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Mix-It Up Mondays ~~ Week 9 - 16 Weeks of Christmas

Hello Fellow Stampers ~ 

Alright!  Alright!  I know!  Is anyone else feeling as "blue" and uninspired as I am?!  It just feels like "why bother" lately.  And our Covid case numbers are rising like crazy here in Colorado; and the snow and cold has sunk in; and yes, I'm just feeling lonely and uninspired!  That's my excuse 😉😉

We will catch up the missing "weeks" to my 16 Week of Christmas, I promise!  And I am hopeful that the little bit of idea wiggling around in the back of my head will come out this week just in time for Halloween!  So bear with me please!!

 

In the meantime, I combined a fabulous "sentiment" stamp set from the August thru December Mini catalog with a gorgeous paper from the Most Wonderful Time Product Medley, and our fabulous gold laser cut paper from the Annual Catalog, to create what is a "stunning" but really very simple to create card for this week's Christmas inspiration!!

This card is cut from Thick Whisper White cardstock, 8-1/2" x 5-1/2", scored at 4-1/4", and turned to the horizontal.

Then the layers are Garden Green measuring 5-1/2" x 3-3/4"; Gold Foil measuring 5-1/2" x 3-1/2"; and this beautiful paper snagged from the Most Wonderful Time Product Medley measuring 5-1/2" x 3-1/4".  You can get the refill kit for this product medley and bypass the stamp set and dies, etc., but still get all the paper and fun embellishments if you like!

 

Then comes the easy part to create this stunning card -- I picked this circular shape with all the detailed laser cuts to it from the Forever Gold Laser-Cut Specialty paper.  I stamped the fabulous sentiment from the Wrapped In Christmas stamp set using Versamark ink, then embossed with Gold Emboss Powder.  Once attached to the foil circle, the piece is popped on the front of the card using dimensionals, AFTER laying down a criss-cross of 1/8" Gold-trimmed Poppy Parade ribbon (yes, that is Poppy Parade, and it looks gorgeous with that paper!) first!!  Then I added a few Real Red Rhinestones to finish it all off!

 

And putting a little extra effort into the inside of your card can create a stunning result!!

 

Now that's how you create a "stunning" card quick and easy!  Using ready to go Stampin' Up! products!  And one fabulous stamp set!!

 

I'm hoping for a little spooky fun this week!!  How about you ? 👻👻👻

 

I Love to hear from you.  Leave your questions or comments below!!

Hugs, . . .

 

 

Mix-It Up Mondays ~~ Week 8 - 16 Weeks of Christmas

Hello Fellow Stampers ~ 

WOW! Ok!  Where is Wendy?!?  That's a kids book, isn't it??  LOL  I'm here!!  I promise!  I'm just not feeling very inspired these days.  So my homework to all of YOU -- I need your inspiration and good wishes!!  I hope you'll start sharing with me; and tell me what you'd like to see as well!!

 

So we're back in "catch up" mode.  And today's Christmas card has actually been sitting on the work desk a couple of days again - sigh!  Sorry about that.  I do think it's kind of cute though; and I used several of our new sets to create this fun design.

 

I combined the fabulous sentiment set - Christmas Means More - with the Cherish the Season bundle; more specifically, the Sounds of the Season dies.  This sentiment and the dies work perfectly together, don't you think??  😉😉  And I really could hardly wait to create something with this sentiment as It's a Wonderful Life has always been one of my favorite movies to kick off the Christmas season with!

 

This is not a difficult card.  The card base is Real Red cardstock, 8-1/2" x 5-1/2", scored at 4-1/4".

Then I created 3 background layers - Gold Foil, Cherry Cobbler, and a lovely piece of designer paper from the 'Tis the Season DSP - gotta love that this is another one of the choices on this month's Designer Series Paper Sale!!

 

The sentiment is stamped with Versamark, and embossed with Gold embossing powder.  Then cut with this fabulous die in the Beautiful Boughs Dies - you gotta check that out!!

Popped with dimensionals.  And then all these lovely bells cut from the Brushed Metallic cardstock for a lovely variety of "brassy" color.  And a few Green Foil green sprigs for a pop of color of course!!

 

The bells are layered using glue dots and tied with a lovely piece of Old Olive 1/4" ribbon and the set is popped with dimensionals to match the sentiment.

 

This somewhat simple card is just plain fun!

Do you like??  LOL

 

Next up the Stampin' Pretty Pals Blog Hop -- and then we have a little catch up to do with our 16 Weeks of Christmas.  And I think it might be time for some Halloween; what do you think??

 

I Love to hear from you.  Leave your questions or comments below!!

Hugs, . . .

