New Year Nests - Nests of Winter Designer Series Paper

   Recently I made a set of 10 cards to go with a community service out reach gift that my church was involved in.  We weren't sure when the gifts were being distributed so I went with a general Happy New Year/winter theme using the Nests of Winter DSP.  Fussy cutting some of the birds right from the paper a great way to show off how cute they were.

  All of the cards are the same with just the fussy cut birds changing.  Some of the birds didn't have much of an attached branch so I also cut out some of the separate branches and berries to fill them out a bit.  Each one has a Basic White thick card base.

  I used the Snowflake Sky embossing folder to emboss a Basic White panel for one side of the card front and then used a piece of the DSP in a nice birch wood pattern for the other side.

  The Spotlight on Nature dies were used to cut the the sentiment circles.  The sentiment is from a retired set from a few years ago called Joyful Flurry and seemed perfect for this project.  I stamped it in Garden Green and then popped the circle on dimensionals.

  Finally the different fussy cut birds were added using glue and dimensionals.  I added a Cherry Cobbler bakers twine bow as well as some small red gems that I found in my stash.  The Nests of Winter DSP is currently out of stock but Stampin' Up! hopes to have it restocked in the next few weeks so if you're looking for a great paper for some winter projects or cards for bird lovers definitely add this one to your list!

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Stamps: Joyful Flurry (retired)

Ink: Garden Green

Paper: Basic White thick, Basic White, Nests of Winter DSP

Accessories: Spotlight on Nature dies, Snowflake Sky embossing folder, dimensionals, Cherry Cobbler baker's twine (retired), red faceted gems (retired)

Peaceful Elegance - Stampin' Up! Peaceful Season

   My card today is another design that is perfect for making multiples and showing off some of your favorite DSP!  I used the Peaceful Season stamp set along with some Season of Elegance DSP.

  There are several colors in the Season of Elegance DSP and they all look beautiful with the gold accents and I chose to use the Basic Beige pattern for this design.  The card base is Basic Beige and then I backed the piece of DSP with a Cherry Cobbler panel because I wanted to use this lovely Cherry Cobbler and gold satin ribbon for the bow.  What an elegant group of colors right?

  The sentiment from Peaceful Season is stamped on a Spotlight on Nature circle die cut (my favorites!!) in Cherry Cobbler ink.

  I accented the side of the sentiment with a little Christmas tree stamped in two tones of Old Olive.  The bottom layer of ink is stamped off once and the top layer details are in full strength ink.  You can find this sweet tree and matching die in the Iconic Imagery bundle which is an Online Exclusive.  The tree is popped on a dimensional and then the top is accented with an Earth Tones Shimmer gem.

  I made a whole stack of this design for my customer thank you cards for November.  I write a little note on copy paper and leave the card blank so that my customers can use these cards as needed.  We can all use a few more Christmas cards right?

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 Stamps: Peaceful Season, Iconic Imagery (Online Exclusive)

Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive

Paper: Basic Beige, Cherry Cobbler, Season of Elegance DSP, Basic White

Accessories: Spotlight on Nature dies, Iconic Imagery dies (Online Exclusive), dimensionals, Earth Tones Shimmer gems, Cherry Cobbler and Gold Satin Ribbon

Woodland Friends Christmas - Stampin' Up! Christmas Friends

   Just like my cards from yesterday, today I've used more of the Sentimental Christmas DSP for my card backgrounds.  This time I took the top part of the lantern/pine tree pattern and created 2 cards but I used the Christmas Friends stamp set for the focal images.

  I added some green to the Pretty Peacock/white color scheme today. I used the Peaceful Evergreens dies to add a few trees in Mossy Meadow as well a set of gifts using the Christmas Friends dies.  I used Pretty Peacock cardstock and white glimmer paper. Both animals are stamped and then colored in with Blends markers.  

  For the 'merry' banner I used the Peaceful Season bundle and embossed the word in white.  Some fun retired Iridescent Trim adds a bit more sparkle to the card behind the sentiment.

