Christmas with Freshly Made Sketches #162

Hey there my Stampin' friends,

Thank you for dropping in today!  I don't know where the time has passed since I last blogged.  Where have I been?

Well, I have stamped at 2 private parties - it is always fun to meet some great new stampin' friends - and hockey, hockey, hockey!  All three of my boys are right in the midst of their hockey season!  I have to admit, I LOVE to watch them play!  

Well, you stopped by to see a new card from me.....and I have a Christmas card to show you today.  I decided to get into the grove using the great sketch challenge over at Freshly Made Sketches!  This is a good one!

I knew I wanted to use the stampset Merry Everything.  And I knew that I wanted to use the stamp "A Very Merry Everything  to you and Yours" - I think it is perfect for the chalkboard technique!  This set is awesome to have...I have used it for Thanksgiving, Halloween and now Christmas.  It even has a matching punch!  

 I started with a Real Red card base and layered it up with Whisper White embossed using the Decorative Dots Embossing Folder - I think it looks like snow!  I added a strip of Red Glimmer paper to add some sparkle to my card.  

I stamped my image onto Basic Black Cardstock and used my Scalloped Tag Punch to make it into a tag.  I wanted to use this punch because it is wider then the Note Tag Punch that is a perfect match to the set.

I used the smallest star in the Star Framelit set and used my mini star punch from my Mini Merry Punches set.  I finished my card off with a little ribbon bow.

 

Be sure to stop on over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog to see all of the fabulous creations!

Happy Stampin'

Tammy

 

Halloween with Roger's TV

Hello there my Stampin' friends!

I hope you had a wonderful and spooky Halloween!  It has been a busy week preparing for a fun filled night for my little monsters... including playing with some fabulous products from the Holiday Catalogue to make projects for my visit to Daytime on Roger's TV.

I took some pictures of my display as well as the projects we made so I could share them with you.

First a picture of my display.  Lots of fun projects here! 

 

Do you have the new French Fry die?  My oh my this is a REALLY easy way to make a treat holder!  I will be using this for some of my Christmas treats for sure!  It was really fast and easy make a bunch of these - perfect for co-workers and classmates!

The first two pictured here, I added some faces from the stampset Fall Fest right onto the cardstock!  Simple and fun.

 

For some of the others, I added some of the characters from the Fall Fest Stampset and matching Fall Fun framelits.  Cute, cute, cute!

I also used the greetings from Ghoulish Greetings on a scrap of Whisper White making a banner.

Another treat holder we made live on the show were made using the fabulous paper bags in the holiday catalogue.  These are perfect for holding food items - they are wax paper lined!  

I used some strips of the DSP Montley Monsters, layered with some Tangelo Tangerine cardstock.  I used my Merry Everything stampset and coordinating punch for my tag!  Easy!  I stamped using Stazon Black ink so my dracula wouldn't smudge when I coloured his face. 

I also made a couple of scrapbook pages using the Montley Monsters DSP pack!  There are two perfect papers in this pack to make a quick and easy scrapbook page!  I added some more of my pumpkins and leaves from Fall Fun Framelits.

.....and last but not least, I made a beautiful wreath using the kit in the Holiday catalouge.  This wreath is definitely going into my Halloween tote for next year's celebrations!

I hope you have enjoyed my spooky inspiration!

Happy Stampin'

Tammy

Thanksgiving with Roger's TV

Hello everyone,

Thank you for stopping by!  

This weekend is Thanksgiving here in Canada and I had the great honour of spending some time with my friends on the Roger's TV show Daytime show yesterday to celebrate!  

I had a great time doing some papercrafting and sharing the beautiful products Stampin'UP! has to offer for this very festive time of year.

I thought you might like to see the things we created and that I had on display.  

First, a picture of my whole display

 

This picture is the front of a wine bottle tag that we made live on the show!  Picture it on a beautiful wine bottle - I had left mine at home and forgot to bring it for the show!  ;)  Wouldn't it be nice to decorate a bottle of wine for your hostess?

 

  

This is a little bit of home decor.  I created this picture in a small frame that I found at the dollar store!  Great added touch for your festivities.  I used my Autumn Leave Bigz die to make lots of leaves for my display table, my Oval Framleits for the pumpkin and my Decorative Label Punch for my greeting.

 

This is a picture of treat holder made using the new Curvy Keepsake Box Thinlits Die!  I just LOVE these!  I thought this on would be great for a place setting on your table.  I added a little DSP for some interest. 

This picture is a little turkey I created using the Curvy Keepsake Box Thinlits Die and some of punches and Framelits.  I CASED the idea from Debbie Henderson - be sure to stop by her blog and see all of the great things she has made using this Thinlits Die!

The next picture is an invitation that I had made.  We didn't have enough time to make it live on the show, but we did point it out for the views to see - I even made a special envelope using my Envelope Punch Board - it just makes it extra special!

More Curvy Keepsake boxes and tags using the Merry Everything Stampset and matching Punch!  With the bundle you save 15%!  This set will take you from Thanksgiving right through to Christmas!  LOVE it!

I made the boxes using all of the colours I had for the show - fun 'pumkins' in every colour!  I used my Gorgeous Grunge stampset to get the lines on them.  And added different accessories like twine, ribbon and those adorable mini clothes pins!

Well, I hope the projects I made will inkspire you to add some handmade touches to your Thanksgiving festivites!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Tammy