Clean and Simple Christmas Card

Do you send out a lot of Christmas cards?  I do and I am always looking for clean and simple Christmas card layouts to make.  This one is really easy and pretty fast to make.  I am using red and cream color cardstock.  I ran my cream base through the cuttle bug using the swirls embossing folder by Hero Arts.  The Wreath die is from Elizabeth Craft.  I added some berries to the wreath using glossy accents and ultra fine red glitter also by Elizabeth Craft. Added some red ribbon and Viola' done. All supplies can be found at A Scrap-N-Place.
Stephanie

A Poinsettia Christmas

This week I have a little bit different card...and I'll have a bonus later in the week!

For this card I used the Spellbinders poinsettia die.  It does make for a lovely flower, don't you think?  I shaped the petals by placing them on my soft stamping mat and using my stylus to make the petals cupped.  Kittie has a wonderful tutorial on her blog.  Please check it out.

Supplies:
All are available at A Scrap N Place...
Cardstock: Vanilla, Red, Green
Patterned Paper: Authentique Diverse
Accessories: Various ribbons and trims from May Arts, Rhinestones, dimensionals.

Hope you have a wonderful week... and be sure to watch for my gift box!

Winter Mittens

So sorry for the late post but I was enjoying my crafting time at the retreat all weekend and totally forgot to take my post out of the draft state. If you are local you should really consider attending the retreat that Terri hosts twice a year. She has fabulous giveaways and I made some new friends and got  lots of work done!

Now for my card. I used a Memory box die and some of those beautiful Authentique papers. Added ribbon to hod them together to finish it off.

Christmas Gift Bag

Hi There! I have another fun gift packaging idea to share with you today. I die cut scallops using Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps scallop die and used it to frame the Santa image. I stacked various sizes of the red flower and placed a snowflake in the center. I then adhered everything onto a white glassine bag.

This is the side view to show the bag.

All supplies can be purchased at A Scrap 'N Place

Papers: Authentique Joyous Collection

Accessories: Organza ribbon, Kaiser Scrapbook (flowers), black button

Tools: Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps (scallop die)

ANNUAL FALL RETREAT

OUR ANNUAL FALL RETREAT STARTS TODAY and RUNS THRU SUNDAY!
IF ... you are not one of the 50 gals attending we will miss you and you will miss the FANTASTIC
time these gals create! It is the BEST time for YOU! A get-a-way time for you to make your cards,
page layouts or projects and to pamper yourself while spending time with other "BLING GIRLS"!
The Store will be CLOSED so everyone can enjoy it! If you have time, be sure to stop by next week
and take advantage of the sales on Halloween and Fall items as well as our DAILY SALES ON DIES!!

A Little Gift Bag

Have you ever needed to get a gift ready in a hurry and didn't have a fancy bag?  Well you could make a little gift bag out of cardstock or you can buy plain bags at your local craft store, you can even decorate a plain brown lunch bag, it does not take much to turn nothing into something.  I am using paper from Making Memories and the Wreath die from Elizabeth Crafts. The red bow on the wreath is made using a velvety sticker sheet from Starform.  I added berries to the wreath with glossy accents and ultra fine glitter by Elizabeth Craft.  All supplies can be found at  A Scrap-N-Place.
Stephanie

Winter Wonderland

Today's card for Scrap n Place is another fun Christmas card.. and I just love snowmen.. the Die set  is just to cute and can be used so many different ways.

Supplies
sizzix stamp and Die cut set
copic markers
pearl paint ranger
stickles ranger
memento black ink
Distress ink Iced Spruce.
glitter pen clear
Paper
Red, white Green
Designer paper
dies
Spellbinders 2013 Snowflake pendant
Memory box frosty border 98171
Lea'bilities holly frame
dries clear glue
red bling
green ribbon

The card was made by just cutting the dies and adding the glitter pen to the snowman and flakes to add a little bling.. then just layered the way I wanted it to go.. the  holly frame to do the two different colors you just need to cut twice.. easy ... the longest part was letting your liquids dry..
this set is great for production stamping because it does not take long to color.. which speeds up the process.
thanks for stopping by Debbie

Clean and Simple AND Bling...

Can you do both?  Of course!  It's not mutually exclusive.  In fact, many of my favorite Clean and Simple designers use bling on their cards.
Here's my card for this week:

 

As you can see, the design is simple.  There is a single image focus, there is "white space" (it doesn't have to be white, just open, unfilled space).

