Holiday Catalog Blog Hop

It has been over a month since I posted, boy does time fly when you are having fun, as in visiting your grandchildren(you can see new pics at the end of this post if you are interested).  My friends and I decided it was time to blog hop with new items from the holiday catalog. 

My first excitement in the catalog was the new White Stampin' Chalk Marker.  Blackboard stamping is the hot new in thing to do and this marker works great for personalizing your gifts this season.  I used the Artisan Label Punch to black card stock and used the White Stampin' Chalk Marker to make a border and add the name.  The large tag is made using Chalk Talk with Stazon and cut out with the coordinating framelit.  Don't you love gifting home made items, and this stamp set helps make them extra special.

Stampin' Up! had added some of last year's Christmas stamp sets to the list of available for purchase.  I was so happy to hear this since I loved the Ornament Keepsakes set and the coordinating framelits.

Also the Snowflake Soiree was extended.  This card was made using glossy card stock and stamping the snowflakes and sentiment in Versamark and then embossing with white embossing powder and heating.  Then I sponged Rich Razzleberry ink over the embossing, it makes such a lovely card, just love those snowflakes.

 Tonight at our Technique Class one of the techniques we will be learning is White Craft Ink Watercolor Technique and thanks go out to Patty Bennett for placing the instructions on her blog.
Didn't this card turn out to be too cute?  I used one of the flowers from the Flower Shop stamp set and stamped it with white craft ink.  Then using the Aqua Painter I filled in the petals with the white craft ink, then with Primrose petals, finishing the centers with Raspberry Ripple.I stamped the small leaf from Gently Falling with Gumball Green.  Finished it off with a sentiment from Blooming with Kindness which I cut out using the Hearts A Flutter Framelit die.  What a difference the new Big Shot Magnetic Platform is to using the Framlits, no more struggles with tape to keep the paper from moving, worth every cent!

Here is our hop lineup:

Kath - http://kath-allthatscrap.blogspot.com/
You are here - Debbie - http://cleverandcute.blogspot.com/ 
Jackie -http://jackotterstamp.blogspot.com/
Buffy - http://buffycooper.com/

Here are the promised pictures of my granddaughters.

Addison with her first sucker after shots.

Corinne with Grandpa Martin

Thanksgiving Place Settings

Last night Amanda and I worked on Thanksgiving Place Settings for our families.  We think they will love them, what do you think?

Thanksgiving Place Settings

 

First we made these really cute turkey place card/candy holders.  I had seen the turkey at Louisville Regional on a card, but I changed his face a little.  These little candy holders will hold three Hershey Nuggets.  It is made with the larger of the Two Tags die.

Turkey place card/candy holder

 

When the Idea Book and Catalog came out my ladies and I were really attracted to the Grateful Greetings on page 27 of the catalog.  I then had run across a really cute Always Thankful Trifold Card made by Alex Hobson and decided to combine both ideas into my Spice Cake Grateful Greetings.  I found directions to make the Trifold Card at SplitCoastStampers here:  Trifold Pocket Card.

Spice Cake Grateful Greetings

 

I have had the Petite Pocket die for awhile and hadn't taken it out of the package and thought maybe it would hold a place setting of flatware.  I was so excited that it worked.  I stamped it with the Gently Falling stamp set and tied some Spice Cake fabric around it for a bow.

Petite Pocket Flatware Holder

Check back tomorrow for my two cards that we will be making Thursday in Technique Class.

Swaps for Regional

On October 28th I will be attending the Stampin' Up! Regional Conference in Louisville.  While I have been under the weather this week, I have been creating card fronts to swap with other demonstrators.  I have had so much fund creating and here are my four card fronts.

French Foliage Gives Thanks

I just love the French Foliage stamp set, I was one of many demonstrators who petitioned Stampin' Up! to keep this stamp set.   The Give Thanks is one of the stamps in the stamps in the Hand-Penned Holidays stamp set from the Holiday Mini Catalog.  One of the leaves I colored using the baby wipe technique.  Then after I was finished with this card front, I took the baby wipe with reinkers and made swipes across glossy paper and came up with this card front:

Thankful Gently Falling

I then stamped the filled in leaves from the Gently Falling stamp set.  Don't you just love how vibrant the colors are?  I'll use this technique again. Isn't that turkey too cute?  This is a part of the Gift Givers stamp set out of the Holiday Mini Catalog, you can check it out on the right hand side of my blog page.  This set covers all of the major holidays: St. Patrick's, Valentines, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Halloween and Easter and even just snow.  And all of the stamps correspond with a Stampin' Up! punch!

Elegant Birthday

I have fallen in love with this piece of DSP.  It is from the Cheerful Treat Hostess Paper Set.  Isn't it just elegant?  I'll have to host another order so I can get some more of it.  The last card was the one I posted yesterday.

HSSTP Think Pink!