Flowerbug's Inkspot

Night Before Christmas cards; quick & easy!

I made 14 Christmas cards in about an hour the other day.  Look at these cute, eye catching cards!  

I used the Night Before Christmas Memories & More cards pack seen here.  And the coordinating pack of cards and envelopes seen here. 

For example on this card I used two of the 3 X 4" cards.  I cut the bottom one in half on the diagonal for a nice bordering layer.  All I added were a few of the adhesive die-cuts in the kit. 

I kept them pretty simple; only adding some Wink of Stella to the cards.  I didn't add any other card stock and I didn't stamp a thing!  The greetings come from this cute cards pack you can see below:

The cards pack includes:

* 54 total double-sided cards (6 each of 9 designs) in 3" x 4" and 4" x 6" sizes
* 6 sticker sheets

This pack includes the following:

* 20 total Memories & More card bases
* Folded card size: 6-1/4" x 4-1/4" 
* 20 coordinating envelopes
* Product colors: Cherry Cobbler, Poppy Parade, Very Vanilla

If you lack the time to create hand made Christmas cards this year I highly recommend getting these two packs.  You'll get over 20 cards and envelopes made and will have leftovers!  In fact I had two sets of the cards and envelopes and ended up with 40 finished cards!  Again; I didn't stamp a thing to finish them up.  

I love these Memories & More card packs; quick and simple crafting.  They're also wonderful for scrap-booking too; they fit perfectly in our variety packs of 12 X 12" or 6 X 8" photo pocket pages.  You can see those here.

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Snow Globe Shaker ornament!

I hope you're enjoying a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend.  To us the Holiday's are all about spending time with family.  And a bit of shopping and of course food!  It seems like the menu is a big priority for us. All of my kids enjoy cooking so everyone chips in making their favorites and a few new recipes too.   

I find lots of recipes to try out on Pinterest; my board is filled with half recipes and half stamping projects!  How about yours?  

I made these pretty Christmas ornaments on my Facebook Live this week Tuesday. 

You can see the video on my Facebook page here. 

You may wonder where I found that Navy & Silver ribbon on the left ornament.  I colored our White & Silver edged ribbon with Night of Navy ink and a sponge dauber. The copper star background on my ornaments is the Brightly Gleaming designer paper.  It isn't available any longer; it's sold out unfortunately. 

I used the Snow Globe Shaker domes in the Holiday catalog.  They're so fun to use and amazingly easy too!  I hope you can watch the video above.

I added the snow globe base to this one.  It's two die-cuts in the Snow Globe Scenes dies; one solid and one detailed. 

Here's a close up of the copper one. Inside is the Snowflake Sequins and Stampin' Ice Glitter.  The dome is usually flat side down but I switched it up so it was round at the bottom plus I could adhere the bow and sprigs at the top. 

You can see these items in my online store below. 

'Wrapped in Plaid' Flip Flop Album is perfect for Christmas!

I haven't made one of these Flip Flop photo albums for a long time!  They're so much fun to make! 

For this one I used the beautiful Wrapped in Plaid specialty designer series paper and added a bit of Gold foil accents throughout. 

It is 6 X 6" square and uses White 12" card stock, Cherry card stock and the Wrapped in Plaid specialty designer paper.  To finish the front I used the Perfectly Plaid punch bundle, the Merry Christmas dies, Red Rhinestones and Shaded Spruce/Gold ribbon.  That pretty gold foil scalloped piece is from the Stitched Be Mine dies. 

If you're interested in making one you can get click here to see the tutorial.  

You can see the products I used on this album below.  If you're reading this in an email you will need to click on the title of this post to get to the actual blog where you'll see it all.   

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The tutorial will be sent via email within days of your online order.

Orders over $55 will receive a FREE package of metallic pearls from me in their thank you card! 

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Tidings All Around Wreath Ornament

I made these cute ornaments with the Tidings All Around bundle last week on my Facebook Live.  They're actually quite easy to make.

You can see the video here on my Facebook page:   Be sure to follow my page if you want to be notified when I am online - it's every Tuesday at 11 am.

