Carols of Christmas Early Release

Hello stamping friends!

I am excited to share our exclusive early release from our Holiday catalog, Carols of Christmas.

I decided to use classic winter colors, and use a simple, clean design with my first project.  This is my first draft.  I stamped on vellum and layered it over our new snowflake embossing folder.  Isn't this large font stunning and powerful with presence?  The Carols of Christmas stamps are so simple for elegant card designs!

The embossing is rather indistinct in the first photo as the vellum flips up a bit.  So I went back and added pearls at the bottom to create weight.  And it allowed me to hide glue dots behind the pearls to adhere it tightly so the embossed image is more visible.

The Winter Wonder Textured Impressions Embossing Folders makes a beautiful snowflake.  I realized that this embossing is best to spritz with water to soften the card stock fibers.  The dry card stock will crack so be sure you have spritzers on hand!  Spritz front and back and then place in the embossing folder and roll through your Big Shot!

What do you think?  Do the pearls make a better effect?  Please see the product list for my card at the end of this post.

Inspired Stamping - Basics 

Monday is usually Team Swap Monday

Wednesday and Friday feature designs made by me.

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If you place order of $75-$149.99 before August 30th, with my hostess code, you will receive a gift from me, the Delicate White Doilies!

Orders of $150+ get the free gift and qualify for Stampin' Rewards.

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Product List

Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100867]	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [126970]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101856]
Night Of Navy 5/8" Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon [144189]	Pearl Basic Jewels [144219]	Big Shot [143263]	Stampin' Spritzer [126185]
Glue Dots [103683]	Carols Of Christmas Clear-Mount Stamp Set [144804]	Carols Of Christmas Clear-Mount Bundle [146037]

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Team Swap Monday August 7

Hello stamping friends!  I love being on a team that shares - each catalog release we can participate in a team swap.  Each demonstrator makes a dozen cards of her design.  Then we all swap and receive a dozen different card fronts.  Sometimes I join 2 or 3 groups!  I do this so that I can share many lovely design ideas with my customers.

I am excited to share 2 swap cards with you today. This first card is by Michelle McDaniel.  I love this Happy Celebrations set.  You can see the stamps here.

The Celebrations Duo embossing folders, here, make this pop with texture and color.  I love that this card is gorgeous and fun for any age or person.  

The second design is made by Renee Lozano.  She is featuring the Happy Birthday Gorgeous stamp set.  It has a similar color pallet but a very feminine, cheerful theme.

You can see the stamp set here and the bundle with a thinlet here.

Carols of Christmas

We have an exclusive early release, the Carols of Christmas stamp set and bundle!

Here is a fun video to show the bundle - if you read via email, click here to see the video:

Monday is usually Team Swap Monday

Wednesday and Friday feature designs made by me.

I hope you like today's post - you can subscribe off to the right to be the first to receive all of my new posts.

My online store is open 24 hours at http://bit.ly/shopwithJaney

If you place order of $75-$149.99 before August 30th, with my hostess code, you will receive a gift from me, the Delicate White Doilies!

Orders of $150+ get the free gift and qualify for Stampin' Rewards.

Thank you for joining me today, please comment with a "Hello" so I can reply to you!

ICS Blog Hop Knotty Ways

Hooray!  It's the 1st Wednesday of the month and you know what that means right? Inspire, Create, and Share Blog Hop! Our theme this month is Knotty Ways showcasing beautiful ribbons with a Christmas theme. Our Annual catalog has so many inspiring stamp sets and accessories for Christmas and fall.  There is also an early release special going on this month to get all of us in the mood to start now on our Christmas projects! Enjoy the hop and you can read all about the special at the bottom of this post.

This is my first card and it literally has knotted designs in the ribbon.  The double stitched ribbon has lots of visual interest and texture.  The list of products is just below for how make this design.

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Product List

Be Merry Designer Series Paper [144111]	Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [126949]	Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [102482]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]
Cherry Cobbler 1/4" Double-Stitched Ribbon [144117]	Silver Metallic Thread [138402]	Silver Mini Sequin Trim [144230]	Metal Rimmed Pearls [138394]
Christmas Pines Photopolymer Stamp Set [142049]	Pretty Label Punch [143715]	Layering Ovals Framelits Dies [141706]	Big Shot [143263]

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The "Oh, What Fun" stamp set is quite fun.  I layered the ribbons to wrap the "Be Merry" Designer Series Paper as a gift and tagged it from Santa himself.

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Product List

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Garden Green 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [102584]	Be Merry Designer Series Paper [144111]	Garden Green 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon [144181]
Silver 1/8" Ribbon [132137]	Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad [126966]	Holly Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [141634]	Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies [145372]
Layering Circle Framelits Dies [141705]	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220]	Big Shot [143263]

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I love embossing folders and this Holly version has stunning, sharp details that add so much textural interest. 

Layering the Stitched Shapes framelits with the Layering Circles framelits creates all sorts of new options for coordination and dimension.

We have a fabulous new Christmas bundle early release during August, the Carols of Christmas!

Here is a fun video to show the bundle - you must be on the blog to see the video:

These cards are made by the Stampin' Up! design team.

Please click on the arrow below to see hop over and see what my friend Nichole Loe is featuring on her blog.

Please contact your demonstrator if you want to order products.  If you do not have a demonstrator I would love to help you with your order and project supplies.

Monday is usually Team Swap Monday

Wednesday and Friday feature designs made by me.

I hope you like today's post - you can subscribe off to the right to be the first to receive all of my new posts.

My online store is open 24 hours at http://bit.ly/shopwithJaney

If you place order of $75-$149.99 before August 30th, with my hostess code, you will receive a gift from me, the Delicate White Doilies!

Orders of $150+ get the free gift and qualify for Stampin' Rewards.

Thank you for joining me today, please comment with a "Hello" so I can reply to you!