Christmas in July Week - Day One: Colorful Christmas Card Set

Hello and Welcome to my annual Christmas in July week! Better late than never, I hope! :) Technically, I kicked off the celebration early yesterday with a bonus embossing folder card, but I'm back today to officially start the Christmas festivities.

I wanted to start off this week of projects with something really quick, simple, and super fun. I made a set of two of these little note cards, but you could easily make more. To make these cards so quick and simple, I used the Tag a Bag Kit from the Annual Catalog to create the adorable layered tags. You get enough supplies in the kit for 10 tags like these. I added some Silver Glimmer Paper (not included in the kit) between the small and large tags, but you could just as easily use the Smoky Slate banner stickers that come in the kit. The colors are Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Gumball Green, Smoky Slate, Tangerine Tango, which is what I used to color the images - except I used Pool Party instead of Bermuda Bay because I wanted to have a Pool Party panel for the background of the card. The stamp set is called Color Me Christmas (#131742 wood/#131745 clear) and it has these two images, plus a Christmas tree, Santa, and a reindeer. 

What I love about these cards - which measure 3.5x5 inches by the way (you could use the Note Cards and Envelopes - 20 cards and 20 envelopes for only $5.95!) - is that they're so family friendly. These would be great cards for teachers, church youth group leaders, babysitters... especially if you get your kids involved in making them! Little ones can help choose which tags to match together, and bigger kids can work the Big Shot to emboss the backgrounds, or color the images. The color scheme of the tag kit is bright and fun, and the images are quirky and cartoony, so the coloring doesn't have to be perfect.

Don't forget - all the Holiday Catalog items I'll be using this week will be available on Thursday, August 1st when the Holiday Catalog goes live. Hope you enjoyed this project. See you tomorrow! 

Happy Stampin'! :)

Paper Pumpkin 101

Have you met Paper Pumpkin? This is the new monthly kit subscription from Stampin' Up! and it is awesome! The idea is like Cinderella's pumpkin carriage: A little red box arrives on your doorstep once a month to whisk you off for a 30 minute creative escape! :) It could be a set of cards, a home decor item, a journal... Each kit has everything you need for one project. You just need to supply the adhesive.

I made a video that goes over what you need to know before you subscribe. I very highly recommend checking it out! The video also walks you through the Welcome Kit, which is what you'll receive your first month. Sign up by May 10th and you'll get your Welcome Kit in May! If you're interested, you can watch the video below, or over on my YouTube channel. Then head over to the Paper Pumpkin website to sign up!

And since the kit comes with everything you need to complete your project except adhesive, here are some suggestions for the adhesives you may wish to have on hand to complement your Paper Pumpkin subscription.

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Happy Stampin'! :)

Start-to-Finish Sunday #23 - Dude, You're Welcome Card

If you follow my YouTube channel, you may have seen that I posted an extra video yesterday. My husband made a card using Stampin' Up's "Dude, You're Welcome" kit and filmed the process. So for today's STFS video I decided to use the kit as my inspiration and show a few tips for incorporating the kit contents into your own papercrafting, whether you purchase the kit for a man in your life or you want to grab it for yourself! :)

I used a couple different inspirations in designing this card. One was a recent sketch from Retro Sketches.

You can see I adapted it a little bit, but I really liked the layout! And I was also very inspired by the Color Challenge that Stampin' Up! recently posted.

Basic Gray, Pool Party, Calypso Coral, and Lucky Limeade! These are some of my favorite colors! :)

So go ahead and check out the video below, or over on my YouTube channel. I hope you find some tips for using this kit in your card making! If you'd like to order it for yourself, or the man in your life, visit my website!

Happy Stampin'! :)



Dude, You're Welcome Card Supplies

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Start-to-Finish Sunday #21 - Sent with Love Card

The Sent with Love collection was one of those things that I fell in love with the instant I saw it. I needed to order it the moment it became available. When it arrived, I gazed at it, I petted it (oh come on, like you don't pet your DSP!), I gazed at it some more, and then I put it away. As much as I adored it, I just couldn't figure out what to do with it! Yesterday, when I filmed this video, was the first time I used this kit! There's this one amazing sheet in the DSP with all these little elements that you can cut out, and I realized that with that one sheet, you can't go wrong with your cards! Cut out a bunch of them, play around with them, see what combos and layers you like, and make a card! What was stopping me all this time??!? ;)

How cute is this card! And SO easy to put together, once I just got started. This kit is so super adorable (red, white, and blue/aqua - my favorite!) and it's SUCH a great deal!

#131847 Sent with Love Stamp Set (clear-mount; English only) $17.95
#132182 Sent with Love Designer Series Paper $10.95
#132851 Sent with Love Bundle $25.50
(Bundle includes the Sent with Love Stamp Set, Sent with Love Designer Series Paper, and Calypso Coral Baker's Twine at a 20% discount!)

Don't forget, these products are only available through April 30, 2013, so if you like what you see, head over to my website to place an order :) You can watch the video below, or over on my YouTube channel.

Thanks for stopping by today. Happy Easter if you're celebrating!




Sent with Love Card Supplies

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Ornamental Elegance Kit

Ok, now this is COOL! You know that amazing ornament on the front of the Holiday Catalog? I don't know about you, but what kept me from making one myself is that you have to do SO MUCH die cutting. Well, Stampin' Up! received such an overwhelming response to their project that they've assembled kits for it! And all the ornaments are already die cut for you! YAY! :)

Here's how it works: One $14.95 kit has enough supplies to make 10 ornaments - wow! You don't even need the stamp set because the die cut pieces are pre-printed! Here's a look at all the supplies you get in the kit...

So one last time, let me break it down for you: One kit. $14.95. 10 amazing ornaments. That's it. I'm trying to be as honest as possible with you here because my readers and my customers totally rock. This is not a kit that was designed by Stampin' Up! corporate to get me to "upsell" other products to you. This is not a "Hey look at this amazing kit and all you have to do is buy a stamp set and 3 ink pads to be able to use it!" That's why I think this is such an awesome opportunity - and it's only while supplies last! $14.94 for 10 ornaments, that's $1.50 per project. I love giving ornaments - if I can I like to put them on friends' trees when they're not looking! Although this one's pretty good sized so you may not be able to do that! :)

Anyway, if you want to order a kit or two, they're only available until supplies run out (and Stampin' Up! didn't say how many they made!), and it's Item # 132832. All you need to have on hand is a pair of scissors, a hot glue gun (the Silicone Craft Sheet wouldn't hurt either, but then again, I just said I wasn't trying to upsell you anything else!), and a glue stick or snail adhesive.