Thinking ahead

Posted on November 13, 2012 by mauistamper

As much as I believe in each holiday having its own time, I make a lot of Christmas cards well in advance of December 25. It takes me a while to settle on a favorite, and crafting and the creative process don’t respond well to last-minute pressure. The honest truth is that I haven’t decided on one for this year, but here are a couple of candidates:

Ornament Keepsakes stamp set
Whisper White, Naturals Ivory and Gumball Green card stock
Silver Glimmer paper
Gumball Green FFIP
Champagne Mist Shimmer paint
Gumball Green stitched ribbon
Big Shot and Holiday Ornament Framelits
Holiday Frame TIEF
Rhinestone jewels

The Holiday Frame TIEF is embossed onto the Naturals Ivory cardstock for this card. My experience with Whisper White cardstock is that it is smooth and little bit lighter weight than our other cardstock, and as a result may crease with these larger, more elaborate TIEFs. The Naturals White paper holds up better to the pressure of the TIEF and adds some textural interest as well. For stamping, I prefer the Whisper White card stock as it is so very smooth and takes the ink so well.

Snowflake Soiree stamp set
Very Vanilla, Elegant Eggplant and Brushed Silver card stock
Elegant Eggplant FFIP
Illuminate Glimmer watermark pad
Very Vanilla taffeta 3/8 inch ribbon
Rhinestone jewels

This card would be VERY easy to produce in multiples. I’m not thinking about that right now as I just completed a very special project that took HOURS. It was well worth every moment, but I’m running from the idea of production right now. Give me a week, I’ll be fine 🙂

Versatile ornaments

Posted on October 28, 2012 by mauistamper

These ornaments can be used in so many ways:

Ornaments Keepsakes stamp set
Elegant Eggplant FFIP
Elegant Eggplant and Very Vanilla card stock
Champagne Glimmer paper
Color Spritzer
Elegant Eggplant Polka Dot ribbon
Big Shot, Holiday Framelits and Holiday Frame TIEF
Stampin’ Dimensionals

Where’s that polka dot ribbon, you say? Well, it’s inside out – you just have to do a little twistin’ and tweakin’ to get it just right. This would be an easy card to duplicate – you could cut multiple framelits in one pass of the Big Shot by using multiple images from the set.

What are you doing for holiday cards this year?

The Holly and the Pines

Posted on October 24, 2012 by mauistamper

At hostess club last week we made a card with an extra surprise inside:

Well, that isn’t the inside now, is it? It’s actually pretty simple, and if I were to do it again I would give it the Maui Stamper More Is More treatment, but I wanted to have time for the inside: