Tag Archives: Christmas cards

#TGIFC450 – Sketch Challenge

Hello and welcome to a new TGIF Challenge! This week, we are using the sketch below. I think it’s perfect for showing off beautiful patterned paper, and what’s more beautiful than the Shinning Brightly Specialty Designer Series Paper? I mean, it’s absolutely gorgeous with all the gold foil accents against navy and vanilla backgrounds!!! I decided to pull out a carry over bundle from last Christmas … the Cottage Wreath… Read More »

Color Fusers Blog Hop – December 2023

Hello and welcome to the Color Fusers Blog Hop for December 2023! This month, we have a beautiful color combination of Pool Party, Orchid Oasis, and Fresh Freesia. It immediately made me think of glistening snow and beautiful winter skies. So, I decided to use the Forever Forest Bundle. Believe it or not, this is the first time I’ve used the stamps in this bundle! Previously, I’ve been obsessed with… Read More »

#TGIFC448 – Christmas Music Challenge

Welcome to a new TGIF Challenge. This week, our theme is Christmas music. Yay, I love Christmas music!!! I always start decorating over the long Thanksgiving weekend, and I love listening to Christmas carols while I work away. I have many favorites, so I couldn’t pick just one. Instead, I simply looked through my stash and found the Merriest Trees Bundle with this great sentiment. There are lots of music… Read More »

#TGIFC446 — Sketch Challenge

It’s Friday and that means time for a new TGIF Challenge! This week, our theme is the sketch below. I used the Regal Reindeer Stamps and coordinating Reindeer Dies to create my card, along with some beautiful One Horse Open Sleigh Designer Series Paper (DSP.) When I looked at the sketch, I thought it would work great for layering DSP with a small focal image. I realized that I hadn’t… Read More »

Color Fusers Blog Hop — Nov 2023

Welcome to the Color Fusers Blog Hop for November 2023. This month, we have a color combination that’s perfect for the holidays, including Garden Green, Real Red, and Cherry Cobbler. Love it! I decided to use the Above It All Bundle. This bundle speaks to my heart as a skier and mountain lover. Last year, I bought a season pass for the first time in my life! I enjoyed an… Read More »

#TGIFC442 – Sketch Challenge

It’s sketch week at TGIF Challenges! I love a good sketch, don’t you? It makes designing a snap. For my project, I used the Joy of Noel Bundle and several coordinating products from the Joy of Christmas Suite. It’s definitely my favorite from the September-December Mini Catalog. I love watercoloring (big surprise!!!) More specifically, I love stamping an image and quietly sitting in my craft room painting away. If fact… Read More »

World Card Making Day!

Happy World Card Making Day! Today was so fun!!! I attended the virtual card making event by Stampin’ Up! It included making three cards together, as well as lots of great tips and presentations. If you missed it, you can still watch the recording. Click HERE to see the video on demand. In the meantime, you can download the he Card Making Supply List, Measurements, and Card Making Instructions. Of course, I had… Read More »

Color Fusers Blog Hop – Oct 2023

Welcome to the Color Fusers Blog Hop for October 2023! This month, our color combination includes Wild Wheat, Pecan Pie, and Cajun Craze! I had to really give this combo some thought; it’s way out of my wheelhouse. But as I stared at the ink pads, I thought of sepia tones and that changed my mindset! I even decided to challenge myself further by making a Christmas card versus a… Read More »

Stamping Sunday Blog Hop – Shimmy & Shake

Welcome to the Stamping Sunday Blog Hop for September 2023. This month, our theme is shaker cards! How fun! I love interactive cards and shaker cards are my favorites. For my card, I used both the Joy of Christmas and Christmas Classics Bundles. They are both part of a fabulous mega suite in the new September-December Mini Catalog (pages 28-31), which includes all sorts of beautiful coordinating products. I immediately… Read More »

#TGIFC436 — Color Challenge

Hi friends and welcome to a new TGIF Challenge! This week, our color challenge includes Crumb Cake, Blackberry Bliss, and Pool Party. While those colors didn’t immediately make me think of Christmas, I started looking through my stash and found the One Horse Open Sleigh Designer Series Paper, which includes both Crumb Cake and Pool Party! That lead me to designing my first Christmas card of the season!!! Yay! The… Read More »

