It’s time to prepare holiday cards and today’s project features the Joy of Noel Stamp Set from the Stampin’ Up! Sep-Dec 2023 Mini Catalog. The Joy Of Noel Holiday card is a simple, beautiful card. Even better, the design uses the “one sheet wonder” technique! You stamp on a full sheet of cardstock and then cut to create four panels for cards. This enables you to create four cards in one quick swoop! If you’re not familiar with this stamping technique, it’s demonstrated in the assembly video below.
One quick note…If you don’t currently own this stamp set (or the Joy of Noel Bundle with the coordinating dies), order soon! The set is being retired!
Joy of Noel Holiday Card Cut Dimensions:
First cut of stamped/colored Thick Basic White Cardstock: 5-1/2″ x 4-1/4″
Second cut: 5-1/4″ x 4″ Card Bases: (4) 5-1/2″ x 11″; score/fold at 4-1/4″
Shaded Spruce and Real Red layering panels: 5-3/8″ x 4-1/8″
Basic White Cardstock: 5-1/4″ x 4″ for interior
Assembly Video
Have fun with creating your holiday cards using the Joy of Noel Stamp Set and the One Sheet Wonder stamping technique!
Margaret’s Customer Loyalty Program:
Thank you for shopping with me. Be sure to track your orders on my Customer Loyalty form.
Download the form (Customer Loyalty Form) for program details and start tracking your orders. Just a reminder: for orders over $150 you’ll also receive rewards from Stampin’ Up! You can order by clicking this link: Margaret’s Online Store. (please confirm that it says you’re shopping with Margaret Knight) Again, thank you for placing your order with me. I truly appreciate your business.
Happy Holidays! I hope your Christmas or Hannukah celebrations were memorable and shared with those you love. We celebrated Christmas with our sons and their families. We feel blessed and fortunate to have been able to enjoy the holiday with them.
And yes, Christmas has already come but I’m sharing a holiday card (was just too busy with holiday tasks to spend time blogging!). However, I thought you would enjoy the technique on this card. It’s a floating panel card and is easily adapted by changing the papers and sentiment. The floating panel technique makes the card unique. Plus you can use all those strips of paper you’ve been saving!
Below is the list of project materials for this card and a video tutorial highlighting the Floating Frame technique:
Keep reading – there’s info on January’s Kit To-Go…
January Class Kit To-Go: Country Floral Lane
We’ll be using the new product suite, Country Floral Lane, from the Jan-April 2023 Mini Catalog to create 4 beautiful cards.
Kits include precut/scored cardstocks, designer series paper, embellishments, ribbons, die/punch cuts and any embossed pieces needed for projects. There are no stamped images or sentiments provided.
Video links will be emailed for instructions on completing the projects.
Option 1: Kit materials plus the Country Bouquet Bundle $50 + $7 shipping (or shipping waived if porch pickup)
Option 2: Kit materials only – $25 includes the shipping
Registration Deadline for Kit To-Go: January 9, 2023
Thank you for shopping with me. Be sure to track your orders on my Customer Loyalty form.
Download the form (Customer Loyalty Form) for program details and start tracking your orders. Just a reminder: for orders over $150 you’ll also receive rewards from Stampin’ Up! You can order by clicking this link: Margaret’s Online Store. (please confirm that it says you’re shopping with Margaret Knight) Again, thank you for placing your order with me. I truly appreciate your business.
Hi everyone! I’m back after taking off the month of August. It was a busy month with other obligations plus some travel so posting to my blog was pushed to the bottom of the to-do list. I bet you all can relate to having lots to do with not enough time (LOL)! The good news is I have lots of projects completed and will be sharing a new project each week (maybe even two!). So be sure to subscribe to receive notifications of my postings. Now on to our project featuring the Apple Harvest Stamp Set.
