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Easy Events, Elegant Card!

The overall favorite card from my final Christmas Card Class this past weekend was this one using Easy Events. A complete CASE from Penny Thomas' Founder's Circle swap, it's easy, elegant, fairly flat, and would be a quick one to duplicate in mulitples for anyone's Christmas card! I apologize for this not being the best picture, photographing vanilla on a white background does tend to make it blow out:

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You still can see how lovely it is! I did creat the inside myself, as most Founder's Circle swaps do not have any insides stamped on them:

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Here's a quick "Stampingrox!" supply list:

Stamps: Easy Events, Hand-Penned Holidays, Comfort & Joy

Cardstock: Very Vanilla

Ink: Staz-on Black, Real Red & Old Olive Stampin' Write Markers

Accessories: Big Shot, Snow Burst Textured Impressions Folder, Very Vanilla Velvet Stitched Ribbon, Basic Jewels Pearls, SNAIL adhesive

Pretty simple, but very lovely!

I'm off today to go with Jessica to her O.B. appointment. We only have a few more weeks until Jaxon makes his appearance! We can hardly wait! Then in the afternoon I get to Christmas shop with all three of my darling daughters! We try to go together at least once every year. It really helps to get things done when we all put our heads together!

 

Until tomorrow, have a "Stampingrox!" day!

Cards from the West Frankfort Class!

Last Tuesday I had a 10-card class in West Frankfort. We had fun making these cards for the $25 fee! Here's the cards we made:

This card was made with the Jolly Jingle Jumbo Wheel and the ornament from Jolly Bingo Bits:

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A close-up of the Jolly Bingo Bits ornament:

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Using the Chery Cobbler card from the Everyday Elegance Simply Sent Kit, the wreath from the Stitched Felt Winter Wishes, and "Season's Greetings" from Four the Holidays:

Once again we used a wreath from Jolly Bingo Bits, and the verse is from Grateful Greetings:

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Here's the Baja Breeze version with the Northern Frost Decorative Strip Die Snowflakes made with Silver Glimmer Paper, and "Peace on Earth" from Four the Holidays:

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This one is a CASE of one of my Founder's Circle swaps (sorry, I don't remember whose it was);

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This one uses the Pennant Parade stamp set and the "Petals-a-Plenty" Textured Impressions Folder. My good friend, Brenda Luter, swapped this card at convention:

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This is another Founder's Circle swap with the Stocking Accents Die, Snow Burst Textured Impressions Folder, and "Petite Pairs" stamp set:

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Last but not least, we made this cute little Hershey's Nugget Holder with the Two Tags Die and the Stocking Builder Punch:

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"Comfort & Joy" was the stamp set used to make this CASE of another Founder's Circle swap:

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Our final two projects were the "Jolly Jingles" "Festive & Fun" card & bag I showed you in my November 21st post.

 

Hope you have a great "Stampingrox!" day, whether you spend it out shopping the Black Friday sales or enjoy a relaxing day at home!

Petals-a-Plenty Christmas Tree!

As promised, here is my mini-tutorial for creating an embossed Christmas Tree using the Petals-a-Plenty Textured Impressions Folder and the Big Shot!

I started by using my Hobby Blade and the Cutting Mat to cut two tree-shaped triangles out of a piece of thick cardboard from one of my packages of Candy Candy Christmas Designer Series Paper. The cardboard needs to be pretty thick and sturdy so it can take the place of the bottom acrylic cutting pad.

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I attached these two triangles to each other with Sticky Strip.

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I then attached the triangle to the positive side (petals popping UP!) of my Petals-a-Plenty Textured Impressions folder with Dotto repositionable adhesive. You want your triangle to be on the bottom of your sandwich going through the Big Shot, (this pic shows everything upside down). Insert your cardstock as shown in the picture so you can perfect the placement of the tree. Flip this all over and run through the Big Shot with this sandwich order: cardboard triangle attached to Impressions Folder, Impressions Folder with cardstock in middle, acrylic cutting plate.

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Here's your Petals-a-Plenty Christmas Tree!

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Use the journaling tip of a Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Write Marker to just barely apply color to the dots in the centers of the poinsettias and between the flowers. You will have a few slightly embossed petals around the main tree image, but you choose where you want your tree to begin and end by where you color the dots and later where you put the Two-way Glue and Dazzling Diamonds Glitter!

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This pic shows part of the tree has had Two-Way Glue applied and sprinkled with Dazzling Diamonds Glitter so you can see the difference of with and without the glitter!

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We stamped the inside with a verse from Seasonal Sentiments, and surrounded it with snowflakes from Snow Swirled, all in Cherry Cobbler ink!

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After adding a strip of Cherry Cobbler punched with the Dotted Scalloped Ribbon Border and a strip of Deck the Halls Designer Series Paper, we added a greeting from Snow Swirled punched with the Wide Oval punch, matted on a Cherry Cobbler Decorative Label. The finishing touch is a Basic Jewel Rhinestone on the top of the tree!

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That's all for today! I hope to be back tomorrow with the cards from my November Punch Class!

