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Freezin’ Fun Christmas Wishes

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Freezin' Fun Christmas Wishes

Here’s a cool and icy looking Christmas Card, perfect for the skiing bunny, called Freezin’ Fun Christmas Wishes. The little guys in this stamp set are so cute you can’t help but love them! This little bunny is having fun skiing down a pretty steep slope amid the snowflakes! If you are making several designs of Christmas cards, you might like this one for a fun, whimsical card to send someone special.

I had planned to use the Feels Like Frost 6″ x 6″ Specialty Designer Series Paper. It was brought back from last year. I guess all the snowy, wintery photographic scenes on the paper were hits! As pretty as those scenic papers are, the other side with silver foil designs is also pretty and fun. It’s hard to use one side and miss out on the opposite side! For this card, the foil side won out, even though I had planned on the wintery scenes! You never know when you start creating!!

The card base is Balmy Blue with a layer of Whisper White to help the Feels Like Frost paper stand out a little. Cards with foil are always hard to photograph because of glare, but this paper is silver foil with white dots that look like snow.

I stamped the bunny from the Freezin’ Fun Stamp Set and cut him out easily with the Freezin’ Friends Dies. You can buy both the stamp set and the dies together in the Freezin’ Fun Bundle and save 10%.

The Balmy Blue oval is die cut with the Stitched Shapes Dies. In the Freezin’ Friends Dies is just a long curvy die with which I made the snowy slope. I die cut the slope just out of a scrap of Whisper White, then adhered it to the oval and trimmed off the excess with Paper Snips.

The bunny is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals skiing down the slope! Of course, I colored him with Stampin’ Blends first, which I love to do! After adhering the layers together to make the card and adhering the oval to the front, I added some Adhesive-Backed Snowflakes. Those were sure fun to stick on! You could also glue on Snowflake Sequins with teeny tiny drops of Multipurpose Liquid Glue. Be sure to grab your Take Your Pick tool when you are handling these tiny pieces! It makes it a lot easier!

The greeting is stamped in Balmy Blue Ink from the Banner Year Stamp Set. I simply stamped it on a long scrap and then punched the ends with the Lovely Labels Pick a Punch. Not being able to leave something plain alone, I had to add a couple of Rhinestones to the ends!

Even with the die-cutting, this card is pretty easy to make, simple design! Check your stash and see if you bought this designer paper last year and if so, get it out and start making some cards with it. It doesn’t even have to be just for winter or Christmas with the foil designs! If you don’t own it, you can purchase it, but wait until October 1st! There’s a designer paper sale coming!!

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Join Stampin’ Up! and Get Extra Products FREE!

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You can join Stampin’ Up! as a Demonstrator and start your own business any time, but if you can get some extra free products when you join, why not join then? If you are interested now or think you might be in the near future, purchase the Stampin’ Up! Starter Kit now and take advantage of the special promotion going on for just a few more days in September! This special promotion is designed to give a new Demonstrator some extra products to help with your first event!

In addition to the regular Starter Kit (for $99 USD/$135 CAD, new recruits choose $125 USD/$165 CAD-worth of products) a new recruit will also receive enough cardstock pieces to make 16 cards, a pack of Rhinestone Basic Jewels, the So Much Love stamp set, and the Queen Anne’s Lace stamp set—all for their first event.

  • In addition to the regular starter kit (for $99 USD/$135 CAD, new recruits choose $125 USD/$165 CAD-worth of products) new recruit will also receive enough cardstock pieces to make 16 cards, a pack of Rhinestone Basic Jewels, the So Much Love stamp set, and the Queen Anne’s Lace stamp set—all for their first event.
  • 8 packs of precut cardstock of the Coastal Cabana pack will be provided, and 8 packs of precut cardstock of the Granny Apple Green pack, for a total of 16 cards (packs include envelopes). The new recruit can choose what samples to replicate and how to distribute the packs to their customers.
  • Important note: Ink, adhesive, cutting tool, and clear block for stamping must be purchased separately. However, these products may be included as part of the Starter Kit product selection.

