Painted Christmas Stationery Case for New at SU December Blog Hop

               

      

Welcome to our December NEW AT SU! Blog hop! We are a group of Stampin’ Up! demonstrators from around the world who are Hoppin’ with creative paper crafting ideas to share with you. Today we are featuring "anything but a card" using current products from the 2021/22 Stampin' Up! Catalogues. I'm highlighting the Painted Christmas Suite although I am making use of a number of Christmas sets as I create a beautiful stationery set for one of my downline, including standard sized cards, mini thank you cards and gift tags!

This cute case is not difficult to make and is a nice gift for a friend or relative for Christmas. It contains four standard sized Christmas cards with envelopes, four 3" x 3" Thank You cards and four gift tags. 

• If you would like to learn how to make the basic stationary case I created a photo tutorial with the measurements and instructions that you can access through this link: CLICK HERE.
• My palette for this project is Evening Evergreen, Soft Succulent, Blushing Bride, White and Gold. 
• To make the medallion on the front of the case I used a sentiment from the Christmas to Remember stamp set, die cutting it with the Layering Circles dies and backing it with Brushed Metallic cardstock in gold.
• The ribbon used here is the Gold 3/8" Shimmer Ribbon. I made good use of the Gold and Rose Gold 6' x 6" Metallic Specialty paper from the Annual Catalogue, both using the Sprig Punch and cut in strips for the tags.
• Other stamp sets used were Snowflake Wishes for the Thank you sentiment, and Merriest Moments for the Joy sentiment. Otherwise, the images come from the Painted Christmas stamp sets.
• The paper on the large cards is from the Ever Eden DSP - so beautiful!

    

Here's a final look:

I hope you enjoyed this Christmas project with the Painted Christmas suite.  Now please hop on over to Terry Montgomery to see her "anything but a card" project!

Here's the list of bloggers in our New At SU December Blog Hop to help you keep on track:

December 2021 New at SU! Roll Call:  Anything BUT a Card

 

Stamping the Cape: Altered Mini Coffee Carrier

Tricia’s Stamping Creations: Decorated Notebook

Joni in the Spotlight Stamping: Bookmark Gift Card Holder

Stampin Scrapper: Christmas Ornament

24/7 Inkspiration: Christmas Ornament

The Flying Stamper: Calendar

Scraphexe: Shaker Box

Carterie Plus: Gift Box

Playing with Papercrafting: Stationery Set

Terryfic Cards:GIft Bag & Tag

 

Please take a moment to comment at the bottom of this post and let me know how you liked my projects or ask me a question about the technique used. Don’t forget to scroll back up and keep hoppin’ with us! – Thank you!

Keep Creating!

Heather Cooper

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Product List

Christmas Season Photopolymer Stamp Set [156293] $30.00	Christmas To Remember Cling Stamp Set (English) [156300] $30.00	Snowflake Wishes Photopolymer Stamp Set [153444] $35.00	Merriest Moments Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [156353] $29.00	Gold & Rose Gold 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Metallic Specialty Paper [156844] $6.75
Brushed Metallic Cardstock [153524] $20.00	Ever Eden 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [159996] $20.00	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $13.25	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [159229] $11.25	Evening Evergreen 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [155574] $12.00
Versamark Pad [102283] $13.00	Metallics Embossing Powders [155555] $24.00	Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Pad [155576] $10.25	Soft Succulent Classic Stampin' Pad [155778] $10.25	Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad [147100] $10.25
Gold 3/8" (1 Cm) Shimmer Ribbon [156470] $11.00	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $41.00	Layering Circles Dies [151770] $48.00	Everyday Label Punch [144668] $24.00	Delightful Tag Topper Punch [149518] $31.00
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $163.00	Stampin' Seal [152813] $11.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $5.50

Snowflake Wishes with a New Kind of Shaker for As You See It

Happy Friday, everyone! It's been a heavy kind of week, with new COVID restrictions due to higher infection rates, and a big event that I had been asked to do at our church cancelled after hours of prep work on it! I don't think the cards will go to waste, though. The church is thinking that if we can get them assembled, they will use them to bless families in the congregation over the Christmas season.

Because it's Friday, there's another As You See It Challenge up, and it's an interesting one for sure: 

 The title of the challenge is Not My Jam! Imagine making a card with your least favourite colour, especially when colour is a huge driver for your creativity! When that happens you have to find other motivations, so I went for a new technique like a new way of making a shaker card, and lots of sparkle. I decided to use the Snowflake Wishes Bundle and the Rainbow Glimmer paper. Here's a closer look. See if you can figure out how I made the shaker card in such an easy way:

• I learned this technique at our OnStage@Home event a couple of weeks ago. It's so easy, it's crazy! You simply take a clear envelope and add a 5 1/4" x 4" piece of DSP inside it (or cardstock) then fold the excess envelope over the side and tape it firmly down. (Here I used some Artistry Blooms DSP.)
• Fill the envelope with sequins or shaker bits of any kind, then fold the sticky flap over tightly and adhere to the back. (I used some Snowflake Sequins and some leftover iridescent sequins of some kind that I had in my stash.)
• Add adhesive and glue to to the card base. Then you can add a sentiment and embellishments to the front of the shaker envelope. (I stamped my sentiment from Snowflake Wishes on Whisper White with Melon Mambo ink and die cut it with one of the Stitched Rectangle dies.)
• I embellished it with various styles of snowflakes die cut with the So Many Snowflake dies from the Rainbow Glimmer Paper.

Coming Up! One Day Only! November 24th! Almost everything in the 2020 Annual Catalogue is 10% off except for these exclusions:

10% isn't huge but it's better than full price and you can definitely take the opportunity to stock up on necessities or that stamp or die set you were waiting to get. But don't wait to get too long to get your orders to me or in to Stampin' UP! that day! Things will sell out quickly!

If you live in Canada, and don't have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the right side bar at the top of the page. You can shop with me from anywhere in Canada by clicking on the SHOP NOW button in the top menu or clicking on any of products below from my Online Store.

Product List

Snowflake Wishes Bundle (English) [155172] $75.50	Snowflake Wishes Photopolymer Stamp Set [153444] $35.00	Artistry Blooms Designer Series Paper [152495] $15.75	Rainbow Glimmer Paper [153056] $8.25	Clear Medium Envelopes [102619] $8.25
Melon Mambo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [115320] $12.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100730] $13.25	Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad [147051] $10.25	Snowflake Sequins [150443] $8.25	Iridescent Sequin Assortment [144212] $6.75
So Many Snowflakes Dies [153560] $49.00	Stitched Rectangles Dies [151820] $48.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $163.00	Tear & Tape Adhesive [138995] $9.50	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $7.25
Stampin' Seal+ [149699] $16.25