Marbled Elegance Trio of Valentines

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Marbled Elegance Trio of Valentines

If you want to make some easy Valentines, here is a design for you!! I think I could have made 100 of these! Well, maybe not, but I did make these Marbled Elegance Trio of Valentines! They were easy and fun and came to me right away! All you really have to do is get out the beautiful Marbled Elegance Specialty Designer Series Paper and start cutting!

The card bases are just Basic White cardstock. If you have the Thick White cardstock it might be a good idea to use that or you could use Melon Mambo for a card base, then Basic White for a layer and the center design would just be a little bit smaller than these measurements.

The side of the designer paper could vary a little bit, but I cut mine at 3 1/2″ x 3 1/2″. Obviously I used one of the marbled patterns with the gold foil accent marbling. It doesn’t matter which one! I layered the designer paper on a piece of Melon Mambo cut at 3 3/4″ x 3 3/4″.

Since there is plenty of space at the bottom of the card I simply stamped the greeting in that space right on the card. Now, it might be a good idea not to glue anything on the card until after you stamp the greeting in case it doesn’t come out well! But if you have everything glued down and the stamping isn’t perfect, just cut a label or banner or shape, stamp on that, then adhere over the boo-boo. On these cards I used Melon Mambo ink. All of these greetings are in the Hearts of Elegance Stamp Set.

I made each card a little bit different. On the first card, all I added was one gold foil die cut heart with one of the hearts in the Hearts of Elegance Dies. You can purchase the stamp set and dies together in the Hearts of Elegance Bundle and save 10%!

On the second card, I liked that middle heart cut out of the designer paper but it still needed something. I added two diecut Melon Mambo hearts on each side of the DSP heart. For a touch of embellishment, I simply tied a bow with the Gold Twisted Thread and adhered it to the center heart with a Mini Glue Dot just rolled up into a teeny tiny ball. This Gold Twisted Thread is part of the Marbled Elegance Suite or you can purchase it separately. The middle heart is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

For the third card, I diecut the fancy heart with the pierced design in Gold Foil. I popped it up on Stampin’ Dimensionals. And for a little more pizzazz, I added three Gold Dots in the Low Profile Dots package.

With only the Marbled Elegance Specialty Designer Series Paper, some diecut hearts, and a greeting you can make a very pretty card….or even three!

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“Hello Spring” Paper Pumpkin Kit For February 2025

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Paper Pumpkin February 2025 Hello Spring

It may be difficult to think of spring while lots of us are smack dab in the middle of winter, including snowstorms! Not here in Houston, of course, except for feeling cold to us when anyone in a real winter climate would think our temperatures are spring-like! My husband even has lettuce, radishes, and carrots coming up in his garden box on the patio!

Nevertheless, you can get a taste of spring with this “Hello Spring” Paper Pumpkin Kit from Stampin’ Up! If you subscribe to Paper Pumpkin between now and February 10th, you will receive this kit in the mail mid-February!

Kit Details:

Plant the seeds of happiness with these lovely garden-inspired cards!

Makes 9 cards: 3 each of 3 designs
• Precut pieces with bronze foil
• Unique spring-themed envelopes
• Coordinating colors: Basic Beige, Bubble Bath, Lemon Lime Twist, Lost Lagoon, Old Olive, Petunia Pop (Classic Stampin’ Spot)

Coordinates with the Grow with Love Bundle (item 164804)! One of the Stampin’ Up! New Arrivals online!

Each kit comes with all the supplies you need to make the project inside, except for scissors! You get an exclusive stamp set, a Stampin’ Spot 1” x 1″ ink pad, embellishments, cards and envelopes. It’s really fun to open the box and see what is inside, even if you have seen pictures online! Seeing it in person is always better. I like to say Paper Pumpkin is the gift you give yourself each month, a treat you get in the mail, just for you….or maybe you’d like to share the fun with a family member or friend! You can always order more than one kit in your account. And if you have a busy month coming up, you can always skip that month and look forward to the next month’s kit! No risk, no obligation. Cancel any time if you don’t feel Paper Pumpkin is for you. You can always come back!

