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Snowman Soup in a Mug

I have had this mug template for quite awhile and I am not sure who I received it from originally  but the owner's name is on the template, Sherry Graves (I have looked but can't find any info on her).  If you are Sherry or you know her site, let me know and I will post a link.

UPDATE ON THE MUG TEMPLATE:

Through a couple of viewers (thanks Nancy and Becky), I found Sherry and found out that her template must be purchased (it's only a few dollars, very little for a fabulous template!)   

I have since purchased the template for myself but have removed the downloadable template from my site as per her 'Terms of use'.  You can purchase the individual template on her site http://papershapez.com/?page_id=131&category=51 or you can pay a small annual fee and have access to download all the wonderful templates on her site here:  http://stamp-shack.com/.  Check them out, she has some pretty awesome templates! 

Sorry Sherry and everyone for all the confusion...when I saw for personal use on the template, I thought it meant you can share it with others for their personal use as long as you didn't sell it...Duhhh :-)  But a good thing happened out of it as I found a great place for unique templates! 

I used Tempting Turquoise to make my mug and I wheeled on the 'Snow' wheel from Stampin' Up and added dazzling diamonds with a glue pen.

I wrapped 10 mini marshmallows in Saran wrap and added them to a cellophane bag, along with a package of hot chocolate, 3 Hershey kisses and a candy cane and then tied it with a piece of Tempting Turquoise ribbon. 

I printed the Snowman Soup poem on my computer and adhered to a scrap piece of Turquoise left over after cutting out the mug.  I stamped the snowman from Stampin' Up stamp set, Just Celebrate and colored areas with a blender pen and ink from the stamp pad.  You can download the word document as well...there are 3 different Snowman Soup poems on it and the ingredients for it as well.  Thanks for stopping by!   Karen

Snowman Soup ingredients and poems: 

Snowman Soup Poem #2   Was told you’ve been real good this year Always glad to hear it With freezing weather drawing near You’ll need to warm the spirit   So here’s a little Snowman Soup Complete with stirring stick Just add hot water, sip it slow It’s sure to do the trick!

Snowman Soup Poem #3   When the weather outside is frightful, Snowman Soup can be delightful May it warm your spirit and your soul Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow   When you feel a chill or ‘burrrrrr’, Use the Candy cane stick to stir, Add hot water and sip it slow, Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

Snowman Soup Ingredients                       

 

1 package hot chocolate mix

3 Hershey kisses

10 mini marshmallows

1 candy cane

 

When it’s so cold that

you holler and whoop,

it’s time to bring out

the Snowman Soup!

 

 

 

 

Snowman Soup Poem #1

 

Pour the packet in a mug,

add marshmallows too

and throw in the kisses

that are special just for you.

 

Now add some hot water

and use the cane to stir it.

sip slowly and soon you’ll

feel the warm winter spirit.

 

  

Icicled Snow Burst Window

Sorry for reposting...I forgot to add the icicles.  See the post right below for a video on how to make the icicles.

Another very simple Christmas card today.  It uses the Stampin Up stamp set Snow Burst (snow flakes) and Snow Swirled (greeting) and also Stampin Up colors Pacific Point and Bashful Blue.  I randomly stamped the snowflakes on a 2 3/4" x 2 3/4" piece of Shimmery White and then used my 1 3/8" square punch to cut out the squares (but I could have just used my cutter and cut them into squares that are 1 3/8" x 1 3/8")  I then added dazzingly diamonds with a glue pen and adhered them to a 3 1/4" x 3 1/4" piece of Pacific Point and adhere that to a piece of 4" x 4" Bashful Blue. 

Before I attached the Bashful Blue piece to the card front, I pierced some holes with my paper piercer around the edges of the 'window', then I adhered it to the card base.  If you don't have a paper piercer, you can just use an ordinary large needle or safety pin as the piercer and print out some dots in line or a swirl to use as a guide and then pierce on top of a piece of fun foam.  For the finishing touch, I added the greeting from Snow Swirled stamp set. 

