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Catching Snowflakes Card...

Hello there Lakeside Readers!

This card was so much fun to make because it incorporated a little bit of stamping, embossing, coloring, cutting, tearing and distressing. I do love the way this card turned out and I had a good time designing it.

Here's what to do:

1)    Cut a 4-1/4" x 11" piece of Crumb Cake Card Stock and score it at 5-1/2" With the Round Corner Punch round off each corner.

2)    Cut a 3-3/4" x 5" piece of Baja Breeze Card Stock and corner round the two bottom corners.

3)    On the Baja Breeze, ink the edges with a Dauber and Baja Breeze Ink. Then stamp the tree from the Season of Friendship Stamp Set in Soft Suede Ink, the bird from the same set in Real Red Ink and the snowflake in Versa Mark Ink. Sprinkle the snowflakes with White Embossing Powder and emboss with the Heat Tool.

4)    Cut a 2" x 3-3/4" piece of Whisper White Card Stock and tear it across the top edge to resemble a snow drift. Adhere this to the Baja Breeze and wrap it with a piece of Red Gingham Ribbon.

5)    On a scrap piece of Whisper WHite Card Stock stamp the girl with the tree and wagon from the Greeting Card Kids Stamp Set in Basic Black Ink and cut her out

6)    Layer everything as shown adding Dimensionals behind the girl and Basic Rhinestones to the snowflakes. Don't forget to add a rhinestone in the little girls hand. After all this card's name is, "Catching Snowflakes!"

Thanks for visiting!

Stampin' HUGS,

 

O Tannenbaum...

This card was great fun to make although my class ladies didn't think so. Once again, they moaned about all the cutting. So, I graciously helped those who wanted help cutting as I do love to cut. Don't ask me why I just do. I find it relaxing because, you don't really need to think about it. And you can talk while doing it and that's a good thing.

Here's how to make this  card:

1.    First, simply draw a Christmas tree on a scrap piece of cardboard, cut it out and use it to trace on Stampin' Up!'s Holly Jolly Designer Series Paper.

 2.    Cut a 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" piece of Cherry Cobbler Card Stock and score it at 4-1/4".

3.    Cut a 5" x 3-3/4" piece of Very Vanilla Card Stock. Punch each corner with the Ticket Corner Punch.

4.    Using whatever images from the Bingo Bits Stamp Set you want, stamp images on a scrap of  Very Vanilla and cut them out. I stamped the images shown in Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black, Old Olive and Soft Suede Ink. Don't forget the presents for under the tree!

5.    For the round ornaments I punch out  this piece of Jolly Holly Designer Series Paper with the  1/2" Circle Punch.

6.    Layer the Very Vanilla on the Cherry Cobbler. 

7.    Adhere the tree with Dimensionals.

8.    Adhere the ornaments with Glue Dots.

9.    Stick a Basic Rhinestone in each corner.

10.  Top off your tree with a pretty little bow made from Cherry Cobbler 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon.

As an Added treat enjoy this video with Nat King Cole singing, "O Tannenbaum."

 

Thanks for looking and listening!

Stampin' Hugs,

 
What do you really want for Christmas & Hanukkah?

Are you tired of getting something for Christmas that you really didn't want? That you had already? That doesn't fit? 

Hire me as your personal elf to let your loved ones know exactly what you want!

 I have created a "WISH LIST" just for you. all you have to do is download the  Wish List here. 

Simply sit back with a cup of coffee, tea or hot chocolate, go through the  Stampin' Up! Idea Book and Catalog and fill in "Your Wish List" with what you really want for Christmas or Hanukkah and who you want to buy it for you. Send it back to me  to the address on the bottom of the Wish List or email me the information at [email protected]  by November 29.  I'll contact who you named and discuss what they would like to purchase for you. As soon as I receive the payment in full, I'll place the order, WRAP IT and hand it over to your love one to put under your Christmas Tree.

Just think, this could be the first year that you actually get what you really want.

Stampin' & Holiday Hugs,

 

Scallop Bird Card...

Hi, Lakeside Stampers!

This is the last post from World Card Making Day. While we made ten cards in all, I have a lot more Holiday cards and projects I want to share with you in the coming weeks. I love the non-traditional colors of Christmas and the Holiday Season.  This card was made with some of the non-traditional colors such as Baja Breeze, Blushing Bride, along with the traditional Real Red and Garden Green. Leave it to Stampin' Up! to use them together in their Candy Cane Christmas Designer Series Paper.