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Stamps: Christmas Friends, Peaceful Season

Ink: Versamark, Smoky Slate (bear), Pecan Pie (moose)

Blends: Old Olive light & dark, Pretty Peacock light & dark, Pecan Pie light & dark, Ivory

Paper: Pretty Peacock, Sentimental Christmas DSP, Old Olive, Mossy Meadow, white Glimmer paper (retired)

Accessories: Christmas Friends dies, Peaceful Evergreens dies, Peaceful Season dies, dimensionals, white embossing powder, Iridescent Trim (retired)

Sentimental Trio - Stampin' Up! Sentimental Christmas DSP

   Are you still making your Christmas cards?  Do you need a few more ideas to finish up those last cards?  I created a set of 3 cards that use large panels of the Sentimental Christmas DSP that are really simple to make!

  Using the same supplies keeps these designs easy to make.  If you want to re-create these designs but don't have all the same products that I used just swap out with something similar from your stash!  I have had the Sentiment Christmas DSP since the demo preorder and I've used a bunch of the patterns but the large snowy scene with the lantern hanging from the branch didn't seem like a great one to use for cards.  I thought it would be perfect for a 12x12 scrapbook layout.  But I challenged myself to use it for cards and this is what came of it!

 These cards all use the bottom half of the larger piece and I cut them into 3 5 1/4" x 4" panels for the background.  Then I adhered them to a Pretty Peacock base.

   I used the Peaceful Seasons dies to cut the 2 layers of 'Christmas' and then the Peaceful Seasons stamp set to stamp the 'merry'.  I did one set for each card then adhered them to the card front with dimensionals.

I then embossed 6 snowflakes in white onto Pretty Peacock cardstock.  My snowflake is in the Iconic Imagery set but any snowflake around this size would work!  Once they were die cut I added a length of white baker's twine to the back of each one securing it with dimensionals.  I tucked the loose end under the dimensionals on the Christmas panel using my paper piercer to get the twine in just the right place.  

  The center of each snowflake is highlighted with a clear ribboned adhesive-backed dot.  

  Keeping the design simple, colors limited and letting the DSP do a lot of the heavy lifting these 3 cards came together in no time to add a few more cards to my Christmas stash!  Repeat with the other DSP sheet for 3 more!

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Stamps: Peaceful Season, Iconic Imagery (Online Exclusive)

Ink: Versamark, Pretty Peacock

Paper: Pretty Peacock, Basic White, Sentimental Christmas DSP

Accessories: Iconic Imagery dies (Online Exclusive), Peaceful Season dies, dimensionals, white embossing powder, white baker's twine, clear ribboned adhesive-backed dot (Online Exclusive)

So Many Presents! - Stampin' Up! Reindeer Fun Dies

 With all the Thanksgiving preparations, having my oldest home from college for a few days and of course Christmas decorating I've been behind in my stamping.  I was finally able to create a card for my last customer stamping challenge that I gave them last week!  It's a fun sketch to try out and it's perfect for using up narrow scraps!  I pulled out some Reindeer Days DSP and paired it with the Reindeer Fun dies!

I decided to let the gift print inspire the whole card and not only used the DSP but made a sweet little present out of the Festive Fun Glimmer paper for the small focal image of the sketch.

  I started this one with a Real Red card base then a layer of Garden Green that is just slightly larger than the Basic White Perennial Postage die cut.

 3 strips of the Reindeer Fun DSP create the colorful background.  I wrapped a few lengths of Garden Green baker's twine around the large panel and tied it with a bow.

A Stylish Shape circle was already cut and in my orphaned card parts bin so I added that with dimensionals and then popped the present up with more dimensionals onto the circle.

  The teeny tiny sentiment is in the Humble Home stamp set and is stamped in Garden Green and trimmed down by hand.  And they are really hard to see but I added a few retired Granny Apple Green glitter dots for some sparkle.

