Festival of Trees & Good Greetings

Hi Everyone,

     Here is another sample using the Festival of Trees set along with a new set that you can earn for free, Good Greetings.  Now through October 31st if you host a workshop or class that totals $300 dollars before shipping and handling and tax you automatically earn this set for free.  It's a great set with a great font for all of the words.  I used the Merry & Bright on this sample.  The background of this card is Silver Foil card stock that was embossed using the Beautifully Baroque embossing folder.  It was my first time trying out the foil card stock with the big shot and I love how it came out.

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets:  Festival of Trees, Good Greetings
Ink: Encore Silver
Card Stock: Whisper White, Silver Foil
Accessories: Beautifully Baroque Embossing Folder, Tree Punch, Modern Label Punch, 5/8" Satin Ribbon in Whisper White

Festival of Trees

Hi Everyone,
     New day so a new sample.   I love all of the different trees in Festival of Trees and it seems to coordinate so well with the All is Calm DSP.   Pear Pizazz is not a color I have used before, in fact I had to order it when I ordered the All is Calm DSP, but its a really nice soft green.  I think I will be picking it up quite a bit this holiday season.

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets:  Festival of Trees. Endless Wishes
Ink: Pear Pizazz
Card Stock: Pear Pizazz, Whisper White, All is Calm DSP
Accessories: Oval Framelits, Tree Punch,  Decorative Label Punch, 5/8" Satin Ribbon in Whisper White

Making Spirits Bright

Hi Everyone,
     I'm so excited you can actually see the sets of the samples I am posting now.  I've already posted one sample using the Halloween stamp from this set: Making Spirits Bright.  Now I'm using the Christmas stamp and love coloring it in with the Blendabilities.  This set also has a great set of general holiday greetings with it, which I have been using on several other projects.

Supplies Used:
Stamp Set: Making Spirits Bright
Ink: Memento Black, Cherry Cobbler
Card Stock: Night of Navy, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, Background DSP Stack in Old Olive
Accessories:  Blendabilities in Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive & Night of Navy, Circle & Starburst Framelits, Word Window & Modern Label Punches, Candy Dots, 1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon in Night of Navy, 1" Sheer Linen Ribbon in Cherry Cobbler

Holiday Home

Hi Everyone,
     The Holiday catalog is now live!  Hopefully the link on the right is working correctly.  You should just need to click on the picture.  In the meantime, here is another sample using the Holiday Home set.  This time I went for a fall/Halloween theme.  It's really a versatile set and I'm loving coming up with new ideas for it.

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets: Holiday Home, Making Spirits Bright
Ink: Memento Black, Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, Mossy Meadow, Cherry Cobbler
Card Stock: Pumpkin Pie, Very Vanilla, Mossy Meadow, Cherry Cobbler
Accessories: Blendabilities in Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, and Cherry Cobbler, Word Window, Modern Label and Decorative Label Punches, Homeade Holiday Framelits

Fall Fest

Hi Everyone,
     I'm so excited for the new Holiday Catalog to go live.  That happens on August 28th!  I will put the link up on my blog as soon as I can.  Its also the first day of school, so it might take me a bit, but you can always access it from the store.  I cased this card from: Amy's Paper Crafts.  I just changed it up a bit but the layout is basically the same.  I have loved the Hardwood stamp since it came out and I'm still not sick of it yet.  It really goes with so many things especially with the fall coming up. 

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets: Hardwood, Fall Fest, For All Things
Ink: Cajun Craze, Mossy Meadow, Hello Honey
Card Stock:  Cajun Craze, Mossy Meadow, Very Vanilla, Moonlight DSP, Color Me Autumn DSP
Accessories: Antique Brads, Circle & Fun Fall Framelits, 2 3/8" Scallop Punch, Paper Piercing Tool

Wondrous Wreath

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      I thought I would try some non traditional Christmas colors with the Wondrous Wreath stamp set.   I love mixing blues with the brushed silver paper.  The brushed gold and silver paper are often over looked in our catalog but can be found on page 193.  The brushed gold also goes very well with our fall colors and tones. 

