Christmas 2022

Love, Peace and Joy-Favorite Things Friday

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For those of you who know me, then you know Christmas is my favorite time of the year, next to Fall. It is not the presents, but the lights. I love love love the cozy and peaceful feeling of having the Christmas light on at night and on a dreary day. It just seems to lift the spirits and gives everyone hope and joy.

Today’s card is all about joy and the greeting is from our Brightest Glow Bundle. I hope this holiday season fills you with hope, peace and joy.

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I created today’s card using the Boughs of Holly Designer Series Paper with a Garden Green card base. The joy is from Brightest Glow and the jingle bell is from Jingle, Jingle, Jingle. This is a very basic and simple card, so I did not include measurements. Enjoy!

Thanks for stopping by!
Until next time, be blessed, Renae

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Boughs of Holly and Merriest Moments

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Hello my stamping friends! I hope you are having a fabulous Wednesday. Don’t you just love our Holiday Designer Series paper choices this year? I am always amazed at how easy these papers make creating amazing holiday cards. Today’s card features the Boughs of Holly paper pack, the Merriest Moments stamp set and the greeting from Hope and Peace.

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Project Measurements

  • Old Olive CS- 5½ x 8½, (card base)
  • Real Red CS- 4-1/8 x 5-3/8   
  • Boughs of Holly DSP- 4 x 5¼
  • Basic White CS: 4 x 5¼ (2)
  • Merriest Moments Stamp Set and Dies
  • Hope and Peace Stamp Set
  • Real Red Ink
  • Shaded Spruce Ink
  • Stampin’ Cut n Emboss Machine
  • Stampin’ Seal Adhesive/Liquid Glue

I just love all the greeting in the Hope and Peace stamp set. I think the Brightest Glow Bundle is another keeper. If you have not place an order for these yet, now is the time before they are gone, gone, gone! Thanks so much to all my loyal stampers. I hope this day fills you with the wonder of the season and you experience Peace on earth and good will to all.

Thanks for stopping by!
Until next time, be blessed, Renae

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Christmas Season-Joy

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Last month one of my Stampin’ Up! team leaders issued a sketch challenge. We have a private Facebook group where we can chat and share crafting ideas. Team members interested in participating simply upload cards to our Facebook page. It is a lot of fun and I love seeing how creative everyone is.

Here is a picture of our sketch challenge for November.

And here is the card I posted in our group.

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Project Measurements

  • Evening Evergreen CS- 5½ x 8½, (card base)
  • Soft Succulent CS- 4 x 5¼   
  • Painted Christmas DSP- 3¾ x 5 (cut diagonally)
  • Basic White CS: 4 x 5¼ (2)
  • Christmas Season Stamp Set
  • Brightest Glow Stamp Set
  • Stylish Shapes Dies
  • Evening Evergreen Ink
  • Soft Suede Ink
  • Early Espresso Ink
  • Evening Evergreen Ribbon
  • Holiday Gems
  • Stampin’ Cut n Emboss Machine
  • Stampin’ Seal Adhesive/Liquid Glue/Glue Dots
  • Stampin’ Dimensionals

Crafting with friends is always fun and is one of my favorite things about being a demonstrator. You are welcome to create a card using this sketch challenge. And if you love everything stamping and enjoy making new friends, I encourage you to join my team.

Thanks for stopping by!
Until next time, be blessed, Renae

Christmas Season
$22
Brightest Glow
$25
Stylish Shapes Dies
$30
Evening Evergreen Ink
$8
Evening Evergreen CS
$9.25
Evening Evergreen Ribbon $7
Basic White CS
$10.25
Stampin’ Cut n Emboss
$125
Stampin’ Dimensionals
$4.25
Liquid Glue
$4
Stampin’ Seal
$8
Painted Christmas DSP
Sale $4.80
Early Espresso Ink
$8
Soft Suede Ink
$8
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Jingle, Jingle, Jingle-Make It Monday #86

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Today, I am excited to share with you three cards and two tags I created for this week’s Make It Monday tutorial. I used both the Jingle, Jingle, Jingle and the Brightest Glow stamp sets that are featured in the July-December 2022 holiday catalog. Be sure to download the free pdf instruction sheet for today’s projects.

Project Measurements

Make it Monday #86 pdf instruction sheet
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If you are looking to add a fun and festive holiday stamp to your collection, I highly recommend Jingle, Jingle, Jingle. It is great for creating cards and scrapbooking!

