Welcome to Week 5 of my 12 Weeks of Christmas Cards! I'm featuring the Silent Snowfall Specialty Paper this week. This paper has an embossed snowflake pattern, which you can see where I've ink-blended the edges.
I brought in some old Foil Snowflakes for these cards. Gold and Silver, which is also why I went with two different base colors. Pink and silver. Blue and gold. I also used greetings from two different ephemera packs.
On the blue ones, I ink blended Balmy Blue ink on the greetings....and that was probably a mistake. They're still going out like this, but I would have left them plain.
They definitely don't look good in the pictures...they're not that horrible in real life.
Paper Measurements:
Bubble Bath/Night of Navy: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored at 4 1/4"
Basic White: 4" x 5 1/4", for inside of card
Silent Snowfall Specialty Designer Series Paper: 4" x 5 1/4"
All Season Velvet and Peaceful Gardens Glimmer papers: scraps to die-cut small snowflakes
Finish with several rhinestones.
Supplies you'll need to create these (Stampin' Up, unless otherwise noted. Items may be retired.):
Stamps: None
Ink: Bubble Bath, Balmy Blue
Paper: Bubble Bath, Night of Navy, Basic White, Silent Snowfall Specialty Paper, Peaceful Gardens Glimmer Paper, All Season Velvet Specialty paper
Other: Greetings for All and Greetings for You Mix & Match Ephemera packs, Foil Snowflakes, Rhinestones
Thanks for visiting, and Happy stamping!
Toni
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I wanted to make a few more cards with this Ghastly Gourds background stamp (from Unity Stamp Co), so I did a few different colors. Some more traditional Halloween-y colors, and then PINK! I paired it with an old greeting.
Paper Measurements:
Base (Pumpkin Pie/Mango Melody/Cajun Craze/Pretty in Pink): 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored at 4 1/4"
Designer Series Paper (same colors as above): 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"
Basic White: 4" x 5 1/4", for inside of card
Basic Black: 1 3/4" x 4 1/4"
Basic White: 1 1/2" x 4 1/4"
Basic White: scrap to stamp and hand-cut pumpkin
I like the larger piece of DSP gives a smaller border, so the background blends into the card base more. Then just add the greeting and a single pumpkin at the bottom.
I used some old Hexagon embellishments in Black, just to use them up.
Supplies you'll need to create these (Stampin' Up, unless otherwise noted. Items may be retired.):
Stamps: Hand-Penned Holidays, Ghastly Gourds and Little Boos (Unity Stamp Co)
Submission #69 for me. This was an interesting set of parameters, and very timely with the holiday.
Find Craft Roulette on YouTube @CraftRoulette, subscribe to their channel, and play along when you can! Every week is different and lots of fun! You never know what the wheel will give for parameters. Watch the show over the weekend, if you can't catch it live.
Episode #289 parameters, and how I met them:
Project: Dutch Door
Colors: Bird Feeder - I see birds with yellow, orange, and black around bird feeders
Element: October - Hello! It's Halloween time!
Random: Polka Dot - a little bit of ribbon
Top view, so you can see the Dutch Door.
Paper Measurements:
Basic Black: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
Basic Black: 2 3/4" x 4 1/2", scored at 4 1/4"
Basic White: 4" x 5 1/4"
Crushed Curry DSP: 4" x 5 1/4", stamped first, then cut at 2 3/4" from the top
Basic White: scraps to stamp/cut pumpkins and circle
Basic Black: 2" circle
Glue the longer piece of stamped dsp to the very top of the Basic White. The remaining piece of dsp should be 2 1/2" x 4", which fits perfectly on the door.
Color the pumpkins with various Stampin' Blends. Pop up with dimensionals. I ran Clear Wink of Stella all over the pumpkins.
Supplies you'll need to create these (Stampin' Up, unless otherwise noted. Items may be retired.):
This is FOUR weeks in a row of Christmas Cards! Eight more to go!
For this week's batch of cards, I went with a Black & Gold theme with the Ornamental Christmas Suite. The Modern Christmas Specialty papers are lovely, and really make an elegant looking card.
I added some more gold foil, and embossing to create an ornament-like focal point.
