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Tons of Presents!!

Card Number 3 from my Holiday Card Club

Christmas Presents Card

Stamp Set: Forest Festivities (Holiday Mini page 27) 

Available to order after Sept 1st

Card Stock: Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, Natural White & Basic Black

Designer Paper:  IN Colors designer pack

Ink:  Black Stazon

Accessories:  Big Shot, Top Note Die, Water Color Crayons, Blender Pen, Stampin Dimensionals, Natural White Medium envelopes

Tall and Thin Snow Man

This is another one of the cards we made at the Holiday Card Club

Crystal effects was used on the Hat brim, ornaments on the tree and his buttons

Tall Snow Man Card

Stamp set: Snow much Fun (Page 35)

Card Stock:  Lucky Limeade, Real Red, & Whisper White

Ink:  Black Stazon

Markers:  Lucky Limeade, Real Red, Peach Parfait, 

Baja Breeze & Bashful Blue

Accessories: Crystal Effects & Medium Whisper White Envelopes

Holiday Cards

Sept 1st and the Holiday's have begun, or at least the prep for them  I hosted a Christmas card club.  Three designs four of each for a total of 12 Christmas cards in one evening.. This is one of three I have planned.  This is one of the cards they made.

Snow Men Card

Stamp Sets:  Teeny tiny wishes, Holiday Line up (page 38), Serene Snowflakes (Page 36), Christmas Greetings (Page 41)

Card Stock: Night of Navy, Bashful Blue, Whisper White,

Designer Paper: Subtles Collection Designer pack

Ink:  Black Stazon, Night of Navy, Bashful Blue

Markers: Bashful Blue, Night of Navy, Pumpkin Pie

Accessories:  Big Shot, Snow Burst Textured Impressions embossing Folder, (Holiday Mini) Available after Sept 1^st, Large Oval Punch, Stampin Dimensionals, 

Stamping on Cork

 Yes you can stamp directly on cork!  This is stamped with Black Stazon and then colored with markers!  I sponged the edges and mounted it on scallop circle.

I hope you have SU's Cork sheets on your Wish list and will give them a try!  I'd love to see what you do with them.

Embossing on cork

Yes you can emboss on Cork!  This butterfly was inked with craft ink and embossed with clear embossing powder!  I love the look.. NOTE>>>If you hold your heat gun on it tooooo long it will smoke like crazy!  and leave burnt marks... Not sure that's a technique.

Thanks again to my friend Linda Heller for sharing all the uses with Cork!

More Cork Samples

 This cute card was done with some of the cork that I ran through the Big shot and My Circle die.  I mounted the Fleurettes II found on page 198.  THese handmade crocheted flowers and a delicate touch to any project.  I topped it off with the "IN Color" polkadot brads.  

Thanks for looking and stay tuned for more ideas using cork

Did you Know?

Did you know that Stampin' Up! carried "Cork"?  Look on page 216 of the Idea Book and Catalog.  Pack of 6 sheets 6"x13" for just $9.95   They cut like butter!  With scissors, your table top paper cutter and of course with your BIG SHOT!  At the last Tips and Techniques club all projects were made with cork.  Thanks to my Friend and amazing Stamping Friend Linda Heller I was able to come up with these projects.  This one is cut with the big shot and the fun flowers die.  Sponged edges with Soft Suede  ink and sponge daubers, then put a layer of crystal effects on the cork and allowed it to dry before assembling. 

The cork Flower is mounted on the fancy favor box that can be easily cut with your Big Shot!  Try some.. If you don't have a Stampin Up! demonstrator I'd love to order you some so you can get started creating.  Stay tuned  More ideas to do with "Cork"

Happy I Do Day

We found out that our Son Reid is going to have a happy I do day in October.  I am making the invitations so I've been in the wedding mode.  This looks nothing like the invite.. (I'll share that with you soon) but this makes a great wedding card.  Super easy.  

Yummy Corn Salad

Even though our corn crop has not been the best this year, first the flood, then the crows, then the deer, and to top it all off the raccoons finished it off.  We did get some to freeze and eat but not like we'd hoped.  But there is always can corn....lol and that is what we used for this yummy salad.  The set that is used is the Best Friends forever set  love love love the vine that is in this set.  Crumb cake and black are some of my fav combos!
Thanks to my friend Barbara for this recipe