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  • OnStage Vancouver Bound!

    OnStage Vancouver Bound!

    It’s the day I’ve been waiting for, the first of the new style of company event from Stampin’ Up called OnStage!  This is the new convention (OnStage Live) coordinated with 1 day regional events in the countries in the company.  So OnStage Live was held in Brussels and so, since I wasn’t making that flight, I am attending one of the one day OnStage Local events – this time in Vancouver, WA.

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    After a crazy drive from Seattle Friday afternoon (seriously people between traffic and CRAZY rains, what I was expecting to be 2 1/2 hrs turned into 4!) we made it into town in time to drop off my travel companions – my mom and my downline Tanya at our hotel and then I headed over to the event center for a leaders dinner and training!

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    I got to chat with some great ladies and have some yummy food (should have taken a picture of the cheesecake… sooo good!).

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    We also got a sweet gift and got to pick up our Sneak Peek stamp set a little early. 

    And while I’d love to share with you the picture of the sneak peek stuff, SU is making us stay mum until Monday night.  So I can tell you though, that I’ve already jumped up and down clapping in excitement for at least one thing!  And I haven’t even seen the upcoming spring catalog yet!  So, I’ll keep you posted after seeing all the goodies today. Smile

    Now it is off to join up with my team for a FULL day of fun and prizes!  If you want to follow along, feel free to join me over on my Facebook Page – http://facebook.com/nwstamper where I’ll be posting throughout the day. 

    I stayed up late last night working on my swaps, so I’ll be back soon to blog about mine and other great swaps I get when I’m there.
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  • A Clean and Simple Embossed Happy Hello with Blended Bloom

    Sometimes I get all caught up in the fun of playing with all my punches, ribbons, and accessories, that I forget to go back to the basics…. ink, stamps, and paper!  But I shared this card with my Stamp Club recently and loved the elegance of it and the simplicity. 

    Tips for making this card:

    • Pick your favorite color and feature it on your card and then stick to simple neutrals to break it up.  In this case, I just used Rich Razzleberry and Whisper White… and it turns out, that is all the color you need!
    • Keep it from being too flat by spicing it up with two of my favorite tricks:  Heat Embossing and Sponging!
    • I started by heat embossing the Blended Bloom flower in the lower left corner of my Rich Razzleberry cardstock.  To do this:
        –  Lightly wipe over the area with the Embossing Buddy (it is a little cloth pouch with powder inside), this de-statics the paper and makes sure the embossing powder only sticks to the stamped lines and doesn’t give you speckles in other places!
        –  Stamp your image using Versamark Ink (the clear watermarking ink)
        –  Generously dump embossing powder over the stamped image to make sure all the ink is covered in powder.
        –  Tap off any excess powder onto a piece of computer paper or the grid paper mats are perfect for this!  And then dump the excess powder back into the container.
        –  Use the heat tool to blow hot air over the embossing powder to melt it into the shiny awesome raised image that you want!
    • Once you have your embossed flower, tap a sponge dauber into Rich Razzleberry ink and then swirl it over the center of your flower to get the darker middle.  Easy as that!
    • Sponge all the way around the edges of the stamped card for a darker edge.
    • Do the same thing with the sentiment by heat embossing, I used the “A Happy Hello” from the Tin of Cards stamp set (LOVE IT!) and added a bit of the trim from the same stamp set in Rich Razzleberry ink.
    • Then just adhere your layers and you are done!

    See, I told you easy… and fun too!

    Hmm… speaking of easy, this is inspiring me. I think I may use this same general idea to create some swaps for OnStage Local – Stampin’ Up’s new live events that is the replacement for Convention and Regionals!  I’ll be headed to Vancouver, WA tomorrow for this fun event starting with a leaders dinner Friday night and then the main event on Saturday!  We’ll be getting a sneak peek at what is coming new in January 2016 with the spring Occasions catalog and Sale-a-Bration!  Woo hoo!  Can’t wait to see and then share. Smile

    And in other exciting news….

    Class by Mail Page is Up! See available kits and tutorials from past classes now!

    I have had folks asking for a place to see all of my classes by mail and project tutorials.  Well, I finally have them all consolidated into one place.  I’ll still be making some changes and improvements to the layout of the page and adding some more descriptions, but they are up and ready for you!

