One Big Beautiful Ornament

Today’s card features one big stamped imaged! I grabbed this stamp set from a FB Stampin’ Up! buying and selling group for really cheap. I don’t know why I never bought it. I love the big ornament and the ability to color it however I like. For these cards, I heat embossed the image in gold, copper, silver, and pewter. From there, I created color groups and started coloring. Pairing the image with a coordinating cardstock and DSP scrap completes my card.

All the variations:

• Stamps: Christmas Bauble; Beautiful Baubles

• Ink: Real Red; Old Olive; Mint Macaron; Gorgeous Grape; Various Stampin’ Blends

• Cardstock: 2018-2020 In Color DSP (retired); Gingham Gala DSP (retired); Quilted Christmas DSP (retired); various DSP scraps; Shaded Spruce; Mint Macaron; Highland Heather; Old Olive; Real Red; Whisper White

• Accessories:

• Tools: Gold Embossing Powder; Silver Embossing Powder; Copper Embossing Powder; Pewter Embossing Powder

#21 Quilted Reindeer

Today's sketch comes from May 2014:

Today's card was the first of many Merry Patterns reindeer cards I made this month. I love the simple nature of the repeating circles with lots of texture and pattern. As a finishing touch, I added some rhinestones to the reindeer's antlers.

• Stamps: Merry Patterns; Merry Cafe
• Inks: Garden Green; Real Red
• Cardstock: Quilted Christmas DSP; Real Red; Whisper White
• Accessories: Rhinestones
• Tools: Layering Circles Framelits; Cable Knit Embossing Folder

Two Cups of Cheer

Today's post is all about my current favorite stamp set: Merry Cafe. Of course I bought the Coffee Cafe bundle in the annual catalog. And as soon as I saw the Merry Cafe Stamp Set in the Holiday Catalog, I had to have it immediately! For this card, I made two cute Christmas coffee cups featuring paper and ribbon from the Quilted Christmas Suite. Such a great card.  

• Stamps: Merry Cafe
• Inks: Early Espresso; Real Red; Lemon Lime Twist
• Cardstock: Quilted Christmas DSP; Whisper White; Garden Green; Early Espresso
• Accessories: Quilted Christmas Ribbon
• Tools: Coffee Cup Framelits

Fall Bingo -- Holiday Cards

Last Saturday, I held my second Stampin' Up! Bingo Party. It was so much fun! For this time, I went with a fall theme even though it was over 100 degrees this past weekend. This week, I'll be sharing the projects I prepped and the make n takes from the party. 

Today's post is all about the make n takes I created featuring Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas items from the Holiday Catalog. I gave my ladies a choice for their goody bags. Some went with a combo of two holidays and some stuck with one holiday. From there, I created a few examples. The two designs could be switched to the other holidays by just switching out the paper, sentiments, and accessories. Easy Peasy! The first card is simple but oh so cute! I embossed my layer of Whisper White and layered on some DSP and a cute coffee cup. For the final touch, I added a cute felt shape.

• Stamps: Merry Cafe
• Inks: Garden Green; Real Red
• Cardstock: Quilted Christmas DSP; Garden Green; Whisper White; Crumb Cake
• Accessories: Stitched Felt Embellishments
• Tools: Polka Dot Embossing Folder; Coffee Cups Framelits

For my second card, I switched out the theme to Thanksgiving I added some stamped leaves using tone on tone stamping to play off the DSP. From there I created another cute coffee cup and finished off my card with some natural elements.

• Stamps: Merry Cafe
• Inks: Cajun Craze
• Cardstock: Painted Autumn DSP; Cajun Craze; Very Vanilla 
• Accessories: Burlap Ribbon; Natural Elements
• Tools: Coffee Cups Framelits

And here are all the wonderful cards the ladies created with their supplies. Such different cards here! Love it!