SC299 Holiday Happiness

     Hello!  Today's card is a submission for SC299 over at SCS.  I loved the sketch but it took me a while to find a stamp set from my collection that I thought would look nice with the layout.  But once I found Holiday Happiness there was no stopping me!
     To give the main image a bit more oomph I cut out several of the ornaments and popped them up with dimensionals.  The image as well as the sentiment are also popped up with dimensionals.

     And I don't know about you but I am LUH-VING (in my sing-songy voice) the Jolly Holiday DSP.  I ordered a second pack of it a few weeks ago and plan on using it to make my Christmas cards.  I haven't quite decided on which card it will be and I should probably get around to that pretty soon!  It seems that every year I wait until the last minute to decide and end up sending a card that I'm not so fond of.  Except 2 years ago when I made this super cute CD holder and burned a Christmas CD for everyone!  You can see a photo of it here at SCS.  I have to admit that that was a pretty good idea and I've set the bar so high that it's going to be hard to top that one...    

Stamps: Holiday Happiness
Ink: StazOn Black, Cherry Cobbler, So Saffron
Paper: Very Vanilla, Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, Jolly Holiday DSP
Tools & Accessories: Designer Series button, hemp twine, dimensionals

Christmas in August

     Hello!  Today's project is a Christmas tag we'll be making at my next Stampin' Up! workshop at the end of the month.  Christmas is still a ways away but I like to get my customers thinking about cards and tags they may be giving so they'll have plenty of time to order supplies and actually sit down and create before the hustle and bustle of the holiday season hits. 

     I used a snowflake from a Sizzlits set purchased at nation-wide craft store chain.  Stampin' Up! offers a very similar set (pg 211, $19.95 for a set of 4) or you could certainly use the Snowflake Extra-Large punch (pg 200, $16.95). 

     You'll notice that the button on the snowflake is made of paper.  This is because I don't have a large selection of buttons and have found that the Button #5 Sizzlit die solves the problem!  As long as you have the cardstock you can make a button to match any project - I love that!

    

      Here is the same tag but in Cherry Cobbler.  To give the snowflake a different feel I covered it in white Chunky Essentials Stampin' Glitter.
     While these tags are super cute and super easy to make, I'm working on a few other projects that use the Two Tags die in unique ways. I've found a great tutorial on how to make a box using two tags that I can't wait to share.

Stamps: Holiday Happiness, Holiday Collection (retired)

Ink: StazOn black, VersaMark

Paper: Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive

Tools & Accessories:  Two Tags die, Merry Details, Buttons #5 and Snowflakes Set #3 (purchased at Michael's) Sizzlits dies, Big Shot, hemp twine, ribbon, Chunk Essentials Stampin' Glitter, brad