    >>> Available Classes by Mail and Tutorials <<<

    I also wanted to do something to say thank you as part of my own personal Gratitude week, so I’m offering a free tutorial as a thank you gift for you.

    Just email me with your order
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    shop online at www.nwstamper.com/shop with hostess code PU2EYZJY
    (if your order is over $150, skip the hostess code and you’ll get the benefits & the tutorial!)

    Then email me with which tutorial you would like sent to you for FREE! 
    Offer good through 11/18/2015

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  • Easy and Classy Watercoloring with Remarkable You

    As I go to post this picture, I realized that if it was a poppy, it would have been even more perfect for Veteran’s Day today.  But that is ok… it is still fair to say to all the men and women who have joined our Armed Forces and been willing to do what is needed to protect our country and folks who cannot protect themselves around the world… thank you.  You are remarkable!

    Isn’t this such a pretty card!  It just makes me happy when I see it.  And I’ll tell you, I can’t really take the credit for it.  While I did make this copy you see here, it is a CASE from the lovely Diane Dimich and you can see her original here.  But I needed an idea for card class and wanted to use this stamp set because I LOVE watercoloring with it, and I just loved the colors and how easy to put together this card is.

    Tips for making this card:

    • One of the best things about this card is how easy it is to put together… here is all you need for it:
        –  Basic Black cardstock for the base – 5 1/2’ x 8 1/2”
        –  Whisper White cardstock – 4” x 5 1/4”
        –  Polka Dot designer paper from the Neutrals Designer Paper stack – 1 3/4” x 5 1/4”
        –  Melon Mambo stitched satin ribbon – 6”
    • Just adhere the designer paper to the bottom of the Whisper white cardstock and then wrap the ribbon over the seam before adhering to your card base!
    • When you are doing watercoloring, you will want to stamp your image onto Watercolor Paper – this is a special type of paper that is thicker and the fibers are designed to be able to handle lots of water going over them without the paper pilling up or wearing a hole through. 
    • And make sure you are using Staz On ink for your stamping!  You don’t want the ink to start bleeding into your image as you are coloring. Smile
    • Once you’ve stamped your image, you can just start layering on the color until it looks the way you want.  YES!  You can go over the same area over and over again to get it darker if needed.
    • TIP – if you’ve never done watercoloring before, it is really easy!  Here is what you need to know:
        – Start by stamping your image onto watercolor paper with StazOn ink (both are available in the Stampin’ Up online store)
        – Take the ink color you want to color with and SQUEEZE the ink pad so that ink transfers to the TOP of the ink pad
        – Open your ink pad and use an Aqua Pen and use it like a paintbrush to pick up the color from the lid – NOT from the surface of the ink pad.  You don’t want to pick up the ink from the ink pad because you will end up diluting the ink in your pad and getting funny spots where you were getting the ink. Smile
        –  Brush on your color over your image and repeat until you get it looking how you’d like.  If your color isn’t spreading on smoothly when you are coloring, squeeze the barrel of the Aqua Pen slightly to get more water to the tip of the brush.
    • After you like how it looks, we just cut it out and adhered to the front of the card using dimensionals.  Add your sentiment and some rhinestones and it looks great!

    Fun and easy, right?

    Don’t forget the savings on my Flurry of Wishes Class by Mail!  Through Monday 11/16!

    Just a reminder that since the Snow Flurry punch is on sale this week as part of the weekly deals, I’m passing the savings on to you with my Flurry of Wishes Class by mail!  Purchase either the class kit & punch or the best value bundle and I’ll take $4.50 off your class fee! 

    Sign up here!

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  • Inspiring Weekly Deals & save on the Flurry of Wishes Class by Mail!

    When I woke up this morning and checked out the weekly deals, I was expecting one or two cool things and a couple that I could take or leave… but man was I pleasantly surprised to see a lot of awesome up this week! 

    Check it out and if you aren’t inspired by something… well, you will have to tell me what DOES inspire you.Smile 

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    So, lets break it down… shall we?

    Festive Flower Builder Punch… cute for Holiday Pointsettias or just make cute flowers for any time of the year!

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    Want to see how to make this Pointsettia?  Check out this video to show you how!

    I also love this White version created by Peggy Noe!  You can check out her beautiful card on her blog post here.

    Metallic Foil Doilies… Can I just say I’ve already gone through at least 2 packs of these Smile  LOVE them!

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    metallic doilies in Project Life scrapbook albumPerfect Pines Framelits… Good with or without the stamp set!  (if you want to see the coordinating stamp set, you can see it here in a bundle)
    Like this with card that was from my Holly Jolly Greetings Class by Mail!

    Or check out this cute card made by Jennifer Frank at our recent Northwest Crafty Escape Weekend as an entry into one of our challenges!

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    Snow Flurry Punch… this is one of my FAVORITES!  I love it alone but again, especially with the coordinating stamp set.  You can see the bundle here. 

    I also did a class by mail using this punch, and so I’ll pass the savings on to you!  Purchase the punch as part of the Flurry of Wishes Class by mail and I’ll give you $4.50 off the class fee!  Just sign up here and I’ll refund you the $4.50 after either seeing your purchase of the Snow Flurry punch or when you sign up for the best value class bundle!

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  • Christmas or All Year Cards with Season of Cheer Designer Paper

    At the Northwest Crafty Escape Weekend last month, I gave everyone who was attending on Friday a goodie bag that included a number of items including the Season of Cheer designer paper pack and some of the Old Olive Baker’s Twine (which is one of the weekly deal this week – booyah!)  I used this paper for their make & take projects and had fun designing 4 cards – 2 of which were Christmas Cards and 2 which were anytime of year cards!  Because I loved how even though this paper is in the Holiday Catalog and shown doing lots and lots of Christmas projects, it has patterns that are great for after the holiday season is over as well!

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    I tried to make that graphic so you could more easily see the patterns in the pack.  As you can tell, there are definitely “Holiday” patterns – from the hand painted ornaments or colored lights, to the holly berries and pointsettias.  So, you can make fun cards like this one:

    I just mixed two of the patterns and a little bit of coordinating cardstock to create a quick holiday card.  I just love the hand painted look of these ornaments.  Just makes it feel cozy and homey to me. Smile  Want to make your own?  Here are the dimensions for the paper for this card:

    • Whisper White cardbase – 4 ¼” x 11”, score at 5 ½”
    • Old Olive cardstock – 3 ¼” x 4 5/8”, 1 ½” x 2 7/8”, ¾” x 5 ½”
    • Snowflake paper – 3 1/8” x 4 ½”
    • Ornament paper – 1 3/8” x 2 ¾”

    But like I said, this paper pack doesn’t have to be just for Christmas.  Check out this Birthday card that we made using the same papers!

    I just used some of the more generic patterns and mixed in some stamps from the Tin of Cards stamp set (see it is awesome even outside of that cute project kit!)

    We cut bigger pieces of paper and adhered them onto our card front at an angle to get the look that we wanted.  Then just trim off the parts of the paper that hang over the edge to clean it up!  I also wrapped more of the Old Olive baker’s twine and added a little cardstock star using the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack.  See, fun Birthday card you can use for anyone at anytime of the year!

    Want the dimensions for this card too?  You got it!

    • Whisper White cardbase – 4 ¼” x 11”, score at 5 ½”
    • Multi-colored Hexagon paper – 3 ½” x 5 ½”
    • Yellow diamond paper – 1” x 5”

    In the Seattle area and want to come stamp with me?

    I regularly host events and classes in the Bellevue/Redmond/Seattle area and would love to have you join me!  Stay up to date on the latest events and classes by joining my Meetup Group – the Bellevue/Redmond Card Makers!  We always have a great time and would love to have you join us!

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  • Fun Ideas with the Flower Medallion Punch–part of the Weekly Deals!

    It’s Tuesday which means new Weekly Deals!  And I just love the punch that is on sale this week, so I thought I would take time today to share a couple different types of ideas with it!

    But first, here is what is on sale this week:

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    For real, I love them all.  And I have some samples to share later this week with the Old Olive Baker’s Twine since that was one of the goodie bag items from my recent Northwest Crafty Escape Weekend and so we had make & takes with it!  But today, I’m focusing on the Flower Medallion Punch.

    This punch is a perfect match for the flower in the Crazy About You stamp set, and doesn’t it look so cute on this quick and easy treat bag?

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    But it isn’t just for flowers… did you know?  It also is designed to fit with one of the snowflakes from the Flurry of Wishes stamp set?  I used it here in my Flurry of Wishes Class to Go (kits are still available here!)

    Or just use the punch to punch out your favorite pattern paper or pretty background designs to create your own custom flower or shape!

    Like these ideas?  Check out the Weekly Deals online here and grab your favorites.

    Last week for Extra Hostess Benefits too!

    Just a reminder too that next Monday is the last day to earn the extra Stampin’ Rewards for personal or group orders of $300 or more!  Get some friends together, plan your holiday cards while looking at the Holiday Catalog and then place all your orders together in one order and you can earn an extra 3% in free credit on your order.  That gives you 15% Stampin’ Rewards on that order – that’s $45 in free products of your choice!  Email me at jennifer@nwstamper.com to get all set up or start shopping in my online store for your own personal order!

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  • Happy Scenes Wonderful Winter Window Christmas Card

    I hope you don’t mind me sharing another Christmas Card with you today! I know, I know, Halloween has only just passed us by and we still have some time in Fall and Thanksgiving before Christmas time really hits… but well, I just loved this card and since I have it all edited and ready to go, I thought I would share it today instead of making you wait while I work on editing my other card pictures. Smile  Because more craft ideas are better than none, right?  Always so many fun idea to try and to share!

    So, I absolutely loved this card.  It was cased from Amanda Bates (her card is here) but I just loved it so much I had to make it and share it with my folks in class recently.

    Tips for making this card:

    • Start by stamping your background image of the trees using the trees from the Happy Scenes stamp set.  This set is awesome because it perfectly fits with the Hearth and Home thinlits to create the window frame.  From the spiderweb or frost for the corner of the window, to the fall and winter scenes to fit behind the window frame. image
    • But don’t feel like you have to keep your background constrained to the window!  Let them break free and stretch across the page!  In this case, I stamped the trees three times to make it reach all the way across the card front.
    • Add the falling snow using smoky slate ink and the snow fall stamp in the same Happy Scenes stamp set.
    • Add some color by sponging with Soft Sky using a yellow Stampin’ Sponge over the background to really set the scene.
    • Finally I added a little of the Dazzling Details glitter glue to the snow on the trees and along the black lines of my snowy hills.
    • Did you notice?  The “let it snow. let it snow. let it snow” is the exact right length to fit below the window frame?! 
      Tip – since this stamp set is in Photopolymer, so you can see right through it.  Adhere your window frame FIRST using Stampin’ Dimensionals and THEN stamp your sentiment below.  That way everything lines up all nice and pretty. Smile
    • I needed a little more though, so we added the Wooden Snowflake Element to the corner of the window frame with the rhinestone in the center.

    Easy, peasy and oh so pretty!  I think I may be making a bunch of these for my holiday card!

    PS – don’t forget! you can get the stamp set and the window frame die together in a bundle and save 15% off both!  And who doesn’t love a good deal? Smile 

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  • Vintage Santa Cozy Christmas Card

    Happy yesterday Halloween!  I don’t know about your part of the woods, but even though it was blustery and rainy most of the day, we still went out and had lots of fun!  Not a lot of trick or treaters in our neighborhood, but I’m doing my part to help keep the tradition alive by taking my family around.  They are just getting old enough to really start getting having a lot of fun with it – and still small enough that everyone loves seeing them. Smile  And now today, with the start of November, I’m seeing lots of people posting and talking about their 30 days of gratitude and sharing each day something they are thankful for.  It something that I think is so good to do these days when we get caught up in what is frustrating or hard in life, or just being way to focused on ourselves!  So, I figured I’d kick off the month sharing something I’m thankful for…. my family!

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    I’m so grateful for my awesome kiddos and that they love to craft with me!  My mom who is as much of a craft-a-holic (or even more so than me!) so we can share fun projects and ideas whenever we are together… and my dad who is always so supportive and fun, even if it is putting up with mom and I going on and on about some new technique or project. Smile  And my hubby, who makes it possible to not only have these amazing kids, but supports me running my Stampin’ Up business and staying home to be the mommy I want to be! 

    What are you thankful for?

