Friday, December 1, 2023

Global Stamping Friends Blog Hop - Cards in the Mail

Welcome to the December 2023 Edition of the Global Stamping Friends Blog Hop! You'll see projects in our hop from Stampin' Up! demonstrators around the world--I'm in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (Note: I can only sell to customers in the US, so any prices mentioned are in USD)

We generally hop the first Friday of each month, and our theme for today is Cards in the Mail! This month I am sharing a card using the Sending Cheer Stamp Set and coordinating Sending Cheer Dies. Both products are heavily discounted in the Last Chance Sale! {you can find all Product Purchase Links below the Blog Roll near the bottom of the post}


To get the best discounts, be sure to choose the Sending Cheer Stamp Set, and the Sending Cheer Dies separately in the store. If you choose the Bundle of these items, you will be paying full price.

The gingerbread men on the Pecan Pie Cardstock card base are stamped with the VersaMark Ink Pad, but their smiles are stamped with the Pecan Pie Ink Pad to make them a little darker. I used the Christmas Tidings Embossing Folder for the word 'Christmas', by just inking up the folder (on the side where the words look mirrored) with a Real Red Ink Pad, and pressing Very Vanilla Cardstock over it. Then I used my Paper Snips to fussy cut around the word. The envelope is lighter because I inked it up with the Pecan Pie Ink Pad, then stamped it off once on my Grid Paper, before stamping it onto Very Vanilla Cardstock. I didn't use layers on this card, because I want it to go through the mail easily.

Stampin' Supplies: Sending Cheer stamp set, Sending Cheer Dies, Very Vanilla Cardstock, Pecan Pie Cardstock & Ink Pad, Real Red Cardstock & Ink Pad, VersaMark Ink Pad, Christmas Tidings Embossing Folder, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals, Simply Shammy (to clean photopolymer stamps), Standard Sized Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine, Paper Snips, Bone Folder, Paper Trimmer, Grid Paper. And don't forget some Very Vanilla Medium Envelopes.
 
Click the Next arrow below to see more creations with this month's theme!
(or check out the Blog Roll below the arrow for navigation)


Global Stamping Friends Blog Hop DECEMBER 2023 Blog Roll
1. Kimberley Morris YOU ARE HERE!
2. Jan Musselman
3. Tricia Butts

Stampin' Supplies Product Purchase Links:


View or Download PDF of CURRENT Product Catalogs:

2023 (May) - 2024 (April) ANNUAL CATALOG

2023 Sept-Dec "Holiday" MINI CATALOG
 
 DECEMBER Monthly Perks HOST Code: 2CHUEZ6S
(if your order total in My Online Store equals or exceeds $150, please do NOT use my Monthly Perks Host Code...you will have earned Stampin' Rewards of your own!)

Get your Stampin' Supplies in my ONLINE STORE, and Be sure to check out these Deals:
CLEARANCE RACK (Up to 60% OFF Retired Product)
BUNDLE & SAVE!!! (Product Bundles at 10% OFF Everyday!)
BEGINNER STAMPER?? (Click the link and Choose a Category to BEGIN!)

~Kimberley Morris Colorado Springs, CO
Stampin' Up! Independent Demonstrator since 1994
procrastistamper@gmail.com
http://kimberley.stampinup.net (SHOP ONLINE 24/7!)
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We Create Blog Hop - Merry Wishes



Welcome to the DECEMBER 2023 "Merry Wishes" Blog Hop!!! We generally hop on the first day of every month, and this month our theme will focus on projects that convey any type of merry wishes. My projects today feature the Sending Cheer Stamp Set and coordinating Sending Cheer Dies, both of which are discounted in the Last Chance Products section of my store.

{scroll to the bottom of this post for ALL product purchase links}


Please be sure you add the Sending Cheer Stamp Set, and the Sending Cheer Dies, to your cart separately, to get the appropriate discounts. If you choose the Bundle of these products you will pay the full Bundle price, which only includes a 10% discount.

In the top pic, the project is a mini garland - perfect for going across the top of a monitor, or on an office or bedroom door. It's not very bulky, so you could mail it easily. Each of the die cut pieces you see makes its own hole for hanging. You could use more colors, but I opted to stick with only Basic White Cardstock, Real Red Cardstock and Real Red Ink Pad, and a Pecan Pie Ink Pad (stamped off once to get the lighter color for the envelope).
 
And if you attach each piece to the long Linen Thread string with a small bow, you can see in the picture below that with a little more stamping, each piece can be untied and used as a tag! One little caveat...if you want to stamp on that Real Red Cardstock on the back of the Santa cap, you'll want to use a Craft White Ink Pad. The dies in this set will all go through the Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine.


Stampin' Supplies:  Sending Cheer stamp set, Sending Cheer Dies, Basic White Cardstock, Real Red Cardstock & Ink Pad, Pecan Pie Ink Pad, Craft White Ink Pad (if you want to stamp on the back of the red cardstock), Linen Thread, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals, Simply Shammy (to clean photopolymer stamps), Standard Sized Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine, Paper Snips, Bone Folder, Paper Trimmer, Grid Paper.
{see Product Purchase Links under the Blog Roll}


We Create Blog Hop December 2023 Blog Roll
Kimberley Morris YOU ARE HERE!
Tricia Butts
Libby Fens

Stampin' Supplies Product Purchase Links:



View or Download PDF of CURRENT Product Catalogs:

2023 (May) - 2024 (April) ANNUAL CATALOG

2023 Sept-Dec "Holiday" MINI CATALOG
 
 DECEMBER Monthly Perks HOST Code: 2CHUEZ6S
(if your order total in My Online Store equals or exceeds $150, please do NOT use my Monthly Perks Host Code...you will have earned Stampin' Rewards of your own!)

Get your Stampin' Supplies in my ONLINE STORE, and Be sure to check out these Deals:
CLEARANCE RACK (Up to 60% OFF Retired Product)
BUNDLE & SAVE!!! (Product Bundles at 10% OFF Everyday!)
BEGINNER STAMPER?? (Click the link and Choose a Category to BEGIN!)

~Kimberley Morris Colorado Springs, CO
Stampin' Up! Independent Demonstrator since 1994
procrastistamper@gmail.com
http://kimberley.stampinup.net (SHOP ONLINE 24/7!)
BECOME A DEMONSTRATOR
SIGN UP to get my Customer MEWSletter
Connect with me on FACEBOOK
Connect with me on PINTEREST
Connect with me on INSTAGRAM
Connect with me on TWITTER
SUBSCRIBE to my Blog via EMAIL