I know it’s still August but I am preparing for the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog.
We can start ordering from it on Thursday — woohoo!!!
To get you ready I thought I would share a card with you that uses supplies
that are in the Annual Catalog — yes you can start preparing for the holidays with stamp sets that you may already have. This card is clean and simple. It was a swap card from an event I attended this past weekend. I didn’t find a name on the swap so I’m sorry I can’t give credit to the designer.

She used the Softly Falling embossing folder for the background.
The stamping is done with the Holly Jolly Greetings stamp set and Night of Navy ink.
She cut out Peace using the Christmas Greetings Thinlits.
Don’t you love the “On Earth” banner? That was cut out using the Bunch of Banners framelits. And don’t forget the finishing touch — Rhinestones — one in the center of the snowflake and a couple scattered on the card front.
Shaker Bees
Here is the final card we did at my Stamp of the Month Class.
We used the bees from the Shooting Star stamp set and made a
shaker card — so cute.
Basic Black card base
Daffodil Delight layer
Irresistibly Floral designer paper — I used the
Sponge Brayer and Daffodil Delight ink rolled over the paper — so cool.
I just love these little bees inside.
Confetti Celebration Spinner Card
At my Stamp of the Month Class this week,
we used the Sliding Star framelit with the Shooting Star stamp set.
I wanted to show them how easy it is to switch stamp sets and still use
the framelits. So I pulled out the Confetti Celebration stamp set and love how this card turned out.

Flirty Flamingo card base.
Layer of Basic Black
Whisper White — stamp light strings across the top
Cut out the circles with the framelit.
I stamped two stars and cut out with Paper Snips.
One star is attached to card.
The second star is attached to the top of a penny that is
sandwiched to another penny with dimensionals.
Twirl the star around the circle — kids will love to receive this card.

