Stampin' For Christmas--Blog Hop!

I am so excited to be participating in this Stampin’ For Christmas monthly blog hop, celebrating Christmas ALL YEAR LONG! Isn’t that fun! When I got my copy of the Handmade for You holiday catalogue, the first things I ordered was the Heartwarming Hugs Suite. I LOVE everything in this suite so I knew I wanted to use it to create a card to share with you today!

I started with a card base of Soft Suede and layered it with Crumb Cake. I used my Water Painter and some Soft Suede ink to create the splatter effect in the background while stamping the little hearts from the Warm Hugs stamp set. I love how the Warm Wraps dies have so many layering options and I featured one here on this card. I even trimmed the scallop boarder down a bit to nestle in beside the sentiment.

The Mossy Meadow Diagonal Stripe ribbon is also amazing as it has two looks depending on what side you use.

Look how fabulous this looks! I love the layers that you can create with this die set and how the sentiment pops being embossed in white on Real Red card stock.

I hope my cards inspire you to create something with the Warm Hugs Bundle!I think it has so much potential and I know I will be using it a lot this holiday season! You can shop with me by using the Hostess Code or my Shop Now Button!

Next up on our Hop is Kirsty Pattrick, I can’t wait to see what she has designed! Thanks for hoping with us and hope to see you next month!

Christmas in July--its a thing!

Don’t believe me? Hahaha, or do you feel that its blasphemous to talk about Christmas in July? Well if you do, maybe this cute card will change your mind and get you thinking about Christmas 2020. It might be the only thing we have to look forward too. Hahaha!

Actually I can think of something else to look forward to, making awesome holiday cards and Christmas projects! I actually start this process in August believe it or not!

I created this card using traditional Christmas colors in Real Red, Old Olive and Crumb Cake and the upcoming Heartwarming Hugs Suite.

I used the Warm Hugs stamp set and Warm Wraps Dies to create this card. I started by stamping Happy Christmas randomly in Real Red on the card base. It is hard to capture in the picture, but I flicked my Wink of Stella pen across the card front as well. If you haven’t tried this before, experiments! It can add some amazing sparkle too your projects!

I cut a strip of Heartwarming Hugs DSP and layered it on some Crumb Cake. I tried some Linen Thread around in a bow. I I used three stamps from the stamp set to create the label. To highlight it, I cut a scalloped strip using one of the dies from the set and tucked it underneath the Crumb Cake.

It actually didn’t take long to create a bunch of these for a card swap I was in—yes, a Christmas in July card swap!

Just Tag it! Create with Connie & Mary!

Happy Christmas in July! Are you having fun hopping with us and getting some holiday inspiration? Stampin’ Up! has really knocked it out of the park with the new upcoming Handmade For You (Holiday) catalogue. Once August hits our stampin’ friends will be able to order! I was able to get my hands on some products because of my demo status #myfavoritething! Getting my hands on new stuff early is super exciting for me!

One of the things I was super excited about was the Tag Buffet Project Kit—it is right at the start of the Handmade For You catalogue so you cannot miss it! And you won’t want to! I have been a demonstrator for a long time and I think I can safely say this is the BEST tag kit we have had yet! I love the oversized tags, the traditional Christmas colors and the volume of tags this kit makes—-30 in all of 6 designs! Everything you need is inside a cute decorated box, similar in size to our mini Paper Pumpkin boxes (which I love!).

As soon as I put these tags together I knew I needed to create a scrapbook page! It might be the fastest page I have ever made!

There is a separate and coordinating stamp set to purchase to accompany this kit—called Tag Buffet. I used it to stamp the sentiments on the tags and ‘Tis the Season’ on my page. The font is fun and whimsical and perfectly suits this tag kit.

Scrapbooking doesn’t always have to take hours to put together a page! When you have great elements like these in the Tag Buffet kit, fabulous pages can come together in a snap!

Isn’t the size of these tags perfect? Great for gifts giving, easy card embellishments and memory keeping!

I added a bit of background splatter with my Water Painter and Shaded Spruce ink pad. Just smash your ink pad on an acrylic block, drop a bit of water in and flick the Water Painter across your background. It creates a really easy background.

You will notice that I did not pop the holes out on the tags I used on the layout. This helped them look more like shapes versus tags. I added a few of the Gold Glitter Gems to the page and few twigs/leafs stamped in the background here and there!

I hope by sharing all of these fabulous tags you are inspired to purchase this Tag Kit! I cannot wait to offer it as a class when it gets closer to the holidays! You can hop back to see Melissa’s Christmas in July projects and hop forward to see what Connie has created!

Christmas in July--Joy of Sets Style!

It is Christmas in July over here! Stampin’ Up! is adjusting their catalogue release dates which means that the new Holiday Catalogue Demonstrator pre-order period began July 1st! Just in time for me to create some fun cards for this Joy of Sets Blog Hop!

I had so much fun designing and creating these cards once I got into the Christmas mindset!

I used a new stamp set called Tag Buffet. It is actually the complimentary stamp set to create the Tag Buffet project kit. I thought it was a unique set to use for this blog theme.

To create this first card I started with a new Designer Series Paper called ‘Tis the Season. It is a 6x6 medley that features the colors Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green, Real Red and Shaded Spruce. I decided to add our new In Color, Just Jade into the mix as it looks SO GOOD with Shaded Spruce.

All of the elements on the 3 cards I designed were cut by hand, yes OLD SCHOOL, as there are no dies or punches that coordinate with this stamp set. I also used our Stampin’ Blends in Just Jade and Cherry Cobbler to color the stocking and ornament.

In the card above I stamped the sentiment in Cherry Cobbler and then flicked my marker over top to take away the white. I added a small strip of Shaded Spruce card stock that had been run through the Tasteful Textile 3D folder. And the gems I used on all 3 of the cards are, surprise, Blue Adhesive Backed Gems! There are two tones in this embellishment and one had a green feeling to me so I decided to add them in!

To create the second card I used Just Jade as the base and added a panel of Shaded Spruce card stock with some coordinating DSP from the ‘Tis the Season medley. I stamped some of the sprigs behind and used my water painter in the Just Jade ink to add a spray of color. I stamped two ‘leaves’ on Just Jade paper and used one of the blends to give them a bit more detail before cutting them out. The sentiment is also a part of the stamp set and is stamped in Cherry Cobbler with a spray of Just Jade ink. And once again I added in some of those Blue Adhesive Backed Gems.

The 3rd and final card in this cute little trio features a plaid DSP option from the ‘Tis the Season medley. I flicked a water painted across the Shaded Spruce card base and stamped a couple of leaves in the same ink color. I thought the little ornament was so cute and I decided to cut apart one of the larger phrases in the stamp set to be the greeting on the card.

I hope you love this trio of Christmas Cards, I am thrilled with how they turned out and can’t wait to offer them as a class when it gets a little closer to holiday season!

The next stop on our Christmas in July blog hop is with Libby Fens! I know you will love her creations and I hope our hop inspires you with projects and ideas!