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Monday Montage Blog Hop – Week 58

Hello friends! Welcome back to the Monday Montage Blog Hop! You may have gotten here from the amazing Bree Renwick’s blog, make sure you select the “next” button below and that will take you to the next stop on the hop, the wonderful Dani Dziama’s blog.  I am sure we all have something special to share today!

I needed a cute card for exercise instructor at work and I had made some cute tags earlier in the week so I kinda made the tag bigger and turned it into this cute card 🙂

This card came together quickly and easily and it features one of the deer images from the Home for Christmas DSP.  Soooo love this paper!  The base is Very Vanilla with a centerpiece built on a piece of Mint Macaron die cut with the Lots of Labels Thinlits set.  Snowflake images from Jolly Christmas were stamped in Mint Macaron on the label.  A bit of doily, a pretty vellum strip, enamel dots and gold thread added lots of glitz to the finished card.  The sentiment is from Oh, What Fun, I love this set so much and have been using the sentiments on nearly every holiday creation this week!

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Home for Christmas

Home for Christmas Stampin' Up

Home for Christmas

I hope you enjoy our hop today and are inspired to make something pretty!  Happy Holidays!

I am heading to Breckenridge in the morning to enjoy a week there with family…we have so much fun playing in the snow and enjoying the season 🙂

Don’t forget the Year End Sale going on now!  Check out my specials page for all of the sale items.  Our December Daily Online Class is available, don’t feel like it is too late to start!  Honestly, I have not actually put one page together yet, that is going to have to happen after the holidays….I’ve just been too busy making memories to record them!  But I have my photos and when I have a few minutes in late December or early January, I will have a wonderful book full of this year’s special moments 🙂  See my class link for more information!

Thanks for letting me share, have a great week filled with inspiration and beauty!

Make sure you go “Back” if you missed Bree Renwick or you can loop on around by hitting the “Next” button to get to Dani Dziama and the rest of the hop!

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Dove of Peace, a really BIG class & a really BIG sale!

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I have so much to share this morning!   A beautiful card, a fantastic class and the last day of the Online Extravaganza!  So pull up a comfy chair and a nice warm coffee (or tea or whatever makes you happy) and enjoy 🙂

I’ve been thinking about this card ever since I got the Dove of Peace Stamp … I knew I had to create something with this stamp and this technique!  Super simple with lots of wow factor.  The dove is white embossed on watercolor paper and then randomly watercolored with blues and greens (Island Indigo, Lost Lagoon, Mossy Meadow, Soft Sky, Bermuda Bay and Wild Wasabi).  The Soft Sky base cardstock is stenciled with Whisper White Craft Ink using the stars mask from the Hearts and Stars Decorative Mask set.  Final touches were the “peace” die cut in Silver Foil with the Christmas Greetings Thinlets, an Iced Rhinestone and Silver Thread.  The results are stunning!  There was a terrible shooting in Colorado Springs on Black Friday and all I want for Christmas is peace for all.

Dove of Peace Stampin' Up

Dove of Peace Stampin’ Up

Dove of Peace Stampin' Up

Dove of Peace Stampin’ Up

Dove of Peace Stampin' Up

Dove of Peace Stampin’ Up

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Hello December December Daily Class

Hello December December Daily Class

The next big news that I am super, duper excited to share about is a big project I have been working on with my bestie Kimberly!  We are offering an online class to help you create your very own 2015 December Daily book using the Hello December 2015 Project Life Suite from Stampin’ Up.  This product suite is gorgeous!  The class includes detailed instructions to create your own beautiful book, daily prompts and inspiration and membership in an exclusive closed Facebook Group for additional daily inspiration and idea sharing!  You won’t want to miss out on this!  See all of the details and options HERE.

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Online Extravaganza!

Online Extravaganza!

The last thing I want to share is that it’s Cyber Monday and the very last day of the big Online Extravaganza!  There have been some really great deals on this sale and today there are great 24 hour flash sale items too!  I am posting all of the sale items at the bottom of this post for your convenience.  These prices are while supplies last, so don’t wait!

Thanks for stopping by this morning!  Don’t miss our Hello December class or the big sale!  I hope I’ve inspired you to make something pretty today 🙂

These items are 50% off through 11/30 only!

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These items are 40% off through 11/30 only!

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These items are 20% off through 11/30 only!

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Wonderland

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Monday Montage Blog Hop – Week 57

Hello friends! Welcome back to the Monday Montage Blog Hop! You may have gotten here from the amazing Bree Renwick’s blog, make sure you select the “next” button below and that will take you to the next stop on the hop, the wonderful Dara Gloden’s blog.  I am sure we all have something special to share today!

It’s been cold and snowy all Thanksgiving weekend here in Colorado.  It’s really beautiful!  I have enjoyed looking at the snowy wonderland out my windows and I was inspired to make yet another project with the Wonderland Stamp Set this week! This time I used non-traditional colors in blue tones, I think this adds to the snowy effect.

