Stampin’ Up! Country Wreath Merry Christmas

November 1, 2022 custom Comments 5 comments

The card I am sharing today is created using Stampin’ Up! Country Wreath Dies, Timber 3D Embossing Folder, and Brick & Mortar 3D Embossing Folder.

I am entering the Krafty Chicks Challenge — their theme this week is All Occasions.

This is a Faux Step Fold Card. It is much easier to make than a regular step card. I started with a 4-1/4″ x 11″ piece of Real Red card stock. I scored the piece at 1′, 2″, and 6-1/2″. The 1″ score line is a mountain fold, the 2″ score line is a valley, and the 6-1/2″ score line is a mountain fold. This creates the step that the next piece will be adhered to. I cut a piece of Soft Suede card stock 2-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ and scored at 3″. I embossed this piece using the Timber 3D Embossing Folder.

I cut a piece of Early Espresso card stock 2″ x 5-1/4″ and embossed it using the Timber 3D Embossing Folder. I cut a 1-3/4″ x 2-3/4″ piece of a card base from a leftover Paper Pumpkin. I cut a 4-1/4″ x 5-1/4″ piece of Real Red card stock embossing it using the Brick & Mortar 3D Embossing Folder. After embossing I cut a 1″ piece from the embossed piece. This will go on the 1″ step. I then adhered all the embossed pieces except the 1″ piece to the card bases. I find it easier to lay the card base out flat when attaching other card stock or designer series paper. Then, I adhered the Soft Suede card stock piece to the Real Red card stock base adhering the Soft Suede piece to the first step. The Real Red card stock Brick & Mortar embossed piece adheres over the Soft Suede on the first step. A greeting from Stampin’ Up! Hope & Peace stamp set is stamped in Memento Black ink on a scrap of Basic White card stock, then adhered over the 1″ Brick & Mortar embossed piece.

I cropped two wreaths from Stampin’ Up! Country Wreath Dies, one from Mossy Meadow card stock, the other from Old Olive card stock. The two wreaths are adhered together using little dabs of Multipurpose Liquid Glue. I then popped the wreath over the stripped gold piece using Stampin’ Dimensionals. I popped Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels around the wreath. Using the bow die from Stampin’ Up! Country Wreath Dies, I cropped a bow from a small piece of Distress Gold Specialty Paper. It is popped on the wreath using a Glue Dot.

I stamped Merry Christmas on the flap of my gold-trimmed Basic White envelope.

Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you took the time to linger and look at my other blog post and cards and that you will join me on my stamping journey as I share my cards with you each day. My hope and wish are that you will be inspired to create amazing creations yourself. Feel free to CAS(E) any card. Any questions you may have, you know you can always contact me. Have a blessed day!

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Make this Christmas the merriest ever with 12 easy-to-make tags to adorn your pretty packages.

Combine them with last month’s coordinating Ho Ho Ho Paper Pumpkin Kit for even more creative fun!

Put some sparkle into this year’s Christmas giving!

Contains enough supplies to make 12 tags—4 each of 3 designs. This all-inclusive kit includes printed die-cut paper pieces, twine, adhesive, and more!

Includes Mint Macaron Glitter Die Cuts and Specialty Snowflake Die Cuts. You’ll love decorating your gift tags with snowflakes and banner die-cut pieces on our Mint Macaron glitter specialty paper (a Paper Pumpkin exclusive).
Coordinates with October’s Ho Ho Ho
Paper Pumpkin Kit and add-on.
Includes an exclusive stamp set and a Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin’ Spot, all
packaged in a special Paper Pumpkin box!
Finished gift tag size: 2″ x 3″ (5.1 x 7.6 cm)Coordinating Stampin’ Up! colors: Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Mint Macaron, Shaded Spruce, Sweet Sorbet

You can sign up for Paper Pumpkin here.

