Quick & Easy Snowman Season Gift Tags

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Here are some Quick & Easy Snowman Season Gift Tags that you can make here at the last minute if you run out of gift tags (as we often do!). I suddenly realized I hadn’t made anything with a snowman this season and this Snowman Season Stamp Set is so cute! It’s been around a little bit so I thought I better use it before it retires, although I hope it stays a little longer! And perhaps you already have this in your inventory so it would be easy for you to copy. You’ll find it in the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog on page 93. And notice the round tag on page 92, which, without seeing this page first, I was thinking of making a round tag like that one but I ran out of time to make one more!

The tag punch I used is retired but is very similar to the two tag punches Stampin’ Up! does carry right now, the Delightful Tag Topper Punch and the Fancy Tag Topper Punch. This type of punch is so handy to have so I recommend you have one kind or another in your supplies.

I just layered a piece of Basic White cardstock on the Balmy Blue and the Crumb Cake tag bases. The snowmen fit perfectly on this narrow piece. If you stamp with Memento Ink you can color in with Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers. Or you can stamp with Stazon and color in with Stampin’ Write Markers or some other coloring product, like Watercolor pencils or ink.

The first tag in the photo was the last tag I made. That’s where I was going to make the circle gift tag with dies but I already had this scalloped rectangle in the bag with Basic White cardstock so I just grabbed it and stamped on that piece, then layered it on Balmy Blue cardstock. Also, since I was short on time, I didn’t have any more time for coloring so I stamped the snowman and greeting in Balmy Blue ink and let it be monochromatic! Easy enough and looks just as good! I just punched a hole in the corner and tied on the ribbon.

The beautiful ribbon I used and went well with the snowmen I thought is the White 3/8″ Glittered Organdy Ribbon. It is a white sheer ribbon with a little glitter and glimmer in it! Really pretty!

Now that it is officially winter, I think the snowman gift tags are just perfect. For more ideas, check out the Snowman Season tags I made last year HERE.

Just a few more days until Christmas so make a few of these Quick & Easy Snowman Season Gift Tags just in case you need a few more gift tags at the last minute!

Paper Pumpkin Gifts Galore Kit Snowman in Window

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I admit to almost completely copying this Paper Pumpkin Gifts Galore Kit Snowman In Window card from someone on Pinterest, Bonnie Friday. I don’t know if she was the original person or not, but this was a card I saw “somewhere” online and then could not find it ANYWHERE later when I wanted it – until I found hers on Pinterest finally. The first time I saw this card, I believe the creator said she wondered if it looked a little “creepy” with the large snowman head peering in the window at the Christmas tree! Then there were more comments agreeing or disagreeing or laughing about that idea! That really caught my eye and made me giggle because I knew the perfect person to send a “creepy” Christmas card to just for fun!

This card is made from the contents of the November 2021 Paper Pumpkin Kit, Gifts Galore. This kit, in my opinion, is one of the best Paper Pumpkin kits! It contained very large die-cut images of this snowman, a Christmas tree, and packages. The design plan was to use two of the same images, front and back, on a small open box that would hold some kind of treats. Here is my post of the first treat holders I made as designed.

As always, stampers come up with alternative ideas for the materials in their kit. If they don’t need treat holders, they would rather make cards with the supplies or scrapbook pages or some other projects. And you can do that with your Paper Pumpkin Kit!

This card starts with a Basic White card base and a layer of Basic Black. The Christmas tree is cut a tiny bit more than in half. If you look at this sample, you can figure out where to cut it. I popped it up on Dimensionals and Foam Strips.

