Category Archives: Christmas

Petal Cone Die Santa….Cute, Cute, Cute!!!!

Petal Cone Die Santa

Is this Petal Cone Die Santa not the cutest thing??!!!!  There are many versions online and I copied one of them.  We made this in our stamp camp this past weekend and I think everyone loved it.  Just imagine having one at each place setting at your holiday dinner either as a place card or filled with candy or treats as a Christmas party favor!

The box is made with the Petal Cone Die #121810 with Real Red card stock.  His beard is another cut with the Petal Cone Die but I trimmed just one triangle section and then embossed it with the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder.  I cut it off about half way so that some of the red box would show for Santa's hat.

The moustache is from the Bird Builder Punch #117191 (the wings!) as are the green holly leaves with part of the stem cut off. Just punch some small circles for the berries and a larger one for Santa's nose.

The Silver Glimmer Paper #124005 hat fur is a little tricky.  First punch a little bit out with the Scallop Oval Punch #119856 to get the bottom part, then punch with the Scallop Punch #119854  to get the top edge. Place it on Santa's head where it fits the best.  His face is Blushing Bride card stock cut with the Large Oval Punch #119859. I chose to just color in his eyes with a black marker and add the little highlights with our Signo Gel Pen #105021.

The little pom pom on top of his hat is punched from the Boho Blossoms Punch #119858.

Once you sit down to make this Petal Cone Die Santa, you will see that he is very easy and fun.  You can change up a lot of the design to make it your own or substitute for what supplies you don't have.

If you need any of these supplies, just contact me or visit my Online Store for all your Stampin' Up! supplies!  Still time to get them before Christmas!

Have fun!!!

Shelli Gardner on TODAY today!!

Shelli Gardner, Founder and CEO of Stampin' Up!, will appear on the Today Show December 6th during the fourth hour (check your local listings) to talk about Stampin' Up!'s participation in the Holiday Toy Drive.  Be sure to watch if you can!  Perhaps I will be able to post a video of it later.

I see Shelli says on her blog her appearance will be between 10-11 am ET…so whatever time whichever part of the Today Show comes on at your house!

Punch Art Snowman Christmas Card

Punch Art Snowman Christmas Card

This punch art snowman Christmas card is inspired from one in an old papercrafting magazine. No directions were given but I thought it would be easy to duplicate with our Stampin' Up! punches.  

Punches: Extra-Large Oval Punch #119859:  Snowman face and hat (cut in half); 1 3/4" Circle Punch #119850:  Snowman body; Small Oval Punch #120908:  Snowman hands

  • The card base is Wisteria Wonder, the card layer is Marina Mist card stock. The hat and bow are Baja Breeze. 
  • The little snowflake on top of his hat is from the Northern Frost die #120901 with a little rhinestone added to the center.  The band on the hat is pretty much hand cut with lines drawn with the Wisteria Wonder Stampin' Write Marker. 
  • The carrot nose is cut from a scrap.  
  • You won't be able to guess how I made the bowtie I bet!  It's the bottom half of the Butterfly Punch #119848 turned upside down!
  • The greeting is from Season of Joy #110384. 
  • The snowflakes (from Serene Snowflakes #115438) in the background are stamped in White Craft Ink and embossed with Clear Embossing Powder.  
  • The little whimsical lines are just drawn freehand on some of the pieces with a black Sharpie pen.     

All so easy, and what a happy little card!

If you need any of these stamping supplies, I would be pleased if you would order them from my Stampin' Up! Online Store

A Petal Cone Die Snowman

Petal Cone Die Snowman

On someone's blog, I saw a Santa made out of the Petal Cone Die #121810, and it made me think that I could make a snowman the same way!  

  • Just glue your two Petal Cone pieces together, close up the bottom and put the point at the top.  
  • Punch out a large  1 3/4" Circle for the face, sponge a little Bashful Blue around the edges and make his face.  
  • For the hat, just punch or cut a square, then use the Word Window Punch for the brim and put a little strip of red.  
  • I fancied up his little lump of coal buttons with the Itty Bitty Shapes flower shape.  
  • The arms are the Snowflake Punch, trimmed.  I folded the ends and glued onto the sides of the snowman.