Greetings are from the Greetings for You Mix & Match Ephemera pack. Gold-foiled greetings are perfect for these cards!
Paper Measurements:
Basic Black: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored at 4 1/4"
Basic White: 4" x 5 1/4", for inside of card
Modern Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper: 4" x 5 1/4"
Gold Foil: 1" x 5 1/2"
Gold Foil: 3" x 3", die-cut with circle from Ornamental Christmas dies
Basic Black: scraps to gold-emboss and die-cut tree
Finish with some (gold) Flower Accents on the tree.
Supplies you'll need to create these (Stampin' Up, unless otherwise noted. Items may be retired.):
Stamps: Ornamental Christmas Bundle
Ink: Versamark
Paper: Basic Black, Basic White, Gold Foil, Modern Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper
Other: Eyelet and Dotted Circles embossing folders, Gold Baker's Twine, Flower Accents, Greetings for All Mix & Match Ephemera, Gold embossing powder
Thanks for visiting, and Happy stamping!
Toni
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It's Saturday night and Christmas movies started up on Hallmark Channel yesterday - so I'm happy to be home tonight. :) Hopefully I can watch the 8pm movie, then catch up on last night's! In the mean time, I'm so excited to share the projects that I made on Thursday night. I love to make little gifties and/or table favors for the holidays. These projects can work for ANY occasion though - change up the papers, and you've got something for Valentine's, or a baby/bridal shower, any theme you need.
NOTE #1: I have a note in the video description and want to point out the same here - the measurements for these projects are based off of the specific drink packets that I have. They can all be found at Walmart, although I've seen the spiced cider packets on Amazon. I'm leery of food/drink items from Amazon though - I got some coffee drink things from Amazon once and they were expired. Not doing that again! My point is - if you use different brands/different packets, you'll probably have to adjust the measurements.
NOTE #2! Peggy was ambitious and started creating right away. Yay! She discovered a flaw in my design, which I'm happy she told me about. My measurements are too precise. :( SO, I had to add some lee-way into the spines of the Cocoa Folders. The measurements in this blog post are the updated, correct measurements that should give a little more grace. I did not change the pocket or flap measurements. Only the base pieces. Thanks Peggy!
Just a reminder that I am generally Live on-line every Thursday at 8:00pm ET. I stream to BOTH YouTube and Facebook simultaneously, but I recommend viewing on YouTube.
If you are not able to catch me live, you can watch over on YouTube. If the picture does not appear below, you can click HERE to get to it.
First project is a Spiced Cider Double Pocket Folder. The Alpine Spiced Cider packets can be found at Walmart (or probably any store). The sugar-free that I have are harder to find. I wanted a pocket on each end, with a nice square area in the middle to write a message.
Finished size is 4 1/2" x 4 1/2".
The little apples in the More than Autumn bundle are too cute, and perfect for this project!
Paper Measurements:
Gathering Moments DSP: 6" x 12"
Score in at 3 3/4" from each end.
Score up from the bottom at 1 1/2"
Crushed Curry: 2 1/2" x 3 1/4", cut with postage stamp dies (mine are from Unity Stamp Co)
Basic Beige: 2" x 2 3/4"
Cajun Craze: 4 1/4" x 4 1/4"
Basic Beige: 4" x 4"
Very Vanilla: scrap to stamp/die-cut drink cup
You'll need to watch the video to see how much to trim off the pockets to leave the middle open like that. The pockets are only glued on the outer-most edge.
I attached some Basic Beige ribbon to the front of the folder only, and it wraps around to tie closed on the side. Finished off with some Streaked Dots. These new embellishments are part of the Autumn Toile collection, and look kind of like wood...not wood grain, but definitely a wood vibe.
Stamps: More than Autumn Bundle
Ink: Tuxedo (Memento), Early Espresso
Paper: Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, Basic Beige, Very Vanilla, Gathering Moments Specialty Designer Series Paper
Other: Postage dies (Unity Stamp Co), Stampin' Blends markers (Pumpkin Pie/Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive), Streaked Dots, Basic Beige Bordered ribbon
The second project is a beast, but I love it! This double-flip out folder has FOUR pockets to hold hot cocoa packets. I designed this so that the top flap comes down over the cocoa and tucks INTO the pocket...keeping the cocoa packet safely inside the pocket.
