Seasons Greetings in Silver & Blue …

Posted in Christmas, Quick -n- Easy by Linda Schnabel

Hello Stampin’ Friends,

It’s been two weeks since we were at our Holiday Retreat and one of the pillow gifts my guests received was the beautiful Christmas Bauble stamp ….

We made a gorgeous card by coloring in the bauble with our inks and blender pens, and a touch of that fun glitter glue! It definitely is a perfect stamp for those who love to color, but what about those of you who don’t like to color?!

That was a challenge posed to me at retreat. After thinking about it, I described a card that could be make in silver and blue, with minimal coloring. It’s now out of my head and onto the paper … or should I say cardstock…

I began by embossing the Christmas Bauble in silver on the stunning Brushed Silver cardstock and then colored it with the Night of Navy Blendabilities Assortment. I only used the darkest shade for coloring the bauble.

I framed it up like a pretty little package using the Silver 1/8″ Metallic Ribbon.

I mounted the bauble image onto Night of Navy cardstock and embossed Seasons Greetings from the “Watercolor Winter Too” photopolymer stamp set, then completed the card by mounting it onto a Smoky Slate base.

You don’t have to love coloring to love this precious stamp … I’m sure there are many different cards we could create with little or no coloring, this is just one idea.

Feel free to share your idea with me … I’d love to share it with our stampin’ community! Send picture to lindaluvs2stamp@aol.com

Thank you for stopping by ~

Hope you enjoyed today’s solution to coloring in an entire image. Sometimes less is more … especially when you need to make 80 Christmas cards!

Have a wonderful day,

STAMPIN’ SUPPLY LIST…

Christmas Bauble Wood-Mount Stamp Set

Brushed Silver 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

Metallic Silver Encore Pad

Silver Stampin’ Emboss Powder

Stampin’ Blendabilities™ Markers Night Of Navy Assortment

Night Of Navy 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

Watercolor Winter Too Photopolymer Stamp Set

Silver 1/8″ Ribbon

Smoky Slate 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

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The Natural Beauty of Ornamental Pine

Posted in Christmas, Quick -n- Easy, Techniques by Linda Schnabel

Hello Stampin’ Friends,

Wooo Hooo … the weekend is here and we’re kickin’ off November! Hope you had a good week.

Today I want to share with you a card that we had several discussions over at our retreat last weekend..

One of the ladies found a card on Pinterest and I commented that we had made that card at Alice’s stampin’ party as a Make & Take, but I changed the colors. For the life of me, I could not remember what colors I used! So here it is ladies …

The base color used was “Crumb Cake” …I teamed it up with Early Espresso. My pine was stamped in the new “Mossy Meadow” ink and the stem filled in with the Espresso marker.

The smaller piece of Crumb cake was cut at 4″ x 2-3/4″ and the Espresso mat at 4-1/4″ x 3″. Simply place the smaller Crumb Cake onto the center of your folded base (I tack mine down with a bit of adhesive so it doesn’t move) and then stamp … use firm, even pressure and you’ll get a great image.

Pick up your smaller piece and mount it to your mat, then mount the mat directly onto the base. It’s so pretty… and so easy!

This was not my original design, I just “cased” it (Copy And Share Everything) and switched up the color scheme for a more natural look. You can follow me on Pinterest as well … CLICK HERE!

Don’t forget your coordinating envelope … and stamp that too! It’s always a treat when you open your mailbox and find a hand stamped card!

Stampin’ Tip: Make sure your ink pads are properly inked to get the best stamped image. It’s always best to purchase an ink refill when you purchase your ink pad. If you have not done this, ink refills make a great filler when your adding to your orders.

I’d love to hear what you think, feel free to leave a comment below.

Thank you for taking time to visit me today ~

Have an awesome Saturday … see you tomorrow!

STAMPIN’ SUPPLY LIST …

Crumb Cake 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

Early Espresso 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

Ornamental Pine Wood-Mount Stamp Set

Ornamental Pine Clear-Mount Stamp Set

Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin’ Pad

Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill

Neutrals Stampin’ Write Marker

Crumb Cake Note Cards & Envelopes

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Extending the fun … Technique!

Posted in Product Wow, Techniques, Thinking of You / Hello Friend by Linda Schnabel

Hello Stampin’ Friends,

Hope you enjoyed your weekend… yesterday was filled with sunshine! Just what our endorphins needed.

Today I would like to share with you a project that I did with my Technique Clubs this month. They learned a sweet tip on how to extend the card length when using the Thinlit Dies.

I will also share two different Designer Series Paper and how they can change the look of a card. My first card was done with the Sweet Sorbet Designer Series Paper – a FREE product that can get with a Sale-a-bration purchase of $50 or more. (Sale-a-bration begins January 28th). Now that’s YUMMY!

I love how the “Needlepoint Border” folder matches the designer paper. I highlighted the stitching by dragging the “White Stampin’ Chalk Marker” over the top of it. It really completes the card.

I used “Crisp Cantaloupe” cardstock, but the photo is making it look a bit “pinky” …. sorry!

Stampin’ Tip to Extend Card Length …

Slide cardstock underneath the circle area of the die – leaving the other side of cardstock “above” the die (See Photo)

When you have the cardstock over the top of the die, it will not cut… however, it leaves a nice score line for you to fold the extended card over. It will fit into the envelope perfectly.

Here is a shot of both of the cards. I promised the ladies I would post them both because some classes used the “Sweet Sorbet” and the other class used the “Watercolor Wonder”. Both look amazing, but still very different.

I think you could put the “Watercolor Wonder” Designer Series Paper on any card and make it look good. Here I just replaced the Basic Black punched circle with the “Tangerine Tango” … a suggestion from Richella. I love the way it looks! Thanks for the help Richella!

You will find the Watercolor Wonder Designer Series Paper along with the “Perfect Pennants” Stamp Set in the Occasions Catalog. I have listed supplies to create the cards at the bottom of the blog.

I hope you can now extended the fun on your cards by using this little stampin’ tip. It gives you much more room to write (or stamp on)!

Have a great day!

Here is a list of supplies used for today’s card …

ITEM	PRICE	DESCRIPTION
133227	$29.95	Perfect Pennants Stamp Set – WOOD
133230	$21.95	Perfect Pennants Stamp Set – CLEAR
133480	$32.95	Circle Card Thinlets Die
129383	$7.95	Needlepoint Border Embossing Folders
130911	$26.95	Circle Collection Framelit Dies
120906	$26.95	2-1/2” Circle Punch
130685	$39.95	Magnetic Plateform
132994	$10.95	Watercolor Wonder Designer Series Paper

Clicking on the item number will link you to my on-line store.