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I decided to feature this wonderful truck in four color schemes reminiscent of my youth. My father had a truck like this when I was a kid and we even have a home movie of him giving my brothers and cousins a ride in the back. Remember those days when it was ok to ride in the back of a pickup?

The first truck was colored with Light and Dark Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends (144601 - $9.00).

I used two different green families for this truck - Dark Mint Macaron (147