Christmas Tags

It's time once again for my yearly Christmas tags class.  Supplies will be flying around fast and furious tomorrow night as we share supplies.  

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Free Shipping

Cyber Monday savings are here!  If you've got something you've been waiting to order, today is the day.  Free shipping no matter how big or small your order!  Visit my store to shop now!  Be sure to use hostess code DCXF99MP.  You'll receive a small gift as a thank you for ordering with me!  However if your order totals $150 or more, don't use the code and collect hostess benefits for yourself!  But don't worry, a gift will still be coming your way!

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Singing Reindeer Punch Art

Over the years, there have been different versions of this carol singing reindeer out there, but I have never made one.  As different tools come and go, the reindeer change their looks just a bit, but that's the great thing about crafting... you can always come up with something.  Thanks to fellow demo Linda Parker for some inspiration.  

The Merry Music Specialty Designer Series Paper makes a perfect background with my Sahara Sand, Basic Black and Whisper White reindeer.  And here are some of the other tools I used!

If you'd like to make your own, you can order anytime through my online store, but you can take advantage of our Cyber Monday free shipping on Monday only.  Better yet -- come to my weekend stamp-a-stacks and make some with my pre-cut materials!

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It's Online Extravaganza

Select stamp sets will be 20% off for the first 24 hours of Online Extravaganza -- that's tomorrow!   Stamp Sale starts November 20 12:00 AM and ends November 20 11:59 PM.  Click here to check out a PDF of the select stamp sets that are 20% off for the first 24 hours and also the exclusive deals available throughout the week.

And on top of that, to close out Online Extravaganza with a bang, we are offering a special 24-hour flash sale on November 27th, after other Online Extravaganza deals end on the 26th.  

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Quick and Cute Christmas Cards

Here's a closer look at all of the cards we'll be making on Thursday.  If you are local and want to join us, let me know!  Class fee is $10 or free with a $20 order!

Santa's Suit:  To keep it simple, I just stamped directly onto the Whisper White cardstock with all of  Santa's suit parts.  But if you wanted to step it up, all of those pieces have coordinating Santa Builder Framelits.  I couldn't help myself with Santa in his long johns though and had to pop him up on a Stampin' Dimensional.    I borrowed the long words from Hearts Come Home.  

Snowflake Sentiments:  You can't get much simpler than this card.  I did use the Swirly Snowflakes Thinlits Dies to cut 3 snowflakes, but start to finish, this is a quick one. Again I borrowed the words from another set.  Add a Little Glitz had one of my favorite sentiments this season!

Smitten Mittens:  I've used Smitten Mittens many times this season, but oddly enough, I am just now breaking out my Winter Wonder Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.  I love the simplicity of that single snowflake.  I did run it through my Big Shot with a shim to give it a little more definition.  I borrowed the Merry Christmas from Hang Your Stocking.  

Smitten Mitten Penguin:  Yep, that's right.  This penguin was made with the Many Mittens Framelits Dies!  The two black mittens are layered on top of each other but are pulled slightly apart.  Then you add another white mitten with the thumb cut off on top.  The holly came from Christmas Stockings Thinlits, and I just added a square of Basic Black and punch from the Classic Label punch.   I did use a retired flower punch for his feet.  Then of course what's a penguin without snow?  The snowflakes are from Colorful Seasons and I added Shimmery White cardstock for snow.  

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Holiday Cards Galore

November stamping is all about Christmas!  Here are the cards we made Friday and Saturday. 

And now I am getting ready for Thursday's card class.  We only make one of each card so it's a quicker night, but still a lot of fun!  If you live close, there's still time to sign up!

Keep It Simple, Thursday, November 16, 6:00 - 8:30
Join us for some simple cards.  We will make 4 individual cards with no duplicates.  These cards will be designed to be quick and simple. Class fee $10 or free with a $20 order.

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Onesie Baby Card

Today was my cousin Melissa's baby shower.  Since her mother and another guest both stamp with me, I needed to be sure my card wouldn't be like either of theirs.  So time to break out the circle punches to make this onesie card. The fact that they already know it's a girl, made it all the more fun since I got to make it pink!

My gift was a Memories and More album so all she has to do is drop in her photos once that sweet baby arrives!  The other part of her gift was a quilt that I did not make.  I purchased it at a silent auction so I'm afraid I can't credit the creator.   I've been holding on to it for awhile and looking forward to giving it to her!

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Colorful Seasons Sampler and Calendar Class

I'm excited to be offering classes featuring all 4 seasonal samplers and 12 calendar for 2018!  Attend 4 sessions and be ready for an entire year!  Please RSVP by September 25 with your fee of $12 to reserve your Color Theory card pack.  I will pre-cut the papers to be used on all 4 samplers and 12 calendars from that single card pack.  Once we've completed the 4 sessions, you'll take home the leftover papers with directions to make 4 additional projects. With a $45 order each session, your class and pre-cut materials will be free! 