These kits are designed for everyone! New crafters, non-crafters, and experienced crafters! Sometimes it is nice to just open the box and there is a project already designed for you and everything at hand that you will need. A video is always available online if you like to watch the assembly (I do!!) and you will always find alternate ideas for using the kit various places online if you feel more adventurous.

Don’t wait! Go ahead and join Paper Pumpkin now so you will be ready for the February Kit!

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Find Out More About Sale-A-Bration 2025!

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Sale-A-Bration Brochure 2025
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Stampin’ Up!’s biggest annual promotion, Sale-A-Bration, has already begun so don’t delay! This special promotion has been going on for years and yet it is always fun to earn FREE products from Stampin’ Up! With every $60 you spend at Stampin’ Up! on any products (before shipping and tax) you can choose a FREE product in the special Sale-A-Bration brochure! You can choose from stamp sets, designer series paper, embellishments, an embossing folder, and even a card kit! If you spend a larger amount, for $120 you can choose from the Heart Shaped Bundle or the intriguing Corner In Bloom Stamp Set. Or instead of one of the $120 level products, you can choose two of the $60 level products. Spend $180 on Stampin’ Up! products and earn three free $60 level products, PLUS Stampin’ Rewards because your order is $150 or over. With an order of $300 (a party order with others or an individual order) you can choose any extra $30 worth of products!

Watch this video below and see what Sale-A-Bration has to offer!

And if you’d like a closer look at the designer paper and sample projects, enjoy this video!

To see what is available when you spend $60 or more at Stampin’ Up!, CLICK HERE!

To see what is available when you spend $120 or more at Stampin’ Up!, CLICK HERE!

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Have fun!!

Storybook Moments Easy Card

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Storybook Moments Easy Card

Here’s another easy card, almost like the one I made in yesterday’s post! It’s the Storybook Moments Easy Card, and it is fine that it is so simple because the paper is so cute in the background! Yesterday when I made the Quick and Easy Bright Borders Card I said I used one of the generic patterns on “the other side” of the cute paper. Today I used the themed side of the paper with the cute little squirrel and flower images.

The card base is Boho Blue cardstock. It coordinates with the Storybook Moments Specialty Designer Series Paper. This paper has darling images of little animals, gardening images, and countryside cottages. Plus you get two sheets of diecuts to go with the papers. You can use them on cards, scrapbook pages, or other projects.

Today I just flipped over the paper I used yesterday so I was using all the little squirrels swinging, playing, and doing other fun things. I made the same type of greeting as I did yesterday using the Bright Borders Stamp Set and the To The Point Label Punch. I stamped the border with Boho Bue ink and punched it out. To help it stand out a little bit, I also punched a piece of Boho Blue cardstock and cut it in half horizontally. Then I adhered it with some glue to the back of the top and bottom of the label which leaves a little white space on the back, but no one will see that. You have a choice of putting those points of the border at the top or to the side. Either way works. I liked them at the top and bottom.

For a little bit of embellishment, I added two gold Low Profile Dots in the center of the flowers at the top and bottom. These dots are great because they truly are “low profile” so they won’t stick up and poke the envelope when you mail it. This package has gold and light pink dots in several different sizes. They are great to have in your stash.

Remember, if you shop with a $60 purchase in mind, you can earn a FREE product during Sale-A-Bration at Stampin’ Up! through February 28! No limit to how many products you can earn with the proper qualifying amounts!

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Quick and Easy Bright Borders Card

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Quick and Easy Bright Borders Card

This Quick and Easy Bright Borders Card is indeed quick and easy and fun to make with new products! It’s a good card design to keep on hand for when you need something “quick and easy”! And remember, quick and easy isn’t necessarily “less than” a super fancy card with all kinds of papers, textures, and embellishments, maybe a fancy fold or two. Sometimes “quick and easy” is just as elegant as anything fancy you could make.

