Here’s another project I did for UStamp with Dawn and friends – Heating Up the Holidays. The bats are made with the Gift Bow die – ha! It’s starting to look very spooky around here! Hugs, Fran
Category: Mini Catalogs
A Banner Christmas
Here’s another Thinlit Label Frame card using A Banner Christmas from the Holiday Mini. To make the banner “pop” I stamped it first in Old Olive and then again in Cherry Cobbler. I cut out the Cherry Cobbler pieces omitting the little lines on the sides of the letters. Layer them on the Old Olive banners – letting the Old Olive lines show.
I finished this off with some Season of Style Washi tape ad a button.
Supplies
Stamp Set – A Banner Christmas
Card stock – Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Season of Style DSP
Ink – Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler
Etc – Thinlit Label Frame die, Season of Style Washi tape, button, linen thread
Hugs, Fran
Color Me Christmas Presents Galore
While I still had Color Me Christmas out on my desk, I thought I’d try something different with the present stamp and the new Thinlit Label die. (133479) It didn’t turn out exactly has I saw it in my mind – but you get the idea! I love the greeting and sentiment from Christmas Messages ( 131790/ 131793). Using the Stamp a Ma Jig, I stamped presents across the bottom. Did you know that the label framelit in the Thinlit set works with the Label Framelit set in the big catalog? It is perfect for layering!
Next time I’ll try to line it up so that I don’t have a half package showing when the card is folded – but for now, this is it 
Supplies
Stamp Sets – Color Me Christmas, Christmas Messages
card stock – Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Season of Style DSP
Ink – Jet Black Stazon
Stampin Write Markers – Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive
Etc – Thinlit Label card die, Label Framelits, Scallop Edge punch
Team meeting today and I can’t wait to stamp with friends! Hugs, Fran
Floating Floor Santa Scene
Oh what fun indeed! This card is a floating floor card cased from Karen Burniston’s video.
The greeting on the front is from Christmas Messages and is layered on a glittered oval with an ornament punch top. It’s 2 pieces but the glitter paper really makes it look like one piece.
And here’s Santa and Rudolph (Color Me Christmas) decorating trees. There clothes are paper pieced to give them some extra “umph.”
From the side you can see how the floor looks.
Rudolph’s nose is a pearl colored with a sharpie marker.
Supplies
Stamp Sets – Color Me Christmas, Christmas Messages
Card stock – Whisper White, Silver Glitter, Season of Style DSP, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Old Olive
Ink – Jet Black Stazon, Cherry Cobbler
Stampin Write Markers – Blush Blossom, Real Red, Basic Black
Etc – SU Pop N Cuts base, Sizzix Ribbon Tree insert, star punch, Oval Framelits, ornament punch, pearl, silver ribbon
I hope you’ll try the floating floor – it’s fun! Hugs, Fran
Goodie, Goodie
There is a cute kit on page 32 of the Holiday Mini (132161) called Real Red Goodie Gear and it’s a good one! The kit contains tags, stickers, banners, cello bags and baker’s twine – fast, easy and very affordable for little gifts or treats. The colors are Real Red and Bermuda Bay.
I made a sleigh with my Eclips (Santa’s Villages/ SVGcuts) to hold a few of the treats. The “Merry” is the Expressions Thinlit (page 36 #132171.) Quick tip – when using the Thinlits, place a piece of waxed paper between the card stock and the die and it easily releases. Hugs, Fran
Backyard Basics
Playing around with Backyard Basics! I saw a card on Splitcoast that used this layout but in very bright, primary colors. I switched it to the muted colors in Epic Day Designer Series paper.
Then I used the new embossing folder in Holiday Mini called Pretty Print and some of the Natural White card stock. There is a matching framelit set for this set that makes cutting the images a breeze.
Supplies
Stamp Set – Backyard Basics
Ink – Jet Black Stazon, Crumb Cake
Stampin Write Markers – Pool Party, Soft Sky, Tangerine Tango
Etc – Backyard Basic framelits, Natural Trim, Pretty Print embossing folder, Circle framelits, Brights Candy Dots
The weather is beautiful here today. It’s sunny and cool – perfect! Hugs, Fran
Bewitched Pop N Cuts
I need a card to go with my Halloween suite of projects – don’t you agree? I had to use my exclusive SU Pop N Cuts base and Dress Form insert because it’s my favorite! I love the closure on the base – and I love how it shows just a peek of the paper inside. This paper from Witches’ Brew is the easiest paper in the world to create a card. I didn’t have to do a thing! The design on the paper made a perfect base for what I had in mind.
I just punched out this “warning” and adhered it to the funny witches’ menu style paper, added a strip of Pumpkin Pie card stock and that was that.
So here she is – making potions! She has her spell book, hat, candle, wand, broom and cauldron. She is ready to cast some spells!
I added googlie eyes across the top the card. There are weird little dots on the paper – I just filled them with eyes. I also added some glitter stars so she’d have a bit more sparkle. One of the papers in Witches’ Brew looks like book paper so it made a perfect spell book. The witches hat has an Orange Stampin Glitter band.
To make her dress, I cut off the top of a Dress Form Framelit with the Full Heart punch and added the ears from the Owl Builder to the shoulders. Then I covered the entire piece with Two Way glue and Black Stampin Glitter. I had one star left so I adorned her top with that. Her necklace is pearls colored with a Sharpie Marker. For the skirt, I traced the skirt and made it longer then free-hand cut the edge. The cauldron is a 1 1/2″ circle punch cut straight across the top. The feet on the cauldron are another Dress Form Framelit bottom – just snipped to fit behind the cauldron.
Then I embossed across the top using the Delicate Design embossing folder. I covered it with Dazzling Details. The foam in the cauldron is vellum card stock brayered in Pear Pizazz and accented with pearls and more Dazzling Details.
Supplies
Card Stock – Witches’ Brew DSP, Basic Black, Pear Pizzazz, Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Crushed Curry, Vellum card stock, Pumpkin Pie
Ink – White Craft, Pear Pizzazz, Crushed Curry
Etc – SU exclusive Pop N Cuts base die and Dress Form insert and Framelit, 1 3/4″ Circle punch, pearls, linen thread, googlie eyes, Dazzling Details, Orange and Black Stampin Glitter, Full Heart punch
I love creating things for Halloween because there are no rules and I love my Pop N Cuts die Hugs, Fran
A Little More Halloween
My Halloween collection needed a few things to make it completely stylish – so I added a shoe and cauldron to go with the witches’ hat centerpiece. These are cut files from SVGcuts (Party on Elm Street and Love Always.) The shoe was in a collection of wedding themes – but hey!
The bow on the shoe is the new Gift Bow die in the Holiday Mini – and the center is from Toil and Trouble stamped in White Craft ink. I punched it out in a circle and used my Simply Scored to make score lines on the sides so that it not only fit but had a area for glue. The bow is Washi tape folded back on itself so that it is double sided (and not sticky.) This is a very stylish witch!
Stamp Set – Toil and Trouble
Card stock – Tangerine Tango, Basic Black, Sycamore Street (retired)
Ink – White Craft
Etc – Gift bow die, 1 1/4″ circle punch, Simply Scored, Dazzling Details, SVGcut files, Witches’ Brew Washi tape
Halloween Centerpiece UStamp with Dawn and Friends
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
Festive Flip
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