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My 12 Weeks of Christmas Begins Today!

Today is the day my special 12 Weeks of Christmas 2021 holiday emails begin at 1:00 PM CT. I always look forward to sending these to my Stamping With Karen Mailing List subscribers every year as a thank you for being one of my subscribers! I hope they help with your holiday planning and project ideas!

Every week for 12 weeks you will be getting an email from me with a fantastic holiday project for you to make! It is completely FREE, but it is exclusive to people on my mailing list. You can use these ideas to make your holiday preparations easier! Just like in my regular weekly email, I will send a photo of a project, a list of supplies needed, and all the directions to make it.

In the first few weeks, I will send card ideas since it’s likely that is the first thing most of us will work on at this point. Next, come a few weeks of gift ideas, and finally, as we are doing Christmas shopping, some ideas for gift wrap, bags, and gift tags.

These are exclusive projects that I won’t be posting on my blog or anywhere else. I just want my subscribers to know that you are appreciated! If you are already on my mailing list, no need to do anything!

The only way you can get these special 12 Week of Christmas emails is to be on my Stamping With Karen Mailing List! If you are not on my Mailing List, you better get on it before 1:00 PM TODAY, otherwise, you are going to miss out! All you have to do is sign up in the red box in the upper right of my blog. If you are on your mobile phone, the red box may show up at the bottom of your phone.

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The 12 Weeks of Christmas 2021 Is Coming!

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Believe it or not, Christmas is not that far off, just a little over 12 weeks away, so it is time for my 12 Weeks of Christmas Holiday Emails to begin! These special emails will begin next Wednesday, September 29th!

This is a thank you gift for my mailing list subscribers that I like to do every year. Just like in my regular weekly email, I will send a photo of a project, a list of supplies needed, and all the directions to make it.

These are exclusive projects that I won’t be posting on my blog or anywhere else. I just want my subscribers to know that you are appreciated! If you are already on my mailing list, no need to do anything!

The only way you can get these special 12 Week of Christmas emails is to be on my Stamping With Karen Mailing List! If you are not on my Mailing List, you better get on it before September 29th at 1:00 PM, otherwise, you are going to miss out! All you have to do is sign up in the red box in the upper right of my blog.

It’s the Holiday Paper Pumpkin!

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Some of my favorite Paper Pumpkin Kits are the holiday ones! I already love this box and can’t wait to see what the card designs are!

When you picture a peaceful Christmas, what comes to mind? Do you see snow outside your window, softly swirling through the sky? A tree trimmed with tinsel, a fire crackling nearby? Maybe you’re dreaming of decorating a holly jolly gingerbread house. Can you catch a whiff of Christmas cookies wafting through the air?

Whatever it is you think about when Christmas comes to town, picture a peaceful Christmas with the Peaceful Christmas Paper Pumpkin Kit! This glimmering and gleaming kit is your creative kickstart to Christmas cardmaking. With sprinkles of snow, shimmering silver skies, and heartwarming holiday wishes, you’ll have enough elements and embellishments to create 10 Christmas cards and coordinating envelopes.

Speaking of coordination, make even more Christmas magic with Peaceful Place products! Our stunning Peaceful Place Suite Collection (item 156277) pairs perfectly with the kit’s components. Brew a cup of cocoa, snuggle up with a soft blanket, and prepare for a cozy craft night in!

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The kit contains enough elements to create 10 Christmas cards—5 each of 2 designs—and coordinating envelopes. This all-inclusive kit includes printed card bases, die-cut paper pieces, embellishments, adhesive, and more!

October’s kit arrives in a cute collectible box covered with enchanting evergreen trees. Use this special, limited-edition box to store your holiday handicrafts, or transform it into a well-wrapped package for a present!

The kit’s contents pair perfectly with the Peaceful Place Suite Collection (item 156277). To continue your Christmas crafting, combine the kit’s components with the suite’s patterned paper, shimmery sequins, and more!
Card size: 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ (10.8 x 14 cm)
Envelope size: 4-1/2″ x 5-3/4″ (11.4 x 14.6 cm)
Coordinating colors: Basic Gray, Real Red, Shaded Spruce, silver foil

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New Christmas Whimsy Kit Today!

