It's a Dragon Christmas

So my cousin messages me on Facebook and asks me to make her some Christmas cards.  No problem right.  Well, she wants dragons or fairies and she wants them in black and purple.  Well, Stampin' Up! has lots of stamps, current and retired, but I only found one with a dragon on it.  It would make a great birthday card, but not much for Christmas.  I searched my collection of stamps and found no Stampin' Up! fairy stamps.  Pinterest is my friend this time.  I was looking through all the lovely posts for punch art and I found the perfect thing.  A full bodied dragon.  After making one, I knew I would never put together 15 of them.  So from the same designer I found a dragon poking through a cut out in the card.  Perfect!  If you want to find the instructions to make the dragons, please visit http://alexscreativecorner.blogspot.com/2013/05/baby-dragon-punch-art.html for the full body dragon or http://alexscreativecorner.blogspot.ca/2013/05/dragon-punch-art-card.html for the dragon I used on these cards.  I did have to substitute a few punches for my cards.

Santa's List Gift Card Holder

Christmas time is quickly approaching.  Knowing how hard it is to shop for some of the loved ones on your list, I know you probably give out gift cards.  I know I give them out.  The nephews are so hard to buy for.  I never know what to get them.  This is a great way to dress up the gift cards you give.  I just love the Santa's List stamp.

1. I started with a piece of 4 1/2 x 11 inch Read Red Cardstock.
2. I punched one inch in from the side with the Envelope Punch Board, turned the paper and punched again. 
3. I stamped the image with Black StazOn and trimmed it down.
4. I then matted with Wild Wasabi Cardstock. 
5. I scored the bottom of the cardstock at 1 3/4 inch and used wet glue to seal the sides. 
6. I folded the cardstock over to meet the bottom and creased it with my bone folder.
7. I attached a 1/2 inch strip of Season of Style DSP to the bottom.
8. I attached the image to the top.
9. I measured the inside of my card and cut a piece of Whisper White Cardstock to stamp my sentiment on.
10. I stamped and attached the sentiment to the inside of the card. 

The oval stamp is from a retired stamp set.

Products Used:

Santa's List Stamp Set -  W 131808  $15.95  or  C 131811  $12.95
Season of Style DSP Stack - 132181  $6.95
Christmas Wishes Stamp Set  - W 131790 $28.95 or C 131793  $20.95
Real Red Cardstock  - 102482 $6.95
Wild Wasabi Cardstock - 108641 $6.95
Real Red Reinker - 103287 $2.95
Gumball Green Reinker - 126855 $2.95
Real Red Ink Pad - 126949 $5.95
Wild Wasabi Ink Pad - 136959 $ 5.95
Whisper White Cardstock - 100730 $8.50
Envelope Punch Board - 133774 $19.95
Blender Pen - 102845 $9.95
StazOn Black - 101406 $7.95

Christmas Ornaments/Gift Toppers

I made two versions of the Christmas Ornament from last years Holiday Catalog.  Now I am trying to decide which one I like best.  The ornament stamps and the matching framelits are still available for purchase.

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Christmas Memo Pad

While at Staples this weekend, I found these cut little mini legal pads.  I remembered seeing a video of someone covering them to make cute teacher gifts.  I decided to give it a try.

 I gathered up my supplies.  I used Baked Brown Sugar, Cherry Cobbler, and Gumball Green Ink.  The papers are Gumball Green, Whisper White, and Seasons of Style DSP Stack.  I used the Holiday Ornament Framelits and Ornament Keepsakes Stamp Set with my Big Shot.  Some Whisper White Bakers Twine, Snail Adhesive, Mini Glue Dots and Stampin' Dimensionals rounded it out.

 I cut my papers to size, 3 1/2 inches wide.  The Gumball Green I left at 11 inches.  The Seasons of Style, I trimmed to 2 inches long.  (I ended up cutting some of the Gumball Green from the bottom of the back.)

 I lined up the Gumball Green and adhered it to the font page of the mini legal pad and wrapped it all the way around the back.

 I stamped the smaller ornaments and cut them out with the big shot and framelits.

 I tied small bows with the bakers twine and used mini glue dots to attach them.  I cut some bakers twine to attach to the backs of the ornaments and attached them with glue dots.  Then I added Stampin' Dimensionals to the backs.

 I ran a line of Snail adhesive across the top of the pad to attach the strings to hold them in place.

 I adhered the Seasons of Style DSPS piece to the top and wrapped it around to the back.

 I thought it needed something else so I pulled out my Christmas Messages Stamp Set and used the Oh What Fun sentiment.

I love the way it turned out.

