Christmas Card Folder

Hello.  Today's project is something I've made and used over and over again because it's so great.  It's a card holder for Christmas cards.  I saw this idea a few years ago from a demonstration shown at Stampin' Up!'s convention and have made several versions of this since.  This is a pretty easy project to make. It's made from one sheet of card stock with a few cuts and scores. I then placed 6 matching Christmas cards inside with envelopes to give as a gift.    I don't have the measurements with me right now, but when I find them, I will be sure to post them so you can make one too.  People love getting hand made cards to give to friends, especially if all the work is already done for them!

The colors I used for this folder are Cherry Cobbler, Pear Pizzaz and Whisper White.  The stamp set is now retired and I've forgotten the name, but you can use any stamp set that you have at home.  I'm constantly using whatever's my favorite at the moment, so that changes rather frequently.  I may just have to make one of these with a birthday stamp set coming out in the Occasions catalog on January 3. I'm getting an idea right now….  Check back for that next month!  Thanks for stopping by today, and I'll see you tomorrow!

Greeting Card Kids Christmas Card

Hello!  Today I want to share some mini Christmas Cards I made.  I love little cards.  Miniature things are so fun in my opinion!  These little cards are made with a small strip of paper from the Season of Style Designer Series Paper and a retired set called Greeting Card Kids.  I love old vintage holiday stuff like cards and decorations, so when I saw this set, it reminded me of vintage holiday stuff and knew I had to get it.  I just love it.  I stamped the Christmas girl on Whisper White card stock, colored her in with my Stampin' Write Markers, cut the top like a tag, mounted it on a piece of Baked Brown Sugar card stock, and then stapled a piece of Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding ribbon to the top of the tag and popped it on my mini card.  Pretty quick and easy!
                         Cherry Cobbler Card

             
                        Gumball Green Card

I hope this inspires you to make some simple cards for your friends and family this year.  Thanks for stopping by today!  I'll see you tomorrow!  (I might be showing off a banner I made for my husband's birthday that was today, so be sure to check back!)

Cyber Monday Sale, Best of 25 December Set and a DIY Handmade Ornament

Hello!  I have so much to share with you today!  First off, be sure to head to my online store today for great Cyber Monday deals!  They're 30% off for one day only, and you won't want to miss out!  These products will make great gifts for the holiday crafters on your list, or to help you complete all your holiday cards and projects!  Click here to go to my online store.  Here are the deals from the Stampin' Up! website:

HOLIDAY SALE

These products are 30 percent off for 24 hours on Monday, December 2:

Description	Retail Price	Sale Price
Envelope Liners Framelits Dies (item 132172)	$26.95	$18.87
Expressions Thinlits Dies (item 132171)	$24.95	$17.47
Holly Jolly Greetings Simply Sent (item 132159)	$14.95	$10.47
Snowflake Season Simply Sent  (item 132176)	$14.95	$10.47
Large Rhinestone Basic Jewels (item 129324)	$4.95	$3.47
Extra-Large Gift Box (item 132147)	$3.95	$2.77

Also, the December Best of 25 stamp set has been released.  It's the last one of the series, so if you're trying to complete a punch card to get your free set, this is the last one they are making, but the stamp sets will still be available through March 31, 2014.  This month's stamp set is Best of Sale-A-Bration.  Sale-A-Bration starts January 28th, 2014, and if you've never heard of it, let me tell you how it works:  for ever $50 you purchase of Stampin' Up! product, you can choose any single item from Stampin' Up!'s Sale-A-Bration catalog for free.  You can stack the free items if you spend more than $50.  For example, if you spent $150, you choose 3 free items from their catalog.  It's a great deal, and stamp sets that are offered in the Sale-A-Bration catalog are only available during Sale-A-Bration months and cannot be purchased, you have to earn them with a $50 purchase.  With that being said, Stampin' Up! has put together a Best of set featuring poplar Sale-A-Bration stamps from the past that you can purchase in a set.  Click here to view this month's stamp set.