Until then, have a Stampingrox! day!

October Stamp-a-Stack Cards!

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Today I am going back into the archives to show you some of the cards we made at my October Christmas Card Stamp-a-Stack! These were all swaps I received at Founder's Circle in September that I either CASED exactly or added my own little twist!

This card was a favorite, using the Holiday Mini Catalog Level 2 Hostess set, Peaceful Season! The inside verse is from the Level 3 Hostess set, Occasional Quotes!

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For this card I used the oldie-but-goodie, Winter Post! The picture doesn't do it justice, but after the card was completely assembled we gave it a light spritz with the Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz! The inside verse is from another oldie-but-goodie Christmas verse set, Many Merry Messages!

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The snowflakes have the Metallic Brads attached through a Paper Pierced hole and the legs are turned down, then the snowflakes are attached to the card with Mini Glue-dots!

Here's how we attached the ribbon on the back of the skaters:

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This card uses the fun new clear-mount alphabet, Broadsheet Alphabet! The inner verse is from another favorite and often used set, God's Blessings!

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Here's how we ruffled the satin ribbon under the "noel":

First we laid down 1"-1 1/2" of Sticky Strip on the Early Espresso cardstock strip. We then removed the red plastic protective covering to expose the stickiness.

We trimmed off the end of our 5/8" Old Olive Satin ribbon with the Craft & Paper Scissors, then attached the end of the ribbon to the end of the Sticky Strip. We did not attach the ribbon to the entire length of the strip.

We pinched up the ribbon into a small fold and then pressed down about a fingertip width of ribbon to attach again to the sticky strip.

We repeated this process a second time to make a second fold in our ribbon. At this point we clipped off the ribbon and layered the punched "noel" letters. If you desire you can put a Mini Glue-dot between the folds to help them lay down.

If all goes as planned I will be back tomorrow to show you how we made a Textured Impressions Christmas Tree!

 

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! Day!

Since I've been an absent blogger so much the past couple of months I thought I would show you some of my projects during that time. I've been CRAZY BUSY with workshops, camps, and craft fairs, which is the major reason I haven't been blogging. These pics are the doorprize Christmas cards from the Mt Vernon Teacher's Conference October:

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Hopefully I'll be back tomorrow with more pics of projects I've shown these past couple of months!

Until then, have a Stampingrox! Day!

A fun stampin' day with good stampin' friends!

A couple of weeks ago I had the chance to attend an annual event one of my stamping groups has every year. They get together every November on a Saturday morning and have their own "shoebox swap", meaning they each design a Christmas card and bring enough supplies for everyone at the gathering to make their card. They set up their card at one of the tables in the church fellowship hall where the event is always held, then everyone gets to make each other's cards! I've been invited in the past, but usually my busy stampin' party schedule keeps me from being able to attend. This year, however, I was able to put it on my schedule in July, so I got to go, and am I ever glad I did! I got to stamp with alot of supplies from other stampin' companies, which gave me the chance to try some new things out! Some I really liked and will recommend to SU! to consider carrying, and some not so much, but either way, it was loads of fun!

Here are the cards I got to make! (I will put the name of the creator before each card) Almost every card used a Stampin' Up! product, whether it was a stamp, the cardstock, ink, a punch, etc. I was proud that almost everyone used SU! in their creations!

Here's the first one, by Shelby Adams (her card used ALL SU!, including the Scenic Season Stamp set!)

 

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Next, an adorable card by Shirley Quarry! I love her use of the Liquid Applique on this sassy little monkey! Wish SU! would carry that stuff again! I tried to hoard a few tubes back when it was retiring, but found that you really need fresh liquid applique, it turns brown in the tube when it gets a little age to it!

Next, another Scenic Season, this time by Marla Agin! I love her color combo of Not Quite Navy and Always Artichoke!

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Karen Moon used "Serene Snowflakes" for her beautiful blues card:

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Christy Christensen used our Brilliant Blue cardstock for the base of her card. It coordinated beautifully with the checkered DP!

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Another cute little monkey card, this time by Trudy Reed! She used SU! Real Red, Chocolate Chip and Whisper White cardstock along with a felt ribbon we had in our Holiday mini last year!

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Betty Everett created this lovely vintage Santa card for us!

Sharon Hazely combined SU! Always Artichoke & Sahara Sand cardstock with Real Red ink  and the Eyelet Border punch to create this beautiful card! I need to find time to do an all SU! rendition of this one!

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Ronita Murrie created this happy card with SU! Ballet Blue & Whisper White cardstock and our Jumbo Snowflake punch!

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Elaine Lemonds chose SU! Old Olive cardstock for the base card of her Origami tree!

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Jeanette Alexander combined SU! Night of Navy, Whisper White, Basic Black, and Pumpkin Pie cardstock with Iridescent Ice e.p. to create this fun snowman!

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Marsha Jones used SU! Ruby Red cardstock, the Scalloped Edge punch, and "Teeny Tiny Wishes" on this sparkly card!

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Last but not least, Jana Youssef used Kraft cardstock, Basic Black ink, Whisper White Craft ink, and Real Red 1/4" grosgrain ribbon to complement the punched holly leaves on this card!

