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Christmas · Holiday Mini Catalog · Holidays

Happy Holidays

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This week, we’re exploring all of the ways we can use the new Joyful ephemera packs in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini catalog. The ephemera packs provide both images and sentiments for super quick and simple cards. You can use the ephemera all on its own or dress up your card designs with additional elements.

Today, our clean and simple design includes one simple additional diecut piece that really packs a lot of design punch and completely transforms the look of this card.

We get started with a blue Gold Dipped card base. Our focal image panel base is a circle cut from white glimmer specialty paper using the Spotlight on Nature dies, and then we layer the set of skates and a blue bow from the Joyful Images ephemera pack on top using dimensionals. We break up our sentiment above and below the image panel and adhere both directly to our card base. A few snowflakes finish things off with an additional gold twinkle in the center of our design.

Beautiful cards do not have to take a lot of time. And when you’re short on time, I highly recommend giving the Stampin’ Up! ephemera packs a try!

Products used in today’s card:
Gold Dipped card & envelope
Joyful Images ephemera
Joyful Sayings ephemera
White glimmer paper
Spotlight on Nature dies
Snowflake assortment
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Product List
Gold Dipped Mix & Match Specialty Cards & Envelopes
[164108]
$12.00
Berry Burst, Old Olive & White 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Glimmer Specialty Paper
[163769]
$6.00
Spotlight On Nature Dies
[163580]
$35.00
Joyful Images Mix & Match Specialty Ephemera Pack
[164110]
$9.50
Joyful Sayings Mix & Match Ephemera Pack (English)
[164109]
$9.50
Adhesive Backed Snowflake Assortment
[162129]
$8.00
Stampin' Dimensionals
[104430]
$4.25
Add All to Cart
Christmas · Holidays · Terrific Tuesdays

Season’s Greetings

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This week, we’re taking a closer look at the new Joyful ephemera packs available in the current Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini catalog. Although ephemera packs have been available for some time, I’ve been hesitant to purchase them because I didn’t think I would like working with them. But let me tell you, these are a lifesaver if you’re wanting to create a card but are crunched for time!

We’re going to be using the Joyful ephemera packs this week in a number of different ways. You can use ephemera all on its own to create beautiful cards, just like I did yesterday with the Christmas mantle design. Or you can add additional elements to dress up your designs and add a bit more complexity, like we’re doing with today’s card.

This card begins with a green Gold Dipped card base. We’re using the reinker watercoloring technique I first introduced to you on Saturday to create a sheet of custom paper to cut our tree from using the Merriest Trees dies. Each of the tree layers is separated by dimensionals on the bottom edge to give it a more realistic look, and the bottom layer of the tree is adhered directly to the card front. Our bear and packages from the Joyful Images ephemera pack sit directly in front of the tree. The packages are adhered to the card front and the bear is adhered with dimensionals to have it appear to be oriented in front of our packages. I added a gold star to the top of the tree for a festive finish. The sentiment from the Joyful Sayings ephemera pack is adhered directly to the top layer of our tree. A few drusy embellishments add some sparkle and draw our eye across our card design.

Would you like to learn how to create your own watercolor paper and see this card come together from start to finish? Check out today’s episode of Terrific Tuesdays to watch the magic happen!

Products used in today’s card:
Gold dipped card & envelope
Joyful Images ephemera
Joyful Sayings ephemera
Watercolor paper
Water painter
Pretty Peacock, Old Olive ink
Merriest Trees dies
Drusy embellishments
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Product List
Gold Dipped Mix & Match Specialty Cards & Envelopes
[164108]
$12.00
Joyful Images Mix & Match Specialty Ephemera Pack
[164110]
$9.50
Joyful Sayings Mix & Match Ephemera Pack (English)
[164109]
$9.50
Drusy Adhesive Backed Embellishments
[164223]
$9.00
Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper
[149612]
$9.00
Water Painters
[151298]
$13.00
Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill
[150090]
$5.50
Old Olive Classic Stampin' Ink Refill
[100531]
$5.50
Stampin' Dimensionals
[104430]
$4.25
Fine-Tip Glue Pen
[138309]
$7.25
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Christmas · Holiday Mini Catalog · Holidays

Peace on Earth

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We’ve made it to another bright and shiny new week, friends! I hope you all enjoyed a restful weekend. Although we had places to be all weekend, all in all I would call it a relatively low-key weekend. It’s nice to have the opportunity to rest and recharge.