The snowman head is trimmed as shown so that it fits behind this “window”. This is a little tricky to figure out (maybe it won’t be for you, though!). I used a piece of Basic White and die cut two stitched rectangles out of it. You just have to make the sides wide enough so you can glue the snowman image behind it. I put a piece of Balmy Blue behind the snowman to look like the sky. Just fiddle with it and you’ll get it. The packages are cut from the piece in the kit. Most are pretty large. In fact, the top package I cut down from a larger package. Then I added a bit of the twine in the kit for a bow just for an embellishment even though there is a printed bow. In my retired stash, I had some stick-on bows and snowflakes so I added those just for fun! You could also add rhinestones or jewels to the tree. Do what you like!

I hope you get a kick out of the creepy snowman card made with the November 2021 Paper Pumpkin Kit Gifts Galore! If you still need cards or little projects, maybe you still have some pieces left in your Gifts Galore kit you can use!

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Wrapped Christmas Candy Bars

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Christmas is getting close! If you need some fun candy treats or stocking stuffers, here is a fun and easy idea! Just decorate some candy bars with your craft supplies like these Wrapped Christmas Candy Bars. You can use any size candy bars you have, big or little!

These candy bars I used are just regular size Hershey Bars. It’s a great way to use up some scraps of designer paper you have around. You could use cardstock and layer with designer paper or stamp on cardstock! Whatever you want! It’s so fun to make these you barely need to think about it!

The paper sizes all depend on your candy bar size, of course. I found 5 1/4″ wide worked well on these candy bars. Then I just wrapped the designer paper around the bar and adhered the overlapping ends.

The top candy bar in the photo uses the Tidings of Christmas 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. I was going to put one solid green tree in the center but I notice the other side of the paper was pretty so I punched three trees with the Pine Tree Punch and added some gems to the solid trees.

The middle candy bar uses the Penguin Playmates Designer Paper that was available during Sale-A-Bration. It’s such cute paper and you probably have some. I kind of picked the characters I wanted on the center of the candy bar and cut the paper to fit. Then I just tied some Soft Succulent 3/8″ Open Weave Ribbon around each end because I didn’t want to cover up the center image of the paper!

The third candy bar is wrapped with a piece of the Gingerbread & Peppermint 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper (retired). Since there wasn’t much space and I was keeping these super easy, I just cut a strip of another pattern of the paper to get the ornaments and bell images for the center of the candy bar.

You could think of tons of ways to decorate candy bars for Christmas or other occasions. Here is a post from 2014 with candy bars decorated for Christmas! These are really fun and cute!

You still have time to make some candy treats for Christmas, for stockings, party favors, or table settings. Make them into place cards if you are having people for dinner! They are really fun so enjoy!

3″x 3″ Gift Tags

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3" x 3" Gift Tags

If you are wrapping gifts right about now and you don’t have much time to stamp, for lots of fun I suggest making these 3″ x 3″ Gift Tags! On some presents, the hanging tags aren’t quite right or you’d like to write a little note, so make some of the gift tags or gift cards to enclose with your gift. You may even already have some 3″ x 3″ envelopes to put them in.

These are simply made with a 3″ x 6″ piece of any cardstock, scored at 3″ in the middle and folded to make the 3″ x 3″ card. Then embellish to your heart’s desire! I barely had to go to any work on these because I had some scraps, some greetings, some die cuts that I had made but hadn’t used just sitting on my table. All I had to do was make the card base and add some scraps of 2 3/4″ square designer paper or maybe just a strip, pieces from other designer paper that had already been cut out by hand or die-cut, and maybe a greeting or two! Add a few jewels if you like for some sparkle!

No need to go into the exact details of how I decorated these! I’m sure you also have scraps and pieces you can use or you can quickly stamp or cut some out! For sure these are super fun to make! I think you could make a ton of them in just half an hour or so!! If you want just a tag, just cut a 3″ x 3″ square of cardstock and write the “To: and From:” on the back of that. Punch a hole in the corner of these cards and put some ribbon or twine through to tie on your package unless you are using an envelope. Bet you can’t make just one!!

Kisses and Hugs for the January Paper Pumpkin Kit

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We all know that roses are red and violets are blue—it’s time that love-themed cards got an upgrade! The Kisses & Hugs Paper Pumpkin Kit will help you express that forever kind of love with heart-shaped cards that would make Cupid jealous.

