Top 13 Cards from 2013

Operation Write Home is hosting a Top 13 of 2013 Bloghop. This is a wonderful way to see great cards made by many different people as you join the bloghop. Thank you for stopping by my blog.

My Live in Sunshine card was by far the most popular card on my blog  in 2013 with over 4000 views. I got the starburst technique from OWH.

This Poppy card was also inspired by Operation Write Home.  I used OWH sketch #68 and included a free tutorial for this faux verdigris technique.

This Summer Silhouettes card was one of my personal favorites from 2013 and the first time I used Washi tape! 

This card using Stampin' Up!'s Dress Up Framelit was inspired by a card that I received in a demonstrator swap.

I designed this Quick and Easy card with the Glitter Bitty Butterfly to swap at Stampin' Up!'s convention.  This card uses multiple techniques to make it easy to make a lot of them quickly.

 This Best of Flowers Hydrangea card is a great example of an ugly duckling turning into a swan card.

I loved figuring out how to adapt the stamp to make this Ears to You Easter card.  While it may not be the most visually stunning card, it was lots of fun to make.

I remember putting these Banner Christmas cards together on the flight to Salt Lake City for Stampin' Up!'s Convention!

We made hundreds of these Sealed with a Kiss card kits for the Scrapbook Expo in Grapevine and for a service project for the Girl Scouts.

This Beautifully Baroque card was inspired by one that Shelli Gardner made.  While it's not my usual color combination, I loved how it looked when it was done.

 

This Modern Mosaic card was easy to make with Stampin' Up!'s coordinating designer series paper and mosaic punch.
 

I used the white craft ink technique to make this Pleasant Poppies card.

This For the Birds card was one of my personal favorites to make.  I like how outlining the birds seem to give them more depths.

And those are my Top 13 of 2013.  Thank you for visiting my blog and enjoy the rest of the Operation Write Home Bloghop.

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Envelope Favor with Free Tutorial

This Envelope Favor is a stocking stuffer that is quick and perfect for sharing a piece of chocolate!  Stampin' Up!'s envelope punch board is one of the tools that makes this project go quickly.  The envelope is made with a piece of 5" x 5" Designer Series Paper.  Punch and score at 2 1/2" on all four sides.  Remember to round off the corner on the top flap of your envelope.

I prefer envelopes that can be opened and closed.  The modern label punch is how the envelope flap stays closed.  Be sure to only put adhesive on the sides so you can open and close the envelope.  The bow is made using the large oval punch.

 

Here is the free tutorial.  I'm looking forward to changing this project to fit other occasions.  Wouldn't it be a great for a wedding reception or Valentine's Day.  Now, I am off to make a lot more of these for last minute gifts!

Added 4/5/2014:  Video Tutorial to make your Envelope Favor.

To see more 3D Favors, follow my Pinterest Board.

Stampin' Supplies

Item	Description	Price
133774	Envelope Punch Board	$19.95
119849	Modern Label Punch	$16.95
119855	Large Oval Punch	$15.95
129404	7/8" Scallop Circle Punch	$12.95
132150	Frosted Finishes Embellishments (12)	$6.95

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Christmas Gifts and 3D Stocking Stuffer Favors

Here are some Stampin' Up! Christmas gifts and 3D stocking stuffer party favors if you are looking for some holiday inspiration.  We had our Stampin' Up! demonstrator Christmas party last Friday.  Our tradition is to trade stocking stuffer type gifts and then do a Sneaky Santa gift exchange.  This year everyone was so nice that no one stole any of the Sneaky Santa gifts.  I apologize in advance for the quality of the photos.  Most of them were taken at the restaurant which thankfully had red tables!  LOL.

Cindy Peterson made the wonderful Santa burlap wreath.  Notice all of the rosettes?  Cindy used the same punch art Santa to decorate this lollipop.  Rosettes are easy to make using Stampin' Up!'s Designer Rosette Bigz XL Die (125594 $42.95).  This die is currently a Weekly Deal on sale through Monday for $32.21.  

Here is a Ho, Ho, Ho Frame using the same punch art Santa.  If you would like other ideas for how to use rosettes, check out my Pinterest board.

Enjoy the other Sneaky Santa gifts.  If you've been following my blog, you know that I am part of a very talented group of creative women.

Here are some of the Stocking Stuffers that we also swapped at our Christmas party.

I made this stocking stuffer using the envelope punch board.  The bow is made using the large oval punch.  I'll post a tutorial for this project next week.

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24 Hour Sale Including Envelope Liners Framelits

To celebrate the last day of their Holiday Sale tomorrow (December 2), Stampin' Up! is offering an extra 24-hour sale on six items including the envelope liner framelits which I used to make this purse.

The Holiday Sale also includes the Holiday Ornament framelits which I used to make the embellishments on this purse and the Christmas Clothespin wreath.

The ornament on this Christmas Clothespin Wreath was made using the Holiday Ornaments Framelits and the Ornament Keepsakes stamp set.  Did you know that the Ornament Keepsakes stamp set  (128051 $25.95) is still available?  The Christmas Clothespin Wreath is one of my most popular posts on Pinterest.

