Let It Snow

Happy Wednesday My Blogger Friends!

My blog post for today is Wine-Down Wednesday.  My middle of the week card feature for today will hopefully offer you some inspiration and provide you with some motivation to keep you moving through your busy week.  Let's jump right in with my card share for today........

Who says that a snowflake card has to be white and blue.  I put a FUN TWIST on creating this "Let it Snow" card by using Real Red.

I started with a Real Red base card ...... and added a 4" x 5-1/4" White Cardstock panel to the top.  I used the 'Wintry 3D Embossing Folder' on that White panel and that gave me the PRETTY texture I was looking for.

Next, I cut a panel of 'Sweetest Christmas Designer Series Paper' and positioned that down the center of my card.

I wrapped some 'White Baker's Twine' around the top of that DSP panel and tied it up into a PRETTY bow.

My center layering panel was three layers of Real Red Cardstock, White Cardstock and 'Sweetest Christmas Designer Series Paper.   To the center of that layering piece ..... I added a single 'Wonderful Snowflake Die-Cut' right into the center.

My sentment was stamped onto a 'Frosted Flurry Dies' banner piece and I used the 'Joyful Flurry' set to stamp that sentiment.

And the finishing touch was addng three 'Elegant Faceted Gems' around the front of my card ..... and calling this CUTIE done.

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow with a Tag Thursday creation to share with you ........ Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream! 

Tag Topper Nugget Box

Happy Tuesday My Blogger Friends!

My blog post for today is '3D TUESDAY'.  That means today I have a fun little 3-D project that I created and want to share with you.   This project was SUPER FUN to create and come together SO QUICKLY.  Let's jump right in and take a look at that project.

This project starts off with a 2" x 8-1/2" piece of Real Red and Shaded Spruce Cardtock.  Those pieces are both scored at 3-1/2" and 5".

I used the 'Very Best Trio Punch' on both ends to create the pretty scallop look to the top.

My cardstock is covered with the 'Santa Express Designer Series Paper' and for the sentiment, I used the 'Inspired Thoughts' set along with several 'Layering Circles' pieces.

I was able to stack four Hershey Nuggets inside my treat holders ..... And each of those nuggets were covered with more of the 'Santa Express Designer Series Paper'.

And the finishing touch was adding some 'Real Red & Garden Green 3/8" Ribbon' to the top of each holder.

And that's all it took my friend to create these 

OH SO CUTE little treat holders.

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share a Wine Down Wednesday card with you ........ Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

Season of Magic & Wonder Upgrade

Happy Monday My Blogger Friends! 

Today is Mix-It-UP! Monday, and I have an upgraded version of the card I shared with you yesterday.  I used the exact same product that was used to create yesterday's card ..... But I added a couple additional products found in the 2022-2023 Stampin' UP! Annual Catalog to bring this card up to the next stamping level.

Here's my Spotlight Sunday card from yesterday on the TOP....

And my Mix-It-UP! Monday upgraded card for today on the BOTTOM....

I kept the same orientation for this upgraded card but upgraded the Crumb Cake panel BIG TIME!

I used the 'Painted Texture Embossing Folder' to add LOTS of texure to that Crumb Cake panel.  

After I had that panel embosssed .... I used my 'Stampin' Blending Brush' to swirl on some Crumb Cake ink around the raised sections of that panel.

I used the same 'Frosted Flurry Dies' to crop out my center snowflake ...... But to add some WOW FACTOR to the center of that snowflake I added one addtional step.  Before I cropped out my smaller snowflake .... I added some packing tape to the Crumb Cake cardstock and that gave me the SHINE I was looking for. 

I also upgraded my sentiment tag .... And for that, I used the 'Tailor Made Tags Dies' to crop out my tag and then I stamped it with the 'Joyful Flurry' set.

And before I adhered down my embossed Crumb Cake panel .... I wrapped some 'Linen Thread' around this panel and attached my tag and tied it up into a pretty bow.

So......There you have it friends.

Do you have a favorite???

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share a 3-D Tuesday creation with you ...... Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

Season of Magic & Wonder

Happy Sunday My Blogger Friends

Today is Spotlight Sunday ....... And I have a card I created using product from the 2022 Stampin' UP! Mini Catalog.  This card uses several products from that new catalog ........ And I'm thrilled with the way it turned out.  Let's jump right in with my card share for today..........

I'm just crazy about the way this card turned out.

I started with a Very Vanilla base card.  To the top of that I added a panel of Crumb Cake cardstock.

I used the 'Frosted Flurry Dies' to crop out a single snowflake onto my Crumb Cake cardstock before I adhered that panel down to my card.

