O Holy Night Card AND a special offer for YOU!

Here is the final project from my Christmas In July class, the card featuring the O Holy Night stamp set.  I just love the look of this stamp with all of the different lettering styles.  This card is easy to make and would make a great card for everyone on your Christmas card list. 

 

Detail of Paper-Piercing and Pearl

The O Holy Night stamp coordinates so nicely with the Greetings of the Season stamp set.

Here are the supplies I used for this card:
Stamps:
O Holy Night
Greetings of the Season
Paper:
Raspberry Ripple
Baked Brown Sugar
Very Vanilla
Ink:
Raspberry Ripple
Accessories:
Stylish Stripes Embossing Folder
Apothecary Accents Framelits
Labels Collection Framelits
Paper Piercing Tool
Stampin' Pierce Mat
Essentials Paper Piercing Pack
Pearl Basic Jewels
Stampin' Dimensionals
Big Shot

All of these items can be found in my online store:  http://nancyamato.stampinup.net. 

O Holy Night
#131832  Wood Mount  $13.95
#131835  Clear Mount  $10.95

Greetings of the Season
#128030  Wood Mount  $15.95
#128033  Clear Mount  $11.95

Essentials Paper Piercing Pack
#126187  $7.95

Apothecary Accents Framelits
#127003  $24.95

Labels Collection Framelits
#125598  $26.95

I hope you enjoyed these projects and got a little inspiration for your holiday stamping! 

And now, it's time for a special offer just for YOU.  How would you like to receive all of the projects from my Christmas In July class completed and sent directly to you?  Well, that is what I am going to do for every new Paper Pumpkin subscriber AND new members who join my B-More Stampers team from now until August 31, 2013.  Stampin' Up! is offering great deals for both new Paper Pumpkin subscribers and new demonstrators until August 31, 2013.  Here's the scoop: 

I'm Paper Pumpkin . . .
I come to your door each month (a fully decked-out creativity carriage). I'll help you to escape your life with some paper fun.
I come in a sweet box, but you'll really love what you find on the inside:
All the stamps, ink, paper, and accessories to create pinable projects. Create stuff like cards, journals, décor, and more!
Paper Pumpkin by Stampin' Up! is a new monthly kit program that anyone (even you) can enjoy!

Offer Dates: July 18, 2013 -August 31, 2013
Offer Details: Use the promotion code PUMPKINDEAL to join Paper Pumpkin before August 31, 2013, and pay only $10 a month* for the first two months.
*plus tax, where applicable. Shipping included!
The Fine Print:

• For new subscribers only.
• Promotion applies only to the first two months of a new subscription. After receiving two month's worth, the price for each month's kit will go to the regular price: $19.95.
• You need to visit https://mypaperpumpkin.com?demoid=77526 to join.
• You must click "Add Promo Code" and then enter the promo code PUMPKINDEAL in the "Promo Code" field when you sign up on the mypaperpumpkin.com website to take advantage of this promotion.
• You must join by Saturday, August 31, 2013; 11:50 PM (MT).

Offer: New recruits get to pick one of four project kits for free in addition to their starter kit when they join Stampin' Up! Dates: July 15-August 31, 2013
Kit Options:
The first three project kits are from the holiday catalog and the last option is from the annual catalog.

Option	Kit Description	Item	Total Value
1	Build a Banner Simply Created Kit AND Halloween Banner Simply Created Accessory Kit	133507 132698	$29.90
2	Build a Banner Simply Created Kit AND Christmas Banner Simply Created Accessory Kit	133507 132697	$29.90
3	Thankful Tablescape Simply Created Kit	133463	$19.95
4	Tag a Bag Bundle AND Tag a Box Bundle	131371 131372	$22.45

The Starter Kit is $99, and you get to pick $125 worth of products you want.  Plus, you get a business booster kit (a $65 value) included in your kit.  Join my team before August 31, 2013 and you also get to pick one of the 4 Project Kits shown above -- woo hoo!  Questions?  Just send an email to stampinnancy@gmail.com.  Ready to Join?  Just visit my website http://nancyamato.stampinup.net and click on Join The Fun. 

I hope you enjoyed the projects from my Christmas In July class.  Remember -- you can get all of these projects sent to you when you join Paper Pumpkin or my B-More Stampers Team before August 31, 2013.  Have a great day!

Update from Monday, August 12th -- I am happy to welcome Sue G. to the B-More Stampers Team! 

Sparkly Snowflake Card

Hello!  It has been a busy week, but I finally took some photos of the projects we made at my Christmas In July class.  I will be sharing one project a day for the next five days.  My first project is a card that can be used for Christmas or Hanukkah.  It is also very sparkly!  (I love sparkle!!!)