    Well, as Halloween has gone by and we are gearing up for Thanksgiving and Christmas, I thought I’d share this fun Christmas card that I made based on an idea shared at Convention this summer using the Cozy Christmas stamp set  and Home for Christmas designer paper.

    So many fun layers and textures, it is a sweet little card that uses the heck out of your designer paper!

    Tips for making this card:

  • Start by picking your favorite patterned paper.  This one is fun because all the designs come from the same paper pack – Home for Christmas.  Grab two different patterns to create you background layers and cut one rectangle and then cut the second piece to be 1/2” longer and 1/4” shorter than the first piece to give you the look on this card.
  • See that santa?  Isn’t he fun?  No, I’m not some amazing colorer (yeah, I know you didn’t think so, but I’m going to pretend you were thinking I colored him in anyway Smile), he is from one of the patterns of designer paper in the same Home for Christmas pack!  It is a full 12×12 sheet of vintage santas!  Just pick your favorite and cut him out – yes you have to cut him out by hand! – and then just plop him down on the front of your card using a dimensional.  Quick and cute!
  • Add in some of the neat embellishments from the Holiday Catalog to go with your santa including the beautiful subtle striped Vanilla Satin Ribbon.  I just folded over one end of the ribbon piece and used my SNAIL tape runner to hold it in place behind the Whisper White cardstock.  Then cut a banner end out of the dangling side of the ribbon.
    Pro tip – Fold the top of the ribbon FIRST and then ADHERE the ribbon to your white cardstock.  THEN, trim the end of the ribbon (or even wait until then to cut your length of ribbon off the spool!).  That way you can see how much ribbon is showing below the cardstock.  If you cut your ribbon end too early, it may not look as nice when you go to adhere it to the back of your cardstock only to discover you cut your ribbon just a little too short!
  • Grab one of the Pointsettia buttons from the Home for Christmas designer button pack – it even has etching on the top to look like a flower – and run your Old Olive baker’s twine through before tying into a bow and adhering to your card front with a glue dot.
  • Hate trying to thread twine through button holes?  You can always cheat!  Tie your bow first and then just use a glue dot to adhere the twine to the front of the button over the holes!  Most people won’t even notice the difference. Smile
  • Adhere your layers with Stampin’ Dimensionals and then stick to the front of a Garden Green cardstock base that you’ve embossed with the Decorative Dots embossing folder and you are done!

    • So, thank you again for stopping by.  Like what you see?  Please leave me a comment and letting me know!  Or swing by my Facebook page and say hello there!  I always love hearing from you!

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  • A Howl-o-Ween Trick or Treat Bag

    My kids are so excited that Halloween is just a day away – and after some last minute Halloween candy shopping, I think we are all ready to go!  Now if you are looking for something fun to do for your Halloween party or favorite trick or treaters, I thought I would share this little goodie bag I put together using the fun Howl-o-Ween bundle with my oh so favorite adorable owl!

    A few runs through the Big Shot and this comes together really easily.  Here are some Tips for making this bag:

    • Make life easy on yourself and start with the Kraft Tag-a-Bag gift bags.  They are packs of 10 ready-to-go bags that are food safe for only $3.50.  Perfect for stamping or embellishing!
    • Pick your highlighted element – the star of the bag if you will… for mine, it was the owl from the Howl-o-Ween Treat stamp set & bundle:image
    • I stamped the “treat” from the “trick or treat” sentiment onto a piece of scrap cardstock and then sponged it with Delightful Dijon ink.  Rip the ends of the white strip for a more interesting “rough edge” look before sponging!
    • Then stamp your owl and cut him out using the matching framelit.  Gotta love things that make it easy to cut out!  Now, the one thing you will notice once you do that is that when you layer your sentiment over your owl, his feet are covered up!  Now that is no good!  But it is an easy fix!Do a little surgery on your owl by cutting him in half along the top of his tummy stripes.  Then glue him to the back of your sentiment so that his arms are holding the sign and his feet are sticking out the bottom! 
    • And do you see his eyes?  How fun are those?!  Just take the White Perfect Accents and place one on top of each of his eyes, then color in the centers with a black sharpie.  Easy, almost-googlie eyes in seconds!
    • My owl needed a fun hat too… so back to the Howl-o-ween stamp set I went, and stamped the hat in Rich Razzleberry and then added some fun accents by adding Black Glimmer paper stars over the white stars!How did I get those stars you ask?  Just grab your Star confetti punch and a scrap of Black Glimmer paper and punch away! Pick up a few of the confetti pieces and glue down using the Fine Tip Glue pen or your favorite liquid glue.

