Merry Christmas!

Created by Dianne using My Digital Studio, by Stampin' Up!

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Simply having a wonderful Christmas

Making gift labels for packages using this sweet stamp set!  I am simply loving this set...

Winding down to Christmas!

It has been a long time since the last time I posted...I don't have as much time for posting...lately

but I did have a Mason Jar class..and it was fun!  This is one of the jars we did..

filled it with frosted pretzels!  cute snowman!

Christmas is coming, and I have already sent out most of my cards...(80 of them!)...and not hand stamped but used my My Digital Studio program!

Lost lagoon sounds like a funny color to stamp a Christmas card in, but I used it to create this one...with the Letterpress Winter set from the Holiday Catalog!  It sort of matches the snowflake in the Snowflake card thinlets....I repeatedly stamped it on white cardstock to create the background, and then used ink around the edges....glittered up with the glitter cardstoc, and tied with Lost Lagoon ribbon.

stay tuned for more cards from the NEW Occasions catalog which starts in January!  2015 is going to be a great year!!!

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Christmas Cards n' Tags Class

Getting some cards and tags stamped for Christmas

Christmas...is coming!

 Gotta get in the spirit...Christmas is coming and it is only OCTOBER!

however, if you go into the craft stores, you will still see a "hint" of Halloween, but Christmas has been slowly seeping in....(since early September!)

I love this stamp (it's one stamp! and comes with 3 other accessory stamps!)

Nature's Peace  

135116 (W)24.95 135119 (C)17.95

Embossed with white on pool party cardstock 

and then mounted on Baked Brown Sugar cardstock

 Start your Christmas stamping NOW!

come to a class!

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Snowflake Flip Card

I know I haven't posted in a while..busy this last month, traveling and having a fun time back east, and getting my daughter off for her last year in college!

it has gone by fast!..and yikes! it's getting closer to Christmas!

Niagara Falls, NY

 I love the new die!  This is a snowflake flip die that makes this fun card! 

The snowflake set coordinates perfectly..of course, and I used the pretty designer papers and recut using the die to make it fit the card!

135143 Letterpress Winter 8 (clear) stamps 25.95

  135823  All is Calm Specialty Paper  12.95

135841 Lost Lagoon 3/8" Silky Taffeta Ribbon 5.95

135855 Snowflake Card Thinlits Die 32.95

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Christmas is around the corner...

Now that summer is over, school is in session, and vacations are a memory..

we have to start thinking of what is coming up next...

ok, well, at least I know that the stores have some normality..they have HALLOWEEN stuff...

but I see the beginnings of Christmas which is too soon after!

myself and Rod at Fort Niagara, NY - 

instrumental in the War of 1812 and the French Indian War

 

Niagara Falls, USA

 (not the traditional Canadian side)

 My first Christmas card..

Cute polar bear. I am really enjoying this set! 

I cased this card from someplace, maybe Splitcoaststampers...

but too cute!

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October Stamp a Stack - Easel Card

 Using the snowman *Build a Snowman - to create this fun easel card!~

 Be sure to RSVP for the October 5th Stamp a Stack!

You will be making a few of this card along with others!

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Merry Christmas!

 No, I haven't lost my mind!! But I have started to think Christmas...I don't have much paper from the NEW MINI yet so this paper is from last year, but the idea is sweet anyways...!!!

 Stamped the dove using Smokey Slate and then the Peace in Gumball Green

All is layered on Gumball Green...

The pop up brings out the die cut out which fit perfectly!!!

Still need a few more details added....

I am just happy I got a card stamped!

Even though the papers are last years....I can still send it out to someone special!

Now I need to stamp a card for my dad....

stay tuned!

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Merry Moments Cards with Box!

MERRY MOMENTS 126911  $21.95

 

The box is not fully decorated yet but 8 cards and envelopes will fit in.  

Each card is decorated uniquely but this class will be a class that you will make your own designs. You can use my cards to inspire you, but I want you to try to create your own so you can make your cards at home rather than doing the cards that I create!

