Tag: Holidays

  • Swallowtail Christmas Sneak Peek

    Happy Saturday peeps! I’m off to Manhattan this morning and I’m taking the train in because of the snow they say we are going to get. The only good thing about the train is that I will get some reading done. I’m trying to get through the second Hunger Games book Catching Fire, I usually only get to read on the train and I haven’t been taking the train in a lot so it’s taking me a long time to get through it! Hopefully I can finish it today.

    My post for today is the Christmas card and gift bag that I gave my mum. I have mentioned before that she is a big fan of butterflies. When I saw the Swallowtail* in the new 2013 Spring Catalog I knew I had to have it. The base of the card is Gumball Green Card Stock. I stamped the Swallowtail Stamp* in Raspberry Ripple on Raspberry Ripple Card Stock. I like that the stamp is so large that it goes off the card stock. The greeting is from the More Merry Messages Stamp Set and is stamped in Versa-Mark and heat embossed with some Gumball Green Stampin’ Emboss Powder. For the bag I used a small size white bag that I got from the craft store. I stamped the Swallowtail Stamp*, again in Raspberry Ripple on Whisper White Card Stock. The image is the same as the card but I stamped it in Gumball Green ink this time. My mum loved the card and gift bag. This is a great simple elegant card and could be used for so many occasions with a simple greeting change. I hope that you enjoyed the Swallowtail card and bag. Thank you for checking in with me today. I hope that you have a great Saturday!

    Stampin’ Up! products used:

    Card Stock: Gumball Green, Raspberry Ripple and Whisper White

    Ink: Raspberry Ripple and Gumball Green Classic Stampin’ Ink

    Specialty Ink: Vers-Mark

    Stamp Sets: More Merry Messages and Swallowtail* Clear Mount

    Embellishment: Gumball Green Stampin’ Emboss Powder

    Tools: SNAIL

    2013 Spring Catalog (January 3, 2013)

    Mom Christmas 2012

    Mom Christmas Bag 2012

    More Merry Messages CM

    Gumball Green Stampin' Emboss Powder

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  • Create with Connie and Mary 232 & Sneak Peek

    FRIDAY! FRIDAY! FRIDAY! A very good Friday morning to you! I have finally recovered from all of the junk that I ate on Christmas day. I do love some chocolate and I made some Chocolate Walnut Fudge that was not bad if I do say myself! LOL! What are you all up to this weekend? I’m off to Manhattan tomorrow morning, I think I will be taking the train in because we are supposed to get some snow. Have mentioned before that I’m not a fan of the white stuff? I hope it will be minimal and gone fast.

    For today’s post I have my Create with Connie and Mary Challenge card. I was one of their top three picks for last week! Thank you very much ladies! This week we have a color challenge…

    CCMC 232

    Nice and cool colors and and some bling! I went with a Valentine’s theme for my card. The base is Whisper White Card Stock and for the background I embossed a piece of Pool Party with the Perfect Polkadots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. I used the 1/2″ Circle Punch to “ticket” the corners and adhered it to the base with SNAIL. The main image is from the Love Heart Single Stamp and is stamped in Pool Party and punched out with the Full Heart Punch. Under that is a piece of Silver Glimmer Paper that I cut out with the Hearts a Flutter Framelits Dies*. The heart is adhered to the Glimmer Paper with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The larger heart under that is cut out with the Hearts Collection Framelits Dies and I used the Occasions Paper-Piercing Pack* and Paper-Piercing Tool to pierce around the edge. The tickets are from the That’s the Ticket Stamp Set* and are stamped in Pool Party and punched out with the Ticket Duo Builder Punch. For the smaller hearts I punched out some more Silver Glimmer Paper with the Small Heart Punch. All of the elements are adhered to the background with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I really like the cool color combination and the ticket stamps are one of my favorites out of the Spring Catalog. I hope that you liked this week’s card for Create with Connie and Mary. Thanks for checking in with me and enjoy the rest of your Friday!

    Stampin’ Up! products used:

    Card Stock: Whisper White, and Pool Party

    Specialty Paper: Silver Glimmer

    Ink: Pool Party Classic Stampin’ Ink

    Stamp Sets: Love Heart Single Stamp and That’s the Ticket* Clear Mount

    Tools: Big Shot, Hearts Collection Framelits Dies, Hearts a Flutter Framelits Dies*, Full Heart Punch, Ticket Duo Builder Punch, 1/2″ Circle Punch, Occasions Paper-Piercing Pack*, Paper-Piercing Tool, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

    *2013 Spring Catalog (January 3, 2013)

    CCMC 232

    Love Heart Single Stamp

    Hearts Collection Framelits Dies

    Perfect Polka Dots Texture Embossing Folder

    1:2%22 Circle Punch

    Small Heart Punch

    Ticket Duo Punch

    1:2%22 Circle Punch

    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!

