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Gingerbread Calories

Posted on November 28, 2025 9:33 PM by Julie Comment

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Only a few weeks until Christmas so time to get serious about finishing up my Christmas cards. This is a simple card and it would be easy to swap out the colors and papers and make a stack of them.

For the Inspiration Challenge IC1043 we are visiting Misubi Kiln & their Pinterest Boards. I was inspired by THIS item for the color & grid work.

To make my no calorie card, I die cut one side of a piece of red card stock w/ the ornate lattice half panel. A piece of designer paper was cut to fit inside the other half. I used some long, left over strips of red, dk red, green, pine green & kraft to cut some of the large diamonds inserts then added them to 2 rows of the lattice. The cute little gingerbread man was cut out of kraft & all the little decorations attached on top. He’s also popped up one layer. I used the smallest rectangle die to cut the red layer behind the greeting & one of the offset tags for the greeting itself. The flag end of it was trimmed off to fit.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies: (click the names below the pictures to take you to the products)

Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Very Snarky Christmas set

Paper: Staples 110# white, red, dk red, green, pine green, black, kraft, dp Brass & Bliss: Cupcake Cocoa & Candy Canes paper pad

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Brass & Bliss: Mr Mrs Gingerbread set, Rectangles, Ornate Lattice Half Panel, Offset Tags dies, Misti

Mr Mrs Gingerbread dies 5718D	A Very Snarky Christmas set 37048	Offset Tag dies 5505-03D	Rectangle dies 5003D	Cupcake Cocoa & Candy Canes paper pad 2302
Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	MISTI	Scotch ATG	Memento Inks

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Starry New Year

Posted on November 22, 2025 10:06 PM by Julie Comment

This is an easy, festive New Year’s card. You could change the greeting and make it anniversary, promotion or congratulatory card. It features a new Cheers to That! set and a new, very versatile small fringe die. Great for filling in behind shapes like this big star or a fun border. It comes in 3 sizes and this is the smallest.

A big congrats to Michelle, the newest Featured Stamper FS981! She has a big, beautiful gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I kept the colors & stars but left off the embossing, the angled strip, used a cut out star instead of a solid one & changed it from Christmas to New Year’s.

After cutting the white front, I used next to largest star die & cut it from the front on an angle. It just barely fit! I made the star frame w/ the largest die & cut out the center w/ the same die I used to cut the front. All of the fringe strips were cut out of shades of teal & a couple out of brushed silver, then layered on top of each other before attaching behind the star cut out. The greeting & champagne glasses were cut w/ their coordinating dies & attached on top. The smallest star of the stitched star dies & a couple of small stars from the String of Lights die were cut out of silver & added to the upper right corner.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies: (click the names below the pictures to take you to the products)

Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Cheers to That! set

Paper: Staples 110# white, brushed silver, metallic silver, shades of teal, Brass & Bliss: Boughs of Joy paper pad

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Brass & Bliss: Cheers to That! set, Stitched Stars, String of Lights, Sm Fringe dies

Cheers to That set 37045	Cheers to That dies 37045D	Star dies 5729D	String of Lights dies 5823-04D	Sm Fringe die 5853-01D
Memento Inks	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Stardream Paper	MISTI	AC color card stock
Scotch ATG

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Martini Season

Posted on November 21, 2025 10:13 PM by Julie Comment

I have a fun, classy, holiday card for the grownup crowd today. This would also be great for a holiday party invite or for your favorite martini loving friend. Change the colors, papers and greeting and you have an all season card. Great for birthdays and parties. The best part is it only takes 3 die sets, a greeting and some pretty paper.

For the Inspiration Challenge IC1042, we are visiting Callister’s Christmas & their Pinterest Board where I was inspired by THIS ornament.

To make my martini card, I die cut the glass out of a shimmery silver card stock. The shaker was cut out of 2 shades of metallic silver & paper pieced. The glass insert was cut twice out of transparent vellum & I used a lt red marker on the back side of the vellum pieces. After cutting the olives out of red & green glitter paper & piecing them to the stir stick, I attached one of the vellum inserts to the back side of the martini glass. The glittery olives were attached behind the vellum & the second vellum insert was attached behind it. Another glass cut out of card board was attached on the very bottom to sandwich all the parts together. The little bows & holly were cut out of glitter paper & added. The largest & mid size tag frames were cut out of white & a piece of designer paper was attached behind the largest one. A piece of vellum was attached behind the smaller one & popped up once more, before the the glass & shaker were added on top.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies: (click the names below the pictures to take you to the products)

Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Holly & Cheer set

Paper: Staples 110# white, shimmery silver, 3 shades of metallic silver, red & green glitter, vellum, Brass & Bliss: Boughs of Joy paper pad

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Brass & Bliss: Holly & Cheer, Tag Frames, Martini & Shaker, Market Stand dies

Holly & Cheer set 37033	Holly & Cheer dies 37033D	Martini Glass & Shaker die 5843D	Framed Tag Cover dies 5852-02D	Farmer’s Market Winter Add On dies 5813-05D
Boughs of Joy paper pad 2304	Memento Inks	Staples 110# White Card Stock	DCWV Glitter Matstack	Stardream Paper
The Paper Cut Vellum	Scotch ATG