I cut two wreaths from Granny Apple Green and two from Mossy Meadow card stock for each ornament.  They're double sided!  One side could easily be a photo of your favorite child or even a pet.   The center is a White 2 1/4" circle that I stamped the greeting onto.  

You can see the Tidings All Around bundle here.  I have a free cards tutorial featuring this bundle for all online orders in November!

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November Online ordering special!!

Use Hostess code YRRTNQPD

All online orders in November will receive a free 10 cards tutorial featuring

the Toile Tidings and Brightly Gleaming bundles from the Holiday catalog. 

 

The tutorial will be sent via email within days of your online order.

Orders over $55 will receive a FREE package of metallic pearls from me in their thank you card! 

Check out my Buyer Brownie Points program for online orders here.

Order here!

Snow Globe Shaker card with video!

My club gals couldn't believe how simple this Still Scenes Snow Globe Shaker card was to make!  

After cutting out a few die shapes it was an easy assembly process that went super quickly!  The Feels Like Frost designer paper is perfect for the background of these cards.  Each piece is an actual photo of frosty images! Unfortunately I believe this incredible paper is out of stock.  At this time it's not available to order. I'm waiting to see what Stampin' Up! says about it today. 

These snow globe cards are about 3/8" high and can be mailed in a regular envelope if you write 'hand cancel' on the front of the envelope and take it in to your post office.  It's just .70 cents to mail! 

However I did offer my gals a piece of window sheet if they wanted to make a flat card instead.  The card on the left (and below) with the polar bears is done that way. I called it a 'faux shaker' card.  I adhered some of the Snowflake Sequins to the trees with Multipurpose adhesive. 

I hope you can watch the short video below to see how it's done.  The Snow Globe Shaker domes make it incredibly easy.  They're on low inventory right now so I hope you can get some before they're gone.  Click here to see them and here for the Still Scenes dies that you need for the shaker window and beautiful die-cuts. 

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November Online ordering special!!

Use Hostess code YRRTNQPD

All online orders in November will receive a free 10 cards tutorial featuring

the Toile Tidings and Brightly Gleaming bundles from the Holiday catalog. 

 

The tutorial will be sent via email within days of your online order.

Orders over $55 will receive a FREE package of metallic pearls from me in their thank you card! 

Check out my Buyer Brownie Points program for online orders here.

Order here!

Click on any of the images below to see them in my online store. 

A Pine Tree Punch Christmas Ornament!

 I made a fun ornament featuring the Pine Tree punch!  I punched 12 pine trees from the Wrapped in Plaid specialty designer paper seen here.  

The first layer of 6 punched pieces is adhered to a 1 1/4" punched circle.  Then the top 6 tree punches are scored down the center and folded up.  I used mini glue dots to adhere these.  Multipurpose adhesive also works well. 

I finished the center by adding a few punches with a few stacked dimensionals.  The 1" circle and a Gold snowflake from the Every Season Punch Pack on page 51 of the Holiday Catalog.  A Holiday Rhinestone in the center and a tinsel trim hanger from the Most Wonderful Time of Year product medley are the final touch. 

I think I might make a double sided one next so it can hang and both sides show!  See the pine tree punch here. 

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All online orders in November will receive a free 10 cards tutorial featuring

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The tutorial will be sent via email within days of your online order.

Orders over $55 will receive a FREE package of metallic pearls from me in their thank you card! 

Check out my Buyer Brownie Points program for online orders here.

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Winter Wonderland Blog Hop with the Freaks

Thanks for joining us for this month's Control Freak's Blog Hop!  You may have just arrived or maybe you stopped in at Wendy's blog first where you saw her amazing projects.  Keep clicking on the icon at the bottom of each post to see it all! 

The theme this time is 'Winter Wonderland' and I'll be focusing on the Wrapped in Plaid specialty designer paper.  The plaid and detailed patterns have bits of Gold foil accents on one side of each piece.  I've sure used a lot of it! See it and many of the products can be seen on page 13 of your Holiday catalog. 

First is a super easy gift card holder.  You can whip up a few of these in no time!  