ADD-ON

Available for purchase on stampinup.com starting 11 October 2022:

North Pole Sacks Add-On

Item Number: 162416

Item Price: $4.00 USD / $5.50 CAD

Add-on details:

Includes 12 food-safe paper bags
Create fun packaging for your seasonal gifts and treats
Features a festive design in Crumb Cake
Bag size: 4″ x 6″ (10.2 x 15.2 cm)

Stampin’ Up! Products Used in Creating This Card

Country Wreaths Dies [160238] $39.00	Hope & Peace Cling Stamp Set (English) [159773] $23.00	Brick & Mortar 3D Embossing Folder [149643] $10.00	Timber 3 D Embossing Folder [156406] $10.00
Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [159276] $10.25	Early Espresso 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [119686] $9.25	Mossy Meadow 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [133676] $9.25	Old Olive 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [100702] $9.25
Real Red 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [102482] $9.25	Soft Suede 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [115318] $9.25	Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels (X2) [155878] $0.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $6.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00	Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] $4.25

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Card Cuts are in the body of the post.

Stampin’ Up! Christmas Lights

October 29, 2022 custom Comments 4 comments

The card today is created using Stampin’ Up! Christmas Lights stamp set, Twinkling Lights Dies, and the Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder.

I am joining Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge. Their theme for this final challenge of 2022 is Make Your Mark

I am also entering the NBUS Challenge as this stamp set I have never used.

The card base is Basic White trimmed in gold. The card bases and envelopes are from a few years ago that I found in my cabinet and thought why not use them for Christmas cards? It gives a nice border. I saw a card Sharon Armstrong had made using pieces of Designer Series Paper so I thought what a good way to use up pieces that are left over.

I layered a panel of Soft Succulent card stock over the card base adding another layer using Evening Evergreen card stock that was embossed using the Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder. It is retired I believe. I used three different patterns of the pieces of Lights Aglow 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. I stamped a tree from Stampin’ Up! Christmas Lights stamp set in Evening Evergreen ink on a piece of Basic White card stock. I cropped the tree using dies from the Twinkling Lights Dies. Using a gold piece of Glimmer 12″ x 12 Specialty Paper I cropped a tree for the mat and border on one side of the tree. I add a Red Rhinestone Basic Jewel to the tree top and two Gold Adhesive Backed Swirls around the card front. The greeting is from an old Paper Pumpkin kit. I keep all my Paper Pumpkin stamp sets.

A greeting from Stampin’ Up! Very Best Occasions stamp set is stamped in Evening Evergreen ink on a panel of Basic White card stock. Snowflakes and three little trees are also stamped in Evening Evergreen ink in the lower corner of the Basic White panel. The panel is matted onto an Evening Evergreen card stock mat using Multipurpose Liquid Glue. All elements of the card are adhered with either Multipurpose Liquid Glue or Stampin’ Dimensionals.

No need to decorate an envelope flap, this one comes trimmed in gold.

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Make this Christmas the merriest ever with 12 easy-to-make tags to adorn your pretty packages.

Combine them with last month’s coordinating Ho Ho Ho Paper Pumpkin Kit for even more creative fun!

Put some sparkle into this year’s Christmas giving!

Contains enough supplies to make 12 tags—4 each of 3 designs. This all-inclusive kit includes printed die-cut paper pieces, twine, adhesive, and more!

Includes Mint Macaron Glitter Die Cuts and Specialty Snowflake Die Cuts. You’ll love decorating your gift tags with snowflakes and banner die-cut pieces on our Mint Macaron glitter specialty paper (a Paper Pumpkin exclusive).
Coordinates with October’s Ho Ho Ho
Paper Pumpkin Kit and add-on.
Includes an exclusive stamp set and a Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin’ Spot, all
packaged in a special Paper Pumpkin box!
Finished gift tag size: 2″ x 3″ (5.1 x 7.6 cm)Coordinating Stampin’ Up! colors: Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Mint Macaron, Shaded Spruce, Sweet Sorbet

You can sign up for Paper Pumpkin here.

