MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Merry Christmas to all! Hope you're all enjoying the day with family and friends. We're having our family Christmas this morning and heading to Kenosha with the rest of the family in the afternoon. We're thankful for everyone and everything we have!
I'm sharing my last Christmas project for this year, a gift bag for my mom's presents. I was inspired by this card that I saw on Splitcoast.
The kraft bag was stamped with the snowflake from Patterned Pines in Real Red, Old Olive and Soft Suede. The panel has a piece of the flocked specialty paper from Christmas Cocoa. There's a piece of the 1 1/4 inch Old Olive striped grosgrain ribbon that's wrapped up with a Circle Fire brad. I punched a piece of Whisper White with the Ornament punch. I stamped the leaf from Berry Christmas in Old Olive, the berries in Real Red, and "make merry" in Soft Suede. That's popped up with Stampin' dimensionals. The ribbon stamp was stamped in Versamark then embossed with Silver embossing powder. The tag is from Christmas Punch, layered on a piece of Old Olive punched from the Wide Oval punch.
Here's my recipe:
Stamps: Berry Christmas and Delightful Decorations, Christmas Punch, Patterned Pines
Papers: Whisper white, Old Olive, Real Red, Christmas Cocoa Specialty papers
Inks: Old Olive, Real Red, Soft Suede, Versamark
Accessories: Circle Fire brad, Ornament Punch, Scallop oval punch, Wide oval punch, 1 1/4 inch Old Olive striped grosgrain ribbon, Silver embossing powder, Mistletoe ribbon, Stampin dimensionals

Christmas Gift Card Boxes

It's a gift card kind of Christmas so I wanted to have a little something special to give them in. I make these pizza boxes using the Christmas Jingle SSK. I found the template here on Jen del Muro's blog. They are so cute and easy!

The papers, snowflake stickers and Old Olive scallop circle sticker are all from the Christmas Jingle SSK. I used the Ticket Corner punch on the corners of the papers. I colored the "Holly Jolly" stamp from the Christmas Punch set with Chocolate Chip, Real Red and Old Olive Stampin' write markers. The "Make Merry" is from Berry Christmas and the little flower image is from Season of Joy. The ribbon is from the Sleigh Bells set in the Holiday Mini. I used my Crop-a-dile to punch the hole thru the chipboard circles and tied them on with Gold elastic cord.

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Berry Christmas, Christmas Punch, Season of Joy

Papers: Very Vanilla, Real Red and Old Olive, Christmas Jingle SSK

Inks: Real Red and Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Real Red and Old Olive Stampin' Write markers

Accessories: Ticket Corner punch, scallop edge punch, Curly Label Punch, Crop-a-dile, Sleigh Bells ribbon, Gold elastic cord

Mojo 116 Snowflake Circles

I'm chipping down to the last of the Chrismas cards I need. I did this one for the MojoMonday Sketch #116 here. I used the Christmas Jingle Simply Scrappin' kit papers and self-adhesive die cuts. I also used a piece from the Old Olive Patterns DSP. I cut the circles with my Coluzzle. In the center of the red circle I stamped the snowflake from Berry Christmas in Old Olive and added a Circle Fire Rhinestone brad. The ribbon is a piece of the Misletoe ribbon from the Holiday Mini. Finally, Merry Christmas from Teeny Tiny Wishes was stamped in Old Olive then punched with the Word Window Punch.

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Berry Christmas and Teeny Tiny Wishes

Papers: Very Vanilla, Real Red, Old Olive, Old Olive Patterns DSP, Christmas Jingle Simply Scrappin

Inks: Old Olive

Accessories: Mistletoe 3/8 inch Old Olive ribbon, Circle Fire Rhinestone brads, Word Window punch, Coluzzle, Stampin' dimensionals

PPA and Mojo Challenge Christmas Card

My back is finally feeling better so I'm trying to fininsh making my Christmas cards. So I made this one to catch up on last week's Mojo Monday #115 sketch here and PPA#19's Inspiration Challenge here.

I immediately thought of the leaf stamp in the Berry Christmas set. I stamped the top of that in a circle with Old Olive, added the berries in Real Red and the little poinsettia stamp is from Season of Joy, stamped in Soft Suede. The greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes is framed in a sticker from the Christmas Jingle Simply Scrappin kit. I ran half of the Old Olive base thru the Big Shot with the Petals-a-Plenty impressions folder and added some Sleigh Bells ribbon.

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Berry Christmas, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Season of Joy

Papers: Whisper White, Old Olive, Real Red

Inks: Old Olive, Real Red and Soft Suede

Accessories: Scallop circle #2 bigz die, Petals-a-plenty textured impressions folder, Sleigh Bells ribbon, stampin dimensionals, white gel pen

Stamping 411 Merry Wreath

I had time to play this morning so I made this for the Stamping 411 sketch here. I'm not going to hoard paper anymore so you might be seeing a lot of the Christmas Cocoa Specialty papers. I used the Berry Christmas stamp set, the Jumbo Snowflake punch and some Mistletoe ribbon. The greeting was stamped in Soft Suede and punched out with the Modern Label punch.