Thanks for stopping by!
Until next time, be blessed, Renae

Project Supplies

Jingle Jingle JIngle
$22
Brightest Glow
$25
Real Red Ink
$8
Real Red CS
$9.25
Garden Green CS
$9.25
Stylish Shapes Dies
$30
Starry Sky Ink
$8
Starry Sky CS
$9.25
Sun Prints DSP
$12
Sweetest Christmas DSP $12
Basic White CS
$10.25
Stampin’ Cut n Emboss
$125
Starlit Punch
$19
Daffodil Delight CS
$9.25
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Emmanuel-God Is With Us-Favorite Things Friday

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Jesus is the Reason for the Season and today I am happy to share a Christmas card that reflects that sentiment. I created this simple, but beautiful card using the Merriest Moments stamp set, the greeting from Hope and Peace and some of the Boughs of Holly Designer Series Paper.

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I really love how this turned out and it was so super simple to create. This stamp set and many others holiday bundles are available through the end of the month. See a list below of all supplies used to create this card.

Project Measurements

  • Evening Evergreen CS- 5½ x 8½, (card base)
  • Basic White CS-3 x 4,  2 x 4 ¾, 4-1/8 x 5-1/8, 4 x 5¼
  • Boughs of Holly DSP– 4 x 5¼
  • Real Red Ink
  • Shaded Spruce Ink
  • Crushed Curry Ink
  • Merriest Moments Stamp Set and Dies
  • Stampin’ Cut n Emboss Machine
  • Stampin’ Seal Adhesive/Liquid Glue

Advent is always a beautiful time to pray, reflect and wait on the Lord to come into our hearts this Christmas. May God Bless you abundantly!

Thanks for stopping by!
Until next time, be blessed, Renae

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Merriest Moments Set
$22
Merriest Moment Dies
Sale $15.60
Evening Evergreen Ink
$8
Evening Evergreen CS
$9.25
Basic White CS
$10.25
Real Red Ink
$8
Shaded Spruce Ink
$8
Boughs of Holly DSP
$12
Stampin’ Cut n Emboss
$125
Stampin’ Seal Adhesive
$8
Add All to Cart
Hope and Peace
$23

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Have a Holly Jolly Christmas-Sweet Candy Canes

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Are you a candy cane person? I think you either love them or not. Although it just so happens in the last 10 years or so, maybe more, candy canes come in all kinds of flavors. I personally love peppermint anything, so I am fine with the traditional candy cane. Today, my card features the Sweet Candy Cane Bundle with traditional red peppermint and green spearmint candy canes.

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Project Measurements

  • Basic White CS-5½ x 8½, (card base),
  • Garden Green CS-4 x 5¼
  • Basic White CS-4 x 5, 1-3/8 x 2¾
  • Sweetest Christmas DSP-3 ¾ x 5
  • Real Red CS-1-5/8 x 3
  • Sweet Candy Cane Bundle
  • Jingle, Jingle, Jingle Stamp Set
  • Christmas to Remember Stamp Set
  • Real Red Ink
  • Garden Green Ink
  • Stampin’ Cut n Emboss Machine
  • Stampin’ Seal Adhesive/Liquid Glue
  • Paper Snips

Project Directions

  • Score card base in landscape position (aka longer side) at 4¼.  Fold and burnish to create card.
  • Attach Garden Green Panel and Candy Cane DSP to card front.
  • Stamp greeting on small white panel and attach to Real Red rectangle CS and then to card front.
  • On remaining white panel stamp candy canes in red and green and ornament from Jingle, Jingle, Jingle. 4. Use the Stampin’ Cut n Emboss machine to crop candy canes & fussy cut ornament using Paper Snips.
  • Attach the candy canes to card front and the ornament to the greeting panel.
  • Decorate the inside as desired.

I love how this card turned out and even if you are not a candy cane person, I think you will agree it is stinkin’ cute. I absolutely love the added ornament from the Jingle, Jingle, Jingle stamp set.

Thanks for stopping by!
Until next time, be blessed, Renae

Project Supplies

Candy Cane Wishes
$51.25
Sweetest Christmas DSP
$12
Christmas to Remember
$23
Jingle, Jingle, Jingle
$22
Real Red Ink
$8
Real Red CS
$9.25
Garden Green
$8
Garden Green CS
$9.25
Basic White CS
$10.25
Stampin Cut n Emboss
$125
Stampin’ Seal Adhesive
$8
Add All to Cart

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Boughs of Holly-Season’s Greetings

Christmas 2022 /

Good morning all, I hope you had a blessed Thanksgiving holiday last week. I was blessed to be able to spend quality time with family and of course begin decorating for Christmas. Did you know that one of the most popular Christmas flowers is the poinsettia? Of course you did. I think a lot of churches decorate with them this time of year.

My card today is full of Christmas poinsettias from the Boughs of Holly Designer Series Paper pack featured in the July- December 2022 holiday catalog.