We'll be meeting:
October 10, 6:00-9:00 (1 sampler and 3 calendars)
October 17, 6:00-9:00
November 14,  6:00-9:00
December 12, 6:00-9:00

Live too far away?  Can't attend?  To-go kits will be available.  Pre-cut materials and directions will be available once our class has met, and after you place an online order with a monthly hostess code. Images will not be stamped.  You might consider purchasing Colorful Seasons with your class order. For the few images not in that set, I can suggest an alternative.  There will be a $6.95 shipping fee added to the price, but it will be possible to combine months.

Sampler Only Option and Calendar Only Option

Please RSVP by September 25 with your fee of $12 to reserve your Color Theory card pack.  I will precut the papers to be used on all 4 samplers OR 12 calendars from that single card pack.  Once we've completed the four sessions, you'll take home the leftover papers.

We'll meet:
October 14, 9:00-12:00 (2 samplers OR 6 calendars)
November 18, 9:00-12:00

There will be workspace set up for calendars or samplers, and your materials will be pre-cut.  With a $45 order at each class, your session will be free.  A to-go option will also be available.  

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My Crafting Space

I'm participating in a training and one of the assignments was to clean up your crafting space and share a picture.  I thought I would go ahead and post it here since many of you have never see it or have never seen it this clean ;-)  No guarantees how long it will look like this, but it sure is fun to walk into that room right now!

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It's Beginning to Look Like Fall

Usually my September Stamp-a-Stack is an assortment of all occasion cards. I begin to shift to fall colors and flowers when I can, but the stamps sets this year really made for some great fall cards.

We've already used the At Home With You stamp set for Christmas in July but it's easy to switch up seasons with this versatile stamp set. If you look carefully, I think the sunflowers on the wreath are really daffodils, but with a little creative coloring- voila! 

Wild about Flowers stamp set is such a versatile set, but what makes it unique is that it has retirement words, and not many of our sets do. But can't you imagine this card as a birthday, thinking of you or even sympathy?

I thought adding part of the wood crate framelit would just add to the fall-ness of this card.  If you look closely, there's even a faint stamp that says farmers market on the crate.  I added a butterfly from the You Move Me set and the new Jute Twine from the holiday catalog for handles.  

I'll have to admit when I first saw the Painted Harvest stamp set in the catalog I wasn't bowled over. However I am a believer now!  Look at these beautiful sunflowers! Different color combinations can create widely different cards, but here I used Daffodil Delight, Cajun Craze and Chocolate Chip.

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Memories and More Ideas

Are you a scrapbooker?  Do you wish you could be a scrapbooker, but you just don't feel like you have the time?  Memories and More is just what you need!  It's a pocket scrapbooking system which makes scrapbooking quick and easy.  You just drop your photos in the pockets and add pre-cut coordinating papers and embellishments.

But have you thought about what else you could do with Memories and More?  Here's where the "More" comes in.  I had a lot of fun creating samples for a demonstrator meeting with 100 of my demonstrator friends on Saturday.


With the help of my friends, Rae Anne and Becky, I have made 2018 calendars with the Color Theory memories and More Card Pack.  They are styled after the Paper Pumpkin calendars from a couple of years ago.  If you click here, you can get a copy of updated 2018 calendar files and make your own!

With the same Color Theory card pack, you can also make seasonal samplers (thanks Rae Anne and Becky).  And you'll still have leftover cards for scrapbooking, card making and more!

One of the many things I like about using the Memories and More card packs is that they offer a lot of flexibility.  I created greeting cards by simply adding the card and sometimes an additional embellishment or stamp.

I used just the Petal Garden Memories and More Card Pack and added some coordinating paper from the Petal Garden Designer Series Paper Stack for some backgrounds and envelope flaps.  It would be easy enough to add embellishments if you wanted to fancy them up, but I liked the simplicity of this set.

As easy as it is to use the cards to create greeting cards, it is just as easy to create 3-D items.

Memories and More can even be used to create a traditional scrapbook page.

Memories and More card packs come in these boxes that store nicely and take up very little space.

But for those of us who want more information on the packaging, Rae Anne and I decided we wanted to store them in the large stamp cases, and she created a great label for our kits.

Click these links to grab your copy:
Petal Garden Memories and More Card Pack
Perfect Days Memories and More Card Pack
Bundle of Love Memories and More Card Pack
Color Theory Memories and More Card Pack
Merry Little Christmas Memories and More Card Pack

Watch for details coming soon about a class featuring the samplers and calendars!

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Daisy Delight Thank You

I've been having fun creating cards for my Quick and Easy Cards class on Monday.  There's just something about a card that doesn't have a lot of layers and that goes together quickly.  I know I sometimes subscribe to the more is better philosophy when simple can be quite stunning.   I was inspired to put the white daisy on the coordinating Designer Series Paper and then on white again after seeing a box made by a demo in Europe.  While the box was not quick and easy, the white on DSP on white is, and I knew I wanted to do something along those lines.    

