The Spot Challenge #120 - Christmas in July! with some beautiful new Stampin' Up! Products!

Hello and Happy Tuesday!  Guess what's up over at The Spot this week??  Christmas in July!  Many of us demonstrators have had the opportunity to pre-order some of the new products coming out in the Stampin' Up! August - December 2020 Mini Catalog (formerly know as the Holiday Catalog!)

I picked a few of my new favorites from the new catalog.  One of my very favorites is the Peace & Joy Bundle.. it is awesome!  I also threw in some of the Plaid Tidings 6x6" DSP as well as the gorgeous new Evergreen Forest 3D Embossing Folder.

Here are all of the details:

Cardbase:  8 1/2" x 5 1/2" Shaded Spruce, scored at 4 1/4"

Plaid Tidings DSP panel, 5 1/4" x 4"

Top Panel, Shaded Spruce cut with the 2nd from the largest Stitched Rectangle Dies and run through my Big Shot with the Evergreen Forest Embossing Folder

Stamp and Die Bundle: Peace and Joy

Joy Diecut cut in Shaded Spruce, Balmy Blue and Pretty Peacock

To The World Stamped Sentiment was stamped in Pretty Peacock onto Balmy Blue Cardstock

Leaves were stamped in Shaded Spruce and Berries in Real Red onto Balmy Blue Cardstock

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SIP Challenge #158 Christmas in July!

Hello and Happy Tuesday!  Have you started your Christmas Cards yet?  Well here's a great opportunity to get a start on them!  Stamp, Ink, Paper has a Christmas in July Challenge this week!

I decided to go with two things.. A)  I wanted something easy  and B) I wanted a different color combination.  Well I think I came up with a super easy card that fits the bill!

This week's card is all about some of the fabulous stamps and dies from Concord & 9th!  My background was the Sketched Stripes Background Stamp.  I used the Christmas Cheer Bundle,  and the Blooms Fill In Bundle as well!  Super fun, super easy and super cute I think!  

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

SIP Challenge #106 Christmas in July with Hero Arts Merry & Bright Tag Set by Lia

Hello and Happy 4th of July!  I hope you are enjoying a day off and family time in celebration of this wonderful country and our freedoms!  Althougth things may not be perfect, we have so much to be grateful for!  Today we have one more thing to be grateful for.. .Stamp, Ink, Paper's Christmas in July theme challenge will give you a head start on your Christmas cards!  Yay for that!

I finally pulled out a super cute little Christmas stamp and die combo from Hero Arts called Merry & Bright Tag Set by Lia that I purchased from the Stamp, Ink, Paper Store.  What a fun easy way to make a tag or in my case, a card!

This was so easy that I should be ashamed. lol  I used an 11" x 4 1/4" piece of 110# Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock scored at 5 1/2" for a top folding card base.  I added a piece of SU Real Red Cardstock that measured 4 7/8" x 3 5/8".  My top layer is a 4 6/8" x 3 1/2" piece of 80# Neenah Classic Crest Solar White.  I used a scrap piece of SU Garden Green Cardstock to cute out my tag.  I used Hero Arts Silver Embossing Powder to emboss the Merry Christmas sentiment from the set in the center of the tag.  I used FSJ Medium and Small Foam Squares to pop it up on my top layer.  I had a small scrap of silver glitter ribbon that I used to tie a bow and then attached it to the top with a glue dot.  I finished this one off with 3 FSJ Fashion Silver Metalic dots.  

SIP Challenge #56 Christmas in July!

Hello and Happy Tuesday1  I'm pretty excited about this week's Christmas in July theme at Stamp, Ink, Paper!  Last year I became sick in December and wasn't able to finish my Christmas Cards so I knew that this theme would get me thinking about them early this year!  So now, 1 down, and about 74 more to go!  lol

I had a couple of ideas floating around in my brain but here's where they ended up..

