Paper Pumpkin Possibilities October Blog Hop Ho Ho Ho

Welcome to the Paper Pumpkin Possibilities October Blog Hop as we showcase alternative projects created with the Ho Ho Ho Christmas Card Kit. Our talented Design Team members will be sharing their alternative projects and ideas to help inspire you to think outside the box using supplies from this kit.

This month's Paper Pumpkin is probably one of my favorites and I love that it's a Christmas card kit. The card designs in this kit are amazing, so I wanted to show an alternative card design using the exclusive stamp set from this kit. The Santa and reindeer silhouette stamp is one of my favorites and I knew I wanted it to be my focal design for my card. I created a window for my design using the Layering Circles Dies and embossed the background using the Snowflake embossing folder from the Wintry 3D Embossing Folders. 

Products Used:

Paper Pumpkin October Ho Ho Ho Card Kit

Layering Circles Dies (item #151770)

Stylish Dies (item #159183)

Wintry 3D Embossing Folders (item #155433)

Orchid Oasis Cardstock (item #159267)

Starry Sky Cardstock (item #159263)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Orchid Oasis Classic Ink Pad (item #159214)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Basics Embossing Powders (item #155554)

Wonderful Snowflakes (item #156340)

Iridescent Pearls Basic Jewels (item #158987)

Blending Brushes (item #153611)

Measurements:

Orchid Oasis Cardstock

Card Base - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" (Scored at 4 1/4")

Sentiment Label die cut with the Stylish Shapes Dies

Starry Sky Cardstock 

Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4" 

Basic White Cardstock

Background Layer - 5" x 3 3/4"

The wonderful thing about creating your own Christmas cards is that you get to choose your own colors and your own designs. Instead of the more traditional red and green color combination, I decided to create my card in shades of blue. I love how Orchid Oasis and Starry Sky look together, so I chose these colors for my card and used Orchid Oasis Classic ink to sponge the sky background on the Whisper White cardstock layer. I used my Stamparatus to stamp the Santa and reindeer image with Versamark and heat embossed the image with Black embossing powder. For the card front, I die cut the window using the largest Circle Die from the Layering Circles Dies. I also embossed the background using the Snowflakes embossing folder from the Wintry 3D Embossing Folders to add texture to the card front. For the sentiment, I heat embossed the image with White embossing powder onto the sentiment label die cut with the Stylish Shapes Dies. I cut the left side so that it had a straight edge to line up with the left side of the card front and popped it up with Stampin' Dimensionals. To embellish the card, I added one of the Wonderful Snowflake Die Cuts so that it overlapped the window area and I added several Iridescent Pearls for a touch of bling. I love the simplicity of this card design and how it showcases the stamped image. 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will help inspire you to create your own beautiful projects using the exclusive stamp set from this kit.

Now it's time to visit Terri's blog and see what she has created with this kit. Just click on the Next button below to visit her blog. We would appreciate it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you liked about our projects. I hope you enjoy the rest of our blog hop. 

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Tricia Butts
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Stamping With Friends August Blog Hop July-December 2022 Mini Catalog

Welcome to the Stamping With Friends August Blog Hop as we showcase our favorite Suites and stamp sets in the July-December 2022 Mini Catalog. Our wonderful Design Team members will be sharing their projects and ideas to help inspire you to get ready for the holidays and the change in the seasons. There is so much to look forward to in the next few months and a perfect time to get creative.

Picking my favorite products from the new July-December 2022 Mini Catalog was not an easy task, as there are so many great suites, bundles and stamp sets in this catalog. However, I must admit, that the Storybook Gnomes Suite was an instant hit with me the moment I saw it. So for today's card design, I decided to use products from this suite to create my Winter themed card. I love that this suite can be used for so much more than Christmas, with possibilities for projects for any season. 