Nothing will fall out, and I didn't have to use magnets or velcro to keep the flaps closed. The key is the top flap needs to be 1/16" narrower than the width of the pocket.
Open once -
Then open again to reveal all four pockets.
Side view showing the double stack.
Closing it up, you fold in once, so the outer two pockets are stacked on top of each other. This is the part that Peggy discovered was a little too tight, so I added a smidge of extra space in the measurements.
Then fold in again. Ribbon goes on front and very back covers BEFORE you add any Designer Series paper. Bottom view shows all four pockets on top of each other.
Top view shows all of the top flaps in place - nothing will fall out of this thing.
Paper Measurements:
Covers:
Poppy Parade: (2) 6 1/2" x 9 3/8", scored at 3 1/2", 4 3/8", 7 7/8"
North Pole Delivery DSP: (4) 3 1/4" x 6 1/4". I did (2) prints, (2) of each
Pockets:
Poppy Parade: (4) 3 1/4" x 4 7/8", scored at 3/8" and 3/4" on three sides (long side, turn, short side, turn, long side)
North Pole Delivery DSP: (4) 2 1/4" x 3 1/8"
Top Flaps:
Poppy Parade: (4) 3 5/16" x 5 1/2", scored at 3/8" and 3/4" on long side
North Pole Delivery DSP: (4) 3 1/16" x 4 1/2". Again, I used (2) prints, (2) of each
Flaps up show the cocoa packets tucked in their pockets. Instead of hot cocoa in all four pockets, you could also do something like chocolate bars, candy cane (full size), lottery scratchers...anything that will fit in the pockets.
I used the Real Red 1/2" Shiny ribbon for my closures. You definitely need some kind of ribbon, or even a belly band to keep this thing closed.
Stamps: Ornamental Christmas
Ink: Poppy Parade
Paper: Poppy Parade, Garden Green, Very Vanilla, North Pole Delivery Specialty Designer Series Paper
Other: Spotlight on Nature dies, 2 1/4" circle punch, Real Red 1/2" Shiny Ribbon, Antique Pearls
I showed my original prototype, which I had to turn into a TWO-pocket folder...because measurements didn't work out. I've updated these measurements to give a little more grace as well. I think I like the two-pocket version better, just because it's a little more management - and you can put a single packet of cocoa in one pocket, and then some candy/candycane/scratchers in the other.
I stamped the tree in White Craft ink on Secret Sea cardstock. Let that sit for a while to dry, then die-cut. I actually did two trees. One I glued down flat, then I added the second one right on top with Dimensionals.
Side view -
Open to see the flaps tucked into the pockets.
Paper Measurements:
Covers:
Crumb Cake: 6 1/2" x 7 7/8", scored at 3 1/2" from each end
Peaceful Gardens DSP: (2) 3 1/4" x 6 1/4"
Pockets:
Crumb Cake: (2) 3 1/4" x 4 7/8", scored at 3/8" and 3/4" on three sides (long side, turn, short side, turn, long side)
Peaceful Gardens DSP: (2) 2 1/4" x 3 1/8"
Top Flaps:
Crumb Cake: (2) 3 5/16" x 5 1/2", scored at 3/8" and 3/4" on long side
Peaceful Gardens DSP: (2) 3 1/16" x 4 1/2"
I used Secret Sea Faux Linen ribbon for this one, and some Iridescent Foil Gems to finish off.
Stamps: Ornamental Christmas
Ink: Secret Sea, White Craft
Paper: Crumb Cake, Secret Sea, Peaceful Gardens Designer Series Paper
Other: Spotlight on Nature dies, 2 1/4" circle punch, Secret Sea 3/8" Faux Linen Ribbon, Iridescent Foil Gems
I hope you love these projects as much as I do! I'm very excited to make some for my pool teams. I do feel like if I put a flat-ish Hershey bar and a candy cane in - I will glue-dot the candy cane to the chocolate bar, so it doesn't escape. I'll definitely keep you posted...that will likely be a December effort.
