Triangle Treat Box

An easy to make treat box found in the Resources section from SCS, you start with a piece of cardstock 3"x11". Scorea at 3, 6, 9". Bring ends together to form a triangle but don't adhere yet. Trace the triangle shape as you hold the cardstock together in that shape. Add about 1/4 additional inch on all sides for fold. Cut out and adhere to bottom, completely adhering all ends.
I used all Stampin' Up supplies:
Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Old Olive cardstocks, last year's holiday ribbon for band, this year's mini ribbon Olive taffeta, colored image in markers.

Cardinal Christmas

All supplies are Stampin' Up.
Autumn Meadows and Merry Moments paper along with Chocolate Chip, Ruby Red, and Whisper White cardstocks. Cardinal colored in markers and shaded with chalk pastels. Corner image is from Patterned Pines. Riding Hood Red taffeta ribbon is retired.

Winter Post Card

All supplies are Stampin' Up.
Merry Moments designer paper with Close To Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, and Real Red cardstocks. I used the Winter Post skaters with the Post Card sentiment along with the corner swirl from the new hostess set Patterned Pines.

Paper Christmas Tree

This was inspired by today's Featured Stamper on SCS, Rachel Hope. The tree project was from the December 2008 issue of Martha Stewart Living. I used a wood skewer, a chopstick would work too. Cut out one each of a 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6" circle. Fold each circle in half four times, making nice creases with your bone folder and insert onto skewer, securing with a bit of glue after each addition. You can adjust the pleats a little bit as you go. To make the tree stand upright in the pot, I wadded up a brown paper bag, wrapping around the skewer, packing the brown paper in tightly until that little tree wasn't moving anywhere. Decorate as desired.
I used Stampin' Up Merry Moments designer paper, white satin organza ribbon and felt snowflake from last year's holiday mini and a 2" standard flower pot. The string of lights I had in my stash, no maker known since I had thrown away the original packaging.

Scandinavian Season

Scandinavian Season and Razzle Dazzle in Brilliant Blue supplies are by Stampin' Up.

Tree Trimmings

All supplies are Stampin' Up
Cardstock colors used were Mellow Moss, Kraft, and Whisper White. I used the French Filigree background stamp to create the look of designer paper on all of the layers. The pine branch is from the set Autumn Days, I embossed the flourish from Patterned Pines in clear all around circle edges, embossed the ornament in copper (retired), hanger in gold. Colored in with Ruby Red and Chocolate. White taffeta ribbon and mellow Moss buttons that were tied with embroidery floss.

Patterned Pines

Pretty In Pink, sage Shadow, Going Gray, and Whisper White cardstocks. Patterned Pines stamp set, white organza ribbon, and new Holiday mini embossing folder.
I inked the embossing folder in pink before running it through the Big Shot to get that additional color.

Patterned Pines

All supplies are Stampin' Up. Hostess Level 1 set Patterned Pines snowflake along with A Cardinal Christmas sentiment, Merr Moments designer paper, Pretties Kit stick pin.

Petals A Plenty

Petals A Plenty Textured Impressions embossed the pink and white panels. For the piece that was cut with the Top Note die and then chalked with red stampin' pastels to pop up the color. Jackpot designer paper, poinsettia made with 5 petal flower and vintage brass brads, pink taffeta ribbon. I embossed the lines in this flower with a dry embossing stylus.
Sentiment made with Teeny Tiny Wishes, Modern Label and Word Window punches.

Vintage Ornaments 1 Stencils

Today's SU product focus is on the Vintage Ornaments 1 Stencils that can be found in the Definitely Decorative Fall Winter supplement. Their order number is 117580. The largest ornament is 3 3/4" x 6 1/2". I got most of this ornament on a standard A2 size card by eliminating the very top hook part. I think these will be cool to cut out and hang as regular ornaments, I turned mine into a card. I started out by sponging some Barely Banana inside the large stencil and adding some Apricot Appeal to the edges. I gave my stencil a quick rinse right after use for easy clean up. I then stamped the Cardinal Christmas (111760) in black right onto the ornament shape. Colored with markers and some re-inkers with aquapainter. Cut out and added some silver stretch cording (coming up in the Holiday mini) and a rhinestone brad. Popped this up on Stampin' dimensionals onto a Ruby Red card base that was embossed with the Finial Press folder #115963.














The second sample uses Whisper White, Bermuda Bay, and Basic Black cardstocks with Bermuda ink. When using the stencil, especially for this intricate design, you will want to hold the stencil down and pounce with ink firmly up and down. If you swipe it back and forth the stencil shifts more easily and the sponge gets caught in the template.