Category Archives: Christmas

The 12 Weeks of Christmas Coming to Your Inbox Today…Sign Up Now!

Leave a reply

12WksXmasBlogPost-001
Images © Stampin' Up! 2012

Would you like to receive a new idea for a Christmas card, gift, or wrapping in your inbox every week from now until Christmas? Then sign up for my mailing list here at the top of my blog because the "12 Weeks of Christmas" starts in just 4 hours! Make sure you receive each and every issue by signing up before the first one goes out today!

The "12 Weeks of Christmas" is my free gift to you, my subscribers, as a thank you for joining me in all this stamping fun and also to inspire you with creative ideas that you can use for the holidays. Maybe something you see in my emails will save you a trip to the mall or urge you to create a one-of-a-kind gift or card for someone special!

Don't delay! The first email goes out in a little bit! And it will only be delivered to my mailing list! If you are already on my list and receive my monthly newsletters, you don't have to do a thing!

Email me if you have any questions at Karen@KarenStamps.com.

 


Are You On My Mailing List? The “12 Weeks of Christmas” is Coming!

Leave a reply

12WksXmasLogo2-001

Images © Stampin' Up! 2012

Only 24 hours until my "12 Weeks of Christmas" email campaign begins on Wednesday, October 3, 2012.  Be sure you are on my mailing list to receive all 12 issues. This is my free gift to my subscribers to thank them for their loyalty. Starting on Wednesday, you will receive an email from me with a free holiday project! We will start off with a Christmas card.

In order to receive this gift, you must be on my mailing list before the first email goes out! Please join us by signing up in the box near the top of my blog! It will be loads of fun! If you're like me, you love to get new ideas for Stampin' Up! projects! Even if I don't get a chance to make everything I come across, I enjoy seeing the idea!

Please sign up for my mailing list while you are thinking of it! We'll miss you if you don't!

Merry Christmas from Stampin’ Up!….During October!

Leave a reply

SU Merry Christmas Flyer

Looks like Santa came early this year!  

Get a FREE Festive Paper-Piercing Pack when you purchase the Ornament Keepsakes Set and Candlelight Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper.

Choose from the following options:

SU Merry Christmas Bundle 2012 Prices

You must use the special Item numbers to get this offer, not the numbers in the Holiday Catalog!

You may choose the Ornament Keepsakes stamp set (wood- or clear-mount) plus the Candlelight Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper and get the Festive Paper-Piercing Pack

OR

You may choose the Ornament Keepsakes Bundle (stamp set and Holiday Ornaments Framelits Dies) plus the Candlelight Christmas paper and get the Festive Paper-Piercing Pack.

So it is stamp set & paper – or –  stamp set, framelits, and paper.

I would strongly suggest that you will want the Framelits Dies as well if you get this stamp set!  Just my opinion!  Or at least buy a Paper Snips scissors #103579 if you prefer to cut out!

You can check the various Bundles in the Holiday Catalog. This Ornament Keepsakes Bundle is on page 3 BUT be SURE you use the proper numbers for the offer as displayed above!  Click on the picture of the flyer to go to the pdf.

To order this special offer, just go to my Online Store….or email me any time at Karen@KarenStamps.com.  I'm happy to help you!

12 Weeks of Christmas Starting Soon!

Leave a reply

12 wks Xmas logo-001

Images © Stampin' Up! 2012

This week I will be starting my annual "12 Weeks of Christmas" email campaign! This is my free gift to you, a thank you for being on my mailing list. Every week, starting this Wednesday, October 3, up until Christmas, you will receive an email with a free holiday project. This will be either a card, a gift idea or a bag, tag, or wrap. You will get complete instructions to make each project and a list of Stampin' Up! supplies so you can get started now on your holiday preparations!

In order to receive ALL of these emails, you MUST be on my mailing list by 1 pm Wednesday, October 3. This will only be delivered to my mailing list!

If you are already on my mailing list (thank you!), you don't need to do anything!