Today we begin a brand new series of card designs. And this week, we’re still in the Christmas spirit as we take a closer look at all that the new holiday ephemera packs to have to offer, particularly when you’re looking for gorgeous cards on the go! Today we get started with a festive mantle.

Our card base is the Real Red Gold Dipped card base. We use a combination of the Joyful Images and Joyful Sayings ephemera packs to build our mantle scene. We use the red rectangle as our mantle and then decorate with stockings, of course, and then add some larger ornaments and a bell. Our elements are layered with dimensionals to give many different depths in our scene. The sentiment is hung above our hearth as the perfect focal point. A few drusy embellishments add a little sparkle.

Tomorrow’s clean and simple holiday card design features another look at the watercoloring technique I shared last week. I hope you’ll pop in and check it out.

Products used in today’s card:
Gold Dipped cards & envelopes
Joyful Images ephemera
Joyful Saying ephemera
Drusy embellishments
Dimensionals

Product List
Gold Dipped Mix & Match Specialty Cards & Envelopes
[164108]
$12.00
Joyful Images Mix & Match Specialty Ephemera Pack
[164110]
$9.50
Joyful Sayings Mix & Match Ephemera Pack (English)
[164109]
$9.50
Drusy Adhesive Backed Embellishments
[164223]
$9.00
Stampin' Dimensionals
[104430]
$4.25
Add All to Cart
Coming Soon · Holiday Mini Catalog

Joyful ephemera

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This week, we’re getting a sneaky peek at some of the upcoming products that will release with the new Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini catalog, which officially goes live on September 6th. Today’s card features some of the new ephemera packs. What are ephemera packs, you might wonder? Well, the packs in the current lineup offer colorful words, images, and/or sentiments that are preprinted and ready to be added to your card. They’re a wonderful way to make beautiful cards when you are short on time.

For today’s card, we’re using a combination of the new Joyful Images Ephemera and Joyful Sayings Ephemera. We’re pairing them up with the new Take a Bow designer series paper pack and Sketch #5 from the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog. Let’s take a closer look at how it all comes together.

We get started with a base of Garden Green cardstock. Our striped banner background element is a sheet of the new Take a Bow paper that is diecut with the Nested Essentials banner dies using the extension method. The green spotted background element is another pattern included in the Take a Bow paper pack and is diecut using the largest square in the Nested Essentials set using the extension method. This panel serves as the backdrop for the focal images of evergreens and an elk from the Joyful Images pack. These adhered to the background panel with varying layers of dimensionals. Our sentiment comes from the Joyful Sayings pack and an evergreen sprig and pinecone are added to tie everything together. The sentiment is matted with a banner of Festive Glimmer paper and then adhered on the focal panel with dimensionals. A faux bow of Cherry Cobbler & Gold satin ribbon behind the focal panel adds another pop of red. A few Earth Tones shimmer gems add sparkle and draw the eye across our card design.

This card came together in a jiffy and I love having the ephemera packs on hand to make cute cards on the fly. I chose a more neutral theme for today’s card, but the pack has images that would make cute Christmas or winter-themed cards. We’ll take a closer look in the coming weeks.

Tomorrow we’re diving into the Season of Elegance suite, and I think you’re going to love it! Pop in and check it out.

Products used in today’s card:
Garden Green cardstock
Take a Bow, Festive Glimmer DSP (both coming soon!)
Joyful Images, Joyful Sayings ephemera (both coming soon!)
Cherry Cobbler & Gold satin ribbon (coming soon!)
Earth Tones shimmer gems (coming soon!)
Dimensionals
Adhesives