The night before I had made icicles to hang from the window (and forgot to put them on in the original post).  They were made by squeezing Stampin Up's Crystal Effects (I think white glue and glitter might also work) onto wax paper in the shape of icicles and then adding Dazzling Diamonds on top, shaking off the excess and then letting it sit overnight to harden.  When dry, just pull off from the wax paper and attach to the project with Crystal Effects or glue.  Check out the video HERE.  Thanks for looking!

Black and White Snow Swirled Vellum Christmas Tree

This was another fun Christmas card to make because it doesn't take long to make (gotta love that!) but it's still very elegant.  Liz designed this card a few years ago.  I used the basic design but changed the stamp set and the words.  I LOVE the black and white look!  See the quick video below.

I stamped the Christmas tree stamp from the Stampin Up stamp set 'Snow Swirled' onto cardstock vellum with black craft ink and then embossed with black embossing powder.  I tore around the edges of the tree and then used the 1/16" punch to pierce a hole through the Velum and through the piece of 2 3/4" x 3 1/2" Glossy White and added a Rhinestone brad through both holes to adhere it. 

This was then adhered to a 2 7/8" x 3 5/8" piece of Basic Black and then onto a 3 1/4" x 4" piece of Whisper White.  The whole piece was then adhered to the base cardstock which is Basic Black cut at 5 1/4" x 8 1/2" and folded in the middle.  The wonderful Christmas sentiment from the stamp set 'Heard from the Heart' was stamped on the base with White craft ink and embossed with white embossing powder.  The final touch was to add some crystal effects to the decorations on the tree and sprinkle Dazzling Diamonds on top.  It's a cool effect because it reflects from other colors so the decorations appear to be colored but aren't!  Thanks for looking.  I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving (for all you Canadians anyways :-)

3D Vellum Butterfly

This was another of the great challenges I did at Splitcoast.  I stamped French Script on Whisper White and then stamped the butterfly from Stampin Up's stamp set 'Touch of Nature' on Vellum to lay overtop. I stamped, colored and cut out a butterfly from vellum, bent both wings up and added it with a glue dot.  You probably can't see but I used my stylus to create embossed dots on the black piece by covering the black piece with a dotted piece of old patterned paper and dry embossing on top of fun foam (hope that makes sense :-).  I added some dots to the Amethyst strip using the stamp set 'Polka dots and Paisley', added some ribbon and a bit of silver cord to the strip and stamped 'Wish' from the Small Script set.  The colors are Almost Amethyst, Lovely Lilac, Basic Black, Whisper White and Vellum.  Thanks for looking!

World Cardmaking day

It was World Cardmaking day last Saturday and even though I have been a member of Splitcoast for over 3 years I have never had the time to participate in any of the challenges they offer.  I decided that was going to be the day...well, the night.  So I stayed up most of the night and had so much fun!!  If you have never tried taking any of the challenges, you should!  I CASE many cards to send to family and friends because I always need something in a hurry so I don't usually ever have time just to sit and play, well now I want to do it more often!

There is such sense of community there...everyone is so friendly and helpful and such hard workers!!  I bought the fan club membership just to contribute something...being able to browse through the galleries a few years ago kept me sane while nursing a colicky baby for hours on end.  If for some strange bizarre reason you haven't heard of them, click HERE to visit them. 

This was a card I made for one of the challenges which was the sketch challenge.  I stamped using the Stampin Up stamp 'Upsy Daisy' on Whisper White and then cut it into strips and distressed each with my distressing tool. I stamped the words and then cut out a mask and sponged over the words and matted and added it with dimensionals. I sponged Pacific Point on a piece of white ribbon and added that as well...the cardstock color used is Pacific Point.  Try out a challenge as it really allows you to be creative without having to think as hard as you would from scratch.

Dazzling Snowflake Swing Card

The other day I was trying to make a swing card and made the mistake of cutting the whole thing out instead.  I then created a variation of the swing card where the middle spins (I am sure this has been done somewhere).  I tried it with words first and it seemed to work...sometimes it's good to make mistakes in stamping!  This one was made with a stamp from the 'Seasons of Joy' stamp set and uses Bordering Blue cardstock.

