Merry Monday - Peaceful Pines...

Today's adorable holiday card uses the Peaceful Pines stamp set and coordinating Perfect Pines Framelits dies.  The colors on this card are Crumb Cake, Garden Green and Whisper White.  I used a little Red Glimmer Paper for the heart.   A bit of Linen Thread tied above the sentiment in a bow adds the perfect touch.  I used a piece of the Warmth and Cheer Designer Series Paper Stack (from the Holiday catalog) behind the cut out tree, but any fun pattern paper that coordinates would look fine.

Peaceful Pines Photopolymer Stamp Set 139728 Price: $26.00 How to trim a Christmas tree in two easy steps: 1. Stamp the tree. 2. Stamp the decorations. So easy. Now you can make Christmas trees to adorn cards, tags, and scrapbook pages in minutes. This is a Two-Step Stampin’ set. Combine individual stamps to build the final image you want in the colors you want. Photopolymer stamps * Are totally transparent for perfect image placement. * Have just enough give to create a perfectly stamped image every time. * Cling like crazy to our clear blocks so you don't have to worry about slipping. * Save space—you need only one set of blocks for all your photopolymer stamps (blocks sold separately). * Come packaged in cases with images on the spine for easy storage and quick reference. Quantity: 17 photopolymer stamps Suggested clear blocks (sold separately): a, c, d

Perfect Pines Framelits Dies 139665 Price: $27.00 Make a forest or a solitary tree; it's up to you. Cut and combine these images to create perfect pines in the colors you want. Cut out a basic tree shape, then add texture and depth with the layering pieces. Create die-cuts in seconds with Framelits dies and the Big Shot. Framelits’ open design allows you to place them where you want for precise cutting. * 11 dies * Largest image: 2-15/16" x 2-5/16" (7.5 x 5.9 cm) * Use with Big Shot

Merry Monday - Peace This Christmas...

Although the Holiday Catalogs are filled with lots of great new products, Stampin'Up! has added some holiday sets to the annual catalog.  Today's featured set is the Peace This Christmas stamp set.  I love the two sentiments in the set, plus the several coordinating images.  These three projects showcase this set and the coordinating This Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper (still available through May 31st).

This is a fun gift packaging idea using our Glassine Gift Bags.  

No special tools needed for this one.  Vanilla and Black card stock, DSP and Black twine and ink.  Great card for mass production!  

This fancy fold gift card holder is perfect for a special someone.  I used Basic Black, Very Vanilla and Silver Glimmer Paper.  This is the front.  

Opened just a touch, it stands on it's own.  

Here it is fully opened.  The gift card fits in the top pocket.  This card is super sparkly and lovely in person.    

Peace This Christmas Clear-Mount Stamp Set 141570 Price: $18.00 Christmas is a wonderful time of year and this stamp set will make it all the merrier. With its beautifully scripted sentiments and beautiful images, let this set say it all on your Christmas cards. Our clear-mount stamps * Are made of the same premium rubber as our wood-mount stamps. * Have deeply etched images so you get a superior stamped impression each time. * Are precut so you don't have to trim. * Are repositionable; temporarily mount them on clear blocks for stamping, then remove them for storage. * Save space—you need only one set of blocks for all your clear-mount stamps (blocks sold separately). * Come packaged in cases with images on the spine for easy storage and quick reference. Quantity: 10 rubber stamps Suggested clear blocks (sold separately): b, c, d, i

This Christmas Designer Series Specialty Paper 141628 Price: $13.00 So many designs, so many colors, so many uses. Each sheet is double sided for double the creative options. Includes images of sheet music. * 24 sheets, 4 each of 6 double-sided designs * 12" x 12" (30.5 x 30.5 cm) * Acid free * Lignin free Coordinating colors: Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green, Very Vanilla

Demonstrator Christmas Party....

I completely forgot that I hadn't posted about our Demonstrator holiday party!  Yikes!  I'm even more behind than I thought.  Even though the holidays are over, I still want to show you how much fun we have and all the great gifts everyone made for our exchange.  We have a pot luck meal, gift exchange, voted on ugliest card and had make and takes.  This is the best time of the year to join my team.  For only $99, you can customize your starter kit with $125 worth of product and pick two more stamp sets of any value!  You can drop at any time, no further obligation, or you can stay active with $300 in sales or purchases every quarter and attend all our fun activities exclusively for Demonstrators.  If you're interested, send me an email and I'll contact you right away!

Vicky, Kathy, Mary, Sharon - Where was Lucy?!

Christina and JoAnn

John, me and Laura

Brenda, Michael, Tim and Janet

Here were the entries for ugliest Christmas Card Contest.  Can you guess who won?