I used the brand new Storybook Moments Specialty Designer Series Paper for the card layer. The card base is Lost Lagoon which is one of the coordinating colors of the designer paper. This paper is called “Specialty” because it contains two sheets of diecut designs. These will really be fun to play with! This paper is part of the Storybook Moments Suite Collection with lots of products included.

Although the main sides of this Storybook Moments Designer Paper have the cutest little images of bunnies, squirrels and other animals plus gardening images, for this card I chose “the other side” of the paper which can be used for almost anything. I love the colors and design.

For the greeting, I stamped one of the border images and greeting in the Bright Borders Stamp Set with Lost Lagoon ink. The new To The Point Label Punch works with this stamp set perfectly. After playing a little bit, I decided I wanted a layer under the punched greeting so I trimmed off the edge of the stamped border image so that I could punch out a piece of Lost Lagoon cardstock which would be larger than the stamped image so I would have a layer. If you don’t want to do this fussy-cutting, you can punch out the label shape and cut it in half horizontally or vertically and use that for a layer on the sides or the top and bottom.

For some embellishment, I adhered some white ribbon back and forth behind the label and popped up the whole greeting on Stampin’ Dimensionals. This ribbon is part of the Petal Pink and White Diagonal Trim Combo Pack. Additionally, I added two Lost Lagoon gems in the Tinsel Gems Three-Pack. If you will be mailing this card, you may want to adhere the greeting flat on the card so that the gems won’t interfere with mailing.

Be sure to check out the amazing number of new products that became available on January 7th at Stampin’ Up! And remember that it is also Sale-A-Bration, a promotion where you can earn free product with each $60 purchase. Have fun shopping!

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New Year! New Products Galore at Stampin’ Up! Today!

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Spring Mini 2025 and Sale A Bration Catalogs

New Stampin’ Up! Spring Mini Catalog Is LIVE TODAY….

Plus It is Sale-A-Bration Time!….And More!

Today is like Christmas or your birthday at Stampin’ Up! So many new things! And what do we stampers like better than NEW PRODUCTS! Not only do we have the new January-April 2025 Mini Catalog (I like to call it the Spring Mini for short!) but Sale-A-Bration has started! Sale-A-Bration is a big promotion Stampin’ Up! has held “forever” almost and we love it because we get to earn FREE products from the Sale-A-Bration brochure with every $60 purchase (before shipping and tax, of course).

Scrapbooking Brochure Jan 2025

New Scrapbooking Brochure for January 2025!

This Scrapbooking Brochure for January 2025 incorporates new scrapbooking products available without waiting for a new catalog! You will have to scroll through the brochure online to take in all the new products available! Read the description of each. You’ll find 12″ x 12″ cardstock, designer series paper, sticker sheets and diecut images, and more! This is great for starting your New Year getting into Memory Keeping that we all just put off!

SU Online Exclusives January 2025 Partial Flyer

New Online Exclusives For January!

Check out this Flyer of new Online Exclusives for January!

SHOP HERE for ALL the Online Exclusives! Remember, these are available as long as supplies last and as long as Stampin’ Up! can restock anything that sells out.

Kits Collection New Products Jan 2025

There are 3 new Kits released today in the Stampin’ Up! Kits Collection!!

The Stampin’ Up! Kits Collection makes it easy for ANYONE to craft and make beautiful creations! Each Kit contains all the supplies you will need except maybe a scissors, if that! Follow the directions for the project OR change it up however you like! There will be information in the instructions of where to go for more help with the kit, if you need it.

Brightest Birthday Kit

Thank You Kindly Kit

Birthday Bash Kit

Just check out the Stampin’ Up! website, click all around, and you’ll get caught up with all the new products! I know after the Christmas holidays it is difficult for me to take in all the new information but I hope this post and links will be helpful to get you started! Remember, anything you REALLY want, be sure to order early just in case certain things sell out quickly. You never know what the most popular things will be!