Look on the Stampin’ Up! website to read about joining to get some information about being a Demonstrator! Then if you have any questions, just contact me! I suggest thinking about if you want someone local to you to be your Upline to help you perhaps in person. Check the Demonstrator Finder and see is someone near you is interested in having a new recruit. Otherwise, it is perfectly fine to sign up under any Demonstrator you choose who can help you via all the media we have these days – phone calls, email, messaging, whatever works! Stampin’ Up! has lots of help “behind the scenes” on the Stampin’ Up! website to help new recruits get started!

It’s fun and easy to sign up! You get to choose $125 worth of whatever product you choose and pay only $99! Now with this promotion during September, you will also get the extra cardmaking products! Free shipping on Starter Kits!! As soon as you sign up, you will receive an email from Stampin’ Up! with your Demonstrator number and with that you can sign in to the website and start exploring and thinking about how you would like to run your business. There are many ways, even in these pandemic days. I’m happy to help you and direct you to extra resources depending on what you are interested in or what will help you. We all have slightly different businesses and sizes, but it’s up to you to choose what works for you!

Get started by getting some information! Let me know if I can help! Email me at Karen@Karenstamps.com when you have questions!

This offer ends Wednesday, September 30th!

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LAST DAY: Wed., September 30, 2020

Tag Buffet Christmas Gift Tags

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Tag Buffet Christmas Gift Tags

For some fun and relaxation, I took the afternoon and spent time making the kit I recently ordered that I couldn’t wait to get my hands on and made these Tag Buffet Christmas Gift Tags! You will find this Tag Buffet Project Kit in the Holiday Catalog on page 5. I immediately loved the images for the tags and couldn’t wait to order it! Then I forgot to order it over two orders and finally, I got it!

The project kit comes in a cute green holly print box. As long as you have a cute box, that’s almost all you need, right?! If you want, you can order the coordinating Tag Buffet Stamp Set to stamp the greetings on the tags. But if you already have a good selection of Christmas greeting stamp sets, you might have something you can use without buying a new stamp set. But I do love the ornament and stocking in this stamp set, plus the verse that you could stamp inside the card. I plan to make some extra Christmas cards and maybe more tags using this stamp set.

You get all the materials you need to make the tags, but you do need your own ink pads and Stampin’ Dimensionals. The coordinating ink colors are Real Red, Shaded Spruce, and Garden Green. The only stamping is for the greeting so really, you could get buy with any one of those colors or two if you wanted a red and green. I did use a lot of Dimensionals but I did use up some scrap edges of old sheets because no one will see them anyway! And if you don’t want to pop things up, you could just use glue or Stampin’ Seal or Stampin’ Seal+.

And if you want to, you don’t have to follow the directions at all, just do your own thing with the kit supplies. This would be a great kit for a beginning or novice stamper or crafter because all you have to do is stamp the greetings and then assemble the tags and tie them together with the included gold twine.

Since they are gift tags, I stamped the “To: From:” on the back of each of the tags before I put them together. The tags are large so if you also want to add a personal message on the back of the tag or stamp some other image, there is plenty of room! They are really nice tags!

Another thing you could do, is make the tags and then use them as a focal point on the front of a Christmas card. And what would be really fun is if you used just enough adhesive to hold it on the card but that the recipient could take off and use themselves or hang on the tree like an ornament. When I was growing up, my mother knew some people who were very rich and their Christmas card was always the fanciest one, but part of it was actually an ornament to save and use! We always looked forward to that one!

Don’t miss the Tag Buffet Project Kit in the August-December 2020 Holiday Mini Catalog on page 5! You might miss it as you rush to page through the beautiful catalog! The kit makes 30 tags!! That is 6 different designs, 5 tags each! The tags are 3 1/4″ x 4 1/4″ so that is a nice size. Your present will really stand out with these beautiful handmade tags!

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Gather Together Fall Colored Leaves Card

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Gather Together Fall Colored Leaves Card

I might have seen a tree with a few yellowish leaves at the top the other day when we were out for a walk so I was inspired to hope for fall and make this Gather Together Fall Colored Leaves Card. The weather has even been a little cooler lately (in part thanks to Tropical Storm Beta). In fact, the night before last I almost a felt a little cool on my legs wearing shorts. Yes, in Houston, Texas we are still wearing shorts, complaining about the heat, and running the air-conditioner. It kills me to see pictures way up north of trees with beautiful fall colored leaves. But fall leaves will get here, too….just not until December!

