Archive for the ‘Holiday’ Category

Good Morning My Crafty Friends.  I played hookie yesterday and went Christmas shopping.  I enjoy getting out in the hussle and bussle, it gets me in the spirit.  Today I would like to share with you this weeks MOJO Sketch.  It has quite a few layers, so we will begin with the first layer.  Base card is Very Vanilla, matted with a piece of Jolly Holiday DP.  Next layer is Old Olive and another piece of Jolly Holiday DP.  The last layer is Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler and a piece of Jolly Holiday DP.  I used several of my cool tools on my card today.  I have the upmost respect for my cool tools, they make cardmaking faster and picture purrrrrfect.  Now is the time to take an inventory of your cool tools, you might want to add a few to Santa's List.  There's still time to place your orders on line so they will be under the tree and ready to open on Christmas morning.  But don't delay the clock is ticking, there's just 8 more days till Christmas.   

There's still time to take advantage of my "LAST MINUTE MADDNESS SALE".   Tomorrow is the last day Dec. 16th.  Click here for all the deets .

STAY TUNED on December 17th I'll have something new to show you.  I'm sure you can guess, it's the next biggest card making holiday next to Christmas.  It's a sweet promotion and you don't want to miss it.

Supply List

• PAPER:  Very Vanilla #101650, Old Olive #100702, Jolly Holiday Designer Paper #117159
• INK:  Cherry Cobbler #119669,
• STAMP SET:  Level 3 Hostess Set Occasional Quotes
• COOL TOOLS:  Small Corner Rounder #119871, 1 3/4" Circle Punch #119850, 2" Circle Punch. 2 3/8" Scallop Circle Punch #118874, Paper Piercer and Mat Pack #116631/105826
• PRETTIES:  5/8" Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding Ribbon #120992, Rhinestone Jewels #119246, Bling (Non SU)

Thanks for stopping by and chatting with me during this very busy time of year.  Have a wonderful day folks.  I'll see ya back here tomorrow.  Toodles

Hello My Crafty Friends. . .  Hope you're having a super duper morning.  Today I am sharing a cute little gift bag that I have made for my exchange with my Bunco Friends.  I took a brown paper sack and cut it down just a little.  I stamped snow flakes all over it in Craft Whisper White.  My stamp sets are Serene Snowflakes and Delightful Decorations.  I used the top note die cut for my closure and added a very specail tag to it.  The tag itself is not Stampin' Up, but everything else is.  I stamped the ornament in Cherry Cobber three times on Very Vanilla and used our Ornament Punch.  Next I adhered two of the ornaments together back to back and scored down the middle.  I took another ornament and adhered it to the tag and then topped it with my other ornament piece.  This gives you the 3D effect.  I used three snowflakes from the Northern Frost die cut and added them to the tag with some pretty organdy ribbon that is now retired.  I used one of our new Glimmer Brads from the Holiday Mini.  Added some glitter and a few jewels and you have one very special tag for a very special gift. 

HOLIDAY MINI. . .  You still have time if you need to order anything from the Holiday Mini.  January 3rd is the last day you can order. 

OCCASION MINI. . . OMG. .  The Occasion Mini will begin on Jan. 4th and you are gonna love it!!!!.  If is chocked full of oh so cute stamp sets, embellishments, punches, ribbons, fabric.   Now is the time to be setting some time aside and hold a workshop and receive some of these great products for FREE.  Contact me today and we will talk.

 If you would like to make a special tag of your own and need any of the supplies please click on the link below.

I'll be taking a few days off from blogging and I will be serving on Jury Duty.  Yes, you heard right I have been summoned to Jury Duty.  Hopefully I will return in a few days.  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day.  Toodles

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Hello My Crafty Friends. . .  Today I have a card to share using this weeks MOJO Monday Sketch.  You had a choice of making a round or square card.  I wanted to make the round but it just didn't work out.  Some day are like that aren't they.  So here I have a square version.  My card size is 4 x 4, layered with a piece of Very Vanilla and a piece of Deck the Halls DP.  I used the Clear Scallop Square Die Cut on the Designer Paper just for a litte pizzazz.  Next up is the circles.  I used several of my cool tools.  Added a Cherry Cobbler Ribbon and tied to it is a jingle bell with gold cord.  I thought the edges needed a little something so I put gold brads in the corners.  Don't you think that jazzed it up.  On the inside I put another piece of Very Vanilla cut with the Scallop Sqaure Biz Die so I could put a nice greating inside.  If your would like to make this card and need some supplies, please click on my link below.   

