Santa Wine Bottle Basket & Card

Here is my Santa Wine Bottle Basket with beard topper and matching card! This is the perfect way to dress up a simple bottle of wine to bring to a holiday party or to give as a gift! You can even dress up the bottles that you keep at your house for a great holiday decoration!

Fits all standard sized bottles of wine or sparkling juice.

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to see more details or get the tutorial for this project!

You can also check out my Santa's Pants Wine Bottle Holder!

Mitten Card- FREE Template!

I was getting ready for my stamp club class tonight, and decided to make a mitten card. Since I made the template for my ladies, I will share it with you too!

For the top, I cut a white strip that is 1-3/8" wide and about 4" long. I used the Scallop Edge Punch on both sides and then rounded the ends slightly by hand (on the full scallop). I made the holes with the Paper Piercer and then used the White Gel Pen to make the faux stitching.
The sentiment is from the Warmest of Wishes Hostess stamp set from the Holiday Mini Catalog. Then I embossed around it with the Designer Frames embossing folder with the Big Shot and cut that out by hand. I used Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White card stock and sponged with Crumb Cake ink.

Hope you like it!
Click on the template image below to download it for FREE!
(Please let me know if you have any problems downloading it, I have been having a tough time finding a good free site for downloads.)

Vintage Christmas Cards & Box Set

Here is my Vintage Christmas Cards & Box Set. These vintage styled square cards fit inside the matching box to make the perfect gift for Christmas! You can also easily change out the stamp sets, and keep the same layout, to make different themed cards for any occasion! Don't forget about the slide out box with gorgeous paper bow!

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to see more details or get the tutorial!

Rectangle Door Card

I have had so much feedback about my other two door cards that I decided to make another one! Many of you told me you had trouble cutting the top curve of the door evenly, so I made a rectangle one for you!

The cardstock base for this card (as well as the other curved ones) is an 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" piece. You are going to score in on both 5-1/2" sides at 2-1/8" to get both doors to meet right in the middle.
The rectangle sizes for the bottom of the door are 1-1/8" x 1-5/8", 1-1/4" x 3/4" and 1" x 1/2". The rectangle sizes for the top of the door are 2-1/4" x 1-5/8", 1-1/4" x 1-7/8" and 1" x 1-5/8". These are on the template also, but just to make it a little easier for you.
I used Soft Suede card stock for this door and I just used the marker to get the woodgrain on it, drawing it freehand. You could also use the Woodgrain background stamp to do this.

Click on the door image below to download the FREE Template!

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to see all of my other Door Cards.

Double Door Decorated for Halloween!

Here is my Double Door Decorated for Halloween! I had so much fun making the other one, I just had to do one for Halloween. I used the Piece of Poison stamp set from the Holiday Mini for the skeletons and the sentiment on the inside. The paper is Cajun Craze.

To see the other door I made for Christmas, and get the FREE template and directions to make this,

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to see all of my other Door Cards.

Double Door Decorated for Christmas

Here is my Double Door card that I have decorated for Christmas with little wreaths. A long time ago I did a single door card but I like this one much more. I made this with a template which you can get for FREE by clicking on the door drawing below ! If you make one, email me the picture so I can see what you guys come up with!
I used the Christmas Lodge stamp set from the Holiday Mini for the sentiment on the inside. For the door I used Cherry Cobbler cardstock and just sponged some of the rectangles to make them darker. The wreaths are using the 1" Circle punch for the inside and then punch the Scallop circle out around it. The back layer is Always Artichoke and the front is Old Olive sponged a little. The bow is made out of 1/8" Real Red Taffeta Ribbon and the rhinestones are just colored red with a permanent marker. I used the Jewelry tag punch in So Saffron, cut in half for the door handle backs, and Glimmer Brads for the handles themselves.
The rectangle sizes for the bottom of the door are 1-1/8" x 1-5/8", 1-1/4" x 3/4" and 1" x 1/2". These are on the template also, but just to make it a little easier for you.

Here is what the door looks like undecorated. You can make decorations to go on your door for any holiday or occasion. Make a birthday sign or a skeleton for Halloween! Don't forget to send me the pictures if you come up with something good!


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to see all of my other Door Cards!

Halloween Class Card #3

Here is the third card that I did with my Halloween Card class earlier this week. I love cards that open different then the standard way. The pumpkins are punched using the Large Oval Punch and the small ones use the 1" Circle Punch. The grass on the bottom is using the Lace Ribbon Border Punch.

The main part of this card is 4-1/4" x 9-1/2", scored at 5-1/2".
The white piece is 3" x 6" and scored at 4".
I used Night of Navy, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White and Wild Wasabi card stock for this card, and sponged the pumpkins with Cajun Craze ink.