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“Christmas Whimsy’ is a new kit in the Stampin’ Up! Kit Collection, just being released today! You probably noticed photos of it in the Holiday Mini Catalog on page 6, with another kit coming that is shown on page 7. I suppose they are releasing these a little later than the catalog to get a little closer to the holidays!

Christmas Whimsy is an adorably festive card kit with a modern design! Santa’s elves might be hard at work in the North Pole but with this all-inclusive kit, the hard work is done for you! All pieces are printed, die cut, and ready for you to craft. The simple steps of this kit are perfect for beginner crafters and kids, too! Grab a kit or two and gather around for a simple Christmas activity that everyone will enjoy. The kit contains everything you need to create eight elf-centric Christmas cards including printed card bases, die cuts, embellishments, an exclusive stamp set, a Night of Navy Classic Stampin’ Spot, and more!

Christmas Whimsy Kit (158166) $19 USD

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Kit contains enough supplies to create eight cards—4 each of 2 designs.
Includes printed card bases, printed die cuts, adhesive, embellishments, gold foil die cuts, gold twine, and coordinating envelopes with gold foil accents.
Includes an exclusive stamp set and a Night of Navy Classic Stampin’ Spot.
Finished card size: 5-1/2″ x 4-1/4″ (14 x 10.8 cm)
Coordinating colors: Balmy Blue, Basic Gray, Crumb Cake, Evening Evergreen, Gray Granite, Misty Moonlight, Poppy Parade, Real Red, So Saffron, Soft Succulent, Soft Suede

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Peaceful Prints Kraft Christmas Gift Bag

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One thing I always enjoy making are gift bags out of plain shopping bags like this Peaceful Prints Kraft Christmas Gift Bag. Lots of times I can use ones I get at stores, even if they have the store name printed on the front because that printing gets covered up. Just remember, it is just like making a card, maybe a larger one, that you adhere to the front of the gift bag! It’s so much fun to make a personalized bag for any occasion!

For this bag, I used the Peaceful Prints Designer Series Paper. You only have this month left to get this paper, and you can get it FREE with a $50 purchase at Stampin’ Up! during Sale-A-Bration! I tried various layers of paper and cardstock and combinations before I settled on this! Sometimes you just have to keep playing and working until it all comes together!

I used a piece of the Peaceful Prints Designer Paper for the background piece. It is 7″ x 8″ and I liked the way it matched the trees. The background paper (5″ x 6″) has little deer and tiny trees on it and is layered on Real Red Cardstock (6 1/2″ x 5 1/2″). I decided to add trees, some die cut with Christmas Tree Dies out of the Peaceful Prints paper and some out of Garden Green Cardstock. I sponged a little Garden Green Ink on the cardstock trees. I used three different tree dies to make different size trees. Some are popped up on Dimensionals and some are adhered flat on the designer paper. The deer are cut out by hand with Paper Snips from the designer paper.

The greeting had to be a little bit small to fit in the space. It is in the Frosted Gingerbread Stamp Set. It is cut out with one of the Tasteful Labels Dies and layered on a small banner die also in the set. Make some of these ahead of time and you’ll be all set for gift-wrapping during the holidays!!

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Whimsy & Wonder Traditional Christmas Card

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The Whimsy & Wonder Suite in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog uses soft pastel colors in it, but for this Whimsy & Wonder Traditional Christmas Card, I decided to just use the traditional Christmas colors of red and green!

The card base is Garden Green with a layer of Real Red Cardstock. Real Red has been my favorite color forever! If you buy a red somewhere else, like the big box craft store, you will find that their red does not compare to the perfect red of the Stampin’ Up! Real Red! I know because I bought a big package of red cardstock and envelopes when I first started stamping. When I saw how it compared to the Stampin’ Up! Real Red, I threw out the store-bought red paper!

