Christmas Swaps

On Tuesday we held a Stampin' Up! team meeting where we were able to talk "business", share motivation, catch up with what each of us our doing with events, enjoy pumpkin bars, listen to those who went to On Stage a couple of weekends ago, set goals, swap cards, and create a make n take. Ultimately we had the chance to just be together to motivate and support one another in our Stampin' Up! businesses...or as a hobby.

Always a favorite of our time together are the swaps! This time it was Christmas-themed.

 

We also had the chance to play with stamps with a make n take. My upline shared this awesome technique with us to create this beautiful card. I am SO SAD that Woodland Embossing Folder is retiring. It's a MUST HAVE, so snag it now before it's gone! It will retire January 4th.

Here's an up close to show you we added "glittery snow" to the trees and hill.

Stamping on the inside is always a fun addition.
Plus, it makes it easy just to sign your name and you're done! ;)

The swap card I brought will be posted soon...

...so come on back!

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THANKS!

It's Thanksgiving here in the United States and with this holiday comes a reminder of so many things I am thankful for! At the top of my list are all of YOU ~ those who read my blog on a regular basis, who comment when they can, send me emails or messages, or place orders. It's because of you and your encouragement that I continue to create!!

THANKS! is one small word...but it really does have a big meaning.

Now, I can't take complete credit for the design of this card. I was definitely inspired by a photo I found in the 2015-2016 Annual Catalog. Although I put my own spin on it using a different flower background and adding a little more color...I knew this card was a winner when I first saw it! So simple, but bold. I just love the little pearl accents. It's all about the details!

P.S. Don't miss out on these beautiful Blossom Accents! During the Online Extravaganza (ending November 30th), they are 50% off! Click on the picture on the left to visit my online store to see all of the products on sale (heidiboos.stampinup.net)

Stamp Sets	One Big Meaning, Flowering Flourishes
Ink	Black Archival Ink, Sahara Sand
Paper	Whisper White, Cucumber Crush, Watermelon Wonder, Neutrals DSP Stack (Sahara Sand)
Accessories	SNAIL Adhesive, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots, Pearls Accents, 2015-2017 In Color Blossom Accents
Tools	N/A

SSINK Mystery Challenge - Peaceful Pines

It's Monday! That means it's a new challenge over at SSINK! This week it's a "Mystery Challenge". The challenge is to use at least 3 elements in your card or project from the ones listed below. You can even go all out and use all 5 elements if you want! Come and join us and play along!!

I ended up using all of the elements on my card!

1 - Splatter/splotch/splash - the blue background sponged
2 - Use colors Real Red, Pear Pizzazz, and Pool Party
3 - Christmas theme
4 - 3 layers
5 - Use a bow for your embellishment (more of a knotted bow, but that works!)

Stamp Sets	Peaceful Pines, White Christmas (falling snow)
Ink	Pear Pizzazz, Pool Party, Basic Gray
Paper	Pear Pizzazz, Real Red, Whisper White, Red Glimmer Paper
Accessories	SNAIL Adhesive, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Rhinestones, 1/8" Real Red Striped Grosgrain Ribbon
Tools	Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine, Perfect Pines Framelits, Bitty Star Punch

Online Extravaganza starts TODAY!! 

 

There are even special MONDAY ONLY Doorbuster Savings. Don't wait too long as all items are while supplies last! Click on the banner above to check out all of the items that are 20-50% off -- Punches, Ribbon, Stamp Sets, Washi Tape, Paper Pumpkin kits, Framelits, Thinlits, Boxes, Tags, Embellishments, and so much more!!!

Visit my online store at heidiboos.stampinup.net and click on SHOP NOW.

Be sure to use host code: 9SZJKJC7Also, be sure to un-check the box that says "no contact" so I can send you a thank you for your order! Anyone who orders during the Online Extravaganza will receive a handmade Christmas card.

Don't forget...this makes it easy to shop for Christmas gifts at a great price!

Peaceful Pines Christmas

I have a quick and easy card to share today. It uses the very popular Peaceful Pines stamp set and Perfect Pines Framelits (buy as a bundle and save 15%!)

This is one of the card designs I used earlier in the month for one of my card making nights. It's simple in design, but that red glimmer and the "feathered" tree adds a fun look stepped up look!

Here's the same design, but with a different patterned background and I changed up the sentiment. Both of the sentiment options come in the Peaceful Pines stamp set.

