Category: Holidays

Creative Circle November Blog Hop and FREE pattern!

box, Challenges, Christmas, Holiday Mini, Merry Everything, Peaceful Pines
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Can you believe it’s November and the holidays are just around the corner?  This sweet little box is perfect to help you with your holiday gift giving.  And the best part – it’s free!  Hop along with us and see lots of great ideas for this pattern.

This is the box filled with cards.  It’s a substantial size and I was able to get 10 2 layer cards and envelopes inside!  I used Cherry Cobbler card stock and the Season of Cheer Designer Series paper for the box and the Merry Everything for the tag.  I die cut the top with the Perfect Pines Framelit Dies and added a piece of window sheet to the opening.

Creative Circle November 2015 cards enclosed

Here’s the set –

Creative Circle November 2015 set

But it’s not only great for cards – it’s great for gifts too.  I filled mine with chocolate.  Wouldn’t this make a cute gift for a teacher, hair dresser, babysitter, neighbor – anyone you want to remember during the holidays?

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The box opens with a cute fold –

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So now that you’ve seen my ideas for the box, follow along on the Blog Hop and see other ways to use the pattern.  You can get your copy of the pattern here.

 

Sandy   http://www.thescrapnstampshop.blogspot.com

Fran      http://www.fransabad.com  (You are here!)

Barb     http://www.beelinestamping.com

Liz        http://www.lizhollowaydesign.blogspot.ca

Peaceful Pines Gift Card Holder

Christmas, Gift Card Holder, Holiday Mini, Peaceful Pines, Versatile Christmas
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Silver and White – such a pretty color combination for a Christmas card, but SO hard to photograph!  This Gift Card Holder is made with Karen Burniston’s Gift Card Holder die and Stampin Up’s Peaceful Pine stamp set.  The trees are stamped in Versamark and silver embossing powder.  The dotted stamp is the medium tree, but I used the small tree die to cut them out.  The little packages are embossed in silver and the ribbon in colored with a Real Red Stampin Write Marker.  The star on top is Red Glimmer paper.  The sentiment is from Versatile Christmas and is also embossed in silver.

The Gift Card Holder was cut out of Heavy White card stock and then again in Silver Foil with the center trimmed away.  The frame was cut in Whisper White.

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On the  inside I reversed the order and cut the frame and a solid from Silver Foil.  It’s so shiny!  And that’s one of the best parts of the holidays 🙂  Hugs, Fran

Hedgehog Halloween

Cards, Halloween, Rectangular Accordion Die
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My favorite part about Halloween is that there are no “rules” to decorating.  Sequins, cobwebs, princesses and ghouls – all go together to create some spooky fun!  This Pop It Ups Rectangular Accordion card is a perfect example of “everything goes!”  I started with 3 of Karen Burniston’s awesome Rectangular Accordion panels in Smokey Slate card stock and the Katie Frame Star Edges in Basic Black.  I stamped the Hedgehog Daisy Halloween stamp set in Basic Gray and colored it with Copic markers.(W7, W5. W3,W1 and W00)  Then I added some washi tape, sequins, and black glitter stars along with a glitter banner and big jewel.

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Here it is open.  Each panel has it’s own character. I used the Katie Flourish Frame Edge on the middle Accordion.

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The moon is lightly colored with a chalk marker.

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The vampire has white chalk marker on the light, cummerbund, and bow tie and the witch has the same marker on her scarf.

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The Rectangular Accordion makes scenes come together in such a fun way!  For matting each image, I also used the matting dies from the Rectangular Pull card.  They all work together!  Perfect!

Haunted Barn

Brownie the Cow, Cheepers the Chicken, Halloween, SVG, William the Goat
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Are you ready to decorate for Halloween?  How about a haunted barn with decked out characters?  This barn is from SVGCuts.com and is called – Haunted Barn!  I used some retired Stampin Up Halloween Designer Series paper and LOTS of black card stock to create this cute 3-D.

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There are some really cute details – the corn stalks, lanterns and bats, to name a few.

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And a Haunted Barn needs haunted barnyard animals!  I used Karen Burniston’s Pop It Ups characters to create my scene.  First is Cheepers the Chicken appearing as a zombie.

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Brownie the cow is a vampire.  His cape was hand cut from washi tape over card stock.

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And William the Goat is the devil 🙂  His cape is cut the same way as Brownie’s.

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The barn is lit from within and really looks cute at night.

