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Snowflake Skirt

This was the second card we made in stamp club this month.  I wanted to create a "skirt" with the Crumb cake tulle.  I did this by running a strip of sticky strip across the card and gathering the tulle haphazardly across pressing down on the sticky tape as you go.  I cut a length of tulle triple the width of the card so there was plenty to gather.  This tulle is on sale in the Clearance Rack on my website while supplies last for only $2.79. 

Recipe:

Stamps: Festive Flurry, item#131778 for wood mount, item#11781 for clear mount or buy it as a bundle with the framelits and save 15 percent!, Sweet Essentials(greeting), item#132085 for wood mount, and item#126457 for clear mount.

Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive

Paper: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Old Olive, Seasons of Style Designer Series Paper pack, item#132181

Other:  Crumb Cake tulle, item#127840. Chalk talk framelits(tag), Festive Flurry Framelits Die, item#132193, Frosted Finishes embellishment, item#132150, Beautifully Baroque embossing folder, item#130917, cherry cobbler 1 inch stitched edge grosgrain, item#132135, linen thread, 104199

I used the Seasons of Style paper pack color combination for this snowflake card, and the winter frost paper pack color combination on the reindeer card before this.  I think cards can start all looking alike after awhile when the same stamp set is used with the expected paper pack.  Like blue paper with snowflakes.  It's good to switch things up sometimes.

Christmas is approaching.  I guess that means I should finally take the Halloween off my mantle and get out the Nutcrackers.  We usually do the big Christmas decorating on Thanksgiving weekend.  Maybe I will gradually pull some out before that.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Kathleen

Stampin' Up! Holiday Sale!!!

Dates: November 20-December 2

Details
It's time for online holiday shopping! During these 13 days only, you can get incredible discounts-up to 50 percent-on some of your favorite products! This is the perfect time to stock up on some of your favorite items or to give some new items a try.  Makes great gifts too!

Make sure you don't miss out on our 24-hour-only doorbusters happening on the first day of the sale-30 percent off the Stampin' Trimmer, Simply Scored Diagonal Plate, and Many Marvelous Markers! The 24-hour sales period on these three products ends at 11:50 PM (MT), November 20.

You can visit the Online Store on my website or to see all discounted products view this flyer.

 

Bermuda Reindeer

We were making Christmas cards at stamp club this month.  I love this stamp from Color Me Christmas(131742 wood mounted 131745 clear mount)in the Holiday catalog.  We embossed the reindeer with black embossing powder on Stampin' Up!'s high quality watercolor paper and then colored in with markers and an aquapainter.  I based the colors off of the Winter Frost paper pack(132183).  Add the texture of the burlap ribbon(132140) and the Stylish Stripes embossing folder(132174) and the look is complete!

All products can be purchased on my online ordering website.

As many of you are, I am juggling many things in a busy life and it is hard to fit in as much stamping time as I would like.  When I was preparing my cards for stamp club I felt a big weight shift off my shoulders reminding me once again that I need to fit my stamping time in.  It is my stress reliever and it makes me feel so good to make pretty cards and other stuff! I hope you fit some stamping time in to your day.  If you enjoy it, like I do, you owe it to yourself!  So grab your stamps and become a happier person.  I know it worked for me!

Tune in tomorrow for the start of Stampin' Up!'s Holiday sale including 1 day only sales and items up to 50 percent off!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Kathleen

Paper Pumpkin Card

I sent this card to my Paper Pumpkin subscribers last month.  I used the materials in the Welcome kit and the gumball green ink from the second month's kit and added in a few basic supplies to change up the card in the Welcome kit a bit. 

 

 

 

What I added: 1) A strip of Basic grey cardstock. I stamped it with an image and ink from the Welcome kit.

2) Gumball Green ribbon

3) punched out sentiment with the oval punch

4) popped up the sentiment with stampin' dimensionals

5) I added white Bakers twine in the middle of the button.  The button comes in the Welcome kit.

That's it. Pretty easy and all the rest of the supplies come from the Paper Pumpkin welcome kit.

Have you signed up for Paper Pumpkin yet?  Each month a box with a papercrafting project will be delivered to your door.  All of the supplies you need, except adhesive, to make the project will be in the kit.  Make the project as is or put your own spin on it.  The choice is entirely up to you!  You get the quality of Stampin' Up! at a low rat of just $19.95 a month which includes shipping!  To sign up go to mypaperpumpkin.com and sign up.  Be sure to choose me as your demonstrator!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Kathleen