Good morning stamping peeps. It is definitely going to be a white Christmas here. We have tons of snow from last night. I need to get out and shovel after I post this card. This is my last Christmas card I will post unless I stamp a few for my neighbors today. Then I will show that before Christmas. I love the way this turned out. This was another one of the Christmas Single stamps from Stampin' UP! This card was made with Always Artichoke and the I embossed with the Scallops EF that is in the Occasions catalog. The Gold paper and Gold Sequins are also in that catalog. I die cut out the image and layered gold paper out with the Deco Labels Collection Framelits.
This was a super easy card but had a WOW factor I think because of the gold. This is one of my favorite Christmas stamps. Only 3 days before the big day so I hope you are ready.
Bless you for stopping by today and be safe out there if the fresh snow has fallen on your area.
Merry Christmas to all of you. Hugs, Bev
Hello stamping peeps, happy Friday. Wow, Christmas is right around the corner. Are you ready? I am still sending out cards so I am not ready. I already had one celebration but have another one Christmas Eve at my sisters. I stamped the other day and this is another one of the cards I made. When the Christmas Collection of Stampin' Up's Single Stamps came out I ordered some of them right away. I love this one called Wonderful Blessing and I stamped it here in Chocolate Chip. Then I conveniently die cut it with the Circles Collection Framelits. There are little dots around the image so I used my paper piercer to pierce those. The textured embossed second layer is a Sneak Peak of a SAB item. I gathered up some retired Polka Dotted ribbon and adhered the Gold Sequins with Glue Dots. These will be available in the Occasions Catalog that goes into effect in January. Yes, the benefits of being a SU demo. :-) I can order ahead of time. I just pulled apart the string of sequins and stuck them to the ribbon with Glue Dots. I used this image and made a lot of variations to send out. I ended up going to the Hallmark store to buy 3 boxes of cards knowing I wouldn't have time to stamp. My sister asked if they kicked me out of the store but no they didn't. LOL! I gotta tell you though they made me feel like never going back there. The clerk said they had a coupon for 30% off and asked if I had a coupon. I told them no but could they give me the coupon and she said no. I should have walked out but I was desperate. I will never buy cards there again.
Let me know if you have any questions on my card. I hope you have a great weekend. We are having wintery weather here so I am staying in all weekend except to walk down the block to church.
Thanks for stopping by. Happy stamping and scrapping. Hugs, Bev
Happy Sunday stamping buddies. No challenge today just a Christmas card that I had stamped for my card class using the O Holy Night stamp set. That is my favorite Christmas song, what is yours? I have a lot to do this week to get ready for my family Christmas party next weekend so I probably will miss blogging this week. Just so busy. I still need to put in weather stripping around my doors and winter has already set in here. It has been snowing all day but light enough for me to sweep it. I have swept it twice and shoveled it once. I am going to leave it now till it stops. I pray that is soon.
Anyway, on my card I used Cherry Cobbler card stock and embossed the second layer with the Pretty Print EF. On a piece of Naturals Ivory I inked up a clear block and stamped it on my card stock. Then with Versamark I stamped the O Holy Night image and embossed it with Early Espresso Embossing Powder. I used the rotary trimmer with the scalloped blade to cut it down to fit on my card front. I wrapped the Crochet Trim Ribbon around the top layer of card stock. Then attached a Very Vintage Designer Button and put a Cherry Cobbler one on top and tied some Linen Thread through it.
Very easy card and I love love love how it turned out. Thanks for stopping by and I am not posting any links today so if you have nay questions let me know. Have a great week and I hope to be back soon. Hugs, Bev
Hi stamping buds, here it is Thursday already, where does the time go? So what do you collect for your Christmas collectibles? I used to collect Santas but don't anymore and I collected angels but no longer do that and I used to collect apples but don't have those anymore either so I guess I just collect stamps. LOL! Anyway today I have a card that I stamped for the JUGS and ColourQ card challenges to share. Yes, a one layer card. UGH! I don't like those very well. I knew what I wanted to use as I haven't played with this Christmas Collectibles set yet. I made a pot of Turkey Rice Soup today when I got back from running some errands and then I stamped this card. My picture looks kind of fuzzy to me but maybe my glasses are dirty or maybe I have snow in my eyes as Winter showed up here today. Just cold temps. Now I will start counting the days till Spring comes. Just sayin' I am not a winter fan!
I had to add some bling to this card or I would have thrown it out. It is definitely not my favorite card and it won't go into my Christmas collectibles. You know, when you have this grand idea in your head but then it doesn't come out on paper. That is what happened here. I used the colors or let me say tried to for the Colourq as I didn't have some of them. I stamped the ornaments in Real Red, Gumball Green, Bermuda Bay and Coastal Cabana. I textured the middle of my card with the Delicate Designs EF. The Merry Christmas is from Teeny Tiny Wishes.