ADD-ON

Available for purchase on stampinup.com starting 11 October 2022:

North Pole Sacks Add-On

Item Number: 162416

Item Price: $4.00 USD / $5.50 CAD

Add-on details:

Includes 12 food-safe paper bags
Create fun packaging for your seasonal gifts and treats
Features a festive design in Crumb Cake
Bag size: 4″ x 6″ (10.2 x 15.2 cm)

Stampin’ Up! Products Used in Creating This Card

Christmas Lights Bundle (English) [159961] $45.75	Very Best Occasions Cling Stamp Set (English) [159871] $25.00	Twinkling Lights Dies [159541] $28.00	Lights Aglow 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [159535] $15.00
Evening Evergreen 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [155574] $9.25	Soft Succulent 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [155776] $9.25	Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [159276] $10.25	Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin’ Pad [155576] $8.00
Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels [146924] $7.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00	Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] $4.25

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Card Cuts

Evening Evergreen card stock
- embossed panel –3-3/4″ x 5″
- inside panel — 4″ x 5-1/4″
Soft Succulent card stock
- mat for embossed panel — 4″ x 5-1/4″
Basic White card stock
- inside panel — 3-3/4′ x 5″
- tree – 3″ x 4″
Lights Aglow 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper
- 1 piece — 1-3/4″ x 6″
- 1 piece — 1-1/2″ x 2-1/2″
- 1 piece – 1-1/2″ x 1-1/2″
Gold Glimmer 12″ x 12″ Specialty Paper
- tree — 3″ x 4″

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Stampin’ Up! Santa Express — Santa Clause Is Coming

October 14, 2022 custom Comments 4 comments

The card I am sharing today is created using Stampin’ Up! Santa Express stamp set and Santa Train Dies along with the Santa Express Designer Series Paper. The Designer Series Paper really does all the work. I used the Santa Train Dies to crop the Santa on his train and the stamp set for the greeting and sentiment. This card is for one of my young friends from the school where I worked. She has a new baby, so this will be prefect for Christmas.

The diagram above shows how to cut and score the Split Z Fold. I started with a piece of Shaded Sprue card stock and cut and scored according to the diagram above.

Along with the Santa cropped from the Santa Express Designer Series Paper, I fussy cut the tree on the inside panel with the candy canes and adhered using Stampin’ Dimensionals. The greeting above Santa’s train is stamped in Real Red ink on a scrap of Basic White card stock and cropped using a die from the Stylish Shapes Dies. The sentiment on the inside panel is stamped in Real Red ink on a piece of Basic White card stock, cropped using another of the Stylish Shapes Dies. I matted the square on a piece of Real Red card stock. I then popped on the card using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

This is how the card looks closed. I put a cute clip at the top to hold the card closed.

A panel of Santa Express Designer Series Paper is adhered to the back of the card using Multipurpose Liquid Glue. A piece of Basic White card stock is adhered over the panel. I applied this panel so a note could be written as there is no space on the card front.

A medium Basic White envelope gets a panel of the Santa Express Designer Series Paper adhered to the envelope flap using Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

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October 1-16 Host Code: YPS47FJV

October 17-31 Host Code: Q7RSTBUP

Make this Christmas the merriest ever with 12 easy-to-make tags to adorn your pretty packages.

Combine them with last month’s coordinating Ho Ho Ho Paper Pumpkin Kit for even more creative fun!

Put some sparkle into this year’s Christmas giving!

Contains enough supplies to make 12 tags—4 each of 3 designs. This all-inclusive kit includes printed die-cut paper pieces, twine, adhesive, and more!

Includes Mint Macaron Glitter Die Cuts and Specialty Snowflake Die Cuts. You’ll love decorating your gift tags with snowflakes and banner die-cut pieces on our Mint Macaron glitter specialty paper (a Paper Pumpkin exclusive).
Coordinates with October’s Ho Ho Ho
Paper Pumpkin Kit and add-on.
Includes an exclusive stamp set and a Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin’ Spot, all
packaged in a special Paper Pumpkin box!
Finished gift tag size: 2″ x 3″ (5.1 x 7.6 cm)Coordinating Stampin’ Up! colors: Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Mint Macaron, Shaded Spruce, Sweet Sorbet

You can sign up for Paper Pumpkin here.

