Welcome to the December, 2024 edition of the Sparkles Christmas Challenge! I’m hosting this month’s challenge and I chose Snowflakes for our theme. When you get finished here, I hope you will visit the challenge site to view the creations from the very talented members of our design team. After you’ve created your own themed card, please don’t forget to upload it to our gallery.
Here’s my card based on a Christmas song:
It Pays to be a Paper Collector:
At first, I didn’t know what I was going to do for this challenge theme. In the end, I think it turned out great.
Sometimes it really comes in handy to be a collector of DSP (designer series paper), even though I have purged an incredible amount of paper in the past 6 months. I did keep just a bit of retired Christmas DSP, and this paper comes from that stash. As a matter of fact, the DSP, embossing folder, Poppy Parade ribbon, and stamp set are all retired. I guess it’s time to purge some more. I’ll make two girls very happy, again, when they get yet more hand-me-downs of craft supplies.
The current products are the deckled rectangle die set, which I used to crop the DSP on the front. The deckled circle dies used to crop out the Shaded Spruce mat and the white cardstock sentiment circles are also current.
Thank you very much for stopping by today!
Have a Peachy Day!
Sue
Two fabulous new kits!
This new Layered Landscapes kit is absolutely fabulous! Just take a look:
Here’s the unboxing video:
Of course, this kit comes with step-by-step instructions, as seen below:
If you like to water-color, this next kit is for you!
Product Details:
Embrace your creative side with the Nature’s Paintings Kit. This unique kit includes everything you need for a fun creative experience: a coloring book, watercolor pencils, and a water painter. All you need is some imagination and water! Create lovely, picturesque images using advanced coloring techniques with this craft kit. Or make something that’s never been seen before—like green flowers with purple leaves. Keep it realistic or color outside the lines—it’s up to you. And once you’re done, you can use your finished artwork to create a one-of-a-kind card front!
Kit includes: * Predesigned projects * Line art illustrations * Step-by-step instructions * 24 watercolor paper pages, 2 each of 12 designs * 8 Watercolor Pencils * 1 Water Painter * Coloring Book: 4-1/2″ x 6″ x 1/2″ (11.4 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm) * A 9-7/8″ x 6-1/2″ x 1-3/4″ (25.1 x 16.5 x 4.4 cm) printed designer box for storage or crafting on the go
Product colors: Berry Burst, Coastal Cabana, Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso, Flirty Flamingo, Garden Green, Pumpkin Pie, Red
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Welcome back to the Cardz 4 Guyz biweekly challenge. Our host for challenge #333, Melanie, chose spooky, or scary, or birds for the theme. The sky is the limit with these three options! When you finish here, I hope you will visit the challenge site to see the rest of the projects from the other design team members. As always, I’m blown away by the creativity and individuality when interpreting the challenges. We’d love to have you play along, so please upload your creations to our gallery.
I combined some new and some retired products for my “spooky” card, although I don’t really think it is spooky or scary.
Here’s my card:
Honestly, I just kept staring at the papers I have left from my Them Bones paper share. I was completely lost until I started looking at sketch challenges and found the Try Stampin’ on Tuesday’s challenge # 628. Once I had that sketch, everything else just fell into place rather quickly. I always love to participate in the TSOT challenges, and have been honored to have been picked as one of the top three a number of times the latest of which you can find here.
Here’s the sketch:
Measurements:
The Starry Sky base measures 8-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches, scored at 4-1/4 inches.
Trim a piece of the Them Bones DSP (designer series paper) to 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches.
Trim a coordinating piece of DSP to 1-1/4 by 5-3/8 inches for the left panel.
The mat for the rectangle DSP piece measures 2-3/8 by 4 inches.
I trimmed the smaller, matted DSP according to the section of the pattern on the DSP. See the image below:
I’ve already used the Trick or Treat panel, and you can see that card here
I cropped a deckled circle from white cardstock for stamping.
The sentiment banner is the smallest deckled rectangle die.
I punched a 1-inch circle from a piece of 6 x 6 InColor DSP for the envelope flap.
Stamping & Assembly:
Stamp the skeleton heads from Cutest Halloween on the white cardstock in Smoky Slate ink.
Stamp the face using Starry Sky ink.
Crop the deckled circle. Outline the circle with a Smoky Slate Stamping Write Marker.
