I hate to keep poking you about  your holiday cards, but I don't want you to wake up and realize you missed the boat or, worse, have to stay up all night making them!

Here's another option for you.  Many more ideas in the 12 Weeks of Christmas!  Sign up for my mailing list to get them FREE!  The Holiday Helper is coming soon too!  Again to my Mailing List peeps!  I do take care of my subscribers 😉

Enjoy!

Supplies:  Night of Navy, Whisper White and Silver Shimmer Card Stocks; Snowflake Soiree Stamp Set; Night of Navy Card Stock, Illuminated Ink Pad; Rhinestones; Big Shot; Framelits Labels Collection; Snowflake Die; Stampin' Dimensionals

I know it's October, but it's never too early to start working on your Hanukkah and Christmas Cards! Your friends and family will appreciate your handmade card making!  I often get phone calls from recipients telling me how much they like the card they received!  And, after all, isn't that part of the reason we send them?  To make the person feel extra special?  To let them know they are valued and thought of?  I still love going to the mailbox and finding a handmade card!  it's easier than you think!

And now, you can get your cards prepped by ME!  Place an order for $50 or more in supplies to create your holiday cards and I will cut your paper FOR you!  Yup!  CRAZY!  I want to help you!  Email your order to me at Cathy@StampsandScrapbooks.com and I will get you halfway there!  All YOU have to do is stamp and assemble!  So…What are you waiting for??????

Need ideas?  Sign up for my mailing list and you'll receive the 12 Weeks of Christmas Series.  You will get lots of card and project ideas!  Hurry!  We are already on Week 2!!!

I love my friends!  And I love sending cards to them!  The Big Shot and the Textured Impressions Folders make creating cards easy and fun!  The Houndstooth and Argyle Folders give this card a more masculine look – which I wanted.  The Stampin' Dimensionals help create interest by popping the elements up off of the card.  Finally, the color scheme is simple and masculine which keeps the card clean yet allows you to focus on the watch.  I hope you like it!

Supplies:  Midnight Muse, Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla card stocks; Neutrals Designer Series Paper Pack; Big Shot; Houndstooth Embossing Folder; Argyle Embossing Folder; Curly Label Punch; Fabulous Phrases Stamp Set; Clockworks Stamp Set; Midnight Muse and Crumb Cake Ink; Stampin' Sponge; Crumb Cake Seam Binding; Midnight Muse Stitched Ribbon (FREE!); Stampin' Dimensionals; Snail Adhesive; Glue Dots.

I love these papers!  I've been playing with them a lot lately working on the 12 Weeks of Christmas!  If you haven't signed up for my mailing list yet, do it NOW or you'll miss it!!!!  (There's a box in the upper left corner of this blog.)  You'll receive one project every week until Christmas.  These projects will not be posted on line – just to my mailing list peeps!  Enjoy!

Supplies:  Midnight Muse, Silver Shimmer, Whisper White card stocks; Snow Festival Designer Series Paper; Big Shot; Snow Flurry Bigz Die; 3" Circle Die; 2 1/2" Circle Punch; 2 3/8" Scallop Circle Punch; Midnight Muse Ink; Snow Flake Soiree Stamp Set (Believe); 3/4" Square Punch (to punch pennants); Midnight Muse Stitched Ribbon; Whisper White Organdy Ribbon; Snail Adhesive; Stampin' Dimensionals; Glue Dots.

I'm back from beautiful Tuscany!!!!  I've put aside the mountain of laundry and decided my first priority is a Mojo Monday Card! LOL  Here ya go!  Enjoy!

Supplies:  Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Green, Silver Shimmer and Very Vanilla card stocks; Be of Good Cheer Designer Series Paper; Perfect Punches Stamp Set; Cherry Cobbler Ink; Gumball Green Stitched Ribbon; Big Shot; Large Paper Doily Sizzlit; Scallop Circle Punch; 1 3/4" Circle Punch; 1 1/4" Square Punch (for banner); 1/8" Circle Punch; 1/2" Circle Punch; Tombow Adhesive; Snail Adhesive; Stampin' Dimensionals; Mini Glue Dots.

I love distressed things and this is definitely going to become a favorite of mine very quickly!  Our card stocks are dyed all the way through – which we love!  But…Co'ordinations Card Stock has a lighter color underneath so, when you emboss it and then sand off the top layer, it reveals the two-tone look!  A little bit of work for a spectacular result!

This is a QUICK video showing how easy it is!  Come back tomorrow and we'll use Co'ordinations Card Stock along with our Ribbon Medallion from yesterday to create a beautiful card!

Enjoy!

I LOVE Ribbon Medallions!  I have to try NOT to put them on every card I make! LOL!  They are so easy and once you do one, they become addicting!  They're certainly a welcome addition to any of your paper crafting projects!  I created a card awhile back and showed some photos of how to create the ribbon medallion.  (You can see the post HERE.) But, if you're like me, you need to SEE it before you're tempted to try it!  So…I did a video (below) using Seam Binding to create the medallion.  So now you have no excuse not to try it!

Enjoy!

I am in my Grandmother's home town so it made me think of her favorite flower, the pansy!  I made this for a friend's wife who had surgery. It's VERY similar to a card I did a while back for Technique-A-Week at Stamp Academy.  You can see those posts HERE and HERE.

It is created using the old butterfly punch and reinkers.  You can use one of our flower punches and just punch the "butterflies" out of flowers that have a few leaves cut out.  It's best to use our white shimmer paper.  Then just spritz the heck out of them with water and pick up a little reinker with a blender pen.  When you drop it onto the "butterfly," it will spread.  First do the yellow (Daffodil Delight) and then do the other color.  I used Elegant Eggplant but you could use whatever color you like.  Then, let it dry and assemble using a brad.  You can shape them with your fingers to make them look more realistic.

Enjoy!

So you've Scrunched your Ribbon, you've made your Flower – now you want to put it all together to make a card that will WOW the recipient!  Here's the rest of the video to help you finish the card! 🙂

Supplies:  Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla Card Stocks;  Newsprint Designer Series Paper; Big Shot; Houndstooth Textured Impressions Folder; Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding; Scissors; Tiny Tags Stamp Set; Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black and Crumb Cake Inks; Tiny Tags Punch; Antique Brads; 1" Circle Punch; Fun Flowers Bigz L Die; Sticky Strip; Glue Dots; Snail Adhesive

If you visit my blog often, you know I LOVE using FLOWERS for my card making!  The funny thing is…I don't love real flowers nearly as much as the paper ones! LOL!

I want you to "Stamp Like A Pro" so I'm going to be doing more videos for you so you might want to subscribe to my Blog so you don't miss anything!

These flowers are EASY and fun!  Once you make one, you'll be putting them everywhere!  I created a Video but it was quite long so I broke it up into three parts.  Yesterday, you learned how to Scrunch Ribbon, today you will make the FLOWER, and tomorrow, you will put it all together to create a card.

Supplies:  Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla Card Stocks; Newsprint DSP; Big Shot; Antique Brads; Paper Piercing Tool and Mat; Fun Flowers Bigz L Die; Rhinestone Brad; Vanilla Shimmer Spray