Sending a Warm Hello as we usher in a new year at midnight tonight!

Such a lovely, warm card wishing a special family member or friend all the best today! The Circle Sayings bundle has been sitting on my shelf a while and so I was glad to bring it out to make this card from World Card Making day! Any circle punch or die is going to do it for you - in this case I used the 2 3/8". The greeting is from Circle Sayings. Using "half" of the punched shape gives you more to spread around on the card!

I don't usually go out for New Years'. In fact, this is the day/night I warm up some cocoa or tea, put a log on the fire and spend hours crafting the year "out". All the best to you my friends as we ring in 2024! xo

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Bee Mine: You make my heart buzz

More of this adorable Bee Mine bee punch. To get the two-tone colour on the bee, there are two stamps: one a body that I stamped in Daffodil Delight and one of black stripes that I stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento ink. I coloured in the wings to coordinate with the Pool Party layer but in hindsight would do in black as well. The paper in this pack is very multipurpose suitable for whatever you're creating today.

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Winter Owls bringing a Special Delivery

I feel this tag by itself or as a focal point on the card is perfect for any occasion. The paper is long sold out but the gold/navy ribbon and stunning Winter Owl stamp set and die bundle is still available til January 4. All this is on Very Vanilla for a soft subtle look.

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Bee Mine Suite

The Christmas tree is still twinkling in the living room but for a card maker with new supplies it's time to move on to spring colours and images! This is a new bundle coming available to customers starting January 5 in the Jan-April Mini Catalogue. Got my hands on it in October and well let's just say there's not a lot of the patterned paper left. That bee...it's a punch! The anntennae and wings punch out heart shapes so this is going to be my go-to for Valentine creations. So darn cute. Bee Mine is the suite.

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Heartfelt Hexagon for the Win!

Every just punch a bunch then toss them on the table to see what comes to mind? I'm sure this is what the designer had in mind when preparing this card for World Card Making Day 2023. The coordinating stamp set has the dotted pattern around the edges. A simple but really neat layout for a birthday card. Enjoy!

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Earthen Textures with water-colouring

Now for a little non-holiday cards...If you attended World Card making day in October, Stampin' Up! did a video on how to make this card using this stamp set (Earthen Textures) or using other similar leaf type die cuts. The star of the show was adding ink with a water colour painter (or paint brush) onto water colour paper after die cutting. The 3 rectangular die cuts are actually the tall urn from the set! Beautiful bold bright colours to brighten up what's a rather dreary day here. Happy Boxing Day!

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Merry Christmas!

 Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Christmas Eve 2023

 "And the stockings were hung by the chimney with care..." Getting set for Santa and the reindeer to arrive tonight? The story is such a familiar one in our family. I still have the pop up book and look forward to reading it to my grandson. Happy Christmas Eve everyone!

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Winter Owls with snow on the boughs

More from Winter Owls....the snow was made using some watered down acrylic paint (from the dollar store!) and the flicking of a paintbrush. Super simple.

To create the snow on the branches, I die cut the branches in both Basic Gray and Basic White and lay the gray on top of the white so the snow appears to be piling up on the branch. And the beautiful owl! Enjoy your day!

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Jolly St. Nick with Sending Cheer

 Jolly St. Nick will be coming down the chimeny in a few short days! Are the kids at your house getting excited? It doesn't matter how old...we're all kids at heart. And when you see this red cap you always think of Santa. Enjoy the rest of the week!

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Happy 1st Day of Winter with Winter Owls!

The snowy owl...a beautiful centrepiece on today's winter card. Just simple stamping with a bunch of layers - some embossed and some not - behind it. That wreath is from Cottage Wreaths and is a favourite for framing your focal point. Happy 1st Day of Winter 2023!

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Sending Cheer with Presents wrapped up so dear

 It's almost time for me to start wrapping the gifts...are yours all under the tree already? I like to leave this one task to the end. I put on some Christmas music, sit by my finally decorated tree and wrap, wrap, wrap. While I like the idea of reusable bags there's nothing like tearing open pretty patterned paper to reveal what's inside. Sending Cheer to you as you package up your presents this holiday season!

