12 Weeks of Christmas-Week 9

Here is the 9th installment of the 12 weeks of Christmas. I made blocks that spell "JOY" and filled them with peppermint Ghirardelli chocolates. Once I had the template made, it was pretty easy to decorate them.







Ingredient List:
Stamp Set-Big Deal Alphabet
Card Stock-Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Garden Green, Merry Moments Designer Series Paper
Ink-Old Olive
Accessories-1" circle punch, sticky strip, clear rhinestone brads, jumbo snowflake punch

12 Weeks of Christmas-Week 8

Ingredient List:
Ornament Card-
Stamp Set-Pumpkin Patch (Holiday Mini Catty), Tree Trimmings, Short & Sweet
Card Stock-Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Bermuda Bay, Very Vanilla
Ink-Chocolate Chip, Bermuda Bay, Real Red, Old Olive
Accessories-Small oval punch, large oval punch, stampin dimensionals

Bag of Gift Tags-
Stamp Set-Christmas Punch (hostess set)
Card Stock-Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Bermuda Bay, Very Vanilla
Ink-Bermuda Bay, Real Red, Old Olive
Accessories-Wide oval punch, large oval punch, scallop oval punch, small tag punch, tag punch, boho blossoms punch, Real Red marker, Old Olive marker, Bermuda Bay marker, small cell bags, 1/4" Old Olive grosgain ribbon, Big Shot, Top Note die cut, staples, stampin' dimensionals

Challenge Week

I was reviewing some of the resource tutorials on Splitcoaststampers this week, and decided to try one that I have had my eye on for quite some time: the crimped envelope pocket card. I really had fun making this card set, again using two of my favorite stamp sets: the "Medallion" and "Friends 24-7."

Mojo Monday Challenge 113

Here's the challenge sketch, and my interpretation of the sketch below. I just love this "Friends 24-7" stamp set. It is one of my favorites. Funny, because I waited a long time debating whether or not to even get it. :)

Hotel Carpet Challenge

When I went to Convention in August, my roommates told me about a challenge that they had started last year: to make a card using the colors in the carpet of a facility--for them it was a restaurant (they said it was a hideous color combo). So we all had talked about doing the carpet challenge using the colors of the Salt Lake Convention Center carpet. For one reason or another, we never finished the challenge.

I really liked the idea, and with as much travel as I do with my (full-time) job, I thought it would be a wonderful challenge to start for all of the travel venues I use moving forward! One of the girls in my monthly club was with me on my most recent trip to Houston and we decided to take the challenge using only the colors in the carpet at the Hilton Americas Hotel in downtown Houston. If I'd been thinking, I would have taken a picture of the carpet to post so you could see where the inspiration came from, but I didn't. I will try to start doing that.

The Hotel Carpet Color Challenge included the following colors:
Taken With Teal
Chocolate Chip
Very Vanilla
Dusty Durango
Ruby Red
Old Olive

Here are the cards that we did. Mine is the first and hers is the second. We had so much fun doing these!!

12 Weeks of Christmas-Week 7

Gingerbread make me hungry! But that's the theme of this week's "12 Weeks of Christmas." I made little gingerbreads using only punches-no stamping. I've seen a lot of different punch gingerbreads floating around cyperspace, but I thought Patti's gingerbread is my favorite, thus my reason for creating them pretty much exatly like hers. :) Enjoy!





Ingredient List:
Gingerbread Card-
Stamp Set-Sweet Season
Card Stock-Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Whisper White, Old Olive
Ink-Chocolate Chip Classic Stampin' Pad
Accessories-White gel pen, 1-1/4" circle punch, Small tag punch, word window punch, heart to heart punch, 1/4" grosgran Chocolate Chip ribbon, glue dots, dimensionals, silver brads, wide oval punch

Gingerbread Treat Box-
Stamp Set-Christmas Punch (hostess)
Card Stock-Real Red, Close to Cocoa, Old Olive, Whisper White
Ink-Chocolate Chip
Accessories-white gel pen, 1-1/4" circle punch, small tag punch, word window punch, heart to heart punch, small oval punch, large oval punch, scallop oval punch, glue dots, dimensionals, Mistletoe ribbon

12 Weeks of Christmas-Week 6

When I first started these three items, I had a theme, but now looking at them I realize that theme is no longer and now I have three random projects that don't coordinate with one another...oh well. :)







Ingredient List:
Green Snowflake Card-
Stamp Set-Christmas Punch (hostess set)
Card Stock-Old Olive, Real Red, Whisper White
Ink-Old Olive, Real Red
Accessories-Scallop Edge punch, 1" circle punch, 1-1/4" circle punch, 1-3/8" circle punch, Boho Blossoms punch, Word Window punch, 5/8" grosgrain Old Olive ribbon, Button Latte Designer Buttons, Clear Rhinestone brads, dimensionals

Snowman Card-
Stamp Set-Simple Seasonal Thanks (holiday mini catalog)
Card Stock-Basic Black, Real Red, Whisper White
Ink-Basic Black
Accessories-Real Red marker, Pumpkin Pie marker, 1" circle punch, Real Red Brads, 3/4" polka-dot Real Red grosgrain ribbon, dimensionals
dazzling diamonds, 2-way glue pen

Candle-
Stamp Set-Holiday Best (hostess set)
Card Stock-Merry Moments Designer Series Paper, Chocolate Chip (for swirls on sides)
Ink-Chocoalte Chip
Accessories-candle from craft store, dimensionals, wide oval punch, 3/4" polka-dot Real Red grosgrain ribbon, Swirls Scribbles die cut, Big Shot cutting machine

October Hostess Gift

Here's the latest Milk Carton gift that I made for my October club hostess. Instead of a Halloween theme, I decided to just do pumpkins for fall using the "Pumpkin Patch" stamp set from the Holiday Mini Catty. :)

Halloween goodies

These are little treat boxes that I gave to my club members this month. Super easy when you have Stampin' Up's Big Shot. The pumpkins are made from punches. I made about 10 of these in about 30-45 mins.