Free Shipping Today Only and Au Revoir to Frosted Foliage and Frosted Frames Dies

Of course, the BIG NEWS today is that Stampin' Up! is offering all qualifying orders FREE SHIPPING today only - Dec. 11, 2019!  In Canada, a qualifying order is $65. But this is a great time to Christmas shop for the crafty people in your life, or for that special crafty person in your life - YOU! Free shipping makes a huge difference to the overall cost of the order, especially here in Canada.

The $65 is before tax is calculated, so just the retail price of the products. I will be putting in an order tonight, so message me to get in on it, or place an order yourself through my On-Line Store! Without shipping costs to worry about, you can have it delivered right to your door!! I will make sure that you still get your Papercraft Cat points and a thank you card in the mail or when I see you next! And an order will also qualify you to receive a new Jan. - Jun. Mini Catalogue and Sale-A-Bration Brochure!

I'm also hosting my Customer/Stamp Club Appreciation Christmas Party tonight and needed a treat holder:

I had these treat bags for awhile and wanted to use them and get them out of my cupboard, and besides, they're just so darn cute and perfect for a Christmas party! To decorate them I dug out my Frosted Foliage stamp set and coordinating Frosted Frames dies to use for one of the last times as they are retiring after Jan. 2.

I used the stitched inner frame as the sentiment label, which I stamped with the sentiment from the Frosted Foliage stamp set in Poppy Parade. Then I die cut the snowflake pair with the die from the Frosted Frames dies from Copper Foil mounted on the retired Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets. The pine bough is die cut from Whisper White cardstock using one of the Beautiful Boughs dies.

The pine bough was attached with a glue dot, while the snowflakes just had to be peeled and stuck!

Pretty quick and easy, but it makes a cute little treat holder!

Ciao!

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

Frosted Foliage Cling Stamp Set (En) [150520] $27.00	Frosted Foliage Bundle (En) [153029] $59.25	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100730] $13.25	Copper Foil Sheets [142020] $6.75	Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets [144106] $13.50
Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad [147050] $10.25	Frosted Frames Dies [150658] $39.00	Beautiful Boughs Dies [150661] $48.00	Snail Adhesive [104332] $9.50	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $7.25

Watercolour Die Cuts for Frosted Frames

I've done a lot of Christmas/winter cards now using the Feels Like Frost suite and particularly, the Frosted Foliage dies, but I wanted to show how versatile they were and create a fall look with them. I also needed a last sample for my Watercolour Variety Technique class and I thought of having a watercoloured die cut, either words or a frame! The two purposes melded quite nicely into this project:

• My first step was to take a large 4" x 41/2" piece of Shimmery White cardstock (which is great for watercolouring, unlike Whisper White), and watercolour it in areas with Poppy Parade, Mango Melody, Pumpkin Pie, and Granny Apple Green, fall-like colours. I used an Aqua Painter for this, and squeezed the Classic Stampin' Pads to get some ink in the lids of the pads to pick up with the Aqua painter to do this.
• After applying each colour, I dried the paper using the Heat Tool. Then I applied the next colour.
• I arranged the Frosted Frames die where I wanted on this painted cardstock, eliminating part of the snowflake at the bottom, which then just looks like another type of foliage, and die cut it.
• In the left over bits I die cut the smaller foliage dies. I used these to tuck under or to adorn the sentiment layer.
• The sentiment is from Rooted in Nature and is stamped in Early Espresso ink and die cut with the center stitched label die that coordinates with the frosted foliage frame.
• It's really hard to tell from the photo, but the Early Espresso background is embossed using the Subtles 3D Embossing folder. The card base is Mango Melody.

Starting Nov. 1, you will be able to order from this amazingly gorgeous Christmastime is Here Suite. I just received my preorder of it, which you could get in your started kit if you signed up to be a demonstrator in October, or you could wait until Nov. 1, as a customer. I've seen some amazing stuff on Pinterest with it and I can hardly wait to make some samples to show you!

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

Rooted In Nature Cling-Mount Stamp Set [148217] $57.00	Shimmery White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101910] $13.50	Mango Melody 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146989] $12.00	Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [119686] $12.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100730] $13.25
Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114] $10.25	Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad [147050] $10.25	Mango Melody Classic Stampin' Pad [147093] $10.25	Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad [147086] $10.25	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad [147095] $10.25
Aqua Painters [103954] $23.00	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $41.00	Frosted Frames Dies [150658] $39.00	Subtle 3D Embossing Folder [151775] $14.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $7.25
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $5.50	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50	Snail Adhesive [104332] $9.50

Feels Like Frost Again for As You See It Challenges

It's time again for a new As You See It Challenge, and this time it's a recipe challenge, cooked up by Chef LeAnne Pugliese! A recipe challenge gives us elements that we have to include on our project, but where we put them, what size and colour they are, and how we visualize them are up to us. And I'm still on a Feels Like Frost kick (as I make samples for my Catalogue Launch tomorrow) so that suite forms the basis of my card. Here's the Challenge Banner:

And here's how I put the ingredients together:

• I have several die cuts on my project, including the leaf and the tag, but the main ones involve the Frosted Frames dies, one in Petal Pink and the inside sentiment panel that I just used as a Smoky Slate backing to another Feel LIke Frost DSP panel. The Feels Like Frost inside panel was cut with the same die as the one that cut the Smoky Slate panel, but I had to readjust it and run it through several times to accomodate the size of the smaller panel.
• The sentiment is from Itty Bitty Greetings and is stamped on Petal Pink, then die cut with one of the tags from the new Mini Curvy Keepsakes Box Dies.
• The leaf is die cut from the Seasonal Layers Dies.
• The twine is tied to the tag then run around the DSP layer, anchoring the tag in the straight position with a glue dot.

Hope you find time to play along with us this weekend!!

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

Itty Bitty Greetings Cling-Mount Stamp Set [151331] $49.00	Feels Like Frost Specialty 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [150444] $20.00	Smoky Slate 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131202] $12.00	Petal Pink 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146985] $12.00	Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [147113] $10.25
3/16" (1 Cm) Braided Linen Trim [147808] $9.50	Seasonal Layers Dies [143751] $45.00	Mini Curvy Keepsakes Box Dies [150644] $46.00	Frosted Frames Dies [150658] $39.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50
Snail Adhesive [104332] $9.50	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $7.25