Sending Cheer Shaker - Stampin' Up!® Ornamental Christmas

 I've got another bold Christmas card for you today!  The Modern Christmas Specialty DSP is really a fun departure from the red/green Christmas look.  I made another shaker card with tons of gold accents.  Remember you can find this whole suite of products in the Online Exclusives.

  I started with a Basic Black card base then added a wide band of the the Modern Christmas DSP.  I love those gold stripes.

  Next I created a frame using Basic White cardstock and the Textured Notes dies.  I used a window sheet to finish the shaker.  The loose gold sequins are added before adhering the frame to the card front.

 I used the Traditional Labels dies and stamp set to create the banner with even more gold embossing.  I adhered it to the frame.  The tree is also embossed in gold but on Basic Black for a really bold look.

  A black and gold baker's twine bow is added to the sentiment for the finishing touch,

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All of the supplies used today can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Ornamental Christmas(Online Exclusive), Traditional Labels

Ink: Versamark

Paper: Basic Black, Basic White, Modern Christmas Specialty(Online Exclusive)

Accessories: gold embossing powder, Textured Notes dies, Traditional Labels dies, window sheet, loose gold sequins, black & gold baker's twine (Online Exclusive), Ornamental Christmas dies (Online Exclusive)

Thankful Squirrel - Stampin' Up! Fluffy Squirrel

   I'm too late to enter this card but the layout is from the TGIF Challenge.  I loved the diamond/squares in the sketch and thought they would make a good background for my fluffy squirrel!

  I started with a Cajun Craze card base, then a layer of Pretty Peacock die cut with the Perennial Postage dies.  I topped that layer with a piece of Very Vanilla embossed with the Forever Plaid embossing folder.  I had that piece in my stash as an orphaned card part so I was glad to finally get it used!

  The diamonds/squares are just Cajun Craze or Pretty Peacock cardstock topped with a Perennial Postage square in Gathering Together DSP in a nice Early Espresso pattern.  The darker parts make the lighter squirrel pop.

  The squirrel and acorn are stamped in Early Espresso and then colored with blends.  It's then fussy cut and popped up over the sentiment banner.  The banner is cut with the Stylish Shapes dies the sentiment is from the long retired Good Greetings stamp set.  It's embossed in white.

  I added a tiny linen thread bow to the acorn and a few Cajun Craze and Gold dots for the finishing touches.

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All of the current supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Fluffy Squirrel, Good Greetings (retired)

Ink: Early Espresso, Versamark

Blends: Pecan Pie, Ivory, Neutrals

Paper: Cajun Craze, Pretty Peacock, Very Vanilla, Gathering Together DSP (Online Exclusive)

Accessories: Perennial Postage dies, Stylish Shapes dies, dimensionals, white embossing powder, linen thread, Cajun Craze & Gold dots 

Woodland Seasons - Stampin' Up!® Woodland Scenery

   My card today is one that I made on my Facebook Live yesterday.  It's a cute way to use the little tree from the Woodland Scenery stamp set and make it more of an 'all year round' tree.  I stamp a project live every Wednesday at 11am and I hope you can join me next week. You can rewatch the video below on YouTube.

I love this sweet little tree and it was fun to make all 4 seasons with just the one stamp and my Stampin' Blends markers!  

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All of the current supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE. 

Stamps: Woodland Scenery, Fluffy Squirrel

Ink: Pecan Pie

Blends: Pool Party light & dark, Granny Apple Green light & dark, Old Olive light & dark, Mossy Meadow dark, Daffodil Delight dark, Pumpkin Pie light & dark, Cajun Craze light & dark

Paper: Basic White thick, Basic White, Floral Delight DSP, Pool Party, Granny Apple Green, Mossy Meadow, Cajun Craze

Accessories: Perennial Postage dies, Eyelet embossing folder, dimensionals circle punches/dies, Streaked Dots, retired ribbon

Christmas Shaker - Stampin' Up!® Ornamental Christmas

   The New at SU! blog hop is back!  This group of demonstrators from around the world is ready to show off all kinds of great ideas using newly released Stampin' Up! products.  This month we're using products from the Sept.-Dec. mini catalog or the September Online Exclusives.  The full hop list is at the end of my post!  Hop around with us and say hi!

