Good Wednesday morning everyone.  Hope your week is going well.

I’ve got a pretty Christmas card for you today.  For today’s card I played along with the sketch for Fab Friday 147.  Be sure to stop by the challenge blog to see all the wonderful projects and to play along!

Here’s the card I came up with for the challenge.  Take a look.

I started with a panel of Very Vanilla cardstock and ran it through my Big Shot with the Cable Knit Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.  I adhered a banner made from the Festive Farmhouse Designer Series Paper and my Banner Triple Punch, using Multipurpose Liquid Glue, to the center.

I cut some Pine Boughs in Mossy Meadow cardstock using my Big Shot and the Pretty Pines Thinlits Dies.  I also cut a couple of Gold Foil pieces out from one of the other dies in the set.  I arranged the Pine Boughs and the Gold Foil pieces the way I thought it would look nice and adhered them with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

I took a piece of Cherry Cobbler cardstock and dusted it with my Embossing Buddy so that my Emboss Powder would only stick to the stamped image.  In Versamark Ink I stamped the Noel from the Christmas Pines Stamp Set on the Cherry Cobbler cardstock.  I sprinkled it with my Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder, making sure the image is covered, then shook off the excess powder.  Using my Heat Tool, I heated the powder and watched it turn Gold.  Using the largest Oval from the Stitched Shaped Framelits Dies, I cut out the embossed image.  I adhered some Stampin’ Dimensionals to the back of the oval and weaved some Gold Metallic Thread around so that it came out all around the oval.  It’s very hard to see in the photo since the thread is so fine.  I adhered the oval to the card front with the Stampin’ Dimensionals.  I adhered the card front to a Thick Very Vanilla card base.

On the inside I stamped a Very Vanilla panel with the Pine Boughs from the Christmas Pines stamp set in Mossy Meadow Ink, stamping off once.  Using my Versamark Ink, I stamped the sentiment from the Christmas Pines stamp set in the center and sprinkled it with my Gold Emboss Powder. I heated it with my Heat Tool until it turned gold.  I adhered the Very Vanilla panel to a Cherry Cobbler mag using Snail, then adhered it to the card base using Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

To finish my card off I decorated a Medium Very Vanilla Envelope.  I stamped the Pine Boughs from the Christmas Pines stamp set in Mossy Meadow Ink, stamping off once, on the envelope front edges.  I adhered a piece of Festive Farmhouse DSP to the envelope flap.  Thank you for stopping by my blog today, I hope you liked the card and will give it a try. Happy Stamping!

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If you need any stamping supplies, I’d be very happy to be your Demonstrator.  Just click here to go directly to my online store or drop me an email if you have any questions.  Happy Stamping, Karen!

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Card stock cuts for this project:

• Thick Very Vanilla Cardstock 4 1/4″ X 11″ (card base scored and folded at 5 1/2″)
• Very Vanilla Cardstock 4″ X 5 1/4″ (card front), 3 3/4″ X 5″ (inner liner)
• Cherry Cobbler Cardstock 4″ X 5 1/4″ (inner liner mat), 4″ X 3″ (artwork)
• Mossy Meadow Cardstock scraps for pine boughs
• Gold Foil Sheet scraps for cut outs
• Festive Farmhouse Designer Series Paper 2″ X 4″

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Good Friday morning everyone.  We made it through another week.  Hope you have some fun plans for the weekend.

For today’s card I used the Stampin’ Up Spirited Snowmen Stamp Set.  I really love these snowmen images, I think they are so cute.  Take a look.

I started with a piece of Night Of Navy cardstock dusted the bottom with my Embossing Buddy then using my Versamark Ink I stamped the sentiment from the Spirited Snowmen stamp set on the bottom.  I sprinkled it with my White Stampin’ Emboss Powder, making sure the image was covered and shaking off the excess, then heated it with my Heat Tool.  I ran the panel through my Big Shot using the Softly Falling Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.

I cut 2 pieces of Twinkle Twinkle Designer Series Paper then using my Banner Triple Punch I made them into banners. I adhered the thinner one using Snail on top of the thicker one.  Using Multipurpose Liquid Glue I adhered them to the card front panel where I thought I’d like them to be.  Using my Paper Snips I cut off the excess.

I stamped the Snowman image on a piece of Whisper White cardstock using Tuxedo Black Memento Ink.  I colored it in using my Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Night of Navy, Pumpkin Pie, Smoky Slate and Soft Sea Foam Stampin’ Blends Markers.  I cut the image out using the 2nd largest square from the Stitched Shaped Framelits Dies with my Big Shot.  I cut a piece of Cherry Cobbler cardstock using the 4th from the largest Layering Squares Framelits Scallop  using my Big Shot.  I adhered the artwork to the scallop mat using Multipurpose Liquid Glue and attached it to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals.  I adhered the card front to the card base using Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

On the inside I stamped the sentiment from Snowflake Sentiments stamp set in Night of Navy Ink on a piece of Whisper White cardstock.  I stamped the snowflakes from the Spirited Snowmen stamp set around the edges.  I adhered the Whisper White panel to a Cherry Cobbler mat using Snail and adhered it to the inside of the card base using Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

To finish my card I decorated a Medium Whisper White Envelope by stamping the snowman image on the front left corner and coloring it in the same as I did for the card.  I adhered a piece of Twinkle Twinkle DSP to the envelope flap.  Hope you enjoyed my card today and you will give it a try.  Thank you for stopping by my blog.  Happy Stamping!

