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Saturday Blog Hop – Black & Gold Christmas

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It’s Saturday and time for our Create with Stamping Friends Blog Hop.  This week’s challenge is “Black & Gold Christmas”.

MODERN CHRISTMAS DESIGNER PAPER

This card came together TOO easy!  No stamping…just DSP and dies!

Stampin’ Details:

  • The base is 4-1/4 x 11 Thick Basic White cardstock, scored at 5-1/2 and folded.
  • A 3 x 4 piece of Modern Christmas striped DSP as added across the front.
  • The 2-1/4 x 4-1/2 strip of Basic Black cardstock was embossed with the Eyelet Embossing Folder and added to the front towards the right side.
  • The tag was cut with the Patterned Tags Die and tied with some Gold & White Twine in a bow at the top, then added to the black towards the right side with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
  • The trees were cut from the DSP with paper snips and added to the tag with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
  • Season’s Greetings is one of the Greetings for You Mix & Match Ephemera Pack…it was gold, so it worked perfectly!  I forgot I had gotten them as a prize on the Incentive Trip.
  • A trio of gold Opal Rounds Assortment were added to the background.

So fun, even without stamping!  OK, next up on our blog hop is our Create with Stamping Friends website, then on to creative Debbie Henderson, or head backwards to see Melissa Davies’ fabulous project and see what everyone did with this challenge!

 

 

 

SUPPLIES:
Stamps:  None (Greetings For You Mix & Match Ephemera Pack)
Inks:  None
C/S:  Thick Basic White, Basic Black
Designer Paper:  Modern Christmas 12×12
Accessories:  Patterned Tags Dies, Opal Rounds Assortment, White & Gold & Black Twine, Adhesives

The playful critters in Stampin' Up!'s CHRISTMAS CREW BUNDLE will certainly brighten your day! Stamp and cut out the whimsical bear, snowman or reindeer, stamp a holiday greeting on their sign, then add finishing touches with the candy canes, Santa beard, evergreen trees and more! This CHRISTMAS CREW BUNDLE will give you fun tools to create festive holiday cards and tags. We've combined the CHRISTMAS CREW BUNDLE with the classic colors and patterns in the TIMELESS CHRISTMAS 12 X 12 DESIGNER PAPER! You'll get step-by-step tutorials for FOUR cards and TWO Advent Treat Box ideas for a total of 6 tutorials, all full of handmade charm.  See more details HERE!

Deck the Halls, and your Christmas cards and scrapbook pages, with festive wreaths and evergreen sprigs using the NOEL TIDINGS BUNDLE. The berries and pinecones can be tucked around the greenery, then add a label with a merry greeting! This NOEL TIDINGS BUNDLE will give you the tools to add some sophistication and charm to celebrate the Yuletide. We've combined the NOEL TIDINGS BUNDLE with the gold tones in the NEUTRAL NOEL 12x12 DESIGNER PAPER! You'll get step-by-step tutorials for FOUR cards and TWO cute tree or package ornaments for a total of 6 tutorials, perfect for elevating your class or craft time!  See more details HERE!

The PAINTED PUMPKINS BUNDLE will bring a seasonal look to your crafting with a variety of pumpkin shapes, vines and leaves, and a fun picket fence to cut for a background! It's like Pumpkin Spice lattes in stamp form! (Available for preorder now, customers on Sept. 1st.) The Painted Pumpkins Masks make coloring and shading quick and easy, plus the cute greetings can be added for the perfect message! We've combined the PAINTED PUMPKINS BUNDLE with the cheerful color palette in the PAINTED PATCH 12x12 DESIGNER PAPER! You'll get step-by-step tutorials for FOUR cards and TWO additional enhanced fun fold card projects (total of 6 tutorials), perfect for enhancing your class or craft time!  See more details HERE!

Saturday Blog Hop – Casing Debbie Henderson 2023

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It’s Saturday and time for our Create with Connie and Mary Blog Hop. For the next several weeks we will be “Casing the Designer”. Each week we have picked a designer and will select a card she designed. We will use the Colors and Layout of her design and recreate our version using stamps/bundles from the September-December Mini Catalog!

This week we are “Casing Debbie Henderson”!  Here’s her Halloween card that I chose from last year’s holiday catalog.

BEARY CUTE

And here’s how I updated her card using the new Beary Cute Bundle for a quick Christmas card!

Stampin’ Details:

  • The base is 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 Starry Sky cardstock, scored at 4-1/4 and folded.
  • A 4 x 5-1/4 layer of Parakeet Party was added on top.
  • The 3-3/4 x 5 layer of Basic White cardstock was stamped with the two outline trees on each side with Memento Black Ink.  The greeting was stamped with Parakeet Party Ink.
  • On a scrap Basic White cardstock, the tree outline was stamped in Memento Black and the detail branches with Parakeet Party Ink.  It was hand-cut and added to the center with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
  • A 3/8 x 3/4 piece of Pumpkin Pie cardstock was added for the tree trunk.
  • The small snowflake from Beary Cute was stamped three times in the background with Starry Sky Ink.
  • Some orange Iridescent Pastel Gems were added to the center tree.