After I had that panel adhered down to my card ..... I cropped out a single snowflake and postioned that into the center of my die-cut snowflake.

My sentiment is from the 'Joyful Flurry' set and that was stamped onto a banner cropped out from the 'Frosted Flurry Dies'.

And the finishing touch was adding a few mini snowflakes cropped out from the 'Snowman Dies'.

And there you have it my friends......

 A Quick & Easy kind of holiday card.

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share an upgraded version of this very card with you ...... Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

6-Pack Nugget Holder

Happy Saturday My Blogger Friends!

I'm starting something NEW for my Saturday share and will continue sharing my Saturday Sweet Treat packaging idea with you until the end of the year.  These Saturday projects will be some form of a YUMMY sweet treat packaging.  Here is what I created to kick this new blog posting off.

I am BEYOND THRILLED with the way this project turned out. 

This project was shared by Tashana Lundy and she shared FABULOUS instructions on how to create this box here:  Be Joyful Nugget Box with Instructions (honeybeesstampinghive.com)

I used some Poppy Parade Cardstock to create my base ..... And then I decorated the outside of my holder with some 'Santa Express Designer Series Paper'.

My sentiment tag is from the 'Santa Delivery' set.

For the cut-out section on the top of my holder ..... I used 'Spruced Up Outline Dies' to crop out out the ornament shape.

And here is how the center section of my holder flips up to reveal......

Some OH SO YUMMY nugget candies.

This project just doesn't get any CUTIER.....

And talk about a WOW FACTOR on delivering 

some Hershey Nuggets to that someone special this holiday season.

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share a Spotlight Sunday creation with you ........ Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

Z-Fold Gift Card Holder

Happy Friday My Blogger Friends!

Today is Fun Fold Friday and that means I have a special little Fun Fold card to share with you. Let's kick off this Fun Fold Friday share right now.........

The inspiration for my gift card holder for today comes from the very talented Dawn Griffith.  She shared this design back in 2016.  Here is the link to her Utube Video:  (2105) Fun Z Fold Gift Card Holder using Party with Cake stamp set from Stampin'Up! - YouTube

This card has LOTS of layers and PLENTY of WOW FACTOR.

I used a combination of the 'Santa Express Designer Series Paper' and the 'Santa Express Memories & More Card Pack' to decorate my gift card holder.

The Santa on the front is from the 'Santa Express Memories & More Card Pack'.  I just used my 'Layering Circles Dies' to crop that card out and created several layers.

My front closure circle is from the 'Sweet Gingerbread' set.  I used the 'Layering Circles Dies' to create the layers for that piece.

That closure piece acts as a latch to keep the Santa layer closed.

Once the front flap is opened ..... It reveals three panels inside.

The top inside panel is the spot you can tuck your gift card.  That panel was decorated with a panel of the 'Santa Express Designer Series Paper' and the sentiment is from the 'Snowman Magic' set.  

And the middle panel is from the 'Trimming The Tree' set.

The third inside panel uses the 'Stylish Shapes Dies' and I stamped my "Merry Christmas" sentiment from the 'Christmas To Remember' set.

And here is a close-up of the fourth panel.

And there you have it friends......

A DARLING little gift card holder....

That packs a BIG punch.

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to begin sharing a special new Sweet Treat Saturday release with you ........Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

Joyful Wishes

Happy Thursday My Blogger Friends!

My blog post for today is Tag Thursday.  Today, I will feature a tag I created and show you how easy it is to use minimal supplies to create a SUPER PRETTY TAG.  Now that you have the details for my Tag Thursday creation for this week ........ Let's jump right in with my tag share for today........

How FABULOUS would this tag look onto a stack of presents you are ready to gift out this Holiday Season?

I started off with a White base tag ..... I used the 'Tailor Made Tags Dies' to create the PRETTY stitched edging around the outer edge of my tag.

I used the 'Warm Welcome' stamp set to stamp my two stacks of presents.  I stamped those pieces onto some 'Santa Express Designer Series Paper' and used my Paper Snips to fussy cut out those presents.

I stamped my sentiment at the top of my tag .... And  used the 'Joyful Flurry' set for my sentiment.

My tag was topped off with some 'Black  White Gingham Ribbon' and I added some 'White Bakers Twine around the top of my tag to give me a hanger piece for my tag.

The finishing touch was adding two 'Adhesive-Backed Stars' to the top of each present ..... And a couple sets of trio dots were added around the front of my tag with the 'Pearlized Enamel Effects'.

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share a Fun Fold Friday creations with you ........ Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!