2014

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas.  The new catalogs are in for a sneak peek; items are unavailable until February 1st.  Take a look at the Home and Price is Right Club tabs for details on what's happening in 2014.  The next crop is January 18th, hope to see you there!

Color Dare #74

This is the final set from my Sparkle and Shine papers. Stamp sets are Flakey Friends (C15606) and Wintery Wishes (C1560) - a Hostess only stamp set.

 

Check out the other great entries at the Color My Heart Dare!

Card Set #7

This set used the stamp set from the Frosted card kit (G1063), Perfect Fit - Holidays (B1412) and some red shimmer trim (Z1848).  I only show one card today, because the two I made were exactly the same.

Card Set #6

This is the Yuletide Greetings stamp set (D1553), with some silver shimmer trim (Z1799) and Red Glitz (Z1484). 

Corners are from the Sparkle and Shine kit stamp set (G1071).

Card Set #5

These are using Santa Claus (C1567), Perfect Fit - Holidays (B1412) and the Sparkle and Shine kit stamps (G1071).

The corners are from the Sparkle and Shine kit stamp set.  This is cut from the Art Philosophy cartridge page 37, 5" (I think, might be 4").  A little silver paper behind the top and bottom cutouts and a circle around the HoHoHo.

I stamped Santa in black and again in ruby, then cut the ruby part of his hat out and glued it on top of the black stamp.  I colored his face in for some added variation.

The ruby Santa and sleigh and Ponderosa Pine HoHoHo are in pigment ink and then clear embossed.

Card Set #4

How cute is this stamp set?  Polar Bear Holiday (C1557) and the silver washi tape from the Sparkle and Shine set (Z1907).  And Stardust Glitz for snow (Z1313)!  I like this set because there is very little to color to have a great stamp, polar bears being white and all.

Card Set #3

On the large titles I used whisper and ruby pigment ink with clear embossing powder and silver embossing powder, respectively.  The stamp set is from the Sparkle and Shine kit (G1071).

Card Set #2

This has two stamp sets, Santa Claus (C1567) and Candyland (D1557).  Kraft paper is a great paper for the gingerbread boys.  On the first card the striped paper is a leftover from the scrapbook kit pages, cut in half.

Card Set #1

I used up all my larger pieces of the Sparkle and Shine kit, but had plenty of leftover small pieces.  I spent the day making them all up into cards.  No more Sparkle and Shine paper, but LOTS of great cards. 

When cutting your bases for cards from a 12X12 sheet of cardstock, you can get two 5.5 X 4.25" cards and two 3X3 cards.  Make your first cut at 8.5".  Turn your paper and cut at 11", slide to the right and cut at 5.5".  You now have your two larger card bases.  Take that first strip you cut and make it 3" wide (by 12" long).  Then cut it in half (at 6").  You now have  your small card bases, without a lot of waste! I haven't been using many 3X3's but they are great gift tags.

I made 8 such sets out of my scraps and will be sharing them with you over the next few days.

And the 3X3's.

This is a retired stamp, but if  you have it, still a great one.

 

 

 

Christmas Layout

I hope you all had a wonderful and peaceful Thanksgiving Holiday.  I spent mine resting, cleaning house, cooking, watching the Iron Bowl (War Eagle!) and scrapping - all things I have trouble finding time for during the work week these days.

I loved the red striped paper in the Sparkle and Shine holiday paper pack (X7176B).  I coupled it with the Santa Claus stamps (C1567) and love the results.  Also used are Ruby Mini-Medley Accent Collection (Z1861) and Perfect Fit -Holidays (B1412).