Here are the details:
Stamp Sets: Christmas Collectibles 131775 Clear,
Teeny Tiny Wishes 128748 Wood.
Card Stock: Whisper White 100730
Inks: Bermuda Bay 131171, Coastal Cabana 131175,
Gumball Green 126861, Real Red 126949
Tools And Accessories: Big Shot 113439,
Delicate Designs Embossing Folders 127073,
Basic Rhinestones 119246
Please make sure you check out the other cards at the challenge links below:
http://www.justusgirlschallenge.blogspot.com
http://colourq.blogspot.com
I hope you have a great Friday. Someone at work got let go so looks like my hours will be 6-10 or 6-12 from now on. Early morning. YAY! Happy stampin' and scrappin' and bless you for stopping by. Hugs, Bev
Evergreen trees come it all types of greenery. I love this time of the year and the smell of the evergreen wreaths, trees and swags. The best time of the year in my mind. I had a short shift today so did a little shopping for the angel tree at church. Then came home and fell asleep reading my emails. I was up to 4 AM to get to work by 6. I wanted to try to get back into stamping so thought I would check out some card challenges when I woke up and here I am with a card and back into stamping. This card is for the Paperplayers and for Retrosketch this week. Getting it in under the wire.
I used last year's Evergreen set that I love and won't get rid of. LOL! I stamped the trees in 3 different greens and then die cut with the Circles Collection Framelits and cut a banner out of the Season Of Style DSP and then the Be of Good Cheer greeting comes from the very popular Endless Wishes that you can't even get anymore as they ran out of it. It had snowflakes and a bunch of greetings and I am happy I got it.
Here are the supplies:
Stamp Sets: Evergreen, Endless Wishes Photopolymer
Card Stock: Old Olive 100702, Cherry Cobbler 119685, Whisper White 100730,
Season Of Style DSP 132340
Inks: Old Olive 126953, Wild Wasabi 126959, Pear Pizzazz 131180, Cherry Cobbler 126966
Tools and Accessories: Big Shot 113439, Big Shot Magnetic Platform 130658,
Circles Collections Framelits 130911, Cherry Cobbler Bakers Twine 123125,
Regals Buttons 130029, Glue Dots 103683, Stampin' Dimensionals 104430,
Snail Adhesive 104332, Stampin' Sponges 101610.
I hope you will check out these blogs to see the fabulous creations:
http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com and http://retrosketches.blogspot.com.au
Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have gotten a start on your decorating with all the different evergreens. Hugs, Bev
Hello stamping friends, here it is December 1st and I have a Christmas card to share with you. This was one of the cards we made at my Christmas card class. This was super easy card using the Wonderful Wreath set in the holiday catalog. I hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving. I had my youngest two siblings over and their families. It was so nice to be together since Mom is gone. I made enough food for an army though. Jeepers Creepers.
On my card I used Crumb Cake as my base and then took a piece of Always Artichoke DSP and snailed it to my card base. Then I die cut an piece of Alway Artichoke card stock with the Circle Framelits and then textured it with the Fancy Fan EF to mimic the DSP. I stamped the Wonderful Wreath with the same color ink on Naturals White card stock and also die cut that out with the circle Framelits. I took my red sharpie pen and colored 9 Rhinestones and stuck them on the wreath. I stuck down two strips of the Seasons of Style Designer Washi Tape over the DSP on the top of the card.
Then I stamped the Christmas Greetings from the Warmth and Wonder set and used the Hexagon Punch to make the banner. Oh my gosh talk about banners wait to see the next catalog. You will love some of the great tools in there. Yowza! Wonderful.
Here are the details:
Stamp Sets: Wonderful Wreath 132748 wood, Warmth & Wonder 131883 Clear(hostess)
Card Stock: Crumb Cake 120953, Always Artichoke 105119, Naturals White 102316,
Regals Designer Paper Stacks 130139, Season Of Style Washi Tape 132155
Inks: Always Artichoke 126972
Tools and Accessories: Big Shot 113439, Big Shot Magnetic Platform 130658,
Circles Collection Framelits 130911, Fancy Fan Embossing Folder 127751,
Stampin' Dimensionals 104430, Rhinestones Basic Jewels 119246,
Snail Adhesive 104332.
I hope you have gotten started on your Christmas cards for this year. I can help you with all your shopping needs from Stampin' UP! Just click on the shop now. Thanks for stopping by today and have a blessed evening.
Hugs, Bev
