Here's my Fryday project for this week. This idea came from Mary Beth, the owner of Marshville Chocolates. She thought the Fry Box would make a nice sleigh and it did. Yay!!! This can be a simple project or you can step it up with some punch art. Stampin' Up's muslin bags or 4" x 6" cello bags fit nicely
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I was pretty excited when I saw the Snowflake Flip Card Framelit in Stampin' Up's Holiday Catalogue. I haven't had a chance to try out all the extra shapes that came with it yet but I have the feeling this set of framelits will be one of my new favorites.
I wanted to post a video showing how to cut out the large snowflake using the framelit and how to use the snowflake to turn your extended swing card into a gift card holder by folding some tips on the snowflake.
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The Snowflake Fip Card Thinlit was one of the products from Stampin' Up's holiday catalogue that I couldn't wait to get my hands on. Here's my first attempt. I used the Good Greetings stamp set to stamp the words down the side and on the back of the snowflake.
The set of thinlits comes with the two smaller snowflakes so to make the largest one I used the thinlit itself. It doesn't cut all of the points since it's meant to stay attached to the card so I cut a 3-1/2" square of foil, layed it over the snowflake part of the card thinlit, rotated the foil lining up the points and ran it through the big shot again so it would cut the remaining parts of the snowflake.
On the flip side of the snowflake I used more sentiments from the Good Greetings stamp set.
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I tend to say "oh crap" a lot when I'm making cards. That's not always a bad thing. Many of my errors have led to some interesting discoveries like the error I made on this card. Can you pick it out?
I was CASing one of the cards from my Beyond the Season holiday card class which was made with DSP and wondered if it would look too plain in card stock. Since the card is supposed to look quilted I embossed the card front with Stampin' Up's new Triangle Embossing Folder but I put the card front into the folder face up instead of face down and got embossed lines instead of pillows. Oh crap! I put it back into the folder the opposite way hoping the old lines would flatten out and wouldn't be noticable. As luck would have it, not only did the old lines show but they're almost centred inside the pillows. I thought it looked kind of cool so lets pretend I planned it that way. Seems to me you've heard those words from me before.
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Are you ready for a little Christmas in July?
I named this class "Beyond the Season" because each card is made with non-Christmas stamp sets or products from Stampin' Up's Inspire Create and Share Catalogue. You can make these holiday cards then use the same stamp sets or products throughout the year. Who doesn't like getting more mileage from their paper crafting products?
This class includes step by step instructions and photo tutorials for 28 Christmas Cards. I’ve included some Clean and Simple cards that would be suitable for stamp-a-stacks or workshops as well as some masculine cards and punch art.
The cost of this class is $20 CAD
Click on the PayPal button below to order
If you have any questions you can email me at jackietopa@hotmail.com and I'd be happy to answer them.
Please note: This class is available to everyone. Although I design my classes with Stampin' Up demonstrators in mind you don't need to be a demonstrator to order it. And the class is available online so it doesn't matter where you live. Once I receive your order I'll email you the class link and login information.
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I made these little guys for table favours.They're made with the Envelope Punch Board and have a York Peppermint Patty inside. My favorite part is the face. After I punched the dip in the hat and rounded the corners I used the punched scraps that were left over for his eyes and mouth. The base is 11" x 2-1/8", scored at 5-1/8 and 5-7/8 and punched 2-1/8" from each end with the punch board to make the indent for the neck. I used I used washi tape for the hat band and scarf and the Itty Bitty Punch pack as well as the ornament punch from the Merry Minis Punch Pack. If you'd like more details you can watch this Envelope Punch Board Snowman Video Tutorial
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I made this card using the 4 stamps from the Wishing You stamp set and some silver ribbon. The star is punched from silver foil using the merry minis punches. I have this stamp set in clear mount so I was able to mount all the stamps in the shape of a tree on my largest acrylic block and stamp them all at the same time.
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This is one of my gift class projects made with Stampin' Up's Joyful Christmas stamp set and the Oval Accent Bigz Clear Die. The poinsettia insert will hold a gift card or tea bag. You can download the free instructions for this project here Download Gift Class Poinsettia
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I've started a new club for my online customers called the Stamp Set Challenge Club. Club members pick the stamp set and challenge me to show them at least 4-6 different ways to use it. The first set the club members chose was Stampin' Up's Special Season which you can find on page 29 of the Holiday Catalogue
Anyone can join our Stamp Set Challenge Club and maybe you're favorite stamp set will be the next challenge
Here's how to join:
-If you live in Canada and place an online order with me for the featured stamp set I will email you the written instuctions for free. Each project has step by step written instuction with a full color photo of each project.
-If you live outside of Canada or already have a Stampin' Up demonstrator you can purchase the written instructions for $5 by clicking on the shopping cart below
-If you're a demonstrator the written instructions can be printed and used to teach in-home classes.
The featured stamp set is Special Season (wood 131766 or Clear 131769)
To purchase the instuctions for the projects made with this set click here. The cost is $5 CAD
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