Wednesday, July 31, 2024

MCM Layout - Jul 29, 2024 - Quick Easy Christmas Card!

 


Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a fun day!

Today I'm sharing what we made in my MCM two days ago.  I absolutely LOVE this layout, as it is ridiculously quick and easy, yet so lovely!  I have 200 Christmas cards to make and send this year so I needed simple.  This one fits the bill - check out what we made ...


As I said in my Live, I'm really leaning into "clean" cards lately - more white space, fewer pieces, embellishments and/or no embossed layers.  Of course you CAN "step it up" but you really don't need to.

This first card uses some paper that is not yet available to customers, but it will be out Sept 6, 2024.  It is a Suite of product, actually - the "Nests of Winter Suite Collection" - paper, stamp, dies, embossing folder, twine and embellishments.  The bundle is called Winterly Tree Tops.  The paper is called "Nests of Winter".  The twine is a 3 pack of "Natural Tones Linen Thread" and the gems are "Earth Tones Shimmer Gems".  The embossing folder is "Birch Wood 3-D".

For the sentiment on this one I used the Greetings of the Season stamp set, stamped in Shaded Spruce,


This card was made using the Mediterranean Blooms Designer Paper and Iconic Imagery stamp set, stamped in Night of Navy.  I used the Natural Tones Linen Thread again, and Opal Rounds Assortment for the dots.


This one uses Wildly Flowering paper and the sentiment from Winterly Tree Tops, stamped in Crumb Cake.  The embellishments are our Neutrals Adhesive Backed Sequins, coloured with Pebbled Path Blends.  I used The Pebbled Path Jute Trim.  I separated the strands and made the bow out of just two of the strands.


I LOOOOOOVE this one!  I used the Season of Green & Gold 12x12 DSP, the Iconic Imagery stamps and Neutrals Adhesive Backed Sequins to embellish.  If you look closely, you can see thee one on the right has the back layer embossed with the Distressed Tile 3D Embossing Folder.  I wanted to show you the "stepped up" version along side the "Clean, Quick" version.  Each are lovely.  Which one do you prefer?


Want to make your own version(s) of this layout? Here is the "recipe" of the pieces you need to prep ...


... and here is the Mystery Card Monday (MCM) Facebook Live replay, showing you how to cut the papers and put all the pieces together ...

That's it for this week.  If you would like to join me LIVE for my MCM (Mystery Card Monday) sessions, you can catch me on my FaceBook Page here at 7:00 pm Mountain Time every Monday ... or on my YouTube Channel here at the same time (I stream live to both).  Like and Follow my FB Page and/or Subscribe to my YouTube Channel.  I'd love to have you - the live community is AMAZING and so much fun!
If you live in Canada and would like to purchase any of the items I used for my cards, just click any of the pictures below and you will be taken to my online store.  Thank you!  I appreciate your support!

Stay amazing!  

Tamara

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Thursday, July 25, 2024

Let Me Show You How ... Flower Cart Bundle

 

Happy Thursday!  Two blog post in one day??  I must be procrastinating on something ... but I don't think I am!  I'm pretty on top of things this week.  Yay for Craig being on holidays for the last 2 weeks (meaning no cooking dinners or cleaning for ME!  Whoot!)

So Tuesday I didn't feel like doing what I "should" have been doing ... and since I'm my own boss, I gave myself permission to play!  I've been wanting to do a "Let Me Show You How" video for AGES now ... and Tuesday was the day.  Check out this piece of paper awesomeness!


Ska-WHEEEEEL!  I love it so much!  It's a card I designed for the Tutorial group I am blessed to be a part of.  We are the "Create With Us International Tutorial Bundle" group.  Every month 15 Stampin' Up! Demonstrators from around the world create projects around a theme.  Those are hen compiled into one PDF document which we gift to our team and/or customers.  In Canada, they are free when you spend $60 or more in a month with either myself or my dear friend Jackie VanderSar-Boot  aka The Pampered Stamper.  We also sell them for $25.  THIS month the theme was "Fun in the Sun".  Well nothing screams SUMMER like black and brown flowers, right? lol ... To be fair, I startedOFF with bright, colourful flowers ... but I got caught up in the creative process and this is where I landed.  Not gunna lie ... totally, TOTALLY love it!  Black, Crumb Cake and White.  FABULOUS!

If you want the full tutorial on this and 14 other awesome projects, either message me to purchase it ... or spend $60 or more with me this month (July).  I send out the tutorials at the beginning of August.  (note:  If you sign up for my classes, and if they are over $60, you get the monthly tutorial in the month the class is run)

If you'd like to see the video on how I created the card you can see it here:


Thanks for popping in.  I hope this card inspires you to try something different - a new layout, non-traditional colours, new technique,  Give it a whirl!  Have some fun! ... and stay amazing xox

Tamara

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