Category Archives: Christmas

Christmas moose

Oh, the moose! I was glad to see this set did not retire from last year’s holiday mini. Not only is the moose so fun to work with, the sentiments are wonderful and the trees are so pretty. I’m pretty … Continue reading

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Fill your heart

I hope that is happening to you — that the joy of the season is filling your heart! I am finally getting some baking done, which I love. Since we can’t hold our annual neighborhood open house, the treats will … Continue reading

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Surround yourself in patchwork

In keeping with yesterday’s patchwork-sort-of-quilt theme, here’s a variation. Like the card yesterday, I flat adhered the patterned pieces to a plain white base to keep them straight. As I mentioned before, stampers who subscribed to the Holiday Stamp-a-Stack to … Continue reading

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Wonderful stripes

If you find yourself drowning in patterned paper scraps that seem too small to use, try the design on this card. The focal point is a 3¼” x 4” piece of white card stock that’s been completely covered with 4″ … Continue reading

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Star

Sometimes, with the excessive holiday food and decorations and music and movies and everything, I need a huge dose of peace. I sit in the living room and let the quiet settle into me. That’s what this card provides. Like … Continue reading

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Pine on snow

This is the slant of the sun in my kitchen in mid-afternoon. Oh, and it’s a dish of the 55 trees I stamped (twice) using the “stamp in the hole” Stamparatus technique I demonstrated in yesterday’s video. And the time … Continue reading

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Poinsettia JOY

This was the first card I designed for November’s Holiday Stamp-a-Stack to Go. Because participants were not required to have the featured stamp set, the retiring Wrapped in Christmas, if I could create a card just with die cuts, so … Continue reading

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NOEL pleated rosette garland

Here’s the finished project I showed you in yesterday’s video. This is the mirror in our front hall. It’s plastic! It fit perfectly in the dining room of our last house and immediately found a home here, against this silver-gray … Continue reading

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Wrapped In Christmas: The Joy of the Season

Perhaps you were as shocked as I was when Stampin’ Up! retired its standard Glimmer Paper. Especially after it was reintroduced with no flaking and easier cutting, I thought it would live forever. Alas, no. So I needed to come … Continue reading

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Gnome for the Holidays: Gift card holder

As promised, here are the measurements and tips for the gift card holder in last Wednesday’s video. There weren’t any errors in the video, but I think it sounded like I may have been hitting the eggnog a bit early … Continue reading

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