Ornament Keepsakes Stamp Set and Snow Festival Designer Series Paper

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Here is my latest creation – a Christmas card featuring the Ornament Keepsakes Stamp Set and Snow Festival Designer Series Paper.  The card also features a rosette.

 Ornament Keepsakes Stamp Set

Closeup of the ornament and rosette Ornament Keepsakes Stamp Set

Side view of the ornament and rosette Ornament Keepsakes Stamp Set

Stampin’ Up! Supplies (unless otherwise noted) used to make the card featuring the Ornament Keepsakes Stamp Set:

Stamp Set:  Ornament Keepsakes Stamp Set (128051) and Greetings of the Season Stamp Set (128033)

Paper:  Baja Breeze Card Stock (111352), Cherry Cobbler Card Stock (119685), Whisper White Card Stock (100730), and Snow Festival Designer Series Paper (126908)

Ink:  Gumball Green Classic Ink (126861) and Cherry Cobbler Classic Ink (126966)

Accessories:  Stampin’ Up! Simply Scored Scoring Board (122334), Border Punch of your choice, 1-1/4″ Large Circle Punch (119861), Hot Glue, Holiday Ornaments Framelits (127816), Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine (113439), Corner Punch (119871), VersaMark (102283), Heat and Stick Powder (100625), Dazzling Diamonds (102023), and Heat Tool of your choice

Ornament Keepsakes Clear-Mount Stamp SetSnow Festival Designer Series PaperSimply Scored Scoring ToolGreetings of the Season Clear-Mount Stamp Set

       SU 1-1/4" Circle Punch Holiday Ornaments Framelits DiesBig Shot Die-Cut Machine - by Stampin' Up!

 

Instructions for making the card featuring the Ornament Keepsakes Stamp Set:

  • Cut an 8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″ piece of Baja Breeze Card Stock and fold it in the middle to create the card base,
  • Cut a 4″ x 5-1/4″ piece of the ornament design from the Snow Festival Designer Series Paper and round the edges with the 3/16″ Corner Punch,
  • Cut a 1-1/2″ x 11″ piece of Cherry Cobbler Card Stock and score it at every 1/4″,
  • OPTIONAL:  Using a border punch of your choice, punch along one of the 8-1/2″ side,
  • Accordion fold the card stock and adhere the ends together,
  • Punch a 1-1/4″ circle from Cherry Cobbler Card Stock with the 1-1/4″ Circle Punch,
  • With the accordian folded card stock standing up, use your fingers to push down the card stock,
  • Holding the card stock down and using hot glue, attach the 1-1/4″ circle on top and let dry,
  • Cover an ornament stamp (see picture of card) with Gumball Green Classic Ink and stamp onto a piece of Whisper White Card Stock,
  • Cut out the ornament with the appropriate Holiday Ornaments Framelits,
  • Cover the ornament with VersaMark and apply Heat and Stick Powder,
  • Heat set the powder, add Dazzling Diamonds, and heat set again, 
  • If a mat for the ornament is desired, lay the framelit onto Baja Breeze Card Stock, trace around the framelit, and cut out the mat,
  • Adhere the mat to the ornament (I covered the mat with Dazzling Diamonds),
  • Adhere the rosette to the DSP (I used hot glue),
  • Adhere the ornament on top of the rosette (I used hot glue),
  • Cover the “Merry Christmas” sentiment in Cherry Cobbler Classic Ink (from the Greetings of the Season set) and stamp onto Whisper White Card Stock,
  • OPTIONAL:  Decorate the sentiment,
  • Adhere the sentiment to the bottom of the DSP, and
  • Adhere the decorated DSP to the Baja Breeze card base. 

 If you follow these instructions but have a question, please don’t hesitate to leave your question in the comment section.

God’s Blessings!
Stamping With Guneaux Designs
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Beverly Polen
Enjoy the Ornament Keepsakes Stamp Set and the Greeting Card!

 

Peace on Earth Christmas Card 2012 – Stamping With Guneaux Designs

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Have you finished making your Christmas cards for this year?  If not, I have a Peace on Earth Christmas Card for you that is an extremely easy Christmas card to make.

Snowflakes are so beautiful on Christmas cards, don’t you think so?  I have two retired Stampin’ Up! snowflakes stamp sets so I didn’t purchase the beautiful Snowflake Soiree stamp set in the current Holiday Catalog.  I decided to use the two sets that I have to create this card.  You can use any snowflake stamp set to create the same card.

Are you thinking that snowflakes are not red?  That’s the beauty of paper crafting.  You can create artwork the way you want it and it doesn’t have to reflect reality.

This is a closeup of the sentiment on the Peace on Earth Christmas Card.