Join me this Thursday for a Vertical Paper Bag Mini Album using some gusseted bags that my friend Sharon gifted me. I'm probably going to have to do a video ahead of time just for building the album cover - covering the chipboard, spine, and making the hinge system. So there may be homework for this Thursday's live. hahaha!
Thanks for visiting, and Happy stamping!
Toni
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Welcome to Week 3 of my 12 Weeks of Christmas Cards! I must say that I'm
For this week's batch of cards, I wanted to use the Gathering Moments stamps in a different way. Instead of "fall" leaves, I used a few different shades of green to make a Christmas Swag. Does anyone else remember these from the 80's? Instead of a wreath, it's a drape-y kind of half-circle flower arrangement. That's what I was going for.
My panel of designer series paper is 4" x 5 1/4", but the piece of Very Vanilla is 5 1/2" wide...I did that on purpose. If you don't like that, trim your Very Vanilla down to 5 1/4" wide.
I actually stamped the greeting first, so that I could see how much space I had left on that panel to stamp out my Christmas swag. I'm loving this Seasonal Tags stamp set for the greetings - I like overlapping the "christmas".
Start in the middle-ish with the Garden Green leaves, then I changed leaves and stamped in Mossy Meadow. Go back to the first leaf and stamp it in Old Olive on the ends.
Add some stamped-off dots from Itty Bitty Backgrounds.
Paper Measurements:
Mossy Meadow: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored at 4 1/4"
Very Vanilla: 4" x 5 1/4", for inside of card
Peaceful Gardens Designer Series Paper: 4" x 5 1/4"
Very Vanilla: 2 1/2" x 5 1/2"
Finish with a Gold Shimmer ribbon bow, and some Antique Pearls.
Supplies you'll need to create these (Stampin' Up, unless otherwise noted. Items may be retired.):
Stamps: Gathering Moments, Seasonal Tags
Ink: Mossy Meadow, Garden Green, Old Olive, Shaded Spruce
Paper: Mossy Meadow, Very Vanilla, Peaceful Garden Designer Series Paper
Other: Gold Shimmer ribbon, Antique Pearls
Tune in for next week's cards!
Thanks for visiting, and Happy stamping!
Toni
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Saturday evening greetings to you folks! I am updating Dave's laptop right now, so taking the time to update my blog at the same time. :) I'm sharing the cards that I made live on Thursday night, featuring the Light & Wonder dies. Up front - I did not get this bundle. I only got the dies, because I liked the two different tree lines. I figured I can use any greeting that I want with it. I also got the Lights of Aurora designer series paper pack, also from this Suite....because it's too pretty not to have for some Northern Lights projects.
I also shared that these were not my original ideas. I had to do some homework and research to figure out how to use these dies to build some cool scenes! The different mountain and terrain pieces were making me question myself...I couldn't figure out how to put them together. Luckily, there is always someone on-line who figures out all the tricky things! I'll definitely be using these more, but these were my first cut at creating with the dies.
Just a reminder that I am generally Live on-line every Thursday at 8:00pm ET. I stream to BOTH YouTube and Facebook simultaneously, but I recommend viewing on YouTube.
If you are not able to catch me live, you can watch over on YouTube. If the picture does not appear below, you can click HERE to get to it.
First up is a sunset-mountain-lake scene. I decided to use the 2025-2025 In Colors for this one, because the colors go together so nicely and definitely fit the bill for a sunset card. I also cut the "lake water" out of both the Secret Sea and the Cloud Cover cardstock, so the pieces lock in like a puzzle. The only inking was on the Darling Duckling sun, and the greeting.
Paper Measurements:
Cloud Cover: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored at 4 1/4"
Basic White: 4" x 5 1/4", for inside of card
Cloud Cover: 4 1/4" wide scrap to die-cut lake
Darling Duckling: 1" circle
Strawberry Slush/Timid Tiger/Secret Sea: 4 1/4" wide pieces to die-cut mountains and trees
I glued everything down flat, and stamped the greeting right in the middle of the "lake". Finished off with some Riverside Irregular Pearls.
For the second card, I used the mountain die-cuts as masks and ink-blended different shades of purple. I started with Fresh Freesia for the first mountain, then added Petunia Pop, and then Gorgeous Grape at the bottom. Then I went back to the tippy top and added some Pretty in Pink.