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Christmas Classics - Peace on Earth

Wishing you all some peace and tranquility in these days leading up to the holidays. There's still a lot of preparations happening, parties, baking and wrapping. Take time to be quiet and sit by your tree and soak it up. We're almost there...

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Translucent Florals in many layers

Hands down my favourite card from the Translucent Florals class I did last week. So many layers - oh my! All arranged on a white exposed brick embossed matte. The colours I used were Old Olive, Night of Navy, Lemon Lolly and a little black cardstock. I really like how this one turned out.

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Homemade gingerbread cookie....card!

Do you bake for the holidays? What's your favourite recipe? I have never made gingerbread but I sure have decorated them. Always a fun activity with the family. These are much smaller and not quite so tasty but beautiful in a card. Enjoy!

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Radiating Stitches Dies really frame this pretty paper!

A commercial break from holiday cards with this one. Designed by my friend and team member, Wendy for our shoebox swap. If you're wondering, these dies are on the "online exclusives" list in my webstore. They won't appear in any publication and are available while supplies last. I like the radiating design look on this card.

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Christmas Classics: Tidings of Comfort & Joy

 Still working on getting the Christmas cards out! How about you? It's wild how Dec 25 comes around every year and yet there's a hustle and bustle of preparations. Grateful to have been making the cards for months and able to address and send them out. That part, I'm on top of! Today's card features an easy layout and warm festive greeting from the soon to be retired Christmas Classics bundle.

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Majestic Winter Owl

Such a majestic bird, the owl. This is the Winter Owls bundle which you can still snag while supplies last or by Jan 4th. It was featured in my November Avid Stampers class. Great card for winter greetings, masculine themes, for the outdoorsy person in your life.

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Translucent Floral card in Orchid Oasis and Old Olive

These flowers from Translucent Florals are so pretty. All that shading happens with the photopolymer stamp so it's "Diane-proof". Turns out every time.

Thanks to Wendy for this gorgeous card from our Shoebox Swap last month. I really like the coordination of Orchid Oasis and Old Olive together.

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Sending Cheer

 This was my card from the November Team Shoebox Swap. What fun we had making each others' creations, catching up and enjoying some holiday cheer early. The Sending Cheer Bundle is almost gone so if you like these images, be sure to order soon. Bonus: the dies all work with the standard and mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss machine (and other die cutting machines on the market)!

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Tree Decorating with Beary Christmas Suite

Lovely gatefold card with a "belly band" wrap around on which the bear and tree sit. So cheery and festive! Thanks, Stacey (and happy birthday today!) for sharing this card with us at our team Shoebox Swap.

This will be me later today as I pick up my NEW pre-lit Christmas Tree and do some decorating. I hope I look as festive (but skinnier) than the polar bear LOL

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Gorgeous Garden Die makes one gorgeous card

Met with my team in November for a Shoebox swap. Here's one of the two cards I designed. The die makes this a snap to put togther! I highly recommend using Adhesive Sheets on the back of the patterned paper (or cardstock) you use to die cut out the Gorgeous Garden dies (2 die set each of which covers a full 4" x 5 1/4" panel). The little left over pieces will stick to the sheet and the die cut comes out clean. Just added a tag with a heat embossed greeting and a little twine/gems.

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Tidings of Comfort & Joy

Eh voila: The fractured card layout for Christmas! Really shows off the greeting and the patterned paper with the 3/8" strips of Cherry Cobbler framing the centre. Added a little bow and some bling to jazz it up a bit.

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Simple said Sympathy Card

Pulled out the Hello Irresistibles paper pack for a subtle palette of colour as the base for my sympathy card. A more subdued background is best when making these. And just a simple heartfelt greeting to top it off. These colours are Soft Sea Foam for the cardbase and Pebbled Path.

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Christmas Classes: Peace on Earth

 A stunning Christmas card with the leafy die from Christmas Classics. I CASEd this card from my friend Elizabeth Green using this soon to be retired bundle.