The stamped layer is Shimmery White, my other favorite paper! It has just the slightest glimmer to it and works well with any medium, even some watercoloring. I stamped the tree from the Whimiscal Trees Stamp Set in Garden Green Ink. Old Olive would also look good. Then I overstamped it with the dots to look like little red ornaments or lights on the Christmas tree. I couldn’t resist stamping the holly and berries up in each corner of the card. I just stamped them in Garden Green and then went back in with a Blender Pen and added green ink to the leaves and red ink to the berries. Just very lightly and carefully because I didn’t want the initial stamping to smear.

The greeting is stamped from the Banner Year Stamp Set. It is stamped on Shimmery White and layered on a strip of Real Red, punched at each end with the Lovely Labels Pick a Punch. The greeting itself is popped up on Dimensionals but the Real Red punched piece is adhered directly on the card front. For some embellishment, I added the smallest Gilded Gems to each end of the red piece.

Since the tree doesn’t come with a trunk, I didn’t really like it just floating in the air, so I added a bow with the Real Red 3/8″ Sheer Ribbon. I might have preferred a really narrow ribbon but since this one is sheer, I thought it looked light enough to put in between the tree and the greeting. And since my tree needed a star at the top, I looked through my retired punches and found the right size little punch with a star and punched some Gold Foil.

The lesson here is that even though this stamp set, Whimsical Trees is “whimsical” doesn’t mean you can’t make it “traditional” with color and embellishment! Here is another card I made with the same stamped tree and the new Whimsy & Wonder Specialty Designer Series Paper in the less traditional colors. I love this card as is, but if you are looking for the red and green of Christmas, you can certainly use this tree and change up the colors. If you are looking for a more traditional Christmas card or at least a few for certain people, then try this Whimsy & Wonder Traditional Christmas Card with red and green!

Painted Christmas Paper Christmas Cheer Card

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This Painted Christmas Paper Christmas Cheer Card uses two different designer papers, at least a tiny bit of one! You can mix and match when you are making cards and projects. Most designer papers seem to have one side that is the “star of the show” and the other side is a more generic, plainer pattern. In this case, I don’t think the paper designs were quite as clear cut, but I would say this green side with evergreen boughs is the less popular side. The other side has pinecones. I was drawn to this side that coordinates with Garden Green and opted to put a red and black plaid reindeer on the card front.

The card base is Garden Green and I added a layer of Basic White underneath the designer paper just to help it stand out a little bit. I think it makes the whole card a little brighter. The designer paper is Painted Christmas in the Holiday Catalog on page 17. That paper design just caught my eye when I saw it in the package! Lots of pretty papers in that set!

The greeting is in the Perfectly Plaid Stamp Set. I stamped it in Real Red Ink and then die cut with one of the Stitched Rectangle Dies. For a little embellishment, I added a bit of Real Red 3/8″ Double-Stitched Satin Ribbon. The greeting is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

For some fun, I cut out one of the red and black plaid deer on the Peaceful Prints Designer Series Paper. You will find this pretty holiday paper in the Sale-A-Bration Brochure on page 8. You’ll be happy to know you can earn it FREE with a $50 Stampin’ Up! purchase. This paper even coordinates with the Peaceful Deer Bundle in the Holiday Catalog.

This is a pretty easy card to make for the holidays. If you have the Deer Builder Punch you might be able to punch out some of the deer on the Peaceful Prints Paper if it is going in the right direction. But otherwise, just cut out by hand with the Paper Snips scissors. I like to leave a tiny bit of white margin around the edge. It keeps it from being too narrow and helps it show up a little bit.

Since the card base is a little dark, put a layer of Basic White inside the card. I stamped a “Merry Christmas” greeting in Real Red Ink from the Perfectly Plaid Stamp Set and stamped one of the trees down in the corner. This way you can write a little note and sign your name inside the card without it being on dark paper.

