Love you Much!

This set is so stinking cute! It's called Love You Much. The images are really sweet!

The sentiment I stamped in Early Espresso is from a set called Grateful Greetings. It's a great set to own because you have sentiments and verses for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and Valentine's Day. If you are looking for a set that works for multiple Holiday's, this would be one of them for sure!

I used Real Red cardstock, Early Espresso cardstock, Whisper White cardstock, Brights DSP Patterns Pack, Bitty Buttons, Real Red Grosgrain ribbon and Linen Thread tied in the holes of the button.

I stamped the Love you much image in Early Espresso...the Valentine Greetings sentiment was also stamped in the same color. I took my Real Red and Tempting Turquoise inkpads, smooshed (yes, that is a technical term!) the top and bottom together to transfer the ink to the lid of the inkpad, picked up color with my Blender Pen, and colored the LOVE image. I tore the bottom of the whisper white for some textured then glued everything down with our Snail Adhesive.

If there is ever anything that you want me to show a tutorial on, let me know. I'm more than happy to show you anything I can.

Thanks for visiting me!

Heather

Filled with Love Promotion

From December 17th, 2010 through January 24, 2011 purchase the Filled with Love bundle. You'll receive the Filled with Love Stamp Set and exclusive Love Patterns Designer Paper. You'll also receive a FREE  package of Bitty Buttons when you purchase the bundle! See this flyer for details and images of all the items.

 Contact me to order this bundle!

Thanks for visiting me,

Heather

Days of Christmas: Day 8

Can you believe we are already on Day 8 of my Days of Christmas blog posts?!

Amazing how time flies.

This card features the Hostess Stamp set Northern Hearts from the Holiday Mini Catalog. This set's so fun with this fun wreath, snowflakes and a cute little bird image. I love how there are some coordinating items in the mini that go with this set.



















I used the Holly Jolly Designer Series Paper along with Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding and the Deck the Halls Big Designer Buttons. I punched out a border with the Eyelet Border Punch. I cut out the circles with the Circle Scissor Plus and Glass Mat. I popped up the circle with dimensionals.

Come back tomorrow for great ideas. Thanks for stopping by!
Heather

Days of Christmas: Day 7

Today I am featuring a product from the Holiday Mini. It's the We Wish You a Merry Christmas Stampin' Sound card. We also have a Recordable Stampin' Sound card that you can record a message up to 10 seconds long. I decided to go with the pre-recorded card. It plays "We Wish You a Merry Christmas".

This is the inside of the card.

I used Deck the Halls Designer Series Paper. I'm not much of a vintage look person, but this DSP is gorgeous! I layered the DSP on Early Espresso cardstock and Crumb Cake cardstock. On the front of the card I stamped the sentiment "Peace on Earth" from the set Peaceful Season, in Cherry Cobbler, then the image of earth on a string in Always Artichoke. I used a little Very Vanilla Seam Binding, added an Artichoke button from the Deck the Halls Big Designer Buttons, and tied some Deck the Halls Fabric inside the button. I love that effect!

On the inside of the card, I used the sentiment from Christmas Greetings. I also added in some Silver Tinsel Trim ontop of the Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding.

These cards are really fun, and you can create them for any occasion. They'd be great for a Birthday card, for someone that lives long distance.

Here is another idea for the Stampin' Sound card, from my Stampin' Up! website.

Thanks for stoppig by!
Heather

Days of Christmas: Day 6

I've decided to feature a stamp set and a Designer Series Paper. The set I am using today is called Season of Joy and the DSP is Candy Cane Christmas. I'm also adding in some of the Candy Cane Christmas fabric!

On this first card I used our Real Red 1/8" taffeta ribbon, Basic Pearls Jewel Accents and Clear Tinsel Trim. We have two colors of Tinsel Trim. Clear and Silver. The Silver is wired and the clear is not. Dont' you just love those polka dots?

