Wrapped in the Warmth of Christmas

I have another great card from our shoe box swap this past weekend.  One of my Team Members, Sandi, designed this card.  Like many of us, Sandi is a great collector but gets a bit shy to make a card by herself.  I think she did a great job — don’t you?  I would love for you to leave a comment about Sandi’s card.  I will draw one name from all the comments and send a little thank you for participating.

The Snowflake Sentiment stamp set and Silver Embossing Powder was used for the greeting — Wrapped in the Warmth of Christmas.  I just love that greeting and the plaid designer paper from Christmas Around the World designer paper makes me think of a nice warm blanket.

Snowflake Sentiment Stamp Set, Christmas Around the World Designer Paper, Triple Banner Punch, Jute Twine, Layering Circles, Christmas
Let’s Make the Card:
Garden Green – 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ — score at 4 1/4″
Black – 3 1/2″ x 4 1/2″
Christmas Around the World Designer Paper – 3″ x 4″
Real Red – 2″ x 4″ — punch one end with Triple Banner Punh
Black – 3 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ — cut out circle with Layereing Circles Framelits
Whisper White – 3 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ — stamp greeting with VersaMark ink — heat emboss with Silver Embossing Powder — cut out with Layering Circles Framelits
Jute Twine – 5″ — wrap around Black layer — 10″ — tie a bow and attach with Glue Dot

Don’t forget to leave a comment — I know Sandi would love them.

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Creep It Real Goblins Are Fun!!

I finally gave in and bought the Creep It Real stamp set.  I held out getting it because I “needed” the Spooky Cat bundle and figured I didn’t need another Halloween stamp set but I kept seeing so many fun things that I finally caved and ordered it.  Then I saw a card I loved designed by Brian King, I knew I made the right decision.  I started playing with Brian’s design while I was working on my shoe box swap for this past weekend’s Team Getaway.  I think mine version turned out pretty cute — what do you think?

Creep It Real Stamp Set, Spooky Night designer paper, Halloween
I love the fold on this card — I call it a swinging gate fold.  It reminds me of the old barn doors that opened half top and half bottom.  Here’s the card from the side so you can see the fold.

Creep It Real stamp set, Spooky Night Designer Paper, Halloween
Let’s Make The Card:
Pumpkin Pie – 4 1/4″ x 11″ — score at 5 1/2″ — put the 11″ side across paper trimmer and cut at the score line down 2″ — turn cardstock (4 1/4″ across top) and cut from the score line down at the 2″ — you are taking out a 2″ x 5 1/2″ section of the top of the card
Black – 4″ x 5 1/4″ (inside
Whisper White – 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ — stamp Creep It Real at an angle with Memento ink filling the whole sheet
Spooky Night designer paper – 2″ x 5 1/4″
Black – 3″ x 4 1/4″
Pumpkin Pie – 2 3/4″ x 4″
Black – 2″ x 3 1/4″
Whisper White – 1 3/4″ x 3″
Wisteria Wonder – 2″ x 2″ — stamp Frankenstein with Memento ink — cut out with Paper Snips
Pumpkin Pie – 2″ x 2″ — stamp pumpkin with Memento ink — cut out with Paper Snips
Lemon Lime Twist – 2″ x 2″ — stamp witch with Memento ink — cut out with Paper Snips
Attach three images with dimensionals

This was so much fun to make and quick to — even with the fussy cutting.

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Seasonal Chums Meets Spooky Cat

This past weekend I held a Team Getaway — 11 team members spent the weekend together in a craftin’ retreat center doing whatever we wanted to do.  This is about the 5 year we have done this and it is such a fabulous bonding time.  Everyone is assigned in pairs to cover meals and desserts.  We have such wonderful meals and so many great snacks all day long.  The only planned activity is a shoe box swap.  This means each person designed a project and cut supplies for the other 11 people.  All the supplies are put in a box and anytime throughout the weekend we each would grab a box and make that project, so at the end of the weekend we went home with our own sample item and 11 other completed items.  Everyone did a great job — I am so proud of them, I want to share the projects with you over the next few days.

The first project used the Seasonal Chums stamp set and coordinating framelits and the Cat Punch from the Spooky Nights Suite.

Seasonal Chums stamp set, Seasonal Tags Framelits, Cat Punch, Halloween, Treat Holder
Isn’t this just the cutest!!!  We stamped the pumpkin tag from the Seasonal Chums stamp set — colored it with Watercolor Pencils — Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso and Old Olive — cut it out with the coordinating Seasonal Tags Framelits and then cut the top of the pumpkins off zig zag like a jack-o-lantern.  Then we used the Cat Punch to add black cats to the back of each pumpkin.  A little box was created to attach the pumpkins to that holds two Rolo candies.

Seasonal Chums stamp set, Seasonal Tags Framelits, Cat Punch, Halloween, Treat Holder
Let’s Make It:
Watercolor Paper – 2″ x 4″ — stamp pumpkin tag with Black ink — cut out with Seasonal Tag Framelits — color with Watercolor Pencils — cut tops off zig zag
Black – 2″ x 4″ — punch out two black cats — stamp faces from Spooky Cat stamp set with Whisper White ink
Black – 2″ x 2″ — score 1/2″ all four sides — cut small tabs to score line
Seasonal Chums Stamp Set, Seasonal Tags Framelits, Halloween, Treat HolderFold on all score lines.  Put adhesive or glue dot on small tabs and attach to create little box.
Attach cats and pumpkins.  Tie ribbon and Black Bakers Twine to decorate the front.  I can’t wait to see your fun little treat holder.

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