 

This time I used the die to create a white tree on green. This time I also ran the green cardstock thru my BigShot with the die and embossing mats.  I wanted to try embossing it to mark the place for the tree. The rhinestones set off the tree like ornaments.  The star is embossed with iridescent embossing powder, making it quite shimmery.

 

Supplies:

Cardstock: Ivory, Green

Designer Paper: Making Memories Twinkle

Die: Impression Obsession Merry Tree

Accessories: Dimensionals, Rhinestones, Star Punch, Iridescent Embossing powder.

 

PS...I was supposed to post yesterday.  I apologize.  I had to go out of town to take care of my mom, who has alzheimers, while my dad was unable to be there. 

Merry & bright

Hi everyone!  I am absolutely loving these quick holiday cards and love how this one turned out.  I matted my papers with green card stock, embossed one strip and then layered them all up.  I then took the same green cardstock and used the "merry" die by Memory Box to add to the top of the card.  Added a little stickles for some bling cause a girl gotta have her bling :D

SATURDAY'S WINNERS!!!

CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE LUCKY BLING GIRLS!
1. SHEILA WOODWARD-SIZZIX MACHINE
2. SARA BEHRENS-EVOLUTION
3. KELLEE ZWEIFEL
4. VIRGINIA MARSH
5. LAURA BURRILL
6. SHARON VERVILLE
7. CONNIE KLER
8. JUDY CARROLL
9. BONNIE CARRERA
10. KIM MURDOCK
11. LINDA HULL
12. LINDA FERRIS
13. SUZI BRYNES
14. DANI EAST

Joy to the world

Hi there thanks for stopping by!

It's Ceal here to share a card with you using CAS-ual Fridays Stamps and Fri Dies.

I love this square tag (Fri Die) from CAS-ual  Fridays Stamps, it is a new company that Terri is carrying in her store. I paired it up with the stamp set Christmas Carols and  some beautiful  Authentique  Christmas papers. You can find all the supplies I used at A Scrap N  Place

ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION TODAY!

WE HAVE A FUN DAY PLANNED & HOPE YOU STOP BY AND JOIN US!
WE HAVE GOODIE BAGS FOR THE "FIRST 30 BLING GIRLS" IN THE DOOR,
DRAWINGS FOR OVER $500 OF PRODUCT, AN EVOLUTION MACHINE,
A NEW BIG SHOT and... 20 % OFF 6 DIE COMPANIES TODAY!
ohhh....AND AS ALWAYS REFRESHMENTS!
JOIN IN THE FUN FROM 10:00 to 4:00 TO CELEBRATE Y-O-U !!!

Holiday Greetings

Hi There! This is Kim with a quick Christmas card to share with you using beautiful papers from  Authentique's Joyous Collection. I cut out the Santa image and adhered it to the cardfront using 3-D foam tape. The ribbons were tied and stacked on top of each other for dimension. The banner is done freehand and popped up with 3-D foam tape.

All Supplies can be purchased at A Scrap 'N Place

Papers: Authentique Joyous Collection, Cream Cardstock, Bazzill (green textured cardstock)

Accessories: Assorted Ribbons

THURSDAY WINNER & TODAY'S SALES!

W00-HOO~
TODAY'S SPECIALS WILL BE:
TAYLORED EXPRESSIONS DIES & STAMPS:  20% OFF
SWEET N SASSY DIES & STAMPS:  20% OFF
  (plus lots of items around the Store)
& DON'T forget to put your name in the DRAWING
for the $25.00 GIFT CERTIFICATE + do another FREE Make N Take!
Our WINNER yesterday was JULIA ASHBY!!!

WEDNESDAY WINNER of our DAILY GIFT CERTIFICATE...

W00-HOO~
TODAY'S SPECIALS WILL BE:
  MEMORY BOX  20% OFF!
  POPPY STAMPS 20%  OFF
(plus lots of items around the Store)
& DON'T forget to put your name in the DRAWING
for the $25.00 GIFT CERTIFICATE + do another FREE Make N Take!
Our WINNER yesterday was PERRIE SANDERS!!!

FUN day with Michele from CAS-ual Friday Stamps

Michele was AMAZING!! She brought all her stamps & dies and we all got to "PLAY"
all day! Donna & Allison were having so much fun we couldn't help but show you! It was
hard to choose from all her gorgeous samples! Check out our Facebook Page to see pics
of Michele!
=)

Joy

For today's card I am using some double sided paper from Authentique  and the wreath die from Elizabeth Craft.  Easy Peasy done in under 10 minutes.  The Joy stamp is just a random stamp that I have in my collection.  All supplies can be found at A Scrap-N-Place.
Stephanie

TUESDAY'S GIFT CERTIFICATE WINNER...