The Kisses & Hugs kit is not bound to just Valentine’s Day, it works for all love occasions year-round like anniversaries, weddings, birthdays, or those “just because” days.

ABOUT THE KIT
Name: Kisses & Hugs (160148)

Details:

  • Kit contains enough supplies to create 10 cards—5 each of 2 designs—and 10 coordinating envelopes
  • Kit features an exclusive Two-Step photopolymer stamp set
  • Kit includes a Gray Granite Classic Stampin’ Spot
  • Card size: 4-1/2″ x 4-1/4″ (11.4 x 10.8 cm) heart-shaped cards; folded
  • Coordinating colors: Blushing Bride, Flirty Flamingo, Gray Granite, Very Vanilla

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Name: Kisses & Hugs Mini Treat Boxes (160147) $10.00 USD

Details:

  • Contains 20 mini treat boxes and 20 heart tags
  • Gold cord: 10-1/2″ yards (9.6 m)
  • Finished size: 1-3/4″ x 1-3/4″ x 1-3/4″ (4.4 x 4.4 x 4.4 cm)
  • Printed with gold foil
  • These coordinated treat boxes are not included in this month’s kit and are only available for purchase separately as an add-on online starting 25 January. You must be a Paper Pumpkin subscriber to purchase and they are only available while supplies last.

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Using the Stamparatus at Christmas

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If you don’t own a Stamparatus yet, you need one! When you are making a lot of Christmas cards, you definitely need a Stamparatus! I keep mine handy and use it often but using it at Christmas is really the big time!

I like to make many different card designs and make several cards of that design, maybe five, maybe 10, whatever I feel like at the time. When you are stamping the same greeting over and over again for the inside of the card, if you spend a moment getting it straight and centered or however you want it on the inside of the card, then the stamp stays in the same place and you get perfect stamping every time.

As you can see in the photo, up above the Stamparatus, you can see I stamped at least six inside card layers. Next, I worked on stamping on die cuts I had made for the front of the card. Instead of hoping I stamped the greeting on the die cut centered and straight, I used the Stamparatus PLUS the negative of the die cut. I placed the negative in the corner of the Stamparatus and then made sure the stamp was in the right place to stamp right in the center of that die cut. Then leaving the negative in place, I could place a new die cut into that negative and then stamp. That made it quicker and easier to stamp the die cuts rather than stamping all over the cardstock and trying to line up the die to fit the stamped greeting properly. It worked great!

In my messy, real-life stamping photo above, you can see the used Grid Paper inside the open Stamparatus and the messy stamped large Grid Paper on my kitchen table. You can see the Merry Christmas stamp stuck on the plastic plate of the Stamparatus, ready to be inked up on the right.

Usually, when I am trying to make sure I have the stamp lined up exactly where I want it, I place a window sheet over the card stock and stamp on that first to make sure the words are straight and everything is centered. That way I can alter the stamp position and just wipe off the window sheet until I have it just right and THEN I’m ready to stamp right on the cardstock.

The Stampin’ Up! Stamparatus has a lot of features that I don’t think others on the market have. If you mess up and your image doesn’t stamp as well as you want, just reink and stamp again because the paper hasn’t moved. Use one of the magnets to hold your paper in place. Just be careful not to get those two magnets anywhere near each other!! I found that out the first time I used my Stamparatus!

It might be a good gift to ask Santa for this year to use next year! But if you want it right away, use the Expedited 2-day shipping for an extra $20 and hopefully, that will do it!

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Christmas Votive Home Decor

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Christmas Votive Home Decor

If you want to make a quick and easy gift for someone or even just a little decoration for your home, make a glass votive holder into a decorated piece of home decor for yourself or someone else! You probably even have a votive holder somewhere around your house or you can pick one up at almost any store.

