designer Series Paper for the background. I cut out a piece of Crumb Cake and rounded the corners with the 3/16″ Corner Rounder. The tree image is from the Evergreen Stamp Set and is stamped in Early Espresso. The greeting is from the More Merry Messages Stamp Set and is markered in Cherry Cobbler. I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to line them up. To give the card some dimension I tied some Linen Thread through a Naturals Designer Button and adhered it to the card with a Mini Glue Dot. I love the subtle country feel of the card and it’s a simple card to duplicate. I hope that you enjoyed my card today. Thank you, as always for visiting and I hope that you have a great Sunday! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Naturals White and Crumb Cake

Designer Series Paper: Be of Good Cheer

Ink: Early Espresso Classic Stampin’ Ink

Marker: Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Write Marker

Stamp Sets: Evergreen and More Merry Messages Clear Mount

Embellishments: Naturals Designer Buttons and Linen Thread

Tools: Stamp-a-ma-jig, 3/16″ Corner Rounder, Mini Glue Dots and SNAIL

Don’t forget to check out the Anchor Rewards tab at the top. Earn 10 Anchors and get a FREE Stamp Set of your choice from any current catalog. If you purchase $150 worth of product you will be eligible for $25 in Host(ess) dollars to get one of the great new Host(ess) Sets or any other items from the NEW 2012-2013 Catalog or the NEW Holiday Catalog!

A new month starts a new promotion! From now until December 16th when you host a workshop and get over $450 in sales you will get a FREE collection of InkPads!!!! You can have the Subtles, Regals or Brights collection of full size ink pads. What a great way to expand your color palate. Book your party soon to take advantage of the Holiday cards that people want to make! Contact me for more information.

(You can also earn the Stamp Pad Collection by placing an online order over $450 (does not include shipping or tax.)

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Pals Paper Arts 146

Wee, it’s the weekend… boo, I still have no power. In all seriousness no power is a small problem compared to what so many other people are going through. My heart goes out to all those that have suffered a loss. We also have this great gas issue to deal with which is definitely not bringing out the best in people. I have none left so I’ll be in for the weekend. I stayed at my friend Louis’ last night so no cold nose this morning. He was nice enough to come and get me! Friends really are the best remedy for almost anything!

Today’s post is for Pals Paper Arts. This time we have a color challenge…

The color combination would be nice for so many things but I immediately thought holiday card. The base of my card is Crumb Cake Card Stock. I embossed a piece of Riding Hood Red with the Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions Embossing Folder for the background and I tried something a little different, when I ran it through the Big Shot I did it on no tabs to give it a little more subtle look. All of the stamped images are from the Open Sleigh Stamp Set. I stamped the sleigh on a piece of Very Vanilla in Crumb Cake and then again in Riding Hood Red. Using my trusty Paper Snips, I cut out the red sleigh. The Merry Christmas is stamped in Riding Hood Red. I flagged the one end and used the Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack and the Paper-Piercing Tool to pierce the 3 sides. The greeting and the phrase are stamped in Riding Hood Red and I used the Postage Stamp Punch to edge them. I mounted all of the elements to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals including the sleigh. I love the vintage look of the card and the simplicity makes it a great card to duplicate. I hope that you enjoyed my Pals Paper Arts card. Hopefully you are all warm and will have a good day! Thank you for visiting!

Stampin’ Up ! products used:

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake and Riding Hood Red

Ink: Crumb Cake and Riding Hood Red Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Set: Open Sleigh Clear Mount

Tools: Big Shot, Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack, Paper-Piercing Tool, Postage Stamp Punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

Don’t forget to check out the Anchor Rewards tab at the top. Earn 10 Anchors and get a FREE Stamp Set of your choice from any current catalog. If you purchase $150 worth of product you will be eligible for $25 in Host(ess) dollars to get one of the great new Host(ess) Sets or any other items from the NEW 2012-2013 Catalog or the NEW Holiday Catalog!

A new month starts a new promotion! From now until December 16th when you host a workshop and get over $450 in sales you will get a FREE collection of InkPads!!!! You can have the Subtles, Regals or Brights collection of full size ink pads. What a great way to expand your color palate. Book your party soon to take advantage of the Holiday cards that people want to make! Contact me for more information.

(You can also earn the Stamp Pad Collection by placing an online order over $450 (does not include shipping or tax.)