Products Used:

Storybook Gnomes Suite (item #159630)

 - Kindest Gnomes Bundle (item #159626)

 - Storybook Designer Series Paper (item #159615)

Layering Diorama Dies (item #155565)

Tailor Made Tags Dies (item #155563)

Wintry 3D Embossing Folders (item #155433)

Balmy Blue Cardstock (item #146982)

Night of Navy Cardstock (item #100867)

Pacific Point Classic Ink Pad (item #147098)

Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Brush (item #141897)

Basic Rhinestone Jewels (item #144220)

Baker's Twine Essentials Pack (item #155475)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements: 

Balmy Blue Cardstock

Card Base - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" (Scored at 4 1/4")

Sentiment Tag die cut with the Tailor Made Tags Dies

Night of Navy Cardstock

Card Front 5 1/4" x 4" embossed with the Wintry 3D Embossing Folders. Center opening die cut with the Layering Diorama Dies

Storybook Gnomes Designer Series Paper

Background Layer - 5" x 3 3/4"

Blue Gnome die cut with the Gnomes Dies

This sweet gnome card is so much fun and so easy to create. I love that the pretty designer series paper does the bulk of the work in creating this design. I used one of the snowflake background designs for the background of the opening for the card design and I die cut one of the cute gnomes from another sheet using the coordinating Gnomes Dies, to create the focal image. The embossed snowflakes add wonderful texture to the card front and I love how the Clear Wink of Stella adds a subtle sparkle to the card. The sentiment tag was die cut using the Tailor Made Tag Dies and I added some White Baker's Twine to finish it off. The Basic Rhinestone Jewels add just the right amount of bling to the background to finish off this fun card design. You could use this card for a variety of occasions and this layout would work well for other seasons just by changing the colors and background for the opening. As you can see, this suite is great for so much more than Christmas. 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will help inspire you to get creative for the upcoming months with products from the July-December 2022 Mini Catalog. There are so many wonderful possibilities to explore. 

Now it's time to hop along with my fellow Design Team members and check out their amazing projects. Just click on the Roll Call List below to follow along. Please leave us a comment and let us know how our projects inspired you. I hope you enjoy the rest of our blog hop.

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Tricia Butts
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Global Stamping Friends November Blog Hop Snowflakes

 

Welcome to the Global Stamping Friends November Blog Hop as we showcase projects featuring Snowflakes. You will be visiting with talented Stampin' Up! Demonstrators from around the world as they share their projects and ideas to help inspire you. 

When I think of Winter themed cards, I think of snowflakes. For today's card, I combined the Snowflake Wishes stamp set with the Wintry 3D Embossing Folders, both in the 2021-2022 Annual Catalog. I used one of the beautiful Wonderful Snowflakes die cuts from the July-December 2021 Mini Catalog as the focal image for my design and I love the way this pretty iridescent foil snowflake pops against the embossed Misty Moonlight background. There is something so clean and beautiful about the combination of Misty Moonlight and Basic White and I love how this clean and simple Christmas card turned out.

Products Used:

Snowflake Wishes stamp set (item #158267)

Wintry 3D Embossing Folders (item #155433)

Wonderful Snowflakes (item #156340)

Misty Moonlight Cardstock (item #153081)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Misty Moonlight Classic Ink Pad (item #153118)

Opal Rounds (item #154289)

Stampin' Dimensionals

Measurements:

Misty Moonlight Cardstock

Card Base - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" (Scored at 4 1/4")

Card Front - 5" x 3 3/4" Embossed with the snowflake embossing folder from the Wintry 3D Embossing Folders

Basic White Cardstock

Layer 1- 5 1/4" x 4"

Sentiment Strip - 1" x 3 3/4"

This pretty card design has wonderful texture and detail while keeping the supplies simple. The Basic White layers pop against the Misty Moonlight layers and the embossing adds a wonderful subtle texture to the card front. The Wonderful Snowflake die cut has a lovely shimmer to it that helps step up the card design. I stamped the sentiment from the Snowflake Wishes stamp set in Misty Moonlight Classic ink to coordinate with the card design but you could also heat emboss it with Silver embossing powder if you wanted to step it up to the next level. The Opal Rounds add an elegant touch to the design and coordinate beautifully with the die cut snowflake. I attached the snowflake to the card front with a Stampin' Dimensional in the center to pop it up. The card front was adhered to the Basic White layer with Stampin' Seal Adhesive and then I attached it to the card base with Stampin' Dimensionals. I love how this adds dimension to the card design. This clean and simple card design could be created in a variety of colors and it is a great design to create multiples to send out to the people on your Christmas card list. 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will help inspire you to create your own beautiful projects using snowflakes to send to family and friends. Snowflakes are perfect for Winter themed all occasion cards as well as Christmas cards. There are so many wonderful options to explore.

