Birthday Calendar Rolodex, Baroque in Black, White and Red

I wanted to share this Birthday Calendar Rolodex today. I think this cover is so pretty with the Black, White and pop of Red. The baroque image is from Lovely Romance and is stamped in Whisper White, then Heat Embossed in White Embossing Powder. This is stamped onto a piece of black pattern paper so it's very soft and quite lovely. But you'll never guess what package of Designer Series Paper that the piece came from!

I had originally stamped the baroque image in Basic Black onto Whisper White. It looked to stark to me and the fine lines of this image didn't lend enough weight to the Black on White stamping. Then I tried Whisper White on Basic Black and again, it looked very stark. I looked through my stash of Designer Series Paper and found a perfect piece of black pattern paper, with just a touch of pattern to it. The Whisper White image embossed on the pattern paper was just right - very soft and quite lovely! Can you guess the package that this piece of paper came from? Witches Brew DSP, a Halloween paper package from the Holiday Catalog! I think this is my favorite Calendar cover and color combination so far!



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Festive Flurry - more Christmas Cards

More Christmas cards from me and I still need to get them mailed! Yikes! I used the cardabilities sketch again this week for this card using the Festive Flurry stamps and Framelit. The sentiment is from the Warmth & Wonder stamp set, both of these are in the Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalog. Again, I stayed fairly true to the sketch, which makes for such a quick card. Sketches are my favorites!

This beautiful pattern paper from the Winter Frost Specialty DSP set the color scheme for my card. I love the twinkling lights background paper from this package, with the Smoky Slate and Whisper White colors.  I needed another color for this card, which is the Island Indigo in another piece of pattern paper from this same package. I stamped one of the snowflakes from Festive Flurry in Whisper White Craft Ink onto Smoky Slate cardstock. Then I Heat Embossed this with Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder for just a touch of shimmer. I die cut this satmped snowflake with the matching snowflake from the Festive Flurry Framelits.This is layered over a Whisper White snowflake, using the largest Festive Flurry Framelit.The little arrows are one of the accessories from the Circle Thinlits Card Die and I added some lines of sparkle with Dazzling Details. To finish off the card, I used one of the Frosted Finishes Embellishments layered over a circle of Island Indigo. And of course, added a Rhinestone Jewel to the snowflake center.

{Inside}
Recipe:
Stamps: Festive Flurry, Warmth & Wonder, More Merry Messages
Cardstock: Smoky Slate, Whisper White, Island Indigo, Winter Frost
Ink: Island Indigo, Whisper White
Accessories: Festive Flurry Framelits, Iridescent Ice EP, Frosted Finished Embellishments, Jewel Rhinestones, Dazzling Details, 1" Circle Punch








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Stamp Review Crew: Perfect Blend Edition

This edition of the Stamp Review Crew Blog Hop features Perfect Blend, my favorite stamp set in this Stampin' Up! Catalog. I LOVE THIS STAMP SET! And if you don't already own the Perfect Blend, you're going to be wanting it by the end of this Blog Hop! (The best part about Perfect Blend, besides the image, the sentiments and the versatility - is the price!)

Today, I want to share a little Christmas gift which uses the Perfect Blend stamp set with a few Christmas sentiments and some Season of Style DSP. Do you recognize the box I used to make this gift package? It is one of the Wood Mount Cases (Half size) from Stampin' Up!

I cut a strip of the pattern paper from Season of Style DSP to fit under the outer plastic sleeve of the case. This provides a pretty liner for the inside as well as the outside of the case. Then I added a length of Cherry Cobbler Chevron Ribbon, adhered with Sticky Strip, for the handle. For the cover, I made a very basic stamped image using the cup image from Perfect Blend and one of the sentiments from the Joy to the World stamp set, from the Holiday Catalog. A strip of Baked Brown Sugar Ruffled Trim finishes off the simple cover. There are SO MANY items you can stash in these Wood Mount Cases besides stamps and accessories!

Here's the inside of this gift case. It's filled with several Perfect Blend cards and envelopes, along with a couple of sweet treats. I made the inside liner with a piece of Baked Brown Sugar cardstock, cut to 4 1/2 x 6" and scored at 1/2" on each side. I miter cut the corners, folded on the score lines, and settled it right into the Wood Mount Case. Then I made a divider, again with the Baked Brown Sugar cardstock and adhered it to the liner. I filled the top section of the divided case with 4 of these Perfect Blend  3x3 cards and envelopes and added some Lindor Truffles to the bottom section.

