Stampin' Celebration Inspiration Challenge #25

Welcome to a 'spooky' edition of the Stampin' Celebration challenge! I hope you have time to join us and upload your creation to our team blog! We love having you all play along with us!

The inside of the card:

Right side panel:

Here's how I made this card:

1) Cut card base to 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" out of Basic Black cardstock, score, and fold in half.
2) Cut a 2-1/8" piece from the front of the card so it leaves just a left pane and cover with Designer Series Paper (I used Razzleberry Lemonade (Retired) then add Elegant Eggplant ribbon

3) Cut inside layer of Lovely Lilac cardstock to 4" x 5-1/4" then adhere the Green Galore Latch piece (5-1/2" x 1-1/2") behind it before adhering to the Black card base

4) Using the 3-16" Corner Rounder punch, I rounded the edges of the Green Galore Latch

5) Using the Word Window punch, punch opening for the latch to glide into (about a 1/2" in)
6) With the Big Shot, I cut out a die-cut tag in Basic Black cardstock for the sentiment, stamped 'Trick or Treat, Scary & Sweet!' in Lovely Lilac ink on Whisper White cardstock, then punched out with the 1-1/4" Square punch, adhered to the black tag and added the Library Clip to the top!
7) My 'tree' is from the Birds & Branches die. The 'grass' is a strip of Green Galore cardstock, cut with the Scallop Edge punch, then I cut triangles out of each scallop to look like blades of grass. Then I used the Billboard Alphabet die to get the 'boo' sentiment!

8) Stamped sentiments from the 'Grateful Greetings' set in Basic Black ink on both sides of the latch then added a touch of orange with the Flower brad in the corner! Spooky huh!?! =)

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Stamps: Grateful Greetings (116511)
Ink: Basic Black (101179), Lovely Lilac (Retired)

Cardstock: Basic Black (102851), Whisper White (100730), Lovely Lilac (Retired), Green Galore (Retired)

Paper: Razzleberry Lemonade (Retired)

Accessories: Clips Assortment (112580), Brights Flower Brads (119734), Orchard Ribbon Originals (Retired)

Punches: Word Window (105090), 3/16" Corner Rounder (109047), 1-1/4" Square (104400), Scallop Edge (112091)

Tools: Big Shot (113439), Billboard (114510), Birds & Branches (114529), Lots of Tags (114508)

Stampin' Essentials: Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)

Finished Size: 5-1/2" x 4-1/4" fits perfectly in the Whisper White Medium Envelopes (107301)

Hope you have a wonderful day!

Kari Linder, Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

A Christmas Greeting!

Oh how I love greeting stamp sets! I'm a sucker for fonts, words, sentiments, and greeting stamp sets and the Grateful Greetings set on page 8 of the Holiday Mini Catalog is no exception! I love that this set is perfect for all the fall/winter holidays including: Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Valentine's Day! This great set comes with 12 stamps and is a great deal for $36.95! The last day to order this set is January 4th, 2010 and you can always order your Stampin' Up! supplies online from my website, or email me directly and I can place it for you!

The beautiful trees on this card came from the Patterned Pines stamp set on page 4 of the Holiday Mini Catalog! It's a Hostess Level 1 set and you can earn it FREE with a $150 order! Woohoo! Love FREE stamps! Tip: Using the Paper Snips makes trimming out these cute trees a snap! The sharp blade is perfect for precision cutting! Tip: The tone-on-tone look with the Kraft card stock is achieved using the VersaMark Pad (pg. 190 of the Idea Book & Catalog)!

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Stamps: Grateful Greetings (116511), Patterned Pines (116525 - Hostess Set)

Ink: Old Olive (102277), Real Red (103133), VersaMark (102283)

Card Stock: Kraft (102125), Old Olive (100702), Real Red (102482), Whisper White (100730)

Embellishments: Sleigh Bells Ribbon (116795, Holiday Mini Catalog)

Essentials: Paper Snips (103579), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)

Finished Size: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"

Have a truly blessed Thursday,

Kari

Thankful Thoughts of You

Since it's Black Friday I had to post a card with a touch of black on it, right?!? Hehe! I love this card that uses the Charming stamp set featured on page 32 of the Holiday Mini Catalog! It was designed to coordinate with the new Simply Adorned line of Stampin' Up! charms and chains! You can create unique jewelry or home decor with these beautiful products or stamp with this gorgeous set to create cards, scrapbook pages, bookmarks and more!

Stamps: Charming (116519), Grateful Greetings (116511)
Ink: Jet Black StazOn (101406), Old Olive (102277), Elegant Eggplant (105210)
Card Stock: Elegant Eggplant (105126), Old Olive (100702), Basic Black (102851), Whisper White (100730)

Embellishments: Silver Elastic Cord (109866, Holiday Mini Catalog)
Tools: Eyelet Border Punch (113692)
Essentials: Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)
Finished Size: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"

Happy Black Friday!!

~Kari

merry - MOJO109

It's MOJO Monday! Yipee! This is such a great sketch posted on the MOJO Monday blog, I immediately thought of Christmas and went straight for my goodies from the SU Holiday Mini Catalog! I busted out my Big Shot and played with the NEW dies featured on page 21! One of my favorite Christmas color combinations is: Garden Green, Certainly Celery and Real Red, so I incorporated that into my card as well!

The Merry Embosslits folder (116820) makes the cutest little tags! The colors look so much better in person, but the Certainly Celery die-cut trees from the Merry Details die (116823) really 'pop' when they are layered on top of the Garden Green tag!

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Stamps: Grateful Greetings (116511) ~ from the Holiday Mini Catalog!

Ink: Basic Black (101179) ~ although I think the StazOn Jet Black (101406) would have turned out better!

Cardstock: Whisper White (100730), Basic Black (102851), Real Red (102482), Garden Green (102584), Certainly Celery (105125)

Accessories: Vintage Brads (109109), Whisper White Grosgrain (109025), Real Red 3/4" Polka-Dot Grosgrain (115608)

Tools: Big Shot (113439, Perfect Details (115962), Merry (116820), Merry Details (116823), Petals-A-Plenty (116824), Paper-Piercing (116631), Mat Pak (105826)

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Thankful Thoughts of You - PPA10

I made this card last Monday, for a swap with my Stampin' Up! Demonstrator group this coming Saturday, October 3rd (which is National Card making Day)! I love the 'Branch Out' stamp set (113200, on the Dormant List and not featured in the 2009-2010 Idea Book & Catalog) so I had to use that since fall has started here in Oregon!

Stampin' Up! Supplies I used:

Stamps: Branch Out (113200), Grateful Greetings (116511) from the Holiday Mini Catalog

Card Stock: Whisper White (100730), Mellow Moss (102898), Always Artichoke (105119), Chocolate Chip (102128)

Ink: Always Artichoke (105219), Mellow Moss (102772), Chocolate Chip (100908) Classic Ink pads

Punches: Scallop Oval Punch (114889), Large Oval Punch (107305)

Tools: Sizzix Big Shot Die-cut Machine for Stampin' Up! (113439), Elegant Bouquet Textured Embossing folder (115964)

Essentials: Stampin' Dimensionals (104430), Snail Adhesive (104332), Bone Folder (102300), Paper Cutter (104152)

Finished size: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"

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