Gifts of Kindness Thank You Card

Hello Everyone!  I hope you are all having a good week!  Today, the my kids and I are taking a break from homeschooling to head into Seattle for the Seahawks Parade!  We are all so excited!  (Which probably means there are more Seahawk cards coming - maybe even a new stamp or two!)

I made this card about two weeks ago for a two different challenge blogs I follow.  Unfortunately, life got busy, and I didn't get around to posting it in time.  But, I love the colors, and the layout of this card.  My favorite thing about this card, is that it has already been sent out in the mail to a friend of mine.  One of my top goals for the year is to send out more cards! 

This is all I have for today, I hope the rest of your week goes well!  Thanks for stopping by!

Nichole

Supply List:

Gifts of Kindness Stamp Set

Dictionary Stamp Set

Gingham Garden Designer Series Paper

Island Indigo Cardstock

Perfect Plum Cardstock

Smoky Slate Cardstock

Whisper White Cardstock

Island Indigo Ink

Perfect Plum Ink

Smoky Slate Ink

Circle Framelits

Scallops Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

Regals Candy Dots

Large Rhinestone Basic Jewels

Weekly Deals

Hello everyone!  Have you heard about the latest weekly deals?  I think my favorite one is the Canvas Creations.  What a fun simple way to add some texture to your project!

Here are all of this week's deals!

As always, you can purchase these items, and many more on my website.  Remember - you can also add these items to anything else you'd like, and if you reach $50 you will get to choose one Sale-a-Bration item for free!

Have a great day!  Thanks for stopping by!

Nichole

Go Hawks!!

Hello everyone!  Did any of you watch the big game on sunday?  We did!  Our whole region had been pumped all week, just waiting to watch our Seahawks win the Super Bowl!

Early in the week, full excitement set in and I carved a whole set of Seahawk themed stamps using the new Undefined kit.  I stayed up a little too late doing it, but it was so much fun!  (& much easier than you'd think!)  I used it to make this simple, fun card.

The kit comes with a good sized piece of rubber, a matching sized piece of foam, four wood blocks, two carving tools, and an Island Indigo marker.  For my set, I made of course started with the Seahawks logo.  One of my favorite Seahawks is Richard Sherman - so of course, I needed a  Legion of Boom (LOB) stamp.  I also knew that a 12 would be necessary, as would the #GOHAWKS! hashtag.  To finish up my set, I carved a simple football.  Then - ta da - I had the set I wanted!  

I took the stamp with me to church on Sunday.  I knew my entire 1st/2nd grade Sunday School class were all 12's - and that they would love the stamps.  After getting through our lesson, I stamped each of their hands so they'd be ready for the game.  They were so excited!  

Supply List:

Undefined Kit 

Midnight Muse Cardstock

Gumball Green Core'dinations Cardstock

Smoky Slate Cardstock

Midnight Muse 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon

3/16" Corner Rounder Punch

Gumball Green Ink

Midnight Muse Ink

Smoky Slate Ink

Birthday Card Stamp-a-Stack

Hey everyone!
Who's ready for the big game this weekend?  Are you a football fan, planning on watching the game?  Or are you a football widow, who is looking forward to the crafting time?  Either way - it should be a good day!!  I will be watching the game, and cheering on our local guys!  We don't have our definite plans nailed down yet - but they will for sure include the 3 F's - football, food, and fun!  #gohawks!

Earlier this month, I had a Birthday Card Stamp a Stack class.  We made 16 cards, four each of four different designs.  I included the Remembering Your Birthday Stamp set in with the class fee, so the ladies could recreate their cards at home.

I wanted to try and cover different types of birthday card needs at this class.  So, I have cards that are manly, boyish, girly, and ...ladylike.  (For lack of a better word!  LOL)

This is my girly card.  I really like the glitter on the cake, and the soft colors.  This card features the Birthday Cake single stamp offered in the Idea Book and Catalog.  

This was my boyish card.  This was my first time doing sanding on the coordinations cardstock, I used the Alphabet Press embossing folder.  I love it!  I can't wait to do it again on another project!!  This card also features the Tag It stamp set, which is our Ronald McDonald House Charities set of the year.  Each time this set is purchase, Stampin' Up! donates $3 to the RMHC.  The whole set is fun, and it also coordinates with our Chalk Talk Framelits.

Here is my grown up girly card.  :)  I saw something like this on pinterest, but I couldn't find the pin to source it here.  I changed it up just a bit to fit my needs.  This card has so many elements.  The stamps are from Everything Eleanor, and Flower Shop.  The Designer Series Paper comes from Modern Medley, Afternoon Picnic, and Etcetera.  We also used the Beautifully Baroque embossing folder.

This was my manly card.  I do not do a lot of manly stuff, so I was a bit worried about it.  But, I saw this pin by Jennifer Jackson, and just changed it up a little.  I knew I wanted to include the new Hardwood stamp from the Occasions Catalog.  This card also features the Clockworks set, which is quickly becoming a favorite!

That is what I have for today!  What ever your plans are, I hope you have a wonderful weekend!  Thanks for stopping by!

Nichole

January's My Paper Pumpkin

Hey everyone!  Do you know about Stampin' Up!'s monthly kit?  It is called My Paper Pumpkin, and it is awesome!  My Paper Pumpkin is a fun, 30 minute creative escape that is shipped right your door every month.  It comes in a pretty little box, and includes everything you need, except for adhesive to make some sort of surprise fun project each month.

