I received several hand made Christmas cards this year. So I photographed many of them so I could show them off to you. Maybe you will get some creative inspiration from them.
I didn’t have the time to give credit to all that made them. But I thank you if you were someone that sent one my way. Here they are…
And then I thought I’d share a few more photos from our December fun.
On Christmas day, we had my side of the family over. Everyone was able to attend, but I didn’t do a great job at getting good photos of everyone. We were all very grateful that my mom and dad (pictured below with my sister, my husband, and my nephew) were able to drive the 4 hours to be with us all.
Here is sweet little Simonne (my brother’s youngest daughter) pulling off the curly strands from the ribbon on one of her gifts.
And these are a couple photos I took the night before, on Christmas Eve: Lucky, our cat…
…and our Christmas tree after Santa made his stop.
It’s hard to believe another Christmas has passed. That always makes me a bit sad. So my goal now is to see if I can convince my husband to leave the decorations up a bit longer. How long do you think they should stay up?
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LAST CHANCE PRODUCTS PROMOTION The July-December 2021 Mini Catalog is coming to a close on January 3, 2022. So in this month prior, you can take a peek at products that are leaving us and products that will continue on. Some of those leaving are on sale up to 50% off! But it’s only “while supplies last.” So be sure to click here and scroll down to access the lists. And click here to shop online.
ENTER EDEN’S GARDEN! Enter and explore Eden with the Eden’s Garden Collection! This delightful and desirable collection includes early-release products from the January–June 2022 Mini Catalog (a bundle of stamps and dies that’s blooming with beauty and bounty) plus exclusive products you can’t uncover anywhere else (a pack of paper patterned with green and gold, a set of specialty sheets for gift-giving and textured touches, and a sparkling set of gleaming gems)! Click here for the flyer containing images of the products and their details. Click here to shop.
A PEEK AT JANUARY’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT The Kisses & Hugs Paper Pumpkin Kit will help you express that forever kind of love with 10 heart-shaped cards (5 each of 2 designs) that would make Cupid jealous. But this kit is not bound to just Valentine’s Day, it works for all love occasions year-round like anniversaries, weddings, birthdays, or those “just because” days. Check out the teaser video to get a taste of what’s included. Coordinating colors: Blushing Bride, Flirty Flamingo, Gray Granite, Very Vanilla. If you are not a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, I invite you to give it a try. CLICK HERE to learn more. CLICK HERE to sign up by January 10th for this next kit.
The Kisses & Hugs Mini Treat Boxes (item 160147) are an exciting add-on to this month’s kit! This is a chance to create stylish treat boxes to match the heart-shaped cards in the kit. The Kisses & Hugs Mini Treat Boxes are sold separately starting 25 January and only available to active Paper Pumpkin subscribers while supplies last.
ALL STAR TUTORIALS I’m a designer with the All Stars, a group of globally recognized Stampin’ Up! demonstrators. And we are excited to share exclusively with our customers, paper crafting friends & team members our bundle of twelve December 2021 Bloom Where your Planted Suite Tutorials which are now available! CLICK HERE for more information. Click here to get to my Tutorials for Sale page to see the others that have been offered. The next one featuring the upcoming new Sweet Talk Suite will be available January 1st! AND all these tutorial bundles include links to instructional videos!
KITS COLLECTION BY STAMPIN’ UP!® Creativity made easy! A line of affordably priced, versatile all-inclusive kits. Click here for a short promotional video. Click here for more details. Click here to shop.
From our family to you and your loved ones…We wish for you peace, joy, health and goodness as you experience this holiday season and move into the new year!
Our youngest, Luke (on the left) is now a 9th grader. And our oldest, Nick (on the right) is now a 10th grader. Can you believe it?! For those of you who have followed my blog since I started it in January of 2013, click here and here to compare what these guys looked like back then. Crazy how fast they have grown. I am now officially the smallest in my house (if we don’t count Lucky our cat).
A huge thank you goes out to the talented Simona Boler from Simona B Photography for these recent family photos!