WOO - HOO!
TUESDAY'S GIFT CERTIFICATE WINNER IS 
SHARON VERVILLE!
=)
BE SURE TO STOP BY TODAY & PLAY WITH ALL THE DIES and STAMPS
FROM CAS-ual FRIDAY STAMPS! MICHELE IS AWESOME AND HER IDEAS
ARE ENDLESS!!! FUN-FUN!

A snowman's Joy

Today's card for A Scrap N Place in CO is a simple card.. with snowmen.. got to love the snowmen.  

Supplies

Sizzix Stamp And Die Snowman set 657781

Stripped ribbon

Copic markers

Memory Box. Snowflake Corner

Joy creative box 

Eva Creative Red bling

Pop up dots. Dries clear adhesive

red, white and green paper

Memento Black ink

Fired Brick Distress ink

Pine needles Distress ink

Bundled Sage Distress ink

Ice Spruce Distress ink

I decided to do a quick background technique..with the tree stamp in the set.  I stamped the trees randomly on the white cardstock in 3 different shades of green.. making sure I stamped off the edge of the paper. 

then I stamped the snowmen and colored them the center one was mounted with pop up dots.. I stamped the tag in red and and word Joy in green and added a ribbon...

This would make a great production card for Christmas..

thanks

Debbie 

GOT OUR WINNING NAME from World Cardmaking Day!

Sorry...apologies to everyone who has asked and been waiting. Just got our winning name from Artsy last night.TRISH PORTALATIN   "YOU"   are our winner! Stop by the Store and pick up your Gift Certificate
for attending all the Stores during the World Cardmaking Day Shop Hop!! CONGRATS!!!

MICHELE is coming from CAS-ual Friday Stamps!!

IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD...MICHELE GROSS OWNER & DESIGNER OF 
CAS-ual Friday Stamps IS COMING to the Store tomorrow to "PLAY"
She will bring her stamps & dies and will be doing our Make N Take from 10:30-2:00
Stop by & meet her and get in the drawings for her FABULOUS stamps & dies.
SAVE 20% on all her products Wednesday!

TUESDAY ANNIVERSARY SPECIALS...

W00-HOO~
TODAY'S SPECIALS WILL BE:
All CHEERY LYNN DIES 20% OFF!
Our NEW DIE NAMITES DIES 20% OFF
& DON'T forget to put your name in the DRAWING
for the $25.00 GIFT CERTIFICATE + do another FREE Make N Take!
Our WINNER yesterday was BEV HAZEL!!!

Merry & Bright

Happy Tuesday Everyone!  Tanya here with a little inspiration for you.  I like making quick, easy cards to mail out for Christmas and this one would fit the bill.  All I did was mat a piece of designer paper and used a coordinating piece to go across the middle.  I then used one of the die cuts from the bigger 12x12 sheet, added a rosette made out of ribbon and that was it :)  Simple yet elegant!

Red and Vanilla Christmas

One of my favorite color combinations for Christmas is red and vanilla.  White is pretty with red, but vanilla is so rich!  I love this music designed paper...it's from Making Memories.

 

For this card I used just the bottom portion of the die, leaving off the top of the tree.  The music paper and the red layer are distressed, and I added a spray of branches to the bow.  Red rhinestones finish off the card...some on the spray and some on the music.  Hope you enjoy!

 

Supplies

Cardstock: Red, vanilla, artichoke green

Designer paper: Making Memories Twinkle

Die: Impression Obsession Merry Tree

Ribbon: May Arts, a bit of natural twine

The rest: Rhinestones, dimensionals, punch for the branches.

 

All supplies from A Scrap N Place

TOMORROW IS THE 1st DAY OF OUR ANNIVERSARY WEEK!
COUTURE CREATIONS will be the company we focus on. Their NEW DIES will be 20% off all day tomorrow as well as the NEW 12x12 Christmas paper pads and all 21 Embossing Folders!!
We will have a FREE Make N Take and the Halloween Gift Bag class with 2 awesome cards is at 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Stop by and get your name in the Drawing for a $25.00 Gift Certificate!

Our October Monthly Card Kit class is tomorrow as well (Monday the 14th) at 7:00 p.m. Still spots open if you'd like to join us-just call the Store to save your spot!

O Christmas Tree

Hi there and thanks for stopping by! 

It's Ceal here to share with you a quick and easy card using some Authentique paper and a Marianne die.