ADD-ON

Available for purchase on stampinup.com starting 11 October 2022:

North Pole Sacks Add-On

Item Number: 162416

Item Price: $4.00 USD / $5.50 CAD

Add-on details:

Includes 12 food-safe paper bags
Create fun packaging for your seasonal gifts and treats
Features a festive design in Crumb Cake
Bag size: 4″ x 6″ (10.2 x 15.2 cm)

Stampin’ Up! Products Used in Creating This Card

Santa’s Delivery Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [159583] $22.00	Santa’s Train Dies [159589] $32.00	Santa’s Delivery Bundle (English) [159590] $48.50	Santa Express Suite Collection (English) [159597] $107.00
Stylish Shapes Dies [159183] $30.00	Santa Express 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [159582] $12.00	Shaded Spruce 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [146981] $9.25	Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [159276] $10.25
Basic White Medium Envelopes [159236] $7.50	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00	Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] $4.25

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Card Cuts

Shaded Spruce card stock
- split Z fold base — 4″ x 9-3/4″
- card base — 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″
Santa Express Designer Series Paper
- front panel – 2-7/8″ x 2-7/8″
- center inside panel — 2-1/8″ x 2-7/8″
- inside panel — 2-7/8″ x 4-7/8″
- card base — 4-1/8″ x 5-3/8″
- back panel — 4-1/8″ x 5-3/8″
Basic White card stock
- back panel –2-7/8″ x 3-3/4″

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Stampin’ Up! Merriest Moments

The card I am sharing today is an easel card. It is very easy to make. I used the Stampin’ Up! Merriest Moments stamp set to create the card along with Boughs of Holly Designer Series Paper and the Stampin’ Up! Hope and Peace stamp set for the greeting and sentiment.

I am entering the Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge. Their theme for this challenge is Any Occasion.

I am also entering the Sketch Saturday Challenge.

To start you will need a piece of card stock cut 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″. I used Basic White card stock. Score at 5-1/2″ and 2-1/8″. Fold on the 2-1/8″ score line. This is a valley fold. The other piece of Basic White you see in the photo is to create the easel. It is adhered to the upper portion of the fold. It is easier if you put the adhesive on the fold and not the panel you are attaching.

This is how the card looks when folded to creat the easel stand.

This is a side view of the easel after the panel is adhered to create the easel. I have used clips to hold in place as I need to decorate the panel. I put a temporary stop for the easel until the card is finished.

I stamped poinsettias in Real Red ink using an image from the Stampin’ Up! Merriest Moments stamp set. I cropped using dies from the coordinating dies that come with the Merriest Frames Hybrid Embossing Folder. I cut a 4-18″ x 5-3/8″ panel of Boughs of Holly Designer Series Paper and adhered to the Basic White panel using Multipurpose Liquid Glue. I cut a 2-1/8″ x 5-3/8″ panel from a different design and adhered over the red one. I wrapped a length of gold ribbon around the panel adhered in the back using tape. The poinsettia and all the fussy cut leaves and twigs are arranged over the ribbon and adhered with either Multipurpose Liquid Glue or Stampin’ Dimensionals. A greeting from Stampin’ Up! Hope and Peace stamp set is stamped in Real Red ink on a scrap of Basic White card stock, fussy cut and popped on the card front. The card front is then adhered to the card base using Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

A different design of the Designer Series Paper is adhered to the inside and the stop for the easel is created by stamping a sentiment from Stampin’ Up! Hope and Peace stamp set on a piece of Basic White card stock and cropping using a die from the Stylish Shapes Dies. Stampin’ Dimensionals are popped on the back and it is adhered onto the Mossy Meadow panel creating the stop for the easel.

A medium Basic White envelope gets a panel of the Designer Series Paper adhered to the envelope flap using Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

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October 1-16 Host Code: YPS47FJV

Stampin’ Up! Products Used in Creating This Card

Merriest Moments Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [156353] $22.00	Merriest Frames Hybrid Embossing Folder [156385] $39.00	Hope & Peace Cling Stamp Set (English) [159773] $23.00	Stylish Shapes Dies [159183] $30.00
Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [159276] $10.25	Boughs Of Holly 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [159600] $12.00	Brushed Metallic Adhesive Backed Dots [156506] $9.00	Real Red Classic Stampin’ Pad [147084] $8.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00	Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] $4.25

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Card cuts are through out the post.

Stampin’ Up! Boughs of Holly Merry Christmas

September 9, 2022 custom Comments 9 comments

The card I am sharing today is created using Stampin’ Up! Boughs of Holly stamp set along with the Quatrefoil Tile Embossing Folder.