Supplies Used:
Stamp Set: Wondrous Wreath
Ink: Soft Sky, Lost Lagoon, Night of Navy
Card Stock: Soft Sky, Lost Lagoon, Night of Navy, Brushed Silver, Whisper White
Accessories: Wonderful Wreath Framelits

For All Things

Hi Everyone,
     I worked on some more samples today.  I just love stamping with the new sets from the Holiday catalog.  For this samples I used both the For All Things set and Mingle All The Way.  For All Things is very fall looking and reminds a little bit of a fall version of Work of Art.  Mingle All The Way has sayings for all of the upcoming holidays and will also be great for making tags.

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets: For All Things. Mingle All The Way
Ink: Hello Honey, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze, Mossy Meadow
Card Stock:  Cajun Craze, Very Vanilla
Accessories: Deco Labels Framelits, 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon in Mossy Meadow, Stampin' Write Markers in Hello Honey, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze, Mossy Meadow

    

Endless Birthday Wishes

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     My brother's birthday was yesterday so I made this card for him.  I love the cake in this set, its so easy to color which makes it very versatile.  While I went with the happy birthday stamps from the set, it has so many words in it you can make a variety of sayings.

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets: Dotty Angles, Endless Birthday Wishes
Ink: Night of Navy, Coastal Cabana
Card Stock: Night of Navy, Coastal Cabana, Whisper White
Accessories: Blenabilities in Night of Navy and Coastal Cabana

Making Spirits Bright

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     I thought I would try out the Making Spirits Bright set from the new Holiday Catalog.  This set has stamps for many different occasions, Birthday, Christmas, Valentine's, etc..  This sample uses the Halloween stamp and I used both Stampin' Write Markers and the Blendabilites on it.

Supplies Used:
Stamp Set: Making Spirits Bright
Ink: Memento Black Ink, Old Olive
Card Stock: Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Sweet Taffy DSP
Accessories: Starburst, Circle and Bitty Banner Framelits, Stampin' Write Markers in Cherry Cobbler & Pumpkin Pie, Blendabilities in Pumpkin Pie and Old Olive

Wondrous Wreath

Hi Everyone,
     I think that this might be my favorite stamp set out of the whole Holiday Catalog.  I just love it!  It's a photopolymer set with 9 different stamps in it. The wreath stamp is actually 3 different stamps that you use to layer your colors.  Stampin' Up made it so easy to line up with a tab at the top of each of the wreath stamps.  I used the matching framelits to "cut" the wreath out.  The Joy is included with the framelits as well as a Noel.  Can't wait until you all can see the catalog in person!

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets: Hardwood, Wondrous Wreath
Ink: Pear Pizzaz, Garden Green, Real Red
Card Stock: Garden Green, Real Red, Whisper White
Accessories: Wonderful Wreath Framelits

Mingle All The Way

HI Everyone,
     Here is another card using some stamp sets from the Holiday Catalog.  I "made" the background paper by using Stampin' Ups Back to Black DSP and Blendabilities.  I used the medium Pumpkin Pie Blendabitlies marker to color in all of the white on the DSP so it would coordinate better with the card.  The saying is from a new set called Mingle All The Way and the pumpking is from Fall Fest which has matching framelits!  Love it!

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets: Mingle All The Way, Fall Fest
Ink: Black Stazon, Memento Black, Pumpkin Pie
Card Stock:  Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White, Back to Black DSP
Accessories: Fun Fall Framelits, Blendabilites Medium Pumpkin Pie Marker, Stampin' Write Marker in Pumpkin Pie, 1/4" Cotton Ribbon in Pumpkin Pie

Yee-haw!