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Stamps: Humble Home

Ink: Garden Green

Paper: Real Red, Garden Green, Basic White, Reindeer Days DSP, Festive Glimmer paper

Accessories: Perennial Postage dies, Stylish Shapes dies, Reindeer Fun dies, dimensionals, Garden Green baker's twine (retired), glitter dots (retired)

Merry Reindeer - Stampin' Up! Reindeer Fun Dies

   I've been working on a few more Christmas cards to pad my supply and I used the fun sketch over at The Paper Players to get me started.  The Reindeer Fun bundle has been really great to work with this season and I still have ideas coming to me!

    For the card base I used Garden Green, then added a layer of Reindeer Days DSP.  The diagonal band in the sketch is a fun element so I used a bit of Red Velvet Paper that retired a few years ago and I didn't use nearly enough when it was current so I'm making up for it now!  

  The main panel is cut with the Deckled Rectangle Dies and the sentiment from Peaceful Season is stamped in Real Red ink.

  I used the Reindeer Fun dies to make the deer with Early Espresso, Basic Beige and Pecan Pie cardstock.  A Festive Glimmer paper nose adds to the fun!  I popped the finished deer on dimensionals and then added a holly leaf and some gold foil bells. 

  The card is finished with a few gold sequins in the corner to balance the gold bells that are opposite.

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Stamps: Peaceful Season

Ink: Real Red

Paper: Garden Green, Reindeer Days DSP, Basic White, Gold Foil, Early Espresso, Basic Beige, Pecan Pie, Festive Glimmer Paper, Red Velvet paper (retired)

Accessories: Reindeer Fun Dies, Deckled Rectangle dies, dimensionals, baker's twine, Neutrals Adhesive-backed sequins

Polar Bear Gift Card Holder - Stampin' Up! Christmas Friends

 If you give out a lot of gift cards for the holidays then you'll definitely want to have a gift card holder design to wow because even they deserved to be jazzed up!  Every year I search for a new design to teach at my classes and this year's couldn't be any easier!  It only takes 2 scores!  We used the Christmas Friends bundle for this design but any Christmas stamp set would work or swap out Christmas for a birthday theme!

  This is the front and it starts with just a 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" card base.  So with one piece of 8 1/2" x 11" cardstock you can get 4 bases.  To add a bit of weight and some interest I added another slightly smaller piece of Cherry Cobbler embossed with the Forever Plaid embossing folder.

Cut a piece of Pool Party to 4 1/4" x 9 3/4" (you can get 2 of these pieces per one 8 1/2" x 11" cardstock).  Score at 3 1/4" and 6 1/2" to make your accordion style fold.  2  4" x 3" Basic White panels are used for the first two parts.  The outside one is stamped with the Falling Snow background stamp.  We stamped and colored and cut the bear and added him to the panel with dimensionals.  A little garland is cut with Old Olive cardstock and Festive Glimmer Paper in Cherry Cobbler.  The two piece of the garland are adhered together with mini dimensionals to make that element stand out a bit.  The sentiment is stamped and punched out and is layered with a punched circle of more Festive Glimmer paper.

  To make the gift card pocked we used a piece of Season of Elegance DSP cut to 4" x 2".  Using the circle punch we punched a half circle right in the middle to give a little thumb hole to slide the g.c. in and out.  Remember when you're adhering this piece to only apply your adhesive on the sides and bottom leaving the top edge open.  A gift card holder isn't much use if you glue down the pocket!

    I hope you'll give this design a try and get yourself ready for the gift(card) giving season!

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Stamps: Christmas Friends, Falling Snow

Ink: Pool Party, Pebbled Path

Blends: Cherry Cobbler light & dark, Old Olive light & dark, Pool Party light

Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Basic White, Old Olive, Pool Party, Season of Elegance Specialty DSP, Festive Glimmer paper

Accessories: Forever Plaid embossing folder, circle punches (or dies), Christmas Friends dies, dimensionals, scoring board/blade

Gold & Bokeh Christmas - Stampin' Up! Peaceful Evergreens

   At my classes I always try to teach my stampers some thing new or at lease remind them of a fun technique that they may have forgotten about so at my last class we did the bokeh (pronounced bow-kay) technique to make a fun background for a pretty gold Christmas tree.  

  We did this technique in a class a long time ago and most of my customers either didn't remember or started stamping with me after so it was fun to show them what a few circle stencils could do!

