Christmas card Sunday!

Hello, hello!  Somehow the end of September has snuck up on us and the holidays will be here before we know it!  Have you started your Christmas cards yet?  I know it feels early, but I decided a while back that I was going to start making my cards early!  I have been making one or two a week all year long and have managed to build up a nice little stack ready for the sending!  Sing it with me...fa la la la la la la laaaaaa!!!   Here is the card I made this week:

My card base is Sea Foam green and my layers are Real Red and Very Vanilla.  I added a strip of DSP from the 6 x 6 Regals pack and ran my Very Vanilla through the Basket Weave Dynamic Embossing Folder.  Then I matted it against a piece of Real Red cardstock for a nice pop of color.

Those bright, festive stars are from the Takeout Treats stamp set and I cut them out using the coordinating Takeout Thinlits.  Before I adhered them in place I covered them with Wink of Stella for a beautiful shimmer.  I cut out the sentiment using the Stitched Shapes Framelits and layered it on top of a SeaFoam Green Starburst punch.

I just love this sweet deer!!  Just look at the detail on him!  This was from one stamp in Soft Suede!  The stamp is designed to give you that two toned effect with one stamping pass!  Neat, right?!!!

Interested to see what I used to create my card today?  You can click on any of the pictures to head straight to my online store and shop, shop, shop!   

Product List

Dashing Deer Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[147728]

$22.00

Takeout Treats Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[147858]

$22.00

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad

[147087]

$7.50

Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad

[147115]

$7.50

Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[101650]

$9.75

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

[102584]

$8.50

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

[102482]

$8.50

Regals 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[146965]

$11.00

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

[145372]

$30.00

Takeout Thinlits Dies

[147927]

$33.00

Basket Weave Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[146841]

$9.00

Starburst Punch

[143717]

$18.00

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

[141897]

$8.00

Big Shot

[143263]

$110.00

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Have a wonderful day!  

You are so thoughtful!

Hello there!  Weekend is here!!  Do you have any big plans?  Hubby and I have a full weekend ahead, but we are taking tonight off from everything else and going on a date.  I am so excited!  Date night with hubby is one of my very favorite things!  It is so easy to get caught up in the busy that life throws at you and down time with the folks you care about is so important.  

My morning started with coffee, laundry and some time in my stamp room; which is another one of my favorite things!  (The stamp room time and coffee, not the laundry!) I needed a thank you card, so this is what I came up with today:

My card base is Very Vanilla and my layers are Crushed Curry and Soft Suede.  I wanted a simple and clean card today and a warm, easy color combo.  I started by embossing the middle Very Vanilla piece of card stock with the Basket Weave Dynamic Embossing Folder and then layered it against the Crushed Curry and Soft Suede.  Is it just me or do those colors just scream sunflower?!

I stamped the daisy stamp from Delightful Daisy twice and punched them both out with the coordinating Daisy punch.  The sentiment is also from the same set.

 I stamped some leaves from Painted Harvest and punched those out using the coordinating Leaf Punch. The center is stamped using Soft Suede and punched out using the 1/2" Circle punch.  I tucked in a few extra Sprig punches in Crumb Cake and added a few Copper Foil accent dots.

I left the inside free of any sentiments, but did stamp a daisy to pull the whole card together. I stamped it once letting the stamp 'fall' off of the page and then turned the stamp and stamped it a second time for a nice full looking flower.

Want to know what I used to make my card today?  Here are the links to everything:

Product List

Daisy Delight Photopolymer Stamp Set

[143669]

$17.00

Painted Harvest Photopolymer Stamp Set

[144783]

$21.00

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad

[147087]

$7.50

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad

[147095]

$7.50

Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad

[147115]

$7.50

Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[101650]

$9.75

Crushed Curry 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[131199]

$8.50

Granny Apple Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146990]

$8.50

Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[120953]

$8.50

Soft Suede 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[115318]

$8.50

Copper Foil Sheets

[142020]

$4.00

Basket Weave Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[146841]

$9.00

Daisy Punch

[143713]

$18.00

Leaf Punch

[144667]

$16.00

Sprig Punch

[148012]

$18.00

1/2" Circle Punch

[119869]

$6.00

Everyday Label Punch

[144668]

$18.00

Big Shot

[143263]

$110.00

As always, thank you so much for stopping by!  It is always so nice to visit with you!  Be sure to stop back by soonest!  I have some big changes and exciting new things planned!! 

Friends are flowers!

Hey there!  Phew...been a nutty, busy, crazy morning around here!  I have been running all over the place today. I finally locked myself in my stamp room to exercise my creative muscles and get my stamp on!  I was feeling a nice, soft looking card today and this is what came of my creativity work out:

My card base is Petal Pink and my layers are Sea Foam Green and Very Vanilla.  Lots of fun layers here!  I embossed 3 of them using the Basket Weave embossing Folder and alternated them with non embossed pieces.  I used Framelits and punches today.  Woooo!  I added Silver Glimmer centers to each background flower for some sparkle (because we all know a little sparkle makes everything better!). 

I used the A Big Thank You stamp set.  There are 26 stamps in this set and it has tons and tons of potential for lots of different projects.  My favorite kind of stamp sets are the ones that stretch your creative muscles and offer lots of variety!!

I made the flower by punching two flower shapes from the 4 Petal Punch and layering them.  First I stamped a leaf image onto each petal giving the plain paper some personality! I gave each layer some lift by running each petal between a bone folder and my thumb. I tucked a set of leaves from the Leaf punch underneath and called it done.

Here are all of the goodies I used to make my card today:

Product List

A Big Thank You Photopolymer Stamp Set

[147377]

$17.00

Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad

[147052]

$7.50

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad

[147104]

$7.50

Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[101650]

$9.75

Petal Pink 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146985]

$8.50

Soft Sea Foam 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146988]

$8.50

Mint Macaron 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[138337]

$8.50

Silver Glimmer Paper

[146960]

$5.00

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

[145372]

$30.00

Four-Petal Flower Punch

[147041]

$18.00

Leaf Punch

[144667]

$16.00

Starburst Punch

[143717]

$18.00

Tailored Tag Punch

[145667]

$18.00

1/2" Circle Punch

[119869]

$6.00

Basket Weave Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[146841]

$9.00

Big Shot

[143263]

$110.00

These are all clickable and will take you to my on line store where you can find all these goodies.

Sooooooooooo.......BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!  I am getting ready to make some major changes in my business!  Lots of new things on the horizon for you and I  am soooo excited!!  More about this coming soon!!  Be sure to stop back by check things out!!!

Ok, I am off to tackle my To Do list!  Have a wonderful day and be sure to  stop back by soonest!!