 

Yeah!  I matched the colors and the layout but changed it to a Christmas card!  How fun!  OK, next up on our blog hop is our Create with Connie and Mary website, then on to creative Mary Brown, or head backwards to see Melissa Davies’ fabulous project and see what everyone did with this challenge!

 

 

 

 

SUPPLIES:
Stamps:  Beary Cute
Inks:  Starry Sky, Parakeet Party, Memento Black
C/S:  Basic White, Parakeet Party, Starry Sky, Pumpkin Pie
Accessories:  Iridescent Pastel Gems, Adhesives

The playful critters in Stampin' Up!'s CHRISTMAS CREW BUNDLE will certainly brighten your day! Stamp and cut out the whimsical bear, snowman or reindeer, stamp a holiday greeting on their sign, then add finishing touches with the candy canes, Santa beard, evergreen trees and more! This CHRISTMAS CREW BUNDLE will give you fun tools to create festive holiday cards and tags. We've combined the CHRISTMAS CREW BUNDLE with the classic colors and patterns in the TIMELESS CHRISTMAS 12 X 12 DESIGNER PAPER! You'll get step-by-step tutorials for FOUR cards and TWO Advent Treat Box ideas for a total of 6 tutorials, all full of handmade charm.  See more details HERE!

Deck the Halls, and your Christmas cards and scrapbook pages, with festive wreaths and evergreen sprigs using the NOEL TIDINGS BUNDLE. The berries and pinecones can be tucked around the greenery, then add a label with a merry greeting! This NOEL TIDINGS BUNDLE will give you the tools to add some sophistication and charm to celebrate the Yuletide. We've combined the NOEL TIDINGS BUNDLE with the gold tones in the NEUTRAL NOEL 12x12 DESIGNER PAPER! You'll get step-by-step tutorials for FOUR cards and TWO cute tree or package ornaments for a total of 6 tutorials, perfect for elevating your class or craft time!  See more details HERE!

The PAINTED PUMPKINS BUNDLE will bring a seasonal look to your crafting with a variety of pumpkin shapes, vines and leaves, and a fun picket fence to cut for a background! It's like Pumpkin Spice lattes in stamp form! (Available for preorder now, customers on Sept. 1st.) The Painted Pumpkins Masks make coloring and shading quick and easy, plus the cute greetings can be added for the perfect message! We've combined the PAINTED PUMPKINS BUNDLE with the cheerful color palette in the PAINTED PATCH 12x12 DESIGNER PAPER! You'll get step-by-step tutorials for FOUR cards and TWO additional enhanced fun fold card projects (total of 6 tutorials), perfect for enhancing your class or craft time!  See more details HERE!

Creatively Simple 16 – Christmas

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Welcome to Create with Connie and Mary’s Creatively Simple Challenge!  Each month Mary and I will pick a theme…this month it is “Christmas” and we each create a simple card every week using that theme!  We are definitely on the countdown to Christmas now!

I’ve been surprised how much I ended up using the Whimsical Trees Bundle, especially the dies!  However, this tree die cut has been sitting on my desk for a while from another project I started.  I also haven’t used the Stitched Whimsy dies lately.  Thought it was perfect to frame my tree this week!  Check out yesterday’s Snowbody Better card for the same concept that I used on THIS card!  They do look totally different!

Stampin’ Details:

  • The base is 4-1/4 x 11 Pool Party cardstock, scored at 5-1/2 and folded.
  • I used the rectangle from the Stitched Whimsy Dies in the background on the front, centered.
  • A 1-1/2 x 4 piece of Basic White was torn across the top, then added to the bottom.
  • The tree was cut from Shaded Spruce cardstock with the Christmas Tree Dies, then adhered to Basic White and trimmed around the edges to give it a look of snow on the branches.  It was added to the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
  • Happy Holidays from Poinsettia Petals was stamped with Memento Black Ink on Basic White cardstock, then punched with the Double Oval Punch and added to the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
  • A trio of iridescent Cute Stars were added to the background and the tree.

You could simplify this even further by stamping the greeting directly onto the background!  Make sure to check out what Mary did this week for her “Christmas” Creatively Simple card over on Create with Connie and Mary!  Stay tune next week for another Creatively Simple card!

The playful critters in Stampin' Up!'s CHRISTMAS CREW BUNDLE will certainly brighten your day! Stamp and cut out the whimsical bear, snowman or reindeer, stamp a holiday greeting on their sign, then add finishing touches with the candy canes, Santa beard, evergreen trees and more! This CHRISTMAS CREW BUNDLE will give you fun tools to create festive holiday cards and tags. We've combined the CHRISTMAS CREW BUNDLE with the classic colors and patterns in the TIMELESS CHRISTMAS 12 X 12 DESIGNER PAPER! You'll get step-by-step tutorials for FOUR cards and TWO Advent Treat Box ideas for a total of 6 tutorials, all full of handmade charm.  See more details HERE!