  This card starts with a Pretty Peacock base then we did the bokeh technique on a piece of Lost Lagoon for a monochromatic look.  

  To make your bokeh stencils all you need are a few sizes of circle dies or punches.  If you're using dies you can make your stencils out of acetate or cardstock.  Acetate lasts longer and can just be washed off but cardstock is fine too.  If you're using punches then stick with cardstock as most punches won't go through acetate.  Use a piece of cardstock or acetate that is at least as big as the card front and then punch/die cut the different size circles in a random pattern.  I used 3 different circle stencils with random patterns for class but you can use the same one and just rotate the stencil around for each layer.  Use some pieces of masking paper to help hold your stencils in place.

 Using one of the stencils and a blending brush we made Pretty Peacock circles first.  Then using the next stencil we did Lost Lagoon circles and finally for the 3rd layer we used white craft ink for the circles.  The circles should overlap some so you get that feeling of depth.  Any colors work and you can mix and match to see what looks you can get.

  Once we had our gorgeous background we added a length of Pretty Peacock and gold metallic ribbon.  The tree is stamped in Versamark on Pretty Peacock cardstock and then embossed in gold.  It's die cut and then popped on dimensionals over the ribbon.

  A bit of the new Brushed Gold Foil (Online Exclusives) is punched with a circle punch and the stamped and die cut sentiment round out the trio of elements.

  And of course you can't go wrong with a bit more gold so a few Drusy embellishments finish this design.

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Stamps: Peaceful Evergreens, Peaceful Season

Ink: Lost Lagoon, Pretty Peacock, white craft, Versamark

Paper: Lost Lagoon, Pretty peacock, Basic White, Brushed Gold Foil (Online Exclusives)

Accessories: circle punches/dies, Pretty Peacock & gold metallic ribbon, dimensionals, gold embossing powder, blending brushes, window sheets (acetate), Stitched Shapes dies, Drusy embellishments

Gingerbread Christmas - Stampin' Up! Humble Home

   This was a fun card to design for my last class! I wanted to make a gingerbread house and show off the Adhesive-backed Peppermint embellishments that have been in and out of stock since they were released. I think it turned out adorable!

  A Real Red card base is perfect for a classic Christmas color combo.  A strip of candy cane paper from Sentimental Christmas DSP sets the tone.

  A Spotlight on Nature circle is the base for the little grouping of the house and the trees.  The trees are cut from Garden Green cardstock using the Peaceful Evergreens die set.

  The house is stamped in Versamark on Pecan Pie cardstock and then embossed in white for the fun icing look.  After it is punched out the Peppermint embellishments are added and then it's popped on dimensionals.

  The sentiment is stamped in Real Red and hand trimmed and also popped on dimensionals.

  The final details is the red fork bow.  I use this type of bow all the time and it's so easy to make.  I did a quick video tutorial so you can learn to make your own!

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Stamps: Humble Home

Ink: Versamark, Real Red

Paper: Real Red, Basic White, Garden Green, Sentimental Christmas DSP, Pecan Pie

Accessories: Humble Home builder punch, Spotlight on Nature dies, Peaceful Evergreens dies, dimensionals, Real Red ribbon, Adhesive-backed Peppermints, white embossing powder

Sparkly Christmas - Stampin' Up! Peaceful Season

 The other day I counted up how many Christmas cards I have already made and I need to keep making them for a little bit longer so I won't be caught short when I actually sit down to write them out.  I'm going to take advantage of challenges to give me a starting place for inspiration to save a bit of time and dithering over what to make.  The 52 Christmas Card Throwdown has the challenge of "Sparkle" so I pulled out the Festive Glimmer Paper and got to work.

  I've finished up my classes for the year so there's no need to hoard Design Series Paper anymore so I used a full panel of Reindeer Days DSP for the card front.

  A large Stitched Shapes circle is the base for the rest of the elements.  Using the Peaceful Season dies I cut the 'Christmas' in Basic White and Garden Green and popped it on dimensionals right below the stamped 'Merry'.

