Getting Ready for Christmas

I know it seems a little early, but as all crafters know, if you don't start early, it doesn't get done in time for Christmas! My card share for you today is one of the cards we will be making at my Christmas Card Stamp-A-Stack in October.

This card uses the The More the Merrier stamp set from Stampin' Up! This is a level 3 hostess set that can be earned by hosting a workshop. I used my new favorite color combination of Melon Mambo and Bermuda Bay, and colored the image with markers. There is some Dazzling Diamonds glitter in the snow, and the background is textured by running it through the Big Shot with the Perfect Details Texturz plate. The sentiment is punched out with the Word Window punch and matted on pieces punched with the Modern Label punch.

That's it! Pretty simple, but quite pretty, if I do say so myself!

Make today a great day!

Tammy

Top Note Jack

Good Morning!

So yesterday my post ended up to be much longer than I had anticipated. I guess maybe I should have stretched that set of cards out over a couple of days! Anyway, today I just have a quick little project to share with you. Lately I have seen a lot of little pumpkin treat baskets on various blogs created with the Big Shot and the Pillowbox die. Well, I don't happen to have the Pillowbox die yet, so I decided to make a pumpkin treat box with my Top Note die instead!

This was so quick and easy to do and only required one sheet of cardstock and a few scraps! I cut one sheet of Pumpkin Pie cardstock in half (5 1/2" x 8 1/2"). I cut one of those pieces in half again and ran them through my Big Shot with the Top Note die. Then I sponged the edges of both die cuts with Pumpkin Pie ink.

For the box I used the remaining piece of Pumpkin Pie cardstock. I cut it to 5 1/2" x 6" and followed the instructions I found here to score and fold the box (she made a purse, I omitted the top for my box). I glued it all together with Tombow Multi Purpose Adhesive.

For Jack's face, I punched some scraps of Basic Black cardstock with the Photo Corner punch. I used the smaller corners to create his mouth and eyes. I then cut a 1" square and cut it in half diagonally for his nose.

For his jaunty little leaf, I ran some Old Olive cardstock through the Big Shot with the Leaves #2 die. I sponged the edges of this with Old Olive ink before attaching it to my box.

Inside my little box I have placed a small cello bag full of candy corn. Since I don't really care for candy corn, it will be safe! If I were to fill it with chocolate, I would have to refill it evey day! I tied the top of the bag with a piece of Pumpkin Pie 1/4" grosgrain ribbon.

Make today a great day!

Tammy

Happy Autumn!

Hello Again! Well, I had some time to play with my Big Shot yesterday afternoon and came up with this Thank You card. Don't you just love Stampin' Up!'s Top Note die? It just makes everything look more elegant - like you put so much extra work into it - when all you really did was turn the handle on your Big Shot a couple of times!

The focal point on this card was also created with the Big Shot. I cut the Daisies #2 die twice from More Mustard cardstock, then I sponged the edges with Chocolate Chip ink and bent them up slightly for some dimension. I stacked them all together using a little 2-way glue to hold them in place, then attached them to the Top Note with a Chocolate Chip corduroy brad - LOVE these! The leaves were cut from Old Olive cardstock using the Little Leaves sizzlet die. These were also sponged with Chocolate Chip ink. To add some interest to the background, I stamped the cardfront with the Sanded background stamp using Chocolate Chip ink. The sentiment stamp is from the Thank You Kindly stamp set. I'm really pleased with how this card turned out. I just love all the dimension of that daisy!

I hope you enjoy this little taste of autumn! It is still very much summer-like here in Florida, so this is as close as I'll get to autumn for awhile.

Go out and make today a great day!

Tammy