Get Your Santa On

box, Christmas, Get Your Santa On, Gift Box Punch Board, Holiday Mini
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Today’s the day you can start ordering from the Holiday Mini!  The Gift Box Punch Board (135863) is my favorite product in the catalog.  Here is a little box made with the Under the Tree Specialty Designer Series Paper and Get Your Santa on stamp set for the tag.  I used the Cherry Cobbler Blendabilities to color the Santa and Cherry Cobbler ink to stamp the “JOY” banner.  Tied up with new Cherry Cobbler Linen ribbon, you have a sweet package to hold your gift!  Have fun making your Holiday Mini List and checking it twice!  Your package is sure to be nice 🙂  Hugs, Fran

For All Things

Cards, Fall Fest, For All Things, Framelit Dies, Halloween, Holiday Mini
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This card is based on the card in the Holiday Mini on page 46.  That card has an envelope behind it but I added the color to the front.  Then I decided to mix it up a bit –

 

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I changed the colors and added some washi tape.  Which one do you like best?

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Stamp Sets – Fall Fest, For All Things

Card stock – Whisper White, Soft Suede

Ink – Blackberry Bliss, Mossy Meadow, Tangerine Tango, Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze

Etc – Autumn Wooden Elements, Chalk Talk Framelits, Fun Fall Framelits, Color Me Autumn Washi Tape, Tangerine Tango Baker’s Twine, Eclectic Piercing Template

Today is the last day to order from the Holiday Carry Over list – because tomorrow starts the Holiday Mini!  Hugs, Fran

Ornamental Pine

Christmas, Holiday Mini, Ornamental Pine
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Isn’t this a pretty stamp set?  It’s called Ornamental Pine and will be available in two days in the Holiday Mini!  I used Lost Lagoon as the base, stamped the background with the pine several times and then embossed the pine and pinecone in white embossing powder.  To finish it off, I sprayed the entire card with shimmer spray.

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Stamp Sets – Ornamental Pine

Card stock – Lost Lagoon, Whisper White, Brushed Silver

Ink – Versamark, Lost Lagoon, Cherry Cobbler

Etc – white embossing powder, silver ribbon, shimmer spray

I think this will be one of my favorite stamp sets this season.  Hugs, Fran

Amazing Birthday Bling

Amazing Birthday, Banner Framelits, Birthday, Cards
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This card is really Melon Mambo.  My camera isn’t “seeing” the bright pink – so you’ll have to use your imagination!  With Silver foil Vellum and some glimmer paper, this stamp set says it all.

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Stamp Set – Amazing Birthday

Card stock – Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Silver Glimmer, Silver Foil Vellum

Ink – Basic Gray, Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo

Etc – Banner Framelits

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25 Days

25 Days, box, Christmas, Holiday Mini
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Thinking about Christmas?  Or how about a birthday party?  These little Tiny Treat Boxes (135829) are 2 x 2 x 2 and can be used for lots of things.  Here I simply copied the idea on page 12 of the Holiday Mini.  I used the 25 Days stamp set and stacked them into a tree.  But I see lots of ideas for the boxes and stamp set.  This will be a great set for Project Life!  But for this project – it’s a Count Down to Christmas.  Now I have plenty of time to find things to fill it 🙂  Hugs, Fran

Mingle All the Way

Christmas, Framelit Dies, Gift Box Punch Board, Holiday Mini, Mingle All the Way, Punch
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My favorite new thing in the Holiday Mini?  The Gift Box Punch Board of course!  This wonderful tool makes the cutest boxes is many sizes – the largest being 4 x 4.  Here I used the new Under the Tree Specialty Designer Series paper to create a Christmas box.  The paper is really heavy – perfect for these boxes! Around the sides I added trees.  There is a new punch in the mini that makes trees – but these were made with the banner punch.  I topped it off with the new Mingle All the Way stamp set and the Banner Framelits.

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Stamp Set – Mingle All the Way

Card stock – Under the Tree DSP, Whisper White. Garden Green DSP, Not Quite Navy

Ink – Jet Black Stazon

Etc – Stampin Write markers (Real Red, Garden Green, Not Quite Navy) Gift Box Punch Board, Pennant punch, Banner Framelits, Cherry Cobbler Linen ribbon, Linen thread

Don’t forget that you still have 5 days left to join Stampin Up and get $150 of product for $99!  That’s a great deal!  Hugs, Fran

Freaky Friends Treat Bags

Cards, Embossing Folder, Freaky Friends, Halloween, Holiday Mini, Large Than Life Alphabet & Numbers
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Boo bags!  These cute bags are made with the Polka Dot Ta A Bag Gift Bags.  I stamped “Boo” with the Larger Than Life Alphabet and made a tag with Freaky Friends. The tag is clipped on with one of the In Color Clothespins.  This is the first one I did – then I realized that when filled, the “boo” no longer shows.  To fix that, I moved the words up about 1 inch.

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And added some bats 🙂

 

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Stamp Sets – Freaky Friends, Larger Than Life

Card stock – Bermuda Bay/Tangerine Tango, Whisper White, Motley Monsters DSP

Ink – Jet Black Stazon

Etc – Polka Dot Gift Bags, Fun Frames embossing folders, In Color Mini Clothespins

These will be fun to hand out!  Hugs, Fran

Joyful Christmas

Cards, Christmas, Holiday Mini, Joyful Christmas, Retiring Lists
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Joyful Christmas is one of the sets on the Christmas carry over list, and the list ends on August 27th!  So get it while you can!  This is an easy version of the card, stamped in Versamark and embossed in gold.  I added gold washi tape to give it some sparkle.

 

Stamp Set – Joyful Christmas

Card stock – Brushed Gold, Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green, Whisper White

Ink – Versamark, Cherry Cobbler

Etc – gold washi tape

This was one of the most versatile sets in last year’s mini.  Don’t let it get away from you!  Hugs, Fran

Poppy Photo Props

Cards, Challenges, Chevron Background, Dictionary Background, Pop It Ups, Poppy
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Day 2 of the “Character Challenge!” Here is Poppy – a character die from Karen Burniston – playing with his photo props!  He has a bowler hat, glasses, lips and mustache to hide his true identity.  The background is stamped with Stampin Up’s Chevron and Dictionary background stamps with some Epic Day washi tape and Candy Dots to set it off.  The “Guess Who” was stamped with the new SU Alphabet rotary stamp.  And when Poppy’s mask comes off –

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There he is – looking dapper.  Each item from Karen’s  Props 1 dies was attached to a strip of Crumb Cake card stock, stacked, and then attached to Poppy’s wing with a mini brad.  And here’s one more Poppy idea for those prize winning papers your children are sure to be bringing home from school this year –

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Poppy the scholar!  I die cut 5 backgrounds to make him nice and strong and adhered this to a clothespin with a magnet on back.  Now he’s ready to stick on the refrigerator to collect art work, homework, test – you name it!  Make sure to check out Karen’s blog tomorrow or hop over now to her Facebook page to see all the challenge designs!  Hugs, Fran