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Heartfelt Hexagon Punch does it all!

 Love my punches for more than just labels. Especially with busy patterns. They all go togethers beautifully arranged with the Heartfelt Hexagon punch. Lay them out on your card front or layer and trim the edges off flush to the edge. A handy way to use them.

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Layer Up Your Cards for loads of dimension!

I'm often asked about layers on cards...here's my go to list starting from a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" card front and going smaller:

4" x 5 1/4"

3 3/4" x 5"

3 1/2" x 4 3/4"

3 1/4" x 4 1/2"

3" x 4 1/4"

2 3/4" x 4"

Skip a layer or two to show off more of one layer as I've done with the embosed white piece (3 3/4" x 5"). Adding lots of cardstock layers is a great way to add dimension to your project as you're building your collection of embossing tools and embellishments.

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Heartfelt Hexagon All Occasion Card

A simple birthday or all occasion card to wish someone a joyful day! This time, I've paired Night of Navy up with Lemon Lolly - one of our newer subtle colours. The navy really pops! This is the Heartfelt Hexagon punch in action together with its coordinating stamp that does the stamped stitching around it.

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Christmas Classics with Coloured Ribbon

Here's more of the Christmas Classics dies - thi time with the Old Olive leaf pattern. And that pretty Vanilla and Black check ribbon has been coloured (YES, you can do this!) with the Old Olive Stampin' Blend. It works best with an alcohol marker or sharpie and not a water based one which would run. Give that a try on your next card!

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Christmas Classics with Gold Accents

Christmas cards and heat embossing just go together! On today's card from my Christmas Classics class we're using gold embossing and a touch of gold with the branch at the top to offset the Vanilla and Shaded Spruce cardstock colours. Have you got your Christmas cards in the mail yet? Mine go out next week!

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Happy Anniversary with Ringed With Nature

Got scraps? This will use some of the corresponding ones up: 4 strips of between 1/2" and 1" wide by around 3" tall. You know you've got 'em. Just scatter them haphazardly across the card front - embossed as I've done - or not. Then add your focal point and greeting. This house from Ringed with Nature works so well for "happy new home" or in this case, Happy Anniversary!

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Heartfelt Hexagon Punch goes a long way!

Did you know? Punches aren't just for punching out greeting although that's the perfect use for them especially when they are designed to go with a specific stamp set. In this case, the Heartfelt Hexagons bundle goes with TWO stamp sets which I'll share a bit more about this week. But here's where I just used them to punch out some pretty patterned paper and a shape that I then dry embossed. Keepin' it simple!

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Winter Owls - TLC Tutorial Card

One of the neat things about being a demonstrator is all the crafty people you meet along the way. One such friend is Shauna Mikuliak in Saskatoon and together with others, we provide a monthly tutorial bundle. Sneak peek: this is mine for the next edition being sent out early December. I have thoroughly loved playing with the Winter Owls stamp/die bundle this month preparing for my bundle class that's happening next Tuesday and making this one for the TLC tutorial group. Enjoy!

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Two cards / One Layout Day

It's a two-for! In today's post I'm sharing two cards made with the same layout but different stamp sets and papers. These were from a One Sheet Wonder presentation I offered early this month on the Global Inspiration Stamp Team FB group. It's private...how do you get in? Place a minimum $50 order with me (unless you're already one of my amazing customers) or join my team. You'll have access to oodles of content. Enjoy!

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Wishes All Around - a truly versatile bundle that goes the distance

 The Wishes All Around bundle has four greetings with mixed fonts for a really elegant look - not the basic stamping for sure! This wreath of trees is stamped then die cut. There are two other wreaths (garland and snowflakes) in this bundle to give you lots of options from one purchase. Consider picking this up before it's gone for good!

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Beary Christmas bringing warm wishes

Probably my most used stamp set this year: Beary Christmas. I love critters and especially when we have a punch to go with it. Add a circle, oval, rectangle shape as a focal point and pop it up - quickly transforms a basic card into a work of art. Warm wishes to you!

