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HO HO HO – Ten-Minute CAS Christmas Card

Hello! Today I am sharing a CAS Christmas card that took almost no time to create.

The card base was stamped with the Taylored Expressions Buffalo Plaid background stamp. I cut the sentiment from glitter cardstock with the Lawn Fun Alpha dies and adhered the letters to a rectangle cut with one of the Small Stitched Rectangle Stacklets. The sentiment panel was attached to the background with foam adhesive squares.

I like this card’s “on trend” background with a little bit of bling from the glitter cardstock.

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Winter Wishes – Die-cut Ornaments

Hello! I like the ornament motif on holiday cards, and I have a collection of ornament dies. Today, I am sharing a card showcasing the newest addition to my collection – the Poppy Stamps Pinpoint Shaker Ornament. I liked it so much, I cut it twice!

The Poppy Stamps Pinpoint Shaker Ornament die is designed to work with the Retro Ornaments die set. I don’t own that set but found that the Impression Obsession Vintage Ornament die set worked for my purposes. I white heat-embossed one of my favorite sentiments (from the now-retired Hero Arts Operation Write Home Winter Wishes set) on deep blue cardstock. I cut the other ornament from pink cardstock and added a Savvy Stamps snowflake.

The ornament strings were cut with the Impression Obsession Vintage Ornament set. To create the background, I stamped the Taylored Expressions Snow Day Background stamp in Sea Glass ink on white cardstock.

Supplies: Memory Box Pinpoint Shaker Ornament, Impression Obsession Vintage Ornament, Savvy Stamps Winter Snowflakes, Taylored Expressions Snow Day Background

The 25 Days of Christmas Tags 2018 – Day 1

Hello! Today I am sharing a Christmas tag as part of the 25 Days of Christmas Tags event. I was inspired by Lin Brandyberry’s Snowman tag on Day 1. I have wanted to use the Simon Says Stamp Picture Book Snowman die for awhile, and this event provided just the opportunity.

I cut the snowman from Marshmallow cardstock, the scarf and hat band from Crimson Glitter cardstock, and the hat from black glitter paper in the AC pack. The eyes, nose, and buttons were cut from black foil cardstock.

I used a now-retired My Favorite Things tag set for the actual tag, which I cut from patterned paper in my stash. I heat-embossed the sentiment from the My Favorite Things Snow Globe Sentiments set on another piece of patterned paper, which I cut with the same tag die and attached underneath the other piece (which I trimmed a bit). I used Doodlebug Design twine to finish off the tag.

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Spellbinders and Fun Stampers Journey Are Coming Together

Did you hear? As of November 1, Fun Stampers Journey and Spellbinders are coming together! Not only will the shop now offer over 2500 products, but will also provide you with one check-out (shop both brands on the same website) AND a $5 flat rate shipping on orders under $75 and FREE shipping on orders over $75!

Did you know?

FSJ stamps are made in the USA of deeply etched red rubber for a perfect impression every time.
The FSJ thin metal dies are made of steel to give you clean cuts without warping or dulling. And, they’re coated in FSJ green so they’re easy to find!
FSJ offers over 50 exclusive colors – matching cardstock, ink, ribbon and accessories makes creating easy!
Over 50% of FSJ stamps have coordinating dies – no more fussy cutting!

I am sharing two projects featuring Fun Stampers Journey and Spellbinders products. Let’s take a look!

My first card features the Adore Him stamp set with coordinating dies. I love that the sentiments have their own dies; it takes away all of the stress!

I stamped the wise men with a magenta ink. I heat-embossed, with gold powder, the buildings, the sentiment, and the star. I used Holiday Sparkles Gems to finish the scene. CAS, elegant, fast and easy!

For my second card, I added a little cozy to the card by dry-embossing Candy Apple cardstock with the Cozy Knit Embossing Folder.

I cut the Gingerbread Boy from Oatmeal Cookie cardstock and added Candy Cane Buttons. I used a sentiment from the Charming Tag Sentiments set.

Thanks for visiting!

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Simon Says Stamp – Picture Book Mash-Up

Hello! Today, I am sharing a CAS winter-themed card featuring a mash-up of two of the Picture Book dies from Simon Says Stamp – the Picture Book Bear and the Picture Book Snowman. I used the Bear die to create a Polar Bear whom I dressed with the scarf from the Snowman set!

Echo Park patterned paper in my stash was used for the scarf, the background in the picture frame, and for the card base.

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