I pulled the colors for the different layers of the snowflake from the colors in the Winter Frost Specialty Designer Series Paper (DSP):  Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana, Island Indigo, and Smoky Slate.  Pool Party is also featured in the Winter Frost Specialty DSP, but I did not use it for this card.  I love how just two small pieces of DSP really frame the snowflake.  Here is a close-up of the snowflake:

 

The sparkly snowflake was made with Whisper White card stock and our Jumbo Sticky Rounds.  I adhered a Sticky Round to a small square of Whisper White, then used the smallest of the snowflakes from the Festive Flurry Framelits Dies to cut it out.  I removed the red plastic to expose the adhesive, then pushed the snowflake into some Silver Stampin' Glitter.  The Silver Glitter is oh-so-sparkly -- it is hard to really capture it in a photo.  I like to keep my glitter is plastic sandwich containers so I can easily dump the excess back into the container.  Plus, I keep a plastic spoon in the container in case I want to sprinkle glitter over adhesive.  The snowflake is assembled with Stampin' Dimensionals between each layer, and the Frosted Finishes Embellishment is attached to the Smoky Slate snowflake with 2 glue dots.

I was able to stamp all 4 snowflakes on 1 piece of Whisper White cut at 4 1/4 x 11 inches.  I used the Festive Flurry Framelits Dies to cut them out.  I think this snowflake would also make a great Christmas tree ornament or special gift tag, don't you?  You can buy the stamps and the framelits in a bundle and save 15%, too!  Here is a shot of the inside of the card:

I inked the smallest snowflake stamp in Smoky Slate, stamped off once on my scrap paper, then stamped onto the inside.  The Peace On Earth was stamped with Island Indigo ink at full strength. 

Here are the supplies I used for this card:
Stamps:
Festive Flurry
Greetings of the Season
Paper:
Whisper White
Smoky Slate
Island Indigo
Winter Frost Specialty Designer Series Paper
Ink:
Island Indigo
Coastal Cabana
Bermuda Bay
Smoky Slate
Accessories:
Festive Flurry Framelits Dies
Silver Stampin' Glitter
Frosted Finishes Embellishments
Stampin' Dimensionals
Jumbo Sticky Rounds
Glue Dots

Greetings of the Season
#128030  Wood Mount  $15.95
#128033  Clear Mount  $11.95

Festive Flurry Bundle 
#133284 Wood Mount $54.95
#133285 Clear Mount $46.95




 

Winter Frost Designer Series Paper
#132341  $12.95

Frosted Finishes Embellishments
#132150  $6.95 (12 pieces per package)
 

Silver and Gold Stampin' Glitter
#132205  $7.95

Jumbo Sticky Rounds
#127852  $4.95 (12 per package, 2.5" diameter)

 

 



You can order all of these supplies online at http://nancyamato.stampinup.net.  Come back tomorrow for another one of my Christmas In July projects! 


 

 

Merry Christmas!

I have been designing Christmas cards and teaching classes featuring holiday cards since July -- yes, you heard me right -- July!  So, you would think I have had all of my cards stamped and ready to go, right?  Oh, how I wish that were true!  (They will get mailed this week!)

I had lots of ideas running around in my noggin' for my card this year, but I decided that what the world needs most of all right now is peace.  So, I wanted to feature the Peace on Earth stamp from the Greetings of the Season stamp set (page 8 of the Holiday Mini catalog) with the beautiful snowflakes from the Snowflake Soiree stamp set (page 5 of the Holiday Mini catalog).  I hope you like it!

Close-up of snowflakes stamped with Illuminate ink.  It is hard to photograph, but it is really pretty in real life!

Here are the supplies I used for this card:
Stamps:
Greetings of the Season  (#128030 $15.95 wood mount, #128033 $11.95 clear mount)
Snowflake Soiree (#127922 $29.95 wood mount, #127925 $21.95 clear mount)
More Merry Messages (#126400 $32.95 wood mount, #126402 $24.95 clear mount)
Paper:
Whisper White
Night of Navy
Ink:
Night of Navy
Versa Mark (for embossing)
Illuminate
Accessories:
Embossing Buddy
Silver Embossing Powder
Heat Tool
Stampin' Dimensionals
Apothecary Accents Framelits
Lacy Brocade Textured Embossing Folder
Basic Rhinestones

It is Christmas Eve, and I hope you are ready for a wonderful holiday with family and friends.  Be sure to remember the reason for the season.  May God bless you with peace, health and happiness in the new year.  We attended church this evening and heard our niece sing with the Childrens' Choir, then visited with dear neighbors.  Tomorrow will be a day of cooking and fun, followed by another day of family fun on Wednesday.  Hug the ones you love, and make those memories.  (You will want to scrapbook them in January! lol)  Merry Christmas!

 

We even had a white Christmas eve!