Last year I made one with the retired Buffalo Check Background stamp with black ink on Real Red cardstock. I really loved the look. This year it seems like a black and white check is quite popular so I redid the votive holder. I found a piece of black and white check paper in the Pattern Party Designer Series Paper that is available free as Host Reward in the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog. Of course, you will have to judge the size of paper you need to use for your votive holder. Mine is about 2 1/2″ wide and wraps around the glass. If the glass tapers a little bit at the bottom the paper won’t fit around perfectly but that’s okay. Wrap it around as well as you can. I also tied a Real Red ribbon around to hold the paper in place. You can simply tie a bow, or for Christmas, I added some bits of artificial greenery and red berries. You could add a tag with a greeting or name, a little wreath instead of the greenery, maybe a small ornament, whatever you like and have in your stash!

Add a small votive candle or tea light and you have a cute little gift for someone! Wrap it up or put it in a cello bag and tie it with a ribbon. Just the presentation can take the gift up a few notches!

Christmas is coming VERY soon now, but it’s fun to make a few things for gifts or your own decorations for the holidays! This is the time of year we have looked forward to all year! Take some time to make those things you wanted to “get around” to making!

Last Day! Get the Lots of Pun Paper Pumpkin Kit!

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Today, Friday, December 10th is the last day to sign up for Paper Pumpkin to get the new Paper Pumpkin Kit, Lots of Fun, coming mid-December to your mailbox! And don’t you think in this busy season you deserve a treat for yourself in your mailbox?!

What’s not to “loaf” about a punny joke? It never hurts to have a little laughter, light-heartedness, and humor sprinkled into your schedule. If you’re a fan of fun, get a kick out of clever crafts, and can’t keep it together when you hear a classic knee-slapper, you’ll go bananas over this month’s cute ‘n’ quirky kit!

The Lots of Pun Paper Pumpkin Kit includes enough egg-citing elements to create nine cards and coordinating envelopes. From giddy gingham to splatters and stripes, this playful Paper Pumpkin kit features a fun and fresh look with one-of-a-kind patterns and designs! “Egg-cellent” for any occasion, reason, or season throughout the year, the kit’s pun-packed stamp set provides completely customizable characters for a very versatile crafting experience. Pair each stamp with its matching die-cut snack, then mix up the faces and accessories for an absolutely adorable accent! Pick up your friends and family with pun-filled projects. December’s delightful kit is sure to make ‘em smile! 

ABOUT THE KIT
Name: Lots of Pun

Details: The kit contains enough elements to create 9 cards—3 each of 3 designs—and 9 coordinating envelopes. This all-inclusive kit includes printed card bases, die-cut paper pieces, embellishments, adhesive, and more!

The Lots of Pun Stamp Set is a builder stamp set! This means the included images can be mixed and matched to build a variety of unique characters with different looks and features.

Card size: 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ 
Envelope size: 4-1/2″ x 5-3/4″
Coordinating colors: Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso, Granny Apple Green, Pool Party, Poppy Parade
Includes a Classic Stampin’ Spot and exclusive stamp set.

If you’re too busy in December to make this kit, just wait until January and pull it out when you’re ready to enjoy something new and fresh!

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You Will Need Gift Card Holders!

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You know you will need at least a few gift card holders for holiday gifts, so here is one version you can easily make! It is basically a strip of cardstock, folded in the middle with a slit so that a gift card can be inserted, and then decorate and personalize for the occasion. You will need gift card holders throughout the year so keep in mind how easy it is to make your own rather than just using an envelope.

Start with a strip of cardstock that is 4 1/4″ x 11″. That is basically cutting a piece of cardstock in half, vertically. Score at 4 1/2″, 5 1/2″, and 6 1/2″. As you crease these score lines and use your Bone Folder on those folds, the center score line will be popped up (mountain fold) as you see in the photo above. This is where the gift card will eventually be held. It will be like a card opening on the side with this center fold inside the card.

