Signs of Santa for Christmas Card Buffet Class

This coming Saturday, I will be doing a Christmas Card Buffet class and I needed one last sample for it. I had several beautiful cards and I needed one more cute design, so I got out the Signs of Santa stamp set to see what I could come up with. Now with a Card Buffet, the class members are completing up to 16 cards in 3 hours so they have to be fairly simple to do. I hope this one will be okay if I do some of the die cutting ahead of time. It not only features the Signs of Santa bundle but also the Hometown Greetings Edgelit dies for the village.

You can see how I created that here:

• I die cut the one edgelit twice, once in Poppy Parade and once in Whisper White. I trimmed off the trees on both die cuts, because there are no trees at the North Pole, right? and then I also trimmed the snowman off the red piece and all the houses off the white one. Then I adhered them together so that the white would make the ground snowy instead of red. 
• This was mounted on a Whisper White panel run through the Big Shot with the Softly Falling Embossing Folder.
• I stamped the sentiment from Signs of Santa at the bottom first, in Memento Tuxedo Black ink.
• Santa and the signpost images were stamped in the same ink and coloured in with Stampin' Write Markers: I used Poppy Parade, Crushed Curry, Pool Party, Crumb Cake, Powder Pink and Blushing Bride. 
• These two images and the three large snowflakes were die cut with framelits from the Santa's Signposts Framelits and added to the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals and the mini versions as well. 
• Rhinestones were added to the center of the snowflakes. This panel was adhered to a Poppy Parade card base.

Starting on Tuesday, October 23, to celebrate Stampin' Up!'s 30th Birthday, there will be a special Flash Sale, 24 hours only. Stampin' Up! is turning 30, but YOU get the presents! 15% off selected stamp sets!!

                                                                                                                                                                 
            

These are the stamp sets and their regular and sale prices:

You have from 12:01 am until 10:50 pm PDT Tuesday, Oct. 23  to place your order with me or in my On-Line Store! Celebrate Stampin' Up!'s 30th Birthday with us! 

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

Signs Of Santa Photopolymer Stamp Set [147690] $27.00	Signs Of Santa Photopolymer Bundle [149967] $63.75	Poppy Parade 8-1/2" x 11"" Card Stock" [119793] $11.50	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $13.25	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $8.25
Brights Stampin' Write Markers [147157] $40.00	Subtles Stampin' Write Markers [147156] $40.00	Regals Stampin' Write Markers [147155] $40.00	Neutrals Stampin' Write Markers [147158] $40.00	2017-2019 In Color Stampin' Write Markers [144033] $20.00
Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $6.75	Santa's Signpost Framelits Dies [147911] $44.00	Hometown Greetings Edgelits Dies [144671] $44.00	Big Shot [143263] $150.00	Softly Falling Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [139672] $11.50
Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] $5.50	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $5.50	Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108] $5.50

Happy 150th Birthday Canada! for AYSI#153

This is an exciting weekend if you are a Canadian! Our wonderful country turns 150 years old on July 1st! That's a pretty big deal for us! I remember when Canada celebrated it's 100th birthday back in 1967! I was just a kid then, but it made for some lasting memories. Our country has come so far in 50 years. I believe we've grown up and we have become more and more respected among the nations of the world.

Don't get me wrong, Canada still has plenty of domestic problems to deal with, the worst of which is our treatment of our aboriginal people, which seems to be taking forever to improve and is a scar on our reputation, but there is a lot that we can take pride in and I am very proud to be Canadian!


        
The moment I saw the Colourful Seasons Bundle, with the Seasonal Layers Thinlits, I knew right away that I would be using them to make the best Canada Day card ever! In fact, I even wondered if Stampin' Up! had brought that set out on purpose, with all those awesome maple leaves, knowing that it was Canada's 150th birthday this year. Thanks for that SU!

