Christmas – Stamp It Up with Jaimie

Stampin’ Up! Merry Christmas

Published on December 14, 2017December 13, 2017 by stampitupwithjaimie9 Comments

This week’s Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop is a color challenge. Happy hopping!

I needed to make a few gift certificates, but I wanted to make the actual gift certificate a gift in and of itself.

I also wanted to try a new card design and my hand at calligraphy…Voila…

My card holder starts off with Real Red cardstock. I scored it at 5-1/2″ and then cut t a diagonal from the inside corner to 2-1/4″ up from the outside. I used Tear & Tape adhesive to seal my bottom and right edge.

I cut a pattern from the Quilted Christmas DSP and adhered it inside the card holder. Next I stamped the sentiment from the Watercolor Christmas in Versamark ink on the outside of the card after wiping it with the embossing buddy, sprinkled it with white embossing powder, and heat set it. I used the Christmas Stockings Thinlits to add a few Garden Green holly leaves and Gold Foil berries around it.

Now…for the gift certificate. I took a panel of Garden Green cardstock and cut the top of it using the Scalloped Tag Topper (see my Instagram posts to see exactly how I did that). I then matted on the one side the same pattern from the Quilted Christmas DSP and used the Christmas Stockings Thinlits again to add some detail to the corner.

On the opposite side I handwrote the words using a Garden Green write marker. I’m becoming very fascinated with calligraphy, something I originally learned in high school, but calligraphy has really come so far. I think I want to continue to work at it, but not bad for the first time. I added a piece of Garden Green ribbon to the tag topper and wrapped around two bows (so both sides had a bow) in Linen Thread.

Enjoy!

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PRODUCT LIST:

Big Shot

$110.00

Big Shot Magnetic Platform

$40.00

Watercolor Christmas Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$18.00

Quilted Christmas 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

$9.00

Tag Topper Scalloped Punch

$23.00

Christmas Stockings Thinlits Dies

$30.00

Real Red 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

$8.00

Garden Green 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

$8.00

Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

$9.00

Gold Foil Sheets

$4.00

Regals Stampin’ Write Markers

$29.00

Versamark Pad

$8.50

Heat Tool

$30.00

Embossing Buddy

$6.00

White Stampin’ Emboss Powder

$5.00

Garden Green 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon

$8.00

Linen Thread

$4.50

Stampin’ Up! Watts of Occasions Merry & Bright

Published on December 6, 2017December 5, 2017 by stampitupwithjaimie2 Comments

So excited for tonight, I’ll be going live at 7:30 EST on Facebook giving a tutorial on Monday’s card which uses a coloring technique. Swing by and check it out.

If you watch live and leave me a comment, I’ll send you a blank homemade card!!

For my card today, I’m using the Watts of Occasions Stamp Set. I’m a sucker for punny sentiments and I love this set for that exact reason.

My card starts off with Old Olive cardstock. I cut a pattern from the Merry Little Christmas DSP to cover the entire card front. I then cut a smaller panel of Vellum to put over that.

Next I cut a panel of Basic Black cardstock the width of the card and stamped the sentiment from the Watts of Occasions stamp set in Versamark ink. I sprinkled it with White Embossing Powder and heat embossed it. I put an Old Olive enamel star and shape next to it.

I stamped the light bulb in Memento Black Ink on Whisper White cardstock and colored it in using the Old Olive Stampin Blends markers. I fussy cut it out and adhered to the card. Next I cut out the light bulb rays using the Pocket Framelits and Old Olive cardstock.

Enjoy!

CHRISTMAS GIFT CARDS:

I’m sure you have been awfully good this year.

Do you have Stampin’ Up! goodies on your Christmas wish list?
Are you afraid loved one won’t be the exact items you would like?

I offer gift cards!!! Give your loved ones my e-mail address (stampinjaimie@gmail.com) and I’ll take over from there.

STAMPARATUS RESERVATION CHANGES:

As was previously announced, the second reservation window will remain open from December 5–30; however, during this reservation period Stampin Up will take as many orders as they receive (yay!) and not close the window until December 30.

Please note the following changes:

Beginning March 19, we will ship Stamparatuses in the order the reservations were received (first in, first out) and continue through the next few months and beyond as product arrives in our warehouse. Because shipment dates are based on manufacturing lead times, not all of the reservations made during the December 5–30 window will ship on March 19 (as was previously announced).
In order to accommodate demand, limits have changed as follows: one reservation per customer and one per demonstrator.
Because we are not limiting the maximum number of reservations for the second window, we will not offer a third window. This is the last chance for you and your customers to reserve a Stamparatus before it becomes available in the 2018-2019 annual catalog.