These 3x3 cards came together quickly with some Paper Piecing, which may be my favorite way to use this stamp set. The sketched line images make it so easy to cut out, absolutely no fussy-cutting here! For these cups, I stamped and Heat Embossed several cup images, with Basic Black Craft Ink  and Basic Black Embossing Powder, onto a few different pieces of the Season of Style DSP and  some Naturals White cardstock.

After heat setting the embossing powder, I trimmed out cups, cup sleeves and cup lids, then mixed and matched patterns to create several different layered coffee cups. These cups are adhered to the 3 x 3 cards with backgrounds and mats of Baked Brown Sugar and more pieces of Season of Style DSP. This sentiment is part of one of the sentiments from More Merry Messages stamp set (a carryover set) and punched out with the Word Window Punch. I even decorated one of the cups as cup of tea, using some Bakers Twine with the sentiment as the tea bag tag.

Recipe:

Stamps: Perfect Blend, Joy to the World, More Merry Messages, Gorgeous Grunge

Ink: Baked Brown Sugar, Basic Black Craft, Basic Black Marker

Cardstock: Baked Brown Sugar, Naturals White,  Whisper White, Season of Style DSP

Accessories: Wood Mount Case (Half size), Black EP, Chevron TIEF, Bakers Twine, Cherry Cobbler Chevron Ribbon, Baked Brown Sugar Ruffled Trim

Thanks for stopping by today! Be sure to click through to the remainder of the Stamp Review Crew, using the Previous and Next buttons below. I also listed the Stamp Review Crew: Perfect Blend Blog Roll below. Happy Blog Hopping!

Perfect Blend Blog Roll

1. Heidi Baks  runningwscissorsstamper.blogspot.com
2. Cindy Beach stampspaperandink.typepad.com/
3. Beth Beard mylittlecraftblog.com
4. Adriana Benitez  escape2stamp.com
5. Tanya Boser   tinkerin-in-ink.blogspot.com
6. Jill Coleman  jillstamps.com/
7. Shana Gaff   stressfreestamping.blogspot.com
8. Yapha Mason   yaphamason.com
9. Mary Rindal   maryrindal.com/ 
10. Ann Schach    stampinchic.com/
11. Nancy Smith  iguanastamp.wordpress.com/
12. Martha Stewart  seasonsofstamping.com/
13. Dawn Tidd   tidbitsfromdawn.typepad.com
14. Lisa Young   addinkandstamp.blogspot.com/ 
15. Kerry Willard Bray stampgoodness.com
16. Rita Wright  ritascreations.blogspot.com/

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Christmas Cards - Special Season

I'm finishing up some Christmas cards today with the Special Season stamp set from the Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalog. This set has some of the most beautiful fonts for the sentiments and the decorated Christmas tree image and pine bough are beautiful as well. I haven't used this set as much as I intended to, so I'm planning to remedy that over the weekend! Are you doing some stampin' this weekend? Working on Christmas cards, Christmas gifts or just playing with your papers? Any stamping challenges you're working on?

I stamped the Christmas tree image in Old Olive ink and then Heat Embossed it with Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder for just a light touch of shimmer and shine. The Early Espresso mat is a piece of the C'oredinations cardstock, which gives you this lovely two toned appearance when you texture emboss it with the Big Shot - I used the Petals A Plenty folder here and gave it a little extra sanding with a Sanding Block to emphasize the two toned effect. The peppermint striped paper is from the Season of Style Designer Series Paper, also in the Holiday Catalog.

{Inside}
Recipe:
Stamps: Special Season
Cardstock: Season of Style DSP, Early Espresso C'oredinations, Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White
Ink: Early Espresso, Old Olive
Accessories: Frosted Finished Embellishments, Iridescent Ice EP, Petals A Plenty TIEF









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Stampin' Up! Gift Certificates

I'm a very beginner My Digital Studio (MDS) user, but I've had fun playing with it. MDS is the digital scrapbooking software from Stampin' Up! It's very easy to add 'stamps', 'embellishment', and 'papers' to any size project. You're pretty much only limited by your imagination! Tonight I created a Gift Certificate.

Stampin' Up! Gift Certificates are a great gift for the stampers on your list this season and all year long. Contact me today to order your Stampin' Up! Gift Certificates.