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And to make this entire ensemble even better, all the characters are on sale this week!!  Happy haunted shopping spree 🙂 Hugs, Fran

Karen Burniston Designer Challenge Day 2

Cards, Challenges, Cheepers the Chicken, Chilly, Cocoa the Horse, Halloween, Holiday Mini, Lots of Pops, Poppy, William the Goat
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Characters in Costumes – Day 2 🙂  And which holiday makes us think of costumes more than Halloween?  So starting with a 4 1/2 x 8 1/2 card, stamped with this awesome image from Stampin Up’s Six Sayings (hostess set in the Holiday Mini)

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And here are the characters!  Everyone is dressed up in their costume for Halloween and popping up on a Lots of Pops die.   The All Season Tree is in the background.  The wagon is hand cut.

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Cheepers the Chicken is dressed as a cowboy. Chilly the Penguin is wearing an Owl mask.  William the Goat is wearing funny glasses and a bow tie.  And Cocoa the Horse is dressed up as bandit.

Hope there’s lots of chocolate involved!  Take time to check out all the other Characters in Costumes on Karen’s Facebook Page.  Hugs, Fran

Karen Burniston Designer Challenge Costume Characters Day 1

BYOP, Cards, Challenges, Gift Card Holder, Graduation, Poppy
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This month’s Karen Burniston Designer challenge is to dressed up some characters!  I’m starting out with Poppy the Owl dressed up for graduation.  I just love how the Pop It Ups Gift Card Holder goes with Stampin Up’s B.Y.O.P stamp set.

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I chose a combo of red, white and blue to match one of our local high schools.  Working backwards – I’ll now have to find a matching gift card!  The border on the card comes with the Gift Card Holder die!  That’s easy 🙂

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Poppy’s graduation cap is a small square with a Basic Black Candy dot in the center.  The tassel cord was cut free-hand and the the red tassel is a small piece of Real Red with some slits cut into it, rolled up.  The diploma is a scrap of Whisper White, rolled and tied with Baker’s Twine.

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To make the star, punch 3 star.  Hold 2 of them together and cut a sliver out of the center of both at the same time.  Remove the center and alternate the colors.

Hope over to Karen’s Facebook page to see the other characters decked out in their finest!  Hugs, Fran

 

Creative Circle October Blog Hop

Big Shot Deco Label Framelits, Cards, Challenges, Decor Elements, Halloween, Haunt Ya Later, Holiday Mini, Uncategorized
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This month, Liz has created a Halloween Haunted House file!  It’s a cute decoration that has plenty of room for at least 3 cards.

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I made it up with the Haunt Ya Later stamp set and Happy Haunting Designer Series paper.  Here’s the house, with the sweet vampire at the door.  The ghosts are cut from the DSP.

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My cards are all shakers.  After doing this card, I couldn’t resist doing more!  The shaker piece is cut using the Deco Label Collection and filled with sequins, stars and more of that glitter thread stuff (technical term!)

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I cut a spider web doily into quarters (just like the Haunted House) and used the pieces inside of the shakers.

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You can purchase the pattern here and/or leave a comment here for a chance to win a cut out kit of your own.  What was your favorite Halloween costume?  Winner announced in 2 weeks.

I have several favorite costumes – my children have always loved to dress up.  But the most unique costume was the year my youngest went as a pin cushion.  I’ll have to find a picture 🙂

Now hop on over to see the other creations on this blog hop!  You don’t want to miss it!

Fran      http://www.fransabad.com  (You are here!)

Barb     http://www.beelinestamping.com

Sandy   http://www.thescrapnstampshop.blogspot.com

Liz        http://www.lizhollowaydesign.blogspot.ca

 

Simple Ornament

Big Shot Delicate Ornaments, Cards, Christmas, Embellished Ornaments, Holiday Mini
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This pretty little Christmas card features Embellished Ornaments and the 6 x 6 Merry Moments Designer Series Paper Stack.  It’s a great paper stack – Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Mossy Meadow, Old Olive, Real Red, Smoky Slate and Whisper White in 4 patterns.  It’s a lot of paper and a lot of colors!  This card will be one in my October Stamp a Stack.  Hugs, Fran

Crazy 4 Challenges C4C305 – Show Me the Blue

Cards, Challenges, Christmas, Crazy 4 Challenges, Holiday House, Holiday Mini, House Pivot Card, Snow Place
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Time for Crazy 4 Challenges!  September’s birthstone in Sapphire – Show me the blue!

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My blue is Soft Sky and Night of Navy – and Christmas!  I used the Pop It Ups House Pivot card, Holiday House and the Stampin Up Snow Place set from the Holiday Mini catalog.

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I added an extra 1 3/4″ to the side to make a fold in piece for the sentiment.  It tucks right up to the fence so it’s hidden when the card is closed.  The cute snowmen are out decorating with some Night of Navy light covered in Dazzling Details.  Make sure to check out all the cards for this challenge – and play along!  Hugs, Fran