And last but not least, here's my project to share for the day:

This is an ornament I've made with the Holiday Ornaments Framelits (#127816 $24.95).  These framelits coordinate with the Ornament Keepsakes stamp set (#128048 Wood $34.95, #128051 Clear $25.95) and are still available.  You can order them in my online store here.  I chose to cut the ornament out in a sheet of Gumball Green Designer Series Paper, but whether you use patterned paper or stamp the image, it looks great.  I really love this set and think it's something that you can use year after year on your holiday cards, scrapbooks, projects and art with kids, because you aren't limited to colors and designs with these framelits and coordinating stamps.  You can use them year after year and change up patterns and colors to match whatever is trending at the time.  I love these!  They're also great because there are 9 stamps and 8 framelits, giving you lots of choices for your creations, and these make great gifts when you make them.  People are wowed by them and they're not hard to make.  An inexpensive gift idea!  They can also be used to decorate packages and handmade jar gifts too.  They're great for just about anything!  A great deal and worth every penny!  Later on in the month, I'll show you a larger, more detailed/ornate ornament I made last year with the set.  It's absolutely beautiful.  I also have a smaller ornament I made last year and will show that too, once I take a picture of it.  

Thanks for stopping by today.  I'll see you tomorrow!

Christmas Tagables Photopolymer Stamp Set

Hello!  I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and enjoyed spending time with family, if you were able to be with them.  I always love Thanksgiving and holidays in general for that reason.  I love being with my family! I celebrate it at home, warm and cozy, rather than out waiting in lines or fighting crowds to buy early christmas gifts.  The holidays are just more fun spent at home, warm and surrounded by family!

On that note, I'm so excited for another photopolymer stamp set from Stampin' Up!  Take a look at what they've come up with for Christmas this year.  I definitely want this kit, and I'm sure you will too!   I love Christmas and am excited for it, but don't worry, I still love and celebrate Halloween and Thanksgiving too!

 Pop and Place Holiday Punch Book and Christmas Tagables Photopolymer Stamp Set!

We added pockets to the front and back cover, so that if you pull a piece out and decide not to use it, you will have somewhere to store it.

We added perforation lines between some of the shapes and extended the design to the whole page so that if you are feeling creative, you can use the negative space as well as the tags themselves.

Finally, we decided that a book full of tags needed a stamp set to go with it, so there's a stamp set designed specifically to coordinate with the punch book.

134975	Pop & Place Holiday Gift Tags Book	$9.95
134623	Christmas Tagables Photopolymer Stamp Set	$13.95
135921	Pop & Place Holiday Gift Tags Bundle includes Pop & Place Holiday Gift Tags Book  Christmas Tagables Photopolymer Stamp Set	$19.95
135290	Pop & Place Holiday Gift Tags Starter Bundle includes Pop & Place Holiday Gift Tags Book  Christmas Tagables Photopolymer Stamp Set Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Spot Clear Block C	$24.95

I don't know about you, but I'll be adding this to my next order!  :)

November Paper Pumpkin Card

Hello! I'm excited to share my November Paper Pumpkin kit with you.  It finally came. I kept checking my mailbox every day, and I was really disappointed the days that it didn't arrive.  When it finally came, I wasted no time opening it up-duh!

  I'm always excited to get it each month.  If you aren't signed  up for Paper Pumpkin, you really should!  It's $19.95 per month and it comes with everything you need (minus adhesive) to complete cards or some project, with instructions on how to make the project/cards.  I usually ignore them, because I can figure out how to make it just by looking at the picture, but for those who are beginning or a little unsure, these instructions are great!  When you're done making your project or cards, you have stamps and an ink spot to keep for other projects.  How awesome is that?!?!

  I love it!  Every month it's a surprise what will be inside, and I anxiously await each one.  It's easy to sign up if you haven't yet.  Click here to get started.  When it asks you for a demonstrator, enter my name, Alisha Williams.

Now on to the card for this month's kit.  I thought it was a fun card, and I especially loved the NOEL and the banner-like shape, and the star garland.  I love stars, I love garland, and I love glitter!  Top it off with Christmas, and I'm one happy girl!

I didn't stray too much from the instructions for the card.  I used a different stamp at the bottom of the card (from the sold out Endless Wishes photopolymer stamp set), I  stamped my star in the ''o'' of Noel in Illuminate ink instead of Real Red, and instead of wrapping the garland around the Very Vanilla piece, I just cut enough stars to drape across the front, ensuring that I'd have lots of left over star garland  for other projects.  Other than that, the card is just like the one in the instructions!

Check back here tomorrow.  I'm going to start showing some Christmas goodies I've been making.  I have lots to show over the next week or so, and I'm really excited!!!  See you tomorrow!

