Light the Sky New Year Card
Welcome to Team Stamp It's December Blog Hop. We're so glad you joined us. This month, we feature cards and projects celebrating the coming new year -- 2024. Be sure to visit all of the blogs on the hop. Leave a comment for a chance to win the Confetti Birthday Card Kit. Light the Sky New Year Card Perhaps you've never thought of sending a card celebrating the new year? Maybe you haven't had time to create your Christmas cards? So, why not create and send a new year card? For me, this holiday calls for gold, heat embossing, and bling. For today's card, I use Stampin' Up!'s Light the Sky Stamp Set. Find it on page 58 of Stampin' Up!'s...
Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Paper Share
In just a few weeks, you'll be able to shop for brand-new paper crafting products from Stampin' Up!'s January-April 2024 Mini Catalog. The catalog goes live Thursday, January 4. It's filled with brand-new paper crafting products for Valentine's Day, spring, Easter, and more. Look for new stamp sets, dies, embossing folders, ribbons, embellishments, and, of course, Designer Series Paper. What is a Paper Share? Once again, I’m offering a paper share where you receive 6 x 6 samples of all the gorgeous paper included in Stampin’ Up!’s January-April Mini Catalog. The share gives you an opportunity to look at and touch all of the designs so you...
Sparkling Snowflakes Gift Packaging
Welcome to the Stampers Dozen December Blog Hop. This month, we feature gift packaging and tags. Be sure to visit all of the blogs on the hop to get that last-minute inspiration for your holiday crafting. Or save the ideas to use for Christmas in July and beyond. (Or use other stamps in your collection to create birthday -- or other -- themed packaging.) Sparkling Snowflakes Gift Packaging Do you need some last-minute gift packaging? Or do you just want to have some fun with your stamping supplies? Either way, I think you'll love today's project. From my craft room in Mesa, Arizona, I transform a sheet of basic white tissue paper and a...
Stylish Shapes Dies Thank You
fWith the bulk of my Christmas cards created and in the mail, I turned to creating some holiday and winter-themed thank you cards. It's nice to have some on hand to thank people for the thoughtful gifts they bring. In today's post, I share a fun thank you card created with die cut shapes. Don't you think this snowman is adorable? Stylish Shapes Dies Thank You Here is a list of of the pieces I used to create this card: Body: Three Basic White circles die cut with the second, third, and fourth largest circles from the Stylish Shapes Dies Arms: Basic Black Card Stock die cut with the smallest banner from the Stylish Shapes Dies Hat: Basic...
Merriest Trees Fun Fold
Who loves a fun fold card? A fun fold gives me an opportunity to be creative in my card making and surprise and delight the recipient at the same time. Today's card appears to be a traditional front-opening card. However, it's not. The tree itself is where the card actually opens. See the photo below. For this project, I use Stampin' Up!'s Merriest Trees Bundle. It's a favorite in the September-December 2023 Mini Catalog. This tree and die cutting technique I use today also lends itself to making some cute packaging tags or even standalone Christmas cards. Merriest Trees Fun Fold Here are some basic directions for making this card: Basic...
