Night Divine

Night Divine Christmas

Hello everyone!

Well it's been a long while since I have been able to share some of my cards.  Life changes got in my way.  I am so excited to share my latest card.

I love how it turned out.

The cardbase is Grey Granite, the patter paper DSP is an older pattern but thought it was great for a nativity scene.

I popped the manger scene up on dimensionals.

Hoping you decide to give some handmade cards this Christmas season.

Happy Stampin'

Tammy

It's Beginning To Look Like Christmas!

 It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!  Do you sing the Christmas carol when you read that?  I do.  That is the theme this week over at The Paper Players and I just had to play along.

I realized I hadn't shared my cards that I made for my Coming Home Card Class To-Go and this one is perfect for this challenge.

The Coming Home Bundle is a really great one to have in your stash.  When I first saw it, I thought meh.  I just wasn't sure.  but I have to tell you it is my most used bundle of the Christmas season.

for this card, I used only the dies and I love how it turned out.

I used the Designer Series Paper to help me decide on the colours to use.  Old Olive, Pool Party, Early Espresso, Poppy Parade and Pear Pizzazz.

Be sure to stop over at The Paper Players to see all of the Christmas creations.

Tammy

If you place any size order with me during the month of December you will receive the December Creative Stampers Tutorial Bundle from me as a little thank you.  This month's tutorial bundle  features 10 projects Snowflake Wishes Themed Projects.  The Creative Stampers Tutorial Bundle can either be earned for FREE with any size order or Can be purchased for $22 from me.

Cherish the Season with a Blog Hop

 Hello everyone,

So happy to have you stop by today.  I am participating in a Blog Hop with my Creative Stampers group to promote our latest tutorial!

I chose to feature the Cherish the Season bundle.  I love this bundle because bells just signify Christmas.  They remind me of the movies Polar Express and It's a Wonderful Life which are must watches for our family.

Here is one of the cards I have created with this bundle, I have actually used this bundle a ton!  I even created a whole virtual card class using it.  

Simple card with lots of layers - my fav!  I used the Layering Circles Dies to frame my jingle bell.  My patterned paper is called Heartwarming Hugs, I love the colours and the patterns in the pack!

The bell itself is cut from Gold Foil Sheets - stunning.  TIP: when cutting most of the bell sizes in this set, the holly will cut right out.  If you want it to stay in place, before taking apart your Cut and Emboss sandwich, flip it over, remove the plate to expose the bell and add your adhesive before taking you bell off the last plate.  I chose to remove mine for this card.

The other thing I love about this bundle is the sentiments and greetings included.  Perfect for these stamps and dies and who doesn't need a 'To: From:' stamp in their collection and this one leaves room for adding names.

SNEAK PEEK!  Here is a sneak peek of my card included in the tutorial.  I LOVE this project.  It is slightly interactive and so much fun!

How do I get the tutorial, you ask?  Well purchase anything from my on-line store and you get it for free!!  Twelve beautiful projects using either the Heartwarming Hugs Suite, Poinsettia Place Suite or the Wonder of the Season Suite.

Hope on through to see what my Creative Stamper friends have created!

Happy Stampin'

Tammy

Coming Home Blog Hop

Hello everyone!

Today I am participating in a Blog Hop with everyone making a project using the Coming Home Suite.

Do you have this one yet?  It is in the holiday catalogue.  These little houses and street scape images can be used for so many different cards.  Follow me.  You could create the obvious Christmas, Halloween, House Warming, Birthday, Retirement, the list goes on.  Getting them with the coordinating dies will save you 10%

Here is the card I created to share with you today.  

And if you get the bundle, you should also get the Designer Series Paper ;)  It is so stinkin' cute!  This was my starting point in creating my card.  There is a large scene pattern in the DSP pack that I wanted to utilize and a simple fancy fold card allowed me to use it effectively.

The card base I used is 4 1/4 x 11, scoring at 5 1/5 to give a long gate style card.  Then I cut the front of the card in half on the short side.  So when you open the card, you have only a narrow card front.  This allows  you to see more of the DSP.

Here is the inside of my card.  It is a piece from the top of the paper.  I thought that the pattern was light enough you could write your message directly onto it.  

Here is a close look of the front of the card.  I used two stitched rectangles as a base for the images.  They are stamped in Memento Ink and coloured with Stampin' Blends.  The greeting is framed using a die from the Hippo Happiness Dies and the greeting itself is from Itty Bitty Crhstimas.