  • Merry Christmas! & Sneak Peek!

    Merry Christmas everyone! I hope that you are having a nice day with your family and friends! I still have some cards to make so I better get to it! In the mean time here is my card for today. It’s my Christmas card to all of you! The base of the card is Raspberry Ripple Card Stock. I rounded the corners with the 1″ Circle Punch on the base and the background layer. The background is Very Vanilla and I used the Festive Paper-Piercing Pack and Paper-Piercing Tool to pierce the outline of the ornament. The greeting is from the Snowflake Soiree Stamp Set and is stamped in Raspberry Ripple, it’s mounted to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The flagged piece of paper is from the Print Poetry Designer Series Paper Stack*. I stamped an image from the Mixed Medley Host(ess) Stamp Set in Raspberry Ripple and punched it out with the 1 1/4″ Scallop Circle Punch. I used one of the new Designer Builder Brads* on top and the image under the bubble is from the Itty Bitties Stamp Set*, punched out with the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack and too is stamped in Raspberry Ripple. The ornament is from the Keepsake Ornaments Stamp Set and again is stamped in Raspberry Ripple, cut out with the Holiday Ornaments Framelits Dies and adhered with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I love the simple elegance and the new Print Poetry DSP Stack coordinates well with the Ornament Keepsakes Set. I hope that you enjoyed your Christmas card and that you have a very happy day! Thanks for visiting!

    Stampin’ Up! products used:

    Card Stock: Raspberry Ripple and Very Vanilla

    Designer Series Paper: Print Poetry Stack*

    Ink: Raspberry Ripple Classic Stampin’ Ink

    Stamp Sets: Keepsake Ornaments and Snowflake Soiree Clear Mount and Itty Bitties* Wood Mount

    Embellishments: Designer Builder Brads*

    Tools: Big Shot, Holiday Ornaments Framelits Dies, Festive Paper-Piercing Pack, Paper-Piercing Tool, 1″Circle Punch, 1 1/4″ Scallop Circle Punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, Paper Snips, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

    *2013 Spring Catalog (January 3,2012)

    Nancy Christmas Card 2012

    Snowflake Soiree CM

    Ornament Keepsakes CM

    Mixed Medley CM

    Holiday Ornaments Framelits Dies

    Festive Paper Piercing Pack

    1%22 Circle Punch

    1 1:4%22 Scallop Circle Punch

    Itty Bitty Bit Punch Set

    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!

  • Sahara Burgundy Sleigh Flurry

    Ahh… Monday… but it’s Christmas Eve! Are you all finished with your shopping or are you like me who will be stopping by Target later?! I got most of the last of my Christmas cards made yesterday. I still have some stuff to do but I’m hoping that I can get it finished tonight. Today’s post is a card that I sent to a friend. She sent me a lovely card so I wanted to return the favor. The base of the card is Sahara Sand and I stamped it with the Woodgrain Background Stamp in Sahara Sand. Down the right side is a piece of Bravo Burgundy, the one side is cut with the Finishing Touches Edgelits Dies, and a strip of Brushed Gold Card Stock is adhered on top. The image and greetings are from the Open Sleigh Stamp Set and are all stamped in Bravo Burgundy. I cut the sleigh out with my Paper Snips and adhered it to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Behind it is a another piece of Brushed Gold Card Stock that I cut out with the Snow Flurry Bigz Die. I love the color combination and the vintage feel of the stamp set. I hope that she enjoyed the card and that you like it too. Thank you for spending a little of your time with me. I want to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas Eve! All of your comments are the best Christmas present I could ever get! 🙂

    Stampin’ Up! products used:

    Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Sahara Sand and Bravo Burgundy

    Specialty Card Stock: Brushed Gold

    Ink: Sahara Sand and Bravo Burgundy Classic Stampin’ Ink

    Stamp Sets: Open Sleigh Clear Mount and Woodgrain Background Stamp Wood Mount

    Tools: Big Shot, Finishing Touches Edgelits Dies, Snow Flurry Bigz Die, Paper Snips, 2-Way Glue, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

    LeAnne Christmas 2012

    Open Sleigh CM

    Woodgrain WM

    Finishing Touches Edgelits Dies

    Snow Flurry Bigz Die

    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!

