Christmas Card on Turkey Day

 My back is better! Yay!! Sooooo I'm back at it! Before I began work in the kitchen today, I made another Christmas Card. This is a Z fold using the Sparkle of the Season bundle and the Painted Prints DSP.

Stamps	Sparkle of the Season
Card Stock	Evening Evergreen, Cherry Cobbler, Basic White, Painted Christmas DSP
Ink	Cherry Cobbler, Evening Evergreen, Soft Succulent
Tools	Seasonal Swirls Dies

All measurements in inches

1. Card Base: Evening Evergreen 4-1/4: x 11” scored at 5-1/2 and 2-3/4
   folded as shown

2. Designer Series Paper: 3-1/4 x 2-1/4 for front and 3-3/4 x 2-3/4 for inside

3. Basic White:                   4 x 5-1/4 for inside

• 2-1/2 x 3-1/2 on Cherry Cobbler front flap

• 2-1/2 x 4 front of card base

• 1/2 x 3-1/2 for greeting

4. Cherry Cobbler: 3-3/4 x 2-3/4 for front flap

5. Use the holly wreath die to cut out one from Evening Evergreen and one from Soft Succulent both 4 x 4

6. Diecut cherry cobbler holly berries

7. Stamp “Merry Christmas” with Cherry Cobbler ink onto the Basic White strip.  Flag the ends or cut one end on an angle. 

8. Lay the Evening Evergreen card base horizontally with the two scores to the left hand side.

9. Adhere the 4 x 5-1/4 piece of Basic White cardstock to the right side of the Evening Evergreen card base, the side with no scoring. 

10. Adhere the 3-3/4 x 2-3/4 piece of DSP to the far right of the basic white inside

11. Layer the piece of 2-1/2 x 3-1/2 Basic White onto the Cherry Cobbler for the front flap.

12. Layer the 2-1/4 x 3-3/4 DSP onto the 2-1/2 x 4 Basic White for the left side of Evening Evergreen card base front. The score line/fold should be next to this

13. Using adhesive on only the left hand side of the Cherry Cobbler piece, adhere to the very front of the card when it is folded as shown.

14. Layer both wreaths on top of each other & adhere to the left side of the front. 

15. Use Stampin’ dimensionals to adhere the Merry Christmas banner

16. Add the diecut holly berries with glue.

Last Chance for July- Dec. Mini Catalog

 

The July–December 2021 Mini Catalog will be retiring soon! It’s always bittersweet to see a classic Stampin’ Up! catalog take a trip to retirement. But, we’re looking forward to all the new products on their way—and we hope you are, too!

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• Ends: 3 January 2022 at 11:50 PM (MT)

Last Christmas Card This Season

 I think this is my last Christmas Card this season. My back has me waaaay out of commission, so a scaled back Christmas card list will sadly become reality this year.

Paper	Basic White Thick, Crumb Cake, Garden Green, Soft Succulent, Painted Christmas DSP
Ink	Real Red, Soft Suede, Real Red Stampin' Blend marker
Embellishments	White Crinkled Seam Binding
Tools	Seasonal Swirls Dies, Poinsettia Dies, Forever Flourishing Dies, 2-1/2” Circle Punch

1. Basic White card base: cut 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 score at 4-1/4

2. 3-3/4 x 5-1/4 DSP

3. Two 1/2 x 5-1/4 strips of coordinating DSP – adhere strips behind each side of the larger DSP

4. Diecut Christmas wreath from Garden Green 3-1/4 x 3-1/4

5. Punch circle from 3 x 3-1/4 Basic White, adhere wreath on top

6. Stamp two pinecones in 1 x 1 Soft Suede on Crumb Cake cs then diecut

7. Basic White Banner 1/2 x 3-1/4 stamp greeting in red ink

8. Diecut two berry clusters from Poinsettia Dies 2 x 4-1/4 Real Red

9. Diecut two leaf clusters 3 x 2-3/4 Soft Succulent from Forever Flourishing dies

10. Color 9” of ribbon with Stampin' Blend, then tie in bow

Seasonal Sale

Seasonal Sale

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PROMOTION PERIOD: 16–18 NOVEMBER 2021

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• The discount includes 10% off cardstock, 15% off ink pads (excluding ink pad bundles and third-party pads), and 20% off dies.

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Booze Boxes

 I just love these stocking stuffers! I learned how to make them from fellow Demo, Deseree Krumm.

Here are my directions: 

https://app.box.com/s/fj12wafp6twk3l6e2h93gbkz0ow04ya8

Deseree has a video if you'd like to see it here, although her measurements are different than mine because we used different types of mini bottles.

https://www.desereesdoodles.com/my-blog/2021/11/boxes-based-on-beverage.html