Mini Muffin Tin Advent Calendar

I mentioned yesterday that one of my stamp clubs was making some Christmas cards.  Well, my other stamp club decided that instead of having a hostess for November and placing orders, they wanted to make this adorable Mini Muffin Tin Advent Calendar that I learned from Christy Harsch. 

When I showed them the tin a few months ago, they were very excited to make it, so this is what we did last Thursday. 

It uses tons of punches and die cuts, and it features the very cute 25 & Counting stamp set with the Frostwood Lodge suite. 

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like...

Well, my house is all decorated for Christmas as of today.  My boys had a blast decorating the tree while we blasted Christmas music through the house!  So now I'm in a very Christmas-y mood!  I'm very excited about stamp club for the next two months because we get to make so many holiday cards! One of my Stamp Clubs is making these cute Christmas cards/projects this month.

This first item is an adorable little purse that I learned from Lorna Raczynski.  It's filled with some chocolate treats, and it's the perfect size for holding a gift card!  I used the Holly Berry Bouquet suite to make this one.

This next card is a telescoping card.  As soon as I saw the tutorial for this on Splitcoast Stampers, I had to try it!  I used the Christmas Lodge stamp set with the Frostwood Lodge designer series paper.  Some Fire Circle brads finish it off.

The final card is this Christmas ribbon flower card.  It didn't photograph as well as I would have liked - it looks way better in real life!  I used the Cherry Cobbler striped grosgrain ribbon to create the flower by using a basting stitch with some white baker's twine along one side of the ribbon.  Then pull the twine tight so the ribbon loops up.  I then stitched it shut at the back and ran the twine up through the center, pulled it through the button, and knotted it at the back.  There is a second piece of ribbon wrapped around the main part of the card.  To finish it off, I used the Pines & Poinsettias set to stamp a greeting, added a Vintage Tag and some First Edition designer series paper cut with the Top Note die and stamped with the En Francais background stamp.

Snow Days Layout

This is the layout my Scrapbook Club will be doing tonight.  I CASEd this gorgeous layout by Christine Gaydos - just changed out a few colours, but her design is amazing!

We haven't got snow here yet, but it's coming soon, so we may as well start scrapping it!

Blessings to you,

Silver-y Wedding!

This is a wedding card I created for one of my former students, who got married last weekend!  Congratulations, Melanie and Brennan!

I wanted to keep it simple and elegant.  I embossed some Whisper White cardstock with the Elegant Bouquet embossing folder, then I sponged Platinum Shimmer Paint over the raised images.  I added some Rhinestone Jewels to the centers of the flowers after I layered it onto some Brushed Silver cardstock.  I embossed the sentiment from Word Play in silver and added a little Rhinestone Jewel to the diamond image on "do".  Finally, I adhered it all to the Whisper White card base before tying some Whisper White Organza Ribbon around the whole thing.  The wrapping paper I used for their gift was silver and white, so it matched perfectly!

Blessings to you,

Gently Falling Layout

This is the layout my Scrapbook Club will be making next week.  I will admit that I totally CASEd this.  I'm afraid I don't know who to give credit to, as it was on display at a Stampin' Up! event hosted by Christy Harsch, and there were several demonstrators who had projects displayed.

I love how this layout showcases the Spice Cake suite, including the jumbo buttons and designer series paper. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings to you,

Simple Silhouettes Thanks

This is a super-simple thank you card I came up with.  I actually designed it as a sympathy card, but I made a bunch of them and stamped some with "thank you"!

I used the Beau Chateau designer series paper, paired with Very Vanilla and Marina Mist.  Some Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon finishes off this simple, elegant card.

I actually like the template so much, that I made a Christmas stamp-a-stack card using the same layout!

Blessings to you,

Always Elegant Shower

This is a card I made for a wedding shower for a girl at our church who is getting married.  I haven't made a lot of shower cards, so this one came together slowly, piece by piece!

I started by choosing Pink Pirouette and Brushed Silver as my main colours. Then I got out my Always Elegant and En Francais stamp sets.  I stamped En Francais in Pink Pirouette and then embossed the flourish-y thing in silver over top of that.  The silver background is embossed with the Finial Press embossing folder.  I punched the side of the Pink Pirouette layer with the Scallop Border punch.  It still needed more, so I threaded some Very Vanilla taffeta ribbon through it. 

Hopefully the end result is okay!

Blessings to you,

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Spice Cake Weave

This is a card I made for a Holiday Mini swap I'm participating in with my upline, Winona's, group.

I was inspired to use this paper weaving technique by this cute card by Noelle.  I used the Spice Cake designer series paper, cut it into 1/2" strips and wove it together.  Then I added some Early Espresso quilted satin ribbon with sticky strip.  I finished that part with a Regals flower button. 

For the greeting part, I stamped the leaves from Gently Falling (my new favourite stamp set!) in River Rock and More Mustard with Early Espresso for the outlines, then cut them out.  The greeting is stamped from Teeny Tiny Wishes and punched out with the Modern Label punch.  I also stamped the leaf over the greeting piece for some texture.  I tied some hemp twine through the sentiment piece, then attached the leaves and sentiment together with a mini clothespin.  I attached the whole piece to the card with Stampin' Dimensionals.

Hope you like it!

Blessings to you,

Gently Falling Collage

My friend asked me to make her some simple masculine cards, so I pulled out the new Gently Falling stamp set.

I used More Mustard, Cajun Craze and Pear Pizzazz to stamp the leaves, then added a sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes and the Word Window and Modern Label punches.  Quick and simple!

Blessings to you,