The trees are stamped several times in Island Indigo Classic Ink, Soft Sky Classic Ink and Whisper White Craft Ink.  Lot’s of sparkle is added with Two-Way Glue and Dazzling Diamonds.  The sentiment if from the Jolly Christmas Stamp Set.  Final touches include some Vanilla Seam Binding, a snowflake and a pearl.  Super simple and elegant.

A friend of mine climbed the Manitou Incline today and sent this pic from the top….it looks snowy and peaceful, just like my card 🙂  Isn’t that an amazing view?  Colorado at it’s very best.

Manitou Incline

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Wonderland Stampin' Up

Wonderland Stampin' Up

I hope these images give you a glimpse of lovely Colorado today and inspire you to make something pretty!  Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanks for letting me share, have a great week filled with inspiration and beauty!

Make sure you go “Back” if you missed Bree Renwick or you can loop on around by hitting the “Next” button to get to Dara Gloden and the rest of the hop!

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Greetings From!

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Guess what I have for you tonight?  Another super cute card using a set that is currently on sale for 30% off!  This set of notecards was designed by my bestie Kimberly Van Diepen, aren’t these the cutest evah?  And isn’t this a must have set????

All of these cute images come from the Greetings From Photopolymer set.  They were stamped on watercolor paper and then colored in with an aqua painter and ink.  Images from a new set in the upcoming Occasions Catalog (available January 5th) provide the grungy backgrounds.  I’m pretty excited about this set being released, it’s called Timeless Textures and I suspect it will see lots of ink in my stamp room!

Greetings From Stampin' Up

Greetings From Stampin’ Up

Greetings From Stampin' Up

Greetings From Stampin’ Up

You can find the entire list of sale items currently on sale until 11/30 HERE.

Don’t these fun projects just make you want to make a stack of your own cute notecards?

 

Lovely Amazing Extravaganza!

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It’s Day 2 of the gigantor online sale….have you ordered your lovelies yet???  If you haven’t, this project will add this set to your must have list and guess what, it’s on sale 🙂

My card tonight is an old one from my stash and features balloon images from Celebrate Today and one of the sentiments from Lovely Amazing You.  That font is swoon-a-liscious!  Lovely Amazing You is 20% off while supplies last and has the best sentiments in the prettiest font!  I honestly can’t remember what colors I used in this card…rut roh.  The balloons are on watercolor paper, some are white embossed with the stars from Celebrate Today and then cut out with the Balloon Framelits set.  I love how all of these products coordinate to give you the tools to make something visually amazing in just a few minutes!  The sentiment is white embossed on vellum and die cut.

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Lovely Amazing You Stampin’ Up

Lovely Amazing You Stampin' Up

Lovely Amazing You Stampin’ Up

Thanks for stopping by today….I hope you’re inspired to make something pretty!

 

Online Extravaganza!

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Online Extravaganza!

Online Extravaganza!

Woot!  The big Online Extravaganza Sale is here!  This sale starts on 11/23 and runs until 11/30 with two days of 24-hour flash sales.  The first flash sale is Monday, 11/23, only and features buy 3, get 1 free select Designer Series Paper packs!  This is a great deal and a great time to stock up!  The Envelope and Gift Box Punch Boards are 30% during this first flash sale too.

The complete list of sale items can be found HERE.  Why go out and fight the crazy shopping crowds this week when you can shop from the convenience of your computer anytime you want?  No parking, no lines and no headaches!  Click HERE to shop now!

Lots of other goodies are on sale and today I am featuring an adorable card made with one of the stamp sets that is 30% off throughout the sale.  It is a great set to use with Project Life too, when you are documenting your vacation travels.

I used the Map it Out Photopolymer set.  It is found online only and is not in the catalog.  You can find all of the online only photopolymer sets HERE.

I just spent the last week and a half in Florida with my bestie and yesterday, alas, it was time to come home.  This card expresses how I was feeling about leaving.  We had soooooo much fun, laughed till we cried.  And till our sides hurt.  We get in plenty of ab work when we are together just laughing!

The main image from the set is white embossed on watercolor paper.  Next random color was added with an aqua painter.  A tiny banner was added to the top left corner and a simple sentiment banner was white embossed on vellum and stretched across the US image at an angle.  That amazing sentiment is a sneak peak of a new set that is coming in the Occasions Catalog January 5th.  I just know it is going to see a lot of ink in my stamp room…LOVE this new set!  The airplane came out of the Greetings From photopolymer set.  It’s on sale for 30% off too and is another great Project Life set!  It was stamped with Stazon ink on Silver Foil and cut out.

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Map it Out Stampin’ Up

Map it Out Stampin' Up

Map it Out Stampin’ Up

Don’t miss these super cute sets!  I know I have to have them for my memory keeping!  Thanks for visiting today, I hope you are inspired to make something pretty 🙂

 

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Peaceful Wreath

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I played with the Peaceful Wreath Stamp Set and Wonderful Wreath Framelits today.  My idea was to change it up to not so traditional Christmas colors and I love how the card came out!  This card looks lots more complicated than it actually was to make, lotsa wow factor!  Nothing about it is perfectly placed, it is a lovely, random mess of pretty 🙂

The base of the card front is watercolor paper cut slightly smaller than usual:  3 3/4 x 4 3/4.  The large bough image from the set is white embossed randomly on the watercolor paper and then watercolored in Mint Macaron and Mossy Meadow ink.  No effort was made to “stay in the lines”, just random watercoloring on and around the images.  The wreath image was white embossed on vellum and then cut out with the wreath thinlit die.  A star banner (from the Mini Treat Bag Thinlit die set) was cut out of Mint Macaron.

