Mine and Hers…

I don't talk about my kids on here (usually) unless it involves stamping.  Well, this time it does!  My now 7 year old loves to stamp – has since she could say the word "stamping" and that was probably 18 months!  LOL  So every now and then she takes a packet that I have leftover of precut materials.  Sometimes she attempts to copy my card exactly, sometimes she's goes totally on her own.  Okay, she mostly goes totally on her own!  I wanted to show you her latest creation…

I wonder if you'll be able to tell who made which one! 

Can you tell which one she made?

If not, here's hers…

And here's mine…

My version is a pretty close CASE to a card I think I saw on our Stampin' Up! demonstrator homepage from a while ago.  It uses the Breast Cancer Stamp set "Strength and Hope" and "Vintage Vogue" stamp set. 

Other supplies used are:

Elegant Eggplant ink and CS
Crumb Cake ink and CS
Very Vanilla CS and ribbon
Self adhesive halfback pearls
Smooch Illuminate Top Coat

Not too shabby for 7 years old, huh?!   Later I'll show you another one of her creations!

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Do you have the Northern Flurry embossing folder?  You should!!  Check out these cards we made the other night at our final Christmas Card Club meeting.  Not only did members make 3 each of the following cards but they also received the Northern Flurry embossing folder for free with a a $50 order.  Now all of them loved the folder so much that they each took advantage of the free Northern Flurry embossing folder deal!  So I thought I would pass the same deal on to you as well!  This special is a 24 hour only special and will end Tuesday, December 13 at 8:00 EST.

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On this card we added a little Smooch Illuminate Top Coat to make the snowflakes stand out even more.

A little bling anyone?

I wish I could take full credit for this cutie patootie but I cannot.  I found him on our Demonstrator Web site!  Here the snowflakes are the background, not the main focus.

And I don't know if you can see it but the snowflakes here were embossed on Shimmery White card stock.  So pretty!  In case you can see it better here's a closeup.  And a few pearls is just enough to finish these snowflakes.

Poinsettias and Newspapers?

i just love this technique – stamping on your designer series paper!  I then colored in the poinsettia petals with a belnder pen and Cherry Cobbler ink.  It's a pretty simple card – especially if you take away the watercoloring portion.

And who doesn't love Cherry Cobbler and Crumb Cake together??

Some Christmas Cards…

Wow it's been a long time since I've posted anything!  Life has been busy!!

So, here are some Christmas cards my Christmas Card Club members made this month…

So most of these cards were inspired by or CASEs of cards I found on our Stampin' Up! demonstrator web site. 

Some of my favorite items used on these cards are:

Real Red and Silver Glimmer Paper both as gifts and the single star.

The Triple Treat Flower punch was used to make the bows on the gifts. 

Good old Lovely as a Tree stamp set was used to make the Christmas Tree branches. 

The Big Shot was used three times to create three different embossed backgrounds – the Stripes on the "star" card, the poinsettias, and the background behind the single tree.

The Cherry Cobbler baker's twine.

The Merry and Bright stamp from my new favorite Christmas set "Merry & Type".

The list goes on and on… hopefully you see some of your favorite items on these cards and find some inspiration as well!

Raining Flowers…

Kind of a silly title for a stamp set if you ask me but I do LOVE the stamp set!  I was looking through some old pictures and found this card I made this July.  I love the colors of this.  I think the picture is a little off for the colors but if I remember correctly the colors are Tangerine Tango, Pool Party, Early Espresso, Pear Pizzazz(?) and Blushing Bride.  Really some fun colors with a fun two step stamp set.  I hope those few people who received this card enjoyed it!