I just wanted to make a simple fall card and this is it! The card base is Cajun Craze and the layer is Shimmery White Cardstock. I love Shimmery White Cardstock, as I have said many times before. It is the tiniest bit off-white and has a very subtle shimmer. It’s also good for watercoloring if you don’t have watercolor paper.

The stamps are in the Gather Together Stamp Set. They are just inked up with Memento Ink, stamped randomly on the card, and colored in with Stampin’ Blends. Just choose a variety of fall colors and color the leaves with whatever combinations you want. I think I used the Light and Dark of Daffodil Delight, Mango Melody, Old Olive, Granny Apple Green, Pumpkin Pie and a few others like Cajun Craze.

The little texture stamp is also in the Gather Together Stamp Set. I inked it up with Old Olive but stamped off first on my Grid Paper so it would stamp lighter. The greeting is also in the same stamp set and I just stamped that in Old Olive Ink on a scrap strip. For some reason I decided to just let the strip extend completely across the bottom of the card. I liked it.

I hope you are beginning to see signs of fall where you live. A few houses in our neighborhood have some Halloween decorations up. I think it’s a little early but I love to put up Halloween decorations, inside and out. Maybe this year I will go a little lighter since no one will be coming in to see them. But of course making myself happy with my favorite Halloween and fall decorations is just as important!

Here is another card I made with the leaves in the Gather Together Stamp Set you can check out for another idea.

If you don’t own the Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers, you could color these leaves with a sponge or Sponge Daubers or pick up ink and color in. There are lots of coloring techniques. Try your hand at making some fall leaf cards soon like this Gather Together Fall Colored Leaves Card.

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24-Hour Stamp Sale Going On Now!

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24-Hour Stamp Sale

Stock up on stamp sets at a stellar price today! For one day only, you can purchase select cling and photopolymer stamp sets at a 15% discount. This short, stamp-tacular sale only happens once a year—you won’t want to miss out on these super savings!

For 24 hours on 23 September—from 12:00 AM to 11:59 PM (MT) online—a select number of cling and photopolymer stamp sets from the 2020–2021 Annual Catalog will be available for purchase at a 15% discount.

The Online Store will have a category entitled “Stamp Sale” that displays every stamp set on sale to ensure a quick and easy shopping experience.

SHOP THE STAMP SALE ONLINE TODAY!

Here are some cards I have made with a few of the stamp sets on sale today so you can see some ideas for using them!

Snowman Season Stamp Set

Snowman Season in Plaid Tidings

Nature’s Beauty Stamp Set

Nature's Beauty Deer in the Fall

Beautiful Friendship Stamp Set

Beautiful Friendship Pink Flowers Card

Perfectly Plaid Stamp Set

Perfectly Plaid Christmas Card With Trees

Waterfront Stamp Set

Waterfront Stamp Set Mountain and Island Scenery Cards

Butterfly Gala Stamp Set

Butterfly Gala Thank You Card With Floral Garden Impressions

Bloom & Grow Stamp Set

Bloom & Grow Bird Ballad Laser-Cut Card

Hope these sample cards give you some ideas for how to use some of the stamp sets on sale today! Click on each photo to go to my blog post for details!

Have fun shopping!

Perfectly Plaid Christmas Card With Trees

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Perfectly Plaid Christmas Card With Trees

This Perfectly Plaid Christmas Card With Trees is one you can make with two stamp sets that will on sale at 15% off tomorrow, September 23 during the Stampin’ Up! Stamp Sale! This sale will only last 24 hours!

You can check out the list of select stamp sets that will be on sale on my blog post from yesterday HERE.

The sale will last basically for 24 hours on Wednesday, September 23, 2020—from 12:00 AM to 11:50 PM (MT) Remember, just select stamp sets but there are a lot to choose from.

For this Christmas card, I chose Garden Green for the card base with a layer of paper from the Heartwarming Hugs Designer Series Paper. So many great patterns to choose from for cards in this collection!

The stamp set that will be on sale is the Perfectly Plaid Stamp Set. This is a great Christmas set from last year that is now in the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog. There is a coordinating Pine Tree Punch that works great with the stamped trees if you want them to be cut out. I owned this Perfectly Plaid Stamp Set last year and used it a lot.