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The mail carriers are busy this time of year, so it’s understandable that my December 2021 Lots of Pun Paper Pumpkin kit came just a few days ago, a little later than usual. But I opened it up Wednesday morning and started creating. I recorded my video yesterday in the early morning while my family was asleep. hahaha! And then hurried to share my first set of alternatives with you today! Yay!
This cute kit contained the supplies shown below to make nine pun-filled cards.
But I never assemble my kits as is, because I like to show subscribers other ways to use those supplies. I like to think outside the box…see what else I can come up with, and create alternate cards, scrapbook pages and more. So today I’m sharing with you…
How I turned the supplies for 3 cards into 12 cards (how to quadruple the cards in the kit!)
Watch my video first by clicking here to get to get measurements, directions, and tips (or you can just click on this image below if you are already in my blog post). Scroll down to see close-up photos, access the links that I mentioned in my video, and see a list of extra supplies (linked to my online store) that I used to make my creations. Then be sure to visit my blog again soon, because I’ll have many more alternate projects that I’ll be sharing soon.
Here are the cards the kit instructs how to make. (Click here for a link to Stampin’ Up!’s how-to video to help you assemble these as intended.)
And here are close-up photos of the alternate cards I made and shared in my video. (Remember to watch my video first to get measurements, tips and directions.)
To quadruple the kit, just make three of each of these cards.
I hope I inspired your creativity with what I shared today! If you did not get this kit, I hope you can apply these ideas to products you already own.
If you are not a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, I invite you to give it a try. CLICK HERE to learn more. CLICK HERE to sign up by January 10th for this next kit…
A PEEK AT JANUARY’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT The Kisses & Hugs Paper Pumpkin Kit will help you express that forever kind of love with 10 heart-shaped cards (5 each of 2 designs) that would make Cupid jealous. But this kit is not bound to just Valentine’s Day, it works for all love occasions year-round like anniversaries, weddings, birthdays, or those “just because” days. Check out the teaser video to get a taste of what’s included.
OH! And the Kisses & Hugs Mini Treat Boxes (item 160147) are an exciting add-on to this month’s kit, too! This is a chance to create stylish treat boxes to match the heart-shaped cards in the kit. The Kisses & Hugs Mini Treat Boxes are sold separately starting 25 January and only available to active Paper Pumpkin subscribers while supplies last.
Click here to shop my online store. Click here to access & view the current catalogs. Click here to shop My Favorite Extras. Click here to subscribe to those fun Paper Pumpkin kits of creativity! Click here to learn about my Loyalty Rewards program. You can earn free stamps just for shopping with me! Click here to learn more about joining my Stampers With ART community. Get the MOST rewards including a discount on future products! Follow me on social media! I share regularly on Pinterest, YouTube, Instagram, my Facebook Page, and my Facebook Group! Please subscribe to my blog, too!Click here and enter your email in the blue box (above the butterfly).
Products…things you might need/want in addition to the December 2021 Paper Pumpkin kit
LAST CHANCE PRODUCTS PROMOTION The July-December 2021 Mini Catalog is coming to a close on January 3, 2022. So in this month prior, you can take a peek at products that are leaving us and products that will continue on. Some of those leaving are on sale up to 50% off! But it’s only “while supplies last.” So be sure to click here and scroll down to access the lists. And click here to shop online.
ENTER EDEN’S GARDEN! Enter and explore Eden with the Eden’s Garden Collection! This delightful and desirable collection includes early-release products from the January–June 2022 Mini Catalog (a bundle of stamps and dies that’s blooming with beauty and bounty) plus exclusive products you can’t uncover anywhere else (a pack of paper patterned with green and gold, a set of specialty sheets for gift-giving and textured touches, and a sparkling set of gleaming gems)! Click here for the flyer containing images of the products and their details. Click here to shop.
A PEEK AT JANUARY’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT The Kisses & Hugs Paper Pumpkin Kit will help you express that forever kind of love with 10 heart-shaped cards (5 each of 2 designs) that would make Cupid jealous. But this kit is not bound to just Valentine’s Day, it works for all love occasions year-round like anniversaries, weddings, birthdays, or those “just because” days. Check out the teaser video to get a taste of what’s included. Coordinating colors: Blushing Bride, Flirty Flamingo, Gray Granite, Very Vanilla. If you are not a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, I invite you to give it a try. CLICK HERE to learn more. CLICK HERE to sign up by January 10th for this next kit.