  3 gifts and bows are die cut out of Festive Glimmer paper using the Reindeer Fun dies.  They are arranged under the sentiment with the gift in the forefront being popped on dimensionals.  A bit of Real Red ribbon finishes off the card.

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Stamps: Peaceful Season

Ink: Cherry Cobbler

Paper: Reindeer Days DSP, Basic White, Garden Green, Festive Glimmer Paper

Accessories: Stitched Shapes dies, Reindeer Days dies, Peaceful Season dies, dimensionals, Real Red ribbon

More Merry - Stampin' Up! More Than Autumn

   I've got my monthly card class today so I've been busy getting prepped for that but I found a bit of time to stamp for for myself this past weekend.  The Color Hues challenge sounded like a fun one; use Aqua and Pink so I thought I'd try out a Christmas card with those colors.

  I haven't used the More Than Autumn set for very many Christmas cards but I thought these colors would be fun for some cups of cocoa (or coffee if you prefer!).

  I started off with a Basic White thick card base, then a layer of Basic White embossed with the Snowflake Sky embossing folder.  I hand cut a large banner from Summer Splash Glimmer paper and then added a square of 2024-2026 In Color DSP next.

  A Basic White circle cut with the Spotlight on Nature dies gives a nice place for the 2 cups, one in Melon Mambo and then other in Summer Splash.  I stamped a candy cane and gingerbread man on the cups then added the cuffs.  The candy cane and gingerbread man on the cuffs are popped on mini dimensionals.  The whipped cream is stamped off once Basic Beige ink.

  I added the greeting in Melon Mambo from a retired set and put a baker's twine bow behind it.  And as I'm always trying to use up retired embellishments but never having much luck I added a few Melon Mambo enamel circles.

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Stamps: More Than Autumn, Good Greetings (retired)

Ink: Summer Splash, Melon Mambo, Basic Beige

Paper: Basic White thick, Basic White, 2024-2026 In Color Glimmer paper, 2024-2026 In Color DSP

Accessories: Snowflake Sky embossing folder, Spotlight on Nature dies, More Than Autumn Dies, dimensionals, baker's twine, enamel dots (retired) 

Peace & Joy Reindeer - Stampin' Up! Reindeer Fun

   I made a stack of this design last week as my customer thank you cards for October orders.  It's a fun design to show off multiple patterns of designer series paper as well as having a nice panel for an image.  The Reindeer Fun bundle continues to be a favorite of mine!

  I used this same layout a week or 2 back on THIS CARD.  Can you see how different a card can look by flipping a layout and just using different supplies!?  So fun!

  This card starts with a Real Red card base, then strips of Reindeer Days DSP around the border.  The deer are stamped in Early Espresso ink and then colored in with Blends markers.

  I stamped a tree in Garden Green to the side of the deer and added a gold sequin as a tree topper.  A Festive Glimmer paper bow is added to the adult deer.

  For the sentiment I embossed in gold a nice sentiment from the Peaceful Season stamp set and then die cut it with a Stylish Shape circle die.  I popped it on dimensionals and added a Real Red ribbon flag behind it.

  I think I may need to go through my DSP and see what other designs I can come up with using this layout.  The patterns are a nice frame for an image.

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Stamps: Reindeer Fun, Peaceful Season

Ink: Early Espresso, Garden Green, Versamark

Blends: Pecan Pie light & dark, color lifter

Paper: Real Red, Basic White, Garden Green, Reindeer Days DSP, Festive Glimmer Paper

Accessories: gold embossing powder, dimensionals, Real Red ribbon, Stylish Shapes dies, Neutrals Adhesive-backed sequins

Evergreen Journey Birthday - Stampin' Up! Peaceful Evergreens Dies

   A lot of my cards lately haven't had much stamping have they?  Sometimes dies just have the right look for what I see in my mind!  I'm continuing to try to add to my masculine birthday cards so I used current dies with some retired DSP for this design.

  My layout is inspired by the current Freshly Made Sketches challenge but I'm not going to enter it because I didn't follow it closely enough with my sentiment placement but I wanted to make sure they got the credit for the start of my design.

