12 Weeks from today will bring smiles to many children….many parents looking for batteries…and many people just pooped from a hectic season….but as I tell my children…
"If there is no joy in the journey…than there is no joy in the journey's end"
Every Wednesday, (and probably more) I will inspire you for the holiday season with cards, gifts, 3-D ideas of inspiration! I was super happy with today's post!
When the new holiday catalog came out…I fell in love with this stamp set, Christmas Message! This sentiment of "Deck the Hallls" spoke to me the minute I saw it! Just love the boldness of it….
TIP ALERT: when you have a nice and bold stamp like this I recommend 2 things:
- Take the Stampin' Sanding Block and "scruff" up the surface of the stamp to soak in the ink to get a great clean stamp!
- Make sure that your stamp sets are properly "inked"…I am posting on Saturday a bunch of tips and I will touch on this so please pop back!
Let's get to the fun as the calendar is rolling and we need to budget our time…..
- The base is the regular A-2 Card in Whisper White and scored at the 5 1/2" side!
- Layer the following – Baked Brown Sugar at 4" X 5 1/4"…Cherry Cobbler at 3 1/2" X 4 3/4"…and the Season of Style Designer Series Paper Stack is 3 1/4" X 4 1/2" (this is a must…LOVE it)!!!!
- Stamping the image with Cherry Cobbler on a scrap piece of paper and then running it through the Big Shot with the help of the Labels Collection Framlits…it's coming together!
- TIP ALERT: Use the Baked Brown Sugar Base to cut out your framelit = paper saver!!!
- With the Baked Brown Sugar Paper piece and the Festive Paper-Piercing Pack the fun is going to begin with the help with the Paper-Piercing Tool and the Mat It is such an easy and effecitve effect to have a simple WOW!!! Just make sure you put plenty of Stampin' Dimensionals on the back for a nice POP!
- Where did the super cute Christmas Trees come from…they are a super fun "carry over" punch set from last year! They are called the Merry Minis Punch Pack and the are the "BOMB"!
- The envelope was super easy with the help of the Envelope Liner Framelit to do the job! I have found "joy" in this tool with the ease of the end result!
Time is sooooo darn tootin' important to all of us!
Whew….what a fun and exciting time with Stampin' Up over the past 24 hours….new products….new hostess benefits….and the best…..a super fun new way to join Stampin' Up!
If you are an dedicated stamper…than seriously – why don't you consider being a hobby demonstrator to be able to get your products at a discount? I would love to have even more fun with you!
I know it is a lot to take in but I'm here and I love what I do and I would love helping YOU! Please email me with any questions you might have….
There are so many exciting and fun things going on with Stampin Up!…my dear hubby…I have lots of upcoming family birthday's…! I think the month of October is so energizing and hands down – my favorite time of the year with the cooler weather and simply love to watch the foliage change…
Remember Friday is my 250th Blog Post and you know what that means….
BLOG CANDY TIME….a just love to celebrate milestones!
Ho-ho-ho…the 12 week hour glass has been turned…..let me help you have stress-less holiday and make you shine! It is time to get your holiday cards rolling….so you can have time to do the "other" things of the season!
I would LOVE and be honored to help you reach your goals!
Until tomorrow….remember – I am an email away!
Love this card, Susan, and the colors are fantastic. And so glad the Merry Mini Punch set was a carry over, I use them a lot. Looking forwards to your Wednesday posts:). Christmas is my favorite time of the year.
What a lovely card.
And great tips toooo….thank you for sharing!
Looks like the month ahead will be quite exciting. My favorite month too. I also love your tips and I like the baked brown sugar color. Great card. Thanks a bunch. 🙂
wow simply stunning Susan. Thanks for sharing this
inspiration with us for the upcoming holiday. i’m new
to your blog and looking forward to so much more.
Fun card! I really like the idea of using the crumb cake or the baked brown sugar on holiday cards. I wonder why they decided to call it baked brown sugar rather than just brown sugar. Whatever…. It just doesn’t seem possible that the holiday season will be upon us soon. Looking forward to your posts – I just love seeing all the fun stuff associated with the holidays. I need a mix – a couple religious ones, a couple Hanukkah ones, some with snowflakes or snowpeople, and even a couple done in purple! So, I am always on the look out for ideas for cards. Also, love making little presents or just little surprises like a little treat box or something to give that is totally unexpected. Congrats on the milestone as well! Looking forward to a million more posts! Well, however, you are willing to share with us anyway!
I really like this card. And all the colors match just right :). thanks for sharing 🙂
I love this time of year. It’s hard to believe Christmas is just 12 weeks away. I needed the reminder and the inspiration to get started so it will be stress free and fun with family and friends. Love your Christmas card….you always do such beautiful clean, crisp work! Thanks for sharing!
I can’t wait to get this stamp set on Monday when it comes! You did an AMAZING job! Thanks so much for sharing your inspiration daily! stampininthesun77.blogspot.com