Need a last minute gift?

Send a wish to all your loved ones with the December Paper Pumpkin Kit! It comes with nine card fronts, three each of three designs, and nine coordinating envelopes. It has paper pieces detailed with gold foil, embellishments, an all-occasion stamp set, and an acetate box where you can store your finished cards! You can gift the kit itself or the finished product in the acetate box; either way, it's the perfect last minute gift for any occasion. 

You can gift the box of cards to a loved one, and they can gift a card to someone else.  It's the gift that keeps on giving!  Share your love of crafting with those around you using the All The Best Kit!  Subscribe to receive this kit by December 10.  Just goggle PAPER PUMPKIN to subscribe and add me as your demonstrator!

This month's kit includes:

• 9 cards ~ 3 each of 3 designs and 9 coordinating envelopes
• 1 acetate box to fit cards and envelopes from the kit
• 1 Pebbled Path Ink Spot
• 1 photopolymer stamp set
• Embellishments
• Specialty gold foil die cuts
• Adhesive

COORDINATING COLORS:   Balmy Blue, Crushed Curry, Gold Foil, Old Olive, Pebbled Path

Do you have MORE WISHES?

 

Fun With the New “More Wishes” Stamp Set  One of my favorite stamp sets in the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog is “Biggest Wish" on page 53. I have thoroughly enjoyed using all kinds of combinations of the BIG BLOCK and small cursive words in the set. Did you know that every word appears in both formats?  On page 55 in the Mini Catalog you can find a similar stamp set ~ "More Wishes"!  While the original stamp set was a great all—occasion set, More Wishes leans more towards the winter holidays. But there are a few surprises in there, too. That’s why I chose to show off something of both stamp sets in this article. Starting With Christmas  My first two cards are two ideas for using the words, “Merry” and “Christmas.” A technique that I’ve used a lot with the Biggest Wish stamp set is to repeat one of the words several (usually three) times and then cap it off by using the second word at the end. That’s what I’ve done with the first Merry Christmas card. I had intended just to add the cursive “Christmas” flat at the end lined up with the three “Merrys.” But when it came time to stamp, I thought stamping at an angle created a fun sense for the card. And it does! I added a stocking from the Sending Cheer stamp set and a little bow to finish the card. In the second card, I switched the Merry from block to cursive and the Christmas from cursive to block. They both work well either way. When I use this way of overlapping the cursive onto a block stamp, I like the cursive stamp to be a darker tone than the block, as I did with the Shaded Spruce-stamped Merry. I finished this card with some bulbs from the Merry & Bright stamp set and added a whimsical bow. Mixing It Up A Bit While still thinking and using Merry and Christmas from the More Wishes stamp set, I wanted to add “and Happy New Year.” The ampersand and the words New and Year are right there in that stamp set. And if you guessed that I found “happy” in the Biggest Wishes set, you’d be right! For this card I mixed up some colors that I think of as Christmas (Navy and Old Olive) and New Year (Navy and Balmy Blue). The Night of Navy color connects the two greetings, and the Adhesive-Backed Glitter Sequins, with the set’s Blue and Old Olive, provides a sense of the whole holiday season. Continuing with mixing it up, I got away from the holidays a bit and created a birthday card that needs both stamp sets to complete my birthday wish. Birthday, of course, comes from Biggest Wishes. But I am so happy to have the words wishes, to and you from the new More Wishes set. And a Fun Valentine Card to Wrap it Up  You only have to look at the sample cards in the Mini Catalog to see that words love and you are perfect for a Valentine’s Day card. OK. That’s nice. Oh, and that exclamation point does perk it up a bit. But how about adding another word? How about Friend from the Biggest Wishes set? I added some hearts from the Country Cottage stamp set (in the Annual Catalog) and some Iridescent Dots that will be in the upcoming January-April Mini Catalog. It’s definitely a Valentine Card! About All the Cards All of these cards are made with Stamps, Ink, and Paper, with a bit of embellishment. Each of them is made with a 4” x 5-1/4” stamped layer, a 4-1/8” x 5-3/8” mat, and a 4-1/4” x 5-1/2” card base. They can all be made with whatever stamps and embellishments you have on hand. Enjoy the Wishes!

It was a dark, cold and rainy night....

....and, we (Alan, Sarah and I) took a tram ride through the....

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Christmas Classics

 

Christmas Classics Bundle – Peace on Earth All images © 1990-2023 Stampin’ Up! ® Supplies: · Stamp Set –Christmas Classics Bundle (161977), page 31, Sept. Mini Catalog · Cardstock – Basic White (159276); Real Red (102482); Basic Gray (121044); Shaded Spruce (146981) · Stamp Pads – Versamark (102283); · Misc. – Christmas Classics Dies (161976); Dimensionals (104430); Bone Folder (102300); Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755); Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine (149653); Rhinestone Basic Jewels (144220); Paper Snips (103579), Real Red Stampin’ Blends Combo (154899); Merry Melody 3D Embossing Folder (156392); Stylish Shapes Dies (159183); 2” Circle Punch (133782); Metallics Stampin’ Emboss Powders (155555); Joy of Christmas Designer Series Paper (161958), Heat Tool (129053) Measurements: · Real Red: 8 1/2” x 5 1/2”, 2 ¼” x 2 ¼” · Shaded Spruce: 4 ½” x 4” · Basic Gray: 5 1/8” x 3 7/8” · Basic White: 5 ¼” x 4” (for inside card), 5” x 3 ¾” (for card front),         2 ¼” x 2 ¼” (for sentiment) · Joy of Christmas DSP: 1” x 4” Instructions: 1. Fold Real Red card base in half and flatten fold with bone folder. Adhere Basic Gray piece to the card front. Emboss the 5” x 3 ¾” piece of Basic White with the Merry Melody 3D embossing folder and adhere to Basic Gray piece on card front. 2. Use the Classic Christmas dies to cut out Shaded Spruce piece and DSP layer (refer to sample). Adhere these to card front as shown in sample. 3. Die cut the 2 1/8” stitched circle from piece of Real Red card stock using the Stylish Shapes dies. 4. Stamp sentiment on small piece of Basic White using Versamark ink and Silver Embossing Powder. Melt the powder with the heat tool. Punch out with the 2” circle punch. Adhere to the Real Red circle and then to card front with Dimensionals. 5. Color rhinestones with dark Real Red blends and add to card front. Stamp remaining piece of Basic White as desired and adhere to inside of card.