Monday Already?

I don't know about you, but I'm really not ready for it to be Monday yet! I have had such a crazy weekend, I need another day to get my act together before the week starts. It is going to be a busy one! Report cards at school, two Christmas card buffets and a team meeting this week...yikes! I hope your weekend was a bit calmer than mine was.
Here is a project I designed for my buffets this week...

It doesn't show well in this photo, but I used the Seaside TIEF to emboss my Whisper White background panel...love the way it looks like snowdrifts behind the trees. I also embossed the scalloped Whisper White oval using the Softly Falling TIEF so that it would look like snow. I layered the white oval on a Cherry Cobbler oval. Both were cut using the Layering Ovals framelits.The trees themselves are die-cut using the Perfect Pines framelits from Garden Green card stock and gold glimmer paper.

The DSP is from the Peace This Christmas Specialty DSP pack...the best thing about that pack is that you get four sheets of each pattern, making it perfect for mass-producing holiday cards.

The sentiment is from the Peaceful Pine stamp set and is heat embossed in gold. I punched the stamped image using the 1-1/2" circle punch and then layered it on a 1-3/8" gold glimmer circle and a Cherry Cobbler scalloped circle, cut using the Layering Circles frameltis.

The only embellishment is some 1/4" natural gold ribbon.

On the inside I added a Whisper White panel on which I stamped a sentiment from the Peaceful Pine stamp set in Garden Green ink and a few little snow flakes in Soft Suede ink.

Have a marvelous Monday and a wonderful week!

Product List

Peaceful Pines Photopolymer Stamp Set [139728] $32.00	Cherry Cobbler 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [119685] $10.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $11.25	Garden Green 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [102584] $10.00
Gold Glimmer Paper [133719] $6.75	Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [126978] $8.50	Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad [126973] $8.50	Versamark Pad [102283] $11.25
Embossing Buddy [103083] $8.00	Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder [109129] $6.75	Heat Tool [129053] $40.00	Big Shot [143263] $136.00
Seaside Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [141481] $11.25	Softly Falling Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [139672] $11.25	Layering Circle Framelits Dies [141705] $46.00	Layering Ovals Framelits Dies [141706] $46.00
Perfect Pines Framelits Dies [139665] $35.00	1-1/2" Circle Punch [138299] $21.50	1-3/8" Circle Punch [119860] $21.50	Gold 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Natural Trim [141484] $9.25

12 Days of Christmas in July Day 6

Are you tired of Christmas cards yet? I sure hope not, because I've got SIX more days worth of fun projects to share with you! Today's project is a fun-fold card...

How cute is that?? I think this is my favourite project yet! Know what's even more fabulous? It folds flat to fit into a standard medium envelope. The base of the card is a pyramid card. I did another one of these a couple of months ago for a class...you can see it HERE. For this one I made my pyramid base using three 4" squares of Garden Green card stock. The DSP is from the This Christmas Specialty DSP pack.

The snowmen are from the Snow Place set and are stamped on Whisper White card stock using Basic Black ink. I used Real Red for the little bow tie and to colour the band on the top hat. I coloured the carrot noses with a Pumpkin Pie marker. The sentiment is from the Peaceful Pines set and is also stamped in Real Red. I punched it using the 1-1/4" circle punch and then layered it on a 1-3/8" Real Red circle. The star is punched using the medium star punch from gold glimmer paper. The only embellishment is that fun Whisper White Mini Pompom Trim...SO fun!

Have a super Tuesday...today is our first sneak peek of the upcoming Holiday Catalogue...SO excited!


Product List

Snow Place Photopolymer Stamp Set [139738] $32.00	Peaceful Pines Photopolymer Stamp Set [139728] $32.00	Garden Green 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [102584] $10.00	Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [102482] $10.00
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $11.25	This Christmas Designer Series Specialty Paper [141628] $17.00	Gold Glimmer Paper [133719] $6.75	Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad [140931] $9.25
Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [126949] $8.50	Brights Stampin' Write Markers [131259] $39.00	Whisper White Mini Pompom Trim [141486] $9.25

12 Days of Christmas in July Day 5

Happy Monday! I hope you had a good weekend. I spent 11 hours driving yesterday, but made it home from Virginia safe and sound. It was actually a really beautiful drive and I was blessed by the gorgeous mountains and Susquehanna River as I drove north. My family were waiting AND I came home to a clean house...my hubby ROCKS! I am SO ready for some downtime this week.
Today I have another project to get you thinking about your Christmas crafting. The new Holiday Catalogue goes live in early September, but we demonstrators get to see it this week....and then we get to preorder starting next Monday...can't wait! In the meantime, there are lots of Christmas products in the Annual Catalogue to get you going on your holiday crafting. Do you realize that 5 months from today is Christmas Day?!? It's time to start thinking about it...I actually bought my first few gifts for this year last Friday :)
 Here a cute card that we'll be making at my Christmas in July Stamp-a-Stack this week...

How cute is that li'l reindeer?? I stamped him using the new Foxy Friends stamp set and Smoky Slate and Basic Gray inks. His little red nose is punched from Real Red card stock using the Fox Builder punch. So stinkin' sweet! The stamped image is die-cut using the Layering Ovals stamp set, as is the Real Red scalloped oval mat behind it.

The Whisper White background panel is embossed using the Softly Falling TIEF. I layered a piece of Cucumber Crush card stock that I die-cut with the Outdoor Adventure Framelits. Just a note, that the tree die does not cut the full length of the card stock...I used paper snips to free hand the rest :)
On the die cut piece I stamped the word WISHES, from the Holly Jolly Greetings stamp set, in Basic Gray ink. I added a Real Red die-cut "merry" using the Christmas Greetings thinits. The only embellishment is some silver 1/4" silver natural ribbon.

On the inside I added a Whisper White panel on which I stamped a sentiment from the Peaceful Pines set in Basic Gray and some branches from Foxy Friends using Cucumber Crush ink. The final touch was a little punched heart.

I hope you're enjoying this series of Christmas-themed projects...tomorrow will mark the half-way point! See you then :)


Product List

Foxy Friends Photopolymer Stamp Set [141549] $33.00	Holly Jolly Greetings Wood-Mount Stamp Set [139879] $36.00	Peaceful Pines Photopolymer Stamp Set [139728] $32.00	Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [102482] $10.00
Cucumber Crush 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [138335] $10.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $11.25	Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [131179] $8.50	Basic Gray Archival Stampin’ Pad [140932] $9.25
Cucumber Crush Classic Stampin' Pad [138324] $8.50	Big Shot [143263] $136.00	Softly Falling Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [139672] $11.25	Layering Ovals Framelits Dies [141706] $46.00
Outdoor Adventures Framelits Dies [141480] $35.00	Christmas Greetings Thinlits Dies [139659] $20.00	Fox Builder Punch [141470] $23.50	Confetti Hearts Border Punch [137415] $29.00
Silver 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Natural Trim [141485] $9.25