Layered Delicate Ornaments

The Delicate Ornaments Framelits from Stampin' Up! are so beautiful! Look how pretty this one cut from Silver Glimmer Paper and then layered on a solid Night of Navy ornament is. The ornament topper is cut from a Gold Foil Sheet.

The base layer is Mellow Moss card stock embossed with the Fancy Fan embossing folder (retired). The sentiment is from Many Merry Messages (retired). I absolutely love the Real Red 3/8" Satin Woven Ribbon. It just looks so rich to me. And guess what? It's on the Clearance Rack for only $2.79.

You can order online here.  Current hostess code is  46CAQGS9. Or contact me about a group order.

Quick Last Minute Cards

Here's an idea for those of you who have procrasinated or anyone who has to make a lot of cards in a short amount of time.  Use the Jolly Jingles wheel on the bottom half of the card.  If only doing a card or two, inking the wheel on your ink pad is fine.  But, if you are doing lots of cards or any larger sized project (like a scrapbook page), you should use a Stampin' Around Cartridge with your wheel.  You can get the cartridges in black or uninked (you just add the color you want with a reinker) for Standard or Jumbo wheels (and uninked only for the Builder Wheels).  The cartridge just pops into your Stampin' Around Handle and keeps your wheel inked and stamping until the ink runs low (which is a long time).

Along the top of the card, add any stamp of interest.  I've shown two examples below.  One with a stamp from a retired set (but there is a very similar stamp in Delightful Dozen -- I actually like it better) and the other with stamps from Jolly Bingo Bits and Tags til Christmas.

The inside of the card has a nice sentiment from Many Merry Messages.  I also added the ornament from Jolly Bingo Bits down in the corner.

If you'd like more information about using wheels, Stampin' Up or any other stamping related questions, please feel free to contact me.  You can order the supplies to make these cards by contacting me or through my online store.

Thanks for stopping by my blog.  Sue Root, Independent Stampin' Up Demonstrator

Northern Hearts Christmas Card.

This Christmas card uses a retired set that I really like called Northern Hearts.  It was in last year's Holiday Mini Catalog.  If you didn't get it then, I have an extra set for sale.  Leave a comment or send an e-mail if you'd like it.  The sentiment comes from Many Merry Messages which can be ordered from my online store.



Big On Christmas and Texturz Plates

Another great stamp set that is retiring is Big on Christmas.  It has three large images that are the perfect size for the center panel of a trifold shutter card.  The size is large enough so you can use it as the focal point for a regular card as well.

Here are two trifold shutter cards.  I've made more, but these are the only ones I can find pictures of.  If I run across more later I'll add them.  Like I said, the image fits perfectly on the center panel.  I also used the Texturz plates that are retiring on the tree and the tree trunk.

 Happy Holidays Open:

Happy Holidays Closed:

Noel Open:

Noel Closed:

There were a few non-SU stamps on the Noel card but that's because this was made before I got Jolly Bingo Bits which has lots of images that would fit nicely on this card.

The card I made using Let It Snow had a large Big Shot die cut snowflake on the front and smaller ones inside.  I can't remember much else about it right now, but if you get Big On Christmas and want more details, I'll do my best to help.

Northern Flurry

This card uses the Northern Flurry embossing folder from the new Holiday Mini Catalog.  It is embossed on Tempting Turquoise from the Brights Patterns DSP pack and then sanded with a sanding block.