Here are all of the Holiday Sale items.  Tomorrow you'll also see the 24-Hour Sale Items.  In the meantime, if you're like me and want to see them ahead of time, here is the list.

 24-Hour Sale, Monday, December 2nd Only!

Item	Description	Retail	Sale
132172	Envelope Liners Framelits	$26.95	$18.87
132171	Expressions Thinlits Dies	$24.95	$17.47
132159	Holly Greetings Simply Sent	$14.95	$10.47
132176	Snowflake Season Simply Sent	$14.95	$10.47
129324	Rhinestone Basic Jewels	$4.95	$3.47
132147	Large Gift Box	$3.95	$2.77

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Joyful Christmas 3D Star Tag

I was inspired to make this Joyful Christmas Star tag with my stamp club, after seeing Barbara Raffman's card,.  I changed up her instructions slightly.  Mostly because I couldn't find my stylus when I was making the sample!  LOL.  Instead of scoring the lines first, I folded the paper along the lines of the star.  I didn't try to fold all the way to the tips.  After folding all the lines, I made sure that the short lines formed valleys and the longer ones formed the mountains.  While it would be helpful to score with heavier card stock, thankfully everything worked out with the Whisper White card stock.  And yes, my stylus re-appeared after finishing this project!  To attach the 3D star to the project, I stacked two Stampin' Dimensionals, attached them to the center back of the folded star and added to the Christmas tag.

The Christmas Star is a single stamp.  I stamped Whisper White card stock with Versamark ink and then heat embossed with silver stampin' emboss powder.  While it's called the Christmas Star, can you see using this 3D star in patriotic themes for banners, tags and other projects?  You can see these ideas and more on my Pinterest board.

This tag was a bonus project for my stamp club.  After making the Festive Flurry Tag Bag, I had leftover Winter Frost paper. I came up with this project to use up the scraps.

Stampin' Supplies

Item	Description	Price
134813	Christmas Star Clear-Mount Stamp	$9.95
131805	Joyful Christmas Clear-Mount Stamp Set	$11.87
132183	Winter Frost Designer Series Paper Pack	$6.95
102283	Versamark Ink Pad	$7.50
109131	Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder	$4.75
132137	Silver 1/8" Ribbon	$4.95
119246	Rhinestone Jewels	$4.95

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Festive Flurry Tag Bag Tutorial

Enjoy making this snowflake bag with Stampin' Up!'s Festive Flurry Ornament Kit and by using this Sharing Creativity tutorial for the tag bag.  You can see how I was inspired to make this Festive Flurry Tag Bag in yesterday's post.  When I designed this project, I wanted to make a bag that only used one sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 card stock.  It took me a while to figure it out.  Now that I've figured out the template, you'll be seeing this tag bag again!

This tag bag is really a box with a tag attached to each side after the box is made.

First cut a piece of card stock in half.  You'll have 2 pieces that are 8 1/2 x 5 1/2" each. Then cut one of the pieces into two tags that measure 3 1/5 x 5 1/2" each.

Place the half sheet of card stock in Stampin' Up!'s Simply Scored and score at 1/2, 1, 4 1/2 and 5".

Turn the card stock as shown and score at 3 3/4 and 4 3/4. 

Fold along the lines as shown and clip to the second score mark on both sides as shown.

Fold on the second score marks as shown and cut off at the score marks on the other side as shown.  Add Sticky Strip to the small tabs.

Turn the box over and add Sticky Strip as shown.  You are now ready to assemble your box.

I like adhering the two small tabs together first.

Then attach the long tab on each side.  Snip the corners of the remaining two pieces and attach to the box.  Now you are ready to add the Festive Flurry Ornament!

My stamp club enjoyed making this project.  I hope you do too!  I'm looking forward to seeing how you use this tag bag.

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Festive Flurry Tag Bag

This Festive Flurry Tag Bag is made using Stampin' Up!'s Festive Flurry Ornament Kit.  After seeing Janneke's project, I was inspired to make this tag bag using our snowflake kit.  That made this project go quickly (after I figured out how to make the tag bag).  I'll post the tutorial for the tag bag tomorrow.

Here is the Festive Flurry Ornament Kit which comes with everything you need to make 10 snowflakes.  When I opened the kit, I realized that not only does this make the snowflakes quick and easy, it's a great price at $14.95.  Why?  You get a full pack of the large rhinestones and 10 yards of Soft Sky Seam Binding Ribbon.  Those two items cost $11.90!  You'll have lots of rhinestones and ribbon to use on future projects!



The snowflakes are already die cut and pre-scored.  You punch them out, fold along the score lines and attach.  Stampin' Up! also has video instructions.

Stampin' Supplies

Item	Description	Price
135813	Festive Flurry Ornament Kit	$14.95
118309	Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack	$16.95
126457	Sweet Essentials Stamp Set	$14.95
132183	Winter Frost Designer Series Paper Pack	$6.95

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