Really, you don't need directions!  Just use your "snowman imagination" and go for it! Put some candies inside and make one as a Christmas party favor for everybody for your holiday table!

If you need more punches or other stamping supplies to make this Petal Cone Die Snowman, I would be happy to have you order them HERE!  Thanks!

Snow Much Fun—One of Those Days!

Have you ever had one of those stamping days??!  I'm having one today. Every idea I had for this card, I discovered I either did not own the product I was planning to use or I couldn't find it!  We've moved things around for the Christmas tree and lots of my stamping stuff got moved.

So I decided to just stamp with Snow Much Fun #122562 with Stazon ink and color in with #120962.  When I started stamping, Stampin' Pastels were the thing to have because in one box you had all the colors to use.  I think we have gotten away from pastels a little bit with other wonderful products, but I decided to use them today.  Just touch your Blender Pen to a corner of the pastel and pick up the color, then color as normal.

Snow Much Fun Pastels

So after coloring in the snowman and Christmas tree beautifully with Stampin' Pastels, THIS happened!  You really shouldn't drop your stamp on top of the card you are working on!

Snow Much Fun mistake

But since "there are no mistakes in stamping!" (really?!) I had to make good on that statement!  I stamped the images again on a new piece of Whisper White and then I cut out the tree and the snowman from this ruined piece!  I mounted them with Stampin' Dimensionals right over the stamped images on the new piece and I LOVED how it looked! I didn't cut out the snowman's one arm nor the birds so that made it easier.

I also used a small narrow clear block to stamp over the greeting to highlight that.

And I added Tombow Multipurpose Glue to the bottom of the card to adhere Mica Flakes #124115.  I should have stopped there, but oh no….needed a few snowflakes!  So I think the snowman is in a blizzard….but that's okay because it IS December!

Snow Much Fun Mica Flakes Blizzard

A bit overdone…..but that's okay!   Somebody might love it this way! It's still fun!  And was fun to make in spite of myself!

Stampin’ Up! Online Extravaganza Coming to an End Wed. Nov. 30th!

Is tomorrow REALLY the last day of November??!  Are you kidding me?! Well, I guess it is, so if you want to take advantage of the Stampin' Up! Online Extravaganza before it ends Wednesday Nov. 30th, be sure to check it out!!  Don't delay!  You do NOT have to place your own order online, you can call or email me to do it for you….but you do have to do it before the end of the day November 30th!

Note:  The price you see at first on a product is not the sale price…click on the product itself and you will then see the sale price in red ink.  If you want one of the bundles, you have to put in the bundle item # to get the sale price so double-check that.

Let me know if you have any questions, and I hope you get some good deals!!

Glimmer Holiday Stocking Christmas Card + Cyber Monday!!

Glimmer Paper Holiday Stocking Christmas Card

Both the Red (#121790) and the Silver Glimmer Paper (#124005) by Stampin' Up! are so beautiful to use!  A person might even want to hoard this paper, but really, isn't it better to use and let others enjoy it also??! The glimmer and shimmer of the paper, especially the silver, is so beautiful in person one could just look at the whole sheet all day playing with it in the light!

Here is a very simple, easy, but elegant card using just a little bit of the Glimmer Paper.  I love the tone on tone layers, and I used my Simply Scored Tool (#122334) to make the borders on the Whisper White top layer.  Love the Mini Jingle Bells (#124116) and the Cherry Cobbler/White Baker's Twine! (#123125).  The greeting is from the stamp set Grateful Greetings (#116511).

And today is Cyber Monday, perhaps the busiest online shopping day as people go back to work or shop from home on their computers!  Stampin' Up! is already offering their Online Extravaganza (check it out HERE!) through the end of the month!  If you haven't checked out the discounts, be sure to do it today because I am offering a free tutorial to make an easy Christmas mini album with a $25 Stampin' Up! order placed through me or my Stampin' Up! website only today, until midnight! Of course you can order anything you want, not just the Online Extravaganza merchandise.  You have plenty of time to order your supplies for Christmas cards and projects and still have time to make them!