Hi Everyone,
     I just wanted to share the brand new photopolymer set from Stampin' Up.  This one is so adorable, great for any little cowboy or cowgirls!  I hope to be back later with another sample, but in the meantime here is the Yee-haw set:

Fabulous Four

Hi Everyone,
     Today I'm sharing one of the more versatile sets in the Annual Catalog, Fabulous Four.  It has 4 great stamps in it that will fit a variety of needs.  I've been using this set quite a bit and love it here with the Blackberry Bliss and  Park Lane DSP.   The stars around the sentiment are stamped from the Something to Say stamp set and then punched out using the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack.

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets: Fabulous Four, Something to Say
Ink: Blackberry Bliss, Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive
Card Stock: Blackberry Bliss, Whisper White, Park Lane DSP
Accessories: Oval Framelits, Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack

Fall Fest

Hi Everyone,
     Here is another sample from the Holiday Catalog.  This time I cased one of the samples from it using the Fall Fest set.  This is a photopolymer set with matching framelits.  It's really adorable.  Hope to make some more samples to share with you soon!

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets: Fall Fest, Hardwood
Ink: Memento Black, Pumpkin Pie, Crumb Cake, Hello Honey
Card Stock:  Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Moonlight DSP
Accessories:  Starburst, Circle and Bitty Banner Framelits, Fun Fall Framelits, Banner Punch

Holiday Home

Hi Everyone,

     Well, I got some great new goodies from the new Holiday Catalog and thought I would start showing some samples of what I have made with it.  This is the best Holiday Catalog in years and I can't wait to share it with you starting August 28th.  I used the Holiday Home set for this Christmas Tag and this set has more than just Christmas.  It features 3 great houses ( and Framelits for them!) and a wide variety of add ons to dress up the house from Halloween, Fall and Christmas themes.  I just love this set and hope you will too.

Supplies Used:
Stamp Set: Holiday Home
Ink: Memento Black, Versamark, Garden Green
Card Stock: Whisper White, Night of Navy
Accessories: Blendabilities Markers in Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie & Smokey Slate, Homeade Holiday Framelits, White Embossing Powder, Scalloped Tag Topper, 1/4" Cotton Ribbon in Whisper White

Striped Scallop Thinlet

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     I have one more sample to show you using the Striped Scallop Thinlet.  It's the same design, but this time I used the Brushed Silver card stock and Silver Glimmer Paper.  This is my favorite one so far!  I did have to use a shim when I ran it through the Big Shot to make sure that it cut all the way through.  I just love how this one turned out.  The stamp is embossed in silver which is hard to tell in the picture.

Supplies Used:
Stamp Set: Fabulous Four
Ink: Versamark
Card Stock: Whisper White, Brushed Silver, Silver Glimmer Paper
Accessories: Apothecary Framelits, Silver Embossing Powder, 5/8" Satin Ribbon in Silver, Striped Scallop Thinlet

Striped Scallop Thinlet

Hi Everyone,
     I thought I would share the other sample I made using the Striped Scallop Thinlet.  I used the Blackberry Bliss on this one and I think I like it even better than the first sample I shared: Striped Scallop Framelit.  I really love the Blackberry Bliss, but boy does the ink get all over everything.  It does stain the photopolymer stamps as well.  If anyone has any ideas on how to stop that, I would love it if your would share.

Supplies Used:
Stamp Set: Fabulous Four
Ink: Blackberry Bliss
Card Stock: Blackberry Bliss, Park Lane DSP
Accessories: Striped Scallop Thinlet, Apothecary Thinlets, 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon, 1/8" Handheld Circle Punch

Big Shot Promotion

Hi Everyone,
     Stampin' Up has come out with a fantastic promotion with the Big Shot.  If you have been waiting to buy one, now is the time. Now through August 31 when you buy a Big Shot at full price, you will can choose one of the selected bundles for free!  If you already have a Big Shot, Stampin' Up will let you buy any of the selected bundles for 15% off.  If you have any questions or would like to order please call or email me.