The next step is to cut a slit in that center fold to hold the gift card. I used my retired Classic Label Punch which was so perfect for a project like this. If you do not have the Label Punch, use your scissors to cut your own opening or use something like a craft knife. The opening does not go all the way across, of course. You just need it to be wide enough to hold the gift card, so have your gift card or any card or credit card handy so you can measure correctly.

In this photo above, you can clearly see the opening I punched right on that center score line. It doesn’t have to be that wide and you can use scissors or die or whatever you have available. To hold that pocket closed, place a piece of Tear & Tape as close to the side score line away from the slit. You can insert the gift card so that you can see how the gift card fits in the slot. Then remove it, remove the liner from the Tear & Tape and fold back on the score line to adhere.

Gift Card Holder with Card

The gift card will fit in there far enough but not all the way down because of the tape. In this way, it can pop up when the card is opened!

Gift Card Holder Inside

Now the fun part of decorating the inside. I cut Basic White layers of 4″ x 3 3/4″ for each side and stamped the left side with the stocking and leaves in the Tidings and Trimmings Stamp Set in Real Red and Evening Evergreen. On the right side, I already had a stamped and die-cut greeting in my scraps so I just adhered that to the center, plus a little strip of the Tidings of Christmas 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper on the right side that matches the front of the card.

Gift Card Holder Open

In the photo above you can see how the gift card pops up when the card is opened. That makes it a special treat for the recipient!

Gift Card Holder Front

For the front of the gift card holder, which is essentially a card, I used a base of Evening Evergreen and a layer of Tidings of Christmas Designer Series Paper. The greeting is stamped in Real Red ink from the Tidings and Trimmings Stamp Set and die cut with one of the Tasteful Labels Dies. If you want to add ribbon to tie the card shut, when the greeting is adhered, just place the Stampin’ Dimensionals in the four corners of the die cut and not in the center. That way the ribbon can be slid underneath the popped-up greeting and tied on the side.

There are other designs for making gift card holders but this is one you can try! It looks very nice but keep in mind that it IS easy to make! Don’t let the pop-up slot in the middle scare you! For other occasions, just change the colors, paper, greeting and you are good to go!

Painted Christmas 2-4-6-8 Gift Bag

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Painted Christmas 2-4-6-8 Gift Bag

The time is rapidly approaching when we will need all shapes and sizes of gift bags and boxes so here is a basic, quick, and easy Painted Christmas 2-4-6-8 Gift Bag. You can vary the measurements if you need something taller or larger. But learning how to make a 2-4-6-8 box (or bag) is a basic every stamper should know!

Here’s how to score your paper. This paper is 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″. Just score at 2″, 4″, 6″, and 8″ which leaves the narrow little 1/2″ strip on the end which will be the tab to glue the box together. Then turn the paper and score at 1 1/2″ to form the bottom flaps. Cut off that smallest little section on the 1/2″ flap and cut up on the score lines to the 1 1/2″ score line to make the flaps at the bottom.

Diagram 2-4-6-8 Box

I used Real Red Cardstock because I wanted to use designer series paper on the side panels for decoration. I used the Painted Christmas Paper to cover each panel. Since each panel is 2″ wide by 4″ long, I cut the designer paper at 1 3/4″ x 3 3/4″. It’s easiest if you adhere the DSP pieces to the bag panels while the paper is flat before assembly.

Just crease and fold all the score lines to make it easy to assemble. If you are using patterned designer series paper with a pattern, be sure to think about the direction of the paper before you score and cut.

You have the choice of leaving the top open if you like or pinch it closed like I did, pushing in on the sides to indent a little. Punch holes in the top for ribbon or use some kind of clip instead to hold the top closed.

Here is another bag I made recently in THIS POST.

Just add a tag or adhere a greeting and decorate additionally however you like!

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Stampin’ Up! FREE SHIPPING Dec. 8th!