The Holiday Mini is still available.  You can place your orders on line or thru me till January 3rd.  Don't forget about Sandy's Stars.  Place a $50 order or more and receive a star.  When you earn 10 stars you can select a FREE stamp set of your choosing from the current catty or mini.  You must keep track of your stars and email me when you have your 10.  Click here to view all the deets.

Thanks for stopping by today and saying hello.  Just to let you know that I have been selected for jury duty this month, so if you don't hear from me you know where I am.  I'll be in and out all month getting my house ready for Christmas.  I make a lot of my gifts for the family and I must get a crackin'  Oh, I do have gift certificates if you need them.  Happy Stamping  Toodles

Recipe Card

• PAPER:  Soft Suede #115318, Very Vanilla #101650, Deck The Halls DP #120810, Cherry Cobbler #119685, Always Artichoke #105119
• STAMP SETS:  Christmas Classics #111566, Artistic Etchings #120573
• INK:  Cherry Cobbler #119669
• COOL TOOLS:  1 3/4" Circle Punch #119855, 2 3/8" Scallop Circle Punch #118874, 2" Circle Punch (Non SU), Scallop Square Clear Biz Die #115950, Big Shot #113439
• PRETTIES:  Gold Cording (Ret), Cherry Cobble Seam Binding Ribbon #120992, Gold Brads #104337, Jingle Bell (Non SU)

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Today I have another Christmas Card but if you change out the sentiment is could be used for any occasion.  My base is Very Vanilla #101650.  The next layer is a piece of Always Artichoke #105119, Chery Cobbler #119685 is up next and it was embossed with the Petals of Plenty Embossing Folder #116824.  Next layer is a piece of our oh so cute Jolly Holiday DP #117159.  The next level is another piece of Jolly Holiday #117159 and a strip of Cherry Cobbler punched with the Scallop Edge Border #119882.  My stamp set is Lovely As A Tree, an old favorite, #115026 of mine, stamped on VV and then mounted on a piece of Always Artichoke die cut with our Scallop Circle #2 die.  For some added sparkle I did spritz on some Silver Foil Smooch Sprtiz #118771.  I hope you can see it in the picture.  Added some 3/8" Very Vanilla Taffeta Ribbon #109071.  Easy Peasy.  If you would like to make this card and need any supplies please shop in my On-Line store just click of the SHOP NOW.  Thanks for stopping by, I may not see you for a few days, cooking for the feast starts tomorow.  I hope to be back Friday with some Blog Candy.  Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.  Toodles

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Today I have a card to share using the Sweet Sunday Sketch.  My cardbase is Sahara Sand matted with Very Vanilla and matted again with a piece of Early Expresso.  I used our Petals a Plenty Embossing Folder on my Early Expresso for some nice texture.  Next layer is another piece of VV topped with a piece of Cherry Cobbler.  (I know bare with me a lot of matts today) Next mat is a piece of VV matted with a piece of designer paper from our Woodland Walk Designer Pack.  My focal point is VV matted on Sahara Sand.  I used my nesties for my ovals.  Stamp Set is Bells and Boughs, colored in with Certainly Celery Marker.  I stamped Merry Christmas from Teeny Tiny Wishes and punched it with the Word Window Punch and then the Modern Label Punch.  For the finishing touch I added some Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding Ribbon.  Easy Peasy!!!  If you need any of the supplies to make this card please click below and shop my on-line store.  Contact me if you have questions.  I'm here to help.  Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a wonderful Monday.  Toodles