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Christmas Wishes - Joy to the World and a Sketch Challenge

Here's a Christmas card using the Cardabilities Sketch #88 which has the fun file tab incorporated in the sketch. I used the beautiful Season of Style Designer Series Paper for the card front and that drove the color combination - Cherry Cobbler, Baked Brown Sugar, Old Olive and Early Espresso. I really love the Baked Brown Sugar cardstock, so lovely!

I stayed very true to the sketch on the card, and that made this card come together so quickly! The Christmas Wishes sentiment is from the Joy to the World stamp set from the Holiday Catalog. The Christmas tree is from Special Season, also from the Holiday Catalog. I embossed the sentiment is Early Espresso ink and Early Espresso Embossing Powder.


Recipe:
Stamps: Joy to the World, Special Season, Snowflake Soiree, More Merry Messages
Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler, Baked Brown Sugar, Whisper White, Season of Style DSP
Ink: Early Espresso, Old Olive, Baked Brown Sugar
Accessories: Early Espresso EP, Early Espresso Bakers Twine, Very Vintage Designer Buttons, Rhinestone Jewels






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Stamp Review Crew: Festive Flurry Edition

 

I've joined a great group of Stampin' Up! ladies - The Stamp Review Crew and we will be Blog Hopping every 1st and 3rd Monday. Each blog hop will feature a single stamp set and LOADS of ideas! This first Stamp Review Crew Blog Hop features the Festive Flurry stamp set from Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalog and we're excited to share some of our ideas. Hopefully these will get your creative juices flowing and provide some inspiration for your holiday cards and projects. Please share your Festive Flurry projects in the comments below.

I was excited to see that Festive Flurry is offered as a digital downloads for My Digital Studio, in addition to the stamp set and Framelits offered in the Holiday Catalog. The Festive Flurry Digital Download includes 4 brushes and 4 punches.

These beautiful snowflakes were fun to play with as I planned my Christmas Cookie Exchange this year. I used a color palette of Rich Razzleberry, Soft Sky and Midnight Muse with the Festive Flurry Digital Download. Some of the other elements here include a sentiment from Very Merry 25, the label from Label This and a piece of paper from A Day In The Life DSP, which I re-colored (don't you just love that!?)

Besides re-coloring Designer Series Paper, another of the advantages of creating invitations in My Digital Studio is that you can easily print additional copies and can e-mail them as well as print and snail mail them.

This was also really easy to carry the color scheme and images across the party setting with Table Cards and Cupcake Wrappers. (The Sweet Monday reference is to when a group of friends would get together on the third Monday of each month for a Desert Night years ago. This party theme and name just seem to stick around, even though we don't always get together on Mondays anymore.)

I continued the same color scheme and the Festive Flurry stamps over to Drink Labels, too. Here is the Label for the drinks that will be on the refreshments table, bottles of Root Beer and Ginger Ale. I printed a sheet of the labels and adhered them to the bottles. So easy and yet such a fun way to tie all the elements of the party together cohesively.

My Digital Studio is very easy to use, even if you are a beginner to digital scrapbooking. You can even download a free trial and play with it with no commitment to purchase. And the My Digital Studio website is a great resource with beginner and advanced videos, tutorial and discussion forums. Digital Downloads, such as the Festive Flurry digital download, are quick and easy to download (and no shipping charges!) with MDS and are so fun to use on your projects, both digital and hybrid (combination of digital printed items with 3d embellishments and layers.) If you haven't experimented with My Digital Studio yet, I encourage you to give a try!

Use the Previous and Next buttons below to continue around the Stamp Crew Review Blog Hop for more Festive Flurry inspiration!

           

Festive Flurry Blog Roll

Heidi Baks  runningwscissorsstamper.blogspot.com
Cindy Beach stampspaperandink.typepad.com/
Beth Beard   mylittlecraftblog.com/
Adriana Benitez  escape2stamp.com
Tanya Boser  tinkerin-in-ink.blogspot.com
Debra Burgin  heartfeltinkspiration.com/
Jill Coleman   jillstamps.com 
Holly Krautkremer  rubberredneck.typepad.com
Yapha Mason   yaphamason.com
Mary Rindal   maryrindal.com/
Ann Schach    stampinchic.com/
Martha Stewart  seasonsofstamping.com/
1. Dawn Tidd   tiddbitsfromdawn.typepad.com/tiddbits-from-dawn/