Now it's time to visit Kimberley's blog and see what she has to share with us. Just click on the Next button below to visit her blog. We would love it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you liked about our projects. I hope you enjoy the rest of our blog hop.

Blog Hop Roll Call

1. Amanda Farlinger

2. Tricia Butts

3. Kimberley Anne Morris

4. Marieke Bart

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Ink. Stamp. Share. October Monthly Blog Hop Tic Tac Toe Challenge

Welcome to the Ink. Stamp. Share. October Monthly Blog Hop and this month we have a Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge. Our Design Team Members will each choose a row either horizontally, vertically or diagonally to create our project. You will be visiting with talented Stampin' Up! Demonstrators from around the world as they share their ideas and creativity to help inspire you. 

For my card design, I decided to use the top horizontal row from the Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge - Jewels, Circle, Blue. I love to use jewels to embellish my projects and circles are one of my favorite shapes for creating focal images for my designs. Finally, blue is my favorite color so this row seemed like the perfect choice for my card.  I chose The Angels of Peace stamp set from the July-December 2021 Mini Catalog and decided to use the smaller angel image for my design. 

Products Used:

Angels Of Peace stamp set (item #156365)

Wintry 3D Embossing Folders (item #155433)

Layering Circles Dies (item #151770)

Label Me Fancy Punch (item #151297)

Misty Moonlight Cardstock (item #153081)

Balmy Blue Cardstock (item #146982)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Balmy Blue Classic Ink Pad (item #147105)

Balmy Blue Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #154830)

So Saffron Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #154905)

Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #154893)

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #154885)

Real Red Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #154899)

Color Lifter (item #144608)

Memento Tuxedo Black Pad (item #132708)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Metallics Embossing Powders (item #155555)

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush (item #141897)

Simply Elegant Trim (item #155766)

Basic Rhinestone Jewels (item #144220)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Misty Moonlight Cardstock

Card Base - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" (Scored at 4 1/4")

Scalloped Circle die cut with Layering Circles Dies

Sentiment Label punched out with the Label Me Fancy Punch

Balmy Blue Cardstock

Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4"

Basic White Cardstock

White Circle die cut with Layering Circles Dies

This pretty card design features the wonderful Angels Of Peace stamp set and I love the combination of images and sentiments in this stamp set. I paired it with the Snowflakes embossing folder from the Wintry 3D Embossing Folders to create a wonderful texture to the card front. The blues from my line of Tic-Tac-Toe are Misty Moonlight and Balmy Blue and I love they way they look together. I used the Layering Circles Dies for the Circle part of my line and I combined a Misty Moonlight scalloped circle to help frame the Basic White focal circle. I colored the angel image with Stampin' Blends Markers and used Clear Wink of Stella on the image to add a touch of shimmer. I stamped the small snowflake image around the angel with Balmy Blue Classic ink to create a soft background. For the sentiment, I heat embossed the image with Silver embossing powder onto the Misty Moonlight sentiment label and I attached it to the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals over the top of the Silver Trim from the Simply Elegant Trim, which I wrapped around the card front twice and tied with a simple knot. For my jewels, I added Basic Rhinestone Jewels to the card front, sentiment label and in the hair of the angel for a touch of bling. I am so happy with how this card design turned out and that I was able to check off each of the boxes in my row of Tic-Tac-Toe.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today. I hope that my card design will help inspire you to give this Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge a try and see what wonderful projects you can create with it. There are so many great combinations to help you step outside your comfort zone and try something new. 

Now it's time to visit Kim's blog and see what she has to share with us using this month's challenge. Just click the Next button below to visit her blog or use the Roll Call List to find your way. We would appreciate it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you liked about our projects. I hope you enjoy the rest of our blog hop. 

