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12 Weeks of Christmas Holiday Projects Every Wednesday
Are you ready for all your holiday crafts? Since early October I have been sharing my annual 12 Weeks of Christmas offering. Every Wednesday, subscribers to my email list receive a free project idea along with the step-by-step instructions. If you’d like to receive the remaining exclusive 12 Weeks of Christmas projects, click on the box at the upper right of this page and join my mailing list before noon, tomorrow (November 4)!
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Some holiday cards can divert from traditional colors and themes, right? The critters from Stampin’ Up!’s Freezin’ Fun are frolicking about to create a fun winter scene holiday card that will surely make the recipient happy.
The project highlights my favorite color combo du jour: Misty Moonlight, Pacific Point, Balmy Blue and Highland Heather. This is the very combo I shared in this week’s newsletter. (If you’re not on the email list, you will want to subscribe so you can receive exclusive projects and notices. Use the sign up box on the page to join.)
This color combo transports me to fluffy snow-capped mountains with snow bunnies and cute penguins swishing down hills on their skis and snowboards. So relaxing.
Here’s a close-up of the bunny and penguin warmed in their Highland Heather scarves. There are lots of crafty details: soft embossed snowflakes sparkling on the white background, heat embossed flakes floating across a sky spritzed with Pacific Point, and a stitched snow slope for cool, winter fun. It’s a perfect winter scene — just what the year 2020 calls for.
This project was featured during a Friday Facebook Live class. Here is the edited version to learn how to recreate the scene.
Here’s another winter scene created with the same color combination. The letters were die-cut using the Playful Alphabet and foam adhesive strips. So easy to add dimension this way.
Here’s another winter scene holiday card featuring the Perfectly Plaid trees and my go-to embossing folder, PineWood Planks.
Finally, for mass production, substitute a patterned paper Snowflake Splendor Designer Series Paper for the more-time consuming heat-embossed background. The color combo is just as amazing!
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Getting ready for the holidays now? I have a super special card idea that is beautiful! The star of the production is the vibrant Christmas flower also know as the Poinsettia — or Christmas Star. But the supporting role is played by the fancy fold called Center Step Fun Fold.
The fancy fold is multi-stepped, which means it takes a little time. This is not a project you want to mass produce at the 11th hour. However, it’s not complicated. If I can do it, YOU can do!
Here’s What You Need to Create the Wow! Holiday Card with Fancy Fold
You do not need a special die to create the Center Step. Your trusty friend the Stampin’ Trimmer does everything you need to make the card base. To decorate the holiday card, I used Stampin’ Up!’s Poinsettia Place Suite. This must-have for the holidays includes the stamp set and coordinating dies, plus the dreamy Poinsettia Place Designer Series Paper, Plush Poinsettia Specialty Paper, Beaded Pearls and Real Red Sheer Ribbon. I added the Red Velvet Paper Pack for the layered poinsettia. Every supply used in the project is breath-taking!
A side secret. I already owned stamp sets with poinsettias. I even had a poinsettia punch on my shelf. However, no other stamp set and cutting tool produces such a magnificent Christmas Star as easily as this bundle. Layering to create the full 3D flower is quick and easy. You do not need to build the poinsettia petal by petal as tools of the past required.
Here is a quick video from my vault demonstrating how to create the Center Fold base. Notice the fun fall design. I STILL love it!
During Friday Facebook Live, I demonstrated how to create the Wow! holiday card with the poinsettia. You will hear exact measurements so you can re-create the card as I show. Here’s the edited version of the Facebook Live.
Stamp Your Cards • Scrap Your Pages • Gather with Friends
Saturday, Nov. 21 • 10 am to 4 pm
Trinity Lutheran Church Hall • Riverside
Early Bird Registration $40 (ends Oct 30)
If you want to send beautiful handmade Christmas cardsOR complete scrapbook spreads to document the happy holidays, this is the camp for you! Craft and enjoy friends safely —50% capacity, social distancing, sanitizing, masking, temperature checking.
Camp Includes
Your personal space to craft
8 Card Projects OR 4 Scrapbook 2-Page Spreads based on TWO beautiful Stampin’ Up! bundles: Gift Wrapped and Poinsettia Petals. Choose card making or scrapbooking option.
Over 20.00 worth of products that you will use and KEEP to keep on creating
Now is a great time to stock up for holiday projects and save. Designer Series Paper is 15% off until Oct. 31! Click over to my store HERE to see and shop all the papers on sale.
Have you ever seen one of those fancy cards with a built-in snow globe? Shake the card and the snow or sparkling beads inside the window dance about.
Wondered if it’s easy to make one? The answer is YES! It IS easy to make a snow globe shaker card. With the right materials and a few crafty tips, you CAN easily make a snow globe card.
Here’s a snow globe shaker card for the holidays that features the suite from Stampin’ Up! called Trimming the Town. Country homes, a lamp post, Christmas trees and the classic beetle lend charm to set the scene for coming home for the holidays. All these elements are featured in the patterned paper and stamp set with coordinating dies.
To engineer the snow globe, Stampin’ Up! offers snow globe domes with built-in adhesive just where you need it and the dies that perfectly crop the paper to fit the dome! That’s what makes the snow globe shaker card so easy to make.
Step-by-Step Tips to Make the Snow Globe Shaker Card
During my Friday Facebook Live I offered step-by-step instructions on how to easily make the shaker card with the built-in snow globe. Here is the edited (snipped) version. For more fun projects and tips, you can join me every Friday at 2 PST here.
The key to easily constructing the globe are the Snow Globe Domes and the Snow Globe Scenes dies. Here’s a close-up of the snow globe.
