Guest Designer with Winter Woods

How was your Thanksgiving? I had a great visit with my youngest daughter, her hubby and my two young grandsons! One of the most special times I had was an opportunity to craft with my daughter. It doesn't happen very often and we both enjoyed the time to stamp and talk together. She loved the opportunity to design her own Christmas card and she gave me permission to share it on my blog today. She used two new bundles, the Winter Woods bundle and the Merry Christmas to All bundle.

Jaimie says she enjoys traditional Christmas colours and a rustic feel so included Cherry Cobbler, Mossy Meadow, Soft Sea Foam and Crumb Cake in her palette. Here's a closer look at her creation:

• She used a background of Festive Farmhouse Designer Series Paper in a Cherry Cobbler plaid on her Crumb Cake card base topped with a panel of Very Vanilla backed with Soft Sea Foam.
• She stamped many of the little fir twigs from Winter Woods in Mossy Meadow on Soft Sea Foam card stock. This is where it's so handy that the In the Woods Framelits has three identical framelits to die cut these little dudes out otherwise you could be standing there for hours.
• She stamped the pinecones in Soft Suede on Crumb Cake cardstock and use the two identical framelits to die cut those in record time as well.
• From the Merry Christmas to All bundle, she stamped the frame and the sentiment you see and used the framelit to die cut it, then backed it with a slightly larger rectangle of Crumb Cake, trimming the ends and corners to match by hand. It is popped up on Dimensionals.
• A double round of the Braided Linen Trim adds a rustic finishing touch to her Christmas Greeting card. So cute!!

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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

Winter Woods Clear-Mount Stamp Set [147661] $31.00	Winter Woods Wood-Mount Stamp Set [147658] $42.00	Winter Woods Clear-Mount Bundle [149992] $68.25	Winter Woods Wood-Mount Bundle [149991] $78.25	Merry Christmas To All Photopolymer Stamp Set [147702] $34.00
Merry Christmas To All Photopolymer Bundle [149952] $64.75	Festive Farmhouse 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [147820] $15.00	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [120953] $11.50	Soft Sea Foam 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146988] $11.50	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101650] $13.25
Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad [147083] $10.25	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [147111] $10.25	Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [147115] $10.25	3/16" (1 Cm) Braided Linen Trim [147808] $9.50	In The Woods Framelits Dies [147919] $45.00
Merry Christmas Thinlits Dies [147912] $38.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $5.50	Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108] $5.50	SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332] $9.50	Glue Dots [103683] $7.25

Guest Stamper - Terry Krushel

Some cards need to have some Internet exposure and this is one of them.  Terry Krushel, a fellow Stampin' Up! demonstrator, and sort of "adopted side-line", gave this card to me as a thank-you for lending her some DSP and I was so impressed with her work that I asked her if I could feature it on a Guest Stamper spot on my blog. Here's her beautiful Valentine card:

• The thing that impresses me the most is Terry's attention to detail.  Look at the cute sentiment from the Just Sayin' stamp set.  It's heat embossed with gold and I love that she took the time to sponge the center with Blushing Bride ink!  I like that she sponged the edges of the die cut heart with the Encore Gold ink as well.  It defines it so well.
• Don't you love the little burlap heart, and the fact that it is backed with the Baked Brown Sugar Ruffle Stretch Trim?  So cute!
• I really like the combination of the Burlap Ribbon and Crochet Trim.  Great texture!

• Another detail to notice is that Terry slightly unraveled the edge of the burlap trim, which just adds an extra bit of interest to the overall design.
• The stamp set she used for the garland is Banner Blast, each flag embossed in gold Stampin' Emboss Powder and popped up on Dimensionals on the Gold Baker's Twine.

Terry is a Stamper to Watch in the future, and would like to start her own blog when her work schedule allows.  In the meantime, leave her some love here and comment on her gorgeous card!

• Banner Blast Wood-Mount Stamp Set*
• Banner Blast Clear-Mount Stamp Set*
• Just Sayin' [english, wood]
• Just Sayin' [english, clear]
• Subtles Designer Series Paper Stack
• Gold Fancy Foil Designer Vellum
• Crumb Cake 8-1/2X11 Card Stock
• Whisper White 8-1/2X11 Card Stock
• Versamark Pad
• Gold Metallic Encore Pad
• Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad
• Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder
• Heat Tool
• Tea Lace Paper Doilies
• 1-1/4" Burlap Ribbon
• 5/8 Inch Crochet Trim Victoria
• Gold Baker's Twine
• Baked Brown Sugar 3/8" Ruffle Stretch Trim
• Basic Pearls Jewel Accents
• Hearts Collection Framelits Dies
• Banner Punch*

*Available to earn free with every $60 order during Sale-A-Bration, Jan. 28 - Mar. 31, 2014

Guest Stamper and Cute Wedding Card

My daughter, Kristen, was staying with us this past week along with her hubby, David, and my little grandson, Kesten!  Such fun!  Kris wanted to make a wedding card for her friend, in whose wedding Kristen was a bridesmaid. She needed a very unconventional wedding card because her friend is very unconventional as well.  Kristen's bridesmaid dress was actually a red polka dot skirt with a white t shirt. 

The wedding invites sported an old fashioned penny farthing bicycle and there were some chalkboard decor items at the wedding as well.  Here's what Kristen created:

• I think it's just adorable, and because it's not a traditional wedding card, it could be used for many different occasions!
• When I was showing Kris my stash of DSP, her eye caught the Polka Dot Parade package right away and this piece was perfect, because it mirrored her bridesmaid skirt.
• Looking over my stamp sets, she picked out Timeless Talk right away as well, because of the same type of bicycle that was on the wedding invitation.

• I showed her how to do the Faux Chalkboard technique and how to use framelits to cut out images, and she used the Labels Collection Framelits to cut out the bicycle and the Apothecary Accents framelits to die cut the sentiment which is from the set Layered Labels, which just happens to coordinate with the Apothecary Accents framelits.
• She stamped the images in VersaMark ink and heat embossed them with White Stampin' Emboss powder.  Then she sponged some Whisper White Craft Ink around the edges and very sparingly in the middle.
• She chose bright Daffodil Delight as the card base and used some 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon in Daffodil Delight to accent the card with a fork bow.

I love the cheeriness of this card.  It just seems to say "Celebrate!"  I'm sure the newlyweds will love it!

Thanks for dropping by!

Stamps:  Timeless Talk (w126605; c126607); Layered Labels (w132028; c127072)

Paper:  Polka Dot Parade DSP (126902); Daffodil Delight (119683) and Basic Black (121045) cardstock

Ink:  VersaMark (102283); Whisper White Craft Ink (101731)

Accessories:  1/8" Taffeta Ribbon in Daffodil Delight (retired); Stampin' Emboss Powder in White (109132)

Tools:  Labels Collection Framelits (125598), Apothecary Accents Framelits (127003), Heat Tool (129053), Stamping Sponges (101610)

Timeless Talk Stamp Set

Layered Labels Stamp Set

Apothecary Accents Framelits

Labels Collection Framelits

Heat Tool

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

Whisper White Craft Ink

Polka Dot Parade DSP