 

 

Then I looked at the Felt Flurries that Liz had given to us in the Stamper's 10 group she leads that I go to (check out Liz's classes HERE, she's awesome!)...it was our homework for the month, to make a card with them.  I ended up having to run to her house to exchange one of the flakes for another Baja Breeze colored one and to also 'borrow' a piece of Baja Breeze cardstock which she so graciously gave me (Thanks Liz!) and made this one.  I had to cut a bit of the white Flurry off to fit it in but it was very easy to make!  This one uses 3 of the Felt Flurries from the new Holiday Mini catalogue and the Baja Breeze cardstock I borrowed :-)

Check out how easy they are to make!

 

Origami Christmas Trees

More Christmas card ideas for you.  These beautiful Origami Christmas trees may look like they are hard to make but they really aren't...you'll have to try making them and let me know what you think.

They both use Stampin' Up Double Sided Designer paper (Bella Rose) and one uses Kiwi Kiss  and the other Pink Pirouette.  I used my Coluzzle to cut the oval in the designer paper and then created my tree and adhered to the front of the card.  I also used a brad on one and a Rhinestone brad on the other.

 

 

They are quite fun to make once you have tried a few so give it a try!  The card base is 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" and then folded in half.  The designer paper is 4" x 5 1/4" and I used the 3rd ring on the Coluzzle to cut out the oval). The dimensions for the four pieces of designer paper for the tree are 3" x 3", 2 1/2" x 2 1/2", 2" x 2" and 1 1/2" x 1 1/2".  Folding each square as follows:  Fold square in half, open back up.  Fold in half the other way, open back up.  Fold corner to corner on the diagonal, open back up.  Fold the other corner to corner on the diagonal, open back up.  Now fold in the sides so you have what looks like a triangle.  Fold left and right sides of the triangle in towards the middle.  Repeat with each of the other squares.  Stack on top of each other to form the tree.

Have Fun!

 

Make your own Spectrum Pad!

I really love using spectrum pads and so when Stampin' Up stopped selling them awhile back I decided to create my own.  It's a very similar idea to the baby swipe or striped swipe technique done by the very talented Beate at Splitcoast here but I don't use reinkers, I use markers, a baby wipe and the end of a stamp pad.  The quick video will show you what I mean :-)

If you want to try it out, here are a few Spectrum Pad color examples to try:

 

Blue Frost:  Brilliant Blue, Ballet Blue, Bashful Blue, Ballet Blue, Brilliant Blue

Cotton Candy:  Rose Red, Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, Rose Red

Celebration:  Only Orange, Pink Passion, Lovely Lilac, Brilliant Blue, Green Galore

Pumpkin Patch:  Really Rust, Ruby Red, Only Orange, More Mustard, Old Olive

Late November:  More Mustard, Really Rust, Old Olive, Perfect Plum, Not Quite Navy

Taffy:  Almost Amethyst, Mellow Moss, Creamy Caramel, Blush Blossom, Barely Banana

Twist:  Yoyo Yellow, Green Galore, Glorious Green, Ballet Blue, Lovely Lilac

Fiesta:  Summer Sun, Real Red, Orchid Opulence, Ballet Blue, Taken with Teal

 

Spectrum Polished Stone Christmas Card

Looking for Christmas card ideas, this is a simple one to make.  The Polished Stone technique is one of my favorite stamping techniques but I find I usually get really blotchy results so I added a twist and use my spectrum pad instead of colored reinkers and then just use the metallic reinker and rubbing alcohol after.

I created this Christmas card with this technique.  In the video I mention that it is a bit easier than the regular technique and by that I mean that I just have to do it once to make my card and I am usually happy with it :-)  I am using this card for one of the challenges this weekend at the wonderful Splitcoast site is putting on during World Card Making Day.  This is the first time I have been able to participate in a challenge (my three year old finally decided it was OK for daddy to put her to bed...yipee!!) so exciting!

The colors I used for this card are Regal Rose, Basic Black and Glossy White.  I brayered with the spectrum pad 'Cotton Candy' and then did the technique, stamped the trees twice with Black Stazon and added dazzling diamonds with a glue pen.

