A Card with Cool Christmas Hues

What perfect colors in this week's challenge over at Create with Connie and Mary for conjuring up cool winter memories.  I love the addition of the Silver Foil and Glitter to enhance the Smokey Slate card base.  And the Pool Party and Coastal Cabana are so luscious together to evoke a magical snowy chilly feel.  You'll notice there isn't anything stamped.  Instead it's all Big Shot action for this card.  I have used the Expressions Thinlits and the Festive Flurry Framelits.  Seriously the Festive Flurry Bundle has been the most used item from the Holiday Catalog for me--how about you?

It's Not Too Late to be a Part of the Fun!

One of our classes at Craft & Create features this stylish and sleek wreath that can double as a candle ring centerpiece. Just lay the wreath on a cake plate riser, add candles, then add glass gems and in literally a minute and a half you have restyled your handmade wreath into a trendy centerpiece made with Stampin' Up! products.

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Last Chance for Blog Candy & Preview

Today is the last day of Preview Week for the Winter Collection of Create with Connie and Mary. We have a FREE tutorial for everyone and everyone has one last chance to win some blog candy. Pop on over to Create with Connie and Mary to see what fun we are having.

Speaking of having fun, I am having fun relaxing, shopping, and visiting with family at the beach house at Capistrano Beach. The other day I had some quiet time so I pulled out some stamp stuff. I decided to make one of my favorite types of projects and it's what I call I "box top"card/flat pouch. To make one you simply cut four squares of paper or card stock and fold each of them in half both directions. Then you adhere them in a plus shaped formation and then fold the sides in like the top of a card board box.

I used Baked Brown Sugar card stock and Season of Style DSP for my "box top" pouch and then I added a tag that I made using a few new things. The stamp image is from a new photopolymer set called Christmas Tagables and the tag pieces are from the Pop and Place tag kit. To ink the image I used Early Espresso and Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Write Markers. In between the two tags is a small Gold Foil Paper snowflake cut from the Festive Flurry framelits, I think it looks like a sheriffs badge.

Tucked inside my "box top" pouch is an ornament I made using the Festive Flurry bundle. First I stamped the three snowflakes with Versamark ink and then poured Heat and Stick Powder overtop. I heat set the powder and then added the Gold Glitter. With a little hot glue I layered the three snowflakes for lots of dimension. In the sun this sparkles like crazy.

Make this Festive Flurry Wreath

November 16th

Alameda County Fairgrounds, Pleasanton CA

Festive Flurry Wreath

This class features the Festive Flurry stamp set & Framelit bundle.  You will create a unique & sleek holiday wreath designed on a 12” wooden ring.  This wreath can be created in the Winter Frost color palette or the Season of Style color palette (photoed above)—you choose your favorite.  You will learn to make many varieties of the dimensional snowflakes and then add them to an array of designer print papers.

Class fee of $30 includes a packet full of:

·      All precut paper supplies

·      Ribbons & Embellishments

·      12” Wood Base

Class supply list of items to bring includes:

·      Multi-purpose glue

·      Bone folder

·      Personal Trimmer with a Scoring Blade

·      Ribbon scissors

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