Today’s project focuses on the branch of apples stamp from the Apple Harvest Stamp Set. This card is one that I made for a swap at the recent Stampin’ Up! Backstage business development event for demonstrators. It was lots of fun coloring the image using Stampin’ Blends and below is a video showing how to color the apples. And great news – for the month of September, the Perfect Partners Promotion includes the Apple Harvest Bundle with the coordinating Apple Blossoms Dies. Or you can purchase the dies separately if you already own the stamp set. Important to note, the Apple Blossom Dies are only available during the month of September or while supplies last so place your order today. You’ll find additional information in the Reminders section below.
Card Materials:
Apple Harvest Bundle
Basic White Thick Cardstock (4-1/4″ x 11″, score/fold at 5-1/2″ for card base)
Real Red Cardstock: 4″ x 5-1/4″ (layering panel)
Gingham Cottage Designer Series Paper: 3-3/4″ x 5″ (top layering panel)
Shimmery White Cardstock: 3-1/4″ x 4″ for stamping branch of apples
Basic White Cardstock: 4″ x 1/2″ for sentiment
Stampin’ Blends:
Sweet Sorbet
Fresh Freesia (dark) or other purple blends color
Old Olive
Crumb Cake (dark)
Color Lifter (for “erasing”)
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink
Linen Thread
Basic Rhinestone Jewels
Clear Block E
Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine
Bone Folder
Paper Trimmer
Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive
Stampin’ Dimensionals
Mini Glue Dots
Coloring Apple Harvest using Stampin’ Blends
REMINDERS
Every week in the month of September, Stampin’ Up! is offering a selection of discounted products. Discounts and product selection will vary from week to week. The promotion started yesterday, September 1. New deals will be offered each week on September 8, September 15 and on September 21 with the deals ending on September 28. Click here to view this week’s deals.
Stampin’ Up! has created six new dies that coordinate with stamp sets in the 2022–2023 Annual Catalog and the July–December 2022 Mini Catalog. These coordinating dies will only be available during this promotion and will not be offered in any catalog.
These stamp sets and dies are available separately or as a bundle. By buying the bundle, you will save 10% off the retail price. See all the Perfect Partners Sets here.
Margaret’s Customer Loyalty Program:
Download the form (Customer Loyalty Form) for program details and start tracking your orders. Just a reminder: for orders over $150 you’ll also receive rewards from Stampin’ Up! You can order by clicking this link: Margaret’s Online Store. (please confirm that it says you’re shopping with Margaret Knight) Thank you for selecting to place your order with me. I truly appreciate your business.
A few months ago, I attended an online retreat offered by a team of other Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators. One of the presenters, Brandy Cox, demonstrated background stamping with rubber bands. I know – it sounds crazy! But wait until you see what you can create. It’s very simple and only requires a clear block, rubber bands and inks. My feature card uses three of the 2022-2024 In Color inks: Parakeet Party, Starry Sky and Sweet Sorbet to create a cheerful background for a sweet songbird.
How to use rubber bands for background stamping:
Using a variety of rubber band sizes, wrap the rubber bands around a clear stamping block. As you see in the photo below, you can crisscross and have the rubber bands going in a variety of directions. Try to not twist the rubber bands but sometime it’s unavoidable. Wrap as many or as few as you wish.
After wrapping, select the desired ink colors you wish to use. Working with one ink color at a time, ink the rubber bands by tapping the ink pad across the rubber bands. I found it easiest to apply ink this way versus pressing the block onto the ink pad.
Stamp onto your cardstock and gently rock (yes, in this case, we do slightly rock the block). At this point, you can reink or stamp off an additional time prior to re-inking the rubber bands. Using the same color, stamp randomly on the cardstock.
Once you’re satisfied with the coverage of the first color, clean the rubber bands by holding under running water or use a very wet Shammy to blot clean (do not wipe as it may cause your rubber bands to shift).
Repeat process for each of your selected colors. NOTE: if you wish, you could add rubber bands to multiple blocks and use a separate block for each color.
WARNING: This technique is addictive!!!
Here are two other cards created using the same technique. For both of these cards, Mossy Meadow, Old Olive and Granny Apple Green inks are used. TIP: start with light color and move to dark color if using same color family (in this case, green color family). The background is perfect for the animal images from the Wild & Sweet Stamp Set. No sentiment needed!