While that stamp set has lots of great holiday greetings, I also used another stamp set that will be on sale tomorrow for 24 hours, the Itty Bitty Christmas Stamp Set. I LOVE all these Itty Bitty stamp sets! Sometimes you need a small greeting to fit on the card and these sets always have something I can use! In this Christmas set, I chose “Season’s Greetings” and then punched it out with the Classic Label Punch. To help offset it, I added a piece of Real Red behind it and snipped the ends to match the punched ends.

I stamped each tree and punched it out, then layered it on a small piece of Heartwarming Hugs DSP. Those are layered on a strip of Real Red Cardstock. To help that stand out, I added a strip of Whisper White top and bottom on the Real Red strip. The trees are popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals, the Minis and the Black ones.

If you need some stamp sets, make your list and check it twice! Save 15%! It’s something!

Stamp Sale September 23!

There’s a Stamp Sale Coming September 23!

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For 24 hours on Wednesday, September 23, 2020—from 12:00 AM to 11:50 PM (MT) online — a select number of cling and photopolymer stamp sets from the 2020–2021 Annual Catalog will be available for purchase at a 15% discount!

The Online Store will have a category entitled “Stamp Sale” that displays every stamp set on sale to ensure a quick and easy shopping experience. The sale will run for ONLY 24 hours.

The 15% discount will apply to select cling and photopolymer stamp sets only.

Stampin Up Stamp Sale

There you have it! Don’t buy these stamp sets until Wednesday but you will only have 24 hours! Let me know if you have questions!

Be a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator!

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Get & Go Starter Kit Promotion
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As we like to say, any time is a great time to buy the Starter Kit and join Stampin’ Up!, but if there is an extra promotion, why not?! This special promotion is designed to give a new Demonstrator some extra products to help with her first event!

  • In addition to the regular starter kit (for $99 USD/$135 CAD, new recruits choose $125 USD/$165 CAD-worth of products) new recruit will also receive enough cardstock pieces to make 16 cards, a pack of Rhinestone Basic Jewels, the So Much Love stamp set, and the Queen Anne’s Lace stamp set—all for their first event.
  • 8 packs of precut cardstock of the coastal cabana pack will be provided, and 8 packs of precut cardstock of the Granny Apple Green pack, for a total of 16 cards (packs include envelopes). The new recruit can choose what samples to replicate and how to distribute the packs to their customers.
  • Important note: Ink, adhesive, cutting tool, and clear block for stamping must be purchased separately. However, these products may be included as part of the Starter Kit product selection.

Look on the Stampin’ Up! website to read about joining to get some information about being a Demonstrator! Then if you have any questions, just contact me! I suggest thinking about if you want someone local to you to be your Upline to help you perhaps in person. Check the Demonstrator Finder and see is someone near you is interested in having a new recruit. Otherwise, it is perfectly fine to sign up under any Demonstrator you choose who can help you via all the media we have these days – phone calls, email, messaging, whatever works! Stampin’ Up! has lots of help “behind the scenes” on the Stampin’ Up! website to help new recruits get started!

It’s fun and easy to sign up! You get to choose $125 worth of whatever product you choose and pay only $99! Now with this promotion during September, you will also get the extra cardmaking products! Free shipping on Starter Kits!! As soon as you sign up, you will receive an email from Stampin’ Up! with your Demonstrator number and with that you can sign in to the website and start exploring and thinking about how you would like to run your business. There are many ways, even in these pandemic days. I’m happy to help you and direct you to extra resources depending on what you are interested in or what will help you. We all have slightly different businesses and sizes, but it’s up to you to choose what works for you!

Get started by getting some information! Let me know if I can help!

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Artistry Blooms Just Because Card

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Artistry Blooms Just Because Card

I’m not sure what to say about this Artistry Blooms Just Because Card. I have seen cards with these woven scraps of cardstock or designer paper before so I just thought maybe I would get out my Artistry Blooms Designer Paper again and cut some strips to decorate a Halloween card. And this is what I got instead! It’s not Halloween!

The card base is Thick Whisper White Cardstock. If you are making a card without layers, the Thick Whisper White is strong enough to stand on its own. Since I thought I was making a Halloween card, I cut strips or used scraps of the Artistry Blooms paper that could look like fall or Halloween. But once I got the strips woven together (which really was easy enough to do), I wasn’t sure what else to put on the card!