I got inspiration for this card from this great swap I got from Madeline Gardner, another one of the Green Mountain Stamper ladies from the group I am in. Her card is below.
Thanks Madeline!

Halloween Class Card #2

This is the second card that I did with my stamp ladies last night for our Halloween Card class. I used the large Scallop Circle Die with the Big Shot to cut it out, and then put it back through with the Spider Web embossing folder. I spritzed the card with Platinum Shimmer Paint mixed with alcohol in a spray bottle. You can't see it too good in this photo, but it is very shiny and makes the bats really stand out. Everything is out on with Dimensionals and I used the smallest size Pearls for the eyes. I really like how this card came out!

I got the inspiration for this card from this great swap I got from Rachael Ellison, one of the demos in the Green Mountain Stampers group that I am in. Her card is below, I love it!
Thanks Rachael!

Popped Punched Pumpkin

I am holding a Halloween Card Class at my house tonight, and this is one of the cards that we will be doing. We are making three cards, so make sure you check back to see all of them!
For each of the cards that my ladies are doing tonight, I got inspiration from another card. Here is the card that I saw that inspired this one. I thought the pop-out pumpkin was great, but wanted to make my own! I used the 2-1/2" Circle Punch and just punched out 5 pumpkins, folded them in half and taped them together. The card just folds flat on the front to mail in a normal envelope. The DSP that I used is Well Worn, I thought that goes pretty good with the Halloween theme.

Halloween Pop-Out Cards

The Fronts!



The Insides!


Here are my Halloween Pop-Out Cards! These fold flat and fit in standard medium SU envelopes, but the recipient gets a surprise when they are opened!
I do have to say, these cards look pretty simple, but they took forever to figure out the dimensions to make them work properly! They do have a great "wow" factor when you open them! These are a favorite with my son.

Due to Stampin' Ups' policy, I am no longer able to offer the directions and templates for these cards while still being a Demonstrator. Sorry for any inconvenience!

Matching Skulls

A week or so ago, I posted this card above with the skull. My son, Timothy, got dressed this morning and put on his skull shirt and then saw the card in my bucket. (He likes to look through and pick out the ones he likes.) He got so excited that they matched, we just had to take pictures! Here he is below with his shirt and the card. I didn't even think of this shirt when I made it and they look exactly the same! I feel a scrapbook page coming on!

(You can see how to make this card HERE!)

As long as I'm posting pictures of the kids, I thought I should put one up of Ashley. We took this before school this morning. We did pigtails for the first time since we cut her hair and she looks so cute! Thank you to all of you who often offer your kind wishes and thoughts for her. She is doing wonderful!

Can you get any more gorgeous than these kids!? I'm not proud or anything though....

Circus Tent Gift Card Holder

Here is my Circus Tent Gift Card Holder! This card opens to put a gift card on the inside and give as a present to adults, children or anyone who needs a smile. It would also make great birthday invitation without the gift card on the inside!
You can even use this as a decoration for a circus scrapbook page!
Easily change up the colors or decorations to your liking!
This card fits in a standard medium SU envelope.

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to see more details about this project or to get the tutorial!

Fabric Cinderella Pumpkins

I saw a great site that has directions for these adorable Fabric Pumpkins! I thought these would be perfect to make using the Spice Cake Fabric. I did not give directions on my blog, since the other site has great ones, so check them out there!
I used circles ranging in diameter from 8" - 15". I used all three Spice Cake fabrics and just turned one inside out for the fourth different pumpkin. The photos really don't do these pumpkins justice, they are gorgeous in real life!

Faux Tile Technique

I did the Faux Tile technique on this card and I love how it came out! I have seen this technique a bunch of times but never tried it before. My Aunt passed away last week, and I made this card for her, even thought I can't send it to her. I think she would have liked it.

Now that we have the new Simply Scored tool, it's really easy to make this card! Here is how I did it.
I scored my Vanilla card stock at 1/2" intervals in both directions. I cut it 4" x 5" so it would be easy to do, then decided I wanted it smaller so just cut a little off each side to keep it centered.


After I scored it, I stamped the En Francais background stamp on it and sponged the edges lightly with Crumb Cake ink. You want to make sure when you stamp, you do it lightly so it doesn't show up in the score marks. Then I stamped the Inspired by Nature flower in Early Espresso ink. Once it was dry I used my VersaMark pad to lightly cover the top of the card and I embossed it with clear embossing powder. Add your sentiment from the You are Loved stamp set from the Holiday Mini and your pearls and you are finished!