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Keepsake Ornament Christmas Card

Did you know the Keepsake Ornament Stamp Set and Holiday Ornament Framelit Die Set are still available this year?  They aren't in the 2013 - 2014 Annual Catalog or the Holiday Catalog, but they are available online.

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Seasonal Sayings Christmas Card

Whisper White and Cherry Cobbler, so simple yet so beautiful.  I love the way this one turned out.  I was wanting something very simple and clean for this card.  The sentiment has so much going on with it.  I used some of the Seasons of Style DSP Stack to add some interest to the background.  A touch of Rhinestone Basic Jewels for a bit of bling finishes it off.  Some Stampin' Dimensionals were added to give it some pop.

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Seasonal Sayings Stamp Set

I was just sitting here thinking about another idea for yet another Christmas card design.  Then it hit me, I have actually been designing a set of cards around one stamp set lately, Seasonal Sayings.  I have joined two card swaps over on Facebook.  One was completed this month (August) and the other isn't due until September 15th.  As most Stampin' Up! fans know, they retired almost every stamp set having to do with holidays in the new 2013 - 2014 Catalog.  This meant for my fall and winter holiday cards I would have to purchase new stuff from the Holiday Catalog to swap with current supplies.  I did purchase a couple of Christmas/Winter things, but the funds are tight right now and I just couldn't stretch it out far enough to include the fall stuff yet.  Well, I wanted to join in all the great swaps going on.  I sat and searched through the stamp sets I have for the ones that did not retire.  Luckily for me, I have quite a few that stayed current.  As I was looking, Seasonal Sayings caught my eye.  It is still current!  For the first swap it was Halloween.  Seasonal Saying has a "Happy Halloween" sentiment.  I had purchased some of the new designer series paper when it was on sale and some of the Venetian Romance seemed close enough to use.  I had the Chevron embossing folder.  I had a design.

Now there is a Fall/Thanksgiving swap coming up.  I went back to Seasonal Sayings and used the "Thanks Is For Giving" sentiment.  I paired it with my Autumn Accents Bigz Die and my Square Lattice embossing folder and I loved it.

Now I am looking at this set again and thinking about the Christmas stamp and Celebrate! and Love You.  I could create a Christmas card with this.  Celebrate! could be a birthday or New Years card.  Love You could be an anniversary or Valentines' Day card.  I can create 5 more cards in this series.  So many possibilities with this set.  Keep an eye out.  I now have a plan for when I walk into my craft room.  I want to finish this series of cards.

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Christmas is coming!

Christmas is coming!  It will be here before you know it.  I have been working on some of my cards.  There are many great options in the new Holiday Catalog.  I love the paper stacks for making my cards.  The patterns are limited to two double sided designs (4 designs total) but, there are plenty of papers if you want all your cards to match.  It is much more economical than buying the larger 12 x 12 papers packs.  If you want everyone to have unique cards the 12 x 12 would be for you.  At first I was not in love with the stacks, but I have really warmed up to them as I have played with them.   The Winter Frost Designer Series Paper Stack coordinates with Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana, Island Indigo, Pool Party, Smoky Slate, and Whisper White.  The Season of Style Designer Series Paper Stack coordinates with Cherry Cobbler, Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Old Olive, and Whisper white. 

 Made with the Winter Frost DSPS and the Christmas Messages stamp set.

 Sunburst card made with the Winter Frost DSPS and the Christmas Messages stamp set.

 Sunburst card made with retired paper and stamp set.

 Made with the Season of Style DSPS and a retired stamp set.

Made with the Season of Style DSPS and the Christmas Messages stamp set.

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Smoky Slate and Pool Party Christmas

Christmas Messages Clear-Mount Stamp Set					131793
Christmas Messages Wood-Mount Stamp Set					131790
Winter Frost Designer Series Paper Stack				132183
Smoky Slate 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock					131202
Whisper White 8-1/2X11 Card Stock	100730
Big Shot Die-Cut Machine		113439
Labels Collection Framelits Die						125598
Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad			126982

Joyful Tidings

Square Lattice Embossing Folder 119976 $7.95
Big Shot 113439 $99.95
Decorative Label Punch 120907 $16.95
Stampin' Trimmer 126889 $29.95
Simply Scored Scoring Tool 122334 $29.95
Whisper White Card Stock 100730 $8.50/40 sheets
Strawberry Slush Card Stock 131295 $6.95/24 sheets
Strawberry Slush Ink 1311748 $5.95
Christmas Messages Stamp Set W 131790 $28.95
C 131793 $20.95
Snowflake Soiree Stamp Set W 127922 $29.95
C 127925 $21.95