Final Week of the Designer Series Paper Sale!
Yay! The patterned paper featured in the Coming Home Snow Globe Shaker Card is on sale, along with many other papers! Save 15% on select Designer Series Paper through Oct. 31.
Here’s A Magically Beautiful Idea for Gift Card Gifting
If you’re like me, you will be gifting lots of gift cards this holiday season. Shopping this season will have a new dimension since some of my favorite stores have sadly gone out of business. The ones that are still in business have limited offerings. The shelves are not packed with merchandise like in years past. My solution: gift cards. You can’t miss with ’em.
Here’s a magically beautiful idea for presenting the gift card that will be appreciated. The recipient will love the packaging as much as the gift!
To start, the project looks like just another beautiful card. Lift the top flap, and a thoughtful gift card magically slips up from a pocket. One easy engineering design step makes this a magical card.
Here’s a soft, elegant design for Christmas gifting. It was created with creamy Very Vanilla Card Stock and Poinsettia Place Designer Series Paper.Metallic Edge Ribbon adds golden bling. The crowning jewel is the Beaded Pearl in the poinsettia center.
Here’s a birthday design in vibrant fall colors, making it suitable for men and women. The Plaid Tidings Designer Series Paper offers color combos for magical gift card holders year-round.
Here’s a peek inside. The sliding pocket holds the gift card and an insert for a personal message. The pocket can accommodate neatly folded bills, as well. Perfect gifts!
The magical Gift Card Holder project was presented during a Friday Facebook Live. If you missed it, you can view the step-by-step process on this cleaner recording.
Designer Series Paper Sale!
Both of the Designer Series Papers featured in the gift card projects are on sale! Now is a great time to stock up for holiday projects and save. Plus, you’ll receive a FREE class from me when you place a $50 order now through Oct. 14. Click over to my store HERE to see and shop all the papers on sale.
Coming Home Christmas Class
Deadline to RSVP: Oct. 20 Details Here
The whimsical little creatures from Scandinavian folklore are so popular. You see them popping up everywhere for every occasion, making the Gnome for the Holidays stamp set by Stampin’ Up! a favorite on my stamp shelf. Here’s a link to see how I created a Halloween Gnome card.
Today the Gnomes are stacking up for a slimline holiday card and coordinating custom envelope. So cute!
There are three gnomes in the stamp set: one gnome celebrating with raised arms, one sweet-faced girl wearing a Christmas tree hat, and one ornament-toting gnome who’s searching for a Holly Jolly Everything under the mistletoe hanging from his striped hat.
In addition to the three gnomes, the set includes four perfect greetings and a decorated tree trunk house. A stamp set with images plus sentiments is always a win in my book.
Today’s slimline card and coordinating custom envelope projects were featured on a Friday Facebook Live. If you missed it, you can view the step-by-step process on this cleaner recording here.
Gnome for the Holidays Card Class
Would you like to create some fun, whimsical Gnome Christmas cards? This month’s card class is all about the gnomes.
In just a short amount of time, you can create the whimsical cards that’ll add the Holly Jolly to everyone’s Christmas. You’ll be able to connect with friends and family this holiday season by sharing your creativity. Class includes 8 cards (two of 4 designs) and envelopes.
Two Options
Live, In Studio Class: Gather with me for the Gnome for the Holidays card class. You’ll have access to all the supplies to make 8 fun cards — two of four designs — and envelopes. All stamps, inks and tools are available during card class. The Live, In Studio class is Saturday, Oct. 10 @ 1 pm. RSVP by Oct. 7.
Not local, or not available on the date? Or would you prefer to create in the comfort of your home? Have your kit delivered to your door step and create anytime, day or night. It’s in the Mail Kits require the Gnome for the Holidays stamp set (Item #153322 $19). Be sure to add it to your order if you don’t already own it. You will also need Tuxedo Black Memento Ink (132708), Watercolor Pencils (141709) or your choice of coloring tools, and your choice of adhesives.
Email me after placing your order to request your Gnome for the Holidays It’s in the Mail kit.
Get Exclusive Holiday Projects in Your Mailbox
Are you ready for all your holiday crafts? Tomorrow begins my annual 12 Weeks of Christmas offering. Every Wednesday, subscribers to my email list will receive a free project idea along with the step-by-step instructions. If you’d like to receive the exclusive 12 Weeks of Christmas projects, click on the box at the upper right of this page and join my mailing list before noon, tomorrow (October 7)!
Designer Series Paper Sale!
Now is a great time to stock up for holiday projects. Now through Oct. 15, receive a FREE class from me when you place a $50 order. Click over to my store HERE to see and shop all the papers on sale.
Plus, your 20% off coupon is VALID on everything. No exclusions.
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Now through September 30
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Your kit ships FREE
So Much Love stamp set
Queen Anne’s Lace stamp set
Pack of Rhinestone Basic Jewels
8 packs of precut cardstock of the coastal cabana card pack — plus envelopes!
8 packs of precut cardstock of the Granny Apple Green pack — plus envelopes!
Paper Pumpkin kit (you’ll receive a code to request your kit)
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Whether you choose to be a hobby demonstrator or business demonstrator, you always save 20%. Plus, you join a team of like-minded crafters who enjoy crafting, fun and friendship. The Stamparistas meet monthly, participate in swaps and challenges and have the chance to win prizes and recognition.
Joining is risk-free! If you meet the quarterly minimum, you remain an active demonstrator and have the chance to increase your discount to 25%. If you do not meet the minimum, you simply drop with no penalty.
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