  I decided to use the Online Exclusive Modern Christmas Suite Collection which has a gorgeous black, white and gold vibe that I totally went with for my shaker card!  I may have even gone over the top with using the entire suite! You decide!

   I started with a piece of the Modern Christmas Specialty DSP for the background. Each sheet has one side with a gold foil accent and the other side is black and white.  

  The shaker element is created using the Ornamental Christmas dies, Gold Foil, loose gold sequins, Basic Black and Basic White cardstocks, window sheets and foam adhesive strips. 

 I added one of the large gold hoops around the ornament as well as some white and gold bakers twine to make the hanging loop.  So much gold!

  The sentiment from the Ornamental Christmas stamp set is embossed in gold then punched out and is added to the side of the shaker element.  A few die cut gold foil stars are the last detail.

  If you're into the bold, statement kind of Christmas card then the Modern Christmas Suite is for you!  Don't forget to check out the rest of the hop for more inspiration!

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All of the supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.  

Stamps: Ornamental Christmas (Online Exclusive)

Ink: Versamark

Paper: Modern Christmas Specialty DSP (Online Exclusive), Basic Black, Basic White, Gold Foil

Accessories: Ornamental Christmas dies (Online Exclusive), window sheets, Loose Gold Sequins, Foam adhesive strips, White & Gold baker's twine (Online Exclusive), large gold hoops (Online Exclusive), gold embossing powder, circle punch

  

Hexagon Birthday - Stampin' Up!® Month By Month

 I'm finally getting around to making a card with the color combination that I challenged my customers to use almost 2 weeks ago.  I forgot to write a note to remind myself to use these colors and you know what happens if I don't write something down???  Yup, it doesn't happen! So a day (or many!) late and at least a few dollars short I've got a nice masculine birthday card for Testosterone Tuesday!

  I love how the Heartfelt Hexagon punch lines up so nicely to give a beautiful tiled background. I punched out several hexagons in each of my colors (Misty Moonlight, Shy Shamrock and Pecan Pie).  For the Shy Shamrock and Misty Moonlight hexagons I stamped them using some of the small accent stamps that are in the Month By Month stamp set that is included with the Month By Month Scrapbooking Album Retreat (which is still available to order if you're interested in getting 24 pages done!!).  The Pecan Pie pieces are embossed with the Gathering Leaves embossing folder.  I sponged some Pecan Pie ink along the edges for more depth.

  I alternated the colors across and down the card front and trimmed off the overhanging bits.  The sentiment from Simply Said is stamped in Misty Moonlight on a thin strip of Basic White.  A few Shy Shamrock sparkle gems are the final detail.

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All of the current supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Month By Month (Virtual Album Retreat stamp set), Simply Said

Ink: Misty Moonlight, Shy Shamrock, Pecan Pie

Paper: Misty Moonlight, Shy Shamrock, Pecan Pie, Basic White thick, Basic White

Accessories: Heartfelt Hexagon punch, Gathering Leaves embossing folder (Online Exclusive), Shy Shamrock sparkle gems (retired)

Arched Blooms - Stampin' Up!® Impressions Abloom

   I'm just squeaking in getting this card posted for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge before it closes.  I loved the arched element but not having any arched dies it took me a minute to decide how to recreate that part of the layout.  But I got it done and the Impressions Abloom bundle was the way to do it!

  I started with a piece of the Floral Impressions DSP with those gorgeous colors for the background.  For the arch die cut I used the oval dies in the Impressions Abloom die set and just trimmed off the bottom curve.  There's always a way, sometimes you just have to look!  I used Misty Moonlight for the edge and Basic White for the center.  The Glass & Garden embossing folder gives the Basic White panel a nice bit of texture and carries on the floral theme.

  Once I trimmed off the lower part of the ovals the arch was a bit short so gave the impression of it being longer by added a wider band of Old Olive cardstock for the sentiment.  The sentiment is from the Bloom Phrases stamp set and is embossed in white.  A bit of retired Misty Moonlight ribbon is tied around the strip.