If you want to be on my mailing list and receive my "12 Weeks of Christmas" emails and my monthly newsletters, please sign up in the box here on my blog. Do it now so you won't forget! Then Wednesday afternoon watch for my first project in your email!

Last year I received many nice comments from my subscribers about these holiday projects. Sometimes I even add bonus projects because there are just too many cute things to make! And nothing is too difficult for anybody!

I hope you will enjoy my "12 Weeks of Christmas"!  I can't wait to get started!!

Sign up for my mailing list at the top of my blog on the right!

Merry Minis Teeny Tiny Wishes Christmas Card

Leave a reply

Merry Minis Teeny Tiny Wishes Christmas Card

Here is my Merry Minis Teeny Tiny Wishes Christmas Card! Cute name, cute card….if I do say so myself! This is a 4" x 4" square card of Real Red that I just pulled out of my package of card stock scraps and decided to use it. I wanted to emphasize the Gumball Green 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon because tomorrow, Sunday September 30th, is the LAST DAY for the "Back to Spool" Promotion by Stampin' Up! With a $40 purchase of Stampin' Up! product from my store, you can choose a free roll of this ribbon, in any of the 5 colors.  These are the current In Colors so you will love them!

So back to the card….I cut two of the Labels Collections Framelits shapes in Whisper White and Gumball Green.  Then I just punched out three Christmas trees with the fun little Merry Minis Punch Pack from the Be of Good Cheer Designer Series Paper (in the annual catalog) and stamped the greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes. I was going to jazz up the card more maybe with a designer paper layer, some Dazzling Details around the edge of the framelit, maybe a rhinestone on top of each tree…but once I put just the two Basic Rhinestones on top and bottom of the label…that was it! Perfection! Keep it simple!!  Done!  I love this card!

Now I need to go my make own Stampin' Up! order so I can get some FREE RIBBON!!

Back to Spool

New My Digital Studio Downloads…A Halloween Party Ensemble

Leave a reply

New downloads for My Digital Studio are released today! It's quite the assortment, with a whole Halloween Party Ensemble, a Jewish Celebrations stamp brush set, Christmas papers, punches and more; and Fancy Frames (they look like real picture frames!) Just think what projects you can make with these!

Click on the images below to enlarge:

MDS Downloads_Sept 11 2012

MDS Downloads_Sept 11 2012 Prices

Don't forget you can get the FREE 30-DAY TRIAL of My Digital Studio and purchase any extra downloads you would like!  You can even get your projects printed!

To see the most recent downloads, click here for my Online Store.

To see the whole area of My Digital Studio, click here for my Online Store.

And don't forget the 31 Days of Digital, 31% off select digital content and print products, extended until Sept. 14…..only 3 more days!  This promotion ends Friday, September 14, 2012.

Scentsational Season Candy Cane Christmas Card

Leave a reply

Scentsational Season Candy Canes Christmas Card

The Scentsational Season stamp set and matching Holiday Collection Framelits Dies will practically make an easy Christmas card FOR you! Just stamp the image and run it through the Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine with your framelits die and you've got easy cutting! I ran the Gumball Green card stock through the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder. For some added color and trim, I used the Finishing Touches Edgelits Die to make those pretty edges on top and botton. Since I didn't really leave room for a greeting, I stamped the little "Merry" tag from Tiny Tags and adhered it to the candy cane. I think it turned out pretty cute!

It's not too early to be thinking about Christmas cards!  Why not start on them early so you can ENJOY the process and not rush?!

For all your beautiful stamping supplies, please shop my Stampin' Up! Online Store!

***If you are interested in this stamp set and these Framelits Dies, be sure to check out the Scentsational Season BUNDLE on page 16 of the Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalog! Purchase both together and save 15%! You can still choose from wood- or clear-mount stamps!