The Kisses & Hugs Mini Treat Boxes (item 160147) are an exciting add-on to this month’s kit! This is a chance to create stylish treat boxes to match the heart-shaped cards in the kit. The Kisses & Hugs Mini Treat Boxes are sold separately starting 25 January and only available to active Paper Pumpkin subscribers while supplies last.
ALL STAR TUTORIALS I’m a designer with the All Stars, a group of globally recognized Stampin’ Up! demonstrators. And we are excited to share exclusively with our customers, paper crafting friends & team members our bundle of twelve December 2021 Bloom Where your Planted Suite Tutorials which are now available! CLICK HERE for more information. Click here to get to my Tutorials for Sale page to see the others that have been offered. The next one featuring the upcoming new Sweet Talk Suite will be available January 1st! AND all these tutorial bundles include links to instructional videos!
KITS COLLECTION BY STAMPIN’ UP!® Creativity made easy! A line of affordably priced, versatile all-inclusive kits. Click here for a short promotional video. Click here for more details. Click here to shop.
I won’t be live on YouTube today. It’s a busy holiday week for me. So instead I thought I’d share with you the cards I sent out to those in my Stampers With ART Community. I needed to make a little under 250 this year, so I kept it simple but used beautiful images, papers and extras.
I invested in several packs of the Beauty of the Earth designer paper to use two of the double-sided papers. Then I cut those papers into 3″ x 4″ pieces and attached them to the card base in such a way so that when closed you would see one side and when open you would see the other.
I wanted to avoid bumps and ridges so the cards would go through the mail easily and require standard forever postage. But I also wanted sparkle. So I used a flat strip of White Glittered Organdy Ribbon on each.
And I knew I wanted cut out leaves next to the stamped leaves images. But at the time Stampin’ Up!® didn’t have a leaf punch (one is going to debut on January 4th though!!!). So I used the largest die in the Forever Flourishing set and cut it into seven sets of leaf clusters.
This is the first design which has a more Autumn look to it.
And here is the second design with the cooler, more wintery tones.
Below are the details if you wish to recreate this card yourself.
PDF Tutorial…Click here to access and download a printable direction sheet.
Products I used… See below for a complete list of products linked to where you can find them in my online store.
Measurements
Basic White Cardstock
4-1/4” x 8-1/2” scored parallel to the short side at 5-1/2”
2” x 2”
Night of Navy Cardstock
2-1/8” x 2-1/8”
Mossy Meadow Cardstock
Scrap for die-cutting leaves
Beauty of the Earth Designer Paper
3” x 4” (pay attention the direction when cutting and adding to the card)
White Glittered Organdy Ribbon
8”
Directions
Stamp sentiment. Layer this white piece onto the navy piece.
Position this sentiment piece to guide you in stamping the front leaves. Do not adhere. Open the card and stamp another set of leaves so it will appear to peek out from the designer paper layer (use the paper as a guide if needed). Add a set of die-cut leaves next to the stamped ones.
Place the designer paper on the lower portion of the inside of the card so there is an 1/8” border under and on the sides. Add adhesive about 1/2” down from top edge, then close the front flap to connect.
Wrap ribbon from the inside around to the front connecting the ends with Glue Dots in the area where the sentiment layer will be.
Add the sentiment layer while also tucking in the second set of leaves.
Thanks for stopping by to see today’s creative project. Be sure you are subscribed to my blog posts, so ideas and inspiration like this are emailed to you directly each time I share.
If you celebrate Christmas or even some other holiday during this season, then I’m guessing some of these things are going on in your world, too. But I just thought I’d share a few photos of what’s been happening in MY world this past month.
Besides putting up many outside and inside decorations (even before Thanksgiving) and listening to lots of Christmas music, we’ve gotten into the spirit when we attended the GLOW Festival in St. Paul on December 3rd.
My kids are growing up WAY too fast. Here is Nick (my 16 year old) with his girlfriend Jaylene. We baked and decorated a bunch of cookies on December 4th and December 11th. I used to do this a lot more when the kids were little. And I’m grateful that Nick pushed me to do this again this year. I absolutely love making Christmas cookies! In fact we are doing more of this tonight to replenish our supply for Christmas Day.