Roll Call

Jo Blackman

Annette Ball

Angie McKenzie

Sue McDonald

Cindy Mitchell-Clark

Stacey Marsh

Tricia Butts

Kim Price

Annette Elias

Linda Moore

Mo Rootes

Gez Carpenter

Victoria Littlewood

Jill Chapman

Karen Egan

Cheryl Taylor

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Stamping With Friends August Blog Hop Sale-a-bration

Welcome to the Stamping With Friends August Blog Hop as we showcase projects created with the new Sale-a-bration products. You will be visiting with talented Stampin' Up! Demonstrators as they share their ideas and projects to help inspire you.

Sale-a-bration is such a wonderful time of the year and I am so happy that Stampin' Up! has given us a second chance to enjoy this amazing promotion. For the first time, we have a second Sale-a-bration Catalog to enjoy full of new products to earn for Free with a qualifying order. For today's card, I chose to use the adorable Penguin Playmates Designer Series Paper, which you can earn free with a qualifying $50 order. There are so many cute animal images on the sheets in this paper pack, so I decided to fussy cut two of them to create my card design. For the sentiment, I chose the Penguin Place stamp set from the July-December 2021 Mini Catalog. I love that it has sentiments for a variety of occasions. For the background, I used the snowflake embossing folder from the Wintry 3D Embossing Folders that are available in the 2021-2022 Annual Catalog. 

Products Used: 

Penguin Playmates Designer Series Paper (item #158420) 

Sale-a-bration Reward

Penguin Place stamp set (item #156410) New 

Wintry 3D Embossing Folders (item #155433)

Layering Circles Dies (item #151770)

Double Oval Punch (item #154242)

Misty Moonlight Cardstock (item #153081)

Balmy Blue Cardstock (item #146982)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Misty Moonlight Classic Stamp Pad (item #153118)

Balmy Blue Classic Stamp Pad (item #147105)

White 3/8" Glittered Organdy Ribbon (item #156408) New

Subtle Shimmer Sequins (item #156407) New

Measurements:

Misty Moonlight Cardstock

Cardbase - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" (Scored at 4 1/4")

Large Scallop Circle die cut with Layering Circles Dies

Scallop Oval punched with the Double Oval Punch

Balmy Blue Cardstock

Background Layer - Embossed with the Wintry 3D Embossing Folders

Basic White Cardstock

Large Circle die cut with the Layering Circles Dies 

Sentiment Oval die cut with the Double Oval Punch

Penguin Playmates Designer Series Paper

Fox and Blue Bird images fussy cut 

This cute clean and simple birthday card focuses on the cute images from the Penguin Playmates Designer Series Paper. There are so many cute images to choose from and it was hard to decide which images to choose for this card. I fussy cut out the fox and blue bird and attached them to the Basic White cardstock circle. I layered it onto the Misty Moonlight scallop circle to add a border around the focal circle. For the background, I embossed the Balmy Blue cardstock with the snowflakes embossing folder from the Wintry 3D Embossing Folders. I ran it through the Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine twice, once for the top half of the cardstock and the second time for the bottom half. I attached a piece of the White Glittered Organdy Ribbon across the front of the Balmy Blue cardstock layer to hide the join line and attached the circle layer on top with Stampin' Dimensionals. For the sentiment, I stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment with Misty Moonlight Classic ink and stamped the small snowflakes with Balmy Blue Classic ink onto the Basic White oval. I layered it onto the Misty Moonlight scallop oval layer and attached it to the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals. To embellish the card, I attached several of the silver sequins from the Subtle Shimmer Sequins for a touch of bling. 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will help inspire you to explore the amazing products in the new Sale-a-bration Catalog. Sale-a-bration is a great opportunity to earn amazing products for free with a qualifying order. 

Now it's time to visit Betty's blog and see what she has to share with us. Just click the Next button below to visit her blog or use the Roll Call List below to find your way. We would love it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you enjoyed about our projects. I hope you have fun hopping along with us. 

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Libby Fens
Donna Schnees
Polly Crouch
Linda Moore
Tricia Butts
Betty Bickford
Karen Egan
Caron Bailey

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