The newest edition of UStamp with Dawn and Friends is Heating up the Holidays. This is one of my projects – a witches’ hat centerpiece. There is still time to join the fun. Just go here and join 
Wouldn’t this be fun as the centerpiece for a Halloween party?
Here’s the hat in all black – very scary! 
Can you tell what’s in the center of the rosettes? All the instructions are here – join us for the holidays! Hugs, Fran
Here’s a new Label Thinlit card using Festive Flurries and Winter Frost Specialty paper to create a card. I cased this design from one Shelli did on stage – but changed a few things to work with the supplies I had on hand. The sentiment is Merry Little Christmas embossed in silver.
Something you should know about these Thinlit cards is that they can not handle heavy embellishments in the center of the card. I originally used a snowflake Frosted Embellishment in the center of the snowflake and it was so heavy the card kept falling over! Light and east with these
Stamp sets – Merry Little Christmas, Festive Flurry
card stock – Shimmery White, Whisper White, Winter Frost DSP, Silver Glimmer
Ink – Versamark, Coastal Cabana
Etc – Thinlits Label die, silver embossing powder, Northern Flurry embossing folder, rhinestones. Adorning Accents Edgelit, Silver ribbon
Enjoy! Hugs, Fran
Here’s another card using the Circle Thinlits (133480
) and Color Me Christmas. This is simple paper piecing. I stamped the tree on 3 different pieces of Season of Style Designer Series paper (132340) and cut one layer of the tree from each. Then I just layered them over the image. I also used Wishing You ( 131748) to add some little packages to the corner.
The Regal Candy Dots fit perfectly on the tree – just follow the image! Very easy – Very Cute!
Supplies
Stamp Sets – Color Me Christmas, Wishing You
card stock – Old Olive, Whisper White, Season of Style DSP
Ink – Jet Black Stazon, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler
Etc – Circle Thinlit, Regal Candy Dots, Silver ribbon, Season of Style Washi Tape
So I’m showing Christmas cards and it’s hot and humid here today. Wishful thinking Hugs, Fran
It’s August 1 and I’m messing around with Halloween projects This is a SVG cutting file (SVGcuts.com – Maple Manor) that makes a 3-D house – decorated for Halloween. I cut this with my Sizzix Eclips. The paper is from the Holiday Mini and is called Witches’ Brew. The stamp on the front dorr is Toil & Trouble and the little banner on the porch is from Halloween Bash. I also added a picket fence with a very old Sizzix die. The bats flying over the house are the retired bat punch.
This shows it with the lights off and the house lit. Spooky! There are 3 tea lights inside.
And I thought I’d throw this picture in so you can get an idea of how large this house really is! It took 14 sheets of 12 x 12 Basic Black and 5 sheets of Witches’ Brew DSP to put together. Now – back to summer! Hugs, Fran
Does this look familiar? I cased myself – I took the front elements from this card and made a “regular” card.
Stamp Sets – Festive Flurry, Christmas Messages
Card stock – Whisper White, Winter Frost DSP, Silver Glimmer
Ink – Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana, Versamark, Smokey Slate
Etc – Scallop Edge punch, Festive Flurry Framelits, Frosted Finished Embellishments.
The Holiday Mini starts August 1 – and I’m so excited! Hugs, Fran
p.s. Anyone have an idea on getting my sleep back on track after traveling?
This is a cute little Christmas set called Color Me Christmas. It will be available August 1st and has 5 little Christmas images. I chose the reindeer for this card because he’s so handsome I used a new Thinlit die called Circle Label which will also be available on the 1st. It cuts a flip card and a few other pieces to decorate. Unfortunately I’m having a problem with a few of the pieces so I hope to get that resolved today.
Mr Reindeer’s suit is paperpieced over the watercoloring I did. His nose is a pearl colored with a Sharpie. This Designer Series paper is the new Season of Style. I actually did the chevron with the little Thinlit in the set – but it could also be done with the Chevron Border punch.
