Holiday Catalogue Blog Hop

Welcome to another Stamping Symphony Blog Hop! This month we're sharing projects using Holiday Catalogue goodness. If you still need a copy, let me know... or check it out online here.

I'm sharing a Christmas card project using lots of wonderful products, including some scripted word dies. These have been sooooo popular and are currently on back order. But don't worry, you can still order them and they'd ship out before the end of November. ;)

I started with a Gray Granite card base (5-1/2" x 4-1/4") and Cherry Cobbler layer (5-1/4" x 4") and then I did some stamping in Cherry Cobbler on a DSP layer (5-1/8" x 3-7/8") using the swirly image from the Merry Christmas to All stamp set.

I layered all my pieces of ribbon & trim together and then popped my die cut & embossed circle over top. After stamping "merry" on a piece of Whisper White (3/4" wide) I flagged the ends with my Snips and adhered to my circle with my die cut "Christmas". Check out the video below on a trick for that!

Of course you never should forget the inside of the card either... I kept it pretty simple, but brought in a strip of the DSP again and stamped in Cherry Cobbler & Gray Granite inks.

Did you notice that gold shimmer along the edges of the card base & layers of the card? That's the Vegas Gold Shimmer Paint... it's been described as Wink of Stella on steroids. It's AMAZING and you're going to want to have some in your crafty stash. We carry it in four colours. Again, check out the video for some tips & tricks on how I applied it.

Here's a video walk-through of how I created the card. This was one of my #FastAndFabulous videos from a few weeks ago on my Facebook Page. Check it out!

I hope you enjoyed this project, I really love the rustic/country look of this card and I hope you do too! Don't forget to hop along and get some more inspiration!

1. A La Cards (Leena)
2. Lolly & Sand (Sandy)

3. justBstamping (Barb)

4. Stamping with Jen (Jen)

5. Hofkissed (Steph) << You Are Here

Until next time, stay crafty!

Steph

Product List

Merry Christmas To All Photopolymer Bundle [149952] $64.75	Merry Christmas To All Photopolymer Stamp Set [147702] $34.00	Clear Block G [118489] $6.00	Clear Block C [118486] $9.00
Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad [147083] $10.25	Gray Granite Classic Stampin' Pad [147118] $10.25	Festive Farmhouse 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [147820] $15.00	Cherry Cobbler 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [119685] $11.50
Gray Granite 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146983] $11.50	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $13.25	Cherry Cobbler 1/4" Double-Stitched Ribbon [144117] $9.50	5/8" (1.6 Cm) Striped Burlap Trim [147889] $11.00
Gold Mini Sequin Trim [144128] $8.25	Vegas Gold Shimmer Paint [146886] $11.00	Sponge Daubers [133773] $7.00	Big Shot [143263] $150.00
Woodland Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [139673] $11.50	Layering Circle Framelits Dies [141705] $48.00	Merry Christmas Thinlits Dies [147912] $38.00	Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets [144106] $13.50
Paper Snips Scissors [103579] $13.50	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] $5.50	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $5.50

Happy Halloween Blog Hop

Hello! We're back again this month with another Blog Hop. Thanks for joining us - hop along as we share our Halloween projects with you. I love, love, LOVE Halloween, but I don't often do a lot of cards. I was going to share a gift package idea, but then I thought a scrapbooking layout would be perfect.

I kept the layout pretty simple to focus on the costumes. I snuck in lots of little details, so let's take a closer look...

For my "title", I used the Eclipse Technique as a subtle way to display the year. I really love how that turned out.

I added some detail with the Making Every Day Bright stamp set. There are stamps there for every occasion AND with the coordinating Christmas Bulb Builder Punch, you can can make all sorts of light strands.

Lastly, I wanted to point out all the little spider webs I added to the photos using the Seasonal Tags Framelits Dies and covered them (and the light bulbs) with some Wink of Stella.

I hope you enjoyed this layout, now hop along and get some more inspiration!

1. A La Cards (Leena)
2. Lolly & Sand (Sandy)

3. justBstamping (Barb)

4. Stamping with Jen (Jen)

5. Hofkissed (Steph) << You Are Here

Until next time, stay crafty!

Steph

Product List

Toil & Trouble 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [147531] $15.00	Toil & Trouble 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock Pack [147763] $11.50	Making Every Day Bright Photopolymer Stamp Set [148813] $20.00	Christmas Bulb Builder Punch [148013] $24.00
Itty Bitty Greetings Clear-Mount Stamp Set [146667] $49.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $8.25	Classic Label Punch [141491] $24.00	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $11.00
Big Shot [143263] $150.00	Large Numbers Framelits Dies [140622] $41.00	Seasonal Tags Framelits Dies [144685] $39.00	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] $5.50
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108] $5.50

A Busy Weekend!

Welcome! Hope you had a fabulous weekend. I was pretty busy... returned from vacation on Saturday and then hibernated in my studio for the remainder of my weekend. I was playing with new products and designing ideas that were in my head. Here's a breakdown of everything I got up to. ;)

The card above is a triangle twist & fold card that I demonstrated to my team today. I showed off several versions of it, but this was my favourite.

Since I was on holiday last week when my August Paper Pumpkin arrived, I couldn't wait to crack it open when I got back. Leave it to me to create an alternative project with it... even before creating the intended one. ha. If you've seen some of my other posts about my Paper Pumpkin, you know how much I enjoy "thinking outside of the box". I fussy cut the one image out from the card base and wanted to glue it to a white card base, popping it up and adding some of those awesome vellum leaves. Anyway, it wasn't until most of my project was glued down that I notice I had adhered it all to the back of one of the other cards. haha. So, I turned it into a display piece/greeting card. A happy accident, I think!

I mentioned above that I was playing around with some new products... well check out this awesome tree die from the new Holiday Catalogue (out September 5th). I cut several of the trees from all of the glitter colours I had, turned them upside down and layered them to create a Christmas tree. I love the sparkle!!

I also did a little scrapbooking on the weekend! I thought I'd get my honeymoon pictures all sorted... we'll be celebrating 10 years in September. hehe. Can you believe I've kept all the pamphlets and tickets and memorabilia all these years?! I used some of them on this layout. I have a regular 4x6 photo album (5 photos per page), but didn't want to just stick all the photos in there. So.... I started with two 10" x 12" pieces of cardstock and created my pages. Once everything was glued down, I cut the pages down (gasp!) to five 4" x 6" pieces to fit in all the slots. I think it gives the "boring photo album" a boost!

Remember that tree card above? Here's another project I created with some more of the dies from that same set. I was planning to created a frame card, but the project took on a life of it's own. It still folds flat, but became too bulky for an envelope. I turned it into a home decor piece instead. It'll be perfect for "decking my halls" this holiday season. It's hard to tell in the photo, but I added an window layer with sequins... it shakes like a snowglobe!

Lastly, I fixed up this piece I found at a second hand shop a few months back. The colours were perfect for my studio and it already had the clips to house projects. I added banners that read "inspire, create & share" using various punches and handstamped all the letters too. I couldn't resist to throw in one more little card/home decor piece on my display. Did you notice what I used to create that piece?

Thanks for popping by and taking a peek. Told you I was busy... hope you liked what you saw. ;)

Until next time, stay crafty!
Steph