Christmas Gifts...

Good morning on this last day of 2012!  Wow has this year flown by!  I'm sure most of you feel the same way too.  Well today's cards are actually gifts that I made for my family for Christmas.  I made six packs of four cards each with a variety of different sayings...and everyone a different color except I made two sets with Island Indigo.  I actually enjoyed making these cards too.  Sometimes when I'm stressed and need to get cards done I don't have any fun at all, but I really enjoyed making these this year. :)  

No boxes this time though.  I quickly packaged them up in Stampin' Up! 6 x 8 cellophane bags so they could choose the color of cards they wanted.  I sure wish the pictures turned out better because they were SO much prettier in person, but I was in a hurry to take pics they didn't turn out the greatest.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Field Flowers, Perfectly Penned & Curly Cute

Card Stock:  Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Perfect Plum, Certainly Celery,

Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade, Real Red, Old Olive,

Elegant Eggplant, Always Artichoke & Cherry Cobbler

Embossing Folder:  Square Lattice

Ribbon: 3/8" Taffeta in Real Red & Perfect Plum, 

3/8" Ruffled in Island Indigo, Seam Binding in Cherry Cobbler,

& 1/4" Grosgrain in Elegant Eggplant (retired) 

Jewels:  Basic Pearls

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Evergreen at Night

Welcome to the last Red Hot Stampers challenge for 2012!  Wow, did I have to think about the sketch this time.  I was trying to figure out what to do with it after I printed it out when I saw the sketch upside down where I left the sheet lying.  An idea came to me instantly then...pine trees in the moon light. :)   Don't forget to check out what the other Red Hot Stampers made here using this same sketch...and remember we have a special gift for you this month! Yes, this whole month! If you submit a sample using our sketch you will receive a gift in the mail from us.

Here are the details:

- Use our sketch to create your card or scrapbook page.

- Post your take of our sketch on our blog here using the Mr. Linky on the Red Hot Stampers' blog.

- Post our sketch and your take on our sketch on your blog or a gallery with a link to our blog.

- Sketches must be uploaded by Saturday.

- Participate each week for the whole month and receive a bonus gift!

- Email glenda@thestampcamp.com with your address so she can mail you your gift for playing along.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Evergreen

Card Stock:  Basic Black, Basic Gray & Whisper White

Classic Stampin Pad:  Basic Gray

StazOn:  Black

Punch:  1 1/4" Circle

Stampin' Glitter:  Dazzling Diamonds

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Snowflake Soiree Christmas

Well I've been taking a break from blogging this Christmas season, but that doesn't mean I wasn't still busy working on things.  This is one of the cards I made when my dad came to me a week or so before Christmas and asked if I would make a card for my mom, and I said I'd be glad to.  I actually didn't procrastinate too much on this one either...amazing!  Since her favorite color is blue I decided to use a few different colors of blue and blend (sponge) them together using the emboss resist technique.  I've already done a couple of cards with this technique lately, but really liked a card my stamping friend Christi made and wanted to add some "swirls" in with a darker blue like she did.  I love how it turned out!    

I'm also entering it into the Friday Mashup challenge #90.  This week's theme is "Snowflakes" and/or colors Whisper White, Pool Party, Midnight Muse and Basic Black.  Super close on the colors for making the card over a week ago!  

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Snowflake Soiree & Everything Eleanor

Card Stock:  Midnight Muse & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Midnight Muse, Island Indigo & Pool Party

Punch:  Scallop Trim Border

Stampin' Emboss Powder:  Clear

Ribbon:  5/8" Organza in Whisper White

Merry Christmas!

I just wanted to show you the main Christmas card I made this year...and I didn't have enough! :(  Good thing I had a few extra cards that I had made the past few weeks for stamp a stacks and challenges so I had enough for everyone on my list. :)

Thanks for looking and have yourself a MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Stamp Set:  Evergreen

Card Stock:  Raspberry Ripple, Primrose Petals & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Raspberry Ripple & Primrose Petals

Embossing Folder:  Lacy Brocade

Ribbon:  5/8" Satin in Very Vanilla (retired)

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist (mixed with Raspberry Ripple reinker)

RHSSC 68

Welcome to another Red Hot Stampers' sketch challenge.  Since it's the Sunday before Christmas I had to make another Christmas card and here is what I came up with.  Pretty simple and quick...full of shimmer too! lol  Don't forget to check out what the other Red Hot Stampers made using this sketch.  Check them out here.  