  I used Garden Green for the card base and added a panel of the retired Enjoy the Journey DSP with a tiny strip of Pool Party cardstock at the bottom.

  The sentiment is from the Tune In stamp set and is embossed in black onto a Pool Party Spotlight on Nature die circle.

  I cut 2 evergreen trees out of Garden Green and added them over a length of white Frayed Grosgrain ribbon.  3 Adhesive-Backed Dots for Days in Garden Green are a nice understated embellishment for this masculine card.

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Stamps: Tune In

Ink: Versamark

Paper: Garden Green, Pool Party, Enjoy the Journey DSP (retired)

Accessories: black embossing powder, Spotlight on Nature dies, Peaceful Evergreens dies, white Frayed Grosgrain, Adhesive-Backed Dots for Days

Framed Joy - Stampin' Up! Alphabet a la Mode Dies

   Definitely don't overlook mixing and matching your supplies to create Christmas cards.  I combined a few die sets to create this fairly simple design.  The Alphabet a la Mode die set is a favorite of mine because you can fit a lot of letters/words on a card front with this set because they are nice and skinny.  Didn't really matter with this design but it's nice not to be limited by the letter size!  I created this one for the Just Us Girls challenge prompt of "Joy".

  The card front is covered with a piece of Nests of Winter DSP.  I used the Deckled Rectangle dies to create the Basic White frame.

  The Alphabet a la Mode dies, Festive Glimmer paper and foam adhesive sheets are used to create the "joy".  Making these letters pop with the foam sheets really makes for a nice look and saves you from having to use glue!  The 'to you' is trimmed from a longer sentiment in the Peaceful Season stamp set.

  Finally to frame out the letters I cut a pair of holly leaves and berries using more Festive Glimmer paper, Garden Green Two-Toned cardstock and the Reindeer Fun dies.

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Stamps: Peaceful Season

Ink: Garden Green

Paper: Nests of Winter DSP, Basic White, Festive Glimmer paper, Garden Green Two-Toned cardstock

Accessories: Alphabet a la Mode dies, Deckled Rectangle dies, Reindeer Fun dies, foam adhesive sheets

Mambo Christmas - Stampin' Up! Reindeer Fun Dies

   Not a deer in sight on this card but the main elements are made with dies from the Reindeer Fun die set! It's such a versatile bundle and I've used the non-deer elements quite a bit, mixing and matching with other sets. I'm using the fab colors from 52 Christmas Card Throwdown challenge which are bright and festive. 

 

  The colors were pink, green and white which I translated into Stampin' Up! Melon Mambo and Granny Apple Green.  

  This card is really quick and has almost no stamping.  I started with a Melon Mambo base.  Then I cut the gifts using Melon Mambo cardstock and Granny Apple Green glimmer paper from the Festive Glimmer paper pack.  I mounted the gifts with dimensionals to a label that I already had cut and is from the Iconic Imagery dies.

  The label is then popped on dimensionals over a length of Iridescent Striped Trim.

  I looked through my current Christmas sentiments and nothing had the playful vibe to go with this card so I pulled out a long retired set Good Greetings and embossed it in white under the label.  I finished it up by adding 2 Iridescent Faceted Gems.

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Stamps: Good Greetings (retired)

Ink: Versamark

Paper: Melon Mambo, Basic White, Festive Glimmer Paper (Granny Apple Green)

Accessories: Reindeer Fun Dies, Iconic Imagery Dies (Online Exclusives), dimensionals, white embossing powder, Iridescent Striped Trim, Iridescent Faceted Gems

Home Sweet Christmas - Stampin' Up! Humble Home

   I gave my customers a new color challenge the other day but didn't have time that day to get a card made so yesterday between soccer games and my online training course I gave the colors a go.  I'm in full on Christmas card mode right now so I had to try out these colors on a Christmas design and I think it turned out really cute.  

  They aren't really traditional Christmas colors but it's a nice change from red and green I think!  I started with a Petal Pink card base but covered it with a full panel of Country Lace DSP (soon to be on sale during the Stampin' Up! Seasonal Sale on Wednesday 11/13!).  

