Snowman Blues!

This darling snowman is one of the images in the Jolly Old Saint Nick stamp set (121711 wood, 121321 clear), featured in the Holiday Mini Catalog.  He is cute, a bit retro, and oh-so-easy to use! 

The rick-rack trim is also made with something from the Holiday Mini Catalog:  the Tasteful Trim Die.  And the button is from the Candy Cane Collection of Big Designer Buttons, another Holiday Mini Catalog offering. 

The glitter on this card is the Fine Cosmo Glitter (108796), a product that I love and think is grossly underused.  It comes in a set of 5 different pots of colored glitter:  Rose Pink, Orchid, Light Blue, Celery, Turquoise.  Here, I've used the Turquoise for my lines of snow.  I love the bit of glitzy color the Fine Cosmo Glitter adds.

Many of the products featured in this card are only available in the Holiday Mini Catalog.  That means they are only available until January 3rd.  So get busy and get your orders placed for Holiday Mini Catalog items.  January 3rd will be here before you know it!  Plus, you will probably want to use those products for your holiday crafting.  You can order anytime from my online store here.

Card Recipe:

Stamps:  Jolly Old Saint Nick set

Ink:  Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy Classic Stampin' Pads

Paper:  Confetti White, Crumb Cake, Not Quite Navy Card Stocks, Rich Regals Patterns Paper Stack, Baja Breeze Textured Card Stock

Accessories:  Big Shot, Tasteful Trim Die, Blender Pens, Fine Cosmo Glitter, Two-Way Glue Pen, Candy Cane Big Designer Buttons, Whisper White 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon, SNAIL adhesive

Inspired by Nature

My regular Friday Feature is scrapbooking.  Here, I hope to inspire you scrappers with fresh ideas and layouts.  And for you non-scrappers, I hope to inspire you to begin scrapping!  (You don't have to scrapbook your entire life, just scrapbook something you want to remember/commemorate.)

Last week I showed you the first pass on my 2-page layout for September Scrap Club meeting.  This week I'm showing you the final layout.  It's a 2-page 12x12, which is what we do each month.  Several things were featured in this month's layout.  Here's the breakdown:

• Emboss Resist:  This is one of my favorite techniques, and here we created a little sunset element to coordinate with our nature theme.  No one at the meeting had previously done emboss resist, and they all loved it!  It's not hard and produces true "Wow!" results:)
• Broadsheet Alphabet:  I love this new alphabet.  It reminds me a bit of Jumble Alphabet in that the letters are many different styles.  But Broadsheet Alphabet is a bit dressier and more refined than Jumble Alphabet.  Both these alphabets are super easy to use.  The various letter styles bring in a bit of a funky feel and look just as good when they are a bit off-kilter or uneven as when they are perfectly straight.  That works really well for me as I don't do well with stamping in straight lines!
• Inspired by Nature:  This stamp set is so very versatile.  I especially love it for scrapbooking due to its large-scale images.  Here, we used it for the emboss resist piece on the first page as well as the grass on the second page. 
• Tasteful Trim Die:  Do you see the strip of Not Quite Navy Card Stock in a sort of beaded design?  That is created with the Tasteful Trim Die and takes just a few cranks of the Big Shot to produce!  It's the Tasteful Trim XL Bigz Die in the Holiday Mini Catalog, and it's wonderful for scrapbooking!  Each piece of trim is 12" long, perfect for 12x12 pages or trimmed a bit for smaller pages.

This layout has room for 4-5 standard size photos plus journalling.  To purchase any of these scrapbook supplies, click here and enter my store for stress-free shopping:)

Tasteful Trim Die

I just love the new Tasteful Trim Die (for use with the Big Shot) for a whole host of reasons.  The one I'm sharing today is that you can make 12" long custom embellishments for your scrapbook pages.  That's right!  With just a few cranks of your Big Shot handle, the Tasteful Trim Die delivers 4 different trims.  You can, of course, make those with card stock, fabric, metal sheets, cork, and more since the Big Shot allows you to cut 60 different materials.  How is that for versatility and the ultimate in customization!  Here are some more features of the Tasteful Trim Die as stated in the Holiday Mini Catalog:

Never be without the perfect trim for fabric and paper projects again! Our Tasteful Trim Bigz XL Die allows you to create custom edges and borders with any kind of material any time you need it. Includes scallops, rick rack, and pinking designs--you’ve got a fantastic variety of classic options for all your projects.

■ Bigz XL Die
■ 6"x 13-3/4"
■ Use with Extended Cutting Pads
■ Trim and border shapes for accenting your fabric and other paper crafting projects
■ Designed for use with fabric, paper, card stock, and more

The photo above is a the first run of a 2 page layout I put together for my scrap club this month.  This is not the final product, but I'll save that for another post.  I'll also show you more photos of the Tasteful Trim Die in action.  I love it!


Contact me at 210-492-3218 or at candy@sweetstamper.com to receive your copy of the Holiday Mini Catalog and see, first hand, the Tasteful Trim Die and a host of other great things to help make your holidays more special than ever!