3/$5 Card Making Night - November

A couple of weeks ago, I held my November 3/$5 card night (holiday themed, of course!) It was an awesome turn out and I think each of the ladies had a lot of fun. Many of them decided to make 2 sets of cards, so I was glad that I had made up lots of extras!

My card night fell during the week before Thanksgiving, so I knew it was the perfect time to add a Thanksgiving card to the "card menu".


Stamp Set: Day of Gratitude

Paper: Old Olive, Cajun Craze, More Mustard, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Autumn Spice Specialty Paper

Ink: Cajun Craze, Old Olive, markers: Cajun Craze, Old Olive

Accessories: Decorative Label punch, basic pearls, Dimensionals

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I saw this card at Laurie's Stampin' Spot and instantly fell in love with it! I only tweaked a few things (mostly the sentiment) because I adored everything about it.


Stamp Set: A Cute Christmas, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper: Baja Breeze, Real Red, Whisper White, Candy Cane Christmas Specialty Paper

Ink: Basic Black, Real Red, markers: Baja Breeze, Pink Pirouette, Real Red, Garden Green

Accessories: 1/4" Real Red grosgrain ribbon, Snowflake punch, Scallop Oval punch, Modern Label punch, basic pearls, Dimensionals, Dazzling Diamonds glitter

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I thought it might be fun to add a little something different to this month's card night, so we made a gift card holder. I found a quick and simple tutorial on how to make these. I used the Two Tags Die to make the portion of the gift card holder that comes out and attached a piece of tape to hold the gift card in place.


Stamp Set: Season of Joy, Occasional Quotes (sentiment - Hostess Level 3 set)

Paper: Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Jolly Holiday Designer Series Paper

Ink: Cherry Cobbler

Accessories: Scallop circle punch, 1 3/8" punch, 1 1/4" punch, scallop dotted trim, sticky tape, Dazzling Diamonds glitter, 1 1/4" striped Old Olive, Two Tags Die (used with Big Shot), Dimensionals, silver elastic cord (retired)

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Stamp Club - November

My Stamp Club met tonight...what a fun time we had!! The ladies really loved the projects we made and their enthusiasm was contagious! I had such a great time! Each month, I ask the scheduled hostess what they would like to do as the club project. Sarah, this month's hostess, was interested in creating some punch art, and since Christmas is just around the corner...I decided it was time for Rudolph & Santa Claus to come out to play! I thought it would be extra fun to add the punch art to gift card holders since that is quite the common gift during the holidays. We made two simple gift card holders that can easily be reproduced.

Gift Card Holder #1

Punch Art: Rudolph

*Rudolph inspiration found HERE. The only thing I changed was using the Swirls Scribbles Sizzlits Die in place of the Tulip Bigz Die.

*Directions for Top Note gift card holder found HERE. She has a great video tutorial!

Punches used for Rudolph: Extra-Large Oval, Boho Blossoms (largest flower), 1/2" Circle, 1/4" Circle, Swirls Scribbles Sizzlits Die

Colors used for Rudolph: Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Chocolate Chip, Basic Black

Other supplies: Jolly Holiday DSP, Cherry Cobbler CS, Chocolate Chip ink (for inked edges of Rudolph), white gel pen, black marker, dimensionals, Top Note die

Stamp Set: Season of Joy

Gift Card Holder #2

Punch Art: Santa

*Santa inspiration found HERE. There are many versions of punch art Santa that I have seen, but my favorite thing about this one is how you cut off 4 of the scallops on the Circle Scallop punch and turn it upside down to create the mustache. I decided to add a 1/4" circle (regular hole punch) in Pretty in Pink for the mouth.

*Directions for gift card holder found HERE. This is another great video tutorial...so easy to follow!

Punches used for Santa: 1 3/8" Circle, Circle Scallop, 1/4" Circle, Word Window, 1 3/4"x 7/8" Large Oval, Boho Blossoms (smallest flower)

Colors used for Santa: Whisper White, Pretty in Pink (mouth), Blush Blossom (retired), Cherry Cobbler

Other supplies: Jolly Holiday DSP, Old Olive CS, Pretty in Pink (used with sponge dauber for cheeks), Blush Blossom marker

Stamp Set: Teeny Tiny Wishes

November Hostess Gift
Tutorial can be found HERE

Stamp Set: Day of Gratitude

Paper: More Mustard, Old Olive, Autumn Spice Specialty Designer Paper

Ink: More Mustard, Old Olive, Cajun Craze (edges of DSP is sponged with Cajun Craze)

Accessories: Scallop Circle Bigz Die, hemp twine, Old Olive button, dimensionals, Chocolate Chip double-stitched grosgrain ribbon (retired)

Sarah, November's hostess & the birthday girl!