Happy Gingerbread Christmas Wishes ~ #HSSIC379

Hi stampers!  Welcome to the last Hand Stamped Sentiments Challenge of 2021.  We'll be taking the rest of the month off to enjoy time with family and friends, but we'll be back in January with all new challenges!

We're ending the year with an Inspiration Challenge.  I love all of these inspiring images and can't wait to see what everyone creates!

I was drawn to the cute hanging gingerbread ornaments and quickly pulled out the adorable Gingerbread & Peppermint 6"x6" DSP.  I only bought the paper from this suite, but with all of the cute images in this little pack of paper, you can make do without anything else!

I fussy cut a few of the tiny gingerbread images and hung them like ornaments.  Aren't they the cutest?  Some Gingerbread & Peppermint patterns were added in the background and a bright Real Red card base held it all together.

I used Christmas to Remember and Words of cheer, along with the Christmas Cheer dies to create a very HAPPY Christmas greeting!  And what's a Christmas card without some Real Red Rhinestones?!?!

I hope you'll join in the fun and play along with us!

Happy Stamping!

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Merry and Bright Christmas ~ #TGIFC346

Happy Friday stampers!

Welcome to an all new TGIF Challenges Sketch Challenge!  I always love a fun sketch to get me started.

I kind of feel like I cheated with these cards because they came together so quickly.  But isn't that the purpose of some of the adorable kits Stampin' Up! designs?

I was so excited when the Love, Santa tag kit was finally released.  I love the bright and cheerful images and all of the sentiment fonts are so good!

I quickly turned a couple of the tags in to focal points for some quick and easy Christmas cards.  I paired this cheerful Christmas Tree up with the Mint Macaron design from the Whimsy & Wonder DSP.  Two quick sentiment stamps, a little bow and a few embellishments and this card was done!

Raise your hand if this oh-so-cute yellow car with packages stacked oh-so-high is your favorite tag in this kit.  There is just so much happiness!  This time I paired the tag up with the Misty Moonlight pattern from Whimsy & Wonder DSP.  Another quick sentiment was stamped and another bow and a few more embellishments and card #2 was done!  

I still have two more tags from this kit to turn into cards, which I plan to do this weekend!  Even though I kind of feel like I cheated with these cards, I am so grateful for how quickly they came together.  I just accepted a new position with our local school district and am trying to wrap up all of the loose ends in my current position before winter break starts.  It's been super busy, so I appreciate anything that comes together without a lot of fuss right now!

I hope you'll join us this week and share your take on the sketch.  We always love to see what you create!

Happy Stamping!

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Freshly Made Sweet Conversations

Hello stampin' friends!

I'm taking a little break from Christmas creating to {finally} give some love to my January-June Mini Catalog preorder items!  I am a sucker for ALL things Valentine's, so the Sweet Talk Suite was a must have for me!  These little conversation hearts are the cutest!

This card was inspired by this weeks Freshly Made Sketches sketch challenge as well as the sample card on page 10 of the JJ mini.  I loved matching these cute little hearts up with the stripes on the Sweet Talk DSP.

Anyone else absolutely LOVE it when you can let the DSP do the talking...and this DSP really does do the talking with all of the adorable conversation heart messages.   The ONLY stamping on this card is the sweet and simple Happy Valentine's Day, stamped in Real Red.  And y'all know I can't have a card without some sort of bling!  The Iridescent Rhinestone Basic Jewels are so pretty and another must have!

I struggle to use a big piece of DSP to cover a card base, but this Petal Pink and Real Red pattern is just too cute NOT to use.  I'll just have to be sure to snag another pack of this DPS soon...because the fear of running out is real for this paper  hoarder collector!  

I can't wait to create more projects with this adorable suite!  It will be available to customers January 4, 2022!

Happy Stamping!

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Paper ~ Basic White, Sweet Talk DSP

Ink ~ Real Red

Stamp Set ~ Sweet Conversations 

Other Supplies ~ Sweet Hearts Dies, Iridescent Rhinestone Basic Jewels

Silver and Gold Christmas

 

Hi friends and welcome to another fabulous Monday Montage blog Hop! Make sure you don't miss a single stop along the way...this hop is packed full of amazing projects!

I can't believe the weekend is over and we're back to Monday again.  The weekends go by way too fast, especially during the holiday season.  I have a box full of new pre-order stamping products sitting on my desk, but after a weekend full of Christmas celebrations, I'm not quite ready to be done with my Christmas creations.

I just recently added the Poinsettia dies to my collection and decided I better put them to use before it's too late!  I cut flowers in all sizes and layered them to create a full, beautiful Very Vanilla bloom.  The leaves were cut from Gold & Rose Metallic Specialty Paper...in gold.  A few sprigs of Balmy Blue were tucked in and some Metallic Mesh Ribbon was looped in for the perfect amount of texture.

A few gold Metallic Pearls dressed up the center of the Poinsettia and a few splatters of gold from the soon to be release Daffodil Daydream stamp set were the perfect addition.  

A bold Merry Christmas sentiment from the Christmas to Remember stamp set was heat embossed in white on Basic Black then fussy cut for the perfect placement. 

Are you singing the song Silver and Gold from the Rudolph movie now?  The song has been stuck in my head since I started creating this card!   Now I want to watch the movie...one of my all time holiday favorites!

Next up on the hop is my friend Cathy...I can't wait to see what she has for us!

Or if you want to take a hop back, check out my stampin' BFF Wendy...you won't be disappointed!

Thanks for hopping along with us!  

Happy Stamping!

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Cheerful Birthday Wishes

Happy Thursday stampers!

The Words of Cheer bundle has been getting a lot of use the past few weeks.  I love how versatile this bundle is and that it can be used for more than just Christmas creations!  

A dear friend celebrated her birthday over Thanksgiving weekend and I created this card for her husband to give to her.  I haven't made a ton of slimline cards, but after making this one I will certainly be making more!  A Night of Navy card base, a Bark embossed piece of Misty Moonlight and a little bit of Basic White peeking out created a beautiful card front to work with.

I stamped and die-cut the floral image twice, coloring it in shades of Petal Pink, Misty Moonlight, Soft Sea Foam and So Saffron.  I brushed the flowers with a little bit of Wink of Stella for the softest shimmer.

I die-cut Happy from a piece of Night of Navy and the Happy background die from a piece of Cork Speciality Paper.  I love the extra detail from the Cork Paper...so much so that I added a few Cork flowers.  I stamped one of the images from Happiest of Birthday's and cut the word Birthday out to add.  I wrapped it all up with a simple Linen Thread bow.

I'm not quite ready to put this beautiful bundle away yet, so be watching for another creation or two before the Christmas season is over.

Happy Stamping!

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