Merry Christmas!

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

The card I'm sharing with you today isn't a new creation, but it is one of my favorites out of all those I've created this year...

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I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your support and friendship this year.

As the card says, I wish each of you and your families a bright and beautiful Christmas and New Year filled with happiness!

See you soon!

Hugs,
Em

Bright & Beautiful Gift Box

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

I absolutely LOVE the Bright & Beautiful Keepsake Luminary that I shared with you last week and wanted to create an equally striking gift box to hold it. So, on Friday I set about designing a prototype, and abandoned my to-do for a few hours. I was really pleased with the basic prototype and the few friends I showed it to loved it too.

So this morning I created the "real thing" from a piece of Window Sheet cut to 12" x 4" and some Very Vanilla card, which I stamped with the smallest star from the Bright and Beautiful stamp set in Versamark and embossed it with Gold Stampin' Emboss powder...

Here's a look inside the box...

Here's the lid...

I absolutely LOVE the result! When the battery tea light in the luminary is lit, it truly is a Bright and Beautiful gift! I'd love to know what you think?

Challenges...
#225 Christmas at Tuesday Throwdown
#179 Freestyle at Hiding In My Craft Room
#34 AG at Scribble and Scrap

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I'll be back tomorrow, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em x

Bright & Beautiful Keepsake Luminary

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

Regular readers may know that the gorgeous Bright and Beautiful stamp set from Stampin' Up! is one of my favorites! I'm REALLY happy that it's being carried over into the new Occasions catalog that will be live in January, proving that it's not just for Christmas!

For today's project, I've teamed the smallest star in the set with a new personal favorite, the Curvy Keepsake die, to create luminaries for battery tea light candles...

After cutting the box pieces I stamped the star in Versamark before embossing it with White Stampin' Emboss Powder. I think it looks great unlit, but it looks even better lit up...

Challenges...
December Linky at DL.ART
AG at Through The Craft Room Door
#102 AG w/ optional Gift Packaging at 613 Avenue Create

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I'll be back tomorrow with another Christmas project, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em x

Christmas Suite #4 Tree Topper

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and truly do appreciate each of you more than you know!

The project I'm sharing with you today is another of my personal Christmas Suite of decorations for this year. If you missed any of the others, you can see them all here.

I finally got my mini Christmas tree up yesterday and once it was decorated I realized I'd not yet created the topper. Oops! However, that was quickly remedied using the gorgeous Bright and Beautiful stamp set and the coordinating Stars Framelits dies from Stampin' Up!

I stamped each of the three stars from the stamp set twice (the topper is double sided), in Versamark ink onto Very Vanilla and Pear Pizzazz card and embossed them in gold, then popped each layer up on Stampin' Dimensionals. To complete the topper I cut two of the largest stars from more Pear Pizzazz card and used a double layer of dimensionals to create the space for it to added to the tree.

It is now proudly in place atop the tree and I'll share a pic of that in another post.

Challenges...
December Linky at DL.ART
#102 AG w/ optional at 613 Avenue Create
#124 at Brown Sugar

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I'll be back tomorrow with a cute Christmas project, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em x

Gift card holders

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I truly do appreciate each of you more than you know.

The inspiration and indeed instructions for creating the gift card holders I'm sharing with you today came from another Stampin' Up! demonstrator, Caroline, AKA Crafty Hallett. They really are easy to make with the Envelope Punch Board and you can see how in Caroline's short video.

Instead of using a 6" x 4" piece of DSP as per Caroline's instructions, I've made mine from Very Vanilla card that measures 6" x 4 1/4". Before punching and scoring them I stamped the smallest star stamp from the gorgeous Bright and Beautiful stamp set in Rich Razzleberry ink. You can see my other creations using the stamp set here.

Then to decorate them I stamped the For You from the Tag Talk stamp set in the same ink onto more Very Vanilla and punched it out using the Bracket Label punch, before popping up on a couple Stampin Dimensionals.

I loved it that much I created some with Tempting Turquoise too before creating envelopes for them using the EPB.

Challenges...
#171 Any holiday at HIMCR
#118 2 or 3 word sentiment at Aud Sentiments
#95 AG w/ optional tags... at 613 Avenue Create

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I'll be back tomorrow with another holiday themed project, so please do stop back then.

Hugs,
Em

Mini cards

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your comments. I truly appreciate each of you more than you know.

It's been awhile since I've created mini cards and I absolutely loved creating this one with the gorgeous Bright and Beautiful stamp set from Stampin' Up!

The Very Vanilla base card is folded to just 3"x3" and the middle star of the stamp set, stamped and embossed in gold on Cherry Cobbler card, fits it perfectly. I stamped the smallest star on more Very Vanilla and attached it with a glue dot. The tiny sentiment from the set gives a finishing touch.

The card is one of an identical set of six and I created a box for them from Crumb Cake card using the Envelope Punch Board. It's really easy to make and shows that the EPB isn't just for envelopes. I did use it to create those for the cards too. The box is decorated with more embossed stars and the side panels with stamped ones.

Challenges...
#94 AG w/ optional twist at 613 Avenue Create
#79 at Sister Act Card Challenges
October AG at Sisters of Craft
Emboss it at CAS on Sunday

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I'll be back tomorrow with another Blendie creation, so please do stop back then.

Hugs,
Em x

More Bright and Beautiful

Hi everyone,

Wow, thank you all for your comments on yesterday's post! I absolutely love the Bright and Beautiful stamp set from Stampin' Up! and your comments on the post were so wonderful. So wonderful that instead of the cards I'd planned to share with you today, I'm sharing some more of those I created with that set.

The first is stamped on Very Vanilla with Blackberry Bliss ink, with Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder on Crumb Cake card...

Above and below, gold embossing on Very Vanilla and Cherry Cobbler card

Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder on Whisper White and Pear Pizzazz card

Silver embossing on Whisper White and Lost Lagoon card

If you've got a favorite, please do let me know in the comments. I love them all, but I think yesterday's gold on Very Vanilla and Blackberry Bliss card, is my favorite. Click the link in the first paragraph if you missed that one.

Challenges...
#167 Any holiday at HIMCR
October linky at DL.ART
#38 AG at Crafting from the Heart

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Whatever you're doing this weekend, have a great one! I'll be back on Monday with the cards I'd planned to share today.

Hugs,
Em

Bright and Beautiful

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your comments. I do appreciate each of you!

The card I'm sharing with you today is one of the last set that I've completed for my upcoming event. Yep, over the last few weeks I've created 240 cards. Whew! I had to wait a few weeks for the stamp set, Stampin' Up!'s gorgeous Bright and Beautiful, to arrive, but it was WELL worth the wait...

I stamped the stars in Versamark ink onto Very Vanilla and Blackberry Bliss card and then embossed them in Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder, before die cutting with the Stars Framelits. I then embossed the sentiment onto more Blackberry Bliss and matted the panel onto the folded Very Vanilla card blank. For added dimension I've popped each of the star layers up with Stampin' Dimensionals.

I love the regal look of the color combo and the others in the set are equally stunning. I've added those to my Facebook page, so please do hop over for a look and like it if you've not already done so. I'd really appreciate it.

Challenges...
#91 AG at 613 Avenue Create
#38 AG at Crafting from the Heart
October linky at DL.ART
#167 Any Holiday at Hiding In My Craft Room

All the products used for the card can be purchased any time, day or night, from my online shop. Click the links below to go directly to them. If you've any queries, please don't hesitate to contact me. either through the Facebook page linked above, or by email.

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Hugs,
Em x