Need a few Christmas cards – yesterday??

Posted on December 18, 2012 by mauistamper

A quick card for the last week before Christmas:

Maui Stamper Merry and Bright

Merry and Type stamp set
Cherry Cobbler and Very Vanilla card stock
Be of Good Cheer Designer Series paper
Champagne Glimmer paper
Cherry Cobbler FFIP
Decorative Label punch
Big Shot and Petals-a-plenty TIEF
Gold Brads
Stampin’ Sponges
Stampin’ Dimensionals

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Funny, I wasn’t a big fan of Merry and Type when it came out, but it has decidedly grown on me. Love the font and the different messages. Peace on Earth fits nicely on this card too.

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My son (the college freshman!) arrived home on Saturday night. We picked up a couple of his friends on the way home from the airport (literally) and my house has been full of teenagers ever since. Love it!!

A cold is NOT good for Mojo

Posted on December 6, 2012 by mauistamper

I went and saw the good Doctor today for help with my various and sundry symptoms…since it’s a cold there’s not much he can do, but he did give me a couple of magic potions. It’s been a long time since I’ve felt this lethargic!

The RemARKable Blog Tour is rolling around again this weekend – check in on Sunday for loads of inspiration using the Affection Collection stamp set! The RemARKable stampers are an amazingly talented lot.
Since I’ve been under the weather and without my mojo, I’m sharing a couple of projects from my tag class:

Very simple almost one layer tag using the ornaments image from Merry and Type. I stamped in Midnight Muse, stamped separately a second time in Marina Mist and cut out that second image to pop up on a dimensional. Yes, CUT OUT – sorry, no framelit for this one! I am getting spoiled.

Each ornament has a few strokes of Champagne Mist Shimmer paint, and the Marina Mist popped up ornament has an inset cut (again!!) from the Silver Glimmer paper. The tab on the top is designed to go over the neck of a bottle – very easy!

This is my favorite “Go To” tag from the Two Tags Bigz die – just a scallop circle and a gingerbread man – a few pearls – and you’re done!

These tags are part of my tag class next week – let me know if you would like to join us!

More Core’dinations

Posted on November 3, 2012 by mauistamper

Shabby chic is just a little worn, a little feminine, and a look all its own. It’s not a style I play with often, but our Core’dinations paper just begs to be shabby:

That little bit of sparkle from the Champagne Glimmer paper and the gleam from the Brushed Bronze designer buttons are such a contrast to the distressed look of the embossed Core’dinations paper. And look at this button and tell me you aren’t ready to hum a little Jingle Bells…

All of these shades of brown – the Early Espresso paper, the Crumb Cake tulle, the Suede taffeta ribbon, and the Champagne Glimmer paper – work together to create a deep, rich card with a lot of texture and depth despite being monochromatic. This is an “out of the box” holiday card – but hand-made Christmas cards don’t come in boxes at all, do they?

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So RemARKable! A Brights World Card Making Day

Posted on October 6, 2012 by mauistamper

So glad you came back for more… at post time, it’s midnight in Hawaii, but you East Coast early risers are greeting the sun! A special shout out to all the crazy all-night crafters at the RemARKably Hot Retreat this weekend 🙂

Choosing a favorite color family is out of the question, but the Brights are easy and fun to work with. Face it – they’re like opening that fresh box of Crayolas on the first day of school, all shiny with their perfectly shaped crayon tops and intoxicating with that special waxy-Crayola smell. Brights inspire me in the same way – fresh and lively!

Wouldn’t this card brighten up your birthday? I’ve made a special effort to see that ALMOST every card in today’s blog hop can be popped into a (Stampin’ Up!) envelope and mailed without extra postage. There are a couple of exceptions, but with rules, as I said in my first post, I make ’em, I break ’em! The Brights just don’t seem to have any bad color combinations.

That being said, there MAY be some color combinations meant only for Very Special Friends. Tangerine Tango and Melon Mambo sound like dancing words…or cocktails…or a dance you do while drinking (plenty!) cocktails!! Life’s too short, and to quote my son “YOLO, Mom – You Only Live Once”. Sounds good to me.

I struggled with a place to put a nice “Merry Christmas” on this card, but friends, if this doesn’t say it out loud I don’t know what would! I assure you I stamped a greeting on the inside – and the insides of these cards will be part of the follow-up posts later this week – but who could argue with ornaments on a tree? Not this girl!

Do you feel brightened up? My Maui friends are up past their bedtimes, my Easties are greeting the day, and the Westies – well, I’m guessing most of you are sound asleep. Bright Dreams!

Now head on over to see what Stampin’ Riri has in store for you…