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Life's Short Lemon Zest Card

Life's short...squeeze it for all it's worth. This set, Lemon Zest, is a fun new set with a range of sentiments to express your mood.  And when you need a quick no nonsense card, this is a great go to set.  

I am having my first ever, Quick and Easy Cards class on Monday night, and this is one of the 5 cards we'll be making.  I wanted another excuse to pull out some of my new stamp sets, but I wanted it to be a quick and easy class - just like the cards will be.  It will be great for beginners and for any stamper who loves to stamp and wants to make a few cards!  

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New Catalog Stamp-a-Stack

It was a great weekend for stamping!  I had fun creating with all new stamp sets as well as a couple new embossing folders and a punch.

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One In a Melon Paper Pumpkin Alternative

Getting a Paper Pumpkin kit in the mail once a month is so much fun.  Though I may not get the kits made immediately, I do open them right away.  It's a fun surprise at the end of the day with my stack of bills and junk mail. But this month's kit arrived yesterday, and I started putting it together today!  I made the gift bag just as it was designed.  I just love the watermelon tissue paper tucked into that watermelon striped bag. But just for fun, I made some changes to the note cards.  I added a layer of Emerald Envy and Whisper White to the preprinted note card before stamping another watermelon and my own sentiment.  To learn more about Paper Pumpkin, click here.  If you'd like to purchase a one month subscription for yourself or for a gift, visit my online store.  

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Summer Stationary

At the end of the school year, I make note cards with my students so they can practice their writing skills by writing letters in the summer.  I stamp and address one to me, and I encourage the kids to write me a letter with the promise that I'll write back.  It's so much fun to go to the mailbox and find one of their letters.  Last year was my first year to do this, and they trickled in throughout the summer.

Some year I will be organized and will have a stack of cards ready to send back as soon as I get a letter from one of my students, but for now, I am creating as they come in.  So today I had fun making a teacherish card to send back to two of my kids.  I want some bigger words and have my eye on the hostess set You're Delightful for future cards.

I used some retired products with the kids and on my own cards, but I did use the new Crafting Forever stamp set and masked the stamp with the 3 pens so only one stamped on the card.  Such a fun set!

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Gluing Made Easy

In yesterday's post, I promised a great tip for gluing those intricate die cuts that was neat and easy.  As I was putting 30 of these together, it was especially handy and made for quicker work!

Put a little Multipurpose Liquid Glue (green lid glue)  in an empty container lid and dab it on using a small piece of a Stamping Sponge.  Be sure to work with a Silicone Craft Sheet under it to avoid sticking to your workspace.

If you are someone who has a heavy hand with the glues, I recommend you give it a try.

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Life is Beautiful Adirondack Chair Card

If you follow me on Facebook, you may have seen a couple of pictures of this work in progress.  (And if you don't, please hop over there and start)!  I was getting it ready for a demonstrator swap and it was one of the first projects I did for the new catalog.  I made 28 of these and got 28 different cards back from my demonstrator friends - so much fun to get that package in the mail!

The Colorful Seasons Bundle is going to be a regular in my rotation because it is so versatile.  It includes beach chairs, leaves, flowers and snowflakes so each season, it will be new again!  

To create the sand and water, I tore the top edge of cardstock and Color Theory Designer Series Paper.  Our cardstock has color throughout so you get a colored edge even after tearing.  But if you tear towards yourself on the Designer Series Paper, you get the white edge for whitecaps on the waves.  I did borrow some stamps from High Tide for the sand, grass, and birds.  Check back later this week for my best tip for gluing all of those chairs on neatly!

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Just Breath Adirondack Chairs

This new thinlit is hands down my favorite in the new catalog. I've always loved Adirondack chairs, and this set is so versatile because it represents all of the seasons.  Colorful Seasons stamp set and Seasonal Layers Thinlits will be in my regular rotation.

The combination of 3 of the new In Colors for the chairs is really what made the card.  Berry Burst, Fresh Fig and Powder Pink look so great together.  To create the sand, I use the water stamp from the High Tide stamp set and tore the top edge of my cardstock.   I finished it off with the birds.  Who wouldn't want to be sitting in one of those chair right now?

Summer Love New Catalog Card Class

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This event started as a Christmas event, then we added a spring class, and now I'm excited to say we are doing a new catalog event.  Please join us and enjoy using all new catalog products!

Happy Birthday Cards

Thanks to some lovely friends, I have been enjoying getting my mail for the last few days!

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Retiring Products Some Discounted up to 50%

Each year to make room for some great new products, Stampin' Up retires some of our favorites.  Here is a PDF list of retiring products. Things are while supplies last so for best results go to my store and order online.

Here are a few samples made with soon to be retired stamp sets.

Most of the time, I am happy to usher out the old to make room for the new, but I am sorry to see Oh So Succulent on that list.  Join us Tuesday to make this sampler before it's gone!  Class fee $25 or free with a minimum $40 order.  

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