I love the new line of Christmas papers from Authentique. The one I used on my card shows both sides. I added some Tim Holtz distress glitter to give my tree some Bling. To finish it off I added a pennant with a button

RONDA'S "SHE" CANVAS CLASS was FANTASTIC!!!

RONDA'S CANVAS CLASS WAS FANTASTIC! She is an amazing teacher, with so many techniques and tips to share as she weaves her magic showing you the best ways to create your canvas! Everyone's canvas was different-unique to their style and color preference. Everyone enjoyed her and we can't wait to see what she has in store for us in her next class!! If you didn't attend her class be sure and check out her
Christmas Banner at the Store for her November class!
 =)

Christmas Gift Bag

Hi There! This is Kim sharing with you a fun gift bag using the papers from Authentique's Joyous Collection. I die cut the scallops and punched holes to give it a more delicate look. I also added some black glitter to the edges of the flowers and a button in the center. I used thread to sew the ends of the ribbon to secure the handle. 

 I also decorated the back of the box. 

All Supplies can be purchased at  A Scrap 'N Place

Papers: Authentique Joyous Collection, Black Cardstock

Accessories: Kaiser Scrapbook (flowers), Ranger (black soot distressed glitter), Assorted ribbons, buttons

Tools: Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps (scallop dies), 1/8" hole punch

Home for the Holidays

Howdy, It's me, Stephanie and I am back with another card using the wreath die from Elizabeth Craft.  I wanted to try and make a front door to hang my wreath on. What do you think? does it look like a door?  I added some berries using glossy accents and ultra fine red glitter also by Elizabeth Craft.  All supplies can be found at A-Scrap-N-Place.
Stephanie

A Snowman Pocket Card

Happy birthday to me... just wanted to say that... Today's card was made with some awesome stamps and matching dies from A Scrapin Place on CO.  They are getting ready to have an online catalog... and I know you are going to love this store.. they have the most dies of any store in CO.  Over 22 different companies.. and you all know how I love my dies.

Supplies

Sizzix hero arts snowman stamp and matching die set.

Designer paper, 

green,white, and red paper

copic markers

Memento ink

Zva Creative embellishment red gems

Distress stickles Fried Brick

dries clear glue

pop dots

red ribbon

Dies

Spellbinders 2013 snowflake pendant

Memory Box Snowflake corner 98238

Memory Box Precious snowflake 982729

Cheery Lynn Tiffany Border

Cheery Lynn Holly Corner B184

Frosty Border Memory Box 98171

This card is a 6 X6 card. I started by cutting  piece of square designer paper and then cutting it in half diagonally  to create the pocket.. on the backside of this piece I glued my  Tiffany Border . Then I layered this on another piece of designer paper.. layered again on a green designer paper.. this was mounted onto the card base.

I taped my triangle piece on two side and added my dies and snow man.. 

The tag was made by using a stamped background paper and layering this on red and green paper and a hole was punched.

Thanks for stopping  by .. and if you leave me a birthday wish on my personal blog ... I will have blog candy to celebrate.. but the candy is a surprise...

leave me your email address in the comments.. on my personal blog

thanks

Debbie

Upcoming Copic Class

Hi there! It's Ceal here and I wanted to share what's coming up in my October Copic Class. 

It's FA-BOO-LOUS!

If you haven't signed up yet you need to do so ASAP. If you haven't taken any of my classes no worries I will teach you. It's lots of fun!

Is it Christmas Time Already?

Isn't it a lovely fall morning?  At least it is here in sunny Colorado!  I just love fall!

But plans are under way for Christmas already, and I have a Christmas card to share with you today. 

Maybe I should introduce myself first...my name is Diane, but you probably know me as fionna51 on Splitcoaststampers.  Terri asked if I would like to do a guest designer spot for this month and of course I couldn't refuse!  I'll be here each Monday in October.

I'm showcasing the Impressions Obsessions die Merry Tree.  It's a lovely die, and it makes a gorgeous card.  Terri carries it in the store.

 

I began with a layout that I particularly like for my clean and simple style of stamping.  Did you notice that I didn't stamp on this card?  Shock!  The die cut is the focus, and there's plenty of "white space".  But I stepped it up a bit and used designer paper for a background instead of solid, and added a ribbon to help draw the eye to the words.  After punching out the star, I coated it with versamark and carefully embossed it (held the star with tweezers while heating).  The white panel is popped up off the card base with dimensionals.  And of course, there's bling!

 

Supplies (all available at A Scrap N Place in Loveland):

Paper: White, artichoke green, Basic Gray Jovial Crushed Velvet, a scrap of yellow

Tools: Impression Obsession Merry Tree die, star punch

Ribbon: May Arts

Accessories: Rhinestones, dimensionals, iridescent embossing powder.