Finally, I decided on a bunch of leaves from the Lovely You Stamp Set. In order to incorporate most of the colors of the paper strips, I colored the leaves in different fall colors with Stampin’ Write Markers right onto the stamp. This technique makes the stamped image lighter so I colored over the stamped image a little bit with the same colored markers. The greeting is also from the same stamp set and is stamped in Pumpkin Pie.

So the lesson for today is you never know what you are going to create for sure until you sit down and do it! But enjoying the process and using the supplies is the real fun of it!

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Ghoulish Goodies Halloween Night Card

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Ghoulish Goodies Halloween Night Card

As I got ready to stamp, I decided maybe I wanted to make a Halloween card and this Ghoulish Goodies Halloween Night Card resulted! I had no idea or plan except I started out thinking I would look through my regular designer papers and see if there was something I could actually use for Halloween paper rather than “official” Halloween paper. I think sometimes we forget we can use papers that are themed in a designer paper package but really you can use that color or generic pattern for many other cards.

As I looked through my packages of designer paper, I thought maybe the Artistry Blooms Designer Series Paper, with its interesting patterns might have something. And sure enough, there were probably a couple different ones I could have used. I chose the last one I saw in the package with this multi-shaded green paper.

I chose these two images in the Ghoulish Goodies Stamp Set to stamp on Whisper White and then die cut with a large Stitched Shapes oval die. Then I colored in the background with various colors of Stampin’ Blends markers. It almost doesn’t matter what colors, just make it look spooky! I used greens, oranges, dark blue, and yellow. The only thing was I got it kind of dark around the man so I colored over him with a Black Stampin’ Blend to make him show up a little more.

For the background I die cut a frame from Mango Melody Cardstock from the Ornate Layers Dies. I had a scrap of Black Glitter Paper so I cut that to fit inside the frame for something sparkly. I also added a layer of Gorgeous Grape under the green designer paper.

For a greeting I needed something small and noticed the small little “Eek” in the stamp set so I used that and cut with the Classic Label Punch. Then I even shortened it with my Paper Snips to fit better and added two Gold Glitter Enamel Dots.

I think it turned out pretty spooky looking just with the combination of colors! It’s not too early to start working on Halloween cards! Have fun!

Stamping With Forever Fern

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Stamping With Forever Fern

I realized I hadn’t really used the Forever Fern Stamp Set very much yet, but when I opened the stamp case to start making a card, I realized I hadn’t even used these stamps yet! How did that happen?! I have used the Forever Greenery Designer Series Paper to make cards, but I hadn’t actually stamped with the stamp set! But now that I have, on this Stamping With Forever Fern card, I am in love!

I chose Just Jade, one of the new 2020-22 In Colors, for the card base since it is one of the coordinating colors with the designer paper. Not that I used the designer paper. The card front is Shimmery White Cardstock, a beautiful paper to use for a nice card.

Of course I wasn’t quite sure how this card would turn out if I just stamped the various ferns in the stamp set, but I just started stamping with various colors of green ink. There is something so relaxing and satisfying with stamping, applying that inked up stamp to the paper! It just feels good every time! I used Just Jade, Shady Spruce, Pear Pizzazz, Garden Green, and Soft Sea Foam. Just chose a group of greens! You can stamp over ones you have already stamped, it all looks good in the end!

The greeting is also in the stamp set. I stamped it on Shimmery White with Just Jade Ink and die cut it with the pretty circle die in the Tasteful Labels Dies. It actually looked good just like that if I would have put it on the card without layering it on something, but I did die cut a scalloped circle in the Layering Circles Dies and layered it on that. I adhered it flat on the card for a change. No embellishments either! I was so taken with how the stamping turned out, I didn’t even think about embellishments.

 This is a Distinktive stamp set (Patent pending); it has a special texture that gives added depth and dimension in a single step, creating photo-realistic images. It’s something special that Stampin’ Up! has created in some of the stamp sets. It’s really pretty!

There are also dies you can purchase to cut out the stamped images. If you want to get the Forever Flourishing Dies along with the Forever Fern Stamp Set, you can buy the Forever Fern Bundle with both and save 10%!

