Making Spirits Bright

Happy Friday!! Wahoo! We made it to the weekend after our first 5-day week at school. Before I get to today's project I thought I'd remind you that the final group of products for the Special Offers promotion is now available. If you love Project Life as much as I do, you'll LOVE these deals!

142690 $24.00 13.50	142684 $24.00 13.50	141666 $21.00 12.00	141668 $21.00 12.00
142687 $24.00 13.50	141706 $46.00 26.25

Now, this weekend I'm going to be all about prepping for my upcoming Christmas card buffet, so I thought I'd show you one of the projects that will be available:

Here I combined a couple of stamp sets from the new Holiday Catalogue with some new DSP and an embossing folder from the Annual Catalogue. I love it when I can pull together multiple products and they work well on a project. The Mint Macaron background layer is embossed using the Holly TIEF and adhered to a card base in Emerald Envy card stock. The DSP is from the Presents and Pinecones pack and is layered on a piece of Emeral Envy card stock.

The sleigh image is from the Santa's Sleigh stamp set and is stamped in Basic Gray ink. I die-cut it using the coordinating Santa's Sleigh thinlits. The wreath is heat embossed in silver on Emerald Envy card stock and also die-cut using the Santa's Sleigh thinlits. The sentiment, from the Tin of Tags stamp set, is stamped in Cherry Cobbler ink and die-cut using the Layering Circles framelits. I layered that on a silver foil scalloped circle, also die-cut using the Layered Circles framelits. The only embellishments are some silver metallic thread and some Cherry Cobbler baker's twine.

On the inside I added a Whisper White panel on which I stamped a sentiment from the Santa's Sleigh stamp set in Cherry Cobbler ink and the wreath in Mint Macaron. I added a little stamped bow in Cherry Cobbler.

I really am loving the Santa's Sleigh bundle...stay tuned for more projects featuring this awesome set of products.  In the meantime, have a fabulous Friday and a wonderful weekend!


Product List

Santa's Sleigh Photopolymer Stamp Set [142057] $26.00	Tin Of Tags Photopolymer Stamp Set [142180] $26.00	Mint Macaron 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [138337] $10.00	Emerald Envy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [141415] $10.00
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $11.25	Silver Foil Sheets [132178] $5.25	Basic Gray Archival Stampin’ Pad [140932] $9.25	Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad [126966] $8.50
Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad [138326] $8.50	Versamark Pad [102283] $11.25	Embossing Buddy [103083] $8.00	Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder [109131] $6.75
Heat Tool [129053] $40.00	Big Shot [143263] $136.00	Holly Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [141634] $10.00	Santa's Sleigh Dies Thinlits [140278] $40.00
Layering Circle Framelits Dies [141705] $46.00	Silver Metallic Thread [138402] $4.00	Baker's Twine Trio Pack [141999] $12.00

Crafty Awesomeness

Happy Friday!  The weekend is FINALLY here and so is March Break...wahoo!!! A whole week to focus exclusively on stamping...does it get any better than that?

Today I have some of the crafty awesomeness that came out of my weekend with my bestie Michelle Suit. We spent a little bit time at the Lindt outlet store and came home with more than just (really, really good) chocolate...we found crafty inspiration!  Check out this sweet little treat box we found:

Is that not the sweetest? It is filled with little ladybug chocolates. The wings swing open to reveal a window and all of the chocolatey goodness inside. Now, you know you're with a friend who gets you when you both grab the same box because you have every intention of recreating it with Stampin' Up! products! Check out these little cuties we came up with:

Aren't they adorable? Given that I was with the godess of Punch Art, you know there HAD to be punches involved in our creation! We used empty embellishment containers (of which I have about a zillion hanging around my studio!) for the body of the box. We cut the centre of the lid out and then added a window sheet so that the yummy chocolates inside are visible. The wings of both critters fan open, revealing the window underneath.

Since there were little bee chocolates that were just as cute as the ladybug ones, we decided they deserved their own box...

Each box is covered with Neutrals DSP. We used polka dots for the ladybug and stripes for the bee. We coloured the striped DSP with a Daffodil Delight marker to get the yellow stripes. Michelle used circle punches and Framelits to construct the body parts...it is amazing what that woman can create with a few different-sized circles! The boxes are lined with card stock and we used some Botanical Gardens Designer Vellum for the wings. The sparkle on each critter's nose and cheeks is from the Wink of Stella clear glitter brush.

I love these little sweeties...and the sweet friend I made them with! Just wait till you see what else we came up with....it will knock your socks off...I promise!

Have a fabulous weekend...we're headed up to my parents' place at the lake for a few days. No swimming this trip, but definitely a little R 'n' R! Be sure to stop by on Sunday for a sweet new sketch challenge from Sunday Stamps! In the meantime, hop on over to check out Michelle's blog...and see a punch art genius at work!


Product List

Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [102482] $8.75	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121045] $8.75	Blushing Bride 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131198] $8.75	Crushed Curry 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131199] $8.75
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $10.50	Neutrals Designer Series Paper Stack [138435] $27.25	Botanical Gardens Designer Vellum Stack [141019] $0.00	Big Shot [113439] $136.00
Circles Collection Framelits Die [130911] $33.00	Decorative Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [133520] $9.25	3/4" Circle Punch [119873] $16.00	1" Circle Punch [119868] $16.00
1-3/4" Circle Scallop Punch [119854] $22.00	2" Circle Punch [133782] $22.00	2-1/2" Circle Punch [120906] $22.00	Builder Owl Punch [118074] $22.00
Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack [133787] $21.00	White Signo Uni-Ball Gel Pen [105021] $5.00	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $10.00	Rhinestone Basic Jewels Embellishments [119246] $6.25