Supplies used to make the Peace on Earth Christmas Card:

Stamp Sets:  Snowflake Spot (retired), Snowflakes (retired), and Greetings of the Season

 Ink:  Real Red Classic (126949)

Paper:  Whisper White Card Stock (100730) and Real Red Card Stock (102482)

Accessories:  VersaMark (102283), Heat and Stick Powder (100625), Dazzling Diamonds (102023), Heat Tool of your choice, Oval Designer Frames Embossing Folder (123130), Extra Large Oval Punch (119859), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), and White Gel Pen (105021)

Instructions for making the Peace on Earth Christmas Card:

  • Cut a 4″ x 5-1/4″ piece of Whisper White Card Stock,
  • Randomly stamp snowflakes in Real Red Classic Ink onto the Whisper White Card Stock (see picture),
  • Cover the card stock with VersaMark,
  • Cover the card stock with the Heat and Stick Powder and heat set,
  • Cover the card stock with Dazzling Diamonds and heat set,
  • Using the Oval Designer Frame Embossing Folder, emboss the frame onto a piece of Real Read Card Stock,
  • Cut out the embossed frame,
  • Using the White Gel Pen, apply ink on the dots around the frame (see picture),
  • Stamp the sentiment in Real Red Ink onto a piece of Whisper White Card Stock,
  • Cut out the sentiment with the Extra Large Oval Punch,
  • Attach the sentiment onto the embossed frame with Dimensionals,
  • Adhere the sentiment onto the upper-right of the Whisper White Card Stock (see picture), and
  • Cut a 8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″ piece of Real Red Card Stock, fold in half, and adhere the decorated Whisper White Card Stock.
God’s Blessings!
Stamping With Guneaux Designs
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Beverly Polen
Enjoy the Peace on Earth Christmas Card!

How To Make A Greeting Card With Natural Flowers

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In my last post I shared how to make a greeting card with natural flowers.  Today, I am sharing another greeting card made with natural flowers, except different ones.  These are the flowers and leaves I used:

How To Make A Greeting Card With Natural Flowers

Following the same process that I shared in my previous post on how to make a greeting card with natural flowers, I laid the selected flowers and leaves face down onto Stampin’ Up! Watercolor Paper as seen in this picture.

How To Make A Greeting Card With Natural Flowers

I ran the watercolor paper, flowers, and leaves through the Big Shot, and this is the outcome.  Looks like a mess, right?  Well, it was as these flowers had more moisture in them than the ones I used previously.   A lot of paper towels were needed to clean up the Big Shot platform and cutting plates!

How To Make A Greeting Card With Natural Flowers

Regardless, after removing the flowers and leaves from the watercolor paper,  I had another beautiful piece of art, as shown in the picture below.

Greeting Card Made With Natural Flowers

I love how the colors on the watercolor paper are so different from the colors of the natural flowers.  I think I like this outcome better than the one I discussed in my last post.   What do you think?  Here’s the card I made with the outcome.

Greeting Card Made With Natural Flowers

 What do you think?  I think it’s a very pretty card.  I adhered the watercolor paper to Stampin’ Up! Pretty in Pink Card Stock (100459), and then to Lucky Limeade Card Stock (122926).  I added the beautiful pink bow to the top of the card to accent the pink from the flowers.  This bow was on a beautiful floral arrangement given to me by my daughter for breast cancer month.

Greeting Card Made With Natural Flowers

 I added a few drops of glitter glue for the flowers’ stamen and added three butterflies that I covered with the Stampin’ Up! Frost White Shimmer Paint (116854).  The sentiment stamped on the bottom right of the card is from the Stampin’ Up! Trust God Stamp Set (126702).

I hope my posts have instructed you well on how to make a greeting card with natural flowers.

God’s Blessings!
Stamping With Guneaux Designs
by
Beverly Polen

Stampin Up Trust God – Nature Art

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Today seems an appropriate day to use the Stampin Up Trust God stamp set on a card that features God’s nature!  I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving and are thankful for blessings. 

I do not know if there is an appropriate name for the technique I used on the card, therefore I am calling it nature art technique.  If you know the name of the technique, please leave me a comment.

Stampin Up Trust God

Are you wondering how I created the card’s flowers?  If so, let me tell you that you’ll need some real flowers, their leaves, and Stampin’ Up! Water Color Paper (122959).  These are the flowers and leaves I used:

 Stampin Up Trust God

So what did I do with these flowers and leaves?  I selected a few of each and laid them face down onto the watercolor paper.

Stampin Up Trust God

 I then ran the flowers and paper through the Big Shot and this is the result:

Stampin Up Trust God

You’ll need some paper towels handy if you try this technique as there is a lot of moisture in the flowers.  After cleaning up the Big Shot, I carefully removed the flowers and leaves. 