Remember...If you submit a sample using our sketch you will receive a gift in the mail from us. 

Here are the details if you'd like to give our sketch a try:

- Use our sketch to create your card or scrapbook page.

- Post your take on our sketch on our blog here using the Mr. Linky below.

- Post our sketch and your take on our sketch on your blog or a gallery with a link to our blog.

- Sketches must be uploaded by Saturday.

- Participate each week for the whole month and receive a bonus gift!

- Email glenda@thestampcamp.com with your address so I can mail you your gift for playing along.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Lovely as a Tree, Snowflake Soiree

& En Francais

Card Stock:  Soft Suede, Crumb Cake & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pad:  Soft Suede

Framelits:  Labels Collection

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Snowflake Soiree Thank You

Today's cards are a bunch of thank yous because, well, it's that time of year again...  It's that time when my husband receives lots of goodies from customers at his job.  Here's the stack that I made for this year. :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Snowflake Soiree & Perfectly Penned

Card Stock:  Island Indigo & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pad:  Island Indigo

Bigz Die:  Snow Flurry

Embossing Folder:  Snow Burst (retired)

Punch:  Decorative Label

Jewel:  Basic Pearl

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Celebrate!

It's Sunday so that means it's time for another Red Hot Stampers sketch challenge card.  It's been a while since I've made a masculine card so I decided to make a simple one using something from the Sale-A-Bration brochure which can be earned starting January 22. :)  Plus I just needed a break from all the Christmas cards I've been making!  Remember to head over to the Red Hot Stampers' blog here to see what  other cards were made using this sketch.   

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Feeling Sentimental (Sale-A-Bration 2013)

Card Stock:  Bravo Burgundy, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Bravo Burgundy & Early Espresso

Punches:  1 1/4" Circle & 1 3/8" Circle

Merry!

I'm finally back to posting another card.  Let's just say I can't wait until I open my present at Christmas...my own hand selected laptop!  Yeah!!!  I'm hoping that will make my whole downloading pics process easier. :)  Plus no more stealing the other laptop when someone else is on it, and hopefully no more troubles downloading the pics from my memory card!  

I made today's card for a couple of reasons...  I needed a card to give to my upline for helping me out of a jam again and again (I know it doesn't say thank you, but that's what we demos do).  Plus I wanted to enter another sketch challenge, so I used Saturday Sketch challenge 9 over at Stamping and Blogging.  By the way I think I'm a little hooked on these colors.  I love how they look together! 

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Snowflake Soiree

Card Stock:  Island Indigo & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Island Indigo, Baja Breeze & Pool Party

Versa Mark

Stampin' Emboss Powder:  Clear

Punches:  2 1/2" Circle & Scallop Trim Border

Embossing Folder:  Delicate Designs

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Sponges

Emboss Resist Snowflake Soiree

Today's card is one of my December stamp a stack cards.  I love the three blues combined using the emboss resist technique.  It's kind of hard to see in the pic, but I also spritzed it with shimmer paint.  A lot of my cards have the sparkle of shimmer paint spritzed on them.  :)  It's kind of funny because when it comes to clothes I'm very low key, but my cards are another story...make 'em sparkle! lol  



Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Snowflake Soiree & Teeny Tiny Wishes
Card Stock:  Whisper White
Classic Stampin' Pads:  Pool Party, Baja Breeze & Island Indigo
VersaMark
Embossing Folder:  Snow Burst (retired)
Ribbon:  5/8" Organza in Whisper White
Stampin' Emboss Powder:  White
Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist
Sponges

RHSSC - Gift Tag Card

It's Sunday again so you know what that means...time for another card for the Red Hot Stampers' sketch challenge.  Yes, I'm using pretty much the same colors again for the third post in a row.  That's because I decided to use scraps and leftovers again which means my mess hadn't been cleaned up for a couple of days.  Very unusual because I'm pretty much a neat freak when it comes to my stamping.  Yup, I make a project, clean it up, make another project, clean it up...I think you get the picture. :)

We have something special going on in December... If you play along every week in December you'll receive a bonus gift!  

Here are the details:

- Use our sketch to create your card or scrapbook page.

- Post your take on our sketch on our blog here using the Mr. Linky.

- Post our sketch and your take on our sketch on your blog or a gallery with a link to our blog.

- Sketches must be uploaded by Saturday, December 15.

- Participate each week for the whole month and receive a bonus gift!

