Countdown to Christmas Project #8Holiday Tags

Good morning and I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

For this week's project we created Holiday Tags!  Each design team member had the option of choosing a style.  I chose the "Square" tags.  I created three different tags using the same style, bringing all my previous projects together and combining the themes :D

All of the cards feature Whisper White cardstock embossed with Northern Flurry Textured Impessions Folder and all have Dazzling Details!!!! Bling...bling...bling....I just love to use glitter for the holidays!

The stamp sets featured are:

• Polar Party
• Jolliest Time of Year
• Serene Snowflakes

The images were stamped on scraps, the colored, then cut-out and adhered to the tag base.

In closing, one of the best things about making Holiday Tags is that you can use up all your scraps!!!!! That's what I did this week. Just cut-up the scraps I had left over from the Countdown to Christmas projects.  You can make tons of tags quickly, all in one style or you can mix it up like I did here :D

I hope you enjoyed this week's project. Remember to visit everyone on the team and post comments on all the blogs as each of us are giving away BLOG CANDY.

If you have a moment and want more holiday inspiration,

please visit the design team!

COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS

DESIGN ARTISTS 

RETURNING Team Members:

Lee Conrey - Florida, U.S.A. website

CaroleAnne Sluchinski - Alberta, Canada website

Sandi MacIver - Oregon, U.S.A. website

NEW Team Members:

Shelagh Freemantle - British Columbia, Canada website
Linda Geater - New South Wales - Australia website

Kate Creasey - Washington, U.S.A. website

Heather Wright-Porto - New York, U.S.A. website (ME)

Happy stamping!

Heather Wright-Porto

http://www.blogsbyheather.com/

http://www.handstampedbyheather.com/

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hi stampers!

I just wanted to drop a quick note to say "Thank You" for following and supporting me. I truly appreciate that and for taking time to visit my blog and the projects I share.

Thank you so much. Have a wonderful, blessed Thanksgiving!

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Countdown to Christmas: Project #7Jolliest Time of Year

Hi stampers!

My post is finally ready. I'm very, truly sorry for my delay today. It's been one of those weeks....I appreciate your patience.  Here is your Countdown to Christmas Project #7. It's a cutie if I say so myself - LOL.

And...I changed up the color scheme and stamp set!  This time I used purple...Elegant Eggplant...and a snowman!!!! What's the holiday without snowmen?

Here is the inside of the folded card.  The sides are embossed instead of being stamped.  I think it adds just the perfect touch of snow and the theme for my project.

The center is again embossed and a snow hill cut out, as well as the 3 stamped images being stamped, colored and cut out.  Watercolor pencils were used again in this project w/o the Blender or Aqua Pen. I just colored.

Lastly, Dazzling Details was added to the tree ornaments and parts of the snowman.

Since I used Designer Series Paper, for the outside, I chose not to stamp on the triangles (the fold to make up the front).  Instead, I created a fancier, scalloped edge ban.  I stamped and colored the snowman and added some Dazzling Details as well to the snow balls.  It's hard to see in this picture, but the edges of the snowman piece are also embossed with Northern Flurry Textured Impressions Folder to coordinate with the embossing on the inside and over all theme of the card :D

I hope you enjoyed this week's project. Remember to visit everyone on the team and post comments on all the blogs as each of us are giving away BLOG CANDY.

If you have a moment and want more holiday inspiration,

please visit the design team!

COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS

DESIGN ARTISTS 

RETURNING Team Members:

Lee Conrey - Florida, U.S.A. website

CaroleAnne Sluchinski - Alberta, Canada website

Sandi MacIver - Oregon, U.S.A. website

NEW Team Members:

Shelagh Freemantle - British Columbia, Canada website
Linda Geater - New South Wales - Australia website

Kate Creasey - Washington, U.S.A. website

Heather Wright-Porto - New York, U.S.A. website (ME)

Happy stamping!

Heather Wright-Porto

http://www.blogsbyheather.com/

http://www.handstampedbyheather.com/

Countdown to Christmas - Project #6Polar Party Fancy Favor Box

Good morning and welcome to week 6 of Countdown to Christmas with Sandi & Friends! 

This week's project coordinates with last week's Polar Party card with the accent color still being red (nice, birght and fun, traditional holiday color)!  But not just any red....GLIMMER red!  The Glimmer Paper sparkles like diamonds --- BLING!!!!