I do have to play more with this stamp set and Bundle. I was really pleased with this card I made with almost only stamping! Check it out if you haven’t ordered it yet. Lots of people have!

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A Special Paper Pumpkin Kit For October 2020!

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This holiday season, share the joy of Paper Pumpkin! The Joy to the World Paper Pumpkin Kit is an exclusive holiday kit that provides a specially-designed box, enough supplies to create eight elegant cards, and an opportunity to connect with the Stampin’ Up! global community. 

With October’s magical kit, not only will you get a head start on your holiday crafting—you’ll get to create Christmas cards, share project ideas, and spread holiday cheer with Stampin’ Up! customers and demonstrators around the world! After you receive your kit, you can join the Joy of Paper Pumpkin Facebook group to make the most of this month’s kit.

ABOUT THE OCTOBER KIT

Name: Joy to the World

Details

  • Kit contains enough supplies to create eight cards—four each of two designs—and coordinating envelopes.
  • Kit includes die-cut pieces in English, French, and German. This will allow you to create cards you can use to connect with other customers and demonstrators around the world—in their language! To learn more about how to do this, read the “The Joy of Paper Pumpkin” section on this page.
  • Card size: 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ (10.8 x 14 cm)
  • Envelope size: 4-1/2″ x 5-3/4″ (11.4 x 14.6 cm)
  • Coordinating Colors: Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Just Jade, Soft Sea Foam

Don’t worry, we’ve put a reminder flyer with details—and a key to help you translate sentiments—in every Paper Pumpkin kit so you won’t forget to participate in this fun global sharing!

Note: Customers and demonstrators in North America will receive this kit during the October subscription period (kits will ship around 11 October). The release date for our global markets will be 3 November. Make sure you join the Facebook group and save some of your cards so you can join in on the fun global sharing when customers in other markets receive the kit!

Sounds interesting, right?! It’s early, but sign up now and you’ll be ready!

JOIN PAPER PUMPKIN TODAY!

Deadline: October 10, 2020

This is my personalized link so you don’t have to look for my name! If you have a Demonstrator you work with, go to www.paperpumpkin.com.

Freezin’ Fun Snowflake Card

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Freezin Fun Snowflake Card

If you are interested in a variety of fun cards to make for the holidays, this Freezin’ Fun Snowflake Card might just get your creative juices flowing with ideas. There are so many possibilities with this stamp set and bundle, whether you “just stamp” or use the dies and create a whole winter scene.

I have to admit, this Freezin’ Fun Stamp Set was not one that I was interested in in the least in the Holiday Catalog. But then, recently, I saw some super-cute samples and I had to have it! The little critters are so cute and you can use one or all of them to show them having fun in the snow! Stamp them in Memento Ink and color in with Stampin’ Blends or Watercolor Pencils, perhaps.

There are also Freezin’ Friends Dies to go along with the stamp set. This makes it easy to die-cut the characters and as many trees as you want plus all the other fun things that are in the stamp set. If you want to save 10% on the stamp set and dies, buy the Freezin’ Fun Bundle.

To make this card I started with a card base of Pool Party. That color just reminded me of coolness and ice so I thought it would work for this card. For the layer, I embossed the Whisper White piece with the Winter Snow Embossing Folder to make a snowy background easily!

There is an odd long die that you can use to make a snowy hill. I die-cut two pieces, one higher than the other, for the snow for my characters to sled and ski down! You can just make these different widths and then layer then however you like. They have a pretty stitched edge, too. I popped up the back snowhill with Stampin’ Dimensionals and then adhered the front one directly on top of the back one.

The bunny and the raccoon are stamped and colored, the die-cut. I used the new Magnetic Plate with my new Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine and it worked perfectly. It is a self-healing mat and is actually used as a cutting plate, plus is magnetic all over! In fact, you are encouraged to place your dies around different spots on the Magnetic Plate, not just in the center, to help it wear better. I stamped and colored a bunch of large and small trees, to save a couple for another card.

This isn’t necessarily a card you want to make a bunch of because it takes a little time with the die-cutting. But you will be able to make so many fun cards and other projects with this Bundle or even just the stamp set.

Then I had to try out the new Adhesive-Backed Snowflakes! The description says they are two colors, Iridescent and Just Jade. I can certainly tell they are Iridescent. I thought maybe there were some pinks in there too! Anyway, they are pretty and I stuck a few on this card right on top of the embossed snowflakes. Also on the greeting, which is included in the Freezin’ Fun Stamp Set.