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Good Morning My Crafty Friends . .  Are you ready to start your day.  Today I have a snowflake card to share.  I have Merry Christmas on mine but you could surely use this card as a welcome to winter card for the cold January nights that will soon be here.  Brrrrrr!!  My cardbase is Crumb Cake and I stamped some of the images from Serene Snowflakes in Whisper White Craft Ink and Pacific Blue.  Next up is a layer of Pacific Blue topped off with a piece of Whisper White and topped off again with a striped piece of Pacific Blue from the Designer Series Paper Pack.  I chose the bold scallop look and pieced it up under my Pacific Blue layer.  Here is how I did that.  Punch a piece of Whisper White with your Extra Large Fancy Flower Punch and cut it up leaving two of the petal in tack.  You will get two pieces each  of two petals plus 1 extra petal. Add adhesive and butt them up next to each attaching them the the Pacific cardstock.  Added some pretty 5/8" Whisper White Satin Ribbon and a little bling for pizzazz. 

Supplies You Will Need To Make This Card

• PAPER:  Crumb Cake #120953, Pacific Point #111350, Whisper White #100730, Designer Series Paper Pack Bright Collection #117155
• STAMPS:  Serene Snowflakes #115438, Teeny Tiny Wishes #115370
• INK:  Pacific Blue #111837
• COOL TOOLS:  Extra Large Fancy Flower Punch #118073, Modern Label Punch #119849
• EMBELLISHMENTS:  5/8" Whisper White Satin Ribbon #114616, Jewels #119246

Thanks for stopping by today and sharing a little bit of your time with me.  I hope you got to read yesterday's post about the Amazing Demonstrator Starter Kits.  You sure can't beat this offer.  It's happy happy time around here.  I received my copy of the upcoming Occassions and Sale a Bration Mini's.  Workshops will definitely be in order.  You are gonna love them.  Have a wonderful day and I'll see ya back on Friday.  Toodles

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Hello My Crafty Friends . .  Is your day starting off good for you?  I sure hope so.  I'm slowly getting back back into my routine from all the stamp a stacks, monthly club and craft fairs.  My poor hands have down a lot of cutting and they sure are letting me know about.  LOL  Today I have an oh so cute Scrappin' Page to share.  Of course it has to be a Christmas one.  I got the idea over at It's A Stamp Thing by Vicki B.  It was so funny I was thinking about this excact thing and viola' there it was.  Such a coincidence.  I used my fav Cherry Cobbler #119669 and Very Vanilla #101650.  For my present I used a 4 x 4 coaster and glued some Jolly Holiday DP #117159 to it,  It just fits, so there is not much trimming.  All I had to do was sand down the bottom to edges with our Sanding Block #103301.  The top two are covered up with the box lid.  For my bow I used two of our cool tools, the Small and Large Oval Punches #119863/119855.  TIP:  To get the bow pieces, first punch with the small oval and discard the oval that you just punched out, then go back and punch again with the large oval.  Viola' you have your bow.  Isn't it just great!!!.   I added a snowflake punched with our Snowflake punch #119852, added a button, a tag, glitter and our 1/2" Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding.  I used the Photo Corner Punch #119878 just to help bring in the backgound.   The only Stamp Set I used was for the tag Four The Holidays #1169 21. 

Thanks for stopping by and chatting, I hope you enjoy the scrappin' page.  Be sure and check into the Demonstrator Starter Kit Offer.  It's a great price at just $87.50.  That's half off the regular price of $175.  Hobby Stampers this is a great way to pick up some product at a low price.  Click here and take another look.   Have a wonderful day.  Toodles 

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Hello Friends . . Boy, do I have a post to share today with you.  I'm so excited.  It turned out so soooo cute.  I am a big fan of Michelle Wooderson's Blog Mish Mash.  I just love her work and this is a case/idea from her.  See loves pouches and so do I.  The card is called a Pocket Card and it is made with Crumb Cake cardstock.  Attached is a 4" doily.  Oh so cute.  I did sew around the bottom of my pocket.  This helped me keep my cost down and it makes it realy secure.  What a great stocking stuffer.  I have everything mounted on my tag.  You can use any tag style you like.  I used the stamp set Delightful Decorations #116517 and our Ornament Punch #119847 along with the Northern Frost Decorative Strip #120901 and a whole lot of embellishments.   You can find the Northern Frost Strip  in the Holiday Mini on pg 38. 