I am entering the Krafty Chicks Challenge as their theme for this challenge is Christmas.

I am also entering the Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge.

Start with a Cherry Cobbler card stock card base, cut 4-1/4″ x 9-1/2″. Score at 1″ & 2″ on each end. See diagram above.

Using paper snips, clip from the edge of the score line to the cut you made at the 1/2″ line. Fold and score each end of the card base. One will be a mountain fold the other a valley fold.

Cut 2 pieces 3″ x 3-1/8″. Score at 1″ and 2″ Fold this as mountain and valley. This is the hinge that adheres to the card base on each end that the Designer Series Paper panels fit on.

Lisa Curcio gives a great tutorial video on YouTube for this card. You can view it for more instructions.

These are the pieces that create the accordion. These are pieces that are cut for another card. I forgot to take a picture of the pieces cut for this card, but they are the same sizes.

This is how the card looks once all the panels are adhered. A panel of Evening Evergreen card stock is the mat for the Basic White card stock panel with the Real Red Merry Christmas stamped on it using Real Red ink.

This is the back of the card with a sentiment from Stampin’ Up! Hope & Peace stamp set. It is stamped in Real Red ink on the Basic White card stock panel. A poinsettia is fussy cut from a piece of Boughs of Holly Designer Series Paper and popped on the Basic White card stock square.

A strip of Boughs of Holly Designer Series Paper is cut to create the belly band. It is embossed using the Quatrefoil Tile Embossing Folder. A piece of Basic White card stock is cropped using a square die from the Stylish Shapes Dies. The piece is matted on a square of Evening Evergreen card stock. A Red Rhinestone Basic Jewel is popped on the corner of the Basic White square.

The belly band is then slid over the folder card.

This is how the card looks without the belly band.

A panel of Boughs of Holly Designer Series paper is adhered to a Basic White Medium Envelope flap.

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World Card Making Day Events – Save The Date, October 1!

INKIN’ KREW WORLD CARD-MAKING DAY EVENT – 9 AM ET UNTIL 9 PM ET SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1!

We’re doing it again!! Our team will be hosting a fun all-day event on Saturday, October 1 for World Card Making Day! Our event will feature card-making presentations live on the event Facebook page as well as some fun giveaways!

Stampin’ Up! is also hosting an event online (see the details below) and we’re scheduling our event so that it runs before and after the Stampin’ Up! event! Most of us will be using one of the three bundles from the Stampin’ Up! event for our projects so you will come away from the day with tons of ideas for those three bundles!

All are welcome to join us! We’ll be setting up a Facebook page to host the event and we’ll be sharing the link to the page in late September. Keep an eye out on my Facebook page and blog for more details! No registration required for our group, just request to join the Facebook page when you see it in late September! Can’t wait to stamp with you all then!!

FREE VIRTUAL, CRAFT-ALONG EVENT WITH STAMPIN’ UP!

Stampin’ Up! is also hosting a free, virtual card-making event on October 1! In just under three hours, Stampin’ Up will make three unique cards and will share the instructions with you. Everyone is invited and welcome, and registration is not required. Mark your calendars now!

To make the most of this experience, you can order the Cottage Rose Bundle from the 2022–2023 Annual Catalog, the Cottage Wreaths Bundle from the July–December 2022 Mini Catalog, or the Warm Welcome Bundle which you can get early from the January–June 2023 Mini Catalog beginning September 1!! The bundles aren’t required to attend the event, but if you’d like to make the projects presented, you’ll want to get the bundles!

Here is the link for online shopping

Stampin’ Up! Products Used in Creating This Card

Hope & Peace Cling Stamp Set (English) [159773] $23.00	Quatrefoil Tile Embossing Folder [158655] $8.50	Boughs Of Holly 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [159600] $12.00	Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels (X2) [155878] $0.00
Cherry Cobbler 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [119685] $9.25	Real Red Classic Stampin’ Pad [147084] $8.00	Evening Evergreen 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [155574] $9.25	Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [159276] $10.25
Basic White Medium Envelopes [159236] $7.50	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00	Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] $4.25