REMINDERS
The July – December 2022 Mini Catalog is now “live” and available for product ordering. In addition, one of the biggest promotions of the summer, Sale-a-bration has launched. Be sure to check out the July-December 2022 Mini Catalog and the Sale-a-Bration Brochure. During Sale-a-Bration, for every $50 and $100 you spend, you’ll earn FREE exclusive products from the brochure. Depending upon the amount you spend, you can mix and match products from the brochure. Best of all, several of the products coordinates with products from the July-December 2022 catalog. The Sale-a-bration promotion will end on August 31. Be sure to check out the FREE Sale-A-Bration Host set you will receive with a $300 order.
And if that’s not enough…If you’re considering joining the Stampin’ Up! team as an independent demonstrator, now’s the time to do it! Sign up during our Sale-A-Bration event and the Making Plans Collection will be automatically added to your Starter Kit for FREE. Plus, you’ll get to enjoy all the perks of being a demonstrator—early access to our products, the opportunity to earn a modest supplemental income doing something you love, and so much more! And personally, I think one of the best perks is meeting other people that enjoy being creative! It’s important to remember, it’s up to you if you wish to make it a business or if you just want to enjoy the discount on products and early access to products. Many enjoy the perks being “hobbyist”. Click here to learn more about joining the fun. Plus, you’ll become a member of my Playtime with Paper team and receive the rewards that I offer to members.
Margaret’s Customer Loyalty Program: Download the form (Customer Loyalty Form) for program details and start tracking your orders. Just a reminder: for orders over $150 you’ll also receive rewards from Stampin’ Up! You can order by clicking this link: Margaret’s Online Store. (please confirm that it says you’re shopping with Margaret Knight) Thank you for selecting to place your order with me. I truly appreciate your business.
At the last quarterly Playtime with Paper meeting, team members were able to practice the no line watercolor technique. It’s a fun technique and during the meeting, I shared helpful tips to remember when using the technique and am sharing them below. For the meeting project, the Nature’s Harvest Stamp Set was used. It has the perfect image to use with this technique. After coloring, the coordinating Harvest Dies are used to die cut the image. Additional die cuts provide layers to showcase the colored image. Hope you’ll give this fun technique a try!
Tips for the no line watercolor technique:
Select an image with clean, defined lines (especially when beginning to do this technique).
Use a light color for stamping the image – such as Sahara Sand or Crumb Cake (for the project above, Sahara Sand was used)
Be sure to stamp off onto a scrap of paper before stamping onto the paper for watercoloring.
Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper or Shimmery White Cardstock should be used.
The Stamparatus is extremely helpful for stamping the image especially onto watercolor paper.
Before adding ink color to section, first dampen the area with your watercolor brush. BE CAREFUL – do not saturate the paper, just dampen it.
Work small sections at a time and when moving to a new section, leave an unfinished area between the sections. EX: for this project, 2-3 side by side petals were watercolored, then the adjoining 2-3 petals were skipped. The next section was then colored. As the areas with the watercolor added started to dry, the skip areas were then colored. By doing this, the area doesn’t become over saturated which can cause the ink to bleed.
Remember – less is more! Start with a small amount of watered down ink and as the image dries, you can add more ink.
Most important tip: Allow the watercolor image to dry before passing judgement on it. As the image dries, you’ll be able to view your success!!!
REMINDERS
Time is running out and many favorites have sold out. You can view the remaining retiring products here.
Margaret’s Customer Loyalty Program: Download the form (Customer Loyalty Form) for program details and start tracking your orders. Just a reminder: for orders over $150 you’ll also receive rewards from Stampin’ Up! You can order by clicking this link: Margaret’s Online Store. (please confirm that it says you’re shopping with Margaret Knight) Thank you for selecting to place your order with me. I truly appreciate your business.
Thanks for stopping by today. Happy crafting!
Project Materials:
The current host code is: BQ2376WH (good until May 2, 2022). Please use this code if your order is $150 or less (before shipping & taxes). Remember, if your order is over $150, you will receive the host rewards.