 

Enjoy!

 

Jack - O - lantern

hi thee it's Ceal here to share a couple cards using the Jack -O Lantern  die from Impression Obsession.
This was a fun die to lay with. My first card uses Doodle Bug Designs papers and the second one uses one of my favorite paper lines, Authentique. on my second card I added some fun Googly eyes.

PICTURES of OUR AWESOME BOOTH at the NOCO MAKER FAIRE TODAY!
WOW! So many of you came out to support us! We did our part to add to the awesome turnout of
over 3,500 people! Awesome to see how many Bling Girls stopped by the Store to participate in the SHOP HOP and want to THANK everyone for their understanding of the necessity of emptying the DIE ROOM
for the booth at the Faire! We had a huge area to fill spanning the space of three booths!
CHECK US OUT!!

A Joyous Christmas

Hi There! It's time to think about getting ready for your Christmas projects. I made this card using Penny Blacks new Holly Berries die. I  used Copic markers to color in the hollies and berries after I die cut it. I added an extra sprig and used wet glue to keep it together. I embossed the solid cardstock to give it some texture and the hollies and berries were adhered to the card using 3-D foam tape. 

All supplies can be purchased at A Scrap 'N Place:

Papers: Authentique Paper Collection

Accessories: Freckled Fawn (rhinestone), Organza ribbon

Tools: Provo Craft (Swiss Dots embossing folder), Penny Black (Holly Berries die)

The NOCO FAIRE is tomorrow from 10:00 to 6:00 at the old Agilent building in Loveland on S.W. 14th and Taft. Entrance is on Taft right before you get to the corner across from King Soopers. Great signage!!
 We are tickled to note they have already sold over a 1000 tickets and counting and most of the folks tend
to get them last minute at the door! We are tickled with the COOL booths that were setting up today in our
area! Loads of fun crafters, artists, jewelry, scarves paintings, cards & papercrafts and more!!
Hope to see ya there!

WORLD CARD MAKING DAY!

     JOIN IN TODAY & TOMORROW TO MAKE THIS AWESOME CARD for ONLY $1.00!
       CELEBRATE this FABULOUS EVENT with SOME COOL NEW ITEMS at the STORE!!
         PLUS GET YOUR NAME IN THE DRAWINGS for SOME FANTASTIC "STUFF" !!!

Happy Holidays

Can you believe that we are already into October???  Where the heck did summer go? Before you know it Christmas will be here.  For my project today I made a quick and easy Christmas card using this wonderful wreath die from Elizabeth Crafts paired with double sided paper from Making Memories. I added some ribbon and a little bling and in about 10 min. have a nice card. The red bow on the wreath was made using red velvety sticker sheet from Starform.   All supplies can be found at A Scrap-N-Place.  
~Stephanie

CARD of THE MONTH!

We are going to try something new ... CARD of the MONTH! We will make up a FABULOUS card using an awesome embellishment and if you like it enough to want to make it or several, as the case may be, you can purchase the main supplies to make it such as the Die, the embellishment featured, ribbon & stamp featured etc. for 15% off! Stop by and check it out! SUCH a DEAL!!
We did have a hard time with this one tho, they were such fun Karen and I just had to make TWO cards! 
We got the new Dies in to make this fun Pop & Cut card but...they won't last long so come check them out!

Snowman Shadow Box Card

oday's Card for A Scrap N  Place in CO  is a shadow box card.  I had a person tell me these are not to hard to do.. this is a very simple one.. One of these days I will try a more fancy one.

Supplies

Sizzix/Hero Arts snowman set

Copic markers

Memento Black ink

Eva Creative red bling

Stickles Distress Fried Brick

Pop up Dots,

Dries Clear adhesive

Encore Pigment ink Green

Embossing clear powder

designer paper

Cream , white, green paper

Dies

Memory Box snowflake corner

Memory Box Frost;y Border

Memory Box Mittens 98663

Spellbinders Floral Doily Motifs 

Joy Crafts Bow 600210065

Cheery Lynn Holly Corner B184

I started by  cutting a piece of designer paper and cream paper in a 6 X6 piece and scoring it at 1/2 inch on both ends.. Then I did this with the cream paper.

I used the Spellbinder die to cut the hole in the center.. and then used the same piece to mount under the snowman and tree..  I glued the Snowflake corner on the inside of the designer paper to give the look a more layered look.. Then I just added some dies.. where I wanted and taped the two pieces together.

Thanks for stopping by 

Debbie