Lucy's adorable Christmas Sweater card.

From Cathy, a horror take on Santa - lol!

JoAnn's super messy card (love the flamingos!).  

And Kelli's Trump card.  This was the winner!  So funny!  

We also had a fantastic gift exchange and dirty Santa stealing.  Here's what everyone made:

Snowman lights made by Brenda and received by Laura.  

Tray of awesome decorated treats made by Sharon and received by Kelli.  

Decorated tray made by Laura and received by Christina.  

JOY wall art made by JoAnn and received by Mary.  

Decorated candles (battery operated), made by Janet and received by JoAnn.

Christmas Party Tray made by Cathy and received by Sandy.  

Holiday napkins made by Mary and received by Cathy.  

Here's a little closer look at those napkin details.  

Hand knitted hat with embellishment, candies and candle made by Christina and received by Brenda.  

Light up JOY given by Kathy and received by Janet.  

Framed art made by Sandy and received by Sharon. 

A basket of ornaments made by Kelli and received by Kathy.

An embossed vase made by Lucy and received by Vicky.  

Wall art and ornament made by Vicky and received by Lucy.  

For some reason, I didn't get a photo of the gifts I gave to everyone, but it included a personalize Bone Folder and a Crew insulated cold cup with straw.

Merry Monday - Merry Mice....

I thought it might be fun to have Merry Monday for a while and see how it goes.  Make sure to let me know in the comments section if you like it.  So....every Monday, I'll post some holiday projects to give you ideas for next year.  I'll start out with a few projects from last season and then some we've made but are carryover sets.

Today's projects feature the Merry Mice set from the 2016 Holiday catalog. This set was super cute and we had a class on it.

We used the Holly Embossing Folder and the wreath/bow from the Santa's Sleigh Framelilts. The door was made from an oval die with the bottom trimmed off.  

This card also used the Pretty Pines Thinlits Dies for the pine bough and the Pine Bough Textured Embossing Folder.  

This adorable tag was made with the Lots of Labels Framelits.  

I used inks to watercolor all three projects with the same color scheme.  Although the Merry Mice stamp set is now retired, you can probably find it on ebay and if you already have it, then well done!  The other items used can be found on our carry over list here.  

Lots of holiday cards from the Crew...

A while back I had promised to share some of our holiday cards I had missed out on showing you. Well, once again life happened and I've gotten behind.  I'm trying to make a valiant effort to get back on track, so please be patient.  Thank you!

Today I'm sharing lots of wonderful holiday cards that I received in a swap from our Crew stampers. Yes, I know the holidays are over, but there are only 292 days until Christmas, so you'd better get started on those cards soon! Many of the stamps used in these cards are still available from the annual catalog or on our carry over list and will most likely be in the new annual catalog, so don't fret!  If something is retired, you can always substitute for a similar set if you don't have it.

This gorgeous card is from Sharon Milburn.

She used a new fun fold technique for the inside.  Love the details!

Mary Harvey made this lovely rustic card using manly colors - love it!

Vicky Collins made this fun ornament card using the Merriest Wishes bundle.  Great colors! 

This is a sleigh ornament that I made for the swap.  I used the Santa's Sleigh Thinlits Dies.  

You could put a few lightweight treats inside.  

This bright and cheery card is from Lucy Taylor.  Love the silver heat embossing.  

Janet Hathcoat made this great wreath card.  I love the combination of aged sponging and the gold glimmer paper.  

This adorable moose card was made by Laura Diamond - so cute and a great combination of stamp sets!  

Cathy Holman used the Merry Tags Framelits Dies for this festive card.  Love all the embossing and bling.  

JoAnn Graham made this cute card using lots of masking and sponging.  I love that it looks super textured but the surface is so smooth to the touch.  

Kathy Weston made us each this beautiful framed art using the Star of Light bundle.  The photos doesn't do all the sparkle in this piece justice.  Matches wonderfully with the silver frame.  

Would you like the opportunity to make and trade gorgeous cards with a group of fun ladies?  Then click here to find out more on joining my team.

Guest Stamper Sharon Milburn...

 One of our Crew Team Members, Sharon Milburn, brought several cards she had been working on to our last team meeting.  I wanted to share those with you today to showcase Sharon's wonderful talent and help to inspire you.  Here's a picture of Sharon with her Christmas in August swap:

Check out this gorgeous pop up card!

This is her Christmas in August swap which I showed you several days ago, but I wanted to show the inside below.

This adorable surprise awaits the recipient! 

The dove from the Strength & Prayers stamp set make a beautiful Christmas card.