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Berry Christmas

Papers: Whisper white, Real Red, Soft Suede and Christmas Cocoa Specialty

Inks: Real red and Soft Suede

Accessories: Silver brad, Jumbo snowflake punch, Mistletoe ribbon, Modern Label punch

Mojo #112 Simple Christmas Poinsettia

Now that it's Saturday, I'm finally getting to the MojoMonday sketch #112 here. I'm using the Christmas Cocoa Specialty papers again with the Berry Christmas stamp set. I stamped off the poinsettia image once with Real Red ink then stamped it again, just moving the image to create a little fuller look. That's easily punched out with the 1 3/8 inch circle punch then layered onto the scallop circle punch. I popped that up with a few Stampin' dimensionals. I also used the 1 3/8 inch punch for the Soft Suede circle but just folded that in half. My Crop-a-dile punched the hole thru the three layers of card stock with ease. A little Mistletoe ribbon and it's done!

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Berry Christmas

Papers: Whisper white, Real Red, Soft Suede and Christmas Cocoa Specialty papers

Ink: Real Red and Old Olive

Accessories: Mistletoe ribbon, 1 3/8 inch circle punch, scallop circle punch, Crop-a-dile, white gel pen, Stampin dimensionals

Splitcoast Sketch #254 Make Merry

I "made merry" for the Splitcoast Sketch #254 here. I know I'm a broken record here but I just love these sketches because it's too easy to trace the exact measurements onto card stock then create a quick and easy card! I used some Old Olive Patterns Paper and some Christmas Cocoa Specialty paper with the Berry Christmas stamp set. I broke up the sentiment and used the Stamp-a-ma-jig for that and to put the bird in the wreath.

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Berry Christmas

Papers: Whisper white, Real Red, Old Olive, Old Olive Patterns, Christmas Cocoa Specialty

Inks: Real red and Old Olive

Accessories: Stamp-a-ma-jig

Stamping 411 Make Merry

It's a rainy Monday here in Southeastern Wisconsin so I "made merry" and did this card for the Stamping 411 challenge here. This challenge was a little out of my comfort zone, only because it was to make a square card. It is pretty cute if I do say so myself. This is a bit too big to fit in an A2 envelope but it would make a nice gift card holder.

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Berry Christmas

Papers: Whisper white, Real Red, Soft Suede and Christmas Cocoa Specialty

Inks: Real Red and Soft Suede

Accessories: 1/2 inch Soft Suede polka-dot grosgrain ribbon, Modern label punch, Stamp-a-ma-jig

Splitcoast Card Sketch #249 Joy

I made this card for the Splitcoast Card Sketch #249 here.

I used two stamp sets for this one. The hanging bow is from Berry Christmas and the joy ornament is from Delightful Decorations. I punched out the ornament stamp with the Ornament punch from the Holiday Mini. So quick, simple and cute!

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Berry Christmas and Delightful Decorations

Papers: Whisper white, Real Red, Soft Suede, Christmas Cocoa Specialty Papers

Inks: Real Red and Soft Suede

Accessories: Ornament Punch

Time to order from the Holiday Mini!

It's September 1st and that means a few things. One, back to school for the kids (which means more stamping time for me-yeah!) and two, customers can order from the Holiday Mini Catalog! You can find a link here, call me or just order online!

I made this card for this sketch at Stamping 411. I haven't stamped in a while so I'm eager to catch up with some challenges. My first meeting as Home and School President went well and there's lots of work to be done. But there's always time to be found for stamping (let's hope)!

I used the Berry Christmas set and the Christmas Cocoa Specialty papers from the Holiday Mini. Even though I'm not a big fan of birds, this stamp looks especially nice with the branch and holly print of the Cocoa papers.
Here's my recipe:
Stamps: Berry Christmas
Papers: Whisper White, Real Red, Soft Suede and Christmas Cocoa Specialty Papers
Inks: Real Red and Soft Suede
Accessories: 1/2 inch and 3/4 inch circle punches, photo corners punch, 1/4 inch real red grosgrain ribbon, Stamp-a-ma-jig

I HAD to Stamp!

I FINALLY got to stamp today. I think that's why I'm so crabby-no stamping since Saturday! I've been helping my parents clean out for a garage sale. Lotsa stuff after 43 years of marriage in the same house. Then today and yesterday had 5 back to school meetings in two days. I'm the new Home & School President so I've got lots more work to do but I HAD to stamp.
So this card was for this sketch from last week's Mojo 100th.
I used the Christmas Cocoa Specialty papers and the snowflake from the Berry Christmas set. I stamped it in a VersaMark pad, sprinkled some Iridescent Ice Stampin' Emboss power and heated that up. It's much more sparkly in real life!
Here's my recipe:
Stamps: Berry Christmas
Papers: Shimmery White card stock, Soft Suede, Christmas Cocoa Specialty Papers
Inks: VersaMark pad, Soft Suede
Accessories: Stampin' Emboss Powder Iridescent Ice, Soft Suede polka-dot grosgrain ribbon, word window punch, scallop circle punch, 1 3/8 inch circle punch, Stampin' dimensionals, heat gun

Monday Means Mojo

It's Monday and that means Mojo Monday. They're celebrating their 100th so they'll have a new sketch here every day this week. I decided to do another Christmas card because when you make and send over 75 cards you can never get started early enough. Plus, I wanted to show you another set that I pre-ordered from the Holiday Mini. The set is Berry Christmas and it's got a lot of fun images that you can combine for great cards or gifts. Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Berry Christmas

Papers: Whisper White, Real Red, Old Olive, Christmas Cocoa Specialty Papers

Inks: Real Red & Old Olive

Accessories: Scallop Circle #2 Bigz die, Scallop circle punch, 1 3/8 inch circle punch, 1 1/4 inch circle punch, 1/2 inch Mistletoe double-stitched grosgrain ribbon, Earth Elements brads, White gel pen,Stampin' dimensionals, Stamp-a-ma-jig