 

Mix-It Up Mondays ~~ Week 6 - 16 Weeks of Christmas

Hello Fellow Stampers ~ 

 

Well, last week got away on me a little bit -- so catch up for 2 weeks of 16 Weeks of Christmas will happen this week.  Sorry about that!!  So here's today's installment (last week's overdue fun - 😁😁).  And I'll be back later with some additional fun for you as well!!

The days are cooling on us suddenly - had to turn the furnace on yesterday - yikes!!  But I was able to put a pot of apple cider on the stove yesterday afternoon; and I'm enjoying pulling out my Fall cozy clothes finally!  So . . . let's play with a little Christmas today; and we'll bring back some Autumn fun later this week!!

 

Today I'm featuring our gorgeous Forever Fern bundle from the Annual Catalog; with a Holiday twist!  I had intended on offering an online/virtual class with this set late this Summer (and haven't pulled it off yet); and I may still do so this Fall.  But in the meantime, I just cannot resist showing you just how versatile this stamp set is!!  I absolutely love this stamp set and die bundle.  I've added accessories and other items from our Holiday Mini and elsewhere to create a fabulous set of cards for the Holidays!

 

Let's start with the first design.

Both cards are cut from Cherry Cobbler cardstock -- this one cut 4-1/4" x 11", scored at 5-1/2".

Both cards have layering with Champagne Foil accents and Whisper White cardstock in the background embossed with the Bricks & Mortar 3D Emboss folder - a lovely "rustic" background.

On this card, the mid-Cherry Cobbler layer has been embossed with the Tasteful Textures 3D Emboss Folder.

Wondering how we got the fabulous "champagne" speckling across the card front?

I used our Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint (did you forget about this wonderful product??).  Using the wonderful speckle image in the stamp set, I used the Champagne Mist ink in place of our classic ink and stamped it across the front of the card.

 

This design uses an "outside the box" color that you may not have thought of for a Christmas card - Pretty Peacock!

And I LOVE the way this looks.  Cherry Cobbler with this color is absolutely fabulous!!  I encourage you to try it!

The leaf spray is stamped directly onto the front panel; while the berries are stamped on a scrap piece of paper and die cut, and then popped with dimensionals.  The card is embellished with the gorgeous3/8" Real Red Sheer Ribbon. 

The sentiment for this and our second card today is taken from the Itty Bitty Christmas stamp set.  Did you miss this on the stamp sale last week?  It's a "must have" for your stamp stash!!

I finished this card off with some very carefully applied Wink of Stella on the berries and Champagne Rhinestones.

 

The second card is a "horizontal" top fold card - cut 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" scored at 4-1/4".

The mid-layer on this card is a lovely piece from the Heartwarming Hugs DSP.  This time around the top panel is embossed with the Tasteful Textures 3D Emboss folder; and then our splatters added again with the Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint.

For this card all of the leaves and berries were stamped separately on scrap Whisper White, and die cut.

The Itty Bitty sentiment is cut out with the circles in the Stitched Shapes Dies; and framed using circles from our Layering Circles Dies.

I added Champagne Foil leaf sprays and again finished off the card with our beautiful ribbon, Wink of Stella, and Champagne Rhinestones.

These two cards are easy to put together, and carry a lot of impact!  Perfect for a set of Holiday cards this upcoming season!!

Stay Tuned!!  More to come this week 😉😉😉

 

I Love to hear from you.  Leave your questions or comments below!!

Hugs, . . .

 

 

Mix-It Up Mondays ~~ Week 5 - 16 Weeks of Christmas

Hello Fellow Stampers ~ 

Oh My!!  Last week got away on me!  I feel so bad.  I've gotten pulled into my sewing project(s) - yes, more than one!!  LOL  And with Mike's mom here with us, it definitely takes away from my spare time; the rest of my time I actually have to work my "real job" - yuck!!  LOL  I just have to hold on a couple more years; and then I'm going to retire for good and play all day with all of you!!

 

So this week is going to be a major catch up week!!  This past Monday was our 1st Year Anniversary!  We took Mike's mom back to her youngest daughter's home and got her settled there for the rest of the month!  We're planning for her to return to her Assisted Living community after her birthday on October 2nd; some of the restrictions have finally improved a little; at least enough for her to go back and not be quarantined to her apartment.  We'll get her back out at holiday time and keep her with us through the New Year!

Since we couldn't do what we had originally planned for our 1st Year Anniversary - a special weekend back at the Broadmoor - we decided to do the next best thing.  So we spent the day in Colorado Springs - close to our wedding venue - and did some fun outings instead.  We took a jeep tour of the Broadmoor area, Manitou Springs, Old Colorado City, and the Garden of the Gods; and spent the evening at the newly re-opened Flying W Ranch (recovered after the devastating fires 8 years ago) enjoying a Chuckwagon supper and wonderful old cowboy music!  It was a really wonderful day!  So hard to believe we've been married a year already!!