Stamp Sets	Peaceful Pines
Ink	Real Red, Mossy Meadow
Paper	Real Red, Crumb Cake, Mossy Meadow, Whisper White, Red Glimmer Paper, Merry Moments DSP
Accessories	SNAIL Adhesive, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Rhinestones
Tools	Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine, Perfect Pines Framelits, Bitty Star Punch

We're sharing Christmas cards today at the SSINK blog. Come on by for a visit!

Control Freaks - It's Beginning to Look a lot like Christmas!

Control Freak Stampers presents "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas..." Now, I'm not one who likes to skip right over Thanksgiving (I still have all of my Fall decor up), but in the stamping world you kind of have to get a jump start on Christmas fun so you can use all of the great products Stampin' Up! always comes out with! I know many stampers have been playing with Christmas products since the summer. I just started this month, so I'm a bit behind, but I have seen some beautifully crafted paper creations so far using many of the NEW Stampin' Up! products from the 2015 Holiday Catalog. There is even a small little section in the Annual Catalog this year for the holidays!

If you have already been following along on the tour, you should have just arrived from Mary Brown's blog. If so, you're on the right track, so continue on to enjoy some inspiration today!

The two cards I am sharing with you today on the hop kind of have the "snow" theme. I'm really hoping for a snowy winter, but here in the Pacific NW ~ let's face it: it's usually just rain. 

I started with a Thick Whisper White card base and layered it with Smoky Slate cardstock. I added a strip of Silver Glimmer, Holidays Fancy Foil Designer Vellum, and paper from the Season of Cheer DSP. The "merry" was cut out of Silver Glimmer using the Christmas Greetings Thinlits.  I finished off the sentiment with "Christmas" from the Holly Jolly Greetings stamp set. Pair the thinlits together with this set and you can purchase as a bundle for 15% off. They go really perfectly together! The large snowflake (stamped in Lost Lagoon ink) also comes from the Holly Jolly Greetings set. I cut it out using the 2-1/2" Circle Punch and added a beautiful Iced Rhinestone Embellishment for the center. Before popping up the circle on Dimensionals I added some Silver Metallic Thread behind it.

This next card I think is more beautiful in person! Sometimes a photo just doesn't do cards justice. This one is decked out in glitter and shimmer!

I started with a Night of Navy card base. The strip of snowflakes paper on the far left comes from the Season of Cheer DSP. I added a strip of Silver Glimmer Paper on top of that. The winter scene comes from the Happy Scenes stamp set, which is stamped in Night of Navy ink onto Whisper White cardstock and punched out with the 2-1/2" Circle Punch. I added Dazzling Diamonds Glitter using the 2-Way Glue Pen. It sparkles so beautifully in real life! The "Season's Greetings" sentiment also comes from the Happy Scenes stamp set. I simply snipped off the end with Paper Snips to create the banner. I added a Snowflake Element and then tied a bow using Silver Cording Trim and attached with a Mini Glue Dot.

These Snowflake Elements are a favorite for me this year!! 

Thanks so much for stopping by! Next up is Melissa Davies at Rubber Funatics. Keep hopping along to see what she has to share with us...as well as the rest of the Control Freak crew!

Happy Scenes - Gratitude

Thanksgiving is drawing closer and with that comes the reminder of all that we are grateful for. Today I am sharing a card of gratitude that we created at one of my card making nights this month. The card design was inspired by Connie Babbert.

**The ribbon is retired, but it just fit perfectly with these cards...and you have to use up your retired ribbon at some point, right?!

{inside greeting - from September's Paper Pumpkin kit}

I ran out of the first sheet of patterned paper, so I improvised with another sheet out of the Into the Woods DSP pack, but decided to add a Mossy Meadow ribbon instead.

 {inside greeting - from Happy Scenes stamp set}

Stamp Sets	Happy Scenes
Ink	Black Archival Ink, Early Espresso, Old Olive (with Blender Pen), markers - Mossy Meadow, Tangelo Twist, Daffodil Delight
Paper	Tangelo Twist, Mossy Meadow, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Into the Woods DSP
Accessories	SNAIL Adhesive, Stampin’ Dimensionals, {retired} Mossy Meadow 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon, {retired} Tangelo Twist 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon
Tools	Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine, Circle Framelits, Woodlands Textured Embossing Folder

If you would like more inspiration for creating cards of gratitude, be sure to stop by the Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration blog!

SSINK Blog Hop - Mystery Supply Challenge

This month's blog hop theme with the Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration girls is basically anything goes...with a twist! We each were assigned a design team member to send three mystery supply items to. They could be anything we wanted to send as long as they were current items from either the Annual or Holiday Catalog! A surprise envelope would come in the mail for us and we would then use these items to create something! It's such a fun concept and many times we get things that we don't even own and so it's a chance to play with new products! 