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Freshly Made Sketches #59

A very good Friday morning to you! I am always a happy boy on Friday. We still have no power and it’s getting a little colder each night. Hopefully later on today when I get home all will be back to normal. Today’s post is for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches Challenge. This week’s sketch is provided by Cindy…

Funnily enough at the beginning of the week I was thinking that I wanted to do something with the Postage Due Stamp Set, I even had the images stamped and Cindy must have read my mind! The base of my card is Old Olive, a color that I haven’t used in a while. I used a piece of Bravo Burgundy for my background panel and adhered a piece of Retired Very Vanilla 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon with a Round Designer Ribbon Slide to it before mounting it to the card with SNAIL. The Delicate Designs Textured Impressions Embossing Folder is used on a piece of Old Olive to go across the middle of the card. The 2 cent images are from the Postage Due Stamp Set and are stamped in Bravo Burgundy and Old Olive and the 25 cent stamp image is from the Merry and Type Stamp Set and is stamped in Old Olive. They are all punched out with the Postage Stamp Punch. I used some Stampin’ Dimensionals to mount them to the card. I really like the sketch and the one stamp makes this a great quick Christmas card. I hope that you enjoyed this week’s Freshly Made Sketches Challenge card and thank you very much for stopping by. Have an awesome Friday!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Old Olive, Bravo Burgundy and Very Vanilla

Ink: Old Olive and Bravo Burgundy Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Postage Due and Merry and Type Clear Mount

Embellishments: Round Designer Ribbon Slide and Very Vanilla 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon (Retired)

Tools: Big Shot, Delicate Designs Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Postage Stamp Punch, Sticky Strip, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

Don’t forget to check out the Anchor Rewards tab at the top. Earn 10 Anchors and get a FREE Stamp Set of your choice from any current catalog. If you purchase $150 worth of product you will be eligible for $25 in Host(ess) dollars to get one of the great new Host(ess) Sets or any other items from the NEW 2012-2013 Catalog or the NEW Holiday Catalog!

A new month starts a new promotion! From now until December 16th when you host a workshop and get over $450 in sales you will get a FREE collection of InkPads!!!! You can have the Subtles, Regals or Brights collection of full size ink pads. What a great way to expand your color palate. Book your party soon to take advantage of the Holiday cards that people want to make! Contact me for more information.

(You can also earn the Stamp Pad Collection by placing an online order over $450 (does not include shipping or tax.)

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Create with Connie and Mary 225

Good morning! How are we all doing today? I’m doing ok. The no power and generator thing is getting old fast, but there are people out there a lot worse off than me so I guess I really shouldn’t complain. Sandy definitely left her mark here and it will be felt for a while I’m sure. Thank you to all of my readers for their concern. I really appreciate the comments! You guys rock!

It’s Thursday so it’s Create with Connie and Mary time! This week we have a nice simple sketch…

I changed it up just a little bit but most of the main elements are the same. The base of my card is Cherry Cobbler Card Stock. I adhered a piece of Be of Good Cheer Designer Series Paper to the front so that it would be there for when I attached the top piece. A piece of Very Vanilla has the negative tree image cut out with the Holiday Collection Framelits Dies. I stamped the greeting in Cherry Cobbler from the More Merry Messages Stamp Set. Some Stampin’ Dimensionals pop it up on the Cherry Cobbler base. A piece of Gumball Green 3/8″ Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon is adhered around either side on the back with Sticky Strip. I used the Ticked Duo Builder Punch to punch out a piece of Gumball Green and adhered it to a pice of Cherry Cobbler that I used the small circle punch from the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch pack to create the ticket corners on. Two Champagne Glimmer Paper trees punched out with the Merry Minis Punch Pack are adhered with Stampin’ Dimensionals and give the card a little bling. It’s not a very complicated card to make and I am really liking the negative tree with the DSP behind it. I hope that you enjoyed my Guest Designer card for Create with Connie and Mary this week. Thank you so much for spending some time with me today and enjoy the rest of your day!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla and Gumball Green

Designer Series Paper: Be of Good Cheer

Specialty Paper: Champagne Glimmer Paper

Ink: Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Set: More Merry Messages Clear Mount

Embellishments: Gumball Green 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon

Tools: Big Shot, Holiday Collection Framelits Dies, Ticket Duo Builder Punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, Merry Minis Punch Pack, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL