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Stampin’ Up! Christmas Card Idea #9-Winter Post by Kim

Posted on October 17, 2008October 16, 2008 by Josee

This adorable card made by Kim Assaly uses one of Shelli’s Signature Collection stamp sets. What’s Shelli’s Signature Collection you might ask?! It is a variety of products that reflect the personal style of Stampin’ Up! cofounder Shelli Gardner. To see Shelli’s product picks, look for stamp sets and accessories marked with a heart symbol. This start of this collection was introducted in the Holiday Mini Catalogue.

Item #	Description	Price	Pg #
111870	stamp set-Winter Post	$31.95	10 (Holiday Mini)
111760	stamp set-A Cardinal Christmas	$28.95	19 (Holiday Mini)
100730	Cardstock-Whisper White	$8.95	163
111352	Cardstock-Baja Breeze	$6.50	162
111833	Ink-Baja Breeze	$6.25	162
102283	Ink-Versamark	$9.50	193
109131	Silver Embossing Powder	$5.75	190
100005	Heat Tool	$33.95	190
111375	Baja Breeze 5/8" Ribbon	$13.25	186
112994	SKi Slope Designer Series Paper	$11.75	12 (Holiday Mini)

Here’s a quick tip on how to create this bow:

Step 1: Cut 2 pieces of ribbon. (One long and one short)

Step 2: Add adhesive to end of longer ribbon and form loop.

Step 3: Take smaller piece and add adhesive to ends. Center it on top of big loop and attach ends to bottom. All done!

Stampin’ Up! Christmas Card Idea #8-Twigster

Posted on October 16, 2008October 11, 2008 by Josee

If you love snowmen, you’ll definetely love the stamp set TWIGSTER! This set is ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE!!!

Maggie Patterson used this set to create this adorable Christmas Card for our Team Swap:

Item #	Description	Price	Pg. #
109397	stamp set-All Holidays	$37.95	142
104421	stamp set-Canvas	$20.95	135
111772	stamp set-Twigster	$16.95	20 (Holiday Mini)
109120	Ink-Basic Grey	$6.25	163
111837	Ink-Pacific Point	$6.25	162
111835	Ink-Kiwi Kiss	$6.25	162
111834	Ink-Tangerine Tango	$6.25	162
111350	Cardstock-Pacific Point	$6.50	162
100730	Cardstock-Whisper White	$8.95	163
112994	Ski Slope DSP	$11.75	12 (Holiday Mini)
112082	Wide Oval Punch	$19.95	188
100425	2-way Glue Pen	$4.50	191
102023	Dazzling Diamonds Glitter	$5.25	190
111879	Kiwi Kiss Satin Ribbon	$10.50	187
104430	Stampin’ Dimensionals	$4.95	191

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Stampin’ Up! Christmas Card Ideas #7-Scandinavian Season

Posted on October 15, 2008October 15, 2008 by Josee

The set Scandinavian Season from the Holiday Mini Catalogues features a style that is quite unique! I’ve seen such lovely cards created with this set! Here are 3 great ones created for our Team Holiday Mini Swap.

Card #1

Created by Rosalie Crich

Item #	Description	Price	Pg. #
111774	stamp set-Scandinavian Season	$24.95	13 (Holiday Mini)
111644	stamp set-Heard from the Heart	$26.95	145
100730	cardstock-Whisper White	$8.95	163
111352	cardstock-Baja Breeze	$6.50	162
111833	Ink-Baja Breeze	$6.25	162
111836	Ink-Riding Hood Red	$6.25	162
111365	Riding Hood Red Taffeta Ribbon	$9.25	187
104430	Dimensionals	$4.95	191
104199	Linen Thread	$5.75	187

Card #2

Created by Deb Duval

Item #	Description	Price	Pg. #
111774	stamp set-Scandinavian Season	$24.95	13 (Holiday Mini)
113633	wheel-Scandivanian	$7.75	13 (Holiday Mini)
100730	cardstock-Whisper White	$8.95	163
111352	cardstock-Baja Breeze	$6.50	162
111833	Ink-Baja Breeze	$6.25	162
112994	Ski Slope Designer Series Paper	$11.75	12 (Holiday Mini)
1102283	Ink-Versamark	$9.50	190
109131	Silver Embossing Powder	$5.75	190
104336	Silver Brads	$8.25	185
100005	Heat Tool	$33.95	190
113100	Ribbon-Alpine	$19.95	23 (Holiday Mini)
103954	Aquapainter (2)	$19.95	193
111833	Ink Refill-Baja Breeze	$3.25	162

Card #3

Created by Patricia Allard

Item #	Description	Price	Pg. #
111774	stamp set-Scandinavian Season	$24.95	13 (Holiday Mini)
113633	wheel-Scandivanian	$7.75	13 (Holiday Mini)
110217	stamp set-Des voeux parfaits	$20.95	141
100730	cardstock-Whisper White	$8.95	163
111353	cardstock-Kiwi Kiss	$6.50	162
111835	Ink-Kiwi Kiss	$6.25	162
100908	Ink-Chocolate Chip	$6.25	164
111879	Kiwi/Vanilla Satin Ribbon	$10.50	187
102264	Coluzzle	$23.95	192
1109114	Pretties Kit-half pearls	$36.95	185
1112091	Scallop Edge Punch	$19.95	188

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Sharing some Fall Traditions

Posted on October 14, 2008October 14, 2008 by Josee

If you’ve never seen an Ottawa Fall, you’re missing out! It’s definetely such a great time to live in Canada! Though I hate that the cold is coming, the Fall colours are absolutely magical! As a rule, we try to go for a special outing to look at the Fall colours with the kids and this year- we checked out Gatineau Hills for the Fall Rhapsody Festival. There are tons of walking trails, beautiful Look-Outs and our favourite Mackenzie King Estates. We took tons of photo’s of the kids playing in the leaves and posing by the ruins. I thought I’d share a few of our Thankgiving photo’s with you!

Here’s a photo overlooking the water at Mackenzie King Estates near the boat house. Aren’t the colours pretty?!

Here’s me and my darlings posing for Dad:

The next day was TURKEY DAY!!! Yummy! We decided to start a new Tradition of giving this year…my oldest daughter and I made homemade Candy Apples and packaged them, made a cute stamped tag and then delivered the apples to 8 of our neighbours. It was really fun to stop by and catch up with people we hadn’t necessarily seen in a while. My kids would ring the door bell and say: "Happy Thankgiving" and then give them the Candy Apple. Some of the people thought we were selling them. My kids and I called it "reverse-Halloween". Here’s a cute photo of my daughter after we got them all made:

Thanks for reading! Just thought I’d share some of our fun this week! 🙂

Season of Friendship

Posted on October 14, 2008October 11, 2008 by Josee

This great new set in the Holiday Mini is not only great for card-making, but, looks absolutely lovely as framed art! This card was created by Heather Fosbery and I love how she created the tree to match the Designer Series Paper…just another reason why having matching products makes creating with Stampin’ Up! products so easy!

Item Code	Description	Price	Pg. #
111776	Season of Friendship	$28.95	6 (Holiday Mini)
102128	Chocolate Chip Cardstock	$6.50	164
101563	Sage Shadow Cardstock	$6.50	165
105119	Autumn Vine Designer Series Paper	$11.75	7 (Holiday Mini)
100908	Chocolate Chip Classic Ink Pad	$6.25	164
102549	Really Rust Classic Ink Pad	$6.25	164
103162	More Mustard Classic Ink Pad	$6.25	164
111367	Chocolate Chip Grograin Ribbon	$6.50	186