Blessed By Cards w/Renae Novak

December 2020 Pals Blog Hop My Favorite Things!

10 Comments / Blog Hop, Christmas 2020 / December 9, 2020 / Evergreen Forest 3D Embossing Folder, For Unto Us, Heat Emboss, In the Pine Bundle

Hello, welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop! This month our Design Team created projects showing “My Favorite Things” from any of the two current catalogs or the upcoming catalog in January. We hope you enjoy and will be inspired by them! Don’t forget to leave comments! We love hearing from you. At the end of my post, you will find the full line-up to help you “hop” along from Pal to Pal.

My card today features the In the Pines Bundle, the For Unto Us stamp set and the Evergreen Forest 3D Embossing Folder.

Begin by using the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss machine and the Evergreen Forest 3D Embossing Folder to create the dry embossed trees on a 4 x 5 ½” piece of thick Whisper White cardstock.
Layer and adhere embossed cardstock to a Whisper White card base 5 ½ x 8 ½” (score 8 ½” side at 4 ¼”).
Again using the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss machine and the In the Pines Bundle cut several trees from the Gold Foil Sheets and adhere to the tree embossed layer using Tombow liquid glue. Cut 2 snow drifts from whisper white cardstock, 1 x 5 ½” and layer on the bottom of the card over the trees.
Using the Layering Oval Dies, cut a scalloped oval from the Gold Foil Sheets (1 ¾ x 2 ¾”) and a smooth oval from Whisper White cardstock (1 ¾ x 2 ¾”). Use VersaMark ink to heat emboss the greeting on the white oval with Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder. Adhere the white to the Gold oval and then add to Whisper White card base with Stampin’ Seal.

For the inside greetings I used the saying from the For Unto Us stamp set and the Merry Christmas from the Joy of Sharing All Inclusive Card Kit and heat embossed both greetings using VersaMark ink and the Stampin’ Gold Emboss Powder. For a complete list of supplies, see end of this post.

Thanks for stopping by I hope you have a blessed day! Stop back tomorrow for more craft creations. Until then, be Blessed!
Stamping Hugs and Blessings,
Renae

And now prepare to be amazed because……..

More inspiration awaits! Use the Blog Hop Line-up below to visit the rest of this month’s Design Team. My fellow Pals are excited to show you what they’ve created! Mark your calendars for our next blog hop on January 13th when our theme will be Time to Sale-A-Brate. Participants will showcase tags or 3D items that will be great for gifts for any occasion. Don’t miss the fun! Until then, please stay safe and have fun in your craft room.

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Giant Year End Close Out Sale!

Christmas 2020 / December 8, 2020 / Brightly Gleaming DSP, Bundles, Feels Like Frost DSP, Retiring Stamp Sale

Today beings the Year End Closeout Sale! And sadly yes, we have to say good-bye to almost all the Holiday sets in the 2020 August – December mini catalog. Sale ends January 4^th or when supplies have been depleted.

That’s right, sale is while supplies last only, so order your favorite set before it is gone, gone, gone!

**CLICK HERE TO SEE LIST OF ALL RETIRING PRODUCTS**

12 x 12 Brightly Gleaming Specialty Paper Sale 50% off….sale price $7.50

Feels Like Frost Designer Series Paper Sale 50% off…….sale price $7.50

CLICK HERE TO SEE DISCOUNTED RETIRING PRODUCTS

Little Treats Bundle is going…..going….get it before it’s gone! Save 10% while supplies last!

**Sweet Little Treat Box becomes purse!**

If you are like me it is always hard to say good-bye to the holiday stamp sets. I do hope you take advantage of this Year End Sale, but hurry while supplies last! Don’t forget if your order is less that $150, please use the current Host code: 9EDAFR74

Tomorrow I will be participating in a Pals Blog Hop with Mary Fish. I hope you will join us as we celebrate a few of our favorite things! Until then, be Blessed!

Stamping Hugs and Blessings,
Renae

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Christmas Begins with Christ!

4 Comments / Christmas 2020 / December 7, 2020 / Christmas Classic Designer Series Paper, For Unto Us, Merry Christmas

Today’s card features the NEW Christmas Classic Designer Series Paper and the For Unto Us Stamp Set. I chose to highlight Shaded Spruce and Cherry Cobbler as my colors. I added some Gold Metallic trim and Red Rhinestones as accents.