The front of the cardbase is layered using the bottom of the scene pattern of the DSP.  I finished the card off with a bow.

Be sure to hop on through to see all of the wonderful creations that we made using the Coming Home Suite.

Happy Stampin'

Tammy

Live in Canada and don't already have a demonstrator?  I would love to be yours!  With any order placed through me, receive a Creative Stampers Tutorial Bundle.  There is a new one each month - no minimum required! 

Blogging Friends Blog Hop

Hey there stampin' friends!

So glad you could join me today!  I have the CUTEST bundle to showcase for our Blogging Friends Holiday Catalogue kickoff!  

The Merry Moose Bundle!!  If you have been scouting out new holiday decorations, you would have surely seen the moose trend.  It's also a true sign of being Canadian, eh?  lol, I couldn't resist. 

Here is my card...

I often have a hard time with leaving a lot of white space, but this plaid moose made it pretty easy - he totally steals the show!  

I framed him with a scalloped square and popped up on dimensionals.  The greeting is from the bundle too.  The colours I have used are Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green and Whipser White.  The beautiful plaid DSP is called Wrapped in Plaid.

Be sure to hop on through all of the stops and get your Christmas card ideas.

Happy Stampin'

Tammy

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Love Stampin'UP! and want to take advantage of an amazing discount, join my team and get a new tutorial bundle for free each month!

Merry Christmoose with Freshly Made Sketches

Welcome back,

So glad you could join me!  I have a super cute Christmoose, ekem, Christmas card to share with you today.  Yes, it is time for Christmas cards.  lol

I followed along with the sketch challenge over at Freshly Made Sketches.  If you know me, you know I love a good sketch challenge.  Here is theirs..

And here is the card I made.....

I really LOVE how it turned out!  Buffalo Check and a moose - this combination is so Canadian and on trend right now.  

The cardbase is Early Espresso, I stamped Early Espresso using the Buffalo Check onto Cherry Cobbler and added a Crumb Cake strip on the left side. 

I punched a 2 1/4 inch circle in Whisper White and stamped the larger of the tress in Garden Green and the smaller of trees in Old Olive.  I added some Pool Party snow and the greeting in Early Espresso.

My Merry Moose was stamped in Early Espresso onto Crumb Cake.  I then punched him out using the coordinating punch.  Finally, I added a double Linen Thread bow.

If you live in Canada, you will want the bundle!  

Be sure to stop on over at Freshly Made Sketches.

Happy Stampin'

Tammy

If you live in Canada, I would love to be you demonstrator!  For every order placed in my on-line store, I will forward an exclusive Tutorial Bundle created by 8 wonderfully talented demonstrators from around the world!

Love Stampin'UP! and want to take advantage of an amazing discount, join my team and get a new tutorial bundle for free each month!

Snowman Season - Are you ready?

Hey there my stampin' friends,

I hope you are enjoying some wonderful fall weather where you are!  It has been been beautiful in southern Ontario.  The leaves are spectacular right now.  I just LOVE this time of year.

Even with this beautiful fall weather, I am getting ready for Christmas.  I have started my Christmas card classes and my shopping lists.

The folks over at Case This Sketch!  Have a great sketch to play along with!

I love it!  I wanted to use this super cute Snowman Season Bundle as soon as I saw it in the catalogue.  The whole suite is wonderful!!!  I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the specialty designer series paper.  It has glitter build right in.  

The paper is so beautiful, I wanted it to be one of the focal points of my card.  I also love this little snowman who is throwing snow, I wanted to add his hat in there too, like he is throwing that up in the air.  

I framed him with a scalloped circle and coloured him on the edges with the light Pool Party Stampin' Blend  SO cute!

I hope you will pop on over to Cas(e) this Sketch to see all of the great projects people have shared.  

Happy Stampin'

Tammy

If you live in Canada, I would love to be you demonstrator!  For every order placed in my on-line store, I will forward an exclusive Tutorial Bundle created by 8 wonderfully talented demonstrators from around the world!

Love Stampin'UP! and want to take advantage of an amazing discount, join my team and get a new tutorial bundle for free each month!

Santa!

Hello there stampers,

I hope you all had a very merry Christmas!  We had a great time celebrating with family and friends.  My family is very lucky because we have 2 weeks off of work and school. So we are really enjoying some quality time.

I have so many more christmas cards I could show you, but I will finish with a super cute Santa card featuring the Signs of Santa stampset and the Buffalo Check Background stamp.

