Christmas In August: One Sheet Wonder, Part 3 The Final Three!

Here are the final three Cards for the Christmas One-Sheet-Wonder class.  I kept the stamping in these three all focused on the Mistletoe Season stamp set with the exception of the 'Tis the Season sentiment in card number 14.  That's from the Christmas Pines Stamp Set that coordinates with the Pretty Pines Thinlits I've used in some of the other cards.  You'll also notice that I pulled out Layering Squares Thinlits in addition to the Layering Circles and Layering Ovals.  These shapes are so useful for many types of projects.  Thanks again for visiting.  I hope you enjoyed the projects.  Here are the close-ups of the last three.

Number 12 is one of the layouts I changed from the last time I did this class.  I left the Designer Series Paper as a 4" square and used it to back the sentiment.

The Seasonal Wreath Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (D-TIEF for short) makes a great addition here.  I added some sponging in Old Olive Ink to highlight the details of the leaves.

Here is the final card using the final piece of DSP.  I like the colors here.  The richness of the Early Espresso paired with the Shaded Spruce and the Real Red with highlights of Old Olive make the perfect Holiday color palette. 

Thanks again for stopping in this week.  Hope to see you stamping soon!

Christmas in August: One Sheet Wonder Class, Part 2

Here are the next five cards for the August feature class.  Nothing like beating the heat with some Stamping and some Holiday crafting ideas!  So while (im)patiently waiting for the 2018 Holiday Catalog to be released,  I took a look in the Stampin' Up! 2018-2019 Annual Catalog from p. 92-103.  The great thing is these products are available right now!  So, if you need to cool off, take a look at this section.  Hope you enjoy the cards.  Thanks for visiting. 

   A view of all five.

Card number 7

I used Stitched Shapes Framelits on this one.

 Number 8 uses more of those Pretty Pines Thinlits. 

 This one uses the Celebrate You Thinlits dies. 

Kept this one simple with the ovals.  After all, a One-Sheet Wonder is all about the DSP!

The embossing is the Garden Trellis TIEF from p. 222.  The punch is the Everyday Label Punch on p. 211.

Stay tuned for the final 3 cards!  

Christmas in August: One Sheet Wonder Class: Part 1

My feature Class in August is a festive Christmas-Card take on the One-Sheet-Wonder Class.  I changed up a few of the layouts this time to be a bit simpler.  These are the first six of the designs.  The 14 cards for the class feature One Sheet from the Under the Mistletoe Designer Series Paper cut down in pieces.  It's a great way to use up DSP and create multiple cards for sending or gifting.  I also used other coordinating products from the Under the Mistletoe Suite found on pages 94-95 of the Annual Catalog and a few additional coordinating items.   Here are a few individual shots of the cards we will be making.  I will post the rest of them next week.  Enjoy!

Card one features the Layering Circles Framelits and Real Read 1/8" Solid Ribbon in addition to the Under the Mistletoe Suite products.

Featured Colors for the cards are Whisper White, Real Red, Shaded Spruce, Old Olive, Early Espresso.  Night of Navy is also a featured color in the Designer Series Paper Pack, but we don't use it in this set of cards.

Here's another card

More Layering Circles for this card.

This one has the addition of the mistletoe branches from the Pretty Pines Thinlits dies, the Old Olive 1/8" Sheer Ribbon, and the Pearlized Doilies

For this card, I used the Seasonal Wreath Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (part of the Suite!).  I sponged it with a bit of Shaded Spruce Ink to highlight it's features. 

More Red Rhinestone Jewels from the product Suite, too.

Here's one last close up.  Card design number six on an Old Olive Card base.  This is a quick and simple way to use those 1" squares.  I popped a two of them with Stampin' Dimensionals. 

Thanks for visiting.  Check back soon for more samples!

Cards as Gifts: Project Number 2

Here is the second project I have designed for my Cards as Gifts Class.  It again uses the Varied Vases Bundle.  This time I created a set of 5 Cards and Envelopes to fit in one of the Acetate Card Boxes found on p. 193 of the 2018-2019 AC.  These boxes are great to fill with cards (or treats) and give as gifts.  You get 10 boxes for a reasonable $7.00 so it makes it very affordable to keep some on hand.
The idea for the card came from a post on Pinterest by Kristine McNickle (Creative Stamping) from New Zealand.  Thanks for the inspiration, Kristine!  I changed up the colors based on what I had and what the class is trying to achieve.
So here are pictures of the cards and envelopes, too.  I used Berry Burst, Pool Party and Soft Sea Foam as my color scheme.  I also added the tag to the finished box making it look a bit more "gift-like"  You could do anything for a tag.  I chose to use the Labels to Love stamp set and it's coordianting Everyday Label Punch for something super-quick and easy.

The photopolymer stamps in the Varied Vases set really make it easy to line up images for Two-Step Stamping.  I used the Pool Party ink for the longer stems and the Berry Burst ink on the tulip.  The Soft Sea Foam is one of my favorites of the New Colors.  It's a great subtle green.  I used the ink on the tulip's leaf and a piece of the card stock as a mat behind the flowers. I added some Clear Wink of Stella to the tulip.  It gives a nice little sparkle to the card.

The bow is a piece of Silver and Whisper White Baker's Twine (p. 201). 
 
Hope you've enjoyed this peek at the Class Projects.
Come back again soon!

Stamps: Varied Vases, Labels to Love
Ink: Berry Burst, Pool Party, Soft Sea Foam, Momento Tuxedo Black
Paper: Whisper White, Pool Party Soft Sea Foam, Berry Burst
Accessories:  Punches: Vases Builder and Everyday Label, Clear Wink of Stella, Silver and White Baker's Twine, Acetate Card Boxes, Berry Burst 3/8" Metallic Edge Ribbon, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals, Stampin' Dimensionals

Here's the complete set:

Summer Classes

Hello stamping world.  Here's a first look at one of the projects I'm working on for one of my summer classes:  Cards as Gifts.  This class uses one of my favorite new products in the 2018-2019 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog (AC): the Varied Vases Bundle (see p. 45.) The idea behind the class is to make sets of cards that could be given as a quick gift to anyone on your multiple lists.  This particular set is a box with 4 Notecard sized (3.5" x 5") cards and envelopes.  

So, here's a shot of the box and the card and envelope.  

The box is made using the Envelope Punch Board (p.209).  I chose a piece of paper from the Share What You Love Specialty Designer Series Paper (p.188).  I got the box idea from a YouTube video posted in 2016 by crafting4fun247 (Thanks, Vicky!).  But there are several videos out there that make boxes of different sizes.  This box fits 4 cards and envelopes.

The cards themselves are made using the Very Vanilla Note Cards and Envelopes (p. 193).  I used the extra pieces of the Designer Series Paper.  to decorate them.  

Here's the rest of what I used (and a couple more pictures):

Stamps: Varied Vases Bundle (with the punch!)

Ink:  Mossy Meadow, Rich Razzleberry, Blackberry Bliss, Momento Tuxedo Black

Paper: Very Vanilla Note Cards and Envelopes, Very Vanilla, Mossy Meadow and Rich Razzleberry Card Stock, Share What You Love, Designer Series Paper

Accessories: Envelope Punch Board, Vases Builder Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals

Another view of the set.

Close up of the box front.