Head over to the Red Hot Stampers blog here to see what everyone else created. 

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Card Stock:  Very Vanilla
Glimmer Paper:  Champagne
Bigz Die:  Snow Flurry
Ribbon:  1/2" Seam Binding in Very Vanilla
Jewel:  Basic Pearls
Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist
Simply Scored

Red Hot Christmas Party

Well it's been one of those weeks for me...stressful!  I'm sure no one else has ever had a week like that. lol  As I'm writing this I can feel myself starting to relax a little because I know my busy week is almost done.  Whew...I survived!  I've enjoyed each thing I've done, but I think I need to slow down just a little.  Now on to today's cards.  Last night was our Red Hots' Christmas party and it's always a lot of fun!  We had great food, lots of laughs, games and of course gifts.  And this year we decided on a $5 gift exchange for our gifts.  All I can say is I am not a shopper so I decided to give a box of chocolates and make a few cards.  My last post shows a card that I made using gold snowflakes.  Well after cutting out the large snowflakes I could not throw away my scraps like I usually do because the glimmer paper is so pretty and I felt wasteful if I did.  So I set them aside then starting thinking that maybe I could use them somehow on a few cards for my gift and these are the cards I came up with...

I also decided to enter these into the Hand Stamped Sentiments challenge since it's a monochromatic challenge and these seem perfect for it.  Plus I've been lacking in the challenge department this week!  

Of course I had to have a box to store them in too. :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Perfectly Penned & Curly Cute
Card Stock:  Soft Suede, Crumb Cake & Very Vanilla
Glimmer Paper:  Champagne
Classic Stampin' Pad:  Soft Suede
Embossing Folder:  Lacey Brocade
Bigz Die:  Snow Flurry
Ribbon:  3/8" Taffeta in Soft Suede
Shimmer Paint:  Champange Mist

Celebrate Today

Today's card is for one of my December stamp a stacks.  Notice it doesn't say Merry Christmas or Season's Greetings, etc.  Some of the ladies just want winter cards that can still be used for birthdays, thanks yous or a thinking of you type of card.  I made one for a birthday and another for a thank you.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Perfectly Penned

Card Stock:  Soft Suede, Crumb Cake & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pad:  Soft Suede
Bigz Die:  Snow Flurry

Embossing Folder:  Lacy Brocade

Glimmer Paper:  Champagne

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Jewels:  Basic Pearl Large

RHSSC 65

It's Sunday so that means it's time for another Red Hot Stampers sketch challenge card.  I really liked today's sketch because it was pretty simple and perfect for a Christmas stamp a stack card. :)  I was a little lazy and did the spotlighting technique.  Yup, I didn't want to color in the whole picture. lol  It's kind of hard to see the circle in my first picture, so I took a close up too.  **So I totally forgot to give you the link to the Red Hot Stampers Blog to check out the other cards when I first posted this.  Not only should you check out the other cards, but read the post too since we have a special gift for anyone who participates in the month of December.  Click here for all the details!**

There that's a little easier to see. :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Stamp Set:  Beautiful Season

Card Stock:  Basic Black & Whisper White

StazOn:  Black

Watercolor Wonder Crayons:  More Mustard, Tangerine Tango, Not Quite Navy

Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso , Garden Green & Basic Gray

Punch:  1 3/4" Circle Punch

Embossing Folder:  Petals-a-Plenty

Ribbon:  3/4" Seam Binding in Cherry Cobbler

Aqua Painter

Look Out Birdie...he he he!

Well, I'm finally back to blogging again after taking a couple of days off.  No excuse really because I have plenty of swap cards to show!  But today I decided to get busy and do the Color Me Beautiful challenge again before the linky closed. :)  I also found a new sketch challenge on a blog called Stamping and Blogging Blog (Saturday Sketch Challenge).  You'll have to check it out.  I already follow Sandi's personal blog because I love her cards...and I always love to follow more challenge blogs to help with some inspiration along the way. :)  So...the colors were really a challenge for me this time (boy were they ever!) and it's another card that definitely is not my normal stamping style, but I think it turned out pretty cute (look out little birdie...you're about to get pelted with a snowball! lol)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Snow Much Fun