Merry Minis Christmas Card

Leave a reply

Merry Minis Christmas Card
Stampin' Up! has a really cute Punch Pack in the Holiday Catalog called Merry Minis #126882, perfect for making a Christmas card! To save time stamping, I just punched the little tree out of designer series paper in the Festival of Prints Paper Stack #126904. These sheets are small, 4 1/2" x 6 1/2", but you'll be able to use the designs for more than Christmas!

I used a greeting from Word Play, colored in with Lucky Limeade and Cherry Cobbler markers and punched out with the Labels Collections Framelits Dies #125598. After I punched out the Cherry Cobbler layer piece, I thought it looked a little bland…but then I remembered the Festive Paper-Piercing Pack #127857. I used that (and the Stampin' Pierce Mat #126199) and the Paper-Piercing Tool #126189) to put a little pierced border around the inside edge of the Cherry Cobbler piece.  Lovely!

Paper-Piercing Tools

Don't you love the Silver Glimmer paper at the bottom edge?!  Stampin' Up! carries three colors of Glimmer Paper now….Red and Silver in the regular Stampin' Up! Catalog and the new Champagne Glimmer Paper #127885 in the Holiday Catalog. Check it out!

If you would like a Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalog to hold in your hands rather than look at online, please email me at Karen@KarenStamps.com.

The Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog 2012 is Here!

Leave a reply

Holiday Catalog 2012

It's here for you….the BEAUTIFUL Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalog 2012! Starting today, August 1st, you can begin ordering the wonderful products in this catalog!! 

Here are suggestions on how to handle this fabulous catalog:

  • Look through the Holiday Catalog page by page trying to take in everything…the fabulous products and the gorgeous sample projects!
  • Look through the Holiday Catalog again looking carefully for the discounted BUNDLES!! (the listing is on page 2, inside the front cover! Save)
  • Look through the Holiday Catalog again with your Wish List and write down everything you want!
  • Look through the Holiday Catalog again and think about holiday gifts, fall projects, decorations and items for Halloween, count how many trick-or treaters you have or kids at the class party.
  • Grab your list and ORDER ONLINE! (or I can put it in for you!)

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

MORE NEWS FROM STAMPIN' UP!

There's no better time than NOW to start your own stamping and/or scrapbooking and/or digital papercrafting business with the Stampin' Up! family by becoming a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. Stampin' Up! is wowing us today with the new Holiday Catalog, the new version of My Digital Studio and this fabulous kit for new recruits!

Spooktacular Project Kit for Recruits Aug 2012

No trick-just treats when you join Stampin' Up! in August!

Join my team this month and get your business started in time for the holidays…and get this so cute printer's tray and supplies (no ink) as an extra bonus! (as if the Starter Kit isn't enough!)

++++++++++++

MDS2 Ad_Aug 2012
 

The new version of the Stampin' Up! digital papercrafting software, My Digital Studio Version 2, is available starting today! You can still take advantage of a free 30-day Trial offer!

More information coming! Subscribe to my mailing list to keep up-to-date!  Just sign up in the box in the upper right! Do it today so you receive my August newsletter!

 



Chock-Full of Cheer Christmas Tag

Leave a reply

Chock-Full of Cheer Christmas Tag

I could say I am “Chock-Full of Cheer” because the Stampin’ Up! 2012 Convention is underway in Salt Lake City. Right this minute the first General Session is going on and you can feel the excitement through the Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators who are there blogging and tweeting and reporting to those of us who are home!  You can’t believe the festive atmosphere that goes on before the beginning of each General Session, especially this first one, with music playing and dancing in the aisles, swapping, chatting, and cameras taking it all in.

So while I am home enjoying keeping up with Convention coverage, I’ll be playing with some new stamp sets. This one is Chock-Full of Cheer (catalog page 10) and I pretty much copied the sample tag on page 9. The designer paper on the Gumball Green card stock is the new Be of Good Cheer #126896. Notice the new cute button at the top! It’s one of the Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons #127555.