And I've also added Dazzling Details again to the cute little penguins and the decorations on the center tree, as well as the snow fall at their feet!

This gift box features the cute penguins from Polar Party and the Northern Flurry Textured Impressions Folder to add a soft, subtle texture to the box top area.

ABOUT THE PENGUINS

This week again I used Watercolor Pencils to color in the artwork. I did not use a Blender Pen this time to blend the coloring.  Next, I stamped and CUT OUT the trees and the two penguins. This is so I could layer then on top of one another (this is instead of using the Masking Technique) with Stampin' Dimensionals to add more dimension to the project.

Here is a close-up!

Hope you have a great week! Enjoy :D

Just a mention of Blog Candy to come…..make sure to leave a comment on my blog and those of the other Artists and you will have a chance for lot’s of Blog Candy….start leaving comments today and we’ll be drawing from all the Friday Countdown Comments for some fabulous Blog Candy at the end of the Countdown.  

Each of the design team members are offering blog candy…so that is 7 chances to win!  Be sure to send in your comments on Countdown to Christmas Fridays :D.  Picture to come……

If you have a moment and want more holiday inspiration,

please visit the design team!

COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS

DESIGN ARTISTS 

RETURNING Team Members:

Lee Conrey - Florida, U.S.A. website

CaroleAnne Sluchinski - Alberta, Canada website
Sandi MacIver - Oregon, U.S.A. website

NEW Team Members:

Shelagh Freemantle - British Columbia, Canada website
Linda Geater - New South Wales - Australia website
Kate Creasey - Washington, U.S.A. website
Heather Wright-Porto - New York, U.S.A. website (ME)

Happy stamping!
Heather Wright-Porto
http://www.blogsbyheather.com/

http://www.handstampedbyheather.com/

Countdown to Christmas - Project #5Polar Party NAPR Card

Good morning and welcome to week 5 of Countdown to Christmas with Sandi & Friends! 

You don't have to have many layers to a card to make it special, cute or beautiful!  This week's projects is Sandi's NAPR idea (No Added Posted Required).  No dimensionals are used in my sample, nothing with added weight (such as Filigree Brads or Clear Brads which you may guess is one of my favorite ways to add "bling" to a project).

Instead, this week, I use the new Dazzling Details to give this otherwise "flat" card some "shine", and also use Nothern Flurry Textured Impressions Folder to add texture.

This card again features the fun Polar Party stamp set and the masking technique was used again to show the little penquins playing in front of the holiday trees :D

You may not be able to tell well from the picture, but the Dazzling Details is added at the bottom of them, the snowy edge, but also to their hats and scarves, as wel as the decorations on the trees.  Just love this stuff!

Hope you have a great week! Enjoy :D

Just a mention of Blog Candy to come…..make sure to leave a comment on my blog and those of the other Artists and you will have a chance for lot’s of Blog Candy….start leaving comments today and we’ll be drawing from all the Friday Countdown Comments for some fabulous Blog Candy at the end of the Countdown.  

Each of the design team members are offering blog candy…so that is 7 chances to win!  Be sure to send in your comments on Countdown to Christmas Fridays :D.  Picture to come……

OTHER IDEAS

If youwanted to step-up this card, where extra postage may then be required (LOL), you could trim this card and mat just the card front on a piece of Cherry Cobbler paper.  Then add dimension by added a few cut out snowflakes or die-cut snowflakes with a rhinestone center!

If you haven't already, sign up for the Countdown to Christmas newsletter in the upper right sidebar to get the free tutorial for this week's  project!

If you have a moment and want more holiday inspiration,

please visit the design team!

COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS

DESIGN ARTISTS 

RETURNING Team Members:

Lee Conrey - Florida, U.S.A. website

CaroleAnne Sluchinski - Alberta, Canada website
Sandi MacIver - Oregon, U.S.A. website

NEW Team Members:

Shelagh Freemantle - British Columbia, Canada website
Linda Geater - New South Wales - Australia website
Kate Creasey - Washington, U.S.A. website
Heather Wright-Porto - New York, U.S.A. website (ME)

Happy stamping!
Heather Wright-Porto
http://www.blogsbyheather.com/
http://www.handstampedbyheather.com/