  • Freshly Made Sketches #66 & Sneak Peek!

    Good day to you all! What’s the best part about today… it’s FRIDAY! TGIF! This has been a long week and I’m so glad that the weekend is here. Well, assuming that the world doesn’t end today… which would be a bit of a bummer don’t you think?! It is very windy and rainy outside this morning but I think we’ll be ok. I still have more goodies to play with! 🙂

    Today’s post is for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches. This week we have a nice sketch from Tui…

    Freshly Made Sketches #66

    My card for the sketch is chock full of new goodies from the 2013 Spring Catalog. The base of the card is Pink Pirouette Card Stock. For the strip across the lower half of the card I embossed a piece of Primrose Petals with the Adorning Accents Textured Impressions Embossing Folders. The piece of paper and the large Real Red heart are from the More Amore Specialty Designer Series Paper Pack*. I adhered the rectangle of DSP to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the heart is adhered with SNAIL. The two hearts on top of that are form the Hearts a Flutter Stamp Set*. The the larger doily like heart is stamped in Primrose Petals on Very Vanilla and the smaller heart is stamped in Real Red. Both of them are cut out with the Hearts a Flutter Framelits Dies*. The greeting is from the Cross My Heart Stamp Set* and is stamped in Pool Party. I used my Paper Snips to cut it out and the Owl Builder Punch and some Red Glimmer Paper provide the little heart in the middle. With all of the hearts on this card does’t it just whisper sweet love?!?! LOL! I think that my new favorite color combo is Pool Party and Primrose Petals, don’t they look great together? I hope that you enjoyed my Freshly Made Sketches card for this week. Thank you all so very much for visiting me and for your comments. Have yourselves a stupendous Friday!

    Stampin’ Up! products used:

    Card Stock: Pink Pirouette, Primrose Petals and Very Vanilla

    Designer Series Paper: More Amore Specialty*

    Specialty Paper: Red Glimmer

    Ink: Primrose Petals, Pool Party and Real Red Classic Stampin’ Ink

    Stamp Sets: Hearts a Flutter* and Cross My Heart* Clear Mount

    Tools: Big Shot, Adorning Accents Textured Impressions Embossing Folders, Hearts a Flutter Framelits Dies*, Owl Builder Punch, Paper Snips, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

    *2013 Spring Catalog (January 3, 2013)

    FMS #66

    Adorning Accents Texture Impressions Embossing Folders

    Owl Builder Punch

    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!

  • Paper Players 126 & News!

    Ahh… Monday… back again I see! How was your weekend? Mine was GREAT! I got most of my to do list accomplished and had so much fun at my two parties. Just when I thought that it couldn’t get any better I got some exciting news! I will be a Guest Designer on the Paper Players Challenge for the next six months starting in January! WOW! I’m a huge fan of the talented group of ladies and am honored to be with them. I can’t wait to get started. How fitting that today is my post for this week’s challenge!

    This week’s challenge will last for two weeks and Ann has given us a Clean & Simple Challenge with snowflakes…

    Paper Players #126

    I love snowflakes, just as long as they are on a card and not floating through the air! My card starts off with a base of Not Quite Navy Card Stock. For the Whisper White panel I started by punching a hole in the upper left with the 2 1/2″ Circle Punch. I cut out a piece of Window Sheet and adhered it to the back over the hole. The stamped snowflakes and greeting are from the Snow Swirled Stamp Set and are stamped in Not Quite Navy. All of the snowflake images have a Basic Jewel Rhinestone in the center of them. The snowflake on the Window Sheet is created but cutting out some Silver Glimmer Paper with the Snow Flurry Bigz Die. I adhered the two parts together and to the Window Sheet with some Mini Glue Dots.  The panel is then adhered to the card base with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I love the simple elegance of the card and the shadow that the Silver Glimmer Paper snowflake casts on the card base. I hope you enjoyed my Paper Players Challenge card for this week. Thank you for checking in with me and I hope that you have a good Monday! 🙂

    Stampin’ Up! products used:

    Card Stock: Not Quite Navy and Whisper White

    Specialty Paper: Silver Glimmer

    Ink: Not Quite Navy Classic Stampin’ Ink

    Stamp Set: Snow Swirled Clear Mount

    Embellishments: Basic Jewels Rhinestones

    Tools: Big Shot, Snow Flurry Bigz Die, 2 1/2″ Circle Punch, Mini Glue Dots, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

    Paper Players 126

    Paper Players 126 Close

    Snow Swirled CM

    Snow Flurry Bigz Die

    2 1:2%22 Circle Punch

    Basic Rhinestones

    Silver Glimmer Paper

    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!