Card Stock:  Primrose Petals, Wisteria Wonder & Whisper White

StazOn:  Black

Stampin' Write Markers:  Primrose Petals, Basic Gray,

Crumb Cake, Wisteria Wonder & Old Olive

Embossing Folder: Delicate Designs

Ribbon:  3/8" Taffeta in Whisper White

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

RHSSC - Merry Christmas

Welcome to another Red Hot Stampers' sketch challenge.  Today I made two cards because I wasn't sure which ornament I liked better so I just used both. :)  Head on over to the Red Hot Stampers' blog here to check out a few more cards made with this challenge.  Remember you can give this challenge a try any time.  We'd love to see what you create.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Ornament Keepsakes & Mandonna and Child (retired)

Card Stock:  Very Vanilla

Versa Mark

Stampin' Emboss Powder:  Gold

Embossing Folders:  Vintage Wallpaper & Lacy Brocade

Ribbon:  3/8"  Seam Binding in Very Vanilla

Framelits:  Holiday Ornaments

Christmas Card Swaps from Lansing Regionals - Part 2

Well, with Thanksgiving over the next holiday is ready to be seen and I figured I'd start it off by showing you a couple more cards that I swapped for at the Lansing regional...these two lovely Christmas cards. I'm not sure who made them, but I'll gladly give credit if I find out who did. :)  Just a reminder that I have made all of my swaps into cards, so if you happen to see your card on here it will be altered slightly.

The first card is a great way to use DSP.  I pretty much never buy it because I don't know what to do with it, or think I won't have enough to go around if I use it for a SAS.  This card definitely proves me wrong!  Hmm...guess I need to look into DSP after all. lol

I must confess with this second card I forgot to put the ribbon and bow back on when I attached it to more cardstock. :(  There's no getting the card apart again after burnishing it either...sigh!  Anyway, I love the cute gingerbread men and sparkly heart she added to the middle one...plus they are making me really hungry for gingerbread man cookies right now! lol

Thanks to both of you who swapped with me. :)



Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Forever French Foliage

Let me start off by saying Happy Thanksgiving, and I hope that each of you who read this has a blessed day with family and friends, and remember to be thankful for the many blessings we have.  

Today's card came to mind as I was looking at a couple of challenges and wanting to use a fall set just one last time before the Christmas holiday hits full force.  I always like to do the Stampin' Celebration challenge and I've been thinking about it for a while.  Funny thing is this card is totally not what I was thinking at first, but the Paper Players sketch challenge kind of had a little sway in that choice.  They were all about gold and/or silver and Stampin' Celebration was a November/fall theme.  So I decided to combine them and this is what I came up with...  

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set: French Foliage & Teeny Tiny Wishes

Card Stock:  Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Always Artichoke, Cherry Cobbler & More Mustard

Versa Mark

Stampin' Emboss Powder:  Gold

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Sponges

Thinking of You

Well, today's card is definitely not my norm, but I really wanted to do the Color Me Beautiful challenge...and boy did it take a little thinking for this week's challenge!  I wanted to use all of the colors on my card so I looked for a design that I thought would help me out.  Mojo Monday fit the bill perfectly.  

Here are the colors for the Color Me Beautiful challenge...

and here is the Mojo Monday sketch...

 I really like the simplicity of my card.  Usually I'm all about sponging and using embossing folders to cover up empty space, but this time I just left it alone... 

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Field Flowers & Teeny Tiny Wishes

Card Stock: Soft Suede, Sahara Sand, Very Vanilla, 

Certainly Celery, Old Olive & Lucky Limeade

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Certainly Celery, Old Olive & Lucky Limeade

Punches:  1 1/4", 1 3/8" & 1 3/4" Circles

Ribbon:  3/8" Taffeta in Soft Suede

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Circle cutter

Christmas Card Swaps from Lansing Regionals - Part 1

Well, it's time I start sharing some of the swaps I received while I was at the Lansing convention.  There's really no rhyme or reason to the order I'll put them on.  They'll just appear randomly throughout the next month or so. :)  Most of the time swaps are card fronts only so you can get four "cards" using one piece of card stock (yes, I did most of mine that way too).  However, I've been slowly trimming as necessary and adding them to more card stock so I have a full cards for samples.  

So today's card is one that I wanted to show first (with her permission) by Cindy Smith since it was another one of Shelli's top five favorites from the Lansing Regional!  When Shelli held it up I thought, "Hey, I swapped with her and have that card!". :)  Shelli's words about Cindy's card were something like, "Yes, it's simple, yet so beautiful".  It's definitely a CAS (clean and simple) card. Shelli's words really stood out to me because that's what I was trying to do to when I was coming up with my swap.  Congrats Cindy on being one of Shelli's top five favs!