 Stampin Up Trust God

 After the paper dried, I created the “God is Love” card.  Here are two more pictures of the card:

 

 I hope you try this technique and make the Stampin Up Trust God card!

 God’s Blessings!
Stamping With Guneaux Designs
By
Beverly Polen

 

Greeting Card Kids – Happy Thanksgiving

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Happy Thanksgiving to you with a card from the past featuring Stampin’ Up!’s Greeting Card Kids stamp set (item #120633) and the art of watercoloring.

Greeting Card Kids
Greeting Card Kids
This card is my favorite card that I have created with watercoloring.  Click here for the details related to the card.
God’s Blessings to You!
Stamping With Guneaux Designs
by
Beverly Polen

ENJOY THE BEAUTIFUL GREETING CARD KIDS CARD, AND HAVE A SAFE AND WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING!

Stampin Up Ornament Keepsakes

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I think that the Stampin Up Ornament Keepsakes (128051) stamp set and its matching Holiday Ornaments Framelits (127816) are my favs in the Stampin Up Holiday Catalog.  I love any Christmas-related rubber stamp, but I especially love ornament rubber stamps.  The card I am sharing today features both of the Stampin Up products.

Stampin Up Ornament Keepsakes

This picture is a closeup of the ornaments. Stampin Up Ornament Keepsakes

This picture’s intent is to provide a closeup of the Dazzling Diamonds added to the center of the snowflakes. 

Stampin Up Ornament Keepsakes Christmas Card

This picture provides a dimensional view. Stamping Up Ornament Keepsakes Christmas Card

SUPPLIES USED FOR THE STAMPIN UP ORNAMENT KEEPSAKES CHRISTMAS CARD:

 Stamp Sets:  Stampin Up Ornament Keepsakes (128051) and Come to Bethlehem (120591)

 

Ornament Keepsakes Clear-Mount Stamp Set
Ornament Keepsakes
Come To Bethlehem - Clear-Mount Stamp Set - by Stampin' Up!

Come To Bethlehem

 

Paper:  Whisper White Card Stock (100730), Brush Gold Card Stock (102935), and Always Artichoke (105119)

Ink:  VersaMark (102283)

Accessories:  Big Shot Die Cutting Machine (113439), Embossing Buddy (103083), Gold Stampin’ Embossing Powder (109129), Dazzling Diamonds Stampin’ Glitter (102023), White Stampin’ Embossing Powder (109132), Heat Gun of your choice, and two retired products – Snow Burst Embossing Folder and Gold Elastic Cord

Holiday Ornaments Framelits Dies

Holiday Ornaments Framelits

 

 INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAKING THE STAMPIN UP ORNAMENT KEEPSAKES CHRISTMAS CARD:

  • Cut an 8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″ piece of Brush Gold Card Stock, score it down the middle, and fold for card base.
  • Cut a 3-3/4″ x 5″  piece of Whisper White Card Stock, place inside a textured embossing folder (I used the retired Snow Burst), and run it through the Big Shot Die Cutting Machine.
  • Center the appropriate Holiday Ornament Framelit (shown in above picture at the bottom left) onto the center of the embossed Whisper White Card Stock and run it through the big shot.
  • Cover with VersaMark Ink the appropriate Ornament Keepsakes stamp (shown in above picture at the top left) and stamp onto Whisper White Card Stock (do this twice).
  • Cover with Gold Embossing Powder and set with the Heat Gun.
  • Using the appropriate framelit, cut out the two ornaments.
  • Center the embossed Whisper White Card Stock over the center of the Brush Gold card base (use temporary adhesive to keep it in place).
  • Cover with VersaMark the word, Merry, on the “Merry Christmas” sentiment stamp from the Come to Bethlehem stamp set and stamp it in the area shown in the first picture above.
  • Do the same with the word “Christmas” and stamp in below the “Merry” that you just stamped onto the card base.
  • Remove the Whisper White embossed card stock.
  • Cover both words with White Embossing Powder and set with the Heat Gun.
  • Using a gold marker, ink around the ornaments and the Whisper White card stock.
  • Adhere the Whisper White card stock to the card base.
  • OPTIONAL:  Cut two small pieces of Always Artichoke card stock and using scissors, cut at an angle down both sides of each piece to create a branch.  Add glue and dazzling diamonds in the middle to create snow.
  • Use twine, cord, or other thread and attach to each ornament, and attach dimensionals to the back side of each.
  • If you made the branches, use dimensionals to attach at the top of the Whisper White card stock, wrap the cord (attached to the ornaments) around the branches according to the picture.
  • Remove the paper from the dimensionals and adhere the ornaments to the card front as shown in the first picture above.
God’s Blessings!
Stamping With Guneaux Designs
by
Beverly Polen
Enjoy your Christmas card made with Stampin Up Ornament Keepsakes stamp set!