My Top Ten from the New Holiday Catalogue

Well, I've had many of the products from the new Holiday Catalogue now for long enough to be able to pass on my opinions to you, so I wanted to give you my Top Ten Products  to maybe help you decide what to spend your money on, especially if you have a limited budget.  Keep in mind that these are my opinions only and you may like something quite different.  In fact, I had one heck of a time narrowing it all down, because there is so much that I love about the new products!  But for what it's worth,  here is:

Heather's Picks:

1. Best Tool:  Hands down this would have to be the Gift Box Punch Board!  This will be so useful during the holiday season and all year long.  Make a box just the right size!  15 sizes and shapes to choose from.  And the price point is amazing at $24.95.
   

Gift Box Punch Board

    2. Best Stamp Set: There were so many in the running. In the end I could only narrow it down
        to two: For All Things for all the amazing watercolor effects and Seasonally Scattered just because I                 love it!

For All Things Stamp Set

Seasonally Scattered Stamp Set

  

       3. Best Designer Series Paper: This was another hard one and I was going to have                              another tie, but then I figured out that I could have another category (see below) and get away                          with it! I chose Colour Me Autumn for the gorgeous fall colours and watercolour images.

Colour Me Autumn Designer Series Paper

    4. Best Specialty Designer Series Paper: Ha! Ha! I'm clever! This has to go to the                            beautiful All is Calm. It's specialty DSP because two of the sheets are foil-embossed                                      designs. I love the cool aquas and greens with the silver.

All is Calm Specialty Designer Series Paper

    5. Best Ribbon: I love the Cherry Cobbler 1" Sheer Linen Ribbon. The texture and colour is                            beautiful and it's just the right width to enhance some of the gift boxes you'll be making with                            the Gift Box Punch Board.

Cherry Cobbler 1" Sheer Linen Ribbon

    6. Best Embossing Folder: Another hard decision. I really like the Lucky Stars folder, but I                     settled on the Filigree Frame Textured Impressions Embossing Folder because I love the vintage                     look. Both would be very versatile.

Filigree Frame Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

    7. Best Punch: I picked the Confetti Stars Punch, because not only can you punch a starry border                  on your card fronts, you can also create some starry confetti for shaker cards or table settings.

Confetti Stars Punch

 

     8. Best Bundle: I chose the Fall Fest bundle which includes the Fall Fest Stamp Set and the Fun                  Fall Framelit Dies, because of their versatility again. Pumpkins, faces for Jack-O'Lanterns, fall                          leaves and Halloween spooks can be made with this set. Plus the framelits cut out shapes that                        coordinate with the Autumn Wooden Elements (see #9) and could provide stamped backing for                        them. Of course, when you purchase a bundle, you save 15% over what you would pay if                                you bought each set separately.

Fall Fest Bundle

    9.  Best Embellishment:  As soon as I saw these babies at Convention this summer, I was                         smitten.  The Autumn Wooden Elements are the perfect embellishment for the fall season.  Just                     look at them:

Autumn Wooden Elements

   10.  Best Sentiment Set:  Once again, I couldn't decide and we have another tie between                             Project Life Holiday Cheer for a set of adorable, small sentiments and images and Mingle All                           the Way for larger, more shaped sentiments that coordinate with Banners and Chalk Talk                               Framelit Dies and the 2 1/2" Circle Punch.

Project Life Holiday Cheer Stamp set

Mingle All the Way Stamp set

There you have it!  Remember, there are so many gorgeous products in the Holiday Catalogue and these are just reflecting my own taste and experience in using them.  You should really browse the catalogue yourself and see what you would choose!  

Thanks for dropping by.  Come by again tomorrow and I will have a new As You See It Challenge sample for you!

Hooray! The 2014 Holiday Catalogue is Here!

It's time to get your Christmas Mojo on! And Thanksgiving! And Halloween! And just plain Fall and Winter! Shake off the dust of Summer and get your imagination primed, because the Stampin' Up! 2014 Holiday catalogue is here! Are you excited? You should be! Here's the link: (Click on the photo)

I have already mailed out copies to my active customers, but if you didn't receive one in the mail, email me or call me and I will see that you get one.  If you want to be on my catalogue mailing list, all you need to do is to be an active customer in the 2 months preceding the catalogue's premiere.

And here's a bonus for you:

Any orders that come in from today, August 28 until Sunday, August 31, I will be paying the shipping for you!  

In order to take advantage of this offer, please email me your order and I will see that it is submitted with the others and I will deliver it to you!

*If you want more than your budget will allow (join the club), stay tuned for product shares!

 And here, in true hunting lodge colours, is a card featuring the new Ornamental Pine stamp set:

• The cool thing about the pine branch image is that you can ink up the needles and the branch in separate colours straight from the stamp pads quite easily because of how they are arranged. The pine cones are a separate stamp.
• Lots of texture here with the Woodgrain Embossing Folder used on the Chocolate Chip background, the Dazzling Diamonds glitter and the Linen Thread figure eight bow.  
• The glitter was added to the card after the 2 Way Glue Pen was applied to the top of the branch, a few needles and the pine cones.  For a better hold on the glitter, you could use the Stamp-a-ma-jig to stamp the same images in VersaMark ink, but just slightly offset.  Then you would cover the image in Heat and Stick powder and heat set it.  Add the Dazzling Diamonds glitter and reheat to set.  Or you could used Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder for a similar effect instead of the Heat and Stick and the glitter. (I did neither of these options because it is for a Christmas Stamper's Dozen and it would take way too long and require cleaning the stamps each time.)

• The main image was die cut using the Deco Label Framelits and the matte was die cut with the same size framelit, cut in half and added to the top and bottom, offset by about 1/8".  The Deco Label framelits have a little point in the middle of each side and I snipped that off before adhering it on the back because it would look a bit bizarre cut in half.
• The Designer Series Paper rectangle at the bottom of the card is from the Trim the Tree Designer Series Paper Stack.  This is a great value with forty-eight 4-1/2" x 6-1/2" sheets for $8.50.  You get 4 ea. of 12 double-sided designs.  These are great traditional designs, many of which are appropriate for designs other than Christmas cards.
• This card is entered in The Paper Player's Challenge #210:

                                              

Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the products used to make this card today!

Product List

Ornamental Pine Wood-Mount Stamp Set [135104]	Ornamental Pine Clear-Mount Stamp Set [135107]	Trim The Tree Designer Series Paper Stack [135824]	Garden Green 8-1/2X11 Card Stock [102584]	Cherry Cobbler 8-1/2X11 Card Stock [119685]
Chocolate Chip 8-1/2X11 Card Stock [102128]	Very Vanilla 8-1/2X11 Card Stock [101650]	Chocolate Chip Classic Stampin' Pad [126979]	Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad [126966]	Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad [126973]
2-Way Glue Pen [100425]	Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter [133751]	Regals Designer Buttons [130029]	Linen Thread [104199]	Woodgrain Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [127821]
Deco Labels Collection Framelits Dies [130102]	Big Shot Die-Cut Machine [113439]	Tombow Multi-Purpose Adhesive [110755]	Mini Glue Dots [103683]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]