Love & Sympathy

Happy Saturday Stampers.  I'm fighting a chest cold so I'm taking advantage of this down time and catching up on some stamping - its better than chicken soup!
  

When our new catalog came out in July, I put the Love & Sympathy stamp set on my wish list.  Its elegant and the sentiment is beautiful.  I like how Island Indigo and Sahara Sand look together, and used the Finial Press Textured Impression Folder to add depth to the card.  Look how beautiful our pearls look when you color them with our Stampin' Write Markers to match your card stock.  Just keep in mind you'll need to allow extra drying time before you mount them on your card.  Check out this stamp set on page 76 of the new catalog.   

Advent Calendar

When I saw the advent calendar in our Holiday Mini I knew I would have to make each of my grandchildren a calendar.  Shhhhhhhhh, don't tell Haley, Jayden and Macie, grandma is busy in her craft room!

The Peekaboo Frames Bigz L Die has five little window frames and lets you create your own personalized advent calendar, or can be used for a window or frame on a card.   The new 1" Square Punch used with the 25 & Counting Stamp Set to create the advent calendar, can also be used with the Petal Card Double Punch to create darling gift tags.  There's still plenty of time for you to make your advent calendar for that special someone.

Susie

October Workshop

We are quickly heading into the holiday season and our October workshop was full of fun holiday ideas.

Our first card is from the Pines and Poinsettias stamp set.

The Holly Berry Bouquet DSP will make your holiday cards and paper projects beautiful and elegant.  The greeting is from the Petite Pairs stamp set and the label was made using the Decorative Label punch.  To add highlights to the card we used the Petals-A-Plenty and Finial Press embossing folders.

We used the Christmas Lodge stamp set and Frostwood Lodge DSP to create our second card.  To make the card even more festive we made it a "Z fold card."

 

The Scallop Circle is held with a brad and moves to opens the card and reveal the greeting.

If needed, you can add Whisper White card stock on to the Real Red or Garden Green card stock for more  area to write or to attach a photo. 

And finally, three cute 3-D projects - a 2012 calendar made on a coaster,  Santa made from several of our punches and a cute Snowman tag.

What a fun night!  Sandy Renner was our hostess serving a scrumptious dinner followed by several show and tell cards and projects.

Here's a picture of the Hostess Gift I made Sandy using the new Simply Scored tool, the Spice Cake DSP and Spice Cake designer buttons.

Wow, I sure love that paper and think I'll make a few more of these!!!  If you have any questions about any of the cards or 3-D projects, give me a call or send an e-mail.  Thanks for stopping by.

Susie