Monday, November 30, 2020

A Simple Peace Card For You Today

Happy Cyber Monday! 

I have a simple, non-traditional Christmas Card for you today. I used the Poinsettia Place Designer series paper for this one. I took 6 squares - 1⅝ each and arranged them on a piece of  3½ x 5¼ Soft Suede. I added a piece of Bumblebee In-Color ribbon around the squared piece then adhered it to my Garden Green Card Base. 

I cut out the layers of the word "Peace" from the Peace & Joy bundle then stamped "On Earth" and cut it out with my trimmer. 
And of course, I had to add a little DSP inside the card to finish it off. 

Quick & Simple for you today!

Please join me tomorrow night as I participate with the We BEE Stamping Blog Hop featuring some nice little Christmas gifts. Until then...

HAPPY STAMPING!

~Kim~


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Saturday, November 28, 2020

Fun on Thanksgiving & A Beautiful Double-Slider Poinsettia Card

 Hello Stampers! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We had 2 days of celebrating. We drove to the QC with the Littles. We stopped at my dad's for a bit then went to hubby's sister's on Thursday. We ate too much delicious food and had fun playing games. Yesterday, their whole family came here and we went hiking then came back to our house and played more games. It's been a wonderful two days of fun and family! 

We are extremely blessed to have a gorgeous park so close to us- Starved Rock. It has an amazing history and beautiful rock formations. We are mostly blessed to have family that will make the drive to enjoy time with us. The kids grow up way too fast! I'm so happy that we get to be a big part of their lives 💖 


  Great memories that I'll cherish for the rest of my life 💖

Now onto the double slider card. The star of this show is not only the fun fold, but that felt poinsettia from the Plush Poinsettia Specialty Paper. The paper comes in a full 12x12 sheet. I just cut the poinsettia out to use on this card.  And look at that beautiful Balmy Blue Glimmer paper behind it. So pretty!

Pull the tab and there's a surprise message inside! Cool huh?! 
This card is so much fun to make. 
I learned the fold from Julie Davison and hope to make a video of it sometime in the future :) 
And of course it needed a panel on the back for writing. 

I hope you all are having a fun & festive holiday weekend and I hope you are able to get crafty! 

HAPPY STAMPING!

~Kim~




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Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Every Time a Bell Rings Christmas Means More Card

Hello Happy Crafters! 

Today is Card #4 (the last one) in my Christmas Means More Series. 

I love the movie, "It's a Wonderful Life." It's one of many of my Christmas favorites, so I am tickled about how this one turned out! It's a fun fold, but not hard to do. 

I simply started with a piece of 4¼"x 11" Cherry Cobbler. I scored it at 5½" then I cut it at 2¾". That 2¾"x 4" piece is what I used for the focal image. I just turned it sideways.  I embossed the flap with one of the Wrapped in Texture embossing folders. I added a 2⅝"x 3⅞" piece of Shaded Spruce to the 2¾"x 4" piece of Cherry Cobbler . I stamped the sentiment on a piece of 2½"x 3¾" Whisper White and colored the bells with my Smoky Slate Blends. I tied a knot in the Silver Metallic Edged ribbon before using Tombow glue to add the entire panel to the card flap. Since the flap was embellished, I needed a strong adhesive to be sure it stayed in place. 
I threaded a piece of linen thread through the jingle bells and tied them onto the knot then added Wink of Stella to the stamped bells.  

The Tis the Season designer series paper is what really pulls this card together, imho. It's awesome! The layers inside the card are the exact same measurements as the Shaded Spruce and Whisper White pieces above. I stamped the bell and the holly in Memento Black ink in the bottom corner and colored them with my blends.
Of course the envelope flap needed some decorating too! That's the last card in my Christmas Means More series, but please don't forget about the big sale that's going on TODAY ONLY. Over 600 items in the catalog are on sale! Click on the picture below to view them all and please use the hostess code 4DRQ6V3J if your order is under $150
HAPPY STAMPING!
~Kim~



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