Clear Stamp Set Storage

Thought that I'd share a storage strategy that I

recently discovered.  These are DVD racks sold by Best Buy 

for $7.99.  They hold 25 DVD cases.  Best Buy also

sells a floor version that holds 50 cases. 

They are very useful because you can store numerous

clear mount sets in a small footprint.  

Curly Cute Owl

I tend to use the Curly Cute stamp set frequently.

It is a nice shape and font.  In this example, I omitted

the word "Season's" and just used a portion of the sentiment.

Project Ingredients:

Colors:  Rose Red, Early Espresso Core'dinations,

Whisper White, Bashful Blue, Red Glimmer Paper

Other:  Labels Collections Framelits, Owl Punch

Full Heart Punch, Sanding Block   

I hope that you are having a lovely holiday.

We are "enjoying" snow events.  I am grateful for

a wonderful friend Ann, who helps me keep my 

walks clear.     

Christmas Bag

This bag was made with Stampin' Up!

DSP from last year.  It uses 2 pieces, fastened

together at the bottom and then sides. 

Christmas Blessings

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdLwZCprtkI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2xxqRm3Hyg 

Christmas Tags

These are Christmas tags based on samples by

Monica Weaver.   The tags use Big Shot Bigz dies:

Perfect Pennants, Two Tags and Typeset Alphabet.

Product:

Colors:  Elegant Eggplant, Always Artichoke,

Champagne Glimmer Paper, Red Glimmer Paper,

Candlelight Christmas DSP, Soda Pop Can   

Other:  Seam Binding Ribbon 

Have a Very Merry and Blessed Christmas 

Guest Stamper Christmas Card

This is a WONDERFUL project from a recent

Llama Hop, created by the talented Susan Horr.

Don't you just love the simple elegance of this card! 

Ingredients:

Sets:  Daydream Medallions, Ornament Keepsakes,

Greetings of the Season

Other:  Gold Embossing Powder, Brushed Gold

Card Stock, Holiday Ornaments Framelit Die  

Mary Brown Snowflake CASE

This is a CASE of my buddy, Mary Brown's

card here.   Such an amazing design.

Ingredients:

Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Wisteria Wonder

Set:  Snowflake Soiree

Big Shot: Snow Flurry Bigz Die, Apothecary Framelits  

Simply Scored Glitter Ornament

Sorry that this is such a bad picture.

I got the idea for this ornament from Kay Kalthoff

at StampintoShare

Ingredients:

Designer Series Paper, Border Punch

Simply Scored, Glimmer Paper, Scallop Punch

Holiday Ornaments Framelits Dies,

Glimmer Grad 

Here's another.  Sorry that the picture
is equally poor.

    

 

Fall Foliage Thank You

It's still warm out, so I felt a fall card was "OK".

Also, given the number of leaves I continue to rake,

this card characterizes life issues for me! 

Set:  French Foliage

Colors:  Tangerine Tango, Daffodil Delight,

Whisper White, Old Olive  

Open Sleigh Apothecary Dresser

I will have to admit that I am proud of

this little dresser.  It is made out of "leftovers"

from a previously posted project (Christmas door).

The Old Olive panels were scored 1/4 inch from each

edge on the Simply Scored, to give them a raised look.

 The panels were sponged and then mounted on a

sponged Old Olive layer with dimensionals.  

The Ornament Keepsakes Bundle was used to make the

ball feet and drawer pulls.  The drawer pulls were then

mounted and coated with Crystal Effects.

The Brushed Gold card stock branches were punched

using the Bird Builder Punch.

The stocking from Open Sleigh was stamped in

Cherry Cobbler and hand cut.

The back of the dresser is a piece cut with the

Apothecary Framelit set, pierced and sponged.  

The dresser was layered on to a piece of Candlelight

Christmas Specialty DSP, which was then mounted on

the Cherry Cobbler Card Base.         

Gumball Gift Card Holder

I have a feeling that I CASED this project from

someone, but can't figure out where I got the idea.

If this idea was yours, please let me know.

Ingredients: 

Curly Cute and Bold Snowflake Single  Stamp

Gumball Green, Midnight Muse, Real Red

Top Note Die, Chevron EF, Blossom Punch 

 

Ornaments Keepsakes DVD Case

This is a DVD scrapbook case designed by

Sharon Duvelius.  It features the Ornament Keepsakes

Bundle (page 3 in Holiday Mini),

More Merry Messages set (page 15 of main catty)

and the Be Of Good Cheer DSP on page 164.