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    • Finally layer everything down on your treat bag including some strips of your favorite patterned papers.  I used the In Color Envelope Paper in Delightful Dijon to add some stripes, then a tiny strip of Black Glimmer Paper covered by a piece of the Into the Woods Razzleberry ribbon.  Seriously people! This ribbon is so yummy to work with!!
    • Stamp the rest of the “Trick or” above your striped paper, add some extra confetti stars, and of course the Jack-o-lantern from the Howl-o-Ween bundle for our owl to collect his treats in! Smile 

    And if you don’t have this stamp set yet… it is still worth the add!  I know I’ll be using it for scrapbook pages since all the images are a really good size for layouts.  Plus, I’ve already seen some fun ideas that I’m going to start playing with for using the owl and hat die for Christmas and even Thanksgiving pilgrims!  So stay tuned for that!

    Reminder – Holly Jolly Christmas Card Kits are going out this weekend!  Is yours?

    Just a quick reminder that those of you who have told me you were planning on ordering your kit, don’t forget to sign up today so I can get your kit out with the rest that are going out this weekend!

    You have a few options too – kit w/ stamp set, just the kit, pdf instructions only.  So pick your favorite and RSVP now.
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  • Have a Holly Jolly Christmas–Fun Card with Foiled Vellum, Glimmer Paper, and More!

    So, yesterday I was (correctly) chastised for getting behind on posting on the blog. Smile So, I had to hop-to and get another one of my recent favorites up to share with you.

    Today I have another card from my Holly Jolly Greetings Class by Mail, it has lots of little details but I love how they come together!

    A few tips for making this card:

    • The candy cane striping is from the Holiday Fancy Foil designer vellum.  You get 3 patterns in the pack – green foiled christmas trees, silver foiled snowflakes, and red foiled stripes.  I wanted the red color for this card, but also wanted it to be striking!  So, all you have to do is layer a piece of Whisper White cardstock behind your vellum and you get a bold POP of contrast between the foiled pattern and plain vellum!
    • Layer your foiled vellum onto an accent piece of the full sheet of Red Foil sheets for even more shine!
    • Help your sentiment stand out by popping it up on a plain white 2 1/2” Circle punch.  Want to take it a step up?  Grab the Updated Essentials Piercing Pack and use the circle template to pierce holes all the way around the circle.  Then grab your Tip Top Taupe marker and connect the dots to create a fun Faux Stitched look.
    • And since I’m so onto red right now.  Why not add in more sparkle with the GORGEOUS Red Glimmer paper?  Perfect for the “Jolly” from the Christmas Greetings thinlits that are bundled with the Holly Jolly Greetings stamp set.
    • Add some pearls in different sizes on your card to bring it all home.  See those 3 pearls by the Jolly?  Those are part of those strands of connected-together pearls that are always left over on your pearl or rhinestone sheets… Smile  Cut a few off and they are perfect here!

    See, totally fun and don’t you love the texture that White Jute ribbon gives to the card too?

    Want to make this at home?  The class kit is still available!  I’ll be mailing more out this weekend, so make sure your name is on the list.  You’ll get pdf instructions for this and 4 other cards along with supplies to make 2 each of all 5 cards.  Here are all the cards:

    Sign up for your Holly Jolly Greetings Card kit here

    Oh, and I almost forgot!  Today is Tuesday which means there are NEW Weekly Deals!

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    Check out these deals in the online store here

    So, thank you Heather for the kick in the pants to get a fun new card up on the blog.  Now to get the rest written and posted to share!  Guess I know what I’m doing this week. Smile  I really do appreciate you taking the time to check out my posts and I love the feedback you share in comments, on my facebook page, and in email!  Keep it coming!
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  • Gold & Burlap Rustic Christmas Card from the NEW Holly Jolly Greetings CLASS BY MAIL!