As you hop along, please be sure to comment and show some love on every blog! We are always excited to hear from our followers! You should have just left stop number 12 on the Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration Blog Hop - Laura at Crafty Chicks Creating. If so, you are in the right spot. If a link doesn't work or you get off track, you will find the full blog hop lineup below.

My three items arrived in the mail from Jennifer Gregorsky. I didn't own any of the items she sent me, so I was thrilled to be challenged with these new goodies! Thanks for the fun Jenny G! :)

My items included:

• 5/8" Gold Satin Ribbon
• Delicate Ornament Thinlits Die (cut out of black glimmer paper)
• Winter Wonderland Designer Vellum Stack

I added the vellum piece to a Cherry Cobbler card base using Mini Glue Dots. I hid the glue dots (as you can see through on the vellum) with the Gold Satin Ribbon. I decided to make it look like the ornament was hanging from the big bow. The ornament is cut out of Black Glimmer Paper and I attached it to the vellum using glue dots, as well. I wanted an accent piece for the ornament, so I grabbed the Snowflake Wooden Elements (a favorite!) and added a large size Pearl Accent to the middle. I hand cut the banner and stamped Very Merry in Cherry Cobbler ink.

Next up on the hop is Jenn from Happy 2 Scrap 4 Life. Click on the arrow to head her way!

Blog Hop Participant List:

1. Jenn at Happy 2 Scrap 4 Life
2. Darcy at Dj's Stampin Place
3. Tobe at The Craft Sea
4. Donna at Geek Squad Crafting
5. Carrie at Carrie Stamps
6. Jennifer at Jenny G Paper Crafts
7. Tonya at Stampin with Tonya
8. Kim at Stamping with Kim
9. Leanne at Literally My Joy
10. Diana at Stampin' Fun with Diana
11. Darla at Stampin with Darla & Sisters
12. Laura at Crafty Chicks Creating
13. Heidi at Stuck on Stampin'

Holly Jolly Greetings

One of my most favorite sentiment sets from the 2015 Holiday Catalog is the Holly Jolly Greetings set. I think one of the main reasons I love it so much is because you can either pair it with the Christmas Greetings Thinlits (buy as a bundle and save 15%!) or this set can also stand alone to make SO MANY Christmas phrases perfect for any holiday greeting card!

I designed the cards below to use at tonight's card making night at my mother-in-law's home with her and all of her friends. We are making 3 Christmas cards and 1 Thanksgiving (grateful/thankful) card. I wanted the design to be easy enough that each of the stampers could create whichever greeting they wanted to say without getting too frustrated if the sentiment was off a bit. So...instead of having them stamp right onto the paper, they will stamp onto scraps and then cut out the individual pieces and create what they would like it to say! It might be a little bit difficult to see in the pictures, but each of those little bitty sentiments are popped up. This way you can purposefully make them crooked if you want to...or place them anywhere you would like! The thinlits are glued with the Fine Tip Glue pen (love that new toy!)

I created three different samples, so the ladies could see they can make their card say whatever they would like it to!

Stamp Sets	Holly Jolly Greetings
Ink	Cherry Cobbler
Paper	Cherry Cobbler, Mossy Meadow, Very Vanilla, Season of Cheer DSP, Merry Moments DSP
Accessories	SNAIL Adhesive, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Fine Tip Glue Pin, Gold Ribbon, Home for Christmas Enamel Dots
Tools	Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine, Christmas Greetings Thinlits, Paper Snips

Come visit our blog to see more designers use the Holly Jolly Greetings!

Crazy About {Flowers}

Last month for my card making night I decided to use the Crazy About You stamp set and Hello You Thinlits (purchase as a bundle and save 15%!)

I had the Crazy About You stamp set out for all the stampers to choose exactly what message they wanted their card to say. With a quick run through of the Big Shot Die-Cutting machine with their favorite of three Hello You Thinlits adhered using the Fine Tip Glue Pen they were on their way in making a fun and bright card! How could you not be happy with all of those Daffodil Delight flowers (which the flower image comes in the set, by the way!)

I am showing three of the samples I made. (The design for this card was inspired by Michelle at Stampin' 365.)

Stamp Sets	Crazy About You
Ink	Wild Wasabi, Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight
Paper	Wild Wasabi, Melon Mambo, Whisper White,
Accessories	SNAIL Adhesive, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Rhinestones, Fine Tip Glue Pen
Tools	Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine, Hello You Thinlits, 1-3/4" Scallop Circle Punch

It's "Anything Goes" over at the Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration blog! Come on by to see what some of the other designers are sharing today!