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This is a funny pin I just finished. It was a bit of work but well worth it. I had seen a pin at split coast with crystal effects and wanted to try the technique. Supplies Paper- Whisper white, Riding hood Red, Kiwi Kiss, Baha Breeze, Close to Cocoa, Pumpkin Pie Ink - Black Stazon Stamps - Holiday Line up, Punch pals Accessories - Ruby Red, Old Olive, Close to Coco, Chocolate chip Stamp'in write markers, blender pens, Crystal Effects, Tombow, Coluzzel, Pin back Process Start by stamping the snowmen from the Holiday line up set with black Stazon ink on Whisper white card stock Stamp the same image on scraps of the following card stock Riding hood Red, Kiwi Kiss, Baha Breeze, Close to Cocoa, Pumpkin Pie Cut out hats, mittens, and scarves and arrange on Whisper White pin surface. When you are happy with your choices use stamp'in write markers to color and decorate areas that will not have colored card stock. I use blender pens to create dimension and fill areas. Glue down color...

This is a project I finished for each family member for Christmas and hung them on our tree. They are cones that I filled with goodies. Everyone loved them, and they were pretty easy to make. Supplies Paper - Riding Hood Red, Belle Rose Designer Series Paper Ink - Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red Stamps - Lovely Letters Accessories - Pennant die, Pretties kit, Whisper White taffeta ribbon, Kiwi Kiss ribbon, Large eyelets, Crop-a-dile, 1 3/4 circle punch, Tombow, Library clips. Process Cut 2 large pennants with Riding Hood Red Card stock Cut 2 small pennant with Bella Rose Designer Series Paper Trim scallops on one of the small pennants Glue them together with different sides showing to take advantage of two sided patterns. Using a 1 " strip of coordinating Bella Rose Designer Series Paper cut out the scallops of the large pennant 3 times. Adhere to top and side edges on pennant. Using pretties kit make a dangling ornament a the bottom and tie a bow using whisper white taffeta ribb...

It's time to retire sets Boo hoo! This is the Pretty Peony set one that is retiring and I wanted to share with you a card I made with it. If you are interested in this set only 3 weeks till it and other's are gone forever! Pretty Peony Card Supplies - Cameo Carmel, Mellow Moss, Whisper White Stamps - Pretty Peony (retiring), Sanded, Canvas (retiring), Best Yet (retiring) Ink - Cameo Coral, Ruby Red, Certainly Celery and Mellow Moss Craft ink, Mellow Moss Classic ink Accessories - Stamp-a-ma-jig, Cutter kit, Stampin Dimensionals Paper Start by using stamp-a-ma-jig to stamp large flower on white card stock. Use cameo coral and Ruby red Craft ink lighter color first darker second . Set aside to dry Follow same procedure with smaller flower on scrap white, set aside to dry. When dry cut out smaller flower Stamp leaves on bigger flower using Certainly Celery and Mellow Moss craft ink, set aside to dry Stamp off using mellow moss ink and the sanded background on the la...

This is the project we did this month at the Syracuse monthly stamp ten. This group loves to stamp and they always amaze me with their interest in stamping. This page was inspired by some one else's blog but as always happens I can't remember where I found it Duh! So this is not my design but some wonderful stamper on the internet! Anyways I have not had a chance to to use the peace love and cheer die so this project was perfect for it. Supplies Paper - Real Red, Baha Breeze, Whisper White, Ski Slope Designer Series Paper Stamps - Snow swirled, snow burst Ink - Whisper white craft, Real Red Accessories - Snowflakes 1&2, Peace Joy Love Cheer Dies, Small star and big star, and circle punches, Stampin Dimensional, dauber, Tombow Adhesive I love Stampin ups tombow Adhesive. It works great when trying to glue Designer Series paper to any surface. In addition if you apply the adhesive to any surface and let it dry it becomes repositionable! It works great to make stencils ou...

Wow it has been so long! I just finished my wrapping, cards are done and sent, and preparations for Christmas eve and Christmas dinner are done too! I finally have a second to post! So here goes. Supplies Stamps - A Cardinal Christmas, Sanded Paper - Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White, Real Red Ink - Always artichoke, Kiwi Kiss, Black Stazon Accessories - Top Note Die, real red grosgrain ribbon, water color crayons Start by taking a sheet of whisper white and Real Red and running them through the big shot with the top note die Trim the white at the dotted line Stamp with black Stazon on White card stock using a cardinal image Color Cardinal using water color crayons and aqua painters Adhere to red background stamp Merry Christmas with black Stazon Using both Kiwi kiss and always artichoke stamp alternately the holly along the side of a kiwi kiss card stock Assemble and add red ribbon