January Stampclub

 The new Occasions Mini catalog is filled with so many new and exciting products. Page 6 introduces the new Framelits dies, sort of like Nestabilities. This first card pairs the Labels Collections with the stamp set Apothecary Art shown on pages 24-25. You simply stamp your image, position the desired size framelit around the image, blade side down, sandwich this between two cutting pads, and run through the big shot on tab 2. The dsp is called Attic Boutique, shown on page 23.

 This card features the new stamp set called Tea Shoppe. I paired it with the Domestic Goddess dsp from the big catty. The ribbon is in the SAB catty which you can order beginning January 24th.

This final card features the Large sizzlits die, Paper Doily (page 7). Don't let all those pieces that have to be popped out scare you away from this die. It cuts all the way through the card stock and the pieces pop out easily using a piercing tool. I used the flower stamp from Bordering on Romance, page 11.

Christmas

 Love this Doily background stamp embossed with white embossing powder.

 Christmas Lodge

 From the Merry and Bright stamp set

 Pear Pizzazz for Christmas!

 Layout inspired by Artistic Advenger

 The stocking were hung by the chimney with care....

Such a beautiful stamp set, The Sounding Joy.

Here are the cards we made at the my Christmas Card classes this year. Hope you enjoyed them.



Quick and Easy Card Class

Here are the samples of the cards from the class last Friday night. We had a good time making some quick cards that still looked like fabulous.

SASSSC make and take

 At Sasssc  (Simple and Serious Stampers Swap Club) today I was in charge of the Make and Take. We made Gretchen Barron's Origami Star Ornaments. For the link to her tutorial, check out the post before this one.

 We had a surprise guest today, Lynn's granddaughter, Maddy. She did a great job on her star.

Great job, SASSSC ladies!

Origami Star Ornament

 Gretchen Barron posted a free tutorial on making these origami stars. I had to try them. I love them and will be making more.

Here is the link to her tutorial


http://gretchenbarron.typepad.com/my_weblog/2011/08/free-tutorial-for-the-folded-origami-star.html

Letters to Santa Countdown frame

 I was inspired to make this countdown frame when I saw the one at the end of this post. I used all Stampin' Up! materials except for the fame (which I found on clearance at my local craft store). I covered the frame with Letters from Santa dsp using Mod Podge. I cut out the Santa and glued it to some chipboard and cut it out again when it dried. I did the same thing with the "Naughty or Nice".
 The words across the top were also found on the Letters to Santa dsp. I cut out each word, sponged the edges with Early Espresso and glue them down.

 I made my own chipboard tags and covered them with dsp. I cut chipboard numbers with my big shot and covered them with red shimmer paper. I used the Stitched Felt pieces to embellish each tag.

I removed the glass from the frame and covered the back with cork board, thinking that I would need to put in push pins to hang the tags from. However, once I had the backing back into the frame, I discovered that without the glass there was a ledge space inside the frame for the tags to sit on. That was much easier than than hanging them.They just slip in and out.

This is the frame that inspired mine, I'm sorry I can't read the signature on the photo to give credit to.

Fall Wreath with rosette

I fell in love with the wreath I saw at convention that was in a pot. This was soooo easy to make using the new Simply Scored that is coming out in the Holiday mini September 1st. You are going to want one!!I love it so much better that my Score Pal, and it cost less! Most of the rosettes are made using Spice Cake dsp (also in the Holiday mini).
For the large rosettes I used two 2 x 12" strips of dsp, scored every 1/2" and glued together with two-way glue pen. The smaller rosettes were 1 1/2" x 12, and the smallest was 1x12". They are assembled using hot glue. I started with sticky strips, but they only held for awhile. The large buttons are the Spice Cake designer buttons, really big! The Give Thanks is Hand-Penned Holidays (holiday mini) and the stamped leaves are from the set Gently Falling, also new.