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If you need any stamping supplies, I’d be very happy to be your Demonstrator.  Just click here to go directly to my online store or drop me an email if you have any questions.  Happy Stamping, Karen!

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Card stock cuts for this project:

• Night of Navy Cardstock 8 1/2″ X 5 1/2″ (card base scored and folded at 4 1/4″), 4″ X 5 1/4″ (card front)
• Cherry Cobbler Cardstock 4 1/8″ X 5 3/8″ (inner liner mat), 2 1/2″ X 2 1/2″ (artwork mat)
• Whisper White Cardstock 4″ X 5 1/4″ (inner liner), 2 1/4″ X 2 1/4″ (artwork)
• Twinkle Twinkle Designer Series Paper 2″ X 6″ (thicker banner), 1″ X 6″ (thinner banner)

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Good Thursday morning everyone.  We’re just about through the week.  Hope you are making some fun plans for the weekend.

Today I used the Stampin’ Up Alpine Adventure Photopolymer Bundle to make you another holiday card.  Take a look.

I started with a Mossy Meadow card front and adhered a piece of Festive Farmhouse Designer Series Paper using Snail.  On a piece of Cherry Cobbler cardstock I used my Embossing Buddy so that the Emboss Powder only sticks to where I stamp with Versamark Ink. I stamped the Let it Snow from the Alpine Adventure stamp set in Versamark Ink on the right side.  I sprinkled some White Stampin’ Emboss Powder over the stamped image then shook off the excess.  Using my Heat Tool I heated up the powder and watched the magic of the powder turn.

Using Multipurpose Liquid Glue I adhered the Cherry Cobbler panel to the top section of the card front.  I cut the Snow Shoes and Sled from the coordinating Alpine Sports Thinlits Dies out of Wood Textures Designer Series Paper.  I cut the Holly Leaves from the Thinlits Dies out in Garden Green cardstock.  I cut the Bows from the Thinlits Dies out in Real Red cardstock.  I cut the Snowflakes from the Thinlits Dies out of Shimmery White cardstock.

I attached the Holly and the Bow on the top of the Sled and Snow Shoes using a Mini Glue Dot and added a Clear Rhinestone Basic Jewel in the center of each Bow. I adhered the Sled and the Snow Shoes to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals.  I adhered the Snowflakes with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.  I adhered the card front to a Thick Very Vanilla card base.

On the inside I stamped the Snow Shoes from the Alpine Adventure stamp set in Soft Suede Ink, stamping it off 3 times to get a very light image, on a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock.  I stamped the sentiment from the Snowflake Sentiments stamp set in Mossy Meadow Ink over the top of the Snow Shoes.  I adhered the Very Vanilla liner to a Cherry Cobbler mat using Snail and adhered it to the card base using Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

To finish my card off I decorated a Medium Very Vanilla Envelope.  I adhered a strip of the Festive Farmhouse DSP to the bottom front of the envelope and a piece of Wood Textures DSP to the envelope flap.  Hope you enjoyed my card today.  Thank you for stopping by my blog.  Happy Stamping!

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If you need any stamping supplies, I’d be very happy to be your Demonstrator.  Just click here to go directly to my online store or drop me an email if you have any questions.  Happy Stamping, Karen!

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Card stock cuts for this project:

• Thick Very Vanilla Cardstock 8 1/2″ X 5 1/2 ” (card base scored and folded at 4 1/4″)
• Very Vanilla Cardstock 4″ X 5 1/4″ (inner liner)
• Cherry Cobbler Cardstock 4 1/8″ X 5 3/8″ (inner liner mat), 2 ” X 4 1/8″ (strip on card front)
• Mossy Meadow Cardstock 4 1/8″ X 5 3/8″ (card front mat)
• Festive Farmhouse Designer Series Paper 4″ X 5 1/4″ (card front)
• Wood Textures Designer Series Paper scraps for Snow Shoes and Sled
• Garden Green Cardstock scraps for Holly
• Real Red Cardstock scraps for Bow
• Shimmery White Cardstock scraps for Snowflakes

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Good Wednesday morning everyone.  Hope your week is going well.

I’ve got another holiday card for you today.  I used the Stampin’ Up Bring On The Presents Photopolymer Stamp Set and the Buffalo Check Stamp.  These are not your traditional holiday colors, but I wanted to try a new technique that I watched one of my team members do on Sunday night.  She turned the Buffalo Check stamp into plaid.  Mary Deatherage from Stamps – n – Lingers is very creative that way.  You can see her card and video with all the examples here.