Be sure to check out the new products for fall, Halloween, and then the holidays in the new July-December 2021 Mini Catalog (Holiday Catalog)! Get what you want the most as soon as you can so you don’t run into any backorders! And remember, that if you spend $50 or more, for every $50 that you spend, you earn a FREE product in the Sale-A-Bration Brochure! A few are free with a $100 order or you can choose two at the $50 level. Let me know if you are interested in Stampin’ Up! products and would like copies of all the current catalogs!

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Gingerbread & Peppermint Peppermint Kisses Christmas Card

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I really wanted to use this paper with the peppermint candies on it! This Gingerbread & Peppermint Peppermint Kisses Christmas Card is a very simple, easy-to-make card, and yet it turned out just fine! I’m not sure when I would use that sentiment, but it’s a cute one, especially with this paper!

The card base is Real Red and I have a layer of Basic White underneath the designer paper to help it stand out a bit. However, you wouldn’t have to use the white layer. You can just adhere the designer paper to the card base. I used the Gingerbread & Peppermint 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. It has lots of fun patterns to use!

For the center of the card, I liked the next larger rectangle in the Scalloped Contours Dies but I didn’t want to cover up too much of the designer paper. So I used this rectangular die. It actually cuts slits on the sides which can either just be decorative or you could run ribbon through them or do something else creative. I chose decorative this time!

I just stamped the greeting in the middle in Real Red Ink. It is in the Frosted Gingerbread Stamp Set. There are also peppermint candy stamps so I stamped some candies on a piece of scrap Basic White and die cut them with the Gingerbread Dies. You can buy both the stamp set and dies together in the Frosted Gingerbread Bundle and save 10%. For a finishing touch, I thought I would apply Wink of Stella on the candies for some sparkle but it smeared the ink on one. I just left it so you can see even Demonstrators and long-time stampers make mistakes! It just looks like someone stuck the candy in their mouth and then decided they didn’t want it and stuck it on the card instead! LOL!

Enjoy playing around with the new Holiday Catalog stamps and other products. Remember, there is also a holiday section in the Annual Catalog, too, with some great products! When you happen upon a design and card you like that you can make in multiples easily, you will be ready to mass-produce your Christmas cards! Or you might like to make all different kinds of cards because there are so many beautiful sets and accessories! That way you don’t have to choose! You can use this same card design as I used on this Gingerbread & Peppermint Peppermint Kisses Christmas Card with other papers and stamps! Just have fun!

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It’s Sale-A-Bration (Again!) at Stampin’ Up!

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In case you are new to Stampin’ Up!, you might not know what Sale-A-Bration is! Sale-A-Bration has been around since the beginning or near the beginning of Stampin’ Up, except back then it was called “Sell-A-Bration”. I believe I heard it was an idea to save the company back in the beginning when things got rough, as they often do in many companies, especially small ones. It really took off and has been an annual promotion ever since, one that everyone loves! Except for THIS year, we are having TWO Sale-A-Brations!! We only had it starting in January before, but right now we are having the second one in 2021! And at a perfect time when we are purchasing new products anyway in the Holiday Catalog!

The concept of Sale-A-Bration is that when you spend $50 or more, you get to choose a FREE product in the Sale-A-Bration Brochure! And we all love FREE stamping supplies! If you spend $100 or more, you have a choice of one $100 Level product in the brochure or two $50 Level products. You will see those designations in the brochure. No limits to what you can spend and get for FREE!

TAKE A LOOK AT THE SALE-A-BRATION BROCHURE HERE!

Watch this video to learn about the Sale-A-Bration products!

If you have a large order yourself or go in together with friends, you can choose a FREE Host stamp set, In Your Words, with a $300 order! It’s on page 17 in the Sale-A-Bration Brochure.

Sale-A-Bration is a fun time at Stampin’ Up! This year, it is double the fun of having a second Sale-A-Bration going on now! But it won’t last forever! Sale-A-Bration ends on September 30 and you know how time flies! Get what you want before things sell out! Enjoy the Sale-A-Bration video!