I added the sweet silver glitter paper and the coppery color and the red!  Along with Glimmer brads and dies cut from Stampin' Up!'s dies, these cards will be fun to give out to family and friends, and you can use the box to hold more cards, or any goodie you like!  There is enough paper to create even more cards at home!

Class is Saturday, October 6 - World Card making day!  We're also going to create a card to donate to the Operation Christmas Card.   This organization sends cards to soldiers who are overseas, wounded or returning home. It's something they can look forward to especially being far away from home.

If you can't make it to my class, think about donating a card to this organization!  You must sign the card, (handwritten message) and if you have any envelopes, please, don't seal the envelope!  You can drop it off at your nearest Michaels, (LONG BEACH TOWN CENTER) or me, or the Michaels closest to you!


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Christmas in July, Stamp a Stack!

This year...Stamp A Stack in July includes Glimmer Brads in subtle....very cheerful and bright!



2 weekends available - Saturday July 23, and Saturday July 30. RSVP now!





















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Glimmery Christmas Stamp a Stack in July!

Oh Come Let us Adore Him..

I saw this stamp set, and never got it last year, but saw so much that has been done with this stamp that I had to get it for this year...

I love the silhouette look and so I created a background by stamping it on Bashful Blue cardstock, and then spritzing with Smooch spray in Blue (I got it at CHA) and also in Silver. The effects don't show up much in the photo, I know this looks splotchy but it is really shimmery and softer than in the photo. I have them mounted on these cool wire frames too, so when you come to my Stamp A Stack, you will see them CLEARLY! I have cards mounted on both sides so you can really see the cards! Be sure to check out my calendar of classes!

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Snow Much Fun!

This was one of our PRE-order stamp sets, and I created a window card, using {nesties}. I love that they layer and you can create a window. I am hoping that Stampin' Up will come up with more dies that can do things like this! Punches don't reach to the center very well.... :)

I colored using Watercolor Pencils and a blender tip and using a brownish-rust color to antique the snowmen! Aren't they cute!

And..of course bling! (glitter brads)

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Christmas cards in a jiffy!

Each Year...my friends and family expect a Christmas Card...and each year, I stamp over 100 cards! But this year, the economy has stifled my creativity ...and my budget!

I can't do my usual 100 cards....so, I decided that I am going to send them to just a few people....hopefully, they will understand how painful it is for me to do that but .....

I pulled out my My DIGITAL Studio! I started looking through the templates for the cards, and I came across this one.

It is called Christmas Jingle, and it had this one PRE-Designed!

All I had to do, was the add the photo! So...after shooting a few pictures of my daughter and our doggie at the beach....I plugged in this photo! I had it printed and then got some cardstock/and envelopes at the craft store, and added my pictures to the cards! I also got some glittery sticker type greetings to add some sparkle! I am going to add something else inside the card, and I also did a newsletter.....

Now..I am only making about 30 cards this year...but I really like how they came out..(the photos themselves only cost about 6.00 and the card/envelopes were 3.00 (less than that because it had 50 cards in the package!) Now...all I need to get is the stamps! er...postage stamps, that is! LOL

voila! done!

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Pinecone Tags

I am loving the new stamps, and punches from the HOLIDAY MINI Catalog! I know when you see all the new items in this mini, you will just be as excited as I am!

I am making tags for my Christmas gifts.....but you can make tags or cards for ANY occasion!

I should be playing some Christmas music to get more inspired, but it is finally starting to get HOT here in CA! So, listening to snow falling and sleigh bells might just be what I should be playing to cool off! (hee hee!)

This is from the Tags 'til Christmas set from the Holiday Mini Catalog. Using Markers to color in the images, and then to stamp it on vanilla cardstock. I punched it out using the NEW label punch. I then layered it over Chocolate Chip cardstock and finally over Crumb Cake cards that are cut 3" x 6", folded in 1/2.