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Happy Christmas with Merry and Bright

What do you say: Merry Christmas? Happy Holidays? Season's Greetings? Happy Christmas? Nice to change it up a bit as with this card and it's adorable string of lights and Merry and Bright colours. Wishing you the very best of the season!

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Show off Patterned Papers in this unique Fun Fold

Here's a fun layout in a card featuring various holiday patterned papers from our Sep-Dec Mini catalogue. Most are retiring by end December so get them before they go! Check my blog for a video I did on how to make it this unique fun fold. My thanks to Suzanne Netz for this swap card.

Get the video here

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Stars at Night for ALL the beauty of Christmas cardmaking

The Stars at Night bundle has it ALL going on: heartfelt holiday greetings, stars, die cuts and a matching embossing folder! Thanks to my Silver Sister Elizabeth Green for today's gorgeous card. The large gold star pops off the page with dimensionals and the embossing is beautiful. Wishing you the Best and Brightest this holiday season!

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A Walk in the Forest DSP gives back!

Did you know? Stampin' Up! is supporting organizations dedicated to spreading cheer and providing support to those in need with a donation of $4 from every package of this Walk in the Forest patterned paper. And the patterns are cute and fun in our usual quality paper. This is a fun fold flip card. Happy Holidays!

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Ringing in the holidays with Merriest Trees

Have you put your tree up yet? It will be a few more weeks before I'll be doing it. But last night I heard Christmas songs from 106.1 radio in Guelph - already! The season is definitely upon us. Thanks to my friend Glenda Mollet for today's Christmas Tree card.

The Merriest Trees stamp set and dies will be available after January 2024 but not as a 10% off bundle price - you might want to get it now.

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Stunning manger scene featuring the Night Divine Bundle

Today's card was designed by Joanne McTavish and is a stunning scene of Mary and Joseph at the manger with baby Jesus and two of the Wise Men. The die cut of them is from a distressed gold paper with so much texture on it. Simply stunning!

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Quick & Simple Two Card Layout

Time for another "two cards | same layout project". This time I opted for thinking of you sentiments. Need a few cards in a hurry? I hope this layout inspires you. Happy Thursday!

Any shape for the greeting works over a 2 3/4" square patterned paper matted onto 3" square cardstock. On one I embossed the white and on the other I left it blank. How quick and simple is that?

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Beary Christmas Suite

 Mixing patterned papers for a focal point works well when they're all the same colours. These are from the Beary Wishes Designer Series Paper pack cut to fit on a navy layer. Lots of layers and texture with the snowflake embossing behind.

If you've like the polar bear punch and coordinating stamp set from the Beary Wishes bundle, you'll want to pick it up soon as it retires at the end of December or when supply runs out whichever come first.

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Throughout the Year Stamp Set

Did you know we have Valentine greetings in the Sep-Dec Mini Catalogue? And more...the Throughout the Year stamp set has you set for year round card making. Check that out below.

#162312 Throughout the Year Stamp Set

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Stunning Stamping with the Night Divine Stamp Set

This is a stunning card shared with me by Ami Wilson of the US. That greeting is stamped showing off the amazing quality of Stampin' Up!'s stamps. Crisp, clear words in various fonts and paired beautifully with the Shining Brightly patterned paper pack. Gold and Navy - a perfect combination for seasonal greetings.

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Warm Wishes

Warm Wishes from the Polar Bears! This fun fold card has lots of patterned paper layers bringing heartfelt warm wishes from your family. It ties at the left which is a different way to use ribbon.

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TWwo for One Friday

Here are two cards with the same layout. Both feature the Garden Walk patterned paper with some simple pieces. One has an embossed background (on the right) and a plain white background (on the left). What paper would you try this with?

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Joyful and Shining Brightly Paper Packs for the Win!

Such beautiful pattern papers in the Sep-Dec Mini catalogue offering with gorgeous gold accents. This card comes together quickly with 7 strips of 3/4" x 4" lined up across a standard card base. Add your favourite greeting on the front: I used the die and Season's Greetings from Christmas Classics. Get these paper packs (Joyful and Shining Brightly) before they're gone!

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