November Stamp Club Projects

My Stamp Club met yesterday. We had such a great time making these two Christmas cards! The ladies loved the little snowman treat boxes that I made for each of them.

On this card we cut out the Top Note die with the Big Shot! then used the Scenic Season stamp set on the front which we stamped in White Craft Ink and embossed with Iridescent Ice embossing powder. We masked the words and just stamped the trees. Then we just inked the words and using the Stamp-a-ma-jig we positioned the words in closer to the trees. Gotta love that Stamp-a-ma-jig! Before attaching the Top Note we stamped the little snowflakes from the Serene Snowflakes set in VersaMark in each corner and embossed with Iridescent Ice just to add a little sparkle. The bow is just a knot of Organza Ribbon attached with a glue dot. The card corners were rounded with the corner rounder punch.

Inside the card we stamped the sentiment from Seneic Season in Night of Navy. The snowflake is the Simple Snowflake stamp from page 208 in the catalog stamped in VersaMark, embossed with Iridescent Ice and punched out with the Jumbo Snowflake punch. It is attached with SNAIL. TIP: lay your delicate item to be SNAILed on the glossy side of the backing paper from your stamp lables, hold down with one hand and add your SNAIL. The SNAIL won't stick to the glossy paper and make a mess of your stamping area!

         

                                               

The second card we did involved lots of cool techniques! First we used the Big Shot! and the Petals-a-Plenty embossing folder to make the Whisper White layer of the front of the card. I used the Oval Scallop Frame die to make an oval template to use with the embossing folder to create the smooth area that we stamped in. Since the oval was just the right size it was perfect to put the frame around. Dasher was inked with VersaMark then Soft Suede, stamped, then embossed with Iridescent Ice. You can't really see the sparkle in this picture. The bow is Kraft Taffeta Ribbon attached with a glue dot.

                                       

We stamped the inside of the card with a sentiment from the All Holidays stamp set in Soft Suede. Across the bottom we placed a strip of Sticky Strip and covered it with gold embossing powder. Don't overheat the embossing powder on the Sticky Strip. You only want to melt the embossing powder...not the Sticky Strip. The Sticky Strip adds a nice clean line!

                            

Here's the little snowman treatbox. It's he cute! I filled him with a hot cocoa packet and candy cane. He was inspired by an idea shared by BJ Peters on the Stampin' Up! demonstrators website. This little guy is made with the Top Note die, corner rounder, 1 1/4" circle punch, 3/4" circle punch, 1/4" circle punch and Boho Blossoms punch. The nose is cut free hand. The box that he is attached to is 3" wide, 1" deep and about 4 1/2" tall.

Happy Stamping!

Barb