One of the cards I shared Monday used the full-sized background die. It makes an amazing frame of pine boughs overlapping the interior of the frame. This is the die I'm referring to. Once you die cut the frame, you end up with a funny looking reverse image, or the inside piece from the frame. You can take that inside piece and use it to make a fabulous background. First, you'll want to center it over your card stock that you're going to … [Read more...] about Making Your Own Background
Christmas & Holiday Cards
New at SU-Sweetest Star
Welcome to our NEW AT SU! Blog hop! We are a group of Stampin’ Up! demonstrators from around the world who are Hoppin’ with creative paper crafting ideas to share with you. Today we are showcasing bundles from the September-December Stampin’ Up! Catalog. I choose Sweetest Star for my bundle today. This is a stamp and punch combo. I love punches for their quick work. I don't have to get out my die cut machine and get it set up. Just stamp, … [Read more...] about New at SU-Sweetest Star
Merry Christmas!
Wishing you a Happy Holidays and bright New Year from my family to yours. Frannie and I will be back with more projects on Wednesday. … [Read more...] about Merry Christmas!
Now That’s A Tree
I'm back today showing all the fabulous layers for the Merriest Trees bundle. The die set comes with the four different sizes of the trees, which can be layered on top of each other to make a full tree. The stamp for the tree leaves is just one stamp. But it has a gap between each layer which allows you to stamp each of the different sizes of trees nicely. The snow drifts are hand cut on the bottom of the card. Super simple card and it … [Read more...] about Now That’s A Tree
Festive Tags
One of the more recent kits in the Kit Collection is Festive Tags. This kit makes five different tags, three each of the five designs. That gives me 15 tags all ready to go for the holidays. For those of you that are nervous stampers, no need to stress about this kit because there is no stamping involved. All of the sentiments are stickers! This kit was so easy to put together. Most of the time, I assemble the kits just as they are. The … [Read more...] about Festive Tags
Last Chance…
Happy 2023! We are down to the last couple days of the July-December 2022 Catalog. Aside from the handful of items being carried over, the majority of the items in the Catalog will be permanently retired after January 4th. The best way to shop is to go to my online store and see what is still available. Some of the retiring items are on sale too. Today I have one more Christmas card for you. I used this card for most of my Christmas cards … [Read more...] about Last Chance…
Believe In The Magic
I'm back today with another Christmas card. This is one I made a few weeks ago. I was originally thinking I would use this as my Christmas card this year, but I knew hand-cutting all those little Santa hats was going to be a chore. Anyway, I still think this is a great card. This stamp set and pattern paper are retiring at the end of the July-December Catalog. The pattern paper is one of the host items in the Catalog and it's an excellent … [Read more...] about Believe In The Magic
Happy Holidays!
Wishing everyone a Happy Holiday Season from my home to yours! I will be back on Wednesday sharing more crafty goodies! … [Read more...] about Happy Holidays!