Online Holiday Sale!!

Tomorrow is the day we've been waiting for! The Stampin' Up! Online Holiday Sale!  YEA!!  I wanted to make a post about it today so that you don't miss out on the 24 hour Door Buster Deals.  Be sure to use the current "Hostess" code to get your frequent buyer points.  If you have any problems placing an order, contact me and I will help you. 

Pretty Purse Gift Card Holder

Hi Everyone!  Today I am sharing a project we made last weekend at Stamp Camp.  This is a little Gift Card holder purse.  It is super fun and easy and you could really decorate this so many ways.  My little purse has a frosty feel, perfect for Christmas. 

I started with a piece of card stock 5 1/2 by 6 inches, scored in half at 3 inches.

 I used the largest of the Windows Collection Framelit Dies to cut out the purse.  This is two layers thick, with the folded part to the left.  Framelits are meant to cut one layer at a time, but I am bending the rules a bit and doing this with the two layers.  I had no problems but I just wanted you to know that this is technically not meant to be used this way.   You will have to decide if you are willing to try it on your Big Shot.  If not, you can cut a pattern with your Big shot in a single layer, then trace it onto your folded piece at cut it out by hand.  That would work too. 

I used the Circles collection framelits for my handle.

I cut another circle out of patterned paper for the flap.  Attach half the circle to the back, then fold it over for the flap.  I used glue dots for the handle. 

Inside there is a strip of card stock adhered at both ends.  Just tuck the gift card under the strip. 

Thanks for stopping by today! 

BE SURE TO CHECK BACK FOR THE STAMPIN' UP! ONLINE SALE STARTING NOVEMBER 20TH!! 

Lego movie

Hi all!  I have a non stamping related post today.  My kids made a cute Lego stop motion movie for their Grandpa, my Dad, and I thought it was so cute I wanted to share.

Have a great day!

Best of Christmas

Yesterday I showed you some hidden Gems in the Online Store.  Here is another.  The "Best of...." sets!!  The "Best of..." sets are for the Stampin' UP! 25 year anniversary!   They are going back into past catalogs and bringing back customer favorites from the last 25 years.  The "Best of" sets feature one new stamp in each set too.   Here I am using the "Best of Christmas" set.  I loved this sweet First Christmas scene and even found myself humming "Away in a manger" while I colored it in.   My little daughter Jillian came in and said she didn't like how I was singing, so I was sort of surprised but stopped.  Then she said "no mommy, I like the song, keep singing it" so I asked her what she meant because she had just told me she didn't like how I was singing.  Turns out she doesn't like the "Away" word in the song.  She wants it song with out the "Away".  I asked why and she said she wants the manger close to her, not "away".    How sweet is that?   
Back to the card...
I cut out the window with my Labels Collection Framelit dies, love them.   I then popped the top layer up with dimensionals to make it stand out and away from the scene in the window.  I use Stazon ink to ink up the image, and used blender pens to color it in. 

 

Here is what the whole "Best of  Christmas" set looks like...

 

Thanks for stopping by today!!

 

Endless Wishes card and tag

There are some hidden gems in the Stampin' Up! online store.  If you are just shopping the catalogs you are missing some goodies.   Have you seen the Photopolymers?  I mentioned them a few weeks back here.  Well, my set came a couple weeks back and this is the first time I've been able to play with them.  And then when I did make a card, the set was on backorder, so I didn't want to post my project!  This set was so popular it sold out in just a couple weeks!   Well,  its back in stock so you can now get it again.  All photopolymer stamps are "while supplies last" so don't wait too long it you want it.    I really like this set. I can tell it will get a lot of use.  The words are so much fun to layer.   I have paired up Midnight Muse with Crumb cake and Whisper White.  I love white ink on Crumb Cake for some reason.  Here I made a tag and card. 

Don't you just love the word stamps?  I love the mixed fonts. so fun!   Check out the other fun online only stamps.  Look under "new arrivals" for the latest, or scroll down to the stamps section and select Photopolymers to see what sets you may have missed.
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MDS Blog Hop! Christmas Frameables with My Digital Studio

 

 

It's MDS blog hop day again! Yea!  A group of us have joined our blogs together to share our love of MDS with you!  I love MDS (My Digital Studio to those of you who are new) and I love showing what it can do.  We "HOP" on the Second and Fourth Thursday of the month ( a bit off this month and next due to Thanksgiving and Christmas).  If you are doing the blog hop, you just came from the talented Cori Kozak's Blog! Cori has just been named to the official My Digital Studio Design Team.  A big act for me to follow for sure! This month on the Blog Hop we are showcasing some Christmas projects.  I love that MDS is perfect for home décor as well as scrapbooks and card.  I love to add an MDS page to the frames on my library table, and Christmas is the perfect time to do it.   Sometimes I use a pre-designed Framable from Stampin' Up, but more often I like to make my own.  This year I made a trio of words to frame in a group, as well as this "Merry" for the library table.  Here is the framed finished "Merry".  The flash reflecting on the glass was making it hard to photograph, but the red is really more vibrant in person. I am going to also frame "Love", "Peace" and "Joy" and hang them in a row in the hall, but I didn't have three matching frames, so off to the store I go!  What do you think?

 
 

I also made a version for my son David.  I was thinking it might be fun framed and hung on the door to his room. 

I hope you like my Frameable!  Continue on the hop and see what Holly has come up with!  Holly has also just been named to the official MDS Design Team!  I am sure she has come up with something fabulous! And to see how to make the word frames, click on over to my Beth's Digital Cuts to see my first how to video, after you've finished the hop of course :) 

 

 

 

 

 

Holly Jolly Santa

I love the look of a polaroid picture.  They are just so much fun.  I remember having a polaroid camera and watching the photo appear in the box.  fun!  I made the polaroid frame here by using a square framelit, love those!  The papers on this card are from the Season of Style DSP pack.  The Santa image is from the Color me Christmas stamp set, colored with Blender pens.  The Color me Christmas stamp set is so much fun because I love to use my blender pens to color and this set has big bold images perfect for coloring.  I added a little bit of Dazzling Diamonds to the hat. 
Another great set in the Holiday mini catalog is the Tags 4 You stamp set and matching punch.  At first I thought this set was just OK, and I love punches so I bought it.  Boy have I really used it! The only stamp out of the set that hasn't been used a dozen times yet is the Happy Heart Day stamp, which I am sure I will use in February. 
Check out the sweet little bow at the top.  I love these little bows on the paper clips, so cute! I will need to order a few more before the end of the Seasonal Holiday Mini catalog. 

Thanks for stopping by!!