To make this card here's what to do:

1)    Cut a 6-1/4" x 8-1/4" piece of Whisper White Card Stock, scored at 4-1/4" and scallop punch the foure edges with the Scallop Edge Punch.

2)    Place a piece of Real Red Card Stock in your Big Shot and with the Scallop Square Duo DIe cut a 3" scallop square.

3)     Along the card front bottom edge stamp the greeting from the Stampin' Up! Bright Christmas Stamp Set in Real Red Ink. I used the "Winter Wonderland" greeting because it's curves match the curves in the tree branch.

4)    Take a piece of the Candy Cane Christmas Designer Series Paper and punch the bird with the Two-Step Bird Punch. Switch up the patterned paper for some interest.

5)    Layer everything as shown wrapping a Whisper White Satan Ribbon bow areound the Real Red scallop square. Use Dimensionals to adhere the bird and each corner of the scallop square place a Basic Pearl.

Now you're done and you can make tons of these in many color variations for the holidays.

Thanks for visiting!

Stampin' Hugs,

 

I would like to remind you if you would like to sign up as a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator and be part of the Lakeside Stampers email me at [email protected] for information. Now is a perfect time to sign up and to earn some extra money with your own business and your own hours! 

SUPPLIES USED FOR THIS CARD_____________________________

STAMP SET: Bright Christmas (121678)

PAPER: Whisper White Card Stock (100730), Real Red (102482), Candy Cane Christmas DSP (120809)

INK: Real Red (103133)

FRILLIES: Whisper White Satan Ribbon (114616), Basic Pearls (119247)

TOOLS: Big Shot (113430), Scallop Square Duo Die (120903), Two-Step Bird Punch (117191), Scallop Edge Punch (119882)

 

 

Dotted Scallop Ribbon Ball...

Instructions

1. Punch strips of Pear Pizzazz Textured Card Stock using Dotted Scallop Ribbon Punch. 
2. Wrap four long punched strips around foam ball, and pin ends to ball where they meet using straight pins.
3. Pin several shorter punched strips between long strips to cover remainder of ball.

 This is another Stampin' Up! Exclusive Design. If you would like to make this project and need the supplies you can place an on-line order or email me it at [email protected] 

Thanks for looking,

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PAPER:    Pear Pizzazz Textured Card Stock (119799)

TOOLS:   Dotted Scallop Ribbon Punch (119275), Styrofoam Ball, Straight Pins

Simple Stampin' Festive Favorites...

These are terrific Treat Boxes (#115690 page 159) that can be used for yummy chocolate, hand-made cookies or for Birthday, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Party Favors or as in this case Holiday Gift Boxes. 

 

I call this another "So Simple Stampin' Project."   On Very Vanilla Card Stock I stamped in Chocolate Chip Ink the reindeer from the Festive Favorites Stamp Set.  I hand colored in the reindeer and layered Very Vanilla Card Stock, Real Red Card Stock and another piece of  Very Vanilla Card Stock.

The ribbon I used for the bow is the Ribbon Originals-Mistletoe. For the tag ribbon I simply cut a thin strip of Real Red Card Stock.

 

Below are gift card holder we also made using the Festive Favorites Stamp Set.  The set originally came with one big block stamp with images of the reindeer, snowmen and Christmas trees together. I had my husband cut the wood block so I could use the images as follows with the gift card holder project. The gift card holders I purchased last year from Stampin' Up! They are now retired but since I had so many I decided to use them for my class. Here are the examples of the three we made and how nicely the images from the Festive Favorites worked out. 

 

Here is the inside:
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Thanks for stopping by and look for new "Punch Happy Projects" this week just in time for the holidays.

HUGS & stamps, 

Catch Me if you Can, I'm the Gingerbread Man...

I think one cookie that screams the holidays is the gingerbread cookie. I have been having so much fun with chipboard cutouts. If you haven't tried them as of yet you should give them a try. You can easily buy pre-made shapes or cut your own with the Big Shot or scissors. Stampin' Up! sells pre-cut shapes and On Board Book Basics on pages 184-185 in the Idea Book and Catalog.