If you ever want to try and make your own Spectrum pad with makers, baby wipes and a stamp pad...it's fairly easy...check out this post to see how it's done HERE.

 

Mini Gift Bag - Make some for Halloween!

This mini gift bag is so easy to make as it just takes a half a sheet of cardstock! 

It's a great little bag to fill with treats for Halloween (thought the black cat might work as a Halloween stamp) or create a different one and add a small gift in it...it would make the perfect gift bag to give the kid's teachers at Christmas.  It would also make a great item to showcase at a workshop and give it (and a little something in it) to the Hostess as a thank you.

 

 

Download the reference guide and template and view the video below.

Reference Guide:  Download ReferenceGuideMiniGiftBag.doc (142.5K)

Downloadable Template (for reference, not meant to be printed and cut out): 

Download MiniGiftBagTemplate.jpg (0.0K)

 

Halloween Inspired Votive Covers

I just love candles but we have cats...and dogs...and little kids...so all my candles sit in the back of a closet.  The great thing is that someone decided to create battery operated candles!!  Hurray!!  I found some at my local Sobey's store and they work great!  With these even if someone happens to knock it over you don't have to worry about the house burning down.

Liz had designed a beautiful Inspired by Nature votive cover (I must say that is my current favorite Stampin' Up! stamp set...for the moment...), so I tried my hand at making one today.  It didn't turn out quite as well as hers did but that's ok :-) 

 

  

I had ordered the Halloween wheel last week with making one of these in mind...so tried it out today...kind of cute :-)  I used Vellum cardstock and the measurements for the larger 'Inspired by Nature' one are 6" x 9 1/2" and the measurements for the smaller Halloween one are 3 1/2" x 8 1/2".  I sponged with Pumpkin Pie and then stamped (and wheeled) with Black Stazon.  Pretty simple but pretty cool!  Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great day of stamping!

It's pretty simple but if you need a visual of how to do it, check out the quick video below.

 

Holiday Mini - Winter Post Christmas Card

We made this Christmas card at Liz's stamper's 10 club the other night (along with a gift basket made with the Big Shot and another very cute card).  She said this card was cased but I am not sure who from.  We used the Big Shot to cut out the front piece, sponged and stamped on it using a new stamp set from the Holiday Mini - Winter Post and Lovely as a Tree in the background.  The skaters were stamped on a scrap piece and colored with a blender pen and ink from the top of the ink pad and adhered to the front with dimensionals.  Alpine ribbon from the Holiday mini was tied in a knot and added with a glue dot.  This was adhered onto a piece of Holiday Treasures designer paper that had four brads attached to it.  All of this was adhered onto the Chocolate Chip base.

Easy Mirror Image Flip Card

My husband and I just celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary a few days ago. We met later in life and were actually living in different Provinces at the time but the power of the Internet brought us together through an 'on-line' dating service (we also know five other couples that met and married using the same service).  At the time, the service had a Christian component to it and we had to answer 100 very in-depth questions which was great as you really got to see where someone's heart was at!  I don't know what it's like now as that was quite a few years ago but it was Matchmaker.com for any of you interested.  The internet changes peoples lives for the good and the bad...for us it was very very good.

When making this I was in a hurry (as usual) and made it for him the morning of (as usual) and quickly threw it together for him.  I made the card larger normal and made it a bit of a flip card.  I also used the fast and simple way of making a mirror image or reflection technique as I have tried many ways of doing it (using vellum, etc) and this is the fastest if you want a true reflection.  My husband actually liked the card but was quick to point out that I used two males on the card...yes, I was in too much of a hurry to remove the antlers and figured he wouldn't really look at the card, therefore not notice :-)

The card uses Very Vanilla (or Shimmery White which I made the original one from by accident) which measures 7" x 11" and is scored at 3" and 6".  The pattern paper is cut at 4 7/8" x 7" and the words are embossed on it with white embossing powder.   It's pretty simple but check out the video for the particulars if you like.