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stampin' Up! Online Extravaganza

Before I post today's card I want to let you know about the Stampin' Up! Online Extravaganza going on starting today, November 19 and running through Thursday, November 28!  

Shop Now

• Discounts range between 20 and 50 percent--awesome!
• Discounted products are available on all order types (customer, demonstrator, workshop, and online).
• There's no minimum purchase required to participate in this promotion. Sale on!
• For product bundles, you need to use the bundle item numbers provided. If you use individual item numbers, you won't get the discount--bummer.
• You can buy additional products from any of our current catalogs on the same order. 
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Click Here to view pdf of all sale items

In addition, there are three products 20 percent off for 24-hours only on both the first and last days of Online Extravaganza-Woot!

Monday, November 19, midnight - 11:50 PM (MT)

Page	Item	Description	Retail Price	24-Hour Sale Price
181	125586	Simply Scored Diagonal Plate	$11.95	$9.56
186	113439	Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine	$99.95	$79.96
186	113474	Big Shot Doctor's Bag	$69.95	$55.96

Wednesday, November 28, midnight - 11:50 PM (MT)

Page	Item	Description	Retail Price	24-Hour Sale Price
7	118941	Clear Block Bundle (Blocks A-I)	$66.95	$53.56
7	120279	Clear Block Storage Caddy	$16.95	$13.56
175	109127	Stack & Store Caddy	$34.95	$27.96

In addition to these sales, Stampin' Up! is now offering
Sizzix Texture Boutique Bundle while supplies last...

Click here to see the complete flyer.  This is perfect if you don't have the money to spend on a Big Shot, but still want to use embossing folders!

Finally on to my card...

This was another one of my fall SAS cards.  I usually try to make one card that is pretty simple and this was the one.  I had the leaves embossed on the card and all they had to do was the sponging, stamping the sentiment and putting the card together.  Easy, right? :)  Just watch out for inky fingers! lol

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  French Foliage & Blooming with Kindness

Card Stock:  Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple,

Summer Starfruit, Gumball Green & Early Espresso

Stampin' Emboss Powder:  Clear

Twine (retired)

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

RHSSC 63 - Thank You

Last night as I was getting this post ready I noticed I now have fifty followers...yea!!  Thanks to each of you who are following me on my card making adventures.  I hope you're inspired by what I create or just enjoy relaxing and looking at my cards (as well as other blogs that you follow).  Even though I don't reply to posts that many of you have written (unless you have questions!) I want you to know I read every single one and appreciate your kind words that are passed my way. :)  And now on to today's card...and since it's Sunday that means it's time for another Red Hot Stampers' challenge.  This is my take on it...pretty simple this week, but I still like how it turned out. :)  Head on over to the Red Hot Stampers' blog here to check out a few more ideas using this sketch challenge.    

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Everything Eleanor & Blooming with Kindness

Card Stock:  Perfect Plum & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pad:  Perfect Plum

Embossing Folder:  Delicate Designs

Framelits:  Apothecary Accents

Ribbon:  3/8" Taffeta in Perfect Plum

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Sponges

French Foliage Easel Card

Today's card is one that I made for my fall stamp a stack and I think my favorite one (I also sent it to my upline, so let's hope she got it in the mail before I posted this! lol).  It uses the baby wipe technique which I had never done before.  Definitely a great and quick way to stamp if you want to have a lot of colors blended together on one stamp.  One thing I did find out is only two people should probably use one baby wipe to do their stamping.  After too many people use it the colors are WELL blended! lol  I used the 2012-2013 in colors, but a few of the ladies cards did not look like they used the same colors by the time they were done.  Actually their cards looked very nice, but instead of the bright colors they had fall colors.  This card was inspired by Belinda N.'s card that I saw on Stampin' Connection.  I wish you could see her card because it is so lovely!  If I find out she has a blog I'll add the link to it.  She made a square easel card and did a lot of distressing on it...which I love!  I did not want to stress out my SAS ladies though by adding distressing since they were already learning a new technique and making an easel card. ;)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  French Foliage & Perfectly Penned

Card Stock:  Early Espresso & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Early Espresso & Crumb Cake

Reinkers:  Raspberry Ripple, Primrose Petals, 

Gumball Green, Summer Starfruit & Early Espresso

Punch:  3/4" Circle

Ribbon:  3/8" Seam Binding in Crumb Cake

Wet Wipes, Sponges