Silent Night

Silent Night, ahh don't we all love those... for sleep! But when you read that, when you hear the carol, what dose it bring to mind? For me it is a quietness wrapped in a warm hug, a clear sky and bright shinning stars with a crispness in the air, and a deep breath of awe. It is an eternal peace, a settling of mind, soul and spirit. It is my God by my side at the end of the day reasuring me that He is always here. What is Silent Night to you?

Wonderland Wood-Mount Stamp Set by Stampin' Up!

Price: $23.00
 Clear mount set #140365 $17

Be Merry

You see "Be Merry" around the holidays a lot. But to most of us we are stressed out to the max. And  with the added hub bub of the holidays added into our already jammed packed days, sometimes it is hard to be merry. Jesus tells us to have a merry heart all year round.

Here is one way to look at being Merry around the crazy holidays. If it wasn't for Jesus' birthday day there just might not have ever been any Merry to have.

I embossed the card base with the new embossing folder Softly Falling. I used my vintage (retired) ornament punch to punch out the Garden Green, Real Red, and Whisper White ornaments. Don't fret there are some new ones in the Holiday catalog that are georgous.

I added a little 2-way glue around the white ornament and dipped it in silver glitter and added a tiny silver cording bow. Yep you know my motto; easy, quick and uber cuteness.

  Softly Falling Textured Impressions Embossing Folder by Stampin' Up!

Price: $8.50
Silver Cording Trim by Stampin' Up!

Price: $5.00

Blessings

You can almost see the glitter on this card, it is so lovely. I bearley sponged some ink using a oval mask for the background. Then stamping lovely as a tree and the greeting this gives you a super quick Christmas card. You can mass produce this one in a very short time. I know it seams early for Christmas, but if you don't get started early you will never get if all done in time.
Ready, Set, Start! Get your Christmas on!

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Lovely As a Tree Wood-Mount Stamp Set by Stampin' Up!
Lovely As A Tree Wood-Mount Stamp Set 128655
Price: $28.00 
Clear mount #127793 $20
These timeless tree images will fill any landscape and keep you in tune with nature. They're great for watercoloring.

Our high-quality wood-mount rubber stamps are precut and come with farmed-maple wood blocks. Mount these precut stamps permanently on the blocks, and they're ready to go when you are. Our premium red rubber will last for years and give a superior stamped impression each time. The stamps come packaged in cases with images on the spine for easy storage and quick reference.

Quantity: 6 rubber stamps. Wood blocks included.

Tumbling Snowman

 Isn't he adorable? Yep! Uber cuteness going on in today's post. I call him my tumbling snowman. I used 3 of the oval thinlets to create the base of the card, and then stacked the two larger size ovals added a brad to give the head and body some swing. I created the had by cutting out 2 black ovals and cutting one almost in 1/2 and adding the ribbon band.
As long as you keep the oval sided to fit in the envelope you can use any size shapes you want. I punched out a scalloped circle and cut pie shapes out of it for the carrot nose. The greeting came from a new set from our Holiday Catalog that is offered to hostess. He is super cuteness.

It is never to late to host your own card party or card club. All ya got to do is ask and I will get you all set up to earn some really great free stuff.



Bright Butterfly

How about a little bit of spring in the mix of our upcoming winter! This is such an easy card, and you can use up all your scrap paper making it. I love that part. I have lots of scraps. No matter how much I try to use up they seam to continually grow!

I cut the little back ground paper square in a 2"x2" and glued to front of the card. Then punching out three butterflies, I glued them on top of each other at the center of body, leaving the wings unglued so they could fold up a little and look like they are fluttering. Adding linen thread and a button.

The greeting is stamped in the new Basic Gray ink. AND I LOVE IT! It is just the perfect color that is dark, but not dark like black. It is permanent ink for water coloring and other techniques and it is the perfect color... oh I already said that one.

Ya just have to get yourself one. And maybe the black one too. Yep we have new Basic Black too.
Basic Gray Archival Stampin’ Pad by Stampin' Up!
Basic Gray Archival Stampin’ Pad 140932
Price: $7.00
Make a lasting impression with our archival ink. Classic Archival Pads have permanent ink, making them the obvious choice for watercoloring techniques. The innovative ink pad design has a patented flip-top lid and a felt pad to give you a superior stamping experience. Archival ink works equally well with rubber stamps and photopolymer stamps.

* Fast drying, permanent ink
* Basic Black
* Acid free
* Flip top for upside-down storage: pads stay inked during storage
* Can be re-inked with Archival Stampin' Ink Refills
* 4-1/2" x 3-1/4" | 11.4 x 8.3 cm

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad by Stampin' Up!

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad 140931
Price: $7.00
Make a lasting impression with our archival ink. Classic Archival Pads have permanent ink, making them the obvious choice for watercoloring techniques. The innovative ink pad design has a patented flip-top lid and a felt pad to give you a superior stamping experience. Archival ink works equally well with rubber stamps and photopolymer stamps.

* Fast drying, permanent ink
* Basic Black
* Acid free
* Flip top for upside-down storage: pads stay inked during storage
* Can be re-inked with Archival Stampin' Ink Refills
* 4-1/2" x 3-1/4" | 11.4 x 8.3 cm

Greatful Heart

I so love this card and so did the card club girls. The leaf seams to just off the page at you. I stamped the background using the wood grain background stamp, then die punched out the leaf. Stamp the fall scene on the leaf and colored it in using stampin write markers, and daubered on some ink for the sky and grass area. I sponged around the leaf, card and greeting punch.
The fall scene stamp is in a set from the new Holiday Catalog, and is available while supplies last. The catalog ends January 4, so hurry and order yours today before it is gone for good.
Happy Scenes Photopolymer Stamp Set by Stampin' Up!
Happy Scenes Photopolymer Stamp Set 139821
Price: $21.00 
Go ahead—make a scene and celebrate the season, whether it's autumn, winter, Halloween, or Christmas. The Happy Scenes set covers them all.

This is a Two-Step Stampin’ set. Combine individual stamps to build the final image you want in the colors you want.

Photopolymer stamps
* Are totally transparent for perfect image placement.
* Have just enough give to create a perfectly stamped image every time.
* Cling like crazy to our clear blocks so you don't have to worry about slipping.
* Save space—you need only one set of blocks for all your photopolymer stamps (blocks sold separately).
* Come packaged in cases with images on the spine for easy storage and quick reference.

Quantity: 16 photopolymer stamps

Suggested clear blocks (sold separately): b, d, g

Fall Love

 The season is here isn't it. The rush of all the holidays and all the stuff that goes with it. It is just exhausting! Or can be sometimes. Fall is my favorite season. The colors, the cooler temps. The smells of yummy baked goodies. Pumpkin everything.... yumm pumpkin everything!

As I type this a few weeks earlier before this posts, it is still 75-80 degrees for a high in Indiana. I am wondering is fall is really coming. The trees tell me it is. But it is warm this week. However I am not complaining, the freeze of winter will be upon us soon enough.

This basket of fall leaves just makes me happy. Fun card don't you agree? I used on part of the the berry basket die to create the card, and then cut out a pile of leaves. I sponged chocolate chip ink around all the edges. Every time I sponge edges I think of my artist friend Kim, she sponges everything paper edge!

Leaflets Framelits Dies by Stampin' Up!

Price: $25.00
Berry Basket Bigz L Die by Stampin' Up!

Price: $38.00

Oh guess what tomorrow is! Yep! It is the start of another Weekly Deals. Be sure to check back tomorrow and click on the link on the left to see whats new on sale. Oh don't ya just love a good sale!