Santa Christmas Card

Hello!  It'll be a quick post today.  Lots to do today and it was a very late night last night with my son.  Not fun fighting him to go to sleep.  Hate those nights!  Anyway, here's another Christmas card idea for those of you who are looking.

Also, big news!  Stampin' Up! will be having a huge holiday sale, with door busters starting tomorrow, so be sure to check my online store at www.williamsali.stampinup.net to see all their great deals.  I guarantee you won't want to miss out on them!!!!!

Christmas Polka Dots

Hello!  Today's post is another idea for your Christmas cards.  Generally I don't like to do Christmas stuff until Thanksgiving is over, but I know a lot of people who already have their cards made (or gasp-purchased) by then and are already writing in them or sending them off (overacheivers!), so I wanted to share an idea or two for those of you who are in the making stage of your Christmas cards.  This card was really easy to put together.  I die cut two pieces of cardstock with my Deco Labels Framelit dies, one in old olive, the other in whisper white, stamped my image in soft suede from the Merry Little Christmas Stamp set, and mounted it on a piece of Season of Style Designer Series Paper.  Then I added some cherry cobbler seam binding ribbon, and that was it.  Very easy for those of you mass producing your cards, and it's not too expensive either!  So here are two pictures of the same card, with different dsp.

Supplies used: Soft suede ink, Season of Style Designer Series Paper, Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding Ribbon, Deco Labels Framelits, Big Shot, Cherry Cobbler Cardstock, Whisper White Cardstock, Old Olive Cardstock, Stampin' Dimensionals.  All of these items and more can be purchased through my online store here.  Thanks for stopping by.  See you tomorrow!

Festive Flurry Ornament Kits!

I know yesterday I said I was going to share a fall project with you, but I am so excited about Stampin' Up!'s new Festive Flurry Ornament kit that I had to share this with you instead.  I love this kit.  I've loved it ever since I first saw it, and I think I'm going to have to break down and buy one or several of this kit.  The ornaments are stunning and would look great on anyone's tree!  See for yourself how beautiful they are!

FESTIVE FLURRY ORNAMENT KIT

Available starting 11/12/2013 - while supplies last

Add a little festive flare to your holiday decorating with our new Festive Flurry Ornament Kit! Top presents, embellish cards, create a wintery garland, or trim the tree. How you use them is up to you!

The kit includes everything you need (minus adhesive) to create 10 snowflakes, including

• 10 feet of Soft Sky Ribbon
• Printed cardstock - die cut and scored, ready to be assembled (Soft Sky, Crumb Cake, Whisper White Cardstock and Silver Glimmer Paper)
• Large Rhinestone Basic Jewels (40)

Product name:	Item #:	Price:
Festive Flurry Ornament Kit	135813	$14.95

The kit is only available while supplies last, and they're so gorgeous, I think you should buy them now, or they'll be gone!  Get yours here.

If the picture hasn't sold you yet, watch this short video demonstrating how to make them.  It's so easy, and I even learned a few new and helpful tips while watching the video, and I've been crafting for almost 20 years!

Don't wait to order your kit(s)!  They're only available while supplies last, and that won't be for very long!  You can order them in my online store here.  Check back tomorrow for another great project.  See you then!

Season's Greetings Snowflake Card

Hello!  Today's card is one of the last few Christmas cards I'll be showing for a little while.  I wanted to share some ideas with you for your own Christmas cards, and then I'll take a break and get back to fall stamping ideas and other cards like birthdays and thank you's.  But the Christmas will be back soon, don't worry.  I just don't want to make some people sick of Christmas.  (I could never get sick of Christmas, but I understand some people can.)  This card is a creation all of my own.  It started out as an idea for something completely different, and just kind of took off running and finished with this.  I might try again for the original idea I had, but I did like the result of this card.  Anything with glitter usually makes me a happy girl!

The card uses these supplies from Stampin' Up: stamp set Festive Flurry and coordinating Festive Flurry framelits dies, the silver glimmer paper (I'm in LOVE with this paper!!!!!!), a retired stamp set Welcome Christmas, and some old ribbon.  Hope you like it and that you'll stop by tomorrow for some more fall cards!  Thanks for stopping by!

Christmas Stars

Hello!  Happy Veteran's Day!  In honor of veterans, I chose a card displaying stars.  :)  Thank you to veterans every where for your service so that my family can enjoy freedoms and safety!  Today's card is a card I received while at Stampin' Up!'s convention over the summer, and I've been dying to share it.  It's such an eye catching card, yet it's so simple!  I love it.  It uses the Simply Stars stamp set, and a greeting from the stamp set Sassy Salutations.  I would have used a different greeting stamp, but all the same, I still love the card.  Thank you to Angie Kopydlowski for the really fun card.  I fell in love with the card the moment it hit my hands!