    I have been having so much fun creating for my Holiday Card Series this fall and when I put the finishing touches on the Holly Jolly Greetings class, I couldn’t wait to share it with everyone.  This was one of my personal favorites from the class, but you’ll have to tell me which is your favorite! Smile

    I had a heck of a time photographing it because one of my favorite touches was the subtle sparkle on the trees from where we lightly painted on Dazzling Details glitter glue!  You can kind of see it in this picture… it is only on the raised parts of the trees.  We ran a thin line of Dazzling Details down the center of each tree and then smeared it around with our finger to make a lightly sparkling tree and something that would dry quickly too!

    We used a few stamps from the Holly Jolly Greetings stamp set (which was the focus of the class) but added lots of neutral touches like the different browns in the cardstock (Crumb Cake & Early Espresso with Very Vanilla) along with the strip of Burlap Ribbon which I’m just loving this year.

    But we also needed some glitz and cheer for the holidays too!  You can’t have Christmas without a little sparkle, right? Smile  So I added some of the Gold Sequin trim along with that Dazzling Details schmear. A full strand of sequins below the embossed paper and then individual sequins for ornaments.  And I had to continue the tree theme between the Woodland embossing folder and the Perfect Pines framelits!

    A little bit of sponging with Garden Green ink, some stamping and layering and you have yourself a fun card!

    I ran this first as an in-person class, and everyone made 2 of this card and the other 4 cards, and if you sign up for this class by mail, you’ll get supplies to make 2 each as well – for a total of 10 cards!  Like I said, this probably was my favorite, which of these cards is yours?

    Sign up for the class by mail and you’ll get:

    • Precut supplies & accessories for 10 cards – 2 of each of the 5 designs
    • Pre-punched & embossed elements for the cards
    • Holly Jolly Greetings Stamp Set (clear mount)
    • PDF instructions walking you step-by-step through how to complete each of the cards
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  • Acorny Thanks with a Bit of Glitz! Plus new Weekly Deals too

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    A lot of times when I’m working on creating a card for classes or just for my own fun, I start out by getting the mojo going by searching on Google Images or hoping around Pinterest or some of my friends blogs.  Usually, I see a few cards that inspire me in different ways and I combine my favorite elements into a card that is something new.  Like, maybe I love how the first card uses an embossing folder in the background, and I love the color scheme from a second card, and in a third card, I love how a set of punches are layered together.  I’ll mix and match all of those elements into one card that makes me happy.

    But then sometimes, I find a card that I love so much that I have to recreate it exactly how I see it.  And today’s card share is one of those cases… or should I say CASEs. Smile  (see what I did there?  some crafting humor Smile)  I was inspired by the very talented Ilina Crouse and her original card here, to create this card to give out as thank you cards… now if only I can figure out what I did with my completed cards I would be very happy!

    I think my favorite part of the card is the hint of glitter along the edge of the white sentiment layer!  Here is what I did:

    • Adhere a strip of the Into the Woods designer paper along the left edge of the card base
    • Adhere a 1/4” strip of Gold Glimmer paper to the back of a 3 3/4”x5 1/2” piece of Whisper White cardstock so that only about 1/8” of the gold is showing.
    • Mount the white and gold paper to the front of the card using Stampin’ Dimensionals
    • Decorate the front of the white cardstock. 

    This gives just a touch of gold and adds some fun dimension that is subtle.  One tip though, I did this on a card that had the crease at the top (so a 4 1/4” x 11” piece of base paper folded in half) but when I gave people this card, because of the dimension on the front, they wanted to open the card from the side.  So I recommend using a standard card base with the crease on the left (so a 5 1/2” x 8 1/2” piece of paper folded in half)

    For the front, I grabbed the super fun Acorny Thank You stamp set.  Here are a few tips for the front of my card:

    • Tangelo Twist and Early Espresso make a great fall color combination!  That is what I used on my acorn.
    • You can cut out your Thankful banner really easily using the Bitty Banners framelits!
    • Cover the back of your acorn with SNAIL or other tape runner, and then create loops from the Gold Metallic Thread and press them into the back of your acorn so that the tape covering the back holds them in place.
    • Add a few gold sequins from the Gold Sequin Trim for some extra glitz using glue dots

    I just totally love this card and may have to make it in other colors and designs.  Don’t you love it?

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