Happy Tuesday! I hope your week is off to a good start. Mine has been CRAZY! I just started a new quarter at school and my workload has quadrupled, I am teaching a 4-level split class, half in class and half online...at the same time! I honestly don't know whether I'm coming or going most of the time...my students must think I've completely lost my mind. To say I am exhausted would be an understatement and I have two and a half months to go! Needless to say, I am going to have to cut back on the time I spend on my Stampin' Up!® business and my blog over the coming weeks. It makes me so sad to have to do so, but there just isn't anything left in my tank at the end of the day right now.
That said, I have every intention of continuing my weekly Facebook Live @ Five videos for as long as possible...I love doing them so much! This week I am featuring the Wonder of the Season Suite from the August December Mini catalogue...
Check out this classic Christmas card I made using products from the suite...
The images in this suite are just GORGEOUS! The artwork is stunning and they are super fun and easy to colour. For this card I used the Cherry Cobbler combo for the sleigh and the Soft Suede combo and Bronze for the reindeer. The sleigh was first heat embossing in gold before colouring...I love the rich look that results. I stamped the reindeer in Early Espresso ink...I love the way his coat takes on an almost golden hue with the Soft Suede blending. Here is a closer look...
The background panel and the banner element were both cut from the same sheet of 6" x 6" Designer Paper. I love that I used almost the entire sheet with very little waste. The sentiment is also heat embossed in gold. I used the 1-1/2" circle punch to punch it out, which layered perfectly over a Cherry Cobbler circle I die-cut using the circle die in the North Pole Wonder set. I layered both on a gold foil medallion, also die-cut with the North Pole Wonder dies. The greenery behind the sleigh are cut from Shaded Spruce card stock using the Beautiful Boughs dies.
On the inside of the Shaded Spruce card base, I added a Whisper White panel on which I stamped another sentiment from the Wishes & Wonder stamp set, as well as some mistletoe sprigs along the bottom in Shaded Spruce ink.
I'll be demonstrating this card and two other projects in today's Live @ Five video over on my Facebook business page. If you miss the live broadcast, you can catch the replay shortly afterwards on my YouTube channel. While you're there, please consider subscribing...I'm so close to 1000 subscribers, which is what I need to be able to do live videos on YouTube...something I have been dying to do!
Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you have a super week. Stay safe and keep well!
Happy Sunday! It is the 15th November, which means two things: it is my hubby's FIFTIETH birthday and it is time for another Stamping Symphony blog hop! While I'm spending the day spoiling my love, you can hop along with some of my Stamping Symphony team and check out the magic they have in store.
This month we are all about fun folds and gift card holders. Check out this cute fun fold I made using the Trimming the Town Designer Paper...
I am absolutely IN LOVE with this Designer Paper...it is so cute and is literally all you need (beside card stock for bases) to make adorable Christmas cards. Can you believe that there isn't a single stamped element on this card??
I die-cut the house and tree images from the DSP and using the Home Together dies and the sentiments were fussy cut with my paper snips. SO stinkin' cute and SO easy! I also used the Home Together dies to cut my snow drifts...I love these little wintry scenes!
One of the things I love about this fun fold is that it is easy to hide little surprises inside. This one could easily be turned into a gift card holder with the addition of a pocket on the inside...so fun!
You can see how this card is made and find all of the measurements on my Facebook Business page. Then set a reminder to join me every Tuesday for my free live stamping demonstration. Each week I make three cards using my featured product for the week. This week I am all about the Wonder of the Season suite! I hope you'll join me!
In the meantime, hop on over to Sandy's blog for more fun fold-y inspiration!
Happy Tuesday! I hope your week is off to a good start. Here we have had a string of absolutely GORGEOUS summer-like days. Sunshine and mild temperature are SO special in November. I'm back to wearing my sandals to work! Although it seems odd to be working on Christmas cards with warm temperatures like these, that is exactly what I have been doing. I turned my attention this week to the Trimming the Town suite...
One of the things I love about this suite is the DSP pack. It has so many fun images and patterns and I adore the bright colours. There is even an entire sheet of holiday sentiments in several languages that can be snipped out for use on projects. Many of the images also can be die-cut using the Home Together Dies. I challenged myself to make a card using NO stamped images (gasp!)...here is what I came up with:
It's nothing special when closed, but when opened you get a fun surprise...
I love this fun take on an easel card! I was inspired by a project by Mitosoucrafts and couldn't resist trying it with this fun suite. Getting this look is actually surprisingly easy...it just takes a bit of creating cutting plate placement with the die-cutting machine. Can you believe that every single image and sentiment on this card is from the DSP?? Not an ink pad in sight!
I used the Winter Snow embossing folder on the front panel and the So Many Snowflakes dies for my dangling snowflake...
I opted to leave the inside panel blank to allow space to write a message.
I will be demonstrating this card and two other fun folds in today's Live @ Five video at 5 pm ET over on my Facebook business page. If you miss the live broadcast, the recording will be posted to my YouTube channel shortly afterwards. Included in both videos posts will be measurements for all three projects.
Thanks for stopping by this week...make it a good one!
Happy Tuesday...and happy November! A new month means a new release of sneak peek products from the upcoming January-June Mini Catalogue! Curvy Celebrations offers several coodinating products, some of which are exclusive to this sneak peek promotion. The is the Quite Curvy Bundle with all-occasion stamps and coordinating dies. For the holidays, there is the coordinating Curvy Christmas stamp set and Classic Christmas Designer Series Paper. This week I'm focusing on the Christmas-themed products...stay tuned for more with the Quite Curvy bundle in the coming weeks.
Check out the details of these awesome new products by clicking the image below:
Here is a fun gift card holder I made using these new products:
I began with a 5-1/2" x 11" piece of Shaded Spruce card stock and scored it at 3" and 7". Then, I adhered a 3" x 5-1/2" piece of Shaded Spruce DSP to the 3" section on the scored card stock. I die cut both layers together using the Curvy Dies...keep in mind you will likely need to run it through a few times to get it to cut through because you are cutting two layers.
For the belly band, I wrapped a 1-1/4" x 11" piece of Cherry Cobbler card stock around my project and adhered it. Then I added some Wonder of the Season ribbon...I LOVE the sheen and texture of that gorgeous ribbon! I created a rosette with two 1" x 6" strips of Classic Christmas DSP. Then I layered a die-cut brass foil medallion and a stamped and punched sentiment from the Curvy Christmas stamp set.
On the next panel, I adhered a 3" x 5-1/2" piece of Whisper White card stock and die-cut a 4" x 5-1/2" piece of Cherry Cobbler DSP to layer below it. I added stamped images from the Curvy Christmas stamp set in Shaded Spruce ink.
On the inside, I used the other half of the die-cut Cherry Cobbler DSP to create a pocket for my gift card...so easy! I also added a 3-3/4" x 5-1/2" piece of Whisper White card stock on which I stamped more images and a sentiment from the Curvy Christmas stamp set in Cherry Cobbler and Shaded Spruce ink.
Here is the link to my video demonstrating this project. Included in the video description on my YouTube channel are all of the measurements...
Thanks for stopping by today...I hope you have a wonderful week!