  • Create with Connie and Mary Color Challenge 230 & Sneak Peek

    Woo hoo! It’s Friday! I’m always doing the happy dance on Friday! Last night I made some Hummus and some Fudge. I know what you are thinking… what an odd combination. Well, if you ate them together I would think it would be a little nasty. The hummus is the appetizer and the fudge (if it makes it through today) is for desert. I have sampled both and they are good but I am wanting some more of the fudge! 🙂

    Today’s post is from this weeks Create with Connie and Mary Challenge. This week we have a color challenge…

    CCMC 230

    A very simple color combination and one with a little bling! The base of my card is Very Vanilla Card Stock. I used the new Ovals Collection Framelits Dies* to cut out a two pieces of Very Vanilla, one with the scalloped edge, and two pieces of Champagne Glimmer Paper. All of the pieces of Very Vanilla are adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the Glimmer Paper is adhered with SNAIL. The Occasions Paper-Piercing Pack* and Paper-Piercing Tool are used to piece around the edges of the Very Vanilla pieces. I stamped the Merry Christmas from the Greetings of the Season Stamp Set in Cherry Cobbler and flagged the ends. For the piercing on that I used the Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack. Even with all of it’s layers and glitz it was a very simple card to make. I have to remember to order some Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder, the Merry Christmas would have looked rich in that. Did you enjoy today’s sneak peek? What has been you favorite peek so far? Let me know by leaving a comment. I hope that you liked this week’s Create with Connie and Mary Color Challenge card. Thanks so much for stopping by and have an amazing Friday! 🙂

    Stampin’ Up! products used:

    Card Stock: Very Vanilla

    Specialty Paper: Champagne Glimmer

    Ink: Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin’ Ink

    Stamp Set: Greetings of the Season Clear Mount

    Tools: Big Shot, Ovals Collection Framelits Dies*, Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack, Occasions Paper-Piercing Pack*, Paper-Piercing Tool, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

    *2013 Spring Catalog (January 3, 2013)

    CCMC 230

    Greetings of the Season CM

    Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack

    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.)

  • Freshly Made Sketches #65 & Sneak Peek

    Good morning everyone! How are we all doing on this fine Thursday? I’m getting better and that’s because we are approaching Friday! I have two Holiday parties this weekend, one on Friday night and one on Saturday night and I’m looking forward to them both. I’m also continuing on with my Spring Catalog sneak peeks for you. Today’s card features products from the 2013 Spring Catalog that you can order from on January 3rd.

    For this week’s Freshly Made Sketches Challenge Linda C. has given us this very nice sketch to work with…

    Freshly Made Sketches #65

    Nice and simple and I kept my card the same. The base of my card is Primrose Petals Card Stock, for the background I embossed a piece of Very Vanilla with the Honeycomb Textured Impressions Embossing Folder* (fast becoming a favorite!). After I embossed it I thought what better to put in a honeycomb than some bees! The bees are from the Collage Curios Stamp Set* and are stamped in Summer Starfruit. The two hearts are form the Hearts a Flutter Stamp Set. The lager one is stamped tone-on-tone with Summer Starfruit and the smaller one is stamped in Primrose Petals on Very Vanilla. Both are cut out with the Hearts a Flutter Framelits Dies*. The are mounted to one another and to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The greeting is from the Take a Ticket Stamp Set* and is stamped in Primrose Petals and punched out with the Ticket Duo Builder Punch. What do you think of the color combo? I’m really liking the two together broken up by some Very Vanilla. I hope that you are enjoying your new catalog sneak peeks and that you like my Freshly Made Sketches card for this week’s challenge. I always appreciate your stopping by and your comments. Here’s to hoping that you have a very nice day! 🙂

    Stampin’ Up! products used:

    Card Stock: Primrose Petals, Summer Starfruit and Very Vanilla

    Ink: Primrose Petals and Summer Starfruit Classic Stampin’ Ink

    Stamp Sets: Hearts a Flutter*, Collage Curios* and That’s the Ticket* Clear Mount

    Tools: Big Shot, Hearts a Flutter Framelits Dies*, Honeycomb Textured Impressions Embossing Folder*, Ticket Duo Builder Punch, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

    FMS #65

    Ticket Duo Punch

    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.)