It’s never too early to start on Christmas projects!  And the Holiday Catalog will be out August 1st! So take a little time during these hot days to cool yourself off with some Christmas stamping!

For all your stamping supplies, shop Stampin’ Up! Online any time!

Christmas Milk Carton Gift Box

Leave a reply

Milk Carton Gift Box

Summer may be here but the other day I made this cute Christmas milk carton with the Big Shot and wanted to show you.  And it never hurts to start thinking about Christmas crafts way ahead of time!  Of course you can make this for any occasion, just change the colors and papers.

While you can make just the usual milk carton box, I punched a hole in the center of one side (figure it out before you glue!) and added a piece of window sheet behind the hole.  Now you can put some colorful candies or a sneak peek of the gift and it will show through!

For this project some of the supplies you will need:

Mini Milk Carton Bigz L Die #117310

Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine #113439

Chock-Full of Cheer Stamp Set (p. 10)

I used a mini Library Clip on the top, but you could perhaps use a Vintage Trinket #118764, just to add a little interest and then hang the candy cane with some Baker's Twine or even Linen Thread.

I'm sure you can imagine lots more ways to embellish this project!

For any stamping supplies, please visit my online store HERE. (Especially if you have a large order…$150 or more….be SURE to go to my direct link to my store…not through Stampin' Up! first…to be able to get your Hostess Rewards!) If you have any questions, just ask me first!


Decorating Lunch Box Tins

2 Replies

Lunchbox Tins Gifts

I've had these lunch box tins in my stash for quite awhile and decided to decorate them with some of my stash of retired designer series papers, rub ons, and ribbons for gifts!  The initials are cut using the Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine #113439 and the Serif Essentials Alphabet #113464.  I find that it is easiest to use the Anywhere Glue Sticks #104045 on a project like this.  The rectangular tip fits right into the corner of the paper.  I always apply glue sticks to both the tin and the paper for a better adhesion.

While you are on Christmas break, why not look around at your craft supplies and see what you can make with what you have!

Need a Boost After Christmas??

Leave a reply

Are you all tuckered out after the Christmas preparations??

Did the gifts you got not live up to your expectations??

Did the nightgown, the blouse, the slippers not fit right??

Don't want to hit the mall with the crowds at the after-Christmas sales??

Stampin' Up! is here to help!  You deserve better!  You deserve more! You deserve stamping supplies!!!

Just go to my Online Store and choose what you REALLY wanted for Christmas and nobody listened!  You can even get some good deals at the Clearance Rack Blitz!  Check it out, order online and have it sent straight to your house.  In a few days, the stamping smile will be back on your face!

If you need help, just contact me!

ClearanceBlitz_Dec15-Jan3

PS:  When you are looking at the Clearance Rack, on the right side click on "Show:  ALL"  Very easy to view everything that way.  Otherwise, when you get to page 10, keep on clicking the arrow for the next page, even though it seems like you are at the end.  There is more!

Don't forget…..the Holiday Mini ends on January 3, 2012….and the Stocking Punch is not being carried over!

Christmas Ideas from Christmases Past

Leave a reply

I'm busy and you're busy, but I thought if you were looking for more Christmas ideas for cards, gifts, tags, bags, whatever….I would make it easy for you to search.

Please click HERE or click on any of the Categories in the right-hand column for Christmas….or any others that interest you…OR click on the Archives for probably mostly December in the past years!  After you scroll through the page that comes up, just hit the small green words at the very bottom of the page "More Posts from Karen" or "Older Posts from Karen" to go to the remaining pages.

Oh my!  I just looked back in the "Archives" all the way back to December 2006….and there was my son's calculus project in Christmas colors back when I started my blog!  He's ready to graduate from college now with a degree in Engineering….I guess the calculus and my stamping materials paid off!


And back in December 2007, here are some of those mailboxes that were decorated for gifts for my nieces and nephews!  And there's good old Frosty!! (a very old, popular stamp!)

Mailbox_kids


Enjoy!