Stampin' Up! Last Chance List - December 2024

   It's that time of year when one Stampin' Up! catalog is winding down and we are anticipating new products coming in early January 2025.  The Last Chance list has been updated with products that will no longer be available once supplies are sold out.  Shop the Last Chance List to make sure you don't miss out.  Many items are being discounted!

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Peaceful Elegance - Stampin' Up! Peaceful Season

   My card today is another design that is perfect for making multiples and showing off some of your favorite DSP!  I used the Peaceful Season stamp set along with some Season of Elegance DSP.

  There are several colors in the Season of Elegance DSP and they all look beautiful with the gold accents and I chose to use the Basic Beige pattern for this design.  The card base is Basic Beige and then I backed the piece of DSP with a Cherry Cobbler panel because I wanted to use this lovely Cherry Cobbler and gold satin ribbon for the bow.  What an elegant group of colors right?

  The sentiment from Peaceful Season is stamped on a Spotlight on Nature circle die cut (my favorites!!) in Cherry Cobbler ink.

  I accented the side of the sentiment with a little Christmas tree stamped in two tones of Old Olive.  The bottom layer of ink is stamped off once and the top layer details are in full strength ink.  You can find this sweet tree and matching die in the Iconic Imagery bundle which is an Online Exclusive.  The tree is popped on a dimensional and then the top is accented with an Earth Tones Shimmer gem.

  I made a whole stack of this design for my customer thank you cards for November.  I write a little note on copy paper and leave the card blank so that my customers can use these cards as needed.  We can all use a few more Christmas cards right?

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

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

 Stamps: Peaceful Season, Iconic Imagery (Online Exclusive)

Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive

Paper: Basic Beige, Cherry Cobbler, Season of Elegance DSP, Basic White

Accessories: Spotlight on Nature dies, Iconic Imagery dies (Online Exclusive), dimensionals, Earth Tones Shimmer gems, Cherry Cobbler and Gold Satin Ribbon

Woodland Friends Christmas - Stampin' Up! Christmas Friends

   Just like my cards from yesterday, today I've used more of the Sentimental Christmas DSP for my card backgrounds.  This time I took the top part of the lantern/pine tree pattern and created 2 cards but I used the Christmas Friends stamp set for the focal images.

  I added some green to the Pretty Peacock/white color scheme today. I used the Peaceful Evergreens dies to add a few trees in Mossy Meadow as well a set of gifts using the Christmas Friends dies.  I used Pretty Peacock cardstock and white glimmer paper. Both animals are stamped and then colored in with Blends markers.  

  For the 'merry' banner I used the Peaceful Season bundle and embossed the word in white.  Some fun retired Iridescent Trim adds a bit more sparkle to the card behind the sentiment.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

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

Stamps: Christmas Friends, Peaceful Season

Ink: Versamark, Smoky Slate (bear), Pecan Pie (moose)

Blends: Old Olive light & dark, Pretty Peacock light & dark, Pecan Pie light & dark, Ivory

Paper: Pretty Peacock, Sentimental Christmas DSP, Old Olive, Mossy Meadow, white Glimmer paper (retired)

Accessories: Christmas Friends dies, Peaceful Evergreens dies, Peaceful Season dies, dimensionals, white embossing powder, Iridescent Trim (retired)

Sentimental Trio - Stampin' Up! Sentimental Christmas DSP

   Are you still making your Christmas cards?  Do you need a few more ideas to finish up those last cards?  I created a set of 3 cards that use large panels of the Sentimental Christmas DSP that are really simple to make!

  Using the same supplies keeps these designs easy to make.  If you want to re-create these designs but don't have all the same products that I used just swap out with something similar from your stash!  I have had the Sentiment Christmas DSP since the demo preorder and I've used a bunch of the patterns but the large snowy scene with the lantern hanging from the branch didn't seem like a great one to use for cards.  I thought it would be perfect for a 12x12 scrapbook layout.  But I challenged myself to use it for cards and this is what came of it!

 These cards all use the bottom half of the larger piece and I cut them into 3 5 1/4" x 4" panels for the background.  Then I adhered them to a Pretty Peacock base.

   I used the Peaceful Seasons dies to cut the 2 layers of 'Christmas' and then the Peaceful Seasons stamp set to stamp the 'merry'.  I did one set for each card then adhered them to the card front with dimensionals.

