Holiday Treasure Countdown

Each year we offer a Holiday Treasure Class, which is one of my favorite classes. We create a bunch of fun Christmas-Themed gifts, tags, and what-not's for gift-giving. This year we made 5 creations and I thought it would be fun to share them here on our blog. Countdown Number 1 are Ornament Gift Card Holders which were inspired by Vickie Burdick. I copied her great layout for my Merry Winter Ornament... the merry snowman from the Merry Winter stampset looks so cute in this layout.

Supplies:

Cardstock: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler

DSP: Frostwood Lodge

Ink: Early Espresso; Markers: Cherry Cobbler, Pear PIzzaz, Pumpkin Pie

Punches: 2-3/8" Scallop Circle, 2-1/2" Circle, 1-3/4" circle, Scallop Edge, Round Tab, Word Window, Itty Bitty 4-leaf, Hand punch

Big Shot: Scallop Circle, Snowburst Textured Impressions Folder

Stamp Set: Merry Winter

I went with a gingerbread look to create the Gingerbread Ornament, using one of MDS "Sweet Season - Gingerbread" digital stamps for the focal point.

These will make fun gift-givers to hang on the tree this year.

Supplies:

Cardstock: Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Old Olive, Early Espresso, Riding Hood Red

Ink: Riding Hood Red

Punches: Decorative Label, Round Tab, Itty Bitty scallop

Big Shot: Scallop Circle, Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Folder, Little Leaves Sizzlit

Stamp Set: Bright Hopes
Digital Stamp Set: Sweet Season (Gingerbread)

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Spice Cake Tags

I'm sharing a quick little post today with my Spice Cake "Thank You" tags. I created these using My Digital Studio and the Spice Cake DSP download...love these colors!

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Telescoping Snowman

Earlier this year I saw a telescoping card that Dawn Olchefske had shared and I thought this idea would make a cute Telescoping Snowman. So here's my little guy who turns into a tall guy using the telescoping technique. We had a lot of fun creating our snowmen in this month's Christmas Card class. This is one of the versions of the cards I made, as I made several different snowmen and snowmen faces. For my class, I ended up creating a digitally drawn face that we punched out and used.

I'm sharing the tutorial for this card. The snowman in the tutorial is slightly different than the one here in the picture, but he's still cute :-) Click Here for the PDF tutorial.

Have Fun!!

Free Faux Metal Card Tutorial

 I love this Faux Metal technique. I have a bunch of ideas I'd love to use this technique out on. Now, whether or not I end up with time or not to try out my ideas, well... I'll just have to see how it goes.

This was one of the cards we made last month for my Faux Metal Class. The Spice Cake DSP lends itself to metal accents...what a fun set of paper it is to play with. If you'd like to make this card yourself here's the link to my FREE tutorial. Have fun with it!

Free Digital Downloads

Hey, Check this out...Free My Digital Studio downloads. This is one of the downloads that are available November 4 - 7 in honor of Digital Scrapbooking Day, which is a day to remind people to set time aside to digitally document their personal history.

I just added a few pictures, a little journalling and a few buttons. The rest of the page layout was already done for me, which was a great time-saver. Now I have a 2-page digital spread that highlights a few memories from this year, something I probably wouldn't have gotten around to had I not downloaded the free kit.

 Here's a list of the new, free downloads available:

• So Typefelt Stamp Brush Set
• Neutral Delightful Digital Tape
•  Home for the Holidays Ensemble
• Delight in the Day Photobook Template

To get your FREE downloads, CLICK HERE, which will take 

you to a survey and the download page.

November Newsletter is Posted

It's time to share this month's Newsletter with you. My newsletter will fill you in on what I have going on this month with my Christmas Card Class along with this month's Holiday Treasures Project Class. My Craftroom Project tutorial shows you how to make your own Faux Metal buttons. I’ve included my November Class summary below, but you can find all the pictures and details inside the newsletter, just click here.

November Classes

Creative Cards: Christmas Cards ($15)

Tuesday, 11/1 – 10 AM-Noon; 7-9 PM at Tumbleweed Recreation Center

Tuesday, 11/8 – 10 AM-Noon; 1:30-3:30 PM; 7-9 PM at Heidi’s House

Project: Holiday Treasures ($20)

Tuesday, 11/15 – 12:30-3 PM at Heidi’s House

 7-9:30 PM at Tumbleweed Recreation Center

Scalloped Faux Metal Gratitude

This is the last card we made in my Fall-Themed class this month. This features the MDS digital medallion stamp from Day of Gratitude, so I guess it qualifies as a hybrid card.We used water coloring to color in the medallion and we made our own Faux Metal textured metal paper for the background paper and button. This was a lot of fun to create and share with all of my stamping gals. They all did such a great job!

• Here's a mini tutorial for the Faux Metal technique:

Supplies: Aluminum Foil, cardstock, glue stick, textured impression folder

Use glue stick to glue aluminum foil to cardstock. Apply glue stick liberally.

Place aluminum foil over cardstock and use bone folder to make sure that you get a good adhesion between the foil and cardstock. I chose the burnished aluminum side versus the shiny side for my Faux Metal piece.

Cut out your Faux Metal shape of choice using a punch or by placing your foil/cardstock piece face down on the Big Shot die. I chose the Scallops #2 die, large scallop.

Place your Faux Metal shape into a textured impression embossing folder and run through Big Shot.Voila!  You have yourself a very cool looking metal shape. For extra interest, add some alcohol inks to color and distress your Faux Metal shape.

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Supplies:

Cardstock: Whisper White, Early Espresso

DSP: Spice Cake

Ink: Early Espresso; Reinkers - More Mustard, Pool Party

Punches: 2-1/2" Circle

Big Shot: Scallop Circle, Scallop Circle #2 Bigz die, Square Latticke folders

Stamp Set: MDS Day of Gratitude, Teeny Tiny Wishes

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