This past weekend, we enjoyed spending time & celebrating Christmas in Harmony, Minnesota with my husband’s side of the family. Terri and Jim are such generous hosts. They always have plenty of food, festive decorations everywhere, and a place for everyone to sleep comfortably.
Getting together with family is truly the joy of this season.
And the kids have been performing in music concerts this month. Nick’s band concert was December 9th. Then he played percussion for the orchestra concert on December 14th. And this past Monday, the 20th Luke, my almost 15 year old performed with his high school choir. Such talent! These concert are a great reason to just sit, enjoy, and appreciate.
We have more to come….more baking, wrapping more gifts, cleaning and more decorating. And then we host for my side of the family on Christmas day.
Hoping you are enjoying these busy, fun days but also taking time to enjoy the beauty and peace of the season.
Click here to shop my online store. Click here to access & view the current catalogs. Click here to shop My Favorite Extras. Click here to subscribe to those fun Paper Pumpkin kits of creativity! Click here to learn about my Loyalty Rewards program. You can earn free stamps just for shopping with me! Click here to learn more about joining my Stampers With ART community. Get the MOST rewards including a discount on future products! Follow me on social media! I share regularly on Pinterest, YouTube, Instagram, my Facebook Page, and my Facebook Group! Please subscribe to my blog, too!Click here and enter your email in the blue box (above the butterfly).
LAST CHANCE PRODUCTS PROMOTION The July-December 2021 Mini Catalog is coming to a close on January 3, 2022. So in this month prior, you can take a peek at products that are leaving us and products that will continue on. Some of those leaving are on sale up to 50% off! But it’s only “while supplies last.” So be sure to click here and scroll down to access the lists. And click here to shop online.
ENTER EDEN’S GARDEN! Enter and explore Eden with the Eden’s Garden Collection! This delightful and desirable collection includes early-release products from the January–June 2022 Mini Catalog (a bundle of stamps and dies that’s blooming with beauty and bounty) plus exclusive products you can’t uncover anywhere else (a pack of paper patterned with green and gold, a set of specialty sheets for gift-giving and textured touches, and a sparkling set of gleaming gems)! Click here for the flyer containing images of the products and their details. Click here to shop.
A PEEK AT JANUARY’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT The Kisses & Hugs Paper Pumpkin Kit will help you express that forever kind of love with 10 heart-shaped cards (5 each of 2 designs) that would make Cupid jealous. But this kit is not bound to just Valentine’s Day, it works for all love occasions year-round like anniversaries, weddings, birthdays, or those “just because” days. Check out the teaser video to get a taste of what’s included. Coordinating colors: Blushing Bride, Flirty Flamingo, Gray Granite, Very Vanilla. If you are not a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, I invite you to give it a try. CLICK HERE to learn more. CLICK HERE to sign up by January 10th for this next kit.
The Kisses & Hugs Mini Treat Boxes (item 160147) are an exciting add-on to this month’s kit! This is a chance to create stylish treat boxes to match the heart-shaped cards in the kit. The Kisses & Hugs Mini Treat Boxes are sold separately starting 25 January and only available to active Paper Pumpkin subscribers while supplies last.
ALL STAR TUTORIALS I’m a designer with the All Stars, a group of globally recognized Stampin’ Up! demonstrators. And we are excited to share exclusively with our customers, paper crafting friends & team members our bundle of twelve December 2021 Bloom Where your Planted Suite Tutorials which are now available! CLICK HERE for more information. Click here to get to my Tutorials for Sale page to see the others that have been offered. The next one featuring the upcoming new Sweet Talk Suite will be available January 1st! AND all these tutorial bundles include links to instructional videos!
KITS COLLECTION BY STAMPIN’ UP!® Creativity made easy! A line of affordably priced, versatile all-inclusive kits. Click here for a short promotional video. Click here for more details. Click here to shop.
