Christmas sampler!

Well, hello!  It is the last day of November and that means it is officially time to begin thinking about and preparing for Christmas!!  I have a fun sampler to share with you today that I made for one of my stamping classes!  I looooove samplers!!  They are a really fun way to incorporate a whole season or holiday or event into one little masterpiece!! You get to decorate several tiny little canvases and then collage them together to create one finished project!  Fun, fun, fun!!  Would you like to see the one I created?  Take a look:

Just look at all of that fun Christmas goodness in one place!!  This is an 8.5" x 11" frame and I used 7 different stamps sets to make this!  The beauty of this project though is that you could use one set or 17 sets!!  Totally up to  you!   I kept my color scheme to a few key colors because I wanted it to feel cohesive and have nice flow!  I started by stamping my base piece of card stock randomly with snowflakes and then I went to work creating each tiny work of art.

Each rectangle is pretty self explanatory from each picture, but if you have any questions please feel free to zip me an email and I will happily answer them! :)  I will include the measurements under each picture if you would like to create your own sampler.  

2 1/4" x 3" (white)

   2 1/2" x 3 1/4" (green)

2 3/4" x 3 1/2" (red)

2 1/4" x 2 3/4" (white)

2 1/2" x 3" (red)

2 3/4" x 3 1/4" (green)

2 1/4" x 3" (white)

   2 1/2" x 3 1/4" (green)

2 3/4" x 3 1/2" (red)

2 1/4" x 2 3/4" (white)

2 1/2" x 3" (red)

2 3/4" x 3 1/4" (green)

2 1/4" x 3" (white)

   2 1/2" x 3 1/4" (green)

2 3/4" x 3 1/2" (red)

2 1/4" x 2 3/4" (white)

2 1/2" x 3" (red)

2 3/4" x 3 1/4" (green)

Once you have done all of your stamping and adhering together of your pieces I recommend that you lay everything out before you start gluing down your tiny masterpieces!

Here is a list of all of the goodies I used to create my sampler:

Product List

Hearts Come Home Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[145416]

Merry Patterns Photopolymer Stamp Set

[144973]

Father Christmas Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[142125]

Christmas Pines Photopolymer Stamp Set

[142049]

Cookie Cutter Christmas Photopolymer Stamp Set

[142043]

Snowflake Sentiments Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[144820]

Hang Your Stocking Photopolymer Stamp Set

[142114]

Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad

[126949]

Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad

[126973]

Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad

[131179]

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad

[126944]

Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad

[126978]

Chocolate Chip Classic Stampin' Pad

[126979]

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100730]

Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[102482]

Garden Green 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[102584]

Gold Glimmer Paper

[133719]

1/2" Circle Punch

[119869]

1" Circle Punch

[119868]

1-1/4" Circle Punch

[119861]

Cookie Cutter Builder Punch

[140396]

I am going to be putting together some on line classes starting in January and will be offering a monthly sampler class!!!!  Please stay tuned for more information!!  I am really, really excited about it!!!

Ok, I am off to do some Christmas-ing!!  Hope you have a little bit of Christmas to do on your list today too!  Have a great day!

Santa's pants!

Helloooo!  I took a break from card making today to make a fun little 3d project!  I wanted to make a treat holder of some sort.  I have made a couple of these over the years, but added a few different tweaks this time!  I am stock piling gifting goodies for Christmas and thought this little guy would be perfect to hold some candy or other miscellaneous things.  Take a look:

I made Santa's pants!!  In the past when I have made these I didn't add the boots or the mittens, so I thought they would be fun additions!  This box is made from one full sheet of 8.5" x 11" card stock.  I used Cherry Cobbler.  I added a 1" strip of Whisper White around the bottom for his cuffs and did the same with Basic Black around the top for his belt.  I added a a belt buckle with a rectangle of Gold Glimmer paper topped with a smaller Basic Black square.  I gave him the illusion of having 2 legs by adding a tiny strip of black.  I used 2 strips of Cherry Cobbler to add suspenders and gave him gold glimmer snaps to keep them in place!  The mittens are from the Many Mittens Framelits and I ran them both through the Cable knit dynamic embossing folder.  This box will hold quite a lot of candy making it a great little gift!

Thought I would share the deets so you can make some yourself for the holidays!

You want to start with an 8.5" x 11" piece of card stock.  On the 8.5" side score it at 2.5" and 6.5".

Next flip it to the 11" side and score it at 4.5" and 6.5".

Next cut out little 'v' shapes on the score lines as pictured.  This will make your box fold together nicer. Fold your paper on all the score lines and create a box shape.  Sandwich your small tabs between the large side flaps for a neater box.  Glue the whole thing together using the adhesive of your choice.  

On to the boots:

Cut a piece of Basic Black 5.5" x 8.5".  On the 5.5" side score (Long ways!) at .5", 2.5", 3" and 5". 

On the 8.5" side score (short ways!) at.5", 1", 7.5" and 8".  

Cut off all extra tabs (see picture!).

Fold into a box shape and adhere the edge in place to hold it together and then tuck in (and glue) the tabs on the ends.  

It should look like this once it is assembled.  If I were making another one I think I would make the boots a little bit taller, but this one works too!

Adhere your pants on to your boots like so. There you have it!  All ready for the gift stuffing!

Here is one more shot of the finished project!

Here is a list of the goodies I used to make my project today:

Product List

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100730]

Cherry Cobbler 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[119685]

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[121045]

Gold Glimmer Paper

[133719]

Many Mittens Framelits Dies

[144672]

Cable Knit Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[143537]

Ok, it's back to making Christmas cards for me!!  Hope your week is going well!  I will be back soonest with more to share!

It's time!! It's time!!

Hello there!  It is time to take down and stash away all of the Fall decorations and break out the Christmas ones!  Away with the beautiful cranberry, oranges and yellows...bring on the bright reds, greens, white and golds!!  I don't usually decorate this early, but this year I have decided to get a head start and to do Christmas in a big way!  I am talking light's decorations, crafts, holiday cookies, more crafts, more cookies, more lights...!!  I have been working on some Christmas cards today!  Thought I would stop by and share one with you!

I finally had a chance to pull out my October paper pumpkin and make those cards! I changed things up a bit though and had some extra pieces left over!  I used the card base from the kit to add the strip of plaid to the bottom of this card!  I stamped my sentiment and the sweet little trees from the Merry Mistletoe stamp set and added some gold glimmer accent dots using a standard hole punch.

I added a strip of Gold Glimmer paper and a strip punched from the Decorative Ribbon Border punch to the bottom of my plaid piece.  I used Cherry Cobbler and Wild Wasabi ink and used the same card stock for a nice cohesive matching look!

I stamped it all on Whisper White for a nice crisp looking card!

This is a stack of cards that I worked on today!  I am hoping to get oodles of them made and sent out before things get too super nutty!

Here they are all sprawled out!  

Here is a list of all of the goodies I used to make the card I showed you up above:

Product List

Merry Mistletoe Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[143655]

Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad

[126966]

Wild Wasabi Classic Stampin' Pad

[126959]

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100730]

Wild Wasabi 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[108641]

Cherry Cobbler 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[119685]

Gold Glimmer Paper

[133719]

6-Month Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Subscription

[137860]

Decorative Ribbon Border Punch

[143721]

If you would like to exchange Christmas cards this year send me an email and we can exchange addresses!  I'd love to exchange with you!

Ok, I am off to make more cards!  I hope that you have a wonderful day!  I will be back soonest with more to share!