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Easy Celebrate Love Hearts Card

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Easy Celebrate Love Hearts Card

With the Christmas holidays and children home for two weeks altogether, coming and going, I haven’t had time to play with my new pre-order products for the upcoming Spring Mini Catalog on January 7th! I almost don’t remember what I ordered, but I will catch up! One thing I noticed I had was this new ephemera pack so this was something great to use to make this Easy Celebrate Love Hearts Card.

I got out the Celebrate Love Mix & Match Ephemera Pack and checked out what the coordinating colors were on the back of the pack. Pretty in Pink was one of the several colors so I started with that as a layer on a Basic White card base.

You see three precut heart images from the ephemera pack on my card, but that actually is just one in the pack. You can leave it that way or you can punch the pieces apart and use all or one or two of the hearts. There are also greetings in the pack. I loved the precut long flower image but wasn’t quite sure how to use it on my card. It took me a couple of minutes to somehow lay out the three individual hearts the way I did and then I felt like I was on my way to making a card I would like.

The long, curved flower stem was still a problem, but don’t be afraid to cut it apart as I did! That gave me two stems of flowers that were a size that fit my card better. I liked the way they looked just placed along the sides of the two hearts. I popped them up on Stampin’ Dimensionals when I was ready to adhere them to the card.

The third heart in the lower right of the card looked best placed over one of the colored hearts in the ephemera pack. These are sized just right for this purpose if you want some color underneath the white diecut heart. That heart is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals also.

It was easy to choose a greeting for the card and this one was in the Celebrate Love Ephemera Pack. I just adhered it flat on the card. You know I had to try out some of the new embellishments coming in the new mini catalog! I used the Pretty In Pink dots in the Party Dots package. They are fairly flat so good for mailing.

It still seemed like the card needed “something” so I used the Pretty In PInk Stampin’ Blend marker to add some very small dots on the white hearts. I was hoping this wouldn’t ruin the card, but I did like it. Not one to leave well enough alone, I wondered what some tiny little hearts scattered around in the background would look like, even if I ruined the card, I took the brush end of the Stampin’ Blend and made little hearts. If you push down a little on the brush tip and then lift up as you pull down a tiny bit you will make one side of a heart. Do it again on the other side and you’ll have a cute little heart!

That’s my Easy Celebrate Love Hearts Card that I made a little more involved than I first intended! It still was easy and would certainly be easy for you to copy! You can make this card with just the ephemera pack and none of the extra things I added to this card…except, of course, maybe the Party Dots! It’s just too fun to add some dots, gems, jewels, sequins, or whatever to a card for a little bling!

Get ready because the new January-April 2025 Mini Catalog is going live on Tuesday, January 7th, along with Sale-A-Bration! Try to order at least $60 so you can get a free product from the SAB brochure!

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Sign Up For the January 2025 Paper Pumpkin Kit

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Paper Pumpkin Jan 2025 Hearts For You Banner

It’s a New Year and a new year for Paper Pumpkin, the fun monthly subscription from Stampin’ Up! Each month a new Paper Pumpkin Kit will be delivered right to your mailbox. This January 2025 Kit, Hearts For You, will be the fun Paper Pumpkin Kit perfect for Valentine’s Day! Or of course any time you want to send hearts to someone throughout the year!

Paper Pumpkin is a monthly, all-inclusive crafting kit that you subscribe to. Each kit includes a photopolymer stamp set, Classic Stampin’ Spot, and step-by-step instructions to complete exclusive paper craft projects, including cards, tags, and gift packaging. There is no obligation to subscribe for any length of time and you can go into your account and skip a month any time you need to. Stampin’ Up! guarantees each Paper Pumpkin Kit so if you ever have a problem or question about your subscription, you can contact them and they can assist you. Here at the beginning of the year is a great time to try out Paper Pumpkin or come back if you were a past subscriber given there is no risk, obligation, or pressure to continue.

