Gingerbread Cookies!

Here's another post using my favourite new bundle in the upcoming Holiday Catalogue (available September 1st!). As promised in yesterday's post, I'm sharing some projects with you all week using this awesome new bundle. ;)

Clearly I didn't make a card... but a little home decor piece with some new DSP (a new 6x6 Paper Stack!) and some Crumb Cake punched Gingerbread people. I opted not to use the stamp for this one, just the punch and then "iced" them up using a White Gel Pen. I wanted them to look like traditional cookies and was inspired by the real cookies over at Gimme Some Oven.

I wrapped them around one of my LED flickering candles & I think these would look so pretty as part of my Christmas/Winter decor - imagine the reindeer, Santa, bear & Eskimo too. Super cute!!

 

By-the-way, did I mention there was a Fall/Halloween set for this punch also? ;) More on that another day... ;)

Until next time, stay crafty!
Steph


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Cookie Cutter... Christmas??

Hello! Sorry for the late post - I was having some difficulty with Blogger. Anyway, here, as promised on Instagram yesterday, is one of four posts you'll see this week featuring my new favourite bundle in the upcoming Holiday Catalogue - I - though, the first card I'm featuring here is not Christmas. Check it out:

I made a boy & girl gingerbread, and used some new Christmas paper from the holiday catalogue, but turned it into a "lovey dovey" or maybe Valentine's card instead. I love taking products further than what their intent is. Cool, right?!

Are you thinking there's a new die set coming out for letters? Wrong! I punched those with the gingerbread... do you see how? The hearts are also from the punch and the stamped heart background is done by using my Happy Heart Textured Impressions Folder... did you know you could do that? Again, multi purpose! ;)

Until next time, stay crafty!
Steph


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Happy Birthday

Have you missed me?! Sorry for the unexpected hiatus. I have been buried deep in paperwork and organization, a migraine or two here and there and planning my next couple of months of classes and projects! A few projects are centered around birthdays, so I'm starting back by sharing a birthday card with you!

Since I've been out of it for a bit, I turned to the Internet for some inspiration and found myself checking out some online challenges. I found three that inspired me - the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch, the colours over at Fusion Card Challenge and then I decided to mash it all up using Friday Mashup!

I'm pretty proud of myself that I managed to work with three challenges on one card and really loving how it all turned out too. Are you wondering where my stencils came from? I used the "garbage piece" from the last Paper Pumpkin - Hello Sunshine.

Until next time, stay crafty!
Steph

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• Paper - Pretty in Pink, Shimmer Specialty, Silver Glimmer Paper
• Ink - Soft Sky, Smokey Slate, Night of Navy
• Stamps - Age Awareness
• Tools - Balloon Builder Punch

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Flurry of Wishes

Hello and happy Friday! Today I'm showing you one of the cards I'm offering in one of my classes in November. Actually, you may have seen it in the Holiday Catalogue - I CASEd it. ;)

This card is quick and easy thanks to the Flurry of Wishes Bundle. I started with a Pool Party base and stamped the largest snowflake in Lost Lagoon. Next, on a piece of vellum, I heat embossed the remaining snowflakes in white. The two smaller ones are punched with the Snow Flurry Punch and the larger one coordinates with the Flower Medallion Punch.

To adhere my vellum, I used the Fine Tip Glue Pen - love it! To finish off the front, I added a few jewels and a sentiment from the same set that I heat embossed and punched with the Washi Label Punch. I kept the inside simple by just stamping the large snowflake.

Until next time, stay crafty!
Steph

Punched Snowman

Happy Wednesday! Sorry I missed ya on Monday, I was busy eating turkey and celebrating with my family (Canadian Thanksgiving). Today I've got another quickie project for you. One you can easily make during your busy week. Check it out:

The snowman was created with circle punches and the hat was made with a square punch. Quick and easy! You could leave the snowman as is, but I opted for a little stamping, using the Holly Jolly Greetings set. I really love this set because it's a nice mix of images and text. I also used "jolly" and "peace" from the same set to create a couple of banners. The "Merry Christmas" is from the stamp set Petite Pairs.

I adhered my snowman on some Home for Christmas DSP and then mounted that on some Silver Foil and Basic Black mats. Before adhering that down, I ran my card layer through the Big Shot using the Softly Falling TIEF. This one gives such lovely texture!

On the inside, I added a few more tiny snowflakes and punched stars... and a little room for writing. ;)

Until next time, stay crafty!
Steph

Revamping

Happy Friday!! Are you excited for the weekend? I plan to be in my studio working away, preparing for my upcoming classes and shows! I wrote a while back about how I came across a bin full of last years card kits and other goodies and this was one kit I revamped for this years' selection. The DSP is now retired, but it works well with some of this years' Holiday Catalogue product. Plus, you can easily adapt the layout for any paper or product. Check it out...

All the images are from the awesome Flurry of Wishes stamp set. It coordinates beautifully with two punches, one of which can be bundled to save yourself an extra 15%!

I started by stamping a snowflake in a similar colour tone on my card base and then layered by two DSP pieces (3" x 4", I believe) on top. Before doing that though, I punched all the corners with the Curvy Corner Trio Punch - so versatile!

It's hard to tell in the photo, but there are four snowflakes that are both heat embossed and punched using the snowflake punch. The best part about this is that the two snowflakes line up perfectly for the double-snowflake punch!

The sentiment is from the same set and punched out with the Note Tag Punch and then accented with a bow and tiny wooden snowflake.

Until next time, stay crafty!
Steph