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Be Jolly Altered Christmas Ornament

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Be Jolly Altered Christmas Ornament

This Be Jolly Altered Christmas Ornament came about after watching some of these crafty gals on Instagram buy something cheap and junky at one of those dollar-type stores and then remake it into something cute for their holiday decorations! Usually, when I walk into one of those stores, all I see is junk and a mess, and I don’t come up with any creative vision for what I am seeing in there.

However, one day I saw this ornament pictured below at Walmart and although it was pretty cute as it was, that creative process came over me and I thought it would be cute to redo the front of the ornament and the beads would make it extra cute! Wooden beads seem to be pretty popular these days!

Ho Ho Ho Ornament

I thought the Be Jolly Stamp Set would be a perfect set with which to redo this ornament. We didn’t have a large enough circle die to cover the printed side of this ornament so I ended up finding a little bowl in the cabinet that fit inside this circle the size I wanted and just traced around it on Real Red Cardstock and cut it out by hand. The white scallop circle IS cut with the Layering Circles Dies. I wanted to use the white on the original ornament as a border margin, then layered the scalloped circle with some of the Real Red showing.

On a scrap of Basic White Cardstock I stamped the Santa and the Christmas tree in the Be Jolly Stamp Set with Memento Ink so I could color with Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers. You can use whatever colors you like. On the Santa, I used Real Red but Cherry Cobbler would be good, too. The Christmas tree is colored with the Granny Apple Green Combo and the ornaments with Real Red, Daffodil Delight, Balmy Blue, and one of the purples! I forget which one I used.

The greeting is stamped from the set. Since there wasn’t much empty space on the front of the ornament for the greeting, even this short one, I stamped it and then cut the words apart and glued them on separately. It is a fun design idea to do this, but also very practical sometimes when you really don’t have much space! You can space out the words on your project, they don’t have to be right together in a line. Mine are the tiniest bit offset.

For a final touch, I added some Elegant Faceted Gems to the tree plus an orange star from the Cute Stars Adhesive-backed Sequins. Yes, it is an orange star but I hoped on the ornament it would seem to be yellow or gold! Close enough! These star sequins are discounted as I write this on the Last Chance List for the Holiday 2021 Catalog. Of course, I couldn’t stop with just those gems on the tree, I had to add some red ones from the Wonderful Gems package scattered around. Sometimes you have to know when to stop, but being overly festive for the holidays is usually a good thing! These Wonderful Gems are also discounted right now.

I also have to add that on the back of the ornament, I add a Real Red die cut circle with a Basic White circle on top of that so there would be a place to stamp or write a message or a “To: From”. I also realized that I could have left the “Ho Ho Ho” side as is and decorated the “back” side. However, sometimes the back side is a little messier than the front so it just depends. I really liked the “Ho Ho Ho” side and hated to cover it up even though I wanted to! I guess it reminded me of the Rae Dunn products everyone is so crazy about.

The Be Jolly Stamp Set is also retiring although not discounted. It is a cute set I have enjoyed using. It’s so fun to color in but you could also use it in a monochromatic way on a card if you didn’t like coloring. And you could use any coloring techniques you like!

If you are out shopping and see an ornament or decoration with better potential being altered with Stampin’ Up! materials and your expertise, like this Be Jolly Altered Christmas Ornament, go for it! See what you come up with!

Rainbow Glimmer Christmas Trees Card

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Rainbow Glimmer Christmas Trees Card

This Rainbow Glimmer Christmas Trees Card was sort of in my head, but then I started on two other projects first before deciding to give this idea a try! I thought it would be fun to use the Rainbow Glimmer Paper and try to get the ombre shades of the green color. The middle tree shows a different color at the base but the other two have slight variations in the green that doesn’t show up in the photo. I think it would be fun if this paper had narrower bands of colors so you could get more of an ombre effect on any projects. But, it is still really pretty and fun paper to use!

