I wanted to share with you some fun holiday cards I’ve made and some that I have receive. I have just a couple here. You can click here to see all of them.
Tag: Samples
Wacky Wednesday 12-17-08
Goofy Punches
I just really love this card. I saw the saying and knew I had to make a Goofy to go with it. I actually just looked at a picture of Goofy and tried to figure out what shape were used then I decided what punches I had that could make the shapes. I actually used the coluzzle for the chin, but that was before we had the new wide oval punch which I think would work now. 
Here is a list of all the punches that I used:
Chin & Mouth- Wide Oval, Large Oval, Large oval for tongue
Teeth- 3/4″ Square with 3/16″ Corner Rounder
Nose- Large Oval, Small Oval, Word Window
Head & Eyes- Key Tag, Large Oval, Slit Punch
Hair & Ears- Large Oval
Hat- Small Oval, Large Oval, Key tag
I think that’s everything. I hope you like him I thought he turned out cute.
Freewheeling Friday 12-12-08
Freewheeling Friday Holiday Fun Pages
I usually tend to do cards when I am trying to come up with an idea so this time I decided to challenge myself and come up with a scrapbook page to share. I have to say that I think it turned out really cute and I’m excited to share it with you. Today’s theme is Freewheeling Friday so I just need to use a wheel. I had fun making the Rudolph with the punches and the Big Shot. I hope you like the pages. I even added pictures.
Wacky Wednesday 12-10-08
Wacky Wednesday- Big Shot Snowflake
Today was crazy because it was club and of course things did not go according to plan, but here is my Wacky Wednesday Project. It’s actually really simple. I came up with it from the circles that are folded in half when you cut out your pendent dies. You would add them to your banners when you make them. So I decided to try it with the snowflake die.
- First you need to cut out 3 of the snowflakes with your Big Shot.
- Then you have to fold them in half. This is actually the tricky part. I start by folding both the edges in half then I fold the centers over to meet each other and press in the center. This leaves just a little part on each side to finish folding.
- Once all off your pieces are folded you need to unfold one of them and apply glue. I use the two way glue pen.
- Next I apply half off one of the snowflakes to each side. Then apply glue to one side of the two remaining pieces and put them together.
- When you are done you should have a 3 dimensional snowflake. You can hang a piece of silver or gold cord from them to let them hang. I put them in my Christmas Tree and they look great. Hope you have fun with this one. My kids love it.
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Technique Tuesday 12-9-08
I was trying to decide what to do today for my Technique Tuesday. I was looking at the retired stamp list and noticed one of my favorite background stamps was on it. So I decided to show an oldie but goody technique using my favorite background stamp before it is gone for good. Remember if you don’t already have this great stamp you can get it for 10% off right now. I learned this technique when I first started in Stampin’ Up! about three years ago. I think that sometimes we need a refresh on some of the classic techniques. It’s also a great reminder of how awesome our background stamps are.
This technique is called finger walking. First you will need to gather your supplies. For this card I used:
Canvas Background Stamp
Two Cool Dudes Stamp Set
8 1/2 x 5 1/2 sheet of Bashful Blue paper folded in half for the basic card
3 x 3 1/4 sheet of Brocade Blue paper
3 x 2 3/4 sheet of Whisper White paper
Brocade Blue Classic Stamp Pad
Bashful Blue Classic Stamp Pad
5/8″ Brocade Blue Grosgrain Ribbon
Silver Cord
Stampin’ Dimenionals
Snail Adhesive
First you will need to ink your background stamp. I’ve found the best way is to put the background stamp flat on the table and apply your ink to the stamp. I used the Brocade Blue because I wanted a darker look.
Finger Walking- Put your paper on your background stamp with the background stamp still laying down on the table. Gentle walk your fingers up and down the paper. The idea is to only get some of the ink on the paper instead of all of it. This will give it a nice random pattern.
Stamp your saying on the bottom center in Brocade Blue.
Tie your ribbon around the card.
Tie the silver cord around the knot in the ribbon.
Ink your snowman with Bashful Blue and stamp it on the Whisper White cardstock. The cardstock should be about the same size as the stamp so it make it easy to line up. Then attach the Whisper White piece to the Brocade Blue piece using snail.
Place 4 Stampin’ Dimensionals one in each corner. I like to use the Stampin’ Dimensionals when ever I go over ribbon because it makes it much easier to keep it smooth plus I like the dimension.
Attach your Snowman to your card and you are done. Fast and simple.
Christmas Decorations
I’ve been trying to find all of my Christmas Decorations so I could start getting ready for the Holidays. We were suppose to move during the summer so I packed everything up thinking I wouldn’t need it. Ha Ha. Anyway, I found a few pictures from last year and I found some of the decorations. I put on my tree at my Novemberfest booth. I just think a tree looks so cute with hand crafted ornaments. I’ve had fun making new ornaments this year with our Country Living set and the 2 great sets in the mini catalog. Plus there is one in the main catalog. The kids had so much fun making ornaments last year that I think I will do it again. I thought I would share some of the fun pictures with you so you could be inspired this year I would love to see your creations. Please e-mail them to me at andersoncandice@hotmail.com. If I use yours on my website I will send you a special surprise. Click on this link to see more pictures.
Stampin' With Candice 