Use multipurpose liquid glue to adhere the DSP pieces.
Wrap Starry Sky and white baker’s twine around the DSP and adhere in the back using tear & tape.
Add dimensionals to the back of the circle and adhere to the front of the card.
After cleaning a piece of Starry Sky cardstock using your embossing buddy, stamp the sentiment, from a Banner Year stamp set, using VersaMark ink.
Cover with embossing powder and heat set using your heat tool.
Stamping a couple of cobwebs from the Banner Year stamp set in Starry Sky ink.
Crop using a deckled rectangle die.
Finishing the Inside and the Envelope:
I used the letters from the Letters for You retired stamp set in Starry Sky ink. There are some stamp and die sets with which I will not part, and this is one of them.
I stamped the spiders and webs from the Banner Year stamp set in Smoky Slate ink
Finally, I stamped more spiders and webs on the envelope flap and on the front of the card.
With that, I’d finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set.
The current online exclusives will be updated with new products available to customers on November 6, 2023. Demonstrators are able to pre-order and one of the products I already purchased is the Fluffiest Friends bundle. I can not begin to tell you how stinking cute these critters are!!! I’ll be playing with these this coming weekend and will share as soon as I get it done. Oh! My! Glory! So, so, so cute!!!
Of course, you can see for yourself if you join now! Especially since there’s currently a joining bonus promotion!
Welcome to the bi-weekly Make My Monday challenge. I’m the host for challenge # 207, and I chose three of anything as the theme.
When you finish here, I hope you will visit the challenge site to see the projects created by the rest of the design team. We would love to see your “three of anything” creations uploaded to our gallery!
Here’s my three of anything card:
I think I might have gone a little bit overboard with the groups of three. Three ladybugs, three white circles, three Sweet Sorbet circles, and three sets of googly-eyes. I. just can’t seem to put these ladybugs together without using googly eyes. Admit it – they are stinking cute with those eyes!
What You Need:
A Sweet Sorbet base trimmed to 5-1/2 by 8-1/2 inches, scored at 4-1/4 inches.
The background DSP (designer series paper) comes from the Zany Zoo suite. It measures 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches. Then, I outlined it with a black Stamping Write Marker to give it some definition.
Trim another piece of DSP to 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap.
Punch a 1-inch circle of coordinating Sweet Sorbet 6 x 6 inch DSP for the envelope seal.
Punch 3 black ladybug bodies and 3 Sweet Sorbet sets of wings.
I punched three vellum cardstock wings as well.
Those circles! Did you notice the deckled circles? They can be found in the new mini-catalog which goes live September 6, 2023. I cropped three white and three Sweet Sorbet deckled circles.
Trim a piece of white cardstock to 5-1/4 by 4 inches for the inside of the card. I. don’t know the purpose of this all occasion card yet, so I didn’t stamp an inside sentiment.
Putting the Card Together:
I only added dimensionals to the bottom, right-hand ladybug and the sentiment. I used multipurpose liquid glue to adhere everything else.
Wrap a piece of the metallic Sweet Sorbet ribbon around the DSP and tie it in a bow.
Glue the white circles to the Sweet Sorbet circles.
Stamp the Sweet Sorbet wings using the dots stamp from the Hello Ladybug stamp set using Momento Tuxedo Black ink.
Layer the Sweet Sorbet wings on the vellum wings so the vellum barely shows between the wings and the body of the ladybugs.
Then adhere the Sweet Sorbet circles to the DSP using multipurpose liquid glue.
Adhere the ladybugs to the circle mats.
Stamp the sentiment in Tuxedo Black and crop using a label die.
Punch a tiny dot from the top of the label and thread a small piece of the metallic ribbon through the hole. I used a piece of tear & tape on the back to secure it in place.
Using dimensionals, adhere the sentiment to the front of the card under the bow.
Since the googly eyes are self-adhesive, I just needed to peel the backing off and apply to the ladybugs. So stinking cute!
With that, I’d finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set.
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About Me
Welcome to Just Peachy Stamping by Sue Jackson: an independent Stampin' Up demonstrator.
Through Stampin' Up!, I happily share my love of papercrafting through sales, classes, small stamping group meet-ups and workshops. I think that being a teacher in my "real life", I have a unique approach to sharing my fantastic hobby. I look forward to connecting with you!