Lisa Young   addinkandstamp.blogspot.com/
Kerry Willard Bray stampgoodness.com/
Rita Wright  ritascreations.blogspot.com/

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Thank You Card - Thankful Tablescape Kit

I played with the Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge 321 today, using a blackboard die cut banner from the Stampin' Up! Thankful Tablescape Kit. I just love the blackboard die cut pieces in this kit and they make great place cards and table cards, but they also are a fabulous element on Thank You Cards ;)

I stamped the Thank You sentiment from Four You stamp set in Whisper White Craft Ink and then set it aside to dry. The DSP here is from Sweater Weather and from the Thankful Tablescape Kit. The leaf die cut on the inside of the card is one of the embellishments form the Thankful Tablescape Kit, too.

I kept this card fairly simple and I just love this sketch. I'm sure I'll play with it some more, but for now, I'll be busy re-creating this Thank You card for all those little appreciation notes I need to send! Don't you just love a short supply list this time of year?!


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Recipe:
Stamps: Four You
Ink: Whisper White
Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Basic Black, Sweater Weather
Accessories: Thankful Tablescapes Kit, Pool Party Bakers Twine








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Holiday Sale from Stampin' Up!

It's time for online Holiday Shopping and Stampin' Up! is offering some great deals! During these 13 days only, you can get incredible discounts-up to 50 percent-on some of your favorite products! Click on the Holiday Sale Flyer to view the products and discounts OR just go to my Online Store right now and click on the Holiday Sale Logo! This is the perfect time to stock up on some favorite items or to try something that may be on your list.
And make sure you don't miss out on our 24-hour-only Doorbusters happening on the first day of the sale (THAT'S TODAY!) -30 percent off the Stampin' Trimmer, Simply Scored Diagonal Plate, and Many Marvelous Markers! The 24-hour sales period on these three products ends November 20. The rest of the Online Holiday Sale ends on December 2nd, so don't miss out!




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Vintage Birthday Wishes - Clockworks and Gorgeous Grunge

I just love this card using the Clockworks and Gorgeous Grunge stamp sets. It also features the same color combination that I used last week on the Laundry Notes card - Pink Pirouette, Soft Suede, Rich Razzleberry, Pool Party, Very Vanilla. I used lots and lots of layers (cardstock layers and stamped layers) on this one, with a lot of texture as well - Big Shot Embossing, Heat Embossing, just a touch of Distressing here and there and Sponging on everything. This Color Combination is the Tech Club Theme for November Swaps.

One of my favorite things about this card is the Champagene Mist Shimmer Spray that I used on some of the layers. I just love the light shimmer this gives and am so happy that these Shimmer Paints are still available on the Clearance Rack! Mix it with Rubbing Alcohol and use it as a spray to add just the right amount of shimmer and glimmer to your project without being overwhelming or too blingy. I also love those petite Pool Party arrows are one of the accessory dies from the Circle Card Thinlit. And I really love these buttons! I tied the Very Vintage Designer Button on to the Victoria Lace with a few wraps of Pool Party Baker's Twine (retired.)

There are so many elements of texture on this card! I used the Beautifully Baroque Texture Embossing Folder on the Rich Razzleberry layer. Then I sponged lightly over the embossed elements with Soft Suede ink and a Sponge Dauber. This really makes those embossed areas pop. The edges of this layer are also distressed a little, not too heavy. The encyclopedia paper layer is stamped with a few of the Clockworks images, sponged with Soft Suede ink and then layered onto a distressed Soft Suede cardstock mat. The collage stamping adds even more texture to this card. I stamped some of the Gorgeous Grunge images in Pink Pirouette and Pool Party inks, spritzed with Champage Mist Shimmer Paint Spray.  Then I swiped the stamped cardstock with the Embossing Buddy, stamped the sentiment in Rich Razzleberry ink and covered it in Clear Embossing Powder, heat set with the Heat Gun.

{Inside}
Recipe:
Stamps: Clockworks, Gorgeous Grunge, Bring On the Cake
Cardstock: Pool Party, Rich Razzleberry, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla, Retired DSP
Ink: Pink Pirouette, Rich Razzleberry, Pool Party
Accessories: Scallop Tri Border Punch, Very Vintage Designer Buttons, Circle Card Thinlit (arrows), Victoria Lace, Pool Party Bakers Twine, Pearl Jewels, Beautifully Baroque TIEF






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