You could use ANY monotone colors. I went with purples, but this would be beautiful in blues, browns, even gray/black.
Paper Measurements:
Basic Beige: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored at 4 1/4"
Basic White: 4" x 5 1/4", for inside of card
Basic Beige: 4" x 4"
Basic Beige: 3 3/8" x 3 3/4" - ink blend all your mountains first, then cut into (3) 1 1/8" x 3 3/4" strips.
Gorgeous Grape: scrap to die-cut tree line.
I popped the 4" x 4" layer up with foam tape. Finish off with some Purple Fine Shimmer gems.
Stamps: 12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar stamp set
Ink: Fresh Freesia, Petunia Pop, Gorgeous Grape, Pretty in Pink
Paper: Basic Beige, Gorgeous Grape
Other: Light & Wonder dies, Purple Fine Shimmer Gems
The last card is yet another COOL scene. This time we've got the Northern Lights from the designer paper, then some snow-capped mountains, another lake, and the two different tree lines.
I ink-blended Balmy Blue and Pool Party to make the lake this time.
I left off the greeting, but I will add one when I'm ready to send. Maybe across the bottom of the card front.
Paper Measurements:
Basic Black: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored at 4 1/4"
Basic White: 4" x 5 1/4", for inside of card
Lights of Aurora Designer Series Paper: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
Basic White: 5 1/2" wide scrap to die-cut mountain
Cloud Cover: 5 1/2" wide scrap to die-cut mountain
Basic White: 5 1/2" scrap to ink blend lake
Blackberry Bliss: 6" wide scrap to die-cut tree line
Basic Black: 6" wide scrap to die-cut second tree line.
I went with some regular Basic Rhinestones to finish this one off.
Stamps: None!
Ink: Balmy Blue, Pool Party
Paper: Basic Black, Basic White, Cloud Cover, Blackberry Bliss, Lights of Aurora Designer Series Paper
Other: Light & Wonder dies, Basic Rhinestones
I hope these cards give you some inspiration for creating your own scenic cards. I'm not an outdoorsy person, but I love what you can create using these dies.
Tune in this coming Thursday for a fun Cocoa/Cider folder that will be perfect for Fall and Christmas holidays!
Thanks for visiting, and Happy stamping!
Toni
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Welcome to Week 2 of my 12 Weeks of Christmas Cards! I've made it two weeks in a row now, so I'm off to a good start. :) If you didn't already see last week's cards, you can check them out HERE.
For this week's cards, I wanted to feature a snowman, snowflakes, and the Beautiful Bokeh papers. Alas, I don't have any "current" Stampin' Up snowmen or snowflakes, so I used last winter's Snowy Wonder bundle. Use whatever snowmen and snowflakes that you have in your stash to copy this design! Don't have any snow globe dies? Hand-cut some pieces that would work.
I was able to include some of the Peaceful Garden Glimmer paper.
I stamped snowflakes on the Beautiful Bokeh (Balmy Blue) dsp, with Blueberry Bushel ink. Die-cut some small snowflakes out of the Glimmer paper as well. I used up some scraps for those, and I miscounted - so some cards got 2 little glimmery snowflakes, some only got 1.
Building the snowglobe was easy. Die-cut the pieces. Stamp the tree in Balmy Blue, and the small snowflakes in Blueberry Bushel. Color the snowman with some Blends, add the Shimmer pen all over, and pop him up.
Emboss the greeting in White on Balmy Blue cardstock, and rip the edges.
Paper Measurements:
Blueberry Bushel: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored at 4 1/4"
Basic White: 4" x 5 1/4", for inside of card
Beautiful Bokeh Designer Series Paper (Balmy Blue): 4" x 5 1/4"
Peaceful Garden Glimmer paper (blue): 3" x 4", die-cut snowglobe base; scrap to die-cut snowflakes
Basic White: scraps to die cut snowglobe and snowman
I used some Iridescent Faceted Gems on some of the cards, and Silver Sparkle Gems on others. Used up both of those packs of embellishments!
Supplies you'll need to create these (Stampin' Up, unless otherwise noted. Items may be retired.):