Deck the Halls, and your Christmas cards and scrapbook pages, with festive wreaths and evergreen sprigs using the NOEL TIDINGS BUNDLE. The berries and pinecones can be tucked around the greenery, then add a label with a merry greeting! This NOEL TIDINGS BUNDLE will give you the tools to add some sophistication and charm to celebrate the Yuletide. We've combined the NOEL TIDINGS BUNDLE with the gold tones in the NEUTRAL NOEL 12x12 DESIGNER PAPER! You'll get step-by-step tutorials for FOUR cards and TWO cute tree or package ornaments for a total of 6 tutorials, perfect for elevating your class or craft time!  See more details HERE!

The PAINTED PUMPKINS BUNDLE will bring a seasonal look to your crafting with a variety of pumpkin shapes, vines and leaves, and a fun picket fence to cut for a background! It's like Pumpkin Spice lattes in stamp form! (Available for preorder now, customers on Sept. 1st.) The Painted Pumpkins Masks make coloring and shading quick and easy, plus the cute greetings can be added for the perfect message! We've combined the PAINTED PUMPKINS BUNDLE with the cheerful color palette in the PAINTED PATCH 12x12 DESIGNER PAPER! You'll get step-by-step tutorials for FOUR cards and TWO additional enhanced fun fold card projects (total of 6 tutorials), perfect for enhancing your class or craft time!  See more details HERE!

CCMC689 Whimsical Trees

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Hello!  It’s Thursday and you know that means it is time for a Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge.  This week is a fun sketch challenge!

WHIMSICAL TREES BUNDLE

Have I mentioned how much I LOVE the little bottle brush trees in the Whimsical Trees Stamp Set?  So much fun!  I let my card focus on the small trees in this set!

Stampin’ Details:

  • The base is 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 Thick Basic White, scored at 4-1/4 and folded.
  • On top is a 4 x 5-1/4 layer of Whimsy & Wonder Designer Paper (love that subtle print!)
  • A 2-1/4 x 3-3/4 piece of Soft Sea Foam cardstock was stamped with the greeting from Whimsical Trees in Misty Moonlight Ink in the upper left corner.
  • A 7/8 x 5 piece of striped Whimsy & Wonder DSP was cut on the end at an angle and added across the front.
  • a 1/4 x 4-1/4 piece of Silver Foil was added on top and cut the end at an angle, too.
  • The small tree was stamped off with Polished Pink Ink and the bottle brush tree stamped with Misty Moonlight Ink on Basic White cardstock.  They were cut with the Christmas Tree Dies and added to the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
  • The garland and ornaments were cut from Polished Pink cardstock and added to the trees.
  • Two iridescent Cute Stars were added to the tree tops.

LOVE, love, love this card!  OK, go check out what the rest of the Challenge Team did with this sketch over on Create with Connie and Mary!

 

The playful critters in Stampin' Up!'s CHRISTMAS CREW BUNDLE will certainly brighten your day! Stamp and cut out the whimsical bear, snowman or reindeer, stamp a holiday greeting on their sign, then add finishing touches with the candy canes, Santa beard, evergreen trees and more! This CHRISTMAS CREW BUNDLE will give you fun tools to create festive holiday cards and tags. We've combined the CHRISTMAS CREW BUNDLE with the classic colors and patterns in the TIMELESS CHRISTMAS 12 X 12 DESIGNER PAPER! You'll get step-by-step tutorials for FOUR cards and TWO Advent Treat Box ideas for a total of 6 tutorials, all full of handmade charm.  See more details HERE!

Deck the Halls, and your Christmas cards and scrapbook pages, with festive wreaths and evergreen sprigs using the NOEL TIDINGS BUNDLE. The berries and pinecones can be tucked around the greenery, then add a label with a merry greeting! This NOEL TIDINGS BUNDLE will give you the tools to add some sophistication and charm to celebrate the Yuletide. We've combined the NOEL TIDINGS BUNDLE with the gold tones in the NEUTRAL NOEL 12x12 DESIGNER PAPER! You'll get step-by-step tutorials for FOUR cards and TWO cute tree or package ornaments for a total of 6 tutorials, perfect for elevating your class or craft time!  See more details HERE!

The PAINTED PUMPKINS BUNDLE will bring a seasonal look to your crafting with a variety of pumpkin shapes, vines and leaves, and a fun picket fence to cut for a background! It's like Pumpkin Spice lattes in stamp form! (Available for preorder now, customers on Sept. 1st.) The Painted Pumpkins Masks make coloring and shading quick and easy, plus the cute greetings can be added for the perfect message! We've combined the PAINTED PUMPKINS BUNDLE with the cheerful color palette in the PAINTED PATCH 12x12 DESIGNER PAPER! You'll get step-by-step tutorials for FOUR cards and TWO additional enhanced fun fold card projects (total of 6 tutorials), perfect for enhancing your class or craft time!  See more details HERE!

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