Check out my Free Tutorial offer in my post here.

And don't forget the special Hostess Promotion going on until Dec. 15th! Hostesses will receive an additional $35 in free Stampin' Up! products when they hold a workshop totaling $350 or more (excluding tax and shipping)! This is in addition to all the other benefits they already get as a Stampin' Up! hostess. Or place your own very large order!  You know you want to!!

So lots going on at Stampin' Up! Let me know if you have any questions, want anything, need anything!  Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving…..and now it's on to Christmas!!

Black Friday – Cyber Monday Bonus Treat

Sneak Peek of Mini Album

Perhaps you would like to avoid the crazy shopping rush called Black Friday this weekend….or maybe AFTER you have done your shopping this weekend you would like to just relax and check out all the wonderful products Stampin' Up! offers!  If you look through the catalog as if you were choosing a gift for someone, you might find that there are quite a few suitable items even for the non-stamper….or the crafter!

Stampin' Up! has already started their Online Extravaganza through November 30.  But to have a little Black Friday and Cyber Monday fun, I'm offering a special tutorial as a treat for you when you place an order of $25 or more (before shipping and tax).  It's an easy mini album to make, perfect for a few Christmas photos.  This offer is good now, Black Friday through Cyber Monday (Nov. 28).  When I see you have placed your order, I will email you instructions on how to receive your tutorial.  You can order online at my Stampin' Up! Online Store or contact me to place your order.  Just email me at Karen@Karenstamps.com.

Happy Holidays!

Holiday Shopping Begins with the Stampin’ Up! Online Extravaganza!

Online Extrav Ad 2011

Holiday Shopping begins today!  The Stampin' Up! Online Extravaganza has begun!  Be sure to check all the discounts available to you!  We have Stampin' Up! products 20% – 60% off Nov. 21 – 30 only!

24 Hour Only Sale!!!

For 24 hours only, all day today until 11:59 PM (MT) tonight ONLY!!

These two items discounted 20% TODAY ONLY!!

Click on each image for more information!

 Simply Scored - by Stampin' Up!

Item

Description

Retail Price

24-Hour 
Sale Price

122334

Simply Scored

$29.95

$23.96

125152

Sweet Pressed Cookie Stamps

$16.95

$13.56


Click HERE to see the PDF with ALL the sale products listed!  Or click HERE to go directly to my Online Store.

  • Discounted products are available on all order types.  If you prefer to contact me to place your order that is fine!  Orders do not have to be Online only (except for digital downloads).
  • There is no minimum purchase required to participate in this promotion.
  • For product bundles, you must use the bundle item numbers provided. Bundle discounts will not be applied if individual item numbers are used.
  • Additional products from current catalogs may be purchased on the same order.

Be sure to check out these great deals!  Start your holiday shopping….for yourself…and others!!….TODAY!

ORDER HERE NOW!

 

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Pennant Parade Christmas Tree Card

Pennant Parade Silver Christmas Tree Card

The stamp set "Pennant Parade" and the matching punch "Petite Pennants" work together to make a great Christmas card. I'm not sure how I got red Christmas trees, but I was envisioning the red alongside the Silver Glimmer Paper!  Oh well!  The card still looks Christmas-y for sure! You can see a little extra ink from the edge of the tiny star stamp….but it almost looks like glow lines from the star so maybe I'll just add some on the other side!  As I heard someone say the other day, if you have a mistake it lets the person know it is truly handmade! But since there are no mistakes in stamping, I can probably "fix" my boo boo somehow!

For my Convention swap, I just eyeballed things, but today I did use my Stamp-a-ma-jig #101049 to get everything placed where I wanted.  It's a great tool to have on hand because you WILL use it.

As I've said before, the Silver Glimmer Paper #124005 is so beautiful but a photograph just doesn't do it justice.  You'll want it!

