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Peaceful Home for Christmas

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Christmas time evokes nostalgia. It is a time when adults go down memory lane to visit their childhood. Melodious, musical tunes like, “I’ll be Home for Christmas,” by Bing Crosby fill the air as family members separated by miles make plans for a trip back home. Traditions become a gathering place that transcend time and space when they can’t make that special trip. Stampin’ Up! has done an incredible job of capturing those nostalgic feelings of Christmas past in the hand-drawn imagery in the Home for Christmas designer series paper. Whether you want to fussy cut adorable images or just have a vintage inspired background, this paper does it all! For the next few days I will be showing you cards created with this beautiful paper!

This card spurs my imagination. In my minds eye I can see the gently falling snow accumulating in the small town back in a time when the community revolved around the church. My eyes smart with tears as I imagine the wanderer coming home and looking on this peaceful scene with loving thoughts as he takes it all in, inscribing it in his heart and mind, before his excitement to be home takes over and propels him through mom and dad’s door. Take some time to enjoy it with me…

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Season of Cheer Grows Poinsettias

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In this pretty card I framed the Season of Cheer designer series paper in an oval. I added some texture to the frame with a textured impressions embossing folder and then added a little Gold Glitz Dazzling Details to highlight some of the texture. I added a merry little message with the Christmas Greetings thinlits! Products used in the making of this card are listed below! You may click on the product below or the shop now tab above to be taken to my online store to purchase products used to make this card. Thanks for stopping by!

A Merry Season of Cheer

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Today we have flipped our basic sketch so that our designer series paper is at the bottom of the card instead of the top! Tomorrow we will do one more card with the Season of Cheer designer series paper…but we won’t be using the basic sketch. Our little series changing up a basic sketch that focuses on making up 9 cards from one sheet of designer series paper ends with our merry little card below! I hope this series has given you some ideas on how to fit making handmaade cards into your busy holiday season!

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Season of Cheer Makes One Jolly!

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We started this series back here. The Holidays can be stressful with so much to do and we all can’t (wink) be Martha Stewart! We are using a simple basic sketch that we have modified slightly each time and used different papers from the Season of Cheer designer series paper along with different embellishments to change the look slightly. Here is the completed card to go along with our sketch today.

I love the Christmas Greeting Thinlits and the Foil Papers; they are perfect for this sketch! It “steps it up” and still keeps it simple! Our new Fine Tip Glue is a must have for small detail glueing!

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Paper, Ribbon, and Ink!

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We are still working with the same basic card sketch that we started with a week or so ago! Sometimes we just complicate things. Don’t get me wrong; I love making more complicated cards too. But it isn’t necessary to out-do yourself with every card you make! Just sit down and enjoy the uncomplicated process of some paper, ribbon, and ink!

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A Season of Cheer and Snow!

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In this modified sketch, we have reduced the footprint of the focal point to a small accent piece, but it still draws the eye in. I love the contrast of the dark and light background that the snowflakes are floating in on this background paper. The White Glitter Ribbon adds the illusion of real snow glittering at the bottom. The metal rim around the pearl makes it stand out. A simple, but beautiful, card.

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Season of Cheer is Time for Tinsel & Snow

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This card sketch is a slight modification from our sketch yesterday. Any image could be in place of the tree as long as the scale was right! With our Season of Cheer designer series paper and chosen embellishments, our card with the holly design looks like this:

If you look closely there is a little detail on the tree created with a textured impressions folder. Using texture folders on your punched images just adds a little more interest to your card. To purchase any of the items used in the creation of this card click on the Shop Now tab above to be taken to my online store or you can click on the individual items below to be taken to the online store and easily add them to your cart.

Season of Cheer and Peace

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Card sketches are helpful tools when you don’t have the time to design a layout. You can just take the design/layout and plug in your elements to create a quick card. Over the next few days we will be using some form of this basic card sketch for our Christmas cards made with the Season of Cheer designer series paper. Using this sketch is a practical matter when using 12×12 background paper; you are able to get 9 cards per sheet! This design is also quick and easy which is important if you don’t have a lot of time to spend creating your cards during the busy Holiday season! Your base cards is 5 1/2″ high by 4 1/4″ wide. There is a 5 1/4″ high by 4″ wide layer of Whisper White card stock and then a 4″ high by 3 3/4″ wide piece of background paper. These will be our basic measurements and the only things changing going forward will be the paper, slight changes to the layout, and different embellishments. Gold is in this Holiday season so we just pulled our color from the designer series paper and embellished in gold!

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Holiday Catalog, Weekly Deals, Clearance Rack! Wowza!

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The new Holiday Catalog has arrived!!! Yay! Based on orders that have been placed already, these items may possibly go on backorder! Don’t wait, get your orders in ASAP! You can download a copy today at the catalog link above!
Products That Will Likely Go on Backorder
Spiderweb Paper Doilies (item 139622)

Products That Are at Risk of Going on Backorder
Home for Christmas Designer Series Paper (item 139592)
Red Foil Sheets (item 139607)
Into the Woods 3/8″ Cotton Ribbon (item 139612)
Reindeer Paper Clips (item 139643)
Fine-Tip Glue Pen (item 138309)


The new WEEKLY DEALS:

Um, guess who will be stocking up on rhinetones? Loving this deal!

New items have also been added to the clearance rack!

Click on the shop now button to go place your orders!

Stamping in a New Place!

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Well, after living in Denver, Iowa for 20 years, we have had to move 4 hours to the western side of the state to Le Mars, Iowa. My husband moved in June, we found this home in October, and I followed him with the stuff in November. After eight months we have finally settled in. All the boxes are emptied and stuff put away. There are still more walls to paint, landscaping to do, etc. But that always seems to be the case no matter what, so hopefully, those things will become the occassional weekend project rather than the daily chore it has been since November 14th! (Well, really since June of last year, because we had to do a ton of work at the old homestead to get it ready for sale!) It was a busy Spring and Summer as we had two homes to take care of with four hours in between them. It made for some long days going back and forth! Thank goodness the Denver home sold and we closed on July 17th. I miss the old homestead. I miss all my family, friends, neighbors, and customers back there and look forward to the opportunities that I have to go back and see them! I just had my grand annual open house back home at the Comfort Suites and it was great to see everyone! So, after not blogging for over a year, I am going to try to get back in the groove of things here. I’m still stamping, just in a new place! Hopefully, I will find some stampers here in my new town! Thanks for checking in on me and hopefully I will get photos of all my swaps from convention and the cards from my display boards posted here for you to enjoy in the weeks to come!

Life is Wonderful

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I was so disappointed that this floral set did not make it into the new catalog! But, there are plenty of new floral sets in the new catalog to choose from (and I did! lol!) However, I have a few more cards that I didn’t have a chance to share with you, yet…so I hope you will enjoy this until I get some time to play with my new toys and share some of the newer things with you! Enjoy and thanks for stopping by!

New Product Spotlight

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Fast Fuse Adhesive

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Price: $9.95
Watch the video below to learn more!
New super-strength adhesive that bonds instantly and neatly. Safe for memory preservation projects. Acid free. 13.1 yards.