Stamp Day w/ Friends Card # 2

 Good Morning & Happy Tuesday!

Sunday & Monday I took a break and relaxed but today I need to get some cleaning done. Yesterday I got all my Christmas cards addressed and ready to mail out today so that's a plus!

Today I have the 2nd card from Saturday's Stamp Day w/ Friends get together. This card uses the Christmas Gleaming Bundle from a few years ago.

Card Details:

Stamps: Christmas Gleaming (retired)

Ink: Night of Navy, Pretty Peacock

Cardstock: Night of Navy, Pretty Peacock, Very Vanilla, Brightly Gleaming Specialty Paper (retired), Brightly Gleaming Foil Elements (retired)

Accessories: Gleaming Ornaments Punch Pack (retired), Star Designer Elements (retired), Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

I have always loved this suite of products and have accumulated a good bit of the paper that I still continue to use. I'm drawn to the colors and the pop of Copper Foil in the papers. 

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My thoughts today...

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!
~Wendy

Christmas Gleaming

Hello & Happy Sunday!

Yesterday we had a fun Stamp Day w/ Friends get together and got the next one scheduled!

WooHoo! Always a great time seeing the girls!

Today we popped out early for some groceries then back home to hibernate the rest of the day!

It's been VERY hot & humid here!

I did stop by Kelsey's and grabbed my Copic Markers from her.

She borrowed them to color in her coloring books while she was off work.

She is back working at the restaurant but it's been a slow go.

She fears she will be off again with the virus still happening.

Last weekend I sat and created some Christmas Gift Cards.

I make alot of them every Christmas so I thought i'd start now!

I pulled out my Christmas Gleaming stamp set and got to work...

I was thrilled to see this stamp set, matching punches & the Brightly Gleaming Specialty Paper from last year all carried over into the new August - December Mini Catalog!

It's a great bundle of products that I have used many times over....last year & this year so far!

Card Details:

Stamps: Christmas Gleaming

Ink: Night of Navy, Pretty Peacock

Cardstock: Thick Very Vanilla, Night of Navy, Brightly Gleaming Specialty DSP

Accessories: Stitched Shapes Framelits, Gleaming Ornaments Punch Pack, Ribbon & Copper Cord (retired), Copper Stars, Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

This is the same style of gift that I usually make except this year I added a belly band around it.

I made about 10 so far that I will share soon! 

They are very fun to make!

Have you made anything for Christmas in July?

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 My thoughts today...

No other words needed...

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!

~Wendy

Christmas Gleaming Wreath

Hello & Happy Saturday!

Hope your weekend is going well so far!

My girls are at doggy day this morning and I needed to get caught up on laundry.

While that is happening I ran to my stamp room to take some photo's of my Christmas wreath that I made for my Holiday Hoopla event. You may remember that I made one also for Halloween, too!

I started with a round styrofoam ring that I picked up at the Dollar Tree.

Other hobby stores carry them but they are anywhere from $5.99 up to $13.99.

Dollar Tree was $1.00! Can't beat that!

Then I followed a tutorial by Angie Juda ( Paper Wreath Tutorial ) that calls for 24 strips of DSP measuring 2 x 12.

She suggested 6 different designs and 4 pieces of each paper.

Once the DSP is wrapped around the foam ring I glued it tight with Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue and left it dry . Then punched the ends with the Triple Banner Punch.

I went completely around the ring covering with the paper until there was no more room. On the backside, I took my Pick A Tool and pierced a hole so I could hang it on a nail on the wall.

Then I finished it up with an ornament & the holly from the Christmas Gleaming set.

I added some copper embellishments and attached it with Dimensionals.

It hung on the wall super nice and the stamp girls were all admiring it!

Project Details:

Stamps: Christmas Gleaming

Ink: Pretty Peacock, Stampin Blends

Cardstock: Pretty Peacock, Very Vanilla, Brightly Gleaming Specialty DSP

Accessories: Styrofoam Wreath, Circle Layering Framelits, Gleaming Ornaments Punch Pack, Copper Cord (retired), Copper Star Designer Elements, Glue Dots, Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

This certainly is a terrific way to show off this beautiful paper and also a great way to use it up!