 

For this gingerbread man I traced a pre-cut gingerbread man chipboard shape onto  Soft Suede Card Stock, cut it out and adhered it to the chipboard. Using the rick-rack stamp from the Trimastic Stamp Set (retired) I stamped it in Versa Mark and embossed it with White Embossing Powder.  Around the edges I sponged Chocolate Chip Ink.

For the:

Candy Buttons: Punch 2 Real Red and 2 Whisper White  3/4" Circles 

After I punched the Whisper White circles I cut little wedges out of them and then I layered them over the Real Red to resemble peppermint candies.

Eyes: Punch 2 Whisper White 1/4" Circles

Mouth: Punch 1-1/4" Circle on Whisper White  and  punch a  1/38" Circle around the opening.

Cheeks: Out of Real Red Card Stock punch two 1/2" Circles. For the swirls either punch them out with a swirl punch or hand cut swirls and layer them on each Real Red 1/2" circles.

Collar:  On Whisper White Card Stock punch a 1-3/8" Circle and around the opening punch a Scallop Circle.  Cut off  two three scallops lengths and adhere them around the gingerbread man's neck. In the middle glue a brown flower button from  Stampin' Up  Button Latte collection.

On his forehead I punched a hole and attached the Real Red Grosgrain Double Stitched Ribbon for a hanger.

I put everything together as follows: 

On one of the hands I glued using Crystal Effects, a Stampin' Up Library Clip. In the clip I printed the following gingerbread cookie recipe out, trimmed it down and layered it on a piece of Real Red Card Stock.

GINGERBREAD  COOKIES

6 cups all-purpose flour

1 tablespoon baking powder

1 tablespoon ground ginger

1 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1 teaspoon ground cloves

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 cup shortening, melted & cooled

1 cup molasses

1 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 cup water

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1. Sift together the flour, baking powder, ginger, nutmeg, cloves and cinnamon. Set aside.

2. In a medium bowl, mix together the shortening, molasses, brown sugar, water, egg and vanilla until smooth. Gradually stir in the dry ingredients, until they are completely absorbed. Divide the dough into 3 pieces, pat down to 1-1/2" thickness, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate  for three hours.

3. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. On a slightly floured surface, roll the dough out to 1/4" thickness. cut into desired shapes with cookie cutters. Place cookies onto an un-greased cookie sheet.

4. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. When the cookies are done they will look dry, but still be soft to the touch. Remove from the cookie sheet and cool on wire racks. When cool the cookies can be frosted with icing of your choice.

I sincerely hope you enjoyed this "Yummy" post. As ever thanks for stopping by.

HUGS & stamps,

Wine Gift Tag...

This gift tag couldn't be easier to make and because of that I call it one of  my "Simple Stampin' Projects."

 

Here is the recipe:

STAMP SETS: Good Cheer

                                                Snowflake Spot

PAPER: Rich Razzleberry Card Stock 

                                                7-1/4" x 3-3/4" scored at 5-1/4"

                                                Sage Shadow Card Stock  5" x 3-1/2"

                                                Very Vanilla Card Stock 4-7/8" x 3-3/8"

Ink:                                       Rich Razzleberry

Accessories:                     Word Punch

                                                 1-3/8" Circle Punch

                                                Pastels

                                                Dazzling Diamonds,

                      Crystal Effects

                                                Gold Brad 

For the wine tag I stamped the swag and Santa images from the Good Cheers Stamp Set in Rich Razzleberry Ink on the 4-7/8" x 3-3/8" Very Vanilla Card Stock. I colored the images in with my Pastels, then added Dazzling Diamonds and Crystal Effects on the berries which I colored in with a Real Red Marker. I adhered the Very Vanilla Card Stock on the 5" x 3-1/2" Sage Shadow Card Stock and around the two I wrapped a Rich Razzleberry Word Punch out and attached it with a Gold Brad.  On the 2" scored area of the card stock I punched a 1-3/8" circle out to place over the wine bottle's neck. Because you now have the measurements for the tag any image can be used in place of the Santa.

Thanks for stopping by!

HUGS & stamps,
 

Wine Glass Charms...

I know these wine charms have been around forever but, it was really nice to see that I could incorporate stamping into making my own. For this project you do need some non Stampin' Up! supplies but chances are you have them around anyway.  I simply stamped with Craft Ink onto shrink plastic, punched out the image with our regular Stampin' Up! punches, pierced a small hole for the jump ring and followed directions for the shrink plastic. Viola the charms were formed. I then took earring wires I had and added eight beads on one side then in the center after applying a jump ring to the charms, I strung on the charm and then an additional eight beads. I tried to color coordinate each charm and beads. Have fun with this one and be careful not to get burned with the hot plastic. 