Gingerbread & Peppermint Christmas Card

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I wanted to play some more with the festive Gingerbread & Peppermint Paper in the Holiday Catalog and this Gingerbread & Peppermint Christmas Card is what turned out! I also wanted to try out that little decorative strip I put between the two patterns of paper. This is a pretty basic card design using designer papers and a greeting, maybe just fancied up a little bit with some diecuts.

The card base is Real Red Cardstock. I used the Gingerbread & Peppermint 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. These two patterns are actually on the same sheet, just opposite sides! If the diagonal striped piece looks dirty, it’s just the splattering on the paper. I don’t know why! I die cut that middle strip with the Gingerbread Dies. They are part of the Frosted Gingerbread Bundle, if you want both the stamp set and dies and want to save 10% buying them together! I just used teeny dots of Multipurpose Liquid Glue on that strip.

The greeting is stamped in Real Red Ink on Basic White. The stamp is in the Frosted Gingerbread Stamp Set. It is die-cut with a die in the Ornate Frames Dies as is the Real Red layer. To help it all stand out a little better, I layered the greeting on a larger Basic White Layering Circles Die. And for a little bling, I added three Red Rhinestone Jewels to the greeting.

It will soon be Christmas card time so check out the new Stampin’ Up! July-December 2021 Mini Catalog for all the new stamps, dies, embellishments, and ideas and start thinking about what you would like to make! Maybe you want to make several different designs of cards so you can have fun making different ones! That’s what I like to do! That way you can use different stamp sets and supplies and see what all you can come up with….and not get tired of making a whole bunch of the same card. Whatever you like!

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Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog Videos!

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Enjoy these videos and get a better view of these new products in the July-December 2021 Mini Catalog, otherwise known as the Holiday Mini!

View the Holiday Mini Catalog HERE!

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Whimsical Tree Happy Holidays Card

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This Whimsical Tree Happy Holidays Card came after I made another card for my weekly newsletter to showcase a card that could be made with this beautiful paper. Actually, that card turned out to be monochromatic! If you didn’t receive my stamping newsletter today, please sign up for my Mailing List in the red box on my blog! Then you won’t miss out!

I am in love with the Whimsy & Wonder Suite in the just-released Holiday Mini Catalog! It’s the Whimsy & Wonder Specialty Designer Series Paper that really caught my eye when I started seeing it in videos, rather than online in the catalog. We can say this about most papers, but they almost all look even better in person and this one does that! If you would like a different, soft color scheme for your Christmas cards or projects, this is the paper for you!

This card base is Mint Macaron, one of the coordinating colors of the designer paper. Then I used a layer of the foil-accented holly leaf pattern of the designer paper. It’s so pretty against that Mint Macaron cardstock! Before adhering it to the card base, I wrapped the Blushing Bride 3/8″ Frayed Grosgrain Ribbon around to the back and added a separate bow. This ribbon is so soft and pliable! You might as well get some on your order! You’ll love it!

The Whimsical Tree is stamped on Basic White with Mint Macaron ink. That piece is die-cut with a Scalloped Contours Die. I could have die cut the next larger size of the Scalloped Contours Dies, but I didn’t want to take up too much room and cover up too much of the holly leaves designer paper, so I just made a layer of Blushing Bride Cardstock slightly larger than the stamped tree piece. That whole piece is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals. For some extra embellishment, I added some Champagne Rhinestones on the tree and cut out two gifts from the designer paper. If you do that, feel free to cut down the packages to smaller sizes than are printed on the paper. You can make them a lot smaller if you want!

I wanted just a small greeting so I stamped “Happy Holidays” from the Poinsettia Petals Stamp Set in Mint Macaron and layered it on a small rectangle of Blushing Bride.

This card has a few steps, but nothing too difficult. Did I say how much I love the paper and the ribbon?!! I love this card! I might copy it and make some more and then I’ll have some Christmas cards ready to go in December!