Making this type of wreath is actually really quick and nothing too hard about it!

I may make one for Valentine's Day this year!

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My thoughts today...

Thankfully, we have no snow here to make a snowman!

Our weather has been pretty nice with temps in the 50's and lots of sunshine!

Yesterday we popped out and took a walk! Haven't done that in ages!

Hope your enjoying the warm weather too!

Thanks for stopping by & have a wonderful day!

~Wendy

Christmas Notebooks

Hello & Happy Thursday!

I found my way back to my stamp table yesterday to start working on my 2020 calendars!

I hope to finish them up by tomorrow so I can get them delivered over the weekend.

Today I am sharing a few little composition notebooks that I whipped up for Christmas!

These are always so fun to make!

I used a variety of different papers, some new some retired but I want to get it used up!

But that being said, I forgot to sit them out with my For Sale items...

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My thoughts today...

Stay warm!

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!

~Wendy

Christmas Greetings

Hello & Happy Saturday!

Another rainy dreary day here.

It kinda goes along with how I have been feeling.

Been dealing with a Urinary Tract Infection the last 2 days. 

Antibiotics have been started and drinking lots of water.

Yesterday I sat with my heating pad on to help soothe it and in between I sat at the kitchen table and worked on that Christmas puzzle. I stayed up till after midnight last nite to finish it up!

I have one more Christmas puzzle I might pull out later today. 

Here is a picture of it. It was a bit of a toughie since the outside edge are not square or rectangle shaped. 

I picked this puzzle up at Goodwill last week thinking it would be an easy one since it was only 300 pieces. Even Shawn tried helping and walked away.

So today I have another Christmas card to share with you that the stamp girls made last Saturday!

Hard to believe it's been a week already!

This one is so pretty with all those pops of Copper Foil Paper throughout the DSP and the Copper ornament. We used the Stamperatus for all the stamping on this card which made it SO much easier!

Card Details:

Stamps: Greatest Part of Christmas (hostess)

Ink: Pretty Peacock

Cardstock: Pretty Peacock, Very Vanilla, Copper Foil Paper, Brightly Gleaming Specialty DSP

Accessories: Gleaming Ornaments Punch Pack, Stylish Scrolls EF, Brightly Gleaming Copper Elements, Very Vanilla Taffeta Ribbon (retired), Stampartus, Glue Dots, Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

We all enjoyed making this one and it went rather fast with the Stamparatus doing most of the work!

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My thoughts today...

Thanks for stopping by & enjoy your day!

~Wendy

Christmas Gleaming

Hello & Happy Thursday!

I've got a really pretty card to share today!

I think you'll love it, too!

This card uses the new set from the Stampin Up Holiday Mini Catalog called Christmas Gleaming.

It wasn't on my radar when I looked thru the catty so many times but then after I got a look at that DSP it was game over! The DSP is Brightly Gleaming and it has copper foil throughout it.

Do you see the Copper Foil leaf coming out from under the holly? That is from the Brightly Gleaming Foil Elements. The pack comes with lots of different shapes that adds a wow factor to your projects!

Card Details:

Stamps: Christmas Gleaming

Ink: Memento Black, Pretty Peacock, Mossy Meadow, Stampin Blends

Cardstock: Thick Very Vanilla, Pretty Peacock, Very Vanilla, Brightly Gleaming DSP

Accessories: Stitched Shapes Framelits, Oval Layering Framelits, Gleaming Ornaments Punch Pack, Brightly Gleaming Foil Elements, Copper Cord (retired), Mossy Meadow Ribbon (retired), Pretty Peacock Rhinestones, Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

This stamp set is part of a bundle that has 2 coordinating punches for the ornaments.

It's a beautiful suite of products....worth every cent!

It's on page 30-32 in the mini catalog!

Check it out!

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My thoughts today...

Thanks for stopping by & have yourself a wonderful day!

~Wendy