Christmas - Right as Rain

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.

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Concord & 9th – Deck the Halls Turnabout

Hello! Today, I am sharing two cards of the same design featuring the Concord & 9th Deck the Hall Turnabout stamp.

I followed the directions on the packaging and stamped four different ink colors on both white and kraft cardstock. The possibilities are endless with the color combinations! I used the Holiday Cheer Tags stamp set to create the sentiment, wanting to show as much of the background as possible. I stamped the items first and then cut the cardstock with a Paper Smooches tag die.

I plan to revisit this Turnabout with another set of ink colors in the near future.

Supplies: Concord & 9th Deck the Hall and Holiday Cheer Tags stamp sets; Paper Smooches tag; Memento Lady Bug, Cottage Ivy, Bamboo Leaves, Toffee Crunch inks

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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Get Cozy – A CAS Holiday Card

Hello! Today, I am sharing a CAS holiday card that combines many of my favorite things – die-cuts, texture, twine, and a stamp set that is both a background and a sentiment!

I cut the mug from Candy Apple cardstock (FSJ) with the Penny Black What’s In Your Cup? die set and added a snowflake cut with the Lawn Fawn Mini Snowflakes set. I cut the steam for the mug with the same Penny Black set from vellum to which I had adhered double-sided adhesive. For the background, I stamped the Neat and Tangled Hello Winter stamp in Rich Cocoa ink. (There are similar Neat and Tangled stamp sets for Spring, Summer, and Fall.) I dry-embossed the card base with a Sizzix embossing folder (now retired) and finished it with Lawn Fawn twine.

Spellbinders Die D-Lites – Santa + Snowman

Hello and Ho, Ho, Ho! Today, I am sharing tags featuring Spellbinders Holiday Die D-Lites. I have used the Santa die set on one and the Snowman set on the other! Spellbinders has generously provided me with a Santa die set and Snowman die set to giveaway to one reader (US addresses only please). I have details on the giveaway at the end of the post.

On the Santa, the hat, the beard, the face, and the mustache were cut and embossed. I cut his hat from red cardstock and used a snow marker to add the white fur. Similarly, I cut his face from peach cardstock and used the snow marker to add his eyebrows.

There are lots of options on how to craft these sets. For example, I have seen examples where the hat and the face are cut from white cardstock and colored with Copic markers (in which case the fur pieces are left uncolored as are his eyebrows).

For the Snowman, I cut and embossed the hat, the face, the holly leaves and berries, and the scarf. I cut the hat and eyes from a black foil.

Using the die in the Happy Grams set, I cut patterned paper to create the tag bases. On both tags, I used a sentiment from the Charming Tag Sentiments set, which I cut with a die in the A-2 Matting Basics B set.

Now to the giveaway! I like all sorts of Christmas decorating styles and color combinations – whimsical, rustic/farmhouse, traditional, … and have decorated over the years in a number of different styles. To enter the giveaway (US addresses only please), simply comment on this post telling me your favorite Christmas decorating style by Thursday, October 25, 9 PM PDT. I’ll contact the winner on Friday, October 26.

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