Remember, the Holiday Catalog is LIVE as of yesterday PLUS there is a second Sale-A-Bration going on for two months! Spend $50 and get something free in the Sale-A-Bration Brochure! Look back on yesterday’s post for the links to the PDFs of the catalogs and shopping links. If you purchase some of the Whimsy & Wonder Suite products, you can make your own card like my Whimsical Tree Happy Holidays Card!

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Heartwarming Hugs Christmas Tree Card

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If you are anxious to get started on Christmas in July but you can’t order the new things yet in the Holiday Catalog, see if you still have some Heartwarming Hugs Designer Series Paper from last year’s catalog and make a card like this Heartwarming Hugs Christmas Tree Card! The paper is coming back in this current Holiday Catalog, going live August 3!

I still had some of this Heartwarming Hugs Designer Series Paper and I really like it. Lots of different plaids and stripes in traditional red, green and white! It’s just cute paper without having any special designs. Great for backgrounds on cards or other projects. Cute for making boxes and gift bags with both the inside and outside matching and looking like the holidays! Check your stash and see if you still have some.

The Pine Tree Punch is still current in the new Annual Catalog so get that out too! You can punch out lots of Christmas trees to your heart’s content!

To make this card, I started with a base of Real Red Cardstock (my favorite color!). I chose this red background paper with white dots to see what I could do with it or if it would work with the punched trees. I started with a vertical card, but when that wasn’t quite coming together, I turned it sideways and that worked, of course!

I went back to one of the first techniques I ever learned in stamping – tearing the cardstock! Hold the paper in front of you and pull down with your right hand as evenly or unevenly as you want. You want that torn edge look with kind of the underneath layer of the cardstock showing. That’s the best I can describe it. You don’t necessarily want a very straight, even, perfect edge. I used Basic White to make a snowy base for the trees.

I punched out several trees with the Pine Tree Punch and just placed them along the “snow”, popping up a few with Stampin’ Dimensionals® and some just adhered flat on the card.

The greeting is from the Perfectly Plaid Stamp Set. This is another product carried over into the new Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog that you may already have. I think it’s been around a couple of years now, which is nice. I stamped it in Real Red Ink and then cut it out with one of the Ornate Frames Dies. It seems to fit perfectly on the card! I love the little stitching around the edge and the shape of the die is already cute.

That’s all there is to this card! I could have added some sparkle to the trees or on the background. Sometimes all I can think of is adding bling to a card, and sometimes I don’t think of it at all – until after I have taken the photo for my blog! Either way, keep it simple or jazz it up, this Heartwarming Hugs Christmas Tree Card is a fun and easy card to make.

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Christmas 2-4-6-8 Treat Bag With Ornament

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Christmas papercrafting is more than just making cards, as you know! We all will need bags, boxes, treat bags and boxes, gift wrap, party favors, decorations, and all kinds of things like this Christmas 2-4-6-8 Treat Bag With Ornament. This is one of the easiest things you can make! A 2-4-6-8 box or bag!

You can use this little bag for a treat or a small gift. You can put candies inside or a very small gift, like a piece of jewelry. For a little party favor or a little something at each place setting at Christmas dinner, you could make any number of these which would not be too much work! Hopefully this Christmas there can be parties and family gatherings! Keeping my fingers crossed!!

This little box is made with just a half sheet of cardstock, 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″. Just score it at 2″, 4″, 6″, and 8″ going across. Turn the paper lengthwise and score at 2″. That short area will be the bottom of the box. Cut on the score lines just up to the 2″ scoreline going across. Cut off the narrow little tab area. See the photo below. Apply a strong adhesive, like Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Tear & Tape, or Stampin’ Seal+ to the narrow tab on the end, then fold the other side of the box over to adhere. It’s easier to do this flat than to try to hold the box. Fold in the flaps for the bottom and add a little glue to hold them in place. Leave the top open or pinch to close, whatever you like.

