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Don’t you love getting the mail during the month of December? In January all the bills from the holiday shopping will come- but for now, the mailbox is stuffe full of holiday cards!!!! I love to hear from friends that I haven’t heard from in ages. I love to get pictures to put on the fridge. And I REALLY love to get handmade cards!!!! Here are a few of my handstamped cards that I got this week…

This beauty is from my up-up line, Lisa Hansen. I love how she used the Crystal Effects on the ornament to give it that glossy look!

This one is from one of my new downlines, Cheryl. Isn’t it cute and simple!!!

This one is from another downline, Jill. I sure do love the Baroque Motifs set! It is so versitile!!! Mine looks like it has been through war because I have used it so much!

This one is from my up-up-up line, Amy. I love how she had the card printed with her kids cute pictures and then mounted it on cardstock and added a fun snowflake to the center! It has the hand made quality to it and I bet it was quick to make!

I hope your mailbox is full of Christmas cards today!

I had my I Wish Christmas scrapbook class last Friday night and it was so much fun. The gals made 6 layouts in record breaking time! I am going to be doing a lot more scrapbooking classes in 2009! In fact, I have already planned a Baby Album class for February!

But back to my class… this was my favorite layout that we made in class…

I think that I really love it because of the super cute pictures of my daughter on Santa’s lap! Here are a couple close ups…

One thing that I do to save cardstock on a page like this is to cut out the center of the white cardstock since it doesn’t show. Then I can use it for the photo mats. I just use a paper trimmer and cut from 1-11 inches on each side. This will make your supplies go even farther in the kit!

Just in case I lost you, here is what the back of my layout looks like…

If you weren’t able to make it to class or get a class kit- don’t forget that you can still order the I Wish Simply Scrappin kit to make your Christmas scrapping a little easier! Just click HERE to be taken to my Stampin Up website and then Click on the Shop Now button in the top right corner. And all orders over $70 will get FREE shipping until the 23rd! Don’t miss out!

 

I had a few people ask me yesterday about what Copic Marker are… these markers are used by Illustrators and Magna artists. They go on very smooth and are blendable. You can just keep putting colors on top of one another. They aren’t as streaky as other markers. And they come in hundreds of colors. Do I recommend them? Only if you color A LOT! They are expensive! More expensive than Stampin’ Up markers. They also take some practice to color with since we are not used to blending marker colors. I almost always use my Stampin’ Up! markers. But one day I hope to do more with the Copics that I have. I hope that helps!

I am guilty of asking for Copic markers for my birthday last summer and not using them much at all. Guilty. I guess I am just not that great with them yet and I have a limited number of colors so it is tough. They are pretty expensive!!!! But last week, I pulled out the copics for a Christmas card!

 

Here is a close up of my coloring. But you best go easy on me cause I am new to these copics!!!

 

I think these reaindeer are so funny!!!

Recipe:

Stamps: Holiday Line Up

Paper: Chocolate Chip, Frosty Day DSP, Whisper White, Real Red

Ink: Basic Black

Other: Copics, Chocolate Chip Grosgrain ribbon

Sorry I am a little late posting this morning. It was such a crazy weekend- that never found time to take pictures of the scrap page I wanted to show you today. Now it is cloudy- so the picture isn’t the greatest, but I think you will get the idea!

This is the layout that my scrapbook club made yesterday afternoon…

And here are a couple close up shots…

The white that you see behind the photo of my son is actually an envelope. I licked and sealed it and then trimmed a half inch off the side. Now I have extra space to store pictures that didn’t fit on my layout!!!

You can’t see this too well in the picture, but I actually used the large and medium snowflake stamps from the Snow Swirled set to create my own background paper. I stamped them in Real Red ink on the Real Red cardstock. The I went back and added some dots with a white gel pen to help bring them out more. It looks nice IRL!

The title was cut with my Big Shot Die Cut Machine!!! And aren’t those felt flurries super cute?! They are available until January 17th in the Holiday Mini!