SIGN UP FOR PAPER PUMPKIN BY JANUARY 10, 2025!

KIT DETAILS

JANUARY: Hearts for You
Subscribe December 11–January 10
Create heartfelt cards for Valentine’s Day, Galentine’s Day, and beyond!
• Makes 9 cards: 3 each of 3 designs with 9 envelopes
• Heart-shaped precut pieces and stickers
• Twine and heart gem embellishments
• Coordinating colors: Flirty Flamingo, Petal Pink, Real Red (Classic Stampin’ Spot)

Since this will be useful for Valentine’s Day, keep in mind you can order more than one kit in your account if you’d like to make more than 9 cards! Order a couple of kits to make with your children, grandchildren, or friends for fun!

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No risk, no obligation! Skip a month or cancel if you need to.

Heart Shaped Thank You Card

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Heart Shaped Thank You Card

Here’s a new card for 2025 and one using a new product! This Heart Shaped Thank You Card is an easy one to make with just stamping and a little scissor-work! My diecutting products are still put out of the way for Christmas so I didn’t want to pull those things back out just to make a card at the time. So it was back to “just stamping” which often feels good to do, like back in the day when we didn’t have a die-cutting machine and dies and embossing folders. Keep it simple.

The card base is Real Red with a layer of Basic White just to set off the designer paper a little. The patterned paper is the Marbled Elegance Specialty Designer Series Paper which is in the Marbled Elegance Suite. This was a new Online Exclusive back in early November when most of us weren’t interested yet in something that would work for Valentine’s Day, not that it can only be used for Valentine’s Day as you can see, but we were into the Christmas holidays.

The stamp set I used is the Heart Shaped Stamp Set, a freebie in the Sale-A-Bration Brochure. It is actually part of a Bundle that you can get FREE during Sale-A-Bration with a $120 purchase beginning January 7th. That is only days away now!! While mostly you get a single product with every $60 purchase during Sale-A-Bration, Stampin’ Up! always includes a couple of bundles or combination of products that you can earn free with a larger purchase. I really liked the stamp set since it CAN be used for Valentines but also lots of other occasions, even just to say “Hello”. The Sale-A-Bration Bundle also comes with a set of dies, but as I said, since my Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine is put away right now, I only used the stamps.

I did copy a sample in the Sale-A-Bration brochure for this bundle but I used different designer paper in the background and I only stamped the heart, I didn’t use a diecut shape. That’s how you can use the samples in catalogs to get ideas but still put your own spin on it if you like. The heart is stamped with Garden Green ink on Basic White. The little flowers are stamped in Real Red and I just cut those out with my Paper Snips. A little tedious when I could have used a die but that’s what I wanted to do in the moment. The greeting is in the stamp set and is stamped in Real Red ink on a narrow scrap of paper that I still trimmed down to be very narrow and short with my Paper Trimmer. I flagged the ends of the greeting and popped it up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The white banner piece is cut first at 2 3/4″ x 3 1/2″. Your measurements can vary. I just tried to get a size that didn’t take up too much space on the card, so it is basically the width of the wreath with a little margin on each side. At the bottom I put a tiny pencil mark at the center, which was about 1 3/8″ and maybe about 3/4″ down from each side. Then I just used a scissors to cut a diagonal from each side. Or after you cut one diagonal piece on one side you can flip it over and put it in the corner of the other side and use that as your cutting guide to get the same size. The whole banner is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals also.

While you could “fancy up” this card a little bit with some ribbon or gems, I opted to leave it simple. You wouldn’t even have to cut the banner shape at the bottom. Just cut a square or rectangular shape or use a diecut.

When January 7th arrives and Sale-A-Bration and the new January-April 2025 Spring MIni Catalog go live, if you spend at least $120 be sure to check out the Bundles you can choose on pages 12 and 14 of the Sale-a-Bration brochure. But you can also choose the individual products with each $60 purchase so for $120 you can choose two products rather than one bundle. Yes, the qualifying order did rise to $60 this year instead of $50 as in the past, but the past has been “forever” so maybe it was time to raise the dollar amount a little bit.