This card was made using this tutorial. It's called an Easel Card. How much fun is this?! It was surprisingly easy. I used the Candy Cane Christmas fabric as I mentioned before. I tied it through one of the Candy Cane Big Designer Buttons! I love that look! I placed a Basic Pearl Jewel Accent inside the O of JOY on the image. (We have Big Designer buttons that match the Deck the Halls line in the Holiday Mini as well)

This card features a large piece of the Candy Cane Christmas DSP. I chose to emboss the poinsettia image on to Vellum Paper, cut it out with the 1 3/4" Scallop Circle punch, and glued it to another punched out scallop circle in Whisper White cardstock. I added some of the Glimmer brads in matching colors. I tied on some Poly-Stiched ribbon in Blushing Bride and popped up the poinsettia. I also wanted to emboss my sentiment, so I inked it in Versamark first, then Baja Breeze, then embossed it with Clear embossing powder.

This last card is featuring the candy cane stripe pattern from the Candy Cane Christmas DSP. I like the simplicity of the stripes. I randomly stamped the swirl image on Garden Green cardstock along with the teenie little flower image. I stamped the swirl again in Real Red on Whisper White cardstock, then stamped the snowflake in Blushing Bride and again in Baja Breeze and punched them out with the 1" circle punch and the 1 1/4" circle punch. Tie a knot in the 1/8" Real Red Taffeta and the Clear Tinsel Trim, and it looks like an ornament!

I hope you enjoyed these cards. Come back tomorrow for more Christmas fun!

Heather

Days of Christmas: Day 5 (giveaway!)

Today I have a gift idea for you. How many times have you been invited to a holiday party and needed a hostess gift, or someone shows up, hands you a gift, and you didn't have anything on hand for them?

This gift idea is perfect for situations like that. It's a set of 4 Christmas Cards with matching envelopes, packaged in a sweet little acetate gift box.

Here are the four cards. I didn't photograph the envelopes.

This is the gift box. Cute huh?

Now, do you see that little green Rhinestone in the middle of that scallop piece? No, Stampin' Up! doesn't sell green Rhinestones, we have clear. But, with the magic of Permananet Markers, you can have any color Rhinestones you wish! Stampin' Up! markers will not work for this because they are waterbased and will just wipe off. You need Bic Mark It markers or Sharpie markers.

You just color on top and all around the Rhinestone and viola! You will see me feature our Rhinestones as different colors, I'm going to play with our Pearls and see how they come out! Keep a look out for those posts!

Would you like to win this box set of Christmas Cards? Place an order with me, either on my website, call or email me your order, and you will be entered to win this set. If your order is $50 or more, you'll get two entries! Good luck!!

Thanks for visiting, see you tomorrow!

Heather

Supplies

Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Deck the Halls Designer Series Paper

Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke, Soft Suede

Stamps: Delightful Decorations, Sweet Season, All Holidays

Accessories: Tinsel Trim - Silver, Basic Adhesive Rhinestones, Scallop Circle Punch, Ornament Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, Shimmer White Envelopes

*Note: Stampin' Up! does not cell the acetate boxes, you can find them online if you do a search for them.

Days of Christmas: Day 4

For today's day of Christmas, I am featuring a new product from our Holiday Mini catalog. It's called Waffle Paper. I'm also giving a peek at the Jolly Holiday DSP in our Idea Book & Catalog.

This card shows the silver waffle paper under the strip of DSP. Isn't it pretty! There's a shiny side and a more dull side to the paper, so you can use the dull side if you don't want it shiny.




This is a gift bag featuring the gold waffle paper. I thought it would look nice as a layer for the image I decided to use on the bag. You can put a small gift, or a cellophane bag with cookies or homemade candy in this. I love how versatile this bag is!



I hope you like the projects in today's post! I know I enjoyed making them!

Happy Holidays,
Heather

Supplies
Cardstock: Very Vanilla 12x12 smooth (119951), Very Vanilla 8-1/2x11 (101650), Jolly Holiday DSP (1117159)
Ink: Cherry Cobbler (119669), Always Artichoke (102272), Crumb Cake (121030)
Stamps: Peaceful Season Hostess Set (121124 clear) ASK ME HOW TO EARN THIS SET!!
Accessories: Waffle Paper Gold & Silver (120984), 2-1/2" Circle Punch (120906), Big Shot (113439), Fancy Favor big shot Die (115965)