SUPPLIES  

Stamps:  Pennant Parade #122740w, #122742c

Paper:  Old Olive, Real Red, and Shimmery White #101910 card stock, Silver Glimmer Paper

Ink:  Old Olive, Real Red, Daffodil Delight

Accessories:  Petite Pennants Builder Punch #122361, 1/4" Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon #109034, Stamp-a-ma-jig #101049

Pick out some easy Christmas card designs you like and make a few cards! Send them to those on your list who are "worthy"!

12 Weeks of Christmas Is Coming! Are You Signed Up?

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My "12 Weeks of Christmas" is coming next week, October 5.  Are you signed up on my Mailing List? Get started on Christmas stamping and papercrafting ideas! This is an exclusive benefit for my mailing list subscribers!

My "12 Weeks of Christmas" is a weekly email with a Christmas project to inspire you!  Each email will have a photo of a new project, a supply list and directions.  These projects will not appear on my blog, only in this special 12 Weeks of Christmas email.  Projects will include cards, gift ideas, and bags & tags for gift-wrapping time!  I know most of us have not really thought about Christmas yet, but we know right well it comes up very quickly….and next week is October already!!  Get a head start on your beautiful handmade cards and gifts by receiving the 12 Weeks of Christmas email.  I might even throw in some bonus projects….you know how excited I get over all the creativity in stamping and papercrafting!

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If you want to join in on the fun and inspiration and are not already on my newsletter mailing list, please sign up NOW in the box in the top left of my blog!  Please tell your friends about it also so they don't miss out!

Remember, I always tell my new customers there is nothing too difficult to do in stamping….you just have to have the materials…so if you are a beginner or brand new to stamping, you can still do these projects!

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Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini Starts Today!

Holiday Mini Catalog 2011

The beautiful, gorgeous, gotta-have-it-all Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini starts today! You’ll have all you need for your Halloween, fall, and Christmas projects….or any time! And those holiday times are really sneaking up on us!

We were able to preview this mini and all the products at the Stampin’ Up! Convention this summer! It was fabulous!  All of us demonstrators have been waiting and waiting for our customers to be able to enjoy the products as we have been during the preorder period!

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One of the many highlights of this new mini, is the Simply Scored Tool! I know you’ll want to take a peek at that!

 

 

Stampin’ Up! Convention Swap–Doily Snowflakes

Doily Snowflakes

Back to the Stampin' Up! Convention for a moment!  This was my swap card for a group swap I was in.  I think I made…..63?, 73? of them….and some in kind of a rush as I traveled or in my hotel room…but I was determined to get them done and I did.  And it was worth it for the swaps I got back!

Anyway, don't think doilies are just for decoration…..they can be very pretty snowflakes! These are from the stamp set Delicate Doilies, available in wood- or clear-mount, on page 127 of the Idea Book & Catalog.  I added my favorite ribbon, the 5/8" Whisper White Organza Ribbon #114319 and some bling with Dazzling Diamonds Glitter #102023 and even little Basic Pearls #119247.

Don't these doilies make a beautiful Christmas card?!

If you need stamping supplies today and want to get started on your Christmas cards, just click HERE to go to my Online Store and place your order!

Stampin’ Up! Convention Swap

Swap Pennant Christmas Trees

Here is the only general swapping card I got made this year for the Stampin' Up! Convention.  Usually I make LOTS but I only got about 40 made of this one.  However, I was also part of an organized swap and I'll show you that swap card next.  The Christmas trees are punched with the new Petite Pennants Builder Punch, cardstock and the Just Add Cake Designer Series Paper.  The little greeting and star is stamped with the Pennant Parade Stamp Set.  For the tree trunk, I just used a Stampin' Write Marker but you could also stamp the little pot in the stamp set.  This was faster!  This isn't the best lighting on this card as I took the photo in my hotel room!  But it is a fun and easy card to make!

If you want to order the Petite Pennants Punch or the Pennant Parade Stamp set in wood or clear-mount, then just visit my Stampin' Up! Online Store HERE.  Pennants are the trend right now!  Don't miss out!  They're fun!