Last 2 holiday cards of 2012

Hi Crafty Pals,

My last two holiday cards are for my lovely boys. We usually exchange cards on Christmas Eve, but as I wanted to put up the post today we did it a day early.

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For my little man (gingerbread men are my favourite holiday icon)

I love this flip card and I learnt the technique on a Frenchie Stamps video where she used the beautiful Ornament Keepsake Stamps and matching Framelits.

Ingredients

Designer Series Paper and Card Stock:  Snow Festival (126908), Whisper White (100730) and Gumball Green (126840)

Stamps: Scentsational Seasons (121190 - Clear-Mount or 121026 - Wood-Mount)

Punches/Die Cuts: Holiday Collection Framelits (127814) and 3/4" Circle (119873)

Classic Stampin' Pad^®: Early Espresso (126974) and Gumball Green (126861)

Accessories: SNAIL Adhesive^® (104332), Stampin' Dimensionals^® (104430), Whisper White Baker's Twine (124462) and Dazzling Details (124117)

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For my big man

Ingredients

Designer Series Paper and Card Stock:  Festival of Prints stack (126904), Crumb Cake (120953), Baja Breeze (111352) and Riding Hood Red (111348)

Stamps: Bells and Boughs (121142) Hearts a Flutter (sneak peek from the 2013 Spring Catalogue)

Punches/Die Cuts: Holiday Collection Framelits (127814), Decorative Label (120907) and Hearts a Flutter Framelits (sneak peek from the 2013 Spring Catalogue)

Classic Stampin' Pad^®: Crumb Cake (126975)

Accessories: SNAIL Adhesive^® (104332), Stampin' Dimensionals^® (104430) and Chevron Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (127749)

Don't forget to check out the Clearance Rack for some bargains and remember the last order date for the 2012 Holiday Catalogue is 2nd Jan so email me or visit my online store.

I hope you all have a great holiday season and get the opportunity to spend lots of time with family and friends.

Keep crafting as we'll be starting thank you cards next!

Gift tags

Hi Crafty Pals,

Well I'm hopefully in the final furlong for holiday preparation and today my son wanted to make a gift tag for his daddy's present. I had quite a few to make apart from his so here is a selection

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All tags were simple to make and he'd seen some I made for other parcels. Punches and the Big Shot are great tools for children to use (with supervision of course) as the results always turn out looking professional so they feel proud of their projects.

Ingredients

Card Stock: Very Vanilla (101650), Whisper White (100730), Crumb Cake (120953) and Night of Navy (100867)

Stamps: Scentsational Seasons (Clear-Mount - 121190, Wood-Mount - 121026), Bold snowflake (132338) and Joyous Celebrations (Clear-Mount - 128069, Wood-Mount - 128066)

Classic Stampin' Pad^®: Midnight Muse (126860), Daffodil Delight (126944), Gumball Green (126861) and Early Espresso (126974)

Punches/Die Cuts: Blossom (125603), Mitten Builder (127824), Decorative Label (120907), Extra Large Oval (119859) and Holiday Collection Framelits (127814)

Accessories: SNAIL Adhesive^® (104332), Stampin' Dimensionals^® (104430), Argyle Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (127750) and Whisper White Baker's twine (124462)

If you are interested in any of these products or other items from the 2012-2013 Annual Catalogue or 2012 Holiday Catalogue please contact me or visit my online shop as I would love the opportunity to become your Stampin' Up!^® coach.

Just to remind you that the 2012 Holiday Catalogue finishes on 2nd January and the new 2013 Spring Catalogue starts on the 3rd January.

Happy crafting and have fun creating

Rudolph candy bar wrapper

Hi Crafty Pals,

The final countdown for the holidays has finally set in in our house, we put up the tree, the turkey is sorted and gifts are slowly being wrapped.

Today's project is CASE'd from Tami White who made a great video Rudolph Spares. Some of the colours are now retired, so I improvised and hope I did the original justice.

I changed the Close to Cocoa to Crumb Cake and I used Early Espresso ink instead of Chocolate Chip as I'm still building up my stash.

Another change I made was instead of having spare noses I gave him a scarf/collar from the Cherry Cobbler tulle ribbon in the 2012 Holiday Catalogue. Finally I used the Extra Large Oval Punch instead of a larger circle as I wanted to make it a little different.

I don't have the Tulip Big Shot die (it's retired) so I used something else so apologies that this project isn't 100% Stampin' Up!^®.

Since I am giving a gift card as part of a present I decided to follow the other video mentioned so I could attach it to the back of Rudolph.

Ingredients

Card Stock: Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Basic Black, Whisper White and Real Red

Punches/Die Cuts: 1/2" Circle, 1" Circle, Scallop Border and Extra Large Oval

Classic Stampin' Pad^®: Early Espresso

Accessories: SNAIL Adhesive^®, Stampin' Dimensionals^®, White gel pen, Cherry Cobbler 3 1/2" Scalloped Tulle Ribbon and Dazzling Details

If you wanted to try the project out for yourself and need some supplies I'd love to be your demonstrator. You can visit my online shop or contact me by email, can't wait to hear from you.

Have a great day and keep crafting.

December Thank you cards

Hi Crafty Pals,

I did mention in another post that I had a couple of projects on the go and here is the second one. I'll be sending one of these cards to all of my December customers as a thank you for choosing me as your demonstrator.

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I used the Stampin' Up!^® Notecards as my base card as I hadn't used them before, I think the layout would also look nice on a standard 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 card base. I took the inspiration for these from Stamping Smiles, but as I don't have all the same ink colours I made a substitution.

