Minion - Happy 7th Birthday Sully!

Wishing our grandson Sully a VERY HAPPY 7th BIRTHDAY!!!  You're one in a Minion!!

Here he is proudly sporting his new smile!

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Card Credits:  Minion was made using the easy to follow tutorial by injoystampin 

I used the shaker frames to make the eyepiece and circle punches to make his smile

Lovingly made by

Gramma!

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Hardwood - Walk in the Wild - Stampin' Up!

When the new Hardwood background stamp came out in the new Celebrate the everyday (available January 3 - June 1, 2014) catalogue I knew I would get it right away.  I think it pairs well with the Walk in the Wild stamp set.  We live in northwestern Ontario and moose are a common sight.  Any outdoorsy image would be perfect…such as the Horse Frontier horse image!  But I don't have that one, so a moose it is!

Credits:  This card is a CASE of one by Glenda Calkins.  She used the Lovely as a Tree stamp set on an A2 card.  So LOVELY!  

Masculine cards are not the easiest to design which is why I jumped on Glenda's idea for today's card.  Seems I can't resist the temptation to feminize it with the little bow I made with one of the strands of the burlap ribbon.

The moose was heat embossed with Early Espresso embossing powder. 

Walk in the Wild (4 images)

and Hardwood (Background stamp)

Hope your New Year is starting off on a creative note!  Happy Stamping!

Cindy

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Petite Petals - Monkey Punch Art - Stampin' Up!

Happy 5th Birthday Andie!

Punch art is just FUN and I think this little monkey is adorable!  Just like my sweet granddaughter who turned 5 today!

The cute colourful flowers were made with the new Petite Petals stamp set which also has a co-ordinating punch.    I took the colours from the paper pack Fresh Prints.  The colours are bright and cheery!

I also used the new Fringe Scissors to make my accent piece.  A few quick snips and it's done… all neat and evenly spaced.

My card was made using the www.mojomonday.blogspot.com sketch #324.  It came together quite quickly once I decided on the sketch.

Credits:  Punch art by Jackie Topa

I saw the idea for the little tuft of hair and flower in the hair on a card by Chera Wiest.

Thanks for stopping by!

Cindy

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Color Me Christmas - Stampin' Up!

Color Me Christmas was one of the stamp sets used in an on-line class that I participated in.  It was fun trying out some beginner watercoloring and then trying it out on my club members!  I changed out the image for the tree, also in the Color Me Christmas set.  Season of Style Designer Series Paper Stack allows you to make multiples using the same design of paper.  It's a great value for your dollar.

The sentiment is from Christmas Messages.

There are five fun images in Color Me Christmas Item #131745. $19.95 (clear) or Item #131742 $25.95 (wood)

The sentiment is from Christmas Messages Item #131793 $25.95 (clear) or Item #131790 $35.95 (wood)

Both Sets are from the Holiday Happiness 2013 catalogue available until Jan. 2, 2014.

Joyful Tidings!

Cindy

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Festive Flurry Ornament Kit - Stampin' Up!

I needed a couple of quick ways to show the use of the Festive Flurry Ornament Kit.  I only had one white gift bag so I made a quick little panel and called it done!  Now, this would have looked much better with a larger bottle to showcase the ornament, but alas ….  a small bottle of Bailey's was all I had!  I think I got that sweet idea from Pinterest!  Sure dresses up a bottle nicely.  Great to bring as a hostess gift at a Christmas dinner.

Christmas Blessings!

Cindy

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Festive Flurry - Love & Joy - Winter Frost - Stampin' Up!

Festive Flurry and Love & Joy were used on this easy peasy card.  My background paper is from the Winter Frost Paper Pack.  Love & Joy was embossed in silver embossing powder.

I participated in an on-line class but did not have the stamp set they used so I substituted with Love & Joy.  I tried it out in Island Indigo Ink but I think my stamp pad was a little too juicy because some of the ink bled into the white paper.  That's how I decided to try the silver embossing powder and I think it  turned out great!

Thanks for stopping by!

Cindy

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Festive Flurry - Stampin' Up!

I've gotten a lot of use out of the Festive Flurry stamp set and co-ordinating framelits.  They are fun to layer and with the assortment of snowflake stamp sizes the possibilities are endless.

I used the Stripes embossing folder, silver glitter paper and Teeny Tiny Wishes to complete this card.  My Designer Series Paper is from a retired paper pack as is the Not Quite Navy card stock I used here.

It's a busy time of year and hope you are also busy creating wonderful hand made cards, scrap booking pages or gifts!

Fa la la la la!!

Credits:  This card is based on one I had saved from the net and changed it up to suit my supplies.  There was no name to give credit but her card was lovely!  Thank you!

Cindy

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Joyful Christmas on Vellum - Stampin' Up!

The Joyful Christmas stamp set creates such wonderful cards.  Often cutting is involved but is so worth the effort.

You can save 30% off this stamp set during the 2013 Holiday Sale.    Order by Dec 2, 2013.  Regular price is $20.95 (clear) Sale price is $14.67.  That's a savings of $6.28!!

The flower image was embossed with Cherry Cobbler embossing powder on Stampin' Up!'s vellum card stock.  Colour was applied to the back of the vellum with a sponge dauber.   There are two layers of the flower.  I used the full image and also created a second layer by cutting the inside of the flower image and used dimensionals to pop it up on the main flower.  It's quite easy to cut out the flower pieces once embossed as the embossing gives a nice cutting edge to follow.

The 1/8" silver taffeta ribbon adds a touch of bling and of course the Frosted Finishes - embellishments adds a whole lot of bling!

I made a few of these to send out this year!  It was also a class card back in August!  Yikes...how time flies!

Have fun creating your Christmas projects.

Happy Stamping!

Cindy

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Chalkboard Technique - Seasonal Sayings - Washi Tape - Stampin' Up!

The chalkboard technique is not only fun to do but also creates a unique and fun card.  This card uses great Stampin' Up! products and a great technique!

My banner was made with the Season of Style Washi Tape collection and a piece of floral wire.  The wire made it easy to wrap the tape around and move along for easy placement.  Just snip the pennant ends after all the pieces are on.  A glue dot at each end of the pennant held it in place.

The Christmas stamp from Seasonal Sayings was embossed in white embossing powder.  Chalk lines were made with the chalk marker from the 2013 Holiday catalogue and white craft inked was lightly sponged on for the chalkboard look.

The chalkboard technique has been floating around for a bit now and I'm so happy that I finally gave it a try!

Hope you are busy stamping your Christmas creations!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Cindy

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Noel Christmas - November - My Paper Pumpkin

My Paper Pumpkin....a monthly paper crafting subscription available at

https://mypaperpumpkin.com/en-ca/

If you'd like more info on this subscription, please let me know!  

It's a surprise each month and I LOVE this month's surprise!!  The first sample card is pretty much how they have it explained.  The second one I changed up by cutting the card base to a 5.25 X 4 inch piece and adhering it to a real red card base.  I used the 1/4 inch strip I cut off to add to the inside of the card...you can see a "titch" of it in the photo below.

The card bases in the kit are white on the inside; whereas the front was designed in Very Vanilla. So on the second card I could make the inside co-ordinate with the front. 

Either way I think they are both super cute!

I used less of the garland than stipulated, so I will have lots left over for other projects!  It is so adorable I'm sure I'll have no problem coming up with ways to use it!

Hope you are busy getting creative during your Christmas preparations!

Happy Stamping!

Cindy

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