Measurements:

• 6 1/2" X 4 1/4", scored at 1 1/4" and 4 1/4"
• Belly band is 6 3/4".  I did not score it; you can just fold it around and secure together under the circle punches
• Designer paper 2" X 4"

I stamped the greetings from Perfectly Plaid stamp set on a 2" White circle punch and layered that on a Starburst punched piece.  The Shaded Spruce/Gold ribbon coordinates perfectly!  

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Next is a beautiful cone shaped Christmas wreath!  I love making wreaths and used to make one each year to add to my collection. I filled an entire wall at Christmastime. 

I folded twenty two 6" X 6" pieces of the Wrapped in Plaid designer paper into cones and adhered them together with Multipurpose adhesive.  I let them dry and adhered them to a card board circle with hot glue.  I love that you can see both sides of the paper on this unique wreath. It's about 18" across in size. 

At first I tried to get each cone the same width and thought I should measure.  But I didn't and they aren't perfect but that's the charm of it; right?  I can be a bit of a perfectionist at times so it feels great when I can 'let it be' and actually be happy with it!  

Honestly the inside front looked awful since the cones did not meet evenly in the center.  So I had to cover that up!  I traced a paper plate onto Cherry Cobbler card stock and cut it out.  I textured it with the Pinewood Planks 3D embossing folder and added two banners from White and Shaded Spruce.  The greeting dies are from the Merry Christmas dies cut from gold foil.  That Gold rick rack trim is from the Delicate Lace dies. Once again the finishing touch is a bow made with the coordinating Shades Spruce/Gold ribbon. 

I hope you enjoyed my 'Wintery' projects!  Click here or below to get to Melissa's blog; you won't want to miss it! 

Below you'll see the products I used:

A Pine Tree Punch candy treat box

This treat box is cute and clever!!!  It's made from just two pieces of paper, ribbon and the Pine Tree punch.  I made it on my weekly Facebook Live videos three weeks ago.  I'd love it if you could join me each Tuesday at 11 am.  Click here and be sure to follow my page so you get notified when I'm on each week. 

You actually insert the top of the card stock into the Pine Tree punch (seen here); it's all one piece!  Watch how it's made on this Facebook Live video.  Click here.

I sure hope this punch and the Wrapped in Plaid paper doesn't sell out!  If you want it; don't wait!  Go here to order.

You start with a 1 1/2" X 7 1/4" piece of card stock.  Score it at 2 1/2" and 3".  The Wrapped in Plaid designer paper is 1 3/8"X 2 3/8".  I added a few Kit Kat bars in mine.  

I did not come up with this idea myself; I cased it from Beth Tetzlaff.  Clever right?!?

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November Online ordering special!!

Use Hostess code YRRTNQPD

All online orders in November will receive a free 10 cards tutorial featuring

the Toile Tidings and Brightly Gleaming bundles from the Holiday catalog. 

 

The tutorial will be sent via email within days of your online order.

Orders over $55 will receive a FREE package of metallic pearls from me in their thank you card! 

Check out my Buyer Brownie Points program for online orders here.

Order here!

So Many Stars; awesome swirl die-cut

This swirly die-cut is the first thing I loved about the Stitched Stars dies.

Isn't it neat!?  I also like how it coordinates so perfectly with two of the images in the So Many Stars stamp set.  All 5 of these stars are on one stamp. 

I chose to use Coastal Cabana with Pretty Peacock and White here.  It's a pretty simple card with just a few layers making the images and die-cut the 'star' of the card; pun intended!  If you purchase the stamp set and the dies you get both at 10% off. And then you'd qualify for my two free specials too!  (see below) 

Other products used here:

• So Many Stars bundle 
• Tufted 3D embossing folder
• Layering Ovals dies
• Noble Peacock rhinestones

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Take advantage of my November specials! 

If you order $55 in November you'll get two free gifts!  

1. A free 10 cards tutorial featuring two new Christmas bundles in the Holiday catalog! 
2. Free Metallic pearls! 

And if you order the Christmas Roses bundle you'll also receive my free 14 cards and gift box tutorial; valued at $25!  That's 3 free gifts!!