I then embossed 6 snowflakes in white onto Pretty Peacock cardstock.  My snowflake is in the Iconic Imagery set but any snowflake around this size would work!  Once they were die cut I added a length of white baker's twine to the back of each one securing it with dimensionals.  I tucked the loose end under the dimensionals on the Christmas panel using my paper piercer to get the twine in just the right place.  

  The center of each snowflake is highlighted with a clear ribboned adhesive-backed dot.  

  Keeping the design simple, colors limited and letting the DSP do a lot of the heavy lifting these 3 cards came together in no time to add a few more cards to my Christmas stash!  Repeat with the other DSP sheet for 3 more!

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

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

Stamps: Peaceful Season, Iconic Imagery (Online Exclusive)

Ink: Versamark, Pretty Peacock

Paper: Pretty Peacock, Basic White, Sentimental Christmas DSP

Accessories: Iconic Imagery dies (Online Exclusive), Peaceful Season dies, dimensionals, white embossing powder, white baker's twine, clear ribboned adhesive-backed dot (Online Exclusive)

So Many Presents! - Stampin' Up! Reindeer Fun Dies

 With all the Thanksgiving preparations, having my oldest home from college for a few days and of course Christmas decorating I've been behind in my stamping.  I was finally able to create a card for my last customer stamping challenge that I gave them last week!  It's a fun sketch to try out and it's perfect for using up narrow scraps!  I pulled out some Reindeer Days DSP and paired it with the Reindeer Fun dies!

I decided to let the gift print inspire the whole card and not only used the DSP but made a sweet little present out of the Festive Fun Glimmer paper for the small focal image of the sketch.

  I started this one with a Real Red card base then a layer of Garden Green that is just slightly larger than the Basic White Perennial Postage die cut.

 3 strips of the Reindeer Fun DSP create the colorful background.  I wrapped a few lengths of Garden Green baker's twine around the large panel and tied it with a bow.

A Stylish Shape circle was already cut and in my orphaned card parts bin so I added that with dimensionals and then popped the present up with more dimensionals onto the circle.

  The teeny tiny sentiment is in the Humble Home stamp set and is stamped in Garden Green and trimmed down by hand.  And they are really hard to see but I added a few retired Granny Apple Green glitter dots for some sparkle.

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

Stamps: Humble Home

Ink: Garden Green

Paper: Real Red, Garden Green, Basic White, Reindeer Days DSP, Festive Glimmer paper

Accessories: Perennial Postage dies, Stylish Shapes dies, Reindeer Fun dies, dimensionals, Garden Green baker's twine (retired), glitter dots (retired)

Merry Reindeer - Stampin' Up! Reindeer Fun Dies

   I've been working on a few more Christmas cards to pad my supply and I used the fun sketch over at The Paper Players to get me started.  The Reindeer Fun bundle has been really great to work with this season and I still have ideas coming to me!

    For the card base I used Garden Green, then added a layer of Reindeer Days DSP.  The diagonal band in the sketch is a fun element so I used a bit of Red Velvet Paper that retired a few years ago and I didn't use nearly enough when it was current so I'm making up for it now!  

  The main panel is cut with the Deckled Rectangle Dies and the sentiment from Peaceful Season is stamped in Real Red ink.

  I used the Reindeer Fun dies to make the deer with Early Espresso, Basic Beige and Pecan Pie cardstock.  A Festive Glimmer paper nose adds to the fun!  I popped the finished deer on dimensionals and then added a holly leaf and some gold foil bells. 

  The card is finished with a few gold sequins in the corner to balance the gold bells that are opposite.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

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

Stamps: Peaceful Season

Ink: Real Red

Paper: Garden Green, Reindeer Days DSP, Basic White, Gold Foil, Early Espresso, Basic Beige, Pecan Pie, Festive Glimmer Paper, Red Velvet paper (retired)

Accessories: Reindeer Fun Dies, Deckled Rectangle dies, dimensionals, baker's twine, Neutrals Adhesive-backed sequins

Polar Bear Gift Card Holder - Stampin' Up! Christmas Friends

 If you give out a lot of gift cards for the holidays then you'll definitely want to have a gift card holder design to wow because even they deserved to be jazzed up!  Every year I search for a new design to teach at my classes and this year's couldn't be any easier!  It only takes 2 scores!  We used the Christmas Friends bundle for this design but any Christmas stamp set would work or swap out Christmas for a birthday theme!