This project is a great way to gift someone 

with a CD/DVD or scrapbook pages.   

Glimmer Tree on Velum

I enjoy the Christmas combination of White and Silver.

It reminds me of snow drifts and rosy cheeks!

The use of velum and paper piercing adds  

a bit of delicacy to the project.

Ingredients:

Set:  Curly Cute

Paper: Velum Card Stock,  Silver Glimmer Paper,

Whisper White Card Stock

Big Shot:  Holiday Collection Framelit Dies 

(Holiday Mini)

Apothecary Accents Framelits (p 191)

Other:  Silver Embossing Powder,  

Paper-Piercing Tool, Stampin' Pierce Mat,

Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack (page 181),

Organza Ribbon (page 173) 

   

Wintery Mug

This is a simple card, using the Scentsational

set and coordinating framelits.  

 

Colors:  Whisper White, Lucky Limeade Core'dinations,

Early Espresso Core'dinations paper. 

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Christmas Lodge Single Stamp

This is one of the new single stamp offerings from

Stampin' Up!   This is the Christmas Tree from

Christmas Lodge.  The sentiment is from

Curly Cute.

Colors:  Gumball Green, Primrose Petals,

Whistper White.  

Curly Cute Christmas Door

Just a quick post, featuring a "Christmas door".
This is a CASE of a door presented by
France Martin at frenchiestamps. 

Ingredients:

Colors:  Lucky Limeade, Cherry Cobbler, 

Whisper White, Soft Suede

Set: Curly Cute

Other:  Simply Scored, Perfect Pennants

Bigz Die, Red Glimmer Paper, Brights Glimmer Brads,

Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding 

Llama Christmas Hop

 

Welcome my contribution to the Fall-i-Days

Christmas blog hop.  I bet you loved Diane's projects!

My theme this hop is "Christmas Sparkle".

I love the Red Glimmer paper (page 160), because it

just makes me happy.  This paper 

 figures prominently into my projects.    

In this project, the Red Glimmer paper is the

layer behind a Whisper White layer.

The WW layer was stamped with the Christmas sentiment

from the Open Sleigh set found on page 12 of the main catty.

The Whisper White layer was then run through the Big Shot

Holiday Collection Framelit Christmas tree die

three times to create a group of trees.

You don't have to be picky about placement, 

just create a random trio.

After creating the trees, the layer was run through

Lacy Brocade Embossing Folder to add a little texture.

I attached all of the layers, concluding with a

Gumball Green card base.     

Lastly, Rhinestones were added to complement

the sparkle. 

My second project is a gift card holder.  It can be

hung from a Christmas tree or 
you can omit the ribbon and send it as a card.

Again, a layer of Red Glimmer paper figures 

prominently, flanked by a frame of Brushed Silver CS.

Graduated sizes of the Window Frames Collections
Framelits were used to produce the Gumball Green
card base, Glimmer layer, and Brushed Silver frame. 

The Holiday Collections Christmas Tree Framelit was
used to make the tree image, which was then
run through the Lacy Brocade Embossing Folder. 
Gumball Green Ribbon was attached between layers
with sticky strip.    

 

This is the inside of the gift card holder.

I cut an extra layer of the Window Frames

Framelit, cut it down

 and glued it with Tombo. 

I hope that you enjoyed my hop projects!

Now hop along to see Jean's lovely offerings.

Or click the "Home" button to return to the 

main hop page.

                                                     

                 

                

Christmas DSP Unscripted Challenge

This is a project created for the 

http://unscriptedsketches.com challenge.

I love cutting DSP and CS into triangles of all sizes.

Ingredients

Set:  Open Sleigh

Colors:  Very Vanilla, Gumball Green, Early Espresso

Candlelight Christmas DSP, Red Glimmer Paper

Other: Apothecary Accents Framelits, 

Holiday Ornaments Framelits 

  

Primrose For You

Sorry I've been quiet again.  Had to

replace my ailing car so have been spending quality

time at car lots.

Just a quick post for today!

CCMC Challenge #2

This card is a second entry in the 

Create with Connie and Mary Color Challenge HERE.