Then a panel of Basic White was die cut with the fun dot/snow die from the Peaceful Evergreens die set (I had to run the die through twice to cover the whole panel).

I added a skinny piece of Calypso Coral down one side.  Then 2 Mossy Meadow evergreens are added (from Peaceful Evergreens dies again).  

 Using the Humble Home stamp set I stamped the house and wreath in Mossy Meadow and then colored them in with Blends.  The wreath is fussy cut and the house is punched and popped on dimensionals. A few Calypso Coral hearts are punched, popped with dimensionals and embellished with Opaque Faceted Gems (now in the Clearance Rack).

  Finally the sentiment is stamped in Calypso Coral ink and trimmed and popped on dimensionals.

  If you're one of my customers and want to join in this customer challenge just let me know!

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Stamps: Humble Home

Ink: Mossy Meadow, Calypso Coral

Blends: Mossy meadow light, Calypso Coral light & dark, Petal Pink light & dark

Paper: Country Lace DSP, Basic White, Calypso Coral, Mossy Meadow

Accessories: Peaceful Evergreens dies, Humble Home builder punch, dimensionals, Opaque Faceted Gems (now in the Clearance Rack)

Clean Christmas - Stampin' Up! Iconic Imagery

   I've had a full weekend so far! Friday and Saturday I have had Stampin' Up! leaders training and Saturday and Sunday are also a soccer tournament for my youngest so there hasn't been a lot of stamping but I did squeeze in this quick clean and simple card with the CAS Colours & Sketches color combo.  I paired up the Iconic Imagery stamp set with the Peaceful Season bundle for this one.

  The colors for the challenge are Shaded Spruce, In Color Shy Shamrock and Real Red.  I used Shaded Spruce for the card base, then a layer of Basic White and then another layer of Basic White slightly smaller.

  Using the Peaceful Season bundle I cut the 2 layers for 'Christmas' sponging a bit of Shy Shamrock on the Basic White base layer.  Once the 2 layers are adhered I popped it on the card front with dimensionals. 

  The little banner is cut and then stamped with the 'merry' in Shaded Spruce, sponged the edges and popped it on dimensionals.

  Using the Iconic Imagery bundle I stamped 2 sets of leaves and berries.  I stamped off the outline of the leaves in Shaded Spruce and filled in with the two-step stamp in Shy Shamrock also stamped off.  The berries are outlined in full strength Real Red and the fill stamp is stamped off.

  After the leaves and berries were die cut I tucked them under the edges of the words and then finished the card with a few 2024-2026 In Color Shimmer gems in Shy Shamrock

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Stamps: Iconic Imagery (Online Exclusives), Peaceful Season

Ink: Shaded Spruce, Shy Shamrock, Real Red

Paper: Shaded Spruce, Basic White

Accessories: Iconic Imagery dies (Online Exclusives), Peaceful Season dies, dimensionals, 2024-2026 In Color Shimmer gems

Classic Christmas Evergreens - Stampin' Up! Peaceful Evergreens

   I think I'm a little bit in love with this card!  It came together really quickly after I saw the Just Us Girls Challenge to use blue, white and gold.  You can't go wrong with blue and gold for a Christmas card so I pulled out some retired paper and the Peaceful Evergreens bundle!  I made this one yesterday afternoon an had intended on sharing it first thing in the morning as usual but now with the time change it was too dark to take any photos yesterday so I had to wait for the lighting to be good in my stamp room this afternoon!  And I'm also in the middle of a Stampin' Up! Leaders training right now during a break so I've got to get this posted!

  The card base is Night of Navy, then I stamped the little line of trees across a piece of retired Let's Go Fishing DSP.  If you have any of this paper left it looks so great so give it try.  If you don't use a piece of Country Lace DSP in the denim pattern for an almost identical look!  I stamped off the Night of Navy ink for each time I stamped for a lighter look.

  Next I added a band of retired Soft Shimmer Specialty Paper in Night of Navy.  I layered a length of gold ribbon on top of that using Tear and Tape to adhere it.