The card base is Mint Macaron with a layer of Shimmery White Cardstock. After cutting out and temporarily placing the trees on the card, I decided to try stamping the word “Joy” in the Whimsical Trees Stamp Set around in the background. There wasn’t a lot of empty space on which to do a little stamping so I’m not sure I like what I did. Maybe I do. What do you think??

The greeting is also in the Whimsical Trees Stamp Set and stamped with Mint Macaron. I layered it on a narrow piece of the Rainbow Glimmer Paper. I almost didn’t add a greeting since the card is a little busy already but I did! I really do like the Rainbow Glimmer Paper trees!

If you own the Christmas Trees Dies or will be purchasing them soon on the Last Chance Sale or the Whimsical Trees Bundle, note that there are two “pages” of dies in your package! I guess somehow I was only using what I saw when I pulled the dies out of the package and either forgot or never saw the rest of them! I wondered what happened to the trees that I used on this card that I had seen on other samples! So now I have lots more dies than I thought I had! Duh!

Remember the way these retirements work is that even if Bundles are carried over in the future to another catalog, they won’t still be Bundles. You might still be able to buy the stamp set and dies or whatever the individual components of the Bundle are, but you won’t get the 10% off discounted price. Be sure to check out the Last Chance Sale and the updated Clearance Rack to get the best chance of getting what you want lest anything sell out!

It was a rough morning because my website was not working so I couldn’t post my card until I went through two different Help Chats! Ugh! And even then they said it might work in a few minutes or it could take 24-48 hours globally! Thankfully it started working again after lunch!

Do some Christmas stamping this weekend! I hope to do that AND put up my tree! Wish me luck!

Last Chance Starts Today! & Clearance Rack!

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Last Chance Holiday Mini 2021

It’s HERE! Time to Shop! The Holiday Mini will be retiring in January so this is your warning and chance to get all the things you wanted out of this catalog, a FEW at a discount. Check the Online Store for best, most up-to-date availability of products. Everything is while supplies last!

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CLEARANCE RACK REFRESH TODAY!

Check out THESE bargains! Past products that you can still use, maybe for Valentine’s Day, spring, or any time (even though we aren’t quite into winter yet!).

Beginning today Stampin’ Up! will no longer let us order products if they are out-of-stock, due to the infamous supply chain issues for all companies. If something is not available it will say that it is unavailable and the Add To Cart button will not be there. This will save you the frustration of ordering something and then having to wait, sometimes without an available date, for your product.

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Gingerbread & Peppermint Ornament Trio Card

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Gingerbread & Peppermint Ornament Trio Card

The Gingerbread & Peppermint Designer Paper has so many fun designs besides the gingerbread images! As it turned out, I had already used this pattern of the paper on another card earlier on, but since I love red, it was a natural draw for me to use it on this Gingerbread & Peppermint Ornament Trio Card.

The card base is Real Red, one of the coordinating colors of the Gingerbread & Peppermint 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. After I got the idea to use the three ornaments, die-cut from the paper with the Gingerbread Dies, I thought they needed a white background to help them stand out from the red and white paper. I happened to find this die-cut from the Scalloped Contours Dies so I just used that. Since I was using that, I tipped the side ornaments in so they would fit better on that small background piece of Basic White.

The middle red ornament is glued straight on the card front, with the side ornaments popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals®. I also tied small white bows with the Whisper White 1/4″ Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon to put on each ornament. And then I had to add some Rhinestone Basic Jewels to each ornament in the center!

For the greeting, I used a sentiment in the Frosted Gingerbread Stamp Set. I wanted something small and simple since the rest of the card is pretty busy. I stamped the greeting on Basic White cardstock with Real Red Ink and then die cut it with a small Stitched Rectangle Die. I didn’t even layer it on anything, I just wanted it to be simple.

This Frosted Gingerbread Bundle (stamp set and dies) will be on the Last Chance List tomorrow along with the designer paper, so check out the promotion tomorrow, December 1st in the Online Store!

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