A Little More Peaceful Noel for Freshly Made Sketches

The Christmas card making season is just about over, but I have found myself needing more of them as I mail out batches, and I wanted to enter the next Freshly Made Sketches Challenge. This is a nice open-ended sketch just made for a Clean and Simple project. As the Holiday Catalogue has run it's course, I found myself drifting more and more often to a couple of suites in it that I just loved. One of them was the Joyous Noel suite, which included the Joyous Noel Specialty Designer Series Paper, (which, alas, is all sold out and discontinued now because obviously I wasn't the only one that found it alluring), the Peaceful Noel Stamp Set, which is very versatile, and the Joyous Noel 6 x 6 Glimmer Paper, both of which, as of the time I write this post, were still available.

Here's the sketch for Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #367:

I love the layers that give you a good look at every paper used. Here's how I handled them all:

• I wanted some texture for the front of the Merry Merlot card base, so I used the Subtle Dynamic Embossing Folder to achieve that raw silk kind of look.
• I layered it with two of the designs in the Joyous Noel Specialty Designer Series Paper set, one matted with the Merry Merlot 6 x 6 Glimmer Paper cut to the right size and one backed with Early Espresso.
• Using the Detailed Deer Thinlits, which are still available, I die cut the leaping deer from the Copper Glimmer Paper, which is from the Joyous Noel 6 x 6 Glimmer Paper Pack, and added it to the card front using Mini Dimensionals.
• The sentiment starts with a 2" Circle Punch in Copper Foil, layered under a 1 3/4" Circle punched in Whisper White cardstock. It is stamped with the paint splotch image, stamped substantially off, with the leaf or berry image (I don't know, you tell me!) stamped over it, still stamped off a bit in Merry Merlot ink. 
• Then the Noel sentiment is stamped in Versamark and embossed with Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder. This is heat set with the Heat Tool and glued to its Copper Foil backing then added to the card front with Dimensionals. Don't forget to let the coloured ink dry well before embossing and use the Embossing Buddy to ensure you only get the embossing powder where you want it.     

        You have two weeks left to get the products you wanted that are retiring from the Holiday Catalogue before they are gone for good. Don't leave it until the last minute and then miss out on a product that you really wanted. Sadly, it happens every year.

Don't let this be you, after finding out that you waited too long to try and purchase a retiring product from the Holiday Catalogue!

Here is a link to the list of retired products from the catalogues: Retired Products

You'll find some significant savings on several of the articles as well!

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

Peaceful Noel Photopolymer Bundle [149958] $41.25	Peaceful Noel Photopolymer Stamp Set [147694] $22.00	Joyous Noel 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [147816] $19.00	Joyous Noel 6" X 6" Glimmer Paper [147817] $20.50	Copper Foil Sheets [142020] $5.50
Merry Merlot 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146979] $11.50	Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [119686] $11.50	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $13.25	Versamark Pad [102283] $12.25	Gray Granite Classic Stampin' Pad [147118] $10.25
Merry Merlot Classic Stampin' Pad [147112] $10.25	Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder [141636] $6.75	Embossing Buddy [103083] $8.25	Heat Tool [129053] $41.00	Subtle Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [143706] $14.00
2" Circle Punch [133782] $24.00	1-3/4" Circle Punch [119850] $24.00	Detailed Deer Thinlits Dies [147915] $46.00	Big Shot [143263] $150.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $5.50
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108] $5.50	SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332] $9.50	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] $5.50

Stamp Club Christmas Party

Today is my annual Stamp Club Customer Appreciation Christmas Party! I've been working pretty hard all week to get ready for it. We'll be playing some games, stamping a pretty cool project, and enjoying each other's company with some tasty treats to go along with it.

In a quick post, I wanted to show you some of the things I have ready for the night.

Our make & take is particularly cool. It's not an original design. I got it from Sally at Sallystampers and she got the original idea from another demonstrator whose name I can't recall, but the design is brilliant and though I changed up a few details, mostly because I didn't have enough of the same materials for the crowd I have coming, I mainly used the same elements as she did because I loved them so much.

Every year, as a perk for my Stamp Club members, I create some jewelry from the holiday trinkets that year. This year is no exception and the snowflake trinkets from the retired Snowflake Showcase made great earrings and necklaces.

I'm so glad we still have the Wood Crate Framelits, because along with the Window Box Thinlits, they are the only ones that can hold any substantial amount of treats. I die cut the two parts needed for each box out of Whisper White Thick cardstock and then embossed both pieces with the Pinewood Planks Dynamic Embossing Folder before assembling the two pieces. It didn't take too long before I had enough of them for treat holders for all the attendees of the party. I added some punched shapes for the labels and used an old set - Little Letters Framelits - for the initials of the recipients. I never got rid of that set because of the size of the letters. Perfect for this kind of job.

And that's all the energy I have left in me tonight! You can purchase any of the supplies listed below from me if you want to create any of these projects, unless they are already retired.


Product List

Peaceful Noel Photopolymer Bundle [149958] $41.25	Peaceful Noel Photopolymer Stamp Set [147694] $22.00	Joyous Noel 6" X 6" Glimmer Paper [147817] $20.50	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [140272] $10.50	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $13.25
Merry Merlot 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146979] $11.50	Tranquil Tide 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [144246] $11.50	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [120953] $11.50	Sahara Sand 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121043] $11.50	Tranquil Tide Classic Stampin' Pad [147146] $10.25
Merry Merlot Classic Stampin' Pad [147112] $10.25	Versamark Pad [102283] $12.25	Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder [141636] $6.75	Wood Crate Framelits Dies [143730] $41.00	Pinewood Planks Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [143708] $14.00
Everyday Label Punch [144668] $24.00	Pretty Label Punch [143715] $24.00	1-1/8" (2.9 Cm) Scallop Circle Punch [146138] $22.00	1-3/4" Circle Punch [119850] $24.00	2" Circle Punch [133782] $24.00
Layering Circle Framelits Dies [141705] $48.00	Big Shot [143263] $150.00	Sprig Punch [148012] $24.00	Little Letters Thinlits Die [133730] $36.00	3/16" (1 Cm) Braided Linen Trim [147808] $9.50