I'm a sucker for anything with stars, and when you have stars with glitter, well, I've gotta have it!  I hope you liked today's card.  Check back again tomorrow for another card!  Thanks so much for stopping by.  See you tomorrow.

Merry Little Christmas Card #2

Hello!  Here's another card I made using the stamp set Merry Little Christmas.  I love the stamp set because when I really read the stamp, I start singing the song in my head and it gets me excited for Christmas.  This card was really simple.  I used a cherry cobbler card base, cut a piece of paper from the Season of Style Designer Series Paper pack, stamped the greeting on a tag I got from an old Stampin' Up! flower tag kit, tied some ribbon on the card, and I was done!  This would be a great card to do if you have a huge Christmas card list!

I'll be back tomorrow with another card.  See you then!

Merry Little Christmas Cocoa Card

Hello!  Today's card is another Christmas card to help you get ideas for your own Christmas cards.  This is a really cute idea I saw on the internet a few years back and it's been so long ago that I don't even know who I got the idea from, but it's pretty clever.  It's a Christmas card made out of a brown paper lunch bag with hot cocoa inside.  I believe the person I cased this from made her card an invitation to an ice skating event, and then stashed the hot cocoa packet inside the invitation with some cute little saying like 'join us for hot cocoa after' or something cute like that.  I've made this card once before, but made it again this year with current Stampin' Up! stamps.  I used the stamp set Merry Little Christmas, and Festive Flurry for my card, and also used the illuminate stamp pad and pool party ink.

 I added a snowflake cut out of the silver glimmer paper with the snowflake framelit die and popped it up on a dimensional and tied the card off with ribbon to hold the cocoa packet inside.  Pretty fun!

I hope you liked today's card.  I think it was a clever card, and wish I could give credit where credit is due, but at least you know I was not the original creator of this card.  I'm just really good at 'case'ing.  See you tomorrow!

Magical Wonder Card

Hello!  Here's a card I made for a class I held last night.  I love this card because it's simple, but it still reminds me of Christmas.  I used the single stamp Magical Season for the greeting, and the branch stamp was from the hostess set Simply Sketched.  I knew right away when I saw this stamp set, that the branch would be good for a Christmas card.  I used Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Green, Whisper White, and Soft Suede for my colors.

I hope you enjoyed today's card and that you'll check back for more Christmas card ideas!  See you tomorrow!

New-Endless Wishes Photopolymer Stamp Set!

Hi!  I am excited to share with you some exciting stuff today.  First of all, I can't wait for October 22, and here's why:  Stampin' Up! We're celebrating Stampin' Up!'s 25th anniversary all year long, but on the actual date (October 25 to be exact) we thought we should pump up the party even more. So what better way than a sale on the very products that started it all: Get 25 percent off 25 stamp sets from October 22-28.  Check back on October 22 to get the scoop on the sale!

Also, don't forget, Monday is the last day to sign up with Stampin' Up! for $25.  You won't want to miss a deal like that!  It's unheard of!

And then there's the new photopolymer stamp set from Stampin' Up!  They released it this week, and I'll be ordering it very soon!  I'm excited for Christmas, and this set will be perfect for my cards, crafts, gifts, and scrapbooking.  It can be elegant, whimsical, or whatever you need it to be.  It's pretty versatile for a winter stamp set.  Take a look for yourself:

I’m excited to share our newest photopolymer set—Endless Wishes!  Item # 133455   $13.95
Every year I make my own Christmas cards and I’m always looking for stamps to help simplify my card making. I’ve always wanted to design a stamp set, and this was my first opportunity.

My intent when I began designing this set was to offer a variety of greetings that could be “built” in numerous ways. They can be stamped in so many different ways and with different colors. The possibilities are endless, which is where the name came from.

And to help make the set versatile and functional, I drew three whimsical snowflakes. For a simple card, they look great clustered with a greeting. I also really like how easy it is to stamp a snowy background on a card or gift bag.

Hope this set helps you spread a little dash of joy this coming holiday season!

How's that for exciting stuff?

I hope you're looking forward to the holidays.  I certainly am!  I'll be back with another stamped project tomorrow!