Peace, Love and Joy for the Holidays

Today I wanted to share one of my favorite fun folds.  I love this gate door fold, it’s one of my favorites.  I used a stamp set from the Holiday Catalog that doesn’t get noticed as much.  Take a look at page 8 — Every Good Wish.  It has two watercolor style phrase images and great inside greetings too, add a few splotches and holly leaves are you have a quick, easy to assemble card.  I used one of my favorite designer papers, Christmas Around the World.

Every Good Wish, Christmas Around the World Designer Paper, Christmas
Measurem
Garden Green – 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ — score at 4 1/4″ — cut out top section by cutting from top of card on the fold line down 2 1/2″.  Turn card 90 degrees and cut from fold to edge of card at 2 1/2″.  Save the cut out section for another layer
Real Red – 2 3/4″ x 4″
Christmas Around the World designer paper – 2 5/8″ x 3 7/8″
Real Red – 4″ x 5 1/4″
Whisper White – 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″
Real Red – 2 3/4″ x 3 1/2″
Garden Green – 2 1/2″ x 3 1/4″
Whisper White – 2 1/4″ x 3″ — stamp greeting with Real Red ink — ink holly with Garden Green and Real Red Markers (stamp in upper right corner) — stamp splotches with Real Red ink

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Christmas / Hand Made Cards

I Am Thankful For You

Now that November is here, I see a lot of people posting things they are thankful for.  This is such a great thing to do, life gets so busy and we truly don’t stop to say thanks for everything in our lives.  I don’t mean a fleeting  thought but to stop and really think about all the good things that happen to us and the good people that we come in contact with each and every day.  Today’s card says I Am Thankful for You!!!  I truly am thankful.  I have met so many wonderful people since I started my Stampin’ Up! business 13 1/2 years ago.  I am blessed  to know each and every one of you.

On to today’s card.  This card was a swap card made by Margie.  This card says fall to me.  The Early Espresso card base is accented with a layers of Crushed Curry that has been embossed with the Layered Leaves embossing folder.  Next another layer of Early Espresso and the flowers stamped on Very Vanilla with Crushed Curry and Cajun Craze inks with Early Espresso stamped centers.  The banner is stamped with Early Espresso ink.  Such a great simple card that is perfect for November.

 

Painted Harvest Stamp Set, Petal Burst Embossing Folder, Thankful


Measurements:
Early Espresso – 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″
Crushed Curry – 4″ x 5 1/4″ — embossed with Layered Leaves embossing folder
Early Espresso – 2 3/4″ x 5 1/4″
Very Vanilla – 2 1/2″ x 5 1/4″ — stamp flowers with Crushed Curry and Cajun Craze inks — center of flowers is Early Espresso ink
Very Vanilla – 1″ x 3″ — stamp greeting with Early Espresso ink — cut banner end

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Fall / Hand Made Cards

Stampin’ Blends Are Available TODAY!!!

Halloween is over — I can legitimately work on Christmas projects and listen to Christmas music.  I know, Thanksgiving is coming first, but really, there isn’t music for Thanksgiving.  We do still keep all the beautiful fall decorations — leaves and pumpkins (not jack-o-lanterns) and all the wonderful colors — Pumpkin Pie, Tangerine Tango, Cajun Craze, Old Olive and Early Espresso, but I am planning some fun classes for November to help us all prepare for the upcoming Christmas season.

Christmas means WISH LISTS for everyone — things we need and things we want.  I have a great product that should be top on your Wish List — Stampin’ Blends.  These are brand new — available TODAY!!!  They are alcohol based markers that blend and color so nice, no lines showing from the marker.

Here’s a video from Stampin’ Up! that shows you how to blend with these new markers and shows a great new stamp set and card kit that is available starting today.

If the video link doesn’t appear in your email — Click here to View

There is a new brochure for the Stampin’ Blends — Click here to View the Brochure

The markers can be purchased in a Combo Pack — one light and one dark of a color.
You can be purchase single markers or the full Stampin’ Blends Marker Collection (all 26 color plus the Color Lifter).

Place an order for at least 5 Combo Packs of Stampin’ Blend Markers today – Sunday, November 5th and I’ll give you a Memento Stamp Pad FREE.

Place an order for the full collection of Stampin’ Blend Markers today – Sunday, November 5th and I’ll give you a Memento Stamp ad FREE and half a package of the Just Add Color Specialty Designer Paper. 

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