I hope you enjoyed this first card of the New Year. There will be lots more to come in 2025!

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With You In Mind Birthday Card

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With You In Mind Birthday Card

Now that the Christmas holidays are over, we are getting real close to the new year. That brings thoughts of getting organized and getting birthday cards ready like this With You In Mind Birthday Card. Especially if you have birthdays coming up in January after the busy-ness of the holidays, you need to get on the ball and get cards ready to send right away in the New Year!

This With You In Mind Stamp Set is one that is coming January 7th in the new Spring Mini Catalog (officially known as the January – April 2025 Mini Catalog). This stamp set appealed to me because it has four all-occasion greetings with one of the words in a rather large font. You get “Thinking of You”, “Happy Birthday”, “Best Wishes”, and “Thank You” plus a small flower, star, heart, cupcake, and leafy sprig.

To try to get back into create mode after being very busy with Christmas and children home, I started off making up a card beginning with copying a sample from the new mini catalog. I thought the “Happy Birthday” tag with cupcakes was pretty cute and could be made into a card. To choose colors for the card, I tried out the Color Coach. I’m not a real expert using the Color wheel but I decided to choose three colors next to each other on the wheel. I chose Pool Party, Balmy Blue, and Azure Afternoon. I really wasn’t sure how that combination was going to work, but I think it did!

The card base is Basic White and on top of that I used two of the cardstock colors I mentioned above. I used two panels of Pool Party with a panel of Balmy Blue in the middle. These are cut at 1 3/4″ x 4″. I adhered them right next to each other with no space in between. After I adhered them to the Basic White card base, I stamped stars around the background using the star in the stamp set with Versamark ink to give it that light, watermarked image.

As I said, the tag in the middle of the card is like the sample in the mini catalog. It is a piece of Basic White cardstock cut at 2 1/4″ x 4 1/2″. The greeting is stamped in Azure Afternoon ink ( one of the three colors next to each other on the Color Wheel). The three cupcakes are stamped with Daffodil Delight ink for the frosting and Pool Party ink for the cupcake holder. I inked up just the frosting top portion with the ink pad and stamped that three times for the three cupcakes. Then I went back and inked up just the bottom portion of the cupcake and stamped it underneath the frosting. This worked better than using Stampin’ Write Markers because these stamps were brand-new and not cooperating with trying to color on with a marker. The ink pads worked much better.

The end of the greeting was cut in a flagged end and a small 2 1/4″ x 1″ piece of Azure Afternoon card stock was adhered to the left side of the tag. I had also stamped it with a few Versamark stars. I tied around some Balmy Blue twine in the Baker’s Twine Three Color Pack and made the strands spread out just for a fun look. Then I took three pieces of the same twine and tied a knot in the center. The whole greeting was then popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

This is an easy card to make! The only thing that took time for me was deciding the best way to do the cupcakes and what colors to make them. I love the new stamped greeting and love seeing something big but not huge. The greetings in this With You In Mind Stamp Set will get a lot of use!

Remember, Sale-A-Bration also begins on January 7, 2025 and runs through February 28 during which time when you make a qualifying purchase, you get to choose a product from the special Sale-A-Bration brochure for FREE! This year the qualifying amount is $60 in product (before tax and shipping).The products include stamp sets, designer series paper, embellishments, an embossing folder, and more. And if you choose to join Stampin’ Up! and become a Demonstrator, with your purchase of the Starter Kit (stamping products you choose yourself plus business supplies to get your business started), you can either choose from certain free items or an additional amount to add to your Starter Kit. It’s all in the last pages in the Sale-A-Bration brochure!

It all begins a week from tomorrow!!

A Poem For a Christmas Stamper

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The Week Before Christmas (In a Stamper’s House)

‘Twas the week before Christmas, and the house was a hush
Save the stamping of rubber in a last minute rush.
The cardstock was cut with precision and care
In hopes that a greeting would soon be stamped there.