Since there are a lot of measurements for this card, I thought it best just to list them so you too can create something fun today. This card would also look great using the Playing with Patterns 6 x 6 Designer Series Paper pictured on page 149 of the annual catalog. Perhaps with a birthday theme. I am sure it would have a whole new look!

Measurements/Directions:

Card base: Shaded Spruce – 5 ½” x 8 ½”; scored @ 4 ¼” in landscape position
Whisper White Cardstock – 3 ¾” x 5”, greeting stamped in Shaded Spruce Ink, Red Rhinestones for greeting
Cherry Cobbler Cardstock – 3 ¼” x 3 ½”
Classic Christmas 6” x 6” Designer Series Paper 1” x 3” (3); adhere to the Cherry Cobble and then to Whisper White
Gold metallic trim from the Forever Greenery Trim Combo Pack – wrap it around the Cherry Cobbler three times and adhere in the back. Tie a bow and add to the front with glue dot. Adhere to the Whisper White.

For the inside, I layered a piece of Whisper White cardstock, 4 x 5 1/4″ and stamped the greeting in Shaded Spruce This greeting is from the Joy of Sharing All Inclusive Kit featured on page 4 of the Aug-Dec mini catalog. I layered three pieces of the same Christmas Classic Designer Series Paper that I used on the front. Strips measure 1/2 x 4″.

There is still time to add to your Christmas collection, but hurry many of these sets will be retiring, never to return again. Thanks so much for dropping by and if you would like to place an order, please use the Host Code: 9EDAFR74

This host code will be valid through December 12th! Thanks again for shopping with me! Stop back by tomorrow for some more crafting fun. Until then, be Blessed!
Stamping Hugs and Blessings,
Renae

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Humility-Sunday Wisdom

Sunday Wisdom / December 6, 2020

Today we celebrate the second Sunday in Advent and the gospel reading is about John the Baptist. Do you know what made John the Baptist truly great? It was his humility and the way he pointed everyone to Jesus.

Sometimes one of our greatest human struggle is pride. We tend to be overly concerned about what others think of us and we begin to focus only on ourselves. John the Baptist teaches humility by always focusing his attention on Jesus.

He knew who he was and whose he was, so humility was clearly found in his words and loving actions of placing the Lord first. Perhaps this Advent Season we can strive to be more like John and put others first. When we put others first, we put Christ first.

“Deliver us, Lord, we pray from evil, graciously grant peace in our days, that, by the help of your mercy, we may be always free from sin and safe from all distress, as we await the blessed hope and the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ”.

I hope you have a blessed week! Until next time,

Stamping Hugs and Blessings,
Renae

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Coffee Anyone?

2 Comments / Thinking of You / December 5, 2020 / Coffee

Ok so I just have to take a little holiday break and enjoy one of my other favorite things…..COFFEE! So you got it, today is going to be just as the card indicates, although I am not totally sure about the awesome part!

This bundle, Nothing’s Better Than, was created by Connie Stewart and I just love it! I think the coffee cups are very retro. My card base is blushing bride and I have a 4 5 1/4″ layer of white on top. There are quite a few layers under my whimsical coffee cups. The colors I used are Whisper White, Mint Macroon, Blushing Bride and Crumb Cake. I stamped the cups in those same colors and stamped the outline of each cup in Soft Suede.

The sentiment is stamped in Memento black, “And be Awesome” is mounted on Blushing Bride cardstock (3/8 x 1 3/4″). I used the coffee die from the bundle and ran it through the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss machine using some Soft Suede cardstock.

The layer measurements for the stamped coffee cups are as follows: Mint Macroon-1 3/4 x5 1/4″, Blushing Bride-1 5/8 x 5 1/8″, Crumb Cake-1 1/2×5″, and Whisper White-1 3/8 x 4 7/8″. This is a really fun set and I hope you will check it out. It is on page 91 in the annual catalog.

I hope that you get a chance to drink coffee and be awesome today. If you don’t like coffee, there is always water! Right?

If you decide you cannot live without this set, then please use the host code: 9EDAFR74 If your order is more than $150, then skip the code and you will get the Stampin’ Rewards for your order!

Thanks for stopping by! I do hope that you will come back tomorrow to see another card creation. Until then, be Blessed!
Stamping Hus and Blessings
Renae