Feeling Tropical!

Well I doubt my Christmas wishes of being somewhere tropical for the holidays will happen, I can enjoy creating some tropical themed cards right? It is almost the next best thing! haha!

I created this card on a Grey Granite base and I used the new Tropical Oasis suite from the upcoming Handmade for You Mini Catalogue coming out in January. The rectangular panel is embossed with the Coastal Weave 3D Embossing Folder. I added in strips of the Tropical Oasis DSP for a bit of interest after stamping the background with an image from the Timeless Tropical stamp set. The main flower is coloured with the Stampin’ Blends in Mango Melody and Pumpkin Pie. There is a coordinating frame lit set, In the Tropics Dies, that I used to add in the two leaves. And I am totally loving the Braided Burlap Trim ribbon as well that I added under the embossed panel. I love this suite! I think it has so much potential and has an awesome color palette to work with too!

Bakers Box of tiny treats!

I am hosting an event and I wanted the stampers attending to create a really fun, bright, awesome project to GIVE AWAY! So I came up with this Bakers Box filled with 4 of the Mini Curvy Keepsakes Boxes. Each is uniquely decorated and contains a different type of Lindt chocolate. I used the Let it Snow DSP as my color pallet inspiration as I love the bright cheery colors of this paper.

Note that a strip of 12x12 paper is not enough to wrap all the way around the box, so I added a piece of Whisper White cardstock to complete the belly band. See the last photo!

I used the Tiny Keepsakes stamp set to embellish the tags and keepsake boxes. I love that the stamp set has 4 phrases so each could be used on box.

I love how this cute project turned out. You could even add a gift card underneath as a secret surprise!

Looking for an adorable gift to give? This bakers box with tiny treats inside is just perfect!

Parisian Blossom Suite

I was so lucky to be asked to present at On Stage here in Edmonton in November! It feels like another life time ago when we consider this busy time of year! I was given the Parisian Blossoms suite to get crafty with. I created a bunch of cards and of course, scrapbook pages! This month I am going to share all of my creations with you. I created 18 cards and 4 pages…three of them are seen here below! Each page is made exclusively with products found in the suite (with the exception of the card stock). I tried to create soft pages as that is how the elements spoke to me. I really loved the Parisian Flourish 3D embossing folder and incorporated it on all three pages shown. Please leave me a comment if you have any particular questions about my creations!

30 Days of Christmas Cards!

From My House to Yours, thank you for following along on this endeavour with me! It was no easy feat to create and share 30 different Christmas cards this month! I am proud of everything I created and I hope I show cased a variety of projects and styles that sparked some creativity in you! This final card was created using the top three selling colors in the past Stampin’ Up! year; Balmy Blue, Night of Navy and Crumb Cake. I challenged one of my card groups to create swaps featuring these colors. This is what I came up with to share. It uses the From our House to Yours (pg 57) stamp set and because I am running out of everything I had to make them with 3 different types of ribbon! But they all work and sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do! Thank you to everyone who took time to comment on one of my projects! I truly appreciate it!

Next month I will be sharing projects I created with an upcoming new suite of products , The Parisian Blossom Suite, coming in January! Please continue to follow along!

Christmas Medley

My card for Nov 29th (Happy Black Friday) was created using the Most Wonderful Time Product Medley. Everything except the Read Red card base, Whisper White stitched circle and the Pear Pizzaz stitched shape is included in this Medley. I stamped, added different DSP and stickers, along with the tinsel trim and a bit of embossing! I am happy with how this card turned out and will be using it as a project at a future group meeting! The Medley has a bunch of awesome product and is a great value considering a stamp set and die set are also included. You can find it on page 39 of the Holiday Catalogue.

Most Wonderful Time Product Medley $95