The children were tucked in their beds around eight,
But now it’s ten-thirty… How’d it get so late?
And I in my PJs with bleary red eyes
Had finally arranged all the stamping supplies.

It started out simple. (It does every year.)
Just make a few cards for friends who are dear.
I pressed ink to paper. (It looked crisp and clean.)
A sprinkle of powder, heat to a sheen.

When what on my green Christmas card should appear?
Why, a tiny gold Santa with sleigh and reindeer.
On pigment! On powder! On heat from a gun!
Now ribbon and glitter! Can I make eighty-one?

“I can do it!” I said with all of my might
And looked at the clock – ’twas well past midnight.
I went straight to stamping out card after card.
“This might take all night, but at least it’s not hard.”

But after I finished, they looked a bit lame.
I didn’t want fancy, but these were too plain.
And then in a twinkling, a thought came to mind.
“I’ll just dress them up, and then they’ll be fine.”

So I went to my craft room and looked all around,
Then back to the table with all that I’d found.
My Fiskars I brandished (I wasn’t a quitter),
And soon I was covered in EP and glitter.

The cap of a marker I held in my teeth.
I’d lay in some color or maybe gold leaf.
My broad little face was all beaded with sweat,
But I wouldn’t give up – well, not at least yet.

There was glue on the table and ink on the floor.
I laughed at the sight though my fingers were sore.
I did not complain, just kept up my work.
When more things went wrong, I did not go berserk.

When finally finished, one card about six,
It looked pretty good after all of my tricks.
I’m keeping this one. My work on it shows.”
So clutching my card, up the stairs I arose.

I crawled into bed at the crack of dawn,
Creativity all spent, motivation all gone.
But make no mistake, I promise one thing:
You’ll all get your cards, but not ’til next spring!

–Author Unknown

I read this somewhere online years ago, but I thought it was quite appropriate! Enjoy!

Quick Christmas Gold Dipped Cards & Envelopes

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Gold Dipped Blue Cards

If you need “just a few more cards” for Christmas at the last minute, if you have this package of cards and envelopes, these Quick Christmas Gold Dipped Cards & Envelopes might save you! Maybe you ordered them and forgot you had them, but they are nice to have on hand and very pretty and colorful! It’s great if you have any of the Ephemera Packs in the Holiday Mini or the A Little Bit Festive Specialty Designer Series Paper with die cuts or any of the Sticker Sheets that came with some of the designer paper in the “Scrapbook Workshop” packages. Now is the time to scrounge around and use what you have!

These cards use the Gold Dipped Specialty Cards & Envelopes at Stampin’ Up! You will find them and lots of samples on pages 14-19 in the Holiday Mini. Here are some that I either copied from the sample or used my own ideas.

Gold Dipped Ephemera Christmas Cards

You can turn the cards vertically like the top two cards or horizontally like the two just above. I didn’t do any stamping except on the inside of the card where I stamped “Merry Christmas” or some other sentiment on a stamp. These larger cards are great for writing that Christmas note! Wish I’d thought of that earlier for certain people instead of cramming it in on the inside of the card or a notepaper!

Gold Dipped Christmas Cards

Here are a few gift tags I also made with the Tags For the Season Ephemera Pack and other pieces of ephemera.

Ephemera Gift Tags

You can pop up some of the pieces with Stampin’ Dimensionals or just adhere them flat on the card or tag. You can also make tags and then attach to the front of the card and maybe add a little bit more of designer paper or stamping or whatever you need. If you only attach it with minimal glue, maybe the recipient can remove the tag and use it for a gift! But maybe they won’t want to take apart your pretty card!

I hope these cards give you some ideas here at the end of our holiday preparations! And add a few gems, jewels, or sequins, whatever you have, for a little sparkle and bling! Even three add a lot of pizzazz to the cards!

Happy Last-Minute Christmas Ideas!