Some Washi tape and a few sentiments finish it off – oh! and a jingle bell tied to the top!
Stamp Sets – Color Me Christmas, Merry Little Christmas, Christmas Messages
card stock – Water Color paper, Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Season of Style DSP
Ink – Jet Black Stazon, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Cherry Cobbler
Etc – Thinlit Circle Label die, Christmas Washi tape, pearl, Sharpie, jingle bell, Cherry Cobbler baker’s twine, 2 1/2 circle punch
I can’t wait for the Holiday Mini to go live! Hugs, Fran
A few projects – Make and Takes and Mini Projects from convention. I didn’t finish mine there so I am doing them at home. The first is a topper for the Tag a Bag Gift Box using Hello, Lovely. The feathers on mine look a little round – it was a fat bird!
Then there’s a sweet little muslin bag that will be available starting August 1 in the Holiday Mini. It’s stamped with 2 new fall sets – Magnificent Maple and Thankful For and tied with Chevron Ribbon.
And this uses the Tag a Bag bag and Accessory kit. The stamp set is Tag It (130300/130303) This is the new Ronald McDonald set. Stampin Up donates $3 from each set to this awesome charity.
To make the bag stand up, score 1 inch from each long side and 1 1/4 inch across the bottom. Then just fold the bottom in and add a piece of cardboard to the bottom to give it more strength. These will make great party favor bags!
So that’s some of what we did at convention! Hugs, Fran
First off – good news! The Label Insert is available again! This is such good news because the Label insert can be used for any and every card you want to create. Now for a sneak peek of two new sets from the upcoming Holiday Mini – Festive Flurry and Christmas Messages – using the Pop N Cuts Label insert designed by Karen Burniston exclusively for Stampin Up.
The Festive Flurry set has a matching Framelit and I die cut it 4 times – Glimmer paper, Bermuda Bay, embossed silver, and Coastal Cabana. The snowflake is a new embellishment called Frosted Finishes.
The Designer Series paper is Winter Frost and it’s a specialty paper. I took my colors straight from the paper.
A smaller snowflake for the inside.
The sentiment is on the matching Deco Label Framelit. I just love when things coordinate!
That hanging snowflake is on a box made by cutting the fold of the
shelf and making another box. Then I cut the snowflake to hang
it. (I really could have made things easier for myself by just slitting the snowflake – I quite often do things the hard way!)
Stamp Sets – Festive Flurry, Christmas Messages
card stock – Whisper White, Silver Glimmer, Bermuda Bay, Winter Frost DSP
Ink – Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana, Smokey Slate, Versamark
Etc – SU exclusive PNC base and Label insert, Festive Flurry and Deco Label Framelits, Frosted Finished embellishment, silver embossing powder, Scallop edge punch
This card really sparkles in real life. Wonder why it’s so hard to photograph glitter? Hugs, Fran
These were shown at Regionals this year and make great last minute gift pouches. If you’re hurrying to finish up your wrapping and last minute everything here’s a cute idea. They were cut from the paper packing material in my Stampin Up order.
Supplies
Stamp Set – No Peeking
card stock – Whisper White, brown paper packing material, assorted Designer Series Paper
Ink – Island Indigo, Chocolate Chip,Island Indigo, Not Quite Navy, Pumpkin Pie
Etc – Snow Flurry die, Petite Pocket die. In Color Desinger Series brads, Frost shimmer spray. clothes pin
My family started arriving yesterday and today we celebrate number 2 of 4 birthday’s this month! Hugs, Fran
A simple card with a glittery pine cone.
Supplies
Stamp Set – Watercolor Winter
card stock – Always Artichoke, Shimmery White
Ink – Chocolate Chip, Always Artichoke
Etc – Holiday frame embossing folder, Dazzling Details, Large Oval punch, Taffeta ribbon
And while I had the set out I stamped a belly band for a Kraft box.
Still wrapping – at least I’m finished shopping! Hugs, Fran