Addicted to Stamping

Frosty Snow Globe

I couldn't throw away the scrap I had left from yesterday's card so I used it as the insert for the snow globe. Instead of using the Snow Globe Shaker Dome for this card I cut a globe from a window sheet. We'll be making this card at our upcoming Christmas Card Buffet on Nov. 1. 

 

Feels Like Frost Shaker

The Feels Like Frost DSP is so beautiful in real life it's hard not to hoard it. To get past my fear of cutting into it I cased this card from the Stampin' Up 2019 Holiday Catalogue. Tomorrow I'll post the card I made from the scraps.

Fry Box Sleigh

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Snowflake Gift Card Holder

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Snowflake Flip Card

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.

Oh Crap!

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.

Envelope Punch Board Snowman

 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 

 

Wishing You Tree

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.

Poinsettia Tea Bag/Gift Card Holder

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 

No Bracket Punch?

I know I ordered one of Stampin' Up's Bracket Punches but I can't seem to find it. I was making a tag the other day to go on a little gift for a customer. I stamped a coordinating image but couldn't find my bracket punch. Of course if I didn't leave everything until the last minute I could have cut it out by hand but being in a hurry I used the Decorative Label Punch to punch out the stamped image. It cut off the outline along the sides of the image so I took the fat end of the Cherry Cobbler marker and ran it around the outside edge of the punched shape. I used the thin end of the maker to draw some lines and make the plaid pattern at the top and bottom. I added some Garden Green lines in between, punched a hole in the top and tied the tag onto my package.