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It was a very relaxing, enjoyble day which included a fantastic potluck meal and an ornament exchange! I hope I can stamp with these ladies again next year!

"Elegant Ornaments" October 30th Stamp-a-stack! REVISED POST

I am revising this post to remove the fronts of each of these cards at the request of Sandi Maciver, a fellow demonstrator whom I gain much great inspiration from. This revised post is part of my apology to her. I am still showing the insides of these cards because they are my original creation, taking no inspiration from anyone else.

I am however, still holding my Stamp-a-Stack with these cards on Friday night, October 30th, 6:30 p.m. and Saturday afternoon, October 31st, 2 p.m., so contact me to reserve your spot.

I've been holding a monthly Stamp-a-Stack of Christmas cards so everyone has the opportunity to make a BUNCH of Christmas cards so they will be ready when it is time to mail them out after Thanksgiving. My next Stamp-a-Stack will be Friday night, October 30th, 6:30 p.m. and for once I have almost all the cards al planned and samples stamped ahead of time! Here are 4 of the 5 cards we will be making, using the Ornament Punch, an altered Finial Press Embossing Folder, and "Leaf Lines" stamp set!

Card #1:

Here's the inside:

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Card #2:

Inside:

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We will be using Versamark ink to stamp all the images to sprinkle the embossing powder, but on this card we will also be using Versamark to do the "watermark" technique with the holly leaf stamp. This is one Versamark technique that often gets overlooked. By stamping on dark cardstock (which shows this technique the best) with Versamark ink, you get an image that looks just a shade or two darker than the cardstock it is stamped on without having to use that color of ink! Amazing! And the great thing is when the Versamark dries, you can still see the image, the color doesn't fade! Super! All 48 SU! colors, neutrals, and In-Color inks in ONE inkpad!

Card #3:

Inside:

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And the fourth card:

and the inside:

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There's still one more card "in the vault", (which I did NOT CASE from Sandi Maciver but did CASE from one of my awesome downline, Sandy Dixon), but you'll have to come to the class to see and make it!

Fee is $20 for 10 cards, 2 each of the five different designs or FREE with a $50 order.

Ta Ta for now!

A "Vintage Ornaments I" Card Inspired by a Purse!

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Isn't this just a beautiful card? I was inspired by this purse I bought off the clearance rack at Wal-mart last spring. It was too dark to use in the summer but perfect for right now:

I used the browns and the "Taken with Teal-ish" colors and ended up with a "Not Quite Navy/Chocolate Chip" creation! I started off with the "Vintage Ornaments I" stencil and a sponge dauber with my Not Quite Navy Classic pad. I used a bit of "Dotto" on the back of the Very Vanilla Top Note and on the back of the stencil to hold it in place. After I had the ornament all inked up, I layered the "flourishy/misteltoe-ish" stencil on top and daubered on "Champange Mist" Shimmer Paint! I sponged the edges of the Top Note first with the NQN ink, then sponged along the edges with Chocolate Chip ink! I layered this on top of a mat of Autumn Meadows DSP I had sponged with NQN ink. The inside is similarly sponged with the same ink combo. I decided to not embellish with anything else, this card stands on it's own! Leave me a comment and let me know what you think!

Ta!

Another Cincinnati Regional card!

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This is the last card I was able to take  a picture of before my camera battery ran out last Sunday afternoon! This swap from the Cincinnati Regional was made with the "Christmas Punch" Level 2 Hostess Set, a very popular choice of many of my hostesses! It also uses "Holiday Lounge" DSP and the very reasonably-priced set, "Christmas Greetings"!

Tomorrow is our family's September birthday get-together for my oldest daughter, Jessica's 31st birthday! I can't believe my oldest baby girl will be 31! (yes, I know, I was a "baby" when I had her, 19 actually, and although I guess I was classified as a "teen pregnancy", we had been married over a year (by 18 days!) when she was born! I'm so thankful I had her when I did, she is one of my very best friends (besides Kimmy & Alisa my two additional "baby girls"!) I can't imagine my life without her!

Winter Post! ANOTHER REVISED POST

So sorry to have to remove this post too, guys. Sandi Maciver requested that I remove this card, which was not part of any tutorial, but was shown on her blog, so I am honoring her request. It was changed slightly from the original, and when I took a picture of it at our Downline meeting last month I had no idea it was Sandi's creation, but she has requested it's removal, so I am honoring her.

This card was one that Linda Reaney shared with us at our Downline Technique Class last Sunday afternoon! We didn't get to stamp it, but we did get to handle it and take pictures! This actually one of the cards she will be doing for her group's Stamp Camp at her house on Saturday the 26th!  Its an unusual but beautiful color for a Christmas card: Rich Razzleberry!

BTW: Today is the last day to RSVP for my "Christmas in September" Stamp-a-Stack on Friday, Sept. 25th at my house, $20 for 10 cards, two each of five different designs, or FREE with a $50 order! Contact me TODAY for the 1 p.m. or 6:30 p.m. classes!