The product used includes:

 

Colors:  Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade,

Daffodil Delight and Whisper White

 

Sets:  Layered Labels

 

Big Shot:  Apothecary Accents Framelits,

Floral Fusion Sizzlits, Window Frames Collection

Framelit, Dotted Embossing Folder

Blooming Butterflies CCMC224 - Color Challenge

This card is a project for the Create with Connie

and Mary Color Challenge HERE.

Ingredients:

Colors: Whisper White,  Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade 

and Daffodil Delight 

Set:  Blooming with Kindness

Other:  Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder,

Elegant Butterfly Punch  

Scentsational Season Bundle with Window

Sorry that I've been quiet.  I went to AZ to help 

with my parents.  Got back last night.

This is a quick card, using the Scentsational

Season Bundle (stamp set and coordinating Framelits)

Ingredients:  

Scentsational Season Bundle

Lacy Brocade Texture Impressions Embossing Folder

Labels Collections Framelits

Snow Much Fun stamp set

Gumball Green Stitched Satin Ribbon

Holiday Ornaments oops

This card uses the Holiday Ornaments Framelits

on page 3 of the Holiday Mini.  The sentiment comes

from the Open Sleigh set.

I was happy with this card, until my last step...

I cut out the ornaments with the framelits and 

ran them through the Lacy Brocade Embossing Folder

to add texture.  I then used the Delicate Designs

Embossing Folder to create a "swag" at the top of

the card layer.  The ornaments were "hung" from

the swag.

My "final act" was to spritz the card layer with

Platinum Shimmer paint in a Spritz bottle.

The result is some "dirty looking" spots.

Sorry about that.  Essentially, I should have held

the card farther from the spritzer nozzle, so the

result would have been a fine mist,

rather than splotches!

Embossed Hello Doily

Embossing the Hello Doily stamp produces a wonderful

effect.  In this example, I embossed Very Vanilla c/s

with White embossing powder and then sponged with

Pink Pirouette, Certainly Celery and Crumb Cake.

The background was also stamped with the

En Francais background stamp to add texture.

The banners were produced by punching the ends

with the Full Heart punch.  The Pink Pirouette banner

was stamped with the "Thank You" from the 

Curly Cute set. 

Pearls were added as a final accent and the

layers was then attached to the card base.

Toxic Treats with Banners

I'm still "totally into" banners made with the 

Full Heart punch.  In this example, I used the 

Howlstooth & Scaringbone DSP from the Holiday Mini.

The sentiment and crow come from the Toxic Treats

Set.  It's such a great Halloween set!  Add a bit of

3/8 inch Black Taffeta ribbon and the card is complete.

October Llama Hop

I hope that you are enjoying the Thanksgiving Llama hop so far!

Bet you loved Debbie's inspiring projects!

I really enjoy making Christmas cards, so that is what I am 

offering for my Blog Hop contribution!

Given the popularity of banners, I had to make a banner

Christmas card.  And I HAD to use the Scentsational Season

set with coordinating framelits on page 16 of the Holiday Mini.  

It is so much fun to crank out cards with the framelits!

Materials:  Scentsational Season Set

Sentiment from Open Sleigh Set

Banners: Gumball Green Core'dinations card stock

Early Espresso Core'dinations card stock

Candlelight Christmas Specialty DSP,

Whisper White card stock

Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

Full Heart Punch (to punch the end of the banners)

Here is a link for the tutorial I used for this tree.

http://cardsandacuppa.blogspot.com/2011/12/folded-tree-tuorial.html

Most paper artists use DSP for the origami tree, but I have

"issues".  I can't deal with 2 different patterns showing

on the tree.  For that reason, I used the Gumball Green

Core'dinations paper, embossed with the Big Shot

Fancy Fan embossing folder.  My sample is sponged with

Early Espresso ink, but I think White Craft Ink looks better.

The "Merry" sentiment can be placed on the 

Christmas Tree skirt, or stuck in the branches as 

in this example.

Materials:  "Merry" from Teeny Tiny Wishes,

Cherry Cobbler and Gumball Green Core'dinations c/s,

Red Glimmer paper with Star from 

Holiday Collection Framelit Die set,

Fancy Fan Textured Embossing Folder

Lacy Brocade Textured Embossing Folder,

Woodgrain Textured Embossing Folder

Word Window Punch

Spritzer with Champagne Mist Shimmer paint & alcohol

Now hop on over and take a look at Kath's wonderful projects,

 or return to the Llama Hop Home page via the link below.