  For the flowers I layered Fresh Freesia and Petunia Pop ink, the centers are Peach Pie with stamped off Pecan Pie over-stamping. The leaves are stamped off and full strength Old Olive ink.

  The little sprinkle of flowers by the sentiment are die cut from Petunia Pop cardstock.  The centers are small rhinestones.

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All of the current supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Impressions Abloom (Online Exclusive), Blooming Phrases (Online Exclusive)

Ink: Petunia Pop, Fresh Freesia, Peach Pie, Pecan Pie, Old Olive, Versamark

Paper: Floral Impressions DSP (Online Exclusive), Basic White, Misty Moonlight, Old Olive, Petunia Pop

Accessories: Impressions Abloom dies (Online Exclusive), Garden & Glass embossing folder (Online Exclusive), white embossing powder, Misty Moonlight ribbon (retired), rhinestones, dimensionals

Layered Fall Birthday - Stampin' Up!® Gathering Moments

 My card today uses a new to me challenge.  I think I was scrolling looking for some scrapbooking layouts to get ideas and I came across the Sketch-n-Scrap challenge.  They share both card and scrapbooking layouts so it was great one stop inspiration.  There were lots of layers on this one so I was adding stuff left and right!

  I love the Gathering Together Specialty DSP so much that I think every fall card I make just might have at least a little piece on it!  After embossing a panel of Basic Beige with the Gathering Leaves embossing folder for the card front I added the strip of DSP to follow the sketch.

  Next is an Early Espresso square cut with the Perennial Postage dies.  The dark color set off the next few layers well.  I used the retired Tailor Made Tags dies to cut a piece of brushed brass cardstock and added a Cajun Craze hole enforcer, Basic Beige classic ribbon and Early Espresso Linen Thread for details.  The retired brushed brass paper was what I had on hand but any gold-ish foil paper would look great because of the great gold details on the DSP. For a current product check out the Earthen Toned Metallic paper or the Gold Foil.

  Instead of doing a circle I used a Traditional Labels die to create a spot to add my stamped leaves, berries and acorn from the Gathering Moments stamp set.

  Finally, I stamped a sentiment from the Simply Said set and popped it up on dimensionals.

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All of the current products used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Gathering Moments (Online Exclusive), Simply Said

Ink: Early Espresso, Cajun Craze, Basic Beige

Paper: Basic Beige, Early Espresso, Basic White, Cajun Craze, Gathering Together Specialty DSP, Brushed Metallic Cardstock (retired)

Accessories: Gathering Leaves embossing folder (Online Exclusive), Gathering Moments Traditional Labels dies, Perennial Postage dies, Tailor Made Tags dies (retired), dimensionals, Early Espresso Linen thread, Basic Beige Classic Ribbon

Snowy Background - Stampin' Up!® Snowy Delights Dies

  There was a mess on my stamping desk the other day with various supplies from several projects piled up and I was starting to tidy because I had about 2 square inches of space to work and I realized there was an unintended color combination in the middle of my mess.  I quickly cleared my work space and put this card together with the colors!  The Snowy Delights die set seemed like the perfect way to use these colors.

  I started with a Secret Sea card base then cut several snowflakes using Cloud Cover, Petal Pink and Basic White and adhered them to the card front.  I trimmed off the overhang and then used those bits to fill in some of the open space around the edges.

  The sentiment is simply a strip of Peaceful Garden Glimmer paper and the stamped sentiment from the Online Exclusive set Ornamental Christmas.

 Since there are no small snowflake dies in this set I used the 2 detailed dies to layer and trim down to make a smaller one to accent the side of the sentiment.  I didn't want to cover up too much of the background with a larger snowflake. I added a bunch of gems to the snowflake to make it stand out more.  The center is a Cloud Cover Flat Pearl and the points are Frosted Iridescent Dots.

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All of the supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Ornamental Christmas (Online Exclusive)

Ink: Secret Sea

Paper: Secret Sea, Petal Pink, Cloud Cover, Basic White, Peaceful Garden Glimmer Paper

Accessories: Snowy Delight dies, dimensionals, 2025-2027 In Color Flat Pearls, Frosted Iridescent Dots