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Project Measurements

  • Garden Green CS-5½ x 8½, (card base)
  • Basic White CS-4 x 5¼ (2)
  • Boughs of Holly DSP-2¼  x 5¼, poinsettias
  • Brightest Glow Stamp Set
  • Garden Green Ink
  • Stampin’ Seal Adhesive/Liquid Glue
  • Paper Snips

Project Directions

  • Score card base in landscape position (aka longer side) at 4¼.  Fold and burnish to create card.
  • Stamp greeting on top of Basic White panel.  Attach DSP to lower portion of white panel and then attac to card front.
  • Use Paper Snips to fussy cut poinsettias from the Boughs of Holly DSP and attach to card front>
  • Layer Basic White CS to inside and decorate as desired.

I hope you enjoy this super simple Christmas card and are inspired to create something beautiful today.

Thanks for stopping by!
Until next time, be blessed, Renae

Project Supplies

Brightest Glow
$25
Boughs of Holly DSP
$12
Garden Green Ink
$8
Garden Green CS
$9.25
Basic White CS
$10.25
Paper Snips
$11
Stampin’ Seal Adhesive
$8
Add All to Cart

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Trees For Sale ~ Make It Monday #85

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Can you believe there are only 28 days until Christmas! Do you have your Christmas tree yet? Growing up we had a real tree for many years and then sometime between 3rd and 5th grade, my parents switched to artificial. You would think I would remember exactly when since it was my job to vacuum up the fallen needles.

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For all my years of marriage, my husband and I have never had a real tree. I guess neither one of us want the vacuuming job. LOL We typically put up our Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving! I would love to hear if you put up a real or artificial tree and when?

Thanks for stopping by!
Until next time, be blessed, Renae

Project Supplies

Trees For Sale
$22
Deckled Rectangles
$30
Shaded Spruce Ink
$8
Shaded Spruce CS
$9.25
Mint Macaron Ink
$8
Mint Macaron CS
$9.25
Soft Suede Ink
$8
Daffodil Delight CS
$9.25
Stampin’ Dimensionals
$4.25
Watercolor Pencils
$16
Stampin’ Seal Adhesive
$8
Basic White CS
$10.25
Add All to Cart

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Decorated With Happiness Meets Celebrate With Tags! Favorite Things Friday!

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Black Friday-Favorite Things Friday or Not?

When my daughter was in late grade school and all through high school we loved the thrill of Black Friday.  Each year we would travel to Bloomington/Normal IL to see my cousins for Thanksgiving and spend the night so we could hit the stores super early on Black Friday. One of our favorite things to do Thanksgiving evening in the hotel was to thumb through the many ads in the newspaper and plan or shopping spree. Well I am sad to say those days are over.

Not because we got tired of shopping on Black Friday, but because each year there were fewer flyers in the newspaper and one by one all the stores at Eastland Mall closed. Now Black Friday starts way before Thanksgiving and shopping online is just not as exciting. 

So instead of shopping, we craft and today I am happy to share a card I created using the Decorated with Happiness Bundle and the Celebrate with Tags Bundle.

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So whether you are shopping, crafting, decorating for Christmas or eating Thanksgiving leftovers, enjoy this time with family and have a blessed weekend!

Thanks for stopping by!
Until next time, be blessed, Renae

Decorated w/Happiness Bundle
$51.25
Celebrate w/Tags Bundle
$55.75
Evening Evergreen CS
$9.25
Cherry Cobbler Ink
$8
Cherry Cobbler CS
$9.25
Basic White CS
$10.25
Stampin’ Cut n Emboss
$125
Add All to Cart
Stampin’ Seal Adhesive
$8

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Tis The Season For Sweet Candy Canes

Christmas 2022 /

Nothing says Christmas like a candy cane and of course the Christmas movie, Elf. After all it was Buddy the Elf who said, “We elves try to stick to the four main food groups, candy, candy canes, candy corns and syrup.”

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Project Measurements

  • Basic White CS-5½ x 8½, (card base), 2 x 3
  • Real Red CS- ½ x 5½, 2¼ x 3¼
  • Sweetest Candy Cane Bundle
  • Christmas to Remember
  • Real Red Ink
  • Shaded Spruce Ink
  • Red Rhinestone Jewels
  • Stampin’ Cut n Emboss Machine
  • Stampin’ Seal Adhesive/Liquid Glue

Did you know that according to the National Confectioners Association, alwaysatreat.com, candy canes are the No. 1-selling non-chocolate candy during the month of December. About 90 percent of these red and white striped treats are sold between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Who knew, right?

Thanks for stopping by!
Until next time, be blessed, Renae

Project Supplies

Sweet Candy Canes Bundle
$51.25
Christmas to Remember
$23
Real Red Ink
$8
Real Red CS
$9.25
Shaded Spruce Ink
$8
Red Rhinestone Jewels
$7
Stampin’ Cut n Emboss
$125
Basic White CS
$10.25
Add All to Cart

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