If you are ready for some wintry fun, get this Freezin’ Fun Bundle and stamp and die-cut away! It’s really a fun and cute set to have! Check it out on page 69 of the Holiday Catalog, the Stampin’ Up! August-December 2020 Mini Catalog. Then start making some cards like my Freezin’ Fun Snowflake Card!

Flowers For Every Season Thinking of You Slimline Card

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Flowers For Every Season Thinking of You Slimline Card

Have you tried this “slimline” type of card yet? I’ve made several recently just for something a little different. It’s actually a card idea that was around years ago and just came back! You can make them of various lengths and widths.

t seems I have made all my slimline cards using the Flowers For Every Season Designer Series Paper! I think it is because I hadn’t used it in a while and the 6″ x 6″ size was perfect to use. Because of the paper size, I decided to just make my card 6″ x 6″, folded in half so I could use a piece of designer paper 3″ x 6″.

I chose the yellowish paper with little flowers all over for this card. Before adhering the paper to the Whisper White card base, I adhered a strip of Bumblebee 1/4″ Gingham Ribbon to the paper, wrapping the ends around to the back and then adhering the designer paper to the card base. Then I made a separate bow out of the gingham ribbon and adhered it to the ribbon using Mini Glue Dots.

The greeting is stamped in Cinnamon Cider Ink with the Blossoms In Bloom Stamp Set. There are some good greetings in that stamp set. Then I die cut the greeting with a die in the Tasteful Labels Dies. It is popped up over the ribbon with Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

To decorate the greeting I had already cut out various flowers from some of the other papers, so I adhered two cut-out yellow flowers to the greeting. And since I can’t leave those In Color Enamel Dots alone, I had to add three dots to the greeting as well!

I think these slimline cards are a nice change up to send people. After being used to the size we normally send, this size will be a pleasant surprise! This size will fit in that medium size envelope we probably all have in a box from the office supply store. If you make it longer, you can use the longer style envelope that lots of our mail comes in.

Here is the first slimline card I tried with a blue pattern in the Flowers For Every Season Designer Paper. (Gee, I added some Enamel Dots on that card, too!)

You can use any designer paper you like, or simply stamp, but try one of these slimline cards just for fun like this Flowers For Every Season Thinking of You Slimline Card.

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Gilded Autumn Pumpkins Fall Friendship Card

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Gilded Autumn Pumpkins Fall Friendship Card

This fall paper in the Stampin’ Up! August-December Mini Catalog 2020 is some of the prettiest designer paper we have had (or do I say that about almost every paper?!) so I had to make this Gilded Autumn Pumpkins Fall Friendship Card with this pretty paper with gold embossed pumpkins.

It’s really a very simple card and I wanted to keep it that way. Sometimes we get carried away with all our pretty embellishments and die cuts, but we can make simple, easy cards too that are just as nice.

This card has a Cajun Craze card base to match the Gilded Autumn Specialty Designer Series Paper. I don’t really use Cajun Craze very often but it is lovely on this pumpkin paper! I was going to use another piece of the paper as a side strip but after placing the full layer of the pumpkin paper on the card base, I liked that look just fine and didn’t want to add anything else except a greeting.

The greeting is from So Sentimental, one of the good greetings stamp sets we have in the Annual Catalog. I stamped it in Cajun Craze ink to match on Very Vanilla Cardstock. Then I die-cut it with one of the Stitched So Sweetly Dies. Actually, the greeting looked fine on the card against that paper just as is, but I did want to add some Gold Foil to the card. I cut the same die cut out of the Gold Foil and then cut it in half so I could have it extend above and below the Very Vanilla greeting. That is something you can do when you want a layer of some kind but the dies don’t fit or extend beyond the greeting. It usually works pretty well!

The inside of the card will need a layer of Very Vanilla on which to stamp a greeting or write a personal note because of the dark Cajun Craze card base.

That’s really all there is to this Gilded Autumn Pumpkins Fall Friendship Card with just adhering a designer paper layer and a greeting for a very nice card to send to someone during this fall season or even looking ahead to Thanksgiving cards you might want to send.

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