Jules' Snow Swirled Winter Post...

My friend and downline Jules has come up with a great stamp-a-stack card for Christmas. It uses snowflake stamps from Snow Swirled embossed in white on Kraft card stock.

And don't you love that ribbon? It's 1 1/4" Riding Hood Red/Very Vanilla grosgrain ribbon in our Holiday Mini Catalog. It's laid over some Riding Hood Red card stock that's been scalloped on each side with the scallop edge punch.

The sentiment is from Winter Post, another favorite stamp set of mine right now. It's stamped in Riding Hood Red classic ink and punched out with the designer label punch, then stuck on with dimensionals for an added "pop."

Christmas Classics...

Happy Thanksgiving!

I love the texture in the stamp set Christmas Classics. It's great for embossing (those cards will be coming up later, so check back), as well as with other techniques.

This Certainly Celery card uses a 2" x 5 1/2" piece of Rose Red designer paper with a 5/8" Old Olive ribbon tied in a knot. I inked up the stamp with markers, layered the Whisper White layer on Old Olive and attached these to the card with dimensionals.

Quick and easy!

Mr. Twigster finds a tree...

Mr. Twigster is one of those stamp sets that you either love or not.

My favorite part is the Charlie Brown Christmas tree. I love that stamp!

I stamped Mr. Twigster and the tree in Basic Brown and used a Bashful Blue marker, along with an aqua painter and Kiwi Kiss and Tangerine Tango ink pads.

The patterned paper is from Frosty Day, and the greeting is from the stamp set Christmas Carols.

Big Shot Christmas card...

This card is a "wow." It's easy to make if you have the tools.

I used the Big Shot machine with the Snowflakes 2 die and the Top Note die to create this simple card.

The snowflake is out of Brocade Blue card stock, then I added 2-way glue and Dazzling Diamonds glitter with a clear rhinestone brad (Pretties Kit) in the middle. The snowflake is stuck on with mini glue dots.

The sentiment is from the All Holidays stamp set, centered just below the 5/8" Brocade Blue ribbon. The card itself is out of Night of Navy card stock.

Holiday Trinkets ornament card...

My friend and downline Jules sent me a card very similar to this one recently. We made this at a Christmas Card Stamp-a-Stack yesterday.

It uses Ski Slope designer paper, red gingham, a 1 3/8" circle punch and a scallop circle punch. The greeting is from the Level 1 hostess set Best Yet.

Using the ornament stamp from Holiday Trinkets, I stamped the ornament repeatedly on the Real Red card front in matching ink, as well as on a scrap piece of Whisper White card stock.

The designer paper has an inch folded onto itself at the top to show off the print on the other side. We adhered that down and tied the knot of ribbon around that layer before adding the ornament layers.

Merry & Bright shaker card...

Kim's shaker card uses a square scallop chipboard frame, some rubber from mounting a stamp set, some chunky white glitter, and a piece of a cello bag (or a clear envelope would work too).

The card is Kiwi Kiss with a rectangle of Frosty Day designer paper on it. There's a knot of Bashful Blue taffeta ribbon at the top of the frame, which is sponged Kiwi Kiss around the edges.

The greeting is a rub-on (still on sale for 20% off when you purchase $20).

So try your hand at this quick and easy shaker card. It's one the recipient will remember and display proudly!

Holiday Collection...

This is the stamp set included in the Country Living Holiday Collection Stampin' Kit. It's called Holiday Collection. Both the snowflake and greeting are from that set.

Thru Dec. 31, you can order this kit for $49.95. It includes the stamp set and die-cut ornaments that include designer series paper, silver cord, white taffeta ribbon, brads, dimensionals, glitter, adhesive and stampin' spots (1" x 1"ink pads). There's an 8-page spread in the December issue of Country Living Magazine.

This card uses Frosty Day designer paper and double-stitched Chocolate Chip ribbon. The greeting was stamped in Basic Brown and the gold brads added with a paper piercer and soft mat.

The snowflake was stamped in Kiwi Kiss ink, which is classic. But if your pad is juicy enough, you should be able to get some clear embossing powder on it quickly enough to emboss it! I punched it out with the 1 3/4" circle punch and stuck the button on with a mini glue dot. The snowflake circle is stuck on the card with dimensionals.

Let me know if you'd like to order a kit or two (these ornaments would be fun to make with a friend!). Or you can order it online through my website - http://TheRubberRoom.stampinup.net (hit "Shop Now"). Thanks!

Holy Triptych coluzzle card...

Club members asked to use the Coluzzle this month, so this is the card they made, using the oval template.

We actually stamped the main image through the oval, then tied a knot of Riding Hood Red taffeta, added a small Baja Breeze snow flurry and a fire rhinestone brad.

The image is colored in with watercolor crayons and an aqua painter.

Christmas Under the Stars card...

How cute is this bear?

I CASEd this idea from a Canadian demo named Heather. Mine has a couple less layers, and it uses Spotlight on Punches, along with Under the Stars and Crab and Company.

