Silver and Gold Christmas Joy

 

Happy Monday!!!  I hope you all had a fantastic weekend and are ready for a new week.  I had one kiddo who was a bit under the weather yesterday, so I got to spend a little one on one time with him while my hubby and the other two boys went up to the mountains to play in the snow.  We were kind of bummed to miss out on the fun with our friends, but we had some fun of our own at home, including a little stamping time!

Today I'm sharing my creation for this months Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration card sketch.

I'm also mashing things up over at The Friday Mashup with a Christmas card mixed with silver and gold.  I'm a bit addicted to sequins these days and may have gotten a little carried away....

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Under the Tree DSP, Kraft, Whisper White, Nordic Noel DSP, Gold Glimmer Paper

Ink ~ Garden Green, Real Red, Silver and Gold Stampin' Dazzle Markers

Stamp Set ~ Festival of Trees

Other Supplies ~ Tree Punch, On Point Embossing Folder, Frosted Sequins, Gold Sequin Trim, Rhinestones, Wonderful Wreath Framelits

Here's to a happy and quick week!!!!

 

Happy Stamping!



To You From Me

 It's that gift giving time of year and if you are anything like me, you give LOTS of gift cards!  They make the perfect gift for those hard-to-buy-for-people in your life :-)  (Be sure to read to the bottom of the post to find out about a gift from ME to YOU!)

Some of the girls, including myself, over at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration have created some super cute gift card holders for you today.  I had some fun hand stitching this gift card holder...this is the kind of sewing I can handle ;-)  And once again, I used my favorite Festival of Trees stamp set!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Under the Tree Specialty DSP, Nordic Noel DSP, Whisper White

Ink ~ Real Red, Garden Green

Stamp Sets ~ Festival of Trees

Other Supplies ~ Nordic Noel Buttons, Tree Punch, Real Red Satin Ribbon, Old Olive Bakers Twine

 

Now here's my gift to you! 

I have a sales goal that I am trying to meet for the month of November and I am about $400 shy of meeting that goal.  I need your help in meeting this goal!!  I have an online workshop that is open beginning today through November 30th.  Anyone who places an online order using hostess code E6KQ7CCR will receive a small gift from me.  Anyone who places an order of $50 or more will be entered to win $25 in FREE Stampin' Up! products from me!  Thanks in advance for helping me meet my goal for the month!

 

Happy Stamping!!

A Merry Little {Colorful} Wish....

It's Tuesday and we all know what that means...it's time for a new Hand Stamped Sentiments challenge!  This time we have a festive color challenge for you to play with!

These colors say Christmas to me!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Kraft, Whisper White, Real Red, Soft Sky, Nordic Noel

Ink ~ Garden Green, Real Red

Stamp Set ~ Festival of Trees

Other Supplies ~ Tree Punch, Itty Bitty Accents Star Punch

 

I'm also playing along with Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 243...I love this sketch!

Be sure to check out the rest of the awesome creations from our design team and don't forget to join in the fun!

Happy Stamping!

Santa & Co Christmas Tree

Happy Monday friends!  I hope you all had a nice weekend!  I had another busy weekend, but still found some time to stamp, which always makes for a good weekend! 

It's the second Monday of the month, which means it's time for a new sketch over at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration.  There is a lot of room to play with this sketch, so get out your paper, stamps and ink and join in the fun!!!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Old Olive, Whisper White, Santa & Co. DSP

Ink ~ Old Olive

Stamp Sets ~ Christmas Bliss

Other Supplies ~ Tree Punch, Natural & Old Olive Two-Tone Trim, Real Red 3/8" Satin Woven Ribbon, Chalk Talk Framelits, Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack, Rhinestone Basics 

 

I am loving all of the fun Christmas stamps and DSP in the Holiday Catalog...the Christmas spirit is hitting me early this year!

 

Now head on over t check out the rest of the teams take on the sketch and don't forget to join in the fun!

 

Happy Stamping!



Freshly Made Festival of Trees

Never have I been so happy for it to be the weekend!!!  I'm not sure if it was the full moon or the blood moon or any other moon related event, but this week was CRAZY!!!!  Please tell me I'm not alone in feeling this way!  I felt like I was trapped in the movie Groundhog's Day, stuck on repeat...All.Week.Long! 

 

In an effort to recover from all of the craziness of the week, I decided some stamping therapy was just what I needed.  With a little help from Amy over at Freshly Made Sketches, I found my creative mojo and got busy.

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Soft Sky, Silver Foil, Whisper White, All Is Calm DSP

Ink ~ Lost Lagoon, Pear Pizzazz

Stamp Sets ~ Endless Wishes

Other Supplies ~ Frosted Sequins, Rhinestones, Northern Flurry Embossing Folder, Tree Punch

I'm kind of loving this tree punch and frosted sequins...they make happy!

Time for a bit more stamping before we head out for this weekends baseball game.  Only 3 more games left this season, so it's time to make some thank you cards for the coaches.

 

Hope you all have a great weekend and get some stamping therapy time in!

 

Happy Stamping!



A Merry Little...

...morning of card making.

 

Happy World Cardmaking Day!!!

 

I was up bright and early stamping away this morning as I have a busy afternoon of baseball ahead of me.  Don't these baseball coaches know what today is?!?!?  Don't worry...tonight will be a card-making, treat-bag making, wreath-making kind of night :-)  What are YOU doing to celebrate the very best day of the year?

 

Here is one of the cards I was working this morning...a cheery little Christmas card!  I've been trying really hard not to go overboard with DSP this year, but I could not resist the Nordic Noel paper...it's so cute!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Under the Tree DSP, Soft Sky, Whisper White, Nordic Noel DSP

Ink ~ Garden Green, Real Red

Stamp Set ~ Festival of Trees

Other Supplies ~ Tree Punch, Star Punch, Whisper White Bakers Twine, Nordic Designer Buttons

 

I have lots of other cards and projects I'm working on today and will be posting them soon!

 

I hope you have a fun time celebrating today!

 

Happy Stamping!

 



100 Days 'til Christmas

Yep, that's right...you only have 100 days 'til Christmas!!  Have you started on your Christmas cards yet?  If not, why not jump on board with me and get started today!

While I can not bring myself to purchase the Visions of Santa stamp set (AKA Scary Santa's), I do love the Santa & Co. DSP and coordinating washi tape!  I will say though, I have seem some pretty stinkin' cute cards with that Scary Santa set...it may be growing on me!  But until then, I'll stick with the DSP and washi and have some fun!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Basic Black, Marina Mist, Whisper White

Ink ~ Versa Mark, Old Olive, Real Red

Stamp Set ~ Festival of Trees

Other Supplies ~ White Embossing Powder, Tree Punch, 2-1/2" Circle Punch, Real Red Cotton Ribbon, On Point Embossing Folder

 

I'm loving these non-traditional Christmas colors mixed in with the traditional ones! 

 

Well, what are you waiting for?  Get your Christmas stamps out and ink them up!

 

Happy Stamping!