  • Paper Players #125 & Sneak Peek

    And into another week we go! Happy Monday! I have a ton of stuff to do this week and I’m hoping to get to all of it. Isn’t it funny how busy the Holidays really are?! Is everything kicking into high gear for you too? I spent the afternoon in Manhattan yesterday seeing some friends and it was rainy but for some reason I don’t really mind it when I’m in the city.

    Today’s post is for this week’s Paper Players. Nance has given us a color challenge…

    Paper Players #125

    Pool Party and Cherry Cobbler make for a nice color combo when paired with a neutral don’t you think? The base of my card is Cherry Cobbler Card Stock. I took a piece of Pool Party and stamped it with the Snowflake Soiree Stamp Set in Pool Party for a frosty tone-on-tone effect. The new punch and stamp set from Sale-A-Bration are used to make the backgrounds for the ornaments. I stamped the images from the Pretty Petites Stamp Set** in Cherry Cobbler and punched them out with the Petite Curly Label Punch**. The ornaments are from the Merry Minis Stamp set and are Stamped in Pool Party and punched out with the Merry Minis Punch Pack. Both are adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The greeting is from the Greetings of the Season Stamp Set and is stamped in Cherry Cobbler. I used a piece of Cherry Cobbler to back it and that too is adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I really do like the colors together and the simplicity of the card is fun too. I hope that you enjoyed you little sneak peek and my Paper Players Challenge card for this week. Thank you very much for your visit and I hope that you have a good Monday!

    Stampin’ Up! products used:

    Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler and Pool Party

    Ink: Pool Party and Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin’ Ink

    Stamp Sets: Snowflake Soiree, Merry Minis, Greetings of the Season and Pretty Petites** Clear Mount

    Tools: Merry Minis Punch Pack, Petite Curly Label Punch**, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

    **2013 Sale-A-Bration (January 22 – March 22, 2013)

    Paper Players #125

    Snowflake Soiree CM

    Merry Minis CM

    Greetings of the Season CM

    Merry Minis Punch Pack

    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.)

  • Create with Connie and Mary 229

    Good morning everyone! Yeah, it’s Friday! My favorite day of the week. What do you all have planned for this weekend? I have a ton of crafting to do, still want to get my Christmas cards out this weekend. I’m off to Manhattan on Sunday to see some peeps and feed the frog. Fingers crossed that I get it all done! 🙂

    Today’s post is for this week’s Create with Connie and Mary. I’m not gonna lie, it was little weird not posting on Wednesday night. It’s my first week back as a player and we have a fun funky sketch to work with…

    CCMC 229

    I wanted to do something monochromatic so I went with Cherry Cobbler as my main color. And to that the base of the card is Cherry Cobbler Card Stock. For the background I stamped a piece of Very Vanilla with the Snowflake Soiree Stamp Set in Cherry Cobbler in a pattern to make my own Designer Series Paper! I used two pieces of paper from the Festival of Prints Designer Series Paper Stack for the strips across the lower half of the card. The ornament is from the Delightful Decorations Stamp Set and is stamped in Cherry Cobbler and punched out with the Ornament Punch. I stamped the greeting in Cherry Cobbler from the Greetings of the Season Stamp Set and punched it out with the Extra Large Oval Punch. Both are adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The ornament gets a heavy dose of bling from some Basic Jewels Rhinestones. I’m really happy with the way the card turned out and I love the Snowflake Soiree background. I hope that you enjoyed and are a little inspired by my Create with Connie and Mary Sketch Challenge card for this week. Thank you for stopping by and I hope that you have an awesome Friday!

    Stampin’ Up! products used:

    Card Stock: Cherry Cobbler and Very Vanilla

    Designer Series Paper: Festival of Prints Stack

    Ink: Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin’ Ink

    Stamp Sets: Delightful Decorations, Snowflake Soiree and Greetings of the Season

    Embellishments: Basic Jewels Rhinestones

    Tools: Ornament Punch, Extra Large Oval Punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

    CCMC229

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    Delightful Decorations CM

    Snowflake Soiree CM

    Greetings of the Season CM

    Festival of Prints DSP Stack

    Ornament Punch

    Extra Large Oval Punch

    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.)