You can choose to leave the little bag open at the top or pinch it closed. If you pinch it closed, poke in the sides a little bit to make the top come together easier. You can tie some ribbon through at the top as I did or use some kind of clip. You could even make a lid to fit on top!

Now you are all set to decorate your bag or box! I made this one SUPER simple!! I also happened to have the ornament die cut from the Gingerbread & Peppermint Designer Paper so it was really easy! If you wanted to use another design in the paper, maybe you would want to change the color of the bag. Mine is Real Red. The ornament is popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals. For some bling, I added some gold Gilded Gems. The ribbon is the Gold 1/4″ Shimmer Ribbon in the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog. You could add a little tag tied on with the ribbon if you wanted to. Or decorate with some designer series paper! So many options! Here is a little treat bag I made a few years ago.

It’s time to start making some of these fun things! Christmas comes early for crafters! The July-December 2021 Mini Catalog will be out August 3 along with Sale-A-Bration! After that it is full-steam ahead! Plan to make a few little 2-4-6-8 boxes to have on hand.

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Peaceful Prints Deer and Trees Christmas Card

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My inspiration for this Peaceful Prints Deer and Trees Christmas Card came from a sample in the Sale-A-Bration 2021 Brochure! Sale-A-Bration begins August 3 along with the Holiday Mini Catalog so it will be a great time to shop! With every $50 you spend, you can choose a free product in the Sale-A-Bration Brochure!

This card uses a really new product that we have never had before! In fact, I didn’t know it even existed! Cork Specialty Paper! I knew I was going to use the Peaceful Prints Designer Series Paper which is a product you can choose free in the Sale-A-Bration Brochure with a $50 purchase! I knew I was going to cut out two of the deer, by hand, on the paper and use the deer something like in a sample on that page. In the Holiday Mini, you can purchase a punch that I believe will cut out some of the deer on this designer paper, of course only the deer looking in one direction.

The card base is Real Red. Then I got the idea to use a piece of the Cork Paper for the first time for a background layer and I added a layer of Basic Black behind it to match the plaid on the deer. I cut the two deer out by hand from the Peaceful Prints Paper, leaving a small white margin around them. Someone said to do that at a Stampin’ Up! Convention years ago, I guess it makes cutting easier and you don’t have to be perfect! But when I flipped the paper over to put glue on it, the other side of the paper was the red and black plaid, so I just as easily could have had deer with no white margin around them! So funny! I used Stampin’ Seal to glue down the cork and the black layers onto the card. It seemed to work fine on the Cork Paper. The Cork Paper is surprisingly very thin! It’s amazing!

The trees are stamped from the Whimsical Trees Stamp Set and die cut with one of the dies in the Christmas Trees Dies. I die cut one just plain green and sponged some ink on it for interest. You can buy both the Stamp Set and Dies together in the Whimsical Trees Bundle and save 10%! (see pages 24-25 in the Holiday Catalog). I adhered two tree trees flat on the cork paper and one is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals. Then both deer are popped up on Dimensionals, except the one on the left overlaps the tree which is already popped up so I only put a Dimensional under his rear and the front end is glued down to the tree!

The greeting is in the Whimsical Trees Stamp Set. I stamped it in Real Red Ink and die cut with a die in the Stitched So Sweetly Dies. You might not recognize which one because I trimmed off the top and bottom rounded edges so I could layer it on a Real Red piece cut with the exact same die. Really, you can’t recognize either of them the way the top one covers up the bottom layer, but at least I got two colors for the greeting!

On the inside of the card, I added a Basic White layer, adhered a strip of the red and black plaid design at the bottom, and also adhered another die-cut tree! Then I can stamp or write a message on the inside on the white cardstock!

This was a fun card to make as I went along! I started by looking at the sample that looks like a tag in the Sale-A-Bration Brochure and came up with this card! Just play when you are stamping and see what you come up with! Maybe you will choose this Peaceful Prints DSP when you place a $50 order during Sale-A-Bration so you can make something like this Peaceful Prints Deer and Trees Christmas Card.

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