Christmas Themed Facebook Hop!

Hello everyone! Golly, it's been a busy day! I worked at both of my part-time jobs!  Both took a while so I just arrived home!  Here I am FINALLY blogging! 

Tonight at 5pm PST I'll be participating in a Facebook Hop! You can click on the Facebook Icon to the right of this post and it should take you to my Stampin' UP! Facebook page where you can follow the hop!  

Here's what I'll be sharing on the hop!

Every month at my church we have a DOTK (Daughter of the King) meeting...I think I've mentioned it here before. We eat dinner together, pray, visit and sometimes we CREATE!  Last month I was able to teach the ladies how to make these cards!  I had a BLAST!!

I wanted to keep the card very simple because most ladies had never made cards before. This card has a Whisper White base, layer one is Basic Black and layer two is Merry Little Christmas Designer Series Paper. I pre-cut ovals using my Stitched Shapes framelits and each lady used the Lovely as a Tree stamp set to stamp the tree in Pear Pizzazz Ink. A piece of Pear Pizzazz 3/8" Shimmery Ribbon is wrapped around the  first and second layers and then the stamped tree image is adhered with dimensionals! The fun thing about this card, especially where we live, is that it can be used for more than just Christmas! 

The next card that we created has a Basic Black cardbase with a layer of Merry Little Christmas Designer Series Paper.  I pre-cut ovals again using my Stitched Shapes framelits and another piece of Merry Little Christmas dsp. The trees were also pre-cut using the Card Front Builder Framelits and are cut in Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer paper.  The trees are attached to the oval with dimensionals and the oval is attached to the base also using dimensional.  A bow was tied with a piece of 1/8" Real Red Solid Ribbon and was attached with Multipurpose glue and a Clear Faceted Gem was added to the top of the bow.

There were some Christmas sentiments available to choose from to add to the inside of the cards. It was a really FUN evening!

That's it for today!  THANKS BUNCHES for stopping by! I LOVE what I do and LOVE to share it with you...and others! 

Please go to my facebook page, like it, comment if you want and follow along to see all of the other FUN creations!! ENJOY!

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Place a $50.00 - $149.99 order (before tax and shipping) and use hostess code RN9TKZUF, in December, for a FREE gift of 1 Wink of Stella Brush (see image below). I will also send you the projects we make in my December classes!

If your order is $150 or more, DO NOT use the code because you will receive hostess credits. You will get the gift from me FREE automatically along with  the projects we make in December's classes!

Your FREE gifts will be shipped seperately and will be shipped in Early January!

~Today's Thought~

Stampin' Blends Markers and Merry Little Christmas Designer Paper

Hey their friends! FRIDAY has arrived!! Are you ready for your weekend? It's raining here and a bit chilly....perhaps a fire in the fireplace is in order tonight as we watch our shows that we record during the week! Lots of folks have fires going today and it's wonderful...SMELLS LIKE CAMPING! I've had a busy morning...had to go to the post office, to meet a friend and to DMV! I am BLESSED to live in a town where I can be in and out of the DMV and my post office in minutes! I've finished my errands and before I go out to my workshop I have another card to share with you using the Stampin' Blends! ENJOY!!

We had a challenge on my team FB page to use our Stampin' Blends markers in three projects. I used yesterday's card, this card and another one I will share either tomorrow or Monday (depending on time)! I was inspired by a card Brian made at Stamp With Brian ....his idea of coloring the designer paper is BRILLIANT!

I used my FAVORITE Merry Little Christmas designer paper. I used the black and white leaves sheet and used my Light Old Olive Stampin' Blends marker to color it in. I mounted it on to a piece of Whisper White cardstock and then onto a Basic Black card base.  

I adhered a piece of Pear Pizzaz Shimmer Ribbon, tying a bow off to the left.  I used my Stitched Shapes framelits to cut the square frame. I used the Diagonal Stripe stamp to make the Real Red gingham circle...it too is cut with the Stitched Shapes framelits.  The sentiment...AGAIN...is stamped on a Stitched Shapes circle and is from the Seasonal Chums stamp set. Last I added a Stitched Felt embellishment topped with White Perfect Accents! I really LOVE how it turned out! Sure hope it INSPIRES you to do some creating!!

...a little more coloring!! SO MANY POSSIBILITIES with these markers!










Here's what I used!!

Well...that's it for today!! I LOVE sharing what I create with you on my blog! Thanks SO VERY MUCH for stopping by!  Have a FANTASTIC weekend!!

~Today's Thought~

Merry Little Christmas

Good Morning everyone! Here we are NOVEMBER already! This year is going by so fast! Well...we survived Halloween! SADLY...I never get any trick-or-treaters! My entire married life (28 years) we have lived in the country (now we're only two miles out) and everyone goes to town so I don't get to see all the cute costumes.  Our town does have a really great tradition though! The businesses located in the old part of town all sit outside their stores and give candy out on Halloween night.  There are literally 100's of kids....this always swells my heart and brings a tear of joy to my heart. There are things that I don't like about small town living, but this ISN'T one of them! I also LOVE that our community embraces the high school aged kids as much as the little ones. High school kids want candy too...and it keeps them out of trouble! A nice perk for me is I apply a "Almond Joy" tax for driving my kids to town and picking them up...now that they are older they go get to go out in groups. They have so much fun being independent!

Today's card is one that we made in my October classes. I'm sure you've figured out by now that I LOVE the Merry Little Christmas designer paper...and I'm using it here! I layered a piece on to some Basic Black cardstock and I cut another piece into an oval using the Stitched Shapes framelits. The Dazzling Diamonds tree is cut with the Card Front Builder framelits and is attached with dimensionals (the oval is attached with dimensional too). I added a piece of silver Mini Tinsel Trim along with a piece of Cherry Cobbler 1/4" Double Stitched ribbon to finish it off!

It's a great card to make...CLEAN and SIMPLE!

 

Hey...THANKS BUNCHES for stopping by today!  

Have a TERRIFIC day and find time to CREATE!!

   

~Today's Thought~