The paper is from the Ski Slope pack, and there's also Chocolate Chip and Real Red card stock used, along with 5/8" Real Red grosgrain.

Holiday Trinkets waterfall card...

It's been about 7 years since I've made a waterfall card... and it was easy!

I stamped each of the four stamps from the Holiday Trinkets set (More Mustard, Baja Breeze, Real Red and Kiwi Kiss with a Real Red marker), sponged around the Whisper White edges and layered on 2" squares of card stock that matched the ink.

The key to the waterfall card is the 2" x 7 1/2" strip to which you adhere the 2" squares, spaced 3/4" apart. The only adhesive on the long strip is on the bottom of the top piece under the star square.

When you pull the ribbon at the bottom, it flips up each square as they hit the horizontal strip attached with brads.

Best of all, you can open the card and write a nice, long message to a terrific friend!

Punches Three...

Punches Three is a hostess set (free with a $150 order) - and I love the Christmas stamp!

All three stamps in the set work with either the square scallops punch, such as this one, or with the wide oval punch.

Paired with the Frosty Day designer paper and some Tangerine Tango striped ribbon, this card POPs with color!

Scalloped Turkey...

Kim put together this super cute turkey with Big Shot dies, the scallop, word Window, circle, and 3/4" square punches, Autumn Vine paper and 1/4" More Mustard grosgrain ribbon.

She used the Scallop Circle #2 Bigz Die, along with the Bird with Leaves & Flowers Bigz Die (for the turkey giblet).

Kim even made the little box in the middle that holds a small cello bag with some Whoppers and more ribbon.

Curly Label Punch Bundle...

This card and the three below are ones we stamped and put together at a Give Thanks card class I hosted last week.

I'm digging the Curly Label punch and the stamps that are bundled with it.

For this card, the only stamping is the "thank you" in Basic Brown on some Autumn Vine designer paper. It was punched out with the Curly Label punch, then we added a brown felt flower from Flower Fusion Too with an ice rhinestone brad in the center.

More Autumn Vine paper is layered on Chocolate Chip card stock and adhered to the front of a Whisper White card with some Chocolate Chip taffeta knotted around it.

It's a simple and elegant card I'll most likely be making over and over again with other materials.

In Everything Give Thanks...

Gobble Gobble... I love the turkey and other Thanksgiving images in the stamp set In Everything Give Thanks.

The designer paper is from the Haiku pack. I used a 2" strip on the bottom and a 2" strip on the top, with the 5/8" red grosgrain knotted in the middle.

The turkey image was colored with watercolor crayons and an aqua painter, sponged with Chocolate Chip ink and layered on Chocolate Chip. The greeting was stamped in Chocolate Chip and punched with the wide oval, then sponged around.

Harvest Home...

I love the rich colors of fall.

I used watercolor crayons and an aqua painter to color the main image from Harvest Home, and stamped the vines at the bottom of the More Mustard card in matching ink.

The strip of designer paper is from the Autumn Vine package, with four Not Quite Navy brads from the Earth Elements pack.

The layer behind the main image is Not Quite Navy, as is the photo corner, which is attached with Stampin' Dimensionals.

Season of Friendship circles...

I love the simplicity of this card. It uses some Autumn Vine designer paper out of the Holiday Mini, as well as the Season of Friendship stamp set, also found in the mini.

I CASEd this idea online from mudflapmamma on Splitcoast. I used So Saffron, Old Olive, Real Red and Really Rust for the colors of the leaves. The greeting is stamped in Close to Cocoa, though I changed it to Basic Brown for a class I did last week so it would show up better.

Seasonal party favors...

If you're one of the people who stopped by my table at a recent bazaar, welcome to this blog! I'm happy you stopped by.

My friend Kim shared these ideas for party favors. We call them twist containers, or sour cream containers. They use a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" piece of paper (card stock or designer paper, as shown), then you use a few inches of ribbon and finish up however you like.

These would make great favors for your Thanksgiving celebration. Kim used three punches for all three of these - a 1 1/4" circle, a 1 3/8" circle, and a scallop circle. They make quick and easy work of these cute little treat holders.

Reindeer ornament and snowman poop...

This is Kim's ornament and snowman poop version. These make great co-worker gifts and stocking stuffers. Kim used the Button Sizzlit on the Big Shot for the layer behind the reindeer head. Then she added googly eyes and a pompom nose.

Jolliest Time of the Year Santa...

Putting a tag on the front of your Christmas card is a great way to make quick work of your cards this season.

Santa is from the stamp set Jolliest Time of the Year. Kim used watercolor crayons and an aqua painter to color in the image, and then added Dazzling Diamonds glitter with a 2-way glue pen.

The three ribbons pull together the colors and sparkle on the card.

Fall frame...

Louise (aka Kim) happened to have this adorable distressed red frame on hand when looking to create some home decor.

The leaves were all made using the leaves die for the Big Shot machine. There's some gold cord, buttons, and brads used. She also sponged and bent the leaves for a more natural look.