The holidays are over and I’m back ready to share lots of project ideas with you! Today, I’m am sharing the Blessings of Home Bundle from the new Jan-June 2022 Mini Catalog. Additionally, I am using a technique for coloring with the Soft Pastels. It’s a technique that I saw when the pastels were released and I finally gave it a try. The stamp with the large floral spray from the Blessings of Home Stamp Set is perfect for the technique. Below is the card photo is the list of materials and an assembly video. Also, be sure to check out my To-Go Kit offerings!
Card Materials:
Blessings of Home Bundle
Friendly Hello Stamp Set for the sentiment (a FREE Sale-a-Bration offering!)
Card Base: Mossy Meadow cardstock (8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″, score and fold at 4-1/4″)
So Saffron Layer: 5-1/4″ x 4″
Heart & Home Designer Series Paper: 5-1/8″ x 3-7/8″
Basic White Cardstock: 3-1/2″ x 5-1/4″
Soft Pastels Coloring Chalks
Smoky Slate Classic Stampin’ Pad (or any light ink color)
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink
Versamark Ink
Mossy Meadow Classic Ink Pad
Black Embossing Powder
Brushed Brass Butterflies
Wink of Stella (opt)
Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive
Stampin’ Dimensionals
Tools: Stamparatus, Sponge Daubers, Blender Pen, Blending Brush, Heat Tool, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Take Your Pick
ASSEMBLY VIDEO:
TO-GO KITS
I am pleased to offer the following:
January Card Class “To-Go”
Kit includes pre-cut and scored cardstock, pre-cut Designer Series Paper, embellishments, ribbon with envelopes plus video instruction for stamping & assembly.
Options:
1: Purchase the Artfully Layered Bundle ($53 + tax/shipping) and receive the class kit for FREE plus you’ll earn a Sale-A-Bration offering.
2: The stamp set, Artfully Layered, purchased separately for $24 +tax/shipping + $20 for kit (includes shipping)
3: Just the Kit materials and assembly video – $20. Remember, kits do not include the stamp set but you can substitute with sentiment stamps you may already own.
To-Go Kits will mail on January 31.
Assembly video link will be provided on February 1, 2022
Registration deadline and fee deadline: Friday, January 21, 2022
Payment can be submitted via Venmo, Zelle, PayPal (note for PayPal account is margkni@gmail.com)
The To-Go Kit includes the materials to make 8 Valentine treat holders (2 each of 4 designs). Additionally, all die cuts are in the kit. Due to Stampin’ Up! regulations, stamped images cannot be provided. For assembly, you will receive a video link.
The Sweet Conversations Bundle (stamp set & dies) are used for the sentiments. Below are pricing options:
Option 1: The To-Go Kit materials including the Sweet Conversations Bundle $60 plus shipping (Priority $8 mail)
Option 2: To-Go Kit materials and no bundle add-on – $20 plus $8 Priority Mail
Registration deadline: Friday, January 21, 2022.
Packages will ship NLT Jan 31, 2022 and the video link will be sent starting on Monday, January 24 so you can preview prior to receiving materials.
To place your order, email me with your Option selection and indicate method of payment. Payments can be submitted via Venmo, Zelle, PayPal (note for PayPal account is margkni@gmail.com).
REMINDERS
Three reasons to Sale-a-Brate!!! Contact me for details!
Margaret’s Customer Loyalty Program: Download the form (Customer Loyalty Form) for program details and start tracking your orders. Just a reminder: for orders over $150 you’ll also receive rewards from Stampin’ Up! You can order by clicking this link: Margaret’s Online Store. (please confirm that it says you’re shopping with Margaret Knight) Thank you for selecting to place your order with me. I truly appreciate your business.
Thanks for stopping by today. Happy crafting!
Project Materials:
The current host code is: 7AKTABVS (good until February 1, 2022). Please use this code if your order is $150 or less (before shipping & taxes). Remember, if your order is over $150, you will receive the host rewards.
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