Artisan Design Team — Celebrate With Tags Bundle

Hello! I’m Tami Hewlett from California, USA, and today I’m sharing my December Artisan Design Team projects featuring the Celebrate With Tags Bundle. This is a fantastic bundle that’s great for lots of occasions including holidays, birthdays, Valentine’s Day, and anniversaries. It also works great for cards, tags and even scrapbooks! Check out the Stampin’ Up! Facebook page to see all the Artisans’ amazing projects featuring this versatile bundle. The… Read More »

Stampin’ Fancy Friday – Use Your Stash

Our theme for Stampin’ Fancy Friday this month is “use your stash.” I love this idea! It’s so easy to focus on new products and forget to use the great ones we already have, or didn’t get a chance to use enough. This was the perfect opportunity to give some of my favorites a little more love. To see all the designers’ projects, keep an eye on the Stampin’ Fancy… Read More »

Stamping Sunday Blog Hop – Holidays Are Coming

Welcome to the November Stamping Sunday Blog Hop. This month, our theme is the “Holidays Are Coming.” I’m excited to see all the great ideas from the designers this month. Have you taken a good look at the Santa Express Memories & More Card Pack? It is SUPER cute!!! Even if you don’t scrapbook, the pack is worth a second look, because it’s great for making cards too! The cards… Read More »

#TGIFC394 — Sketch Challenge

It’s Friday and that means a new TGIF Challenge. This week, we are using the sketch shown below. Isn’t that a great sketch? I love the creative ideas our team leaders give us!!! Since I’m on a Christmas card mission, I switched up the theme to make a holiday card, but this would also be perfect for other seasons, birthdays, etc. For my card today, I used the fabulous Lights… Read More »

7 Days of Christmas – Christmas Lights

7 Days of Christmas : Day Seven My seventh project features the Christmas Lights Bundle and a lot of watercoloring. I die-cut the images from paper that I pre-watercolored with Shaded Spruce, Parakeet Party, Coastal Cabana, Pale Papaya, Sweet Sorbet, and Polished Pink ink for a non-traditional look. I used Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper to paint rainbow stripes of each color. When it dried, I embossed the stamped images in… Read More »

Color Fusers Blog Hop — 7 Days of Christmas

Welcome to the Color Fusers Blog Hop for November 2022. This month, we have some festive colors including Pumpkin Pie, Poppy Parade, and Shaded Spruce. I think they would work for either Fall or Christmas-themed projects. But I’m on a mission to make lots of Christmas cards right now, so I decided to go in that direction. 🙂 7 Days of Christmas : Day Six — I’m posting another two-fer… Read More »

7 Days of Christmas — Trees For Sale

7 Days of Christmas : Day Five My Artisan alumni friends and I are kick starting our holiday crafting with seven days of inspiration on Instagram. To see the daily projects, go to Instagram and search for #sevendaysofchristmas. My fifth project features the Trees For Sale stamp set and elements from the Santa Express Memories & More Card Pack. I love the wood embellishments in that pack! You’ll probably laugh… Read More »

7 Days of Christmas — Framed Florets Dies

7 Days of Christmas : Day Three My Artisan alumni friends and I are kick starting our holiday crafting with seven days of inspiration on Instagram. To see the daily projects, go to Instagram and search for #sevendaysofchristmas. My third project features the Framed Florets Dies (an early release product from the upcoming January-June Mini Catalog available to purchase now) and Rings of Love Designer Series Paper (DSP), a Sale-A-Bration… Read More »

7 Days of Christmas – Ringed With Nature

7 Days of Christmas : Day Two My card today features the Ringed with Nature stamp set and coordinating Tree Rings Hybrid Embossing Folder, which includes both an embossing folder and coordinating dies. One of the dies fits inside the embossing folder to both cut and emboss at the same time! During Sale-A-Bration earlier this year, I grabbed some of the coordinating Rings of Love Designer Series Paper (DSP.) I… Read More »

7 Days of Christmas – Cottage Wreaths Bundle

7 Days of Christmas : Day One My Artisan alumni friends and I are kick starting our holiday crafting with seven days of inspiration on Instagram. To see the daily projects, go to Instagram and search for #sevendaysofchristmas. My first project features the Cottage Wreaths Bundle, one of my favorites! It’s fairly simple but great for making multiples. In the background, I layered strips of Gingham Cottage Designer Series Paper… Read More »