These are two of the most popular stampsets in the holiday catalogue!  The coordinating framelits for the Signs of Santa set were sold out weeks ago, but you can see the stampset is still great to use without them.  My background was created the amazing Buffalo Check Background stamp.  Great news - it will be carried over and will continue to be available!

I coloured Santa using my Stampin' Blends!  They really make my colouring look great!  I also added some Wink of Stella on his pom-pom, beard and mustash.

Here is a group of them that I mailed out to friends and family this year.

Happy stampin'

Tammy

Another Farm House Christmas.

Hello friends,

I have a quick but classic Christmas card for you today using one of the most popular bundle from the holiday catalogue - Farmhouse Christmas!

This card the sentiment and the shapes are the highlight of the card.  Oh and the colours are a favourite of mine too!

Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake and Old Olive are a Christmas colour combination to last through the years.  Perfect!

I love this sentiment stamped right onto the stitched circle and the banner framelit that is a part of the framelit set, cutting out the Merry Christmas in the center!  I finished off with some gorgeous Crumb Cake Ribbon.

And of course having a group of the same card makes this stampers heart happy.

Happy stampin'

Tammy

Stamp, Ink Paper Challenge

Walking in a Winter Wonderland today here at Stampinkspired!

Honestly we had to have gotten 2 feet of snow in one night.  My kiddos are supper happy as there is no school today because of it!  (You would never know I just washed his coat yesterday, lol)

But I am sure you stopped by to see my latest card creation, so here it goes.....it is holiday card challenge time over at Stamp, Ink, Paper.  I love it, so had to join the fun.

 

Here is my holiday card to share with you...

 
 I love how this card turned out.  I used some Night of Navy cardstock to start things off. I added a Whisper White layer and then some really pretty DSP I have been hording for just the right snowflake dies.  Today is the perfect day to share a snowflake card!

I added the two largest snowflakes from the Snowfall Thinlits Dies that were available for a limited amount of time. I couldn't resist keeping them for my collection.  I added a Night of Navy banner with my sentiment heart embossed in white. 

And of course, multiple cards for Christmas!

Be sure to stop on over to Stamp, Ink, Paper to see all of the wonderful cards created.

Happy stampin'

Tammy

Blogging Friends Blog Hop!

Happy November 1st and happy Blogging Friends Blog Hop!

So happy you joined me to day. It is the official start of Christmas card sharing season here at Stampinkspired.  I have large custom order of Christmas cards that I have been working on in addition to my card classes and I can't wait to start to share them with you!

The theme this month with my Blogging Freinds Blog Hop is Christmas!  Perfect timing!

Here is one of the cards I made with my last card class attendees.  We used the Signs of Santa Stampset to create 2 different cards.  Today I will share the first one.

OMGosh - don't you just love the images in this stampset!  This little North Pole sign is no exception! The colours in my card are Real Red, Balmy Blue and Whisper White. I coloured the sign using my Stampin' Blends Markers.  It is hard to see, but I added a little bit of Pool Party with my Stampin' Blend as well as Wink of Stella to add some colour and glitter to the snow.

I think this bundle is a must have for your Christmas crafts.  It will be a great addition to my Christmas stash.

Be to sure hop on through all of the blogs to see what all my friends have created for Christmas.

Happy Stamin'

Tammy

Rick Adkins
Mary Blocher
Michelle Clarke
Janey Backer
Mary Ann Rossiter 

Hannah Townsend

Tammy Gill: You are here
Libby Fens
Jessica Mink

Less is more with Christmas

Hello Stampers,

Yep, you guessed it, I have decided to create my first Christmas card of the year!  EEEK!  I know it is months away, but, I am already trying to get ready with class ideas and fun, fun products.

The challenge this week over at Less if More, fit this Christmas card perfectly, at least my version of less, which I hope meets the rules. 

 

Their challenge this week is anything but stamps - what fun.

Here is the card I made with this challenge in mind and made specifically for a swap I am participating in that needed a Christmas theme.   

 This card was so easy to make using the Christmas Stocking Thinlits Die.  I just love all of the little stockings, some larger and some smaller.

 

As you can see the greeting is even from this set!  Perfect.  You could have a ton of fun with all the pieces here making many different styles of stockings.  

I made 7 of these little beauties for my swap.

  

Stampin'up! is also celebrating Christmas in July.  To learn more about this awesome program please click here.

 

Thank you for joining me today.  Happy Stampin'

Tammy