  This is the front and it starts with just a 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" card base.  So with one piece of 8 1/2" x 11" cardstock you can get 4 bases.  To add a bit of weight and some interest I added another slightly smaller piece of Cherry Cobbler embossed with the Forever Plaid embossing folder.

Cut a piece of Pool Party to 4 1/4" x 9 3/4" (you can get 2 of these pieces per one 8 1/2" x 11" cardstock).  Score at 3 1/4" and 6 1/2" to make your accordion style fold.  2  4" x 3" Basic White panels are used for the first two parts.  The outside one is stamped with the Falling Snow background stamp.  We stamped and colored and cut the bear and added him to the panel with dimensionals.  A little garland is cut with Old Olive cardstock and Festive Glimmer Paper in Cherry Cobbler.  The two piece of the garland are adhered together with mini dimensionals to make that element stand out a bit.  The sentiment is stamped and punched out and is layered with a punched circle of more Festive Glimmer paper.

  To make the gift card pocked we used a piece of Season of Elegance DSP cut to 4" x 2".  Using the circle punch we punched a half circle right in the middle to give a little thumb hole to slide the g.c. in and out.  Remember when you're adhering this piece to only apply your adhesive on the sides and bottom leaving the top edge open.  A gift card holder isn't much use if you glue down the pocket!

    I hope you'll give this design a try and get yourself ready for the gift(card) giving season!

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

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

Stamps: Christmas Friends, Falling Snow

Ink: Pool Party, Pebbled Path

Blends: Cherry Cobbler light & dark, Old Olive light & dark, Pool Party light

Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Basic White, Old Olive, Pool Party, Season of Elegance Specialty DSP, Festive Glimmer paper

Accessories: Forever Plaid embossing folder, circle punches (or dies), Christmas Friends dies, dimensionals, scoring board/blade

Gold & Bokeh Christmas - Stampin' Up! Peaceful Evergreens

   At my classes I always try to teach my stampers some thing new or at lease remind them of a fun technique that they may have forgotten about so at my last class we did the bokeh (pronounced bow-kay) technique to make a fun background for a pretty gold Christmas tree.  

  We did this technique in a class a long time ago and most of my customers either didn't remember or started stamping with me after so it was fun to show them what a few circle stencils could do!

  This card starts with a Pretty Peacock base then we did the bokeh technique on a piece of Lost Lagoon for a monochromatic look.  

  To make your bokeh stencils all you need are a few sizes of circle dies or punches.  If you're using dies you can make your stencils out of acetate or cardstock.  Acetate lasts longer and can just be washed off but cardstock is fine too.  If you're using punches then stick with cardstock as most punches won't go through acetate.  Use a piece of cardstock or acetate that is at least as big as the card front and then punch/die cut the different size circles in a random pattern.  I used 3 different circle stencils with random patterns for class but you can use the same one and just rotate the stencil around for each layer.  Use some pieces of masking paper to help hold your stencils in place.

 Using one of the stencils and a blending brush we made Pretty Peacock circles first.  Then using the next stencil we did Lost Lagoon circles and finally for the 3rd layer we used white craft ink for the circles.  The circles should overlap some so you get that feeling of depth.  Any colors work and you can mix and match to see what looks you can get.

  Once we had our gorgeous background we added a length of Pretty Peacock and gold metallic ribbon.  The tree is stamped in Versamark on Pretty Peacock cardstock and then embossed in gold.  It's die cut and then popped on dimensionals over the ribbon.

  A bit of the new Brushed Gold Foil (Online Exclusives) is punched with a circle punch and the stamped and die cut sentiment round out the trio of elements.

  And of course you can't go wrong with a bit more gold so a few Drusy embellishments finish this design.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

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

Stamps: Peaceful Evergreens, Peaceful Season

Ink: Lost Lagoon, Pretty Peacock, white craft, Versamark

Paper: Lost Lagoon, Pretty peacock, Basic White, Brushed Gold Foil (Online Exclusives)

Accessories: circle punches/dies, Pretty Peacock & gold metallic ribbon, dimensionals, gold embossing powder, blending brushes, window sheets (acetate), Stitched Shapes dies, Drusy embellishments