Recipe:

Stamps: Snow Swirled

Paper: Ski Slope DSP, Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze, Whisper White

Ink: Real Red

Other: Big Shot Die Cut Machine, Join in the Cheer Die, White Gel Pen, Scallop Edge punch, tab punch, 3/4 inch circle punch, Real Red Gingham Ribbon, Silver Cord, Medium Whisper White Envelope, Small and Large Felt Flurries

As soon as I ordered the Big Shot, I knew that I wanted to make felt flowers with it. I am in love with the Flower Fusion kits and so I thought it would be neat to make my own flowers. I bought the felt months ago and I just got to using it!!!

I kept my card pretty simple since I wanted the felt flowers to do the shining! I cute them using the Basket and Blooms die and some felt that I purchased at Wal-Mart. You can’t really see my sky and clouds very well in the picture : (  I used the Slopp circle punch on a piece of scrtach paper and then used that as a mask on my cardstock. I took Baja Breeze ink and sponged it on to the cardstock while moving the scallop circle around. Clear as mud???

Let me know if you have questions.

If you don’t have the Big Shot Die Cut Machine, now would be a great time to buy it for yourself for Christmas and get FREE shipping!

Recipe:

Stamps: Inspired by Nature

Paper: Kiwi Kiss, Ridinghood Red, Whisper White

Ink: Kiwi Kiss, Ridinghood Blue, Baja Breeze

Other: Scallop Circle punch, Big Shot Die Cut Machine, Basket and Blooms Die, Kiwi Kiss Satin Ribbon, pink and white felt, rhinestone brad

I have to admit that Ski Slope Designer Series paper did not really grab me when I first saw it in the Holiday Mini catalog. I ordered it anyway! lol! And I have to say, that it has totally grown on me! In fact, I am anxiously waiting for Mr. Brown to bring me another package (among other things!)

So today I am showing you a bow that I made with strips of Ski Slope Designer Series paper. I the moment I saw these demonstrated at convention a couple of years ago- I was in love! In case you were not there, their is a fantastic tutorial on splitcoast. Just click HERE to see it.

Here is my bow…

Now isn’t that so much nicer than a store bought bow?! And it was so easy to make!!! Give it a try!

And don’t forget that now is a fantastic time to place a stamp order! All orders over $70 will have free shipping! And you still have time to get your order before Christmas. Just click HERE to be taken to my website and then click on Shop Now in the top right corner.

Happy Stamping!

Thanks to those who emailed me about the trouble with the Pizza Box tutorial that I posted on Monday. I did correct the demensions! The cardstock should be 8×4!!! Sorry!

Do you remember this birthday card that I made a while back? Well I ran across it in my stash the other day and decided to recreate it in more feminine colors! So I cut into my brand new Always Designer Series Paper and here is what I came up with…

I just love the color combo: Pink Pirouette, Chocolate Chip, and Pumpkin Pie!!! Yummy!!! I bought the paper to make Valentine’s cards- but I doubt I will have any left by February!!!

Don’t forget to check the retiring stamp list. The link is on the right bar of this blog. If there are any sets on there that are on your wish list- order them now! After they retire, I CANNOT get them for you!!! Plus, from now until December 23rd, they are 10% off and you can get free shipping on orders over $70. That is a great deal!!!

Recipe:

Stamps: Big Bold Birthday

Paper: Always DSP, Pink Pirouette, Chocolat Chip, Whisper White

Ink: Pink Pirouette, Pumpkin Pie, Regal Rose, Chocolate Chip

Other: Pink Pirouette Striped Ribbon, Word Window Punch

 

Sorry to be so late with this post, but I had a craft show this morning. I had to get myself and all the kids ready early and I couldn’t find time to blog!

At my downline meeting on Friday night, I wanted them to get to use the Big Shot some more. So here are a couple projects they made…

A basket with candy using the Basket and Blooms Die, Frosty Day paper, and Felt Flurries…

And then this fun gift tag using the scallop envelope die, Frosty Day paper, and the snowmen from the hostess set- Window Dressing…

And here is what it looks like when you take the belly band off…

I hope the gals enjoyed the Big Shot!!! I sure do love that thing!!!

Stampin’ Up! has released their list of retiring stamps! They are offering them at 10% off of the catalog price!!!! AND- they are offering free shipping on orders over $70!!! These are amazing specials so don’t miss out! You can email or call me to place an ord or you can go to my online store by clicking HERE and then clicking on Shop Now in the top right corner.

 

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