SIP #179 - Holidays with Gina K Designs Festive Foliage by Claire Brennan

Hi There!  I hope you are having a good start to your week.  I have some good news and bad news.  First the bad news.... I am not done with my Christmas cards!  Gasp!  The good news is that if you are in the same boat as me, Stamp, Ink, Paper has the challenge for you!

I have not felt well the last week so I opted for a super simple card using the awesome Gina K Designs Festive Foliage Stamp Set by Claire Brennan!   I absolutely adore this stamp set.  I used it to make several cards last year!

This was super easy.  I started with a top folding card base of Neenah Crest Classic Solar White cardstock in a 110# cover weight.  My top layer was Bristol Smooth Cardstock that I taped off with some Purple Tape by Thermaweb.    I used Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Peacock Feathers and Faded Jeans to inkblend within the open area.  After removing my tape, I put the front panel in my Misti and used sponge daubers to apply the Early Espresso (SU) and Mossy Meadow (SU) Inks.  Once stamped, I added a quickie glue pen over the open areas of the pine cones and added some fine sparkly glitter.  I heat embossed the sentiment in Mossy Meadow on the lower left side.  I thought about adding sequins but I loved the simplicity of this so I just left it as is.  

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

SIP #178 Pretty Punches Challenge with Stampin' Up! Christmas Traditions Punch Box

Hi There!  I hope you are having a wonderful post-Thanksgiving week!  This week we have a super easy and fun challenge for you at Stamp, Ink, Paper.

I love this Challenge.... punches are so fun!  

I used the Christmas Traditions Punch Box for my center stamped image and punched it out with the coordinating punch.  I layered it on top of the Pretty Label Punched in Real Red and then layered that on a couple of circle punches in Whisper White (1 3/4")  and Basic Black (2").  

How simple to bring a card to life with a little DSP and layered punches.  Sometimes you just need a fast and simple card and nothing is easier than using punches!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

SIP Challenge #74 - CAS Christmas!

Hello and Happy Tuesday!  Hope you are having a wonderful week so far!  I am super duper excited about this week's Stamp, Ink, Paper Challenge!  For some reason, I am really getting in the Christmas Spirit and this week's challenge is a Clean & Simple Christmas Card!  This burst of Holiday spirit may be because I spent Friday night with my friend, Polly, making Christmas cards!  I believe I will actually have all of my cards made early this year! 

Well if you know me, you'll know that Clean and Simple is not my usual style but I really thought it would be fun to use one of the stamps from the Cookie-Cutter Christmas bundle so that's what I did!

I started with an 11" x 4 1/4" piece of Real Red Cardstock that was scored at 5 1/2" for a top fold card base.  On a piece of 4" x 5 1/4" Whisper White, I stamped one of the splatter stamps from Gorgeous Grunge in Crumb Cake Ink.  I found a piece of White and Red Washi tape in my stash that I adhered to another strip of Whisper White and then glued onto the splatter stamped portion of my white layer with Tombow Multipurpose Glue.  I then made several loops of the Red Metallic Thread from the Holiday Catalog and adhered it with a mini glue dot.  I stamped my Gingerbread Man from the Cookie-Cutter Christmas set in Soft Suede onto Crumb Cake Cardstock and punched him out.  Next the bow was stamped in Real Red onto a small scrap of Whisper White Cardstock and punched out and then adhered to the Gingerbread Man with a Dot of Tombow glue.  I adhered the Gingerbread man onto the Thread and Washi Tape with Stampin' Dimensionals.   I inked the sentiment up in Versamark Ink, and then in Real Red Ink and then clear embossed it with my heat tool.   Although this is not my typical style, I think it is super cute!  I hope you do too!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

Product List

• Cookie Cutter Christmas Photopolymer Bundle [143493]
• Gorgeous Grunge Clear Stamp Set [130517]
• Metallic Thread Combo Pack [142003]
• Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]
• Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [102482]
• Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [120953]
• Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [126949]
• Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [126975]
• Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [126978]
• Versamark Pad [102283]
• Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder [109130]
• Heat Tool [129056]