 

As I said, we're going to play some massive catch up this week -- starting with last week's installment of my 16 Weeks of Christmas; this card has been in pieces on my work desk all this past week driving me nuts!!  LOL  But finally, I think I got my arms wrapped around it and am quite happy with the outcome.  I'm introducing to you all today the Sweetest Time Bundle.  I love the candle set in this stamp set; and all the holly elements that you can play with between the stamp set and the die set.

 

I actually really enjoyed designing this card once I got past a couple of my hang-ups. Let me walk you thru some of the elements.

This card is cut from Thick Whisper White cardstock, 8-1/2" x 5-1/2", scored at 4-1/4".  I layered out a piece of Gold Foil, then Cherry Cobbler, and finally regular Whisper White embossed with one of the textures from the Wrapped In Texture embossing folders set.

Those layers are wrapped with a piece of Real Red 1/8" Grosgrain Ribbon from the Playful Pets Ribbon Combo.  It's a lovely "brighter" accent to the candles which were stamped in Cherry Cobbler - and then fussy cut by the way!  [So are the flames to the candles -- you can do it!!  Just cut slowly!]  I only left just a little white cardstock between each candle that barely shows.

I also used Clear Wink of Stella on each of the stripes of the candles -- be very careful doing this.  Use only the very tip of your Stella brush, and stay within the "lines" -- Wink of Stella  is like "water" for our ink and in this case will bleed the Cherry Cobbler very quickly.

The candles are popped with dimensionals.  And then I went to town with the holly leave and pine cut outs!!

The nice thing about the berries is the image has a coordinating die to cut it out.  I used my favorite adhesive (glue dots!) to layer and attach all the leaves and berries -- and the sweet little bows!  You can see the Wink of Stella on the berries in this photograph!

 

Here you can catch a glimpse of the glimmer on the candles.

The sentiment was stamped in Mossy Meadow ink and I hand-snipped the tails!

 

The inside of the card was created to emulate the front of the card in a more simple manner.  I did add Wink of Stella to these candles also!

 

 

It's really a pretty card - and carries a nice impact in person!!

 

I'm going to be back very shortly -- we have a BIG promotion going on today over at Stampin' Up! -- and I don't want you to miss it!!

Stay Tuned!!

 

I Love to hear from you.  Leave your questions or comments below!!

Hugs, . . .

 

Mix-It Up Mondays ~~ Week 4 - 16 Weeks of Christmas

Hello Fellow Stampers ~ 

Happy Labor Day!!!  I hope everyone is enjoying a relaxing day together and no "laboring" going on!!  LOL  We're very quiet here at the Klein-McGee household.  Mike is working on a new puzzle; Mom Terry is working on word search puzzles, and me . . . I'm having a lovely day in the DDS Studio working on all sorts of projects!!  We're going to grill some buffalo burgers later . . . and start getting ready for the 60 degree drop in temps coming overnight and the snow tomorrow morning -- yikes!!  Hard to believe!  Life in Colorado!  🤣😂🤣

 

It's time for this week's installment of my 16 Weeks of Christmas.  Hard to believe that we're already up to Week 4.  I'm having lots of fun picking out a special set to share with you each week; and I hope you're enjoying this inspiration as well; and that you're getting some ideas for your own Christmas card creations this year.

 

Today's design features the new In the Pines bundle.  I also pulled from the Most Wonderful Time Product Medley for this design.  The designer papers from this product medley work perfectly with this gorgeous new bundle!!

This card is cut from Thick Whisper White cardstock, 8-1/2" x 5-1/2", scored at 4-1/4" - with the fold to the top.

Then I pulled in Gold Foil to pull the gold foil accents in the designer paper; and Old Olive.

 

I cut the cute strip that pulls the top and bottom designer paper pieces together using the Many Medallions Dies.  Check out this cool die set for some fabulous mosaic and decorative edging ideas!

 

The trees in the Pine Woods Dies are just fabulous!  And I edged various branches on these with Shimmer Crystal Effects.  Did you "catch" that this wonderful embellishment carried forward to our new Annual Catalog from last year's Holiday Mini ??

The sentiment is embossed with Gold Embossing Powder; and cut with the Stitched Rectangles.

 

The inside of the card reflects the designer paper used on the front - and creates a great space for either another stamped sentiment; or your handwritten note.

 

Today's design is not an overly intricate design.  You could whip up a batch of these cards fairly quickly !!  😉😉

 

 

I have BIG plans for this week -- LOL  We'll see how much I get done!  Stay tuned!

 

I Love to hear from you.  Leave your questions or comments below!!

Hugs, . . .