Just as a note even though in the video she reminds you to leave the craft ink to dry I didn't leave mine long enough so did get a few smudges, but fortunately I was able to hide them with the bird topper. I must remember to use my heat gun to set the craft ink in the future or just be more patient!

Ingredients

Card Stock: Marina Mist (119682), Midnight Muse (126843) and Whisper White (100730)

Stamps: Betsy's Blossoms Clear-Mount (126006) and Itty Bitty Banners Clear-Mount (126257)

Punches/Die Cuts: Bitty Banners Framelits (129267)

Classic Stampin' Pad^®: Marina Mist (126962), Midnight Muse (126860) and White craft (101731)

Accessories: Stampin' Dimensionals^® (104430), SNAIL Adhesive^® (104332), Whisper White Notecards and envelopes (107311)

Don't forget if you want to buy any Stampin' Up! products I'd love the opportunity to become your chosen demonstrator so please visit my online store or email me.

Take care and keep crafting

Teacher end of year thanks

Hi Crafty Pals,

Yep I bet you can't believe it, 2 projects in 1 day! Once I get on a roll I can make a lot of things.

These are based on a project by Julie Davidson and make a great box for treats or small gifts. I put a hand cream, lip balm and mini nail file in mine. I made them for the teachers at my sons school in Mississauga.

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Stayed tuned for another project for his teacher, but it won't be finished today.

Ingredients

Designer Paper Series and Card Stock: Gumball Green (126840), Very Vanilla (101650) and Be of Good Cheer (126896)

Stamp: Bold Snowflake (132338)

Punches/Die Cuts: Blossom punch (125603)

Classic Stampin' Pad^®: Cherry Cobbler (126966)

Accessories: Sticky Strip (104294), SNAIL Adhesive^® (104332), Stampin' Dimensionals^® (104430) and Basic Rhinestones Jewel Accents (119246)

Don't forget if you want to buy any Stampin' Up!^® products I'd love the opportunity to become your chosen demonstrator so please visit my online store or email me.

Have fun and find an opportunity to get inky especially if you are busy preparing for the holidays.

Clearance Rack Blitz

Hi Crafty Pals,

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Just had to let you know that more than 300 products have been added to the Clearance Rack today and some are discounted by 80%.

Including inks, markers, punches, dies, paper and even stamps.

Orders for clearance items can only be placed through my online store and don't wait too long as products are only available while stocks last.

You can combine clearance and regular priced items on one order and there is no minimum order - yeah.

I bought  a few markers, a couple of punches and 20 ink pads this morning. OK so the ink pads are the older style, but they will certainly help me build up my stash so in the New Year I'll be able to create more samples and have more products to let people try at workshops etc.

Keep crafting and enjoy the clearance rack.

Make a mitten - holiday cards at last

Hi Crafty Pals,

Well those who know me have an idea how good a procrastinator I am, but when the last posting date looms even I have to get into gear. I love creating, but sometimes other things get in the way so I have to put crafting plans on hold.

I'm a big fan of batching cards (making lots the same) so to make it easy, but still looking good I decided to use the Mitten Builder punch from the 2012 Holiday Catalogue and the Make Mitten stamp set.

I think they work really well with the Snow Festival Designer Series Paper especially the side which looks a bit like a sweater pattern.

 

Ingredients


Designer Series Paper and Card Stock: Snow Festival, Festival of Prints stack, Primrose Petals, Gumball Green, Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler

Punches/Die Cuts: Scallop Edge Border, Top Note Stampin' Up!^® Bigz Die, Mitten Builder Punch

Accessories: SNAIL Adhesive^®, Stampin' Dimensionals^®, Whisper White Baker's Twine

Don't forget if you want to buy any Stampin' Up! products I'd love the opportunity to become your chosen demonstrator so please visit my online store or email me.

I've got a few more projects on the go so pop back soon for a visit.

Have a great crafty Sunday

Ornamental Elegance Kit

Hi Crafty Pals,

Edit -- Unfortunately this has now sold out and I didn't get one either :( Lesson learned Next time I'll place my order straight away.

Wow as if all of the recent promotions, bundles and other amazing happenings aren't enough Stampin' Up!^® have launched the Ornamental Elegance kit just in time for festive decorating.

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The ornament on the cover of the Stampin' Up! 2012 Holiday Catalogue has been such a hit that they have made it available for us all -- as we begin to deck the halls. The fun project has been simplified so that we can quickly and easily achieve the same results.

In addition to the kit, you'll need a glue gun, scissors and adhesive, the Anywhere Glue Sticks are perfect.

The kit contains enough supplies to create 10 heirloom ornaments to use as decorations or as stunning tags on a special neighbours gift.

The Ornamental Elegance kit is $17.95 and includes

• Die-Cut Cardstock Elements
• Cherry Cobbler 3-1/2" Scalloped Tulle Ribbon
• Natural Linen Thread
• Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons
• Large Pearl Basic Jewels.

Please note the kit is only available while supplies last and I guess they'll be flying off the shelves. You can order it directly from my online store or email me if you prefer.

I'll be ordering a set and will be referring to the detailed instructional pdf as I like to have the pictures to follow along with (I'm the same with build-it-yourself furniture).

If you want to do some coordinating greeting or place cards take a look at the Ornament Keepsakes Stamp Set (Wood-Mount or Clear-Mount).

Happy crafting