Traditional Christmas Colors

This one came to me around 11:30 one night - not usually an hour that I'm stamping, but it just so happened that I had a class the next day! How do you spell PROCRASTINATION?! Anyhow ... turned out good and here are the details: Stamp sets: Baroque Motifs, All Holidays; Ink: Garden Green, Real Red; Cardstock: Whisper White, Garden Green, Real Red; Accessories: Big Shot, Petals A Plenty folder, top note die, ornament punch, 3/4" circle punch, real red 3/4" polka dot grosgrain, fire circle brads, silver elastic cord, dimensionals. I am SOOO in the holiday mood! Thanks for looking ~ Angie

Craft Fair

This past Saturday I had a spot at the Mayo craft show. Carmen came to sit with me for "a few hours" and stayed the whole day :) The turnout was fantastic and we sold out of almost everything!! Needless to say we were very happy and plan to have a table again next year. I snapped a few pictures before the doors opened and we were swamped with customers. The Noel and Peace frames were very popular and I think Carmen sold all of the pumpkin and Rudolph baskets she brought. The Santa candies were also a huge hit. Thanks for your help and keeping me company all day Carmen! Sarah

Delightful Deco

This was the first card I made with the Delightful Decorations, the punch and all of the new things in the Holiday Mini Catalog... love that! Have I mentioned that? When I went on my massive card making day I had a whole bunch of these at one time! If you look closely at the ornament you'll see "merry" on the oval and that is an embossed image from the embosslit, Merry in the Holiday Mini Catalog. It's actually a tag! I wasn't too sure about it at the start... but you all know how things "grow" on you after a while! Off to stamp for my expo! I'm having a great time creating some unique gift sets! More to come! Sera

1 layout, 2 sets, 3 colors and 3 cards

The cards below are made using the Delightful Decorations set from the Holiday Mini Catalog and the Many Merry Messages set from the catalog. The first is Real Red and Whisper White. The ornament is stamped using the new Platinum Shimmer paint. It was punched out with the ornament punch and then mounted back in the same spot using Dimensionals. I also punched out the dots on this ornament using the hand held 1/16" punch.

This version uses the same two stamps sets, but also Baroque Motifs as a background image. Colors on this card are Always Artichoke and Mellow Moss.

And finally this version (which is my favorite) uses Many Merry Messages for the greeting and the level 2 Hostess set, Christmas Punch, for the background. The snowflake punch was used for the focal point. Colors on this card are Night of Navy and Brocade Blue. Each of these cards has a white layer inside too so the inside greeting can be stamped in the coordinating color and easily read. Three super quick and easy cards - love it! ~Heidi

Re-inker Technique!

This technique is a wow everytime. I used rubbing alcohol and re-inkers on glossy cardstock, smeared it all over with wax paper and my brayer and voila! Some serene snowflakes over the top and... instant card. This is a great one-sheet-wonder technique because it drys so fast and you're never quite sure what you'll get! I haven't made a card with three strips and a simple sentiment for a long time... love the good ole techniques and card layouts from long ago! Sera

Black & White Christmas Thanks

This card was a little wild for me when I made it a few weeks ago. I was super excited to use the DSP, Night and Day Specialty, but realized it was pretty Halloweenish for Christmas, but I made it work. The stampers in our club loved it! The smaller picture shows that the last ornament is on the inside of the card with the rhinestone brad. If you have your eye on this DSP, give it a try. Included in the pack of DSP you will find some window sheets too. How fun! Thanks sistas for blogging recently! Awesome creations, thank you! Sera

Fall Pillow Box Basket

I think it was on Beate's BLOG where I first saw the tutorial for this great little basket. Now they seem to be everywhere and in many other designs (santa, holiday, birthday, etc.) Here is my first attempt at it. This basket was given to a great hostess who loves all things Big Shot and loves little gift packaging things. To make this, you start with the Pillow Box die and cut out 3 shapes. Adhere them together end to end and then do some creative trimming (free hand) to make the top and bottom edges. 3 strips of paper, 1" x 5", are used to reinforce the bottom. Each strip is scored 1/2" from both ends. Two 4" circles are then added - one on top of the strips, one underneath the strips. Use lots of Sticky Strip to be sure it all stays together. Watch Beate's tutorial - it makes perfect sense. The leaves on the front are from the Leaves #2 Die. Stamp set used is hostess level 1, Holiday Best. Colors are More Mustard, Soft Suede, Garden Green and Ruby Red. Thanks for looking! ~Heidi

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Season of thanks ...

I've had this decor element since I saw it shown at convention and today was the day. I put this together for my sisters birthday gift. Shadow box and fall leaf vine from local craft store, background fabric from my stash and decor element on front after I cleaned the glass. Happy Fall y'all! Angie

In keeping with a theme ...

I was inspired by Sera's use of the Razzleberry & Pretty In Pink re-inker combination and created this card when I got home Saturday night. Thanks ladies for the awesome time. I used glossy, pale plumb, whisper white and basic gray CS with gray taffeta ribbon and fire circle brad. Lots of layers and dimensionals. Angie

Serene Snowflakes & Vellum

The snowflakes on this card are muted in a sense, with the vellum on top of bashful blue cardstock. The snowflakes are stamped with night of navy, bashful blue, chocolate chip and maybe a few in soft suede. The card takes only a few minutes! I've thought about adding a few elements from the pretties kit, which I may do. I do like it "as is" though! If you are wondering, I do have other stamp sets aside from the three Christmas sets that I've been blogging as of late. After our Christmas party, I have a whole bunch of great ideas. I'm sure the sistas will be blogging them soon! Sera

Christmas Party!

Great fun was had by all at our second annual Sista Christmas party. We had swaps, a make & take, plenty of awesome ideas and great cards to share. A huge success. The best part about being a demonstrator is having awesome nights like these with your stamping buddies! Thanks for hosting us Lee Ann! The card above was similar to the make and take we made, yea, sorry, don't have a picture of that one at the moment. I'll share that later. What an awesome event! Thank you sistas! Sera