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FIRST PLACE PRIZE: ONE HUNDRED (100) first place winners will receive their choice of any single Project Life by Stampin' Up! card collection and coordinating accessory pack. (Approximate Retail Value of prize: $24.90 USD.)
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Good Luck and Happy Stamping!
Cyndy

Holiday Supplement

In case you didn't know, Stampin' Up! has rolled out a supplement for this holiday season. If you haven't seen it, let me know and I'll get one out to you. There is a kit to make the stars on the cover, SO ADORABLE! and so much more! Scroll down to view the items in the supplement or click on the image to shop directly. Perfect timing for the holidays!

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Happy Stamping!

Cyndy

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Ah, what can I say about this week's deals! Button, button, who's got a button? They are such a great way to embellish a card, scrapbook page or whatever! Here is a project I did quite a while back and I used buttons along the bottom. You can never have too many buttons! Also the framelits and punches. Love these products. So many things you can do with them as well.

The dotted scallop border punch. You can use it just as is or trim it in half as well. Can also look like a piece of ribbon! If you need help with putting together what you need for a project, just give me a holler and I will help you figure it all out.
Happy Stamping!
Cyndy

Mojo Monday

So how does that title sound? Trying to come up with something for different days of the week. So I didn't get a chance to stamp over the weekend. It's time for firewood! And closing up the garden. So this card was done by a friend of mine, Louise. She gave it to me at our last gathering (Shoebox Swap) and thought how easy is that!

She used the tree punch from the Holiday Mini and then the fringe scissors. I will have to make a sample to give more ideas for this simple technique.

Happy Stamping!

Cyndy

Technique Thursday

Happy Sunday!
I did not get a chance to post these pictures till now. I'm trying to work out a schedule but life just keeps getting in the way!
So for Thursday we just did one card and two 3D projects. I saw this card on Pinterest. It was done I think last year by Snippets & Pretties. I thought what a great card to give a family!

The way it opens is you pull the bottom top piece. This card used punches, framelits, & embossing folders. Yes there are a lot of pieces to this card but oh so cute! Don't you think? Please leave a comment and let me know. Now on to the next project! Much simpler!

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My friend Dale. She made this for me last year and thought how cute is that! It uses a die cut and four punches.

So for the head you would punch the center first and then offset the larger punch for that "halo" effect. I used the gold foil that got punched out as the backing of the front piece to sandwich the linen thread and "body" of the angel. The large rhinestone has since retired and so did the stamp set that was stamped on the "arms & body" of the angel, but you could use any lined image stamp for that and replace the rhinestone with something else.

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Our last project was for the fall. I found this on Pinterest also. It uses the Curvy Keepsake Box Thinlit Die. When I saw this in the Holiday Mini I thought it was cute and thought "Oh I don't need that!" I had gotten the box maker, which is great but the things you can do with this die! Oh, it's to die for! Ha ha! Well anyway this die can be used year round, so if you don't have it, you've got to get it!

Isn't that the most adorable pumpkin! you don't have to worry about it making a mess on your table or anything! And can you believe it was even easier then the angel? Yes, it was! So for this pumpkin you have to die cut two pieces of the die cut, assemble, sponge on the ink and stamp the "lines" and the close box, the face was made with three punches. I stuck them on with the two-way glue! That's it! Amazing isn't it? This was made with vellum card stock so if you wanted you could use one of those LED tea lights and then it will give you a nice glow in the evening.

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If you've enjoyed these projects, please leave a comment and if you need any of these products, just click on the item and you can order it and have it shipped directly to your home!

Happy Stamping!
Cyndy

Shoebox Swap Updated!

Ok, a day late but here are some more from our Shoebox Swap. I went to take pictures of the rest of the swaps and realized my phone was full and now I need to remove pictures so I can take some more photos. The dilemma is what photos to remove! Oh well, give me a few days to figure that one out. In the meantime here are some of the swaps.

This first one was designed by Louise. Nice and simple. Love the colors. What a great embossing folder. Embossing folders are such an inexpensive way to give so much to a card. Love it! What more can I say.

This next card was designed by Kathryn. Another simply card. Love it! We used the Blendabilities to color in the glass and highlight bright. I have the embossing folder and glad to see it used with a different stamp set then the Cheerful Christmas set.

This card was designed by Pauline. I first made a card using this technique at a shoebox box at convention. This really is easy. You take a rectangle piece of card stock and fold it in half and then bring each edge into the fold, ending with three folds. You're making something like a screen people used to use way back when. The bottom is using a punch, in this case the Decorative Label and the top we used the new Confetti Stars punch. Also used was the Holiday Home bundle. What a lovely card!

This was an extra that I had brought the sample. I've seen this on several websites. It's using the new Curvy Keepsakes Box thin lit. It's been on backorder and mine had just come in. I've only had time to use it a couple of times and thought everyone would enjoy this one. We used vellum card stock and sponged on the color and for the lines, was a piece from Work of Art stamp set. A couple of punches for the eyes and mouth and done! You can use those LED tea lights for inside. Now how stink in cute is that!

There are more swaps to follow, but as I mentioned I need to take some pictures off my phone so I can get the rest on there and onto this blog! So enjoy for now!

Happy Stampin!
Cyndy