  The medium tree is stamped in Versamark onto Night of Navy cardstock and the smaller tree is stamped in Veramark on Misty Moonlight cardstock.  I embossed both in gold and then die cut them.  The taller tree is adhered flat and the smaller is popped on dimensionals.

  The sentiment is made with the Iconic Imagery stamp set combining 3 different stamps.  The sentiment strip is also popped on dimensionals.

  The final touch are a few of the lovely Drusy Adhesive-Backed embellishments the perfect bit of sparkle to go with the rest of the gold.

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Stamps: Peaceful Evergreens, Iconic Imagery (Online Exclusive)

Ink: Night of Navy, Versamark

Paper: Night of Navy, Misty Moonlight, Let's Go Fishing DSP (retired) or Country Lace DSP, Soft Shimmer Specialty Paper (retired)

Accessories: Peaceful Evergreen dies, dimensionals, gold ribbon (retired), gold embossing powder, Drusy Adhesive-Backed embellishments

  

Petunia Present - Stampin' Up! Peaceful Evergreens Dies

   I've been out of town the last few days and haven't stamped and was glad to see the fun layout at Freshly Made Sketches because I immediately had an idea and even a color combo I had been wanting to try out.  This one came together really quickly and I'm thinking I might need to pull out some other Glimmer Paper colors to try out!  The Festive Glimmer Paper pack has 3 different colors so that could be a great mix and match opportunity!

I used Petunia Pop for the card base, then a layer of Soft Sea Foam.  To create the 'ribbon' I used 1/2" strips of the Petunia Pop Glimmer Paper from the 2024-2026 In Color Glimmer paper pack.  Using a bit more I cut a bow using the dies from the Peaceful Evergreens die set.  This little bow is really easy and I held all the parts together with glue dots.  I used a few mini dimensionals to support the bow.

  I used the Layers of Beauty dies to cut the leaves from Shaded Spruce cardstock and the little tag.  I stamped the 'merry' from the Peaceful Season stamp set and tied that with a bit of white bakers twine.  Swap out a different sentiment and it quickly becomes a birthday card.

  I think adding some texture with embossing to the Soft Sea Foam layer could look really nice too!

 

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All of the supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Peaceful Season

Ink: Shaded Spruce

Paper: Petunia Pop, Soft Sea Foam, Basic White, Shaded Spruce, 2024-2026 In Color Glimmer Paper

Accessories: Peaceful Evergreens dies, Layers of Beauty dies, dimensionals, glue dots, baker's twine

Sentimental Deer - Stampin' Up! Reindeer Fun

   I'm back with another card made with the Reindeer Fun stamp set.  This time I went with a vintage vibe using the Sentimental Christmas DSP.  This is a great pack of paper to add to your next order as not only is it fun to design with but Stampin' Up! donates $3 for each pack sold to children's literacy programs.  That's a win win!

I pulled the colors for this card from the DSP and used Pretty Peacock for the card base.  A piece of the Sentimental Christmas DSP is backed with Poppy Parade cardstock and adhered to the center of the card front.

  I stamped the sweet deer duo in Early Espresso ink and then colored them in with Stampin' Blends.  I used the color lifter to make speckles on the fawns back. Then they are die cut and popped on dimensionals.

  Using the holly leaf and berry dies from the Reindeer Fun die set I cut 3 sets and then trimmed them apart to create tighter clusters.  The leaves are Old Olive cardstock and the berries Poppy Parade.

  The sentiment from the Peaceful Season stamp set is stamped in Pretty Peacock and then die cut with a circle from the Stitched Shapes dies.  It's popped on dimensionals and accented with a Poppy Parade die cut bow and an Adhesive-Backed Sparkle Gem.  The adult deer has a red bakers twine bow on its neck for some more detail.

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All of the supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Reindeer Fun, Peaceful Season

Ink: Early Espresso, Pretty Peacock

Paper: Pretty Peacock, Poppy Parade, Old Olive, Basic White, Sentimental Christmas DSP

Accessories: Reindeer Fun dies, Stitched Shapes dies, dimensionals, baker's twine, Adhesive-Backed Sparkle Gem