One of the more recent card swaps that some on my Stampers With ART team members participated in was our 1-to-1 Holiday Card Swap. In this type of swap the swap cards created are mailed directly from one swapper to the other. So instead of having a big bag of swapped out cards arrive at once, they show up in the mail a little at a time making the anticipation a bit greater and the fun last a little longer. And we ALL love getting happy mail especially at this time of year.
Although I didn’t participate myself (only organized the event and assigned who would send to who), I was blessed that many of the swappers also sent me copies of their cards. So today I thought I’d share all this fun holiday card inspiration with you.
The products used in these cards all came from either the 2021 July-December Mini Catalog, the 2021-22 Annual Catalog (click here to find links to the current catalogs), or even the Eden’s Garden Collection. So that should help in case you want to recreate any card in particular. But also note that many of the mini catalog and exclusive limited time products are starting to sell out. So check out the Last Chance promotion link below and other Stampin’ Up! news at the bottom of this post so you don’t miss out on any favorites.
Those that made each card are mentioned in the watermarks of the photos. A big thank you to all of the crafters/creators!
By the way, this is a “sharing post” only. These ideas are to inspire creativity… not to instruct. I don’t have a supply list or measurements for these cards either. Thanks for understanding.
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Click here to shop my online store. Click here to access & view the current catalogs. Click here to shop My Favorite Extras. Click here to subscribe to those fun Paper Pumpkin kits of creativity! Click here to learn about my Loyalty Rewards program. You can earn free stamps just for shopping with me! Click here to learn more about joining my Stampers With ART community. Get the MOST rewards including a discount on future products! Follow me on social media! I share regularly on Pinterest, YouTube, Instagram, my Facebook Page, and my Facebook Group! Please subscribe to my blog, too!Click here and enter your email in the blue box (above the butterfly).
LAST CHANCE PRODUCTS PROMOTION The July-December 2021 Mini Catalog is coming to a close on January 3, 2022. So in this month prior, you can take a peek at products that are leaving us and products that will continue on. Some of those leaving are on sale up to 50% off! But it’s only “while supplies last.” So be sure to click here and scroll down to access the lists. And click here to shop online.
ENTER EDEN’S GARDEN! Enter and explore Eden with the Eden’s Garden Collection! This delightful and desirable collection includes early-release products from the January–June 2022 Mini Catalog (a bundle of stamps and dies that’s blooming with beauty and bounty) plus exclusive products you can’t uncover anywhere else (a pack of paper patterned with green and gold, a set of specialty sheets for gift-giving and textured touches, and a sparkling set of gleaming gems)! Click here for the flyer containing images of the products and their details. Click here to shop.
A PEEK AT JANUARY’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT The Kisses & Hugs Paper Pumpkin Kit will help you express that forever kind of love with 10 heart-shaped cards (5 each of 2 designs) that would make Cupid jealous. But this kit is not bound to just Valentine’s Day, it works for all love occasions year-round like anniversaries, weddings, birthdays, or those “just because” days. Check out the teaser video to get a taste of what’s included. Coordinating colors: Blushing Bride, Flirty Flamingo, Gray Granite, Very Vanilla. If you are not a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, I invite you to give it a try. CLICK HERE to learn more. CLICK HERE to sign up by January 10th for this next kit.
The Kisses & Hugs Mini Treat Boxes (item 160147) are an exciting add-on to this month’s kit! This is a chance to create stylish treat boxes to match the heart-shaped cards in the kit. The Kisses & Hugs Mini Treat Boxes are sold separately starting 25 January and only available to active Paper Pumpkin subscribers while supplies last.
ALL STAR TUTORIALS I’m a designer with the All Stars, a group of globally recognized Stampin’ Up! demonstrators. And we are excited to share exclusively with our customers, paper crafting friends & team members our bundle of twelve December 2021 Bloom Where your Planted Suite Tutorials which are now available! CLICK HERE for more information. Click here to get to my Tutorials for Sale page to see the others that have been offered. The next one featuring the upcoming new Sweet Talk Suite will be available January 1st! AND all these tutorial bundles include links to instructional videos!
KITS COLLECTION BY STAMPIN’ UP!® Creativity made easy! A line of affordably priced, versatile all-inclusive kits. Click here for a short promotional video. Click here for more details. Click here to shop.
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