Here’s my card for today.

I started with a panel of Mint Macaron cardstock and ran it through my Big Shot using my Cable Knit Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.  I adhered it to the front of my card base using Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

I took a piece of Whisper White cardstock and stamped it with the Buffalo Check stamp in Grapefruit Grove Ink using my Stamparatus to make sure I got it straight.  I took my Blackberry Bliss Stampin’ Blends Marker and drew the lines down between each row of the check.  I then took my Mint Macaron Stampin’ Blends Marker and drew lines on each side of the check blocks.  On a scrap piece of Whisper White cardstock I stamped the Bow image from Bring On The Presents Stamp Set in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink.  I colored the bow in using my Blackberry Bliss Stampin’ Blends Markers then cut it out with the coordinating All The Presents Thinlits Dies. I stamped the tag from Bring On The Presents stamp set in Blackberry Bliss Ink and the sentiment from the same set in Mint Macaron.  I cut the tag out with the coordinating thinlit die from the set too.

I tied a piece of Grapefruit Grove colored twine, from the Nature’s Twine pack, to the tag and attached it to the back of the bow with a Mini Glue Dot.

I adhered the bow to the package with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the package to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

On the inside I stamped the small bow from Bring On The Presents stamp set in Mint Macaron Ink in the top corner.  I colored it in using my Mint Macaron Stampin’ Blends Markers.  I stamped the sentiment from  the Snowflake Sentiments stamp set in Blackberry Bliss Ink in the center.  I adhered the inner liner to the card base using Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

To finish my card I stamped the small bow on the bottom corners of a Medium Whisper White Envelope in Mint Macaron Ink and colored them in with my Mint Macaron Stampin’ Blends Markers.  Even though these are not traditional holiday colors I had a lot of fun making this plaid present.  The color combinations are endless, give it a try.  Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Happy Stamping!

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If you need any stamping supplies, I’d be very happy to be your Demonstrator.  Just click here to go directly to my online store or drop me an email if you have any questions.  Happy Stamping, Karen!

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Card stock cuts for this project:

• Mint Macaron Cardstock 8 1/2″ X 5 1/2″ (card base scored and folded at 4 1/4″), 4″ X 5 1/4″ (card front)
• Whisper White Cardstock 3 1/2″ X 3 1/2″ (artwork), scraps for bow and tag

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Good Tuesday morning everyone.  Hope your week has started out good.

For my card today I used the Stampin’ Up Spirited Snowmen Stamp Set.  I just love the snowmen in this set.  Once again I used my Stampin’ Blends Markers, they make coloring so easy for me.  My card was CASEd from my up-line Jaimie Babarczy.  You can see her card here.  Here’s my card, take a look.

I started with a panel of Whisper White cardstock.  I stamped the snowmen image from the Spirited Snowmen Stamp Set in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink.  I colored them in using my Crumb Cake, Flirty Flamingo, Pool Party, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red, Shaded Spruce and Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends Markers.

I dusted the front of the card front with my Embossing Buddy so that the Emboss Powder would only stick to where I stamped with Versamark Ink.  Using my Versamark Ink I stamped the Snowflakes from the Spirited Snowmen Stamp Set all over the front of the card.  I sprinkled the card front with White Stampin’ Emboss Powder making sure all the snowflakes were covered.  I shook off the excess Emboss Powder then heated it with my Heat Tool and watched the magic happen.  Unfortunately it’s hard to see the white snowflakes on the white cardstock.

I adhered the Whisper White panel to a Pool Party mat using Snail.  I adhered the card front to a Thick Whisper White card base using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

On the inside panel I stamped the Holly & Berry from the Spirited Snowmen stamp set in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink in the top corners and colored them in using my Real Red and Shaded Spruce Stampin’ Blends Markers.  I stamped the sentiment from the Snowflake Sentiments Stamp Set in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink in the center.  I adhered the liner to a Pool Party mat using Snail and adhered it to the inside of the card base using Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

 To finish off my card I decorated a Medium Whisper White Envelope by stamping the same snowmen in the lower left corner and colored them in the same as I did on the card front.  This was a super fun and easy card. I hope you will give it a try.  Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Happy Stamping!

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If you need any stamping supplies, I’d be very happy to be your Demonstrator.  Just click here to go directly to my online store or drop me an email if you have any questions.  Happy Stamping, Karen!

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Card stock cuts for this project:

• Thick Whisper White Cardstock 4 1/4″ X 11″ (scored and folded at 5 1/2″)
• Whisper White Cardstock 4″ X 5 1/4″ (card front), 3 3/4″ X 5″ (inner liner)
• Pool Party Cardstock 4 1/8″ X 5 3/8″ (card front mat), 4″ X 5 1/4″ (inner liner mat)

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