The below (backward) charm image is from the Delightful Decorations Stamp Set which was stamped in Real Red Ink and punched using Stampin' Up! Ornament Punch. I stamped the image on shrink plastic and baked it in the oven according to the manufacturer's directions. Both stamp set and punch are on pages 24-25 in the Holiday Mini Catalog.

 

The wine charm below was stamped in Encore Gold Ink. The image is from the Winter Post Stamp Set page 35 in the Idea Book and Catalog. I then punched it out with the Scallop Circle Punch and baked it.
 

The below image is from the Sweet Season Stamp Set stamped in Tempting Turquoise Ink. The stamp set is on page 29 in the Idea Book and Catalog. After stamping the image I used the Scallop Circle Punch to punch it out and baked it.
 

Below I stamped the santa from the Christmas Punch Stamp Set in Garden Green Ink. I then used the Scallop Square Punch to punch it out and baked it.
 

Once, again, thanks for stopping by and I sincerely hope you take out time to make some of these projects for you or the special people on your gift list.

Countdown to Christmas-Advent Calendar...

This is an Advent Calendar I designed and have wanted to do for about a year now. While it's a time consuming project it's not diificult to do. I used as many stamp sets I had for the images behind each window. Some images were embossed, hand colored and even partial images were used. I just had fun with it. This would be a great project to do this weekend and even have the kids help out with the stamping. The small windows range from numbers 1 to 23. I need to add number 24 to the oval window. The door is number 25 with the Holy Family behind it.

 

For the windows I stamped the tag image from the Stampin' Up! Punch Pals Stamp Set in Versa Mark. I stamped 23 of them, one for each window. I then embossed them with White Embossing Powder. I scored along the left side of the tag, folded it and lined up the image with the Tag Punch so that the left edge was just to the inside of the punch. Doing it in this manner allowed the flap so that the windows could open up. For the inside images I simply stamped them, punched them out with the Tag Punch and adhered them to the flap. For the window and door numbers I used My Big Shot and a die similar to the Timeless Type.

 

Here is the oval window detail. I stamped the saying from the Christmas Punch Stamp Set in Versa Mark and with White Embossing Powder I embossed it. I used the same technique as for the smaller windows. Along the left side of the oval I scored, folded and lined it up just to the inside of the Wide Oval Punch.

 

Below shows some of the images I used behind the windows. 

 

This is a detail of the Holy Family from the Stampin' Up Holy Triptych Stamp Set, behind the door. I stamped it in Versa Mark Ink and Gold embossed it.I then hand colored the image in with a combination of Stampin' Up Markers and Watercolor Pencils. On the Handsome Hunter door front I stamped and embossed the tree image from the Stampin' Up! Snow Swirled Stamp Set.

 

Here are the dimensions for the house parts of the Advent Calendar:

      Pretty in Pink Card Stock  11-1/2" x 7" 

     Sage Green Card Stock 11-1/2" x 4-3/4"

     Rose Red Card Stock 12" x 12"

     Handsome Hunter Green Card Stock 1-3/4" x 3-1/4"

For the coins going up the sides:

     Soft Suede Card Stock 1/2" x 3/4"

     Creamy Caramel Card Stock 1/2" x 1/2"

For the piediment I hand cut a triangular shape and trimmed it out with the Scallop Edge and Eylet Border Punches.  I layered the Pretty in Pink Card Stock and Sage Green onto the Rose Red 12' x 12' sheet of card stock. I placed the coins up both sides of the house, adhered the scallop and eyelet edges to the piedement and plced that on the top. Then I adhered all of the windows and door to the house. I added a piece of Rose Red Grosgrain Ribbon to use as the hanger.

I really love the way this turned out and like very much the Rose Red, Sage Green and Pretty in Pink color combination. I tried to be as clear as possible on this project but if you have any questions you can email me at [email protected]

Many thanks for stopping by and remember to take time out to hand make items to give as gifts this holiday season.  Gifts which are personalized and a part of you. Let's try to remember the true meaning and not get caught up in the commercial end but, truly put ourselves into this most joyous of seasons. Isn't that what it's all about? 

HUGS & stamps,