I knew I wanted to use the Window Framelit so I decided to use the Wonderous Wreath stamp set and Wonderful Wreath framelits as well.  I can tell you that I have still after a year NOT mastered stamping and die cutting that wreath out correctly.  I cut leaves off that shouldn't have been cut off, etc.  I'm trying to distract you with the Gina Marie bird dies!  LOL  All that being said.. I still love the card.  My hubby and I love birds and especially cardinals so I had to cute the birds out in Red.  I know cardinals have black on them too but I really felt like I could be a bit whimsical with this one!

Here's how I finished up the inside..

The sentiments on the inside are also from the Wonderous Wreath Stamp Set. As you can see I had to use two more of the adorable little bird die cuts on the inside! 

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings,  Tina

Here are the Stampin' Up! products I used today:

Hearth & Home Thinlits Dies

Wonderous Wreath Stamp Set

Wonderful Wreath Framelits Dies

Soft Sky Cardstock

Real Red Cardstock

Early Espresso Cardstock

Pear Pizzazz Ink

Garden Green Ink

Real Red Ink

Tea Lace Doilies (retired)

Silver Cording (retired)

Non-Stampin' Up!

Gina Marie Bird Dies

Darice Woodgrain Embossing folder

SIP Challenge #5 - Christmas in July

Hello and Happy Tuesday!  Stamp, Ink, Paper has a super fun challenge for you this week...it's Christmas in July!  I don't know about you but it always seems like I wait until the last minute to get my Christmas cards made and mailed so I'm super excited to have a little inspiration early this year!  It also may be a little wishful thinking since the temperature has been running in the mid 90's here in Middle Tennessee! :)

Here's my card.. I know, I know, another Shaker card.  I've been on a Shaker Card roll lately.  I promise to quit soon, really soon....lol

So yep... I did it again, I decided to try a little shaker action for my Christmas Challenge Card.  I used the Classic set "Lovely as a Tree".  I absolutely love this stamp set and believe me it has been very well used over the last few years.  I used an A2 card base of Real Red and added a layer of Bermuda Bay cardstock that had been run through the Big Shot with a Tim Holtz distressed woodgrain embossing folder.  My window frame was made using some Spellbinders nested dies with a Window Sheet cut with the same dies and adhered to the back of my window frame.   My outdoor scene was made by cutting random hill shapes out of scrap cardstock and sponging the shadows onto Soft Sky cardstock by using Lost Lagoon Ink.  I then stamped the Pine Tree from the Lovely As a Tree stamp set with Midnight Muse ink in various places out of the sponged hills but using scrap paper to cover the areas that I didn't want stamped.  I used a little bit of Silver Wink of Stella on the borders of the hills as well as the trees.  After this was dry, I inserted some sequins in the window frame and used adhesive and fun foam to adhere the window frame to the background.  I then used Multi-purpose glue to adhere the frame to the card.  I cut some thin strips of Smoky Slate cardstock and ran it across the window a couple of times and and then used various candy dots for my Christmas Lights.  I stamped the Merry & Bright sentiment from the retired Good Greetings stamp set in Real Red onto Whisper White cardstock and backed it with Real Red cardstock with banner ends cut into both.  I adhered my banner with Stampin' Dimensionals onto the upper left corner of the window.

For the inside of my card, I sponged some of the Lost Lagoon Ink onto the right lower portion of my card and then stamped the Pine Tree again in Midnight Muse Ink.  I also stamped the sentiment from the Wonderous Wreath stamp set in Midnight Muse in the center of the card.

I've had a ton of fun looking at all of the SIP design team inspiration and I hope you have too!  Don't forget to head over to Stamp, Ink, Paper and link up your Christmas in July card!

Here are the Current Stampin' Up Products I've Used:

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Non-Stampin' Up Products used:

Spellbinders Nested Dies
Doodlebug Sequins
White Fun Foam
Tim Holtz Distressed Woodgrain Embossing Folder

Thanks so much for stopping by!



Blessings,
Tina