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Two Tags Die

Two Tags die can be a fun tag all by itself, but the tags are long. I wanted the tags to be a bit smaller, but how can you make these tags smaller?

Well, by folding!

I folded it at the edge of the scallop, and then folded at 2" from the edge on the right side. This way, the scallop circle laps over the tag.

I really like how this came out, it is cute and compact, and was easy to be used because it is done by the Die cut and the punches!

I'll either add a hole at the fold and then a string on the end....!

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Christmas Tags

I love snowmen! They are so cute! When I saw this set in the Holiday Mini, I knew that this stamp had to be one in my collection! I stamped it on whisper white, in Pacific Point, punched with the 1 3/4" circle and then cut out (using the circle scissors) a circle in Bashful Blue. The large scallop is from the New catalog, the LARGE 2 3/8" Scallop circle punch!

Tag making is getting easier!

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It's beginning to look a lot like.....

"Christmas is coming,
the Goose is getting fat,...."

This song started going through my head. I was thinking, am I CRAZY? It is only 7 am, in AUGUSt, and it is a beautiful morning and starting to get hot. The last few days of summer are finally here!

I started using some of my new Holiday Mini catalog stamps to make some Christmas tags for a class I am planning! This is a 3x3 card and I used discontinued dotted grosgrain ribbon, it looked so cute! The punch is also new, however the oval had to be hand cut. Fortunately, the oval is stamped on and so that makes it easy to cut! I will post a few more tags.....in the next couple of days!

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It's beginning to look a lot like......??? oh no!

Yes, well, the election might be less than 30 days away, but Christmas is still over 80 days away..isn't it?


But, I guess we have to get started thinking of doing our Christmas cards. I am still not sure what I am going to do, it really depends on whether or not, my daughter will cooperate, with a Christmas Photo.


We might do a beach photo this year, but it is still undecided.

I love the Surfin' Snowman....doesn't it seem appropriate for a BEACH GIRL?

I took these little cards, and instead of doing traditional cards (A2 size) these are 1/2 the size.

They actually are 3 3/4" x 2 5/8" folded. I then took the SKI SLOPE Designer paper, and put down a strip and then stamped the Shell tree, and the Surfin' Santa in Basic Black and water colored it using the Blender pens.


Then I took the 2 way glue and used glitter....well, you can see them if I scan it closer!!!



Yes, I USED GLITTER!
Wow...I am really lovin the glitter!

lol....it really looks better on the Shell Tree, but I didn't get a closer shot at that card. hmm..have to work on that..

Oh, and I made smaller envelopes using Medium envelopes...

gotta check back tomorrow to see that posting!

Are you ready for Christmas??? I am definitely NOT...don't let this stamping blog entry fool ya!






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New Cards 2008

Seeing friends and meeting new ones! Anne Oshiro from Hawai'i, and Susan Everingham from Virginia, and Julie Ward from Kansas....new and old friends...and always a friend...
We had a great time, and it was really fun to spend time with new friends and old ones too. We met Susan and roomed with Susan this year and she is such a great person...you've got to love someone who just makes you smile about everything in life. Julie has a great attitude and has great ideas to share and Anne, will share everything with you! All of these ladies made Convention 2008 very special, in their own ways...and if you ever get to go, be sure to make new friends. It is so nice to say "I have a friend who lives in Kansas, and I have a friend who lives in...."

This fun set is called TWO COOL DUDES!

Can you see the possibilities? I hope that there will be more fun ideas shared ...I can't wait to see what others come up with! This looks to be a great addition to the holiday stamp sets!

The tag punch coordinates perfectly with this....and love the scallop edge punch too!

This one used the round punch (I punched out the center of the snowflake to make the O in snow) And to tie the ribbon, again, I used the circle punch to make a 'hole' in the fold to tie the ribbon on.

My daughter got her wisdom teeth extracted, so I have been busy "watching" her. Well, I have been in the same room with her...just letting her rest, and get better.

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