And, of course, being Friday, it just happens to be an As You See It Challenge Friday and Amanda's sketch worked perfectly for my Canada Day card:

Here's my Happy Birthday Salute to Canada:

• The colours are, of course, red and white, because our flag is red and white with that iconic maple leaf in the middle. I used Real Red and Whisper White cardstock and Red Glimmer Paper!
• The Whisper White layer was cut at one end and split a little so you could see the Red Glimmer paper beneath it. It was also embossed using the Softly Falling Embossing Folder with the highest concentration of dots near the cut and then gradually decreasing the further away you get in each direction, left and right. This could represent snow, which we get a lot of in the winter, but it also made me think of fireworks for celebration. These also represent the lace on the challenge sketch.
• I die cut several maple leaves - two sizes, two different papers, and either solid or intricately die cut and arranged them around the cut line.
• The sentiment I had to do on the computer to get it small enough. Even though Stampin' Up! divested itself of My Digital Studio a couple of years ago, I still have the program loaded on my computer and still use it for situations like this where I can get a relatively accurate colour match for the Stampin' Up! colours. I die cut it with the banner from the Bunch of Banners Framelits with the border from that framelit cut in Red Glimmer Paper.
• Here you can see the texture of the Softly Falling Embossing Folder a little better:

Two Days Left to Win Blog Candy

I am actually surprised that I haven't had more people commenting on my blog, because the prize is a pretty good one! It's a brand new Daisy Delight Bundle PLUS a pack of Delightful Daisy Designer Series Paper!

AND:

This is a great prize, people! And brand new! And delivered right to your door if you are a resident of Canada!

How do you win, you ask? Here are the details and the place where you need to leave a comment by 11:00 pm Pacific Time on Saturday, July 1st!

Remember Bonus Days last summer? You earn $6 coupons in July that you can redeem in August toward new products. To earn the coupons you must spend $60 on an order during the month of July and then Stampin' Up! will mail you a bonus coupon code that you can use in August. So get ready to put together some packages worth $60 to earn as many coupons as you can manage, and then you can have a spending spree in August on Stampin' Up!'s money!

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

Red Glimmer Paper [121790]	Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [102482]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Softly Falling Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [139672]	Seasonal Layers Thinlits Dies [143751]
Bunch Of Banners Framelits Dies [141488]	Big Shot [143263]	Fast Fuse Adhesive [129026]	Glue Dots [103683]	Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108]

Christmas Wishes with Thoughtful Branches

Well, August is already half over and I'm wondering if you've used your Bonus Days coupons yet. You know they're only good until the end of August, right? Make sure you put in an order and use them before they expire! I'm also wondering if you've ordered the Thoughtful Branches Bundle yet, and if not, why? This is a set that is going to serve you well through every season of the year, especially the coming holiday season. I wanted to demonstrate a very easy Christmas card that you could make that would be easily duplicated in bulk, great for your season's greetings, and features the Thoughtful Branches stamp set.

Take a closer look at how to make this card:

• The image from Thoughtful Branches stamp set was stamped in Versamark on the Whisper White panel and covered with Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder. I heat set it with the Heat Tool. The sentiment is from the new Star of Light stamp set* from the Holiday Catalogue. It will be available September 1. It was also stamped in Versamark and heat embossed in silver.
• I took that same panel and ran it through the Big Shot in the Softly Falling Embossing Folder to get the snow impressions. 
• The little bow is made from Silver 1/8" Ribbon.
• The front panel is mounted on a piece of Silver Foil Sheet on a Whisper White card base. Super easy, but very effective.

*New Product from the 2016 Holiday Catalogue, available for purchase Sept. 1, 2016.

I have quantities of the new Holiday catalogues now to hand out to my customers. The quickest way to get one is to place an order. I'll see one gets into you order when I deliver. Otherwise, let me know and I will send you one with the second round of deliveries.

My weekend? 

We made 105 peach pies on Saturday! We had a gang of about 12 of us off and on and managed to make them between 8 am - 3 pm! It was a lot of hard work, but with donated supplies and all the pies sold, we raised over $1000 to add to our sponsorship fund for the refugee family we are sponsoring! I was in major back pain all Saturday afternoon and evening, but it felt worth it, considering what our refugee family has had to endure over the last four or five years. 

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

Thoughtful Branches Photopolymer Stamp Set [143539]	Thoughtful Branches Photopolymer Bundle [144328]	Silver Foil Sheets [132178]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Versamark Pad [102283]
Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder [109131]	Embossing Buddy [103083]	Heat Tool [129053]	Softly Falling Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [139672]	Big Shot [143263]
Silver 1/8" Ribbon [132137]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]	Glue Dots [103683]	Fast Fuse Adhesive [129026]

*Star of Light stamp set

*New Product from the 2016 Holiday Catalogue, available for purchase Sept. 1, 2016.