That's all for me folks, I have a very busy day getting ready for the craft fair tomorrow at Ft. Zumwalt East HS in St. Peters.  If you are out and about tomorrow stop by and say hello.  I have a lot of cute holiday items that just might catch your eye.  Have a wonderful day.  Toodles

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Good Morning My Friends, how are things going for you this morning.  I have a very special tag to share with you today and I got the idea over at Stamporisty from Lynn Mercurio.  Acutally this one is for a very speical Christmas gift, but you could change it out with another stamp set for other speical gifts.  Let your imagination take over.  You can start with just about any ole tag.  I used Very Vanilla as my cardstock and sponged some Cherry Cobbler all round the edges, deeping it more in some spots. I used our Delightful Decorations stamp set and I made a 3D image with it.  Stamp it three times on a separate piece of VV cardstock then punch them out.        

Next adhere two of them together using your normal adhesive back to back, score the two you just put together using your scoring tool, fold on your score then adhere to your other piece.  This makes your 3D image   Then I went to work embellishing it for some Christmas pizzazz.  I'll have the recipe card below for you.  Thanks for stopping by and I hope you get some time to stamp a little today too.  Put some smiles on some faces of your family and friends.  That smile will come right back at you twofold.  Have a wonderful day.  I'm gathering all my craft items today to see what all I have made and setting up my table.  If you would like to make one of these speical gift tags and need some of the supplies please click on my SHOP NOW button below or you can contact me for more helpl.   Easy Peasy!!!  See ya tomorrow.  Toodles.

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I hope you enjoyed this special tage.  Here's the Recipe:

• Paper:  Very Vanilla #101650, Cherry Cobbler #119685, Brushed Gold #102935, Shimmery White #101910
• Stamp Set:  Delightful Decorations #116517
• Ink:  Cherry Cobbler #119669
• Cool Tools:  Tag Die (Non SU), Orrnament Punch #119847, Big Shot #113439, Northern Frost Decorative Strip Die Cut #120901, Eyelet Border Punch #119853
• Embellishments:  Organdy Ribbon (Ret), Glimmer Brads #121006, Bling, Red Button with Gold Cording, Dimensionals and Mini Glue Dot

Hello My Crafty Friends . . . Top of the morning to ya.  What a beautiful week end we had here.  Great time for doing a little yard work.  Don't fret I was also able to get a few cards done to share with you.  Today I have a square card to show you.  I love square cards but don't forget it requires a larger envelope and a little bit more postage.  I used some new colors/sketch that I found while blog hopping this week end.  More Mustard and Concord Crush with a tad of Whisper Whte.  A very pretty combo, it really caught my eye.  I took a break from Christmas Cards and made a fall beauty.  I wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving but just didn't have the room, so it was thanks instead, but I plan on using the inside for a Thansksgiving sentiment.  My stamp set is Falling Leaves, (it's the only one I have, heaven forbid).  I added a little Pumpkin Pie Striped Ribbon and some Concord Crush Ribbon.  I also used a new cool tool, the Color Spritzer.  It's a pretty neat tool, do you have one yet?  For my finishing touches I used some pretty bling (non SU).  Recipe card below.

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Recipe Card:

• Paper:  More Mustard #100946, Concord Crush #119792, Whisper White #100730
• Stamp Sets:  Falling Leaves #115368 in More Mustard #103162, Concord Crush #119785 and Pumpkin Pie #105216,Thank You Kindly #111700, Thankful For You #120795
• Cool Tools:  Big Shot #113439, Scallop Circle #2 Die Cut #113469, Circle Scissors Plus  and Glass Mat #112530/112531, Color Spritzer Tool #107066
• Embellishments:  Pumpking Pie Striped Grosgram Ribbon #115616, Concord Crush Stitched Poly Ribbon #119266, Bling (Non SU)

Well I've kept you long enough.  Thanks for stopping by today and I hope I have inspired you to make this card yourself.  Easy Peasy.  Have a wonderful day.  Toodles

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