The sentiment banner is stamped on Whisper White card stock, the “Peace” is offset from “to the world” on the banner so the banner fits under the right side of the wreath.  Sparkly embellishments are Mint Macaron and Silver Foil stars punched with the Confetti Stars Border Punch and rhinestones randomly scattered around the rest of the elements.

I thought the card needed a pop of another color and the Blossom Accent in Watermelon Wonder worked perfectly for that.  There is a little halo of Silver Thread added under the blossom for a tiny extra detail.  The finished card front is adhered to a Mint Macaron base.

I’m only in Florida for a few more days, this has been once again a wonderful time of creativity unleashed in so many ways!  My cup is (almost) full.

I hope you love this card as much as I do and it inspires you to make something lovely today!

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Peaceful Wreath Stampin’ Up

Peaceful Wreath Stampin' Up

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Skating By

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Tomorrow is my sweet boy’s birthday, 23rd birthday to be exact!  How did that happen exactly???  I must have had him when I was 10 or something!  Right???!?

Tomorrow is all about him and he has loved skateboarding since he was little.  In his honor, I used the Skating By Stamp Set to commemorate his special day.

The main image is heat embossed in black on watercolor paper and then watercolored with color squished into the ink pad lid and an aqua painter.  After it was colored, the image was cut out.  Isn’t coloring fun?  It’s not just for kids anymore 🙂

The cut out image is popped up with dimensionals on the card front and the birthday sentiment from the set is added as a banner.  The red striped washi tape is from the Hello December 2015 Accessory Kit.  Love, love, love!

I hope you are inspired to make something pretty today!

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Skating By Stampin’ Up

Skating By Stampin' Up

Skating By Stampin’ Up

 

Party Wishes…

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I have a cute and easy project for you today using an upcoming set from the Occasions Catalog:  Party Wishes.  I think I have trouble with super simple lol!  I just didn’t love this card as I was making it, it felt naked or something.  The struggle is real!  I’ve fallen for it now that it’s complete and I’m sharing it with you 🙂

I used the Party Wishes stamp set and the It’s My Party Designer Series Paper Stack.  The solid cake was stamped in Mint Macaron and then cut out.  The sentiment was stamped on a piece of vellum and cut to the same size as my DSP.  I then lined the cake up under the vellum and adhered it to the DSP using dimensionals.   The vellum was stapled on top, slightly offset.  A piece of Melon Mambo was added along with small banners at the top.  A few other touches and voila…a cute birthday card for someone!  Embellishing with staples is a great way to not only secure your card elements but add dimension to it as well.  They have become one of my favorite accessories and you will see them often in my creations.  They are a “must have” item in my book!

Party Wishes Stampin' Up

Party Wishes Stampin’ Up

Party Wishes Stampin' Up

Party Wishes Stampin’ Up

I am still in Pensacola at Kimberly’s which means I am getting to use her super cute photo backdrop.  Love, love, love!  We are working on something big right now…stay tuned for more info!  I promise you won’t be disappointed 🙂

Thanks for stopping by and I hope I’ve inspired you to create something pretty today.

P. S. Again, the stamp set and DSP are not part of the product showcase below since they are not yet available for order.  They will be available on January 5, 2016 or for pre-order for demonstrators only on December 3, 2015.

 

Birthday Blooms!

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I am soooo excited about the new Occasions Catalog that is being released by Stampin’ Up in January!  I am still enjoying every second of the Holiday Catalog but I cannot lie, I do love new goodies 🙂  This new catalog features lots of fun new stamps and coordinating dies and some really fun new accessories….what’s not to get excited about I ask?

Here is a sneaky peak of a tag I made with a new stamp set and Designer Series Paper that will be available on January 5, 2016.  Happy, happy new year to us 🙂

I am sure you have not noticed that I am obsessed with watercolor, the big flower image in the Birthday Blooms set is absolutely PERFECT for watercoloring.  I white embossed the image on watercolor paper and then used Watermelon Wonder, Pool Party, Mint Macaron and Mossy Meadow re-inkers to watercolor.  It is lovely!  Super easy to pop on the sentiment embossed on vellum and staple everything to a tag cut out of the Birthday Bouquet Designer Paper.

Do you want these beauties right now???  As a demonstrator, we can pre-order the Occasions Catalog items on December 3rd!!  Contact me for more information.

Stampin' Up Holiday Occasions - Birthday Blooms

Stampin’ Up Holiday Occasions – Birthday Blooms

 

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope I’ve inspired you to create something beautiful today!

P.S.  I couldn’t include the new catalog items in the product showcase since they are not available for purchase yet ….