My January kit arrived last week, and I was so excited to see that not only was there a cute project, Stampin' Up! also sent a free package of In Color Boutique Details!  This program has been going for almost a year now, and like with any of our other products, Stampin' Up! is always looking to improve.  They have started including a slightly larger project in the kits, and also, starting in February the stamps that come each month will be photopolymer, instead of the cling mount.

Here is what the kit looked like after I opened it all up.  I had stamps, ink, and everything else I needed to make four cards.  I love that everything I need is right there, all together.  I only needed to grab my snail, and I was ready to create.

Here are the cards I ended up with.  I planned on doing two cards like the flyer, and change up the other two.  But, I had leftover cardstock stickers... so I went back and added some stuff to the basic cards.  I couldn't help myself, I was having so much fun.  LOL

I was having so much fun, that not only did I actually put together the cards from my kit, I even mailed them out!!  

If you haven't tried out My Paper Pumpkin, now is definitely the time to try it out!  The cost is only $19.95 per month, and that includes shipping!  (There will be sales tax added.)  There is no monthly commitment with this kit.  If you decide that you don't want a kit for the month, just log into your account before the 10th of the month, and you can skip that month.  Right now, if you sign up you will receive a free set of 2013/2015 In Color Markers!  That is a $14.95 value!  You can head over and sign up here:  My Paper Pumpkin

I hope you all have a great week!

Thanks for stopping by!

Nichole

December Blog Hop

Welcome to the December Blog Hop!  This month we are showing off Christmas ideas!  

Are you just coming over from Olivia's blog?  Weren't her projects fabulous?!?!!!

Are you ready for Christmas yet?  I'm not!  If you are looking for some cute last minute gift ideas, maybe for neighbors, mail carriers, teachers - I have some ideas for you!

First, I have a little Santa Treat holder.  

You could use any bottle for this, and fill it with whatever treat will fit in side.  To make the buckle, I used the Peekaboo Frames Bigz L die, and a strip of silver Glimmer Paper.

Look at this fun little box!  This little gift is for one of my neighbors.  I didn't have the fabulous Gift Bow die yet when I made this, so I made my bow using four Extra Large Oval punches, and the 1 inch circle punch.

This is what the gift looks like when you open it up.  The gift is a greeting card holder.

Your Christmas cards are held in place on the ribbon with these fun clothespins.  I just bought regular plain clothespins from the store.  Then I used our fun Season of Style Washi Tape to decorate them.  

Here's how fun it looks hanging on the wall!  I hope you've enjoyed my simple, last minute gift ideas!  

Thanks for stopping by!  

Next up on the hop is Stamping with Pearl.  She has some adorable crafty treats to share!

Holiday Blog Hop

Hello Ladies!  It is that time again!  Time for another fun blog hop with Sherry and Friends!

This month we are all featuring Holiday Items.  You may have come here from Olivia's blog, weren't her projects great?  If you are starting from here, don't worry, you can always wrap around back to check out her items!

I am showcasing the Festivve Flurry Stamp Set, Framelit Dies, and the Winter Frost Designer Series Paper Stack.  I hosted a retreat last weekend, and I used these items for the event.  My ladies who attended were treated to six make-n-take projects!  I also made them planners, made a welcome banner, candy treat boxes, and place cards.  I had so much fun working with this coordinating set of products!

This is the welcome banner I made, to decorate our beach house with.  I used the Simply Created Banner Kit, and the Christmas Banner Simply Created Accessory Kit to make this.  It came together pretty fast, and I love how it turned out!

This is what their name tags looked like.  I used the Square Framelits for the base, the Label Framelits for the name, and then the smallest Festive Flurry Stamp & Die to accent.

This is the Candy/Treat box I decorated.  I used our Kraft boxes from the IBC.  I decorated the four sides with the Winter Frost DSP Stack.  I also used some retired gray ribbon on the top.  For that snowflake on top, I cut one out of Pool Party cardstock.  Then I stamped the same size snowflake in Pool Party on a window sheet, and used the framelit to cut it out.  Then I cut out a third of that size of snowflake with our Silver Glimmer Paper.  I layered the glimmer paper directly under the window sheet, and then off set the cardstock snowflake.  They are SO much prettier in person!   Inside I tucked away a few pieces of chocolate, to help make it through the weekend!

This was one of our make-n-take projects.  Originally, this was going to be the only project.  But when I put it together, I thought it was kinda small.  Beautiful, but small.  So, I decided to spoil my attendees, and creat a few more make n take projects for them.

 

This was their second make-n-take project; a post it not

e holder.  I love the crisp white background, especially with the diagonal stripes embossing folder!

For the last of the make-n-takes, I wanted them to be able to make a set of cards.  So, I designed four cards.  Most have some sort of Pinterest inspiration on them. 

For this first one, I took advantage of the clearance rack offerings, and my small group size to use up some retired Island Indigo brads.

I love the blingy, sparkly look you get to anything when you add glimmer paper!  

This card uses some left over ribbon I had from the Christmas Simply Created Banner Accessory Kit.

This card uses some retired Pool Party ribbon, but it was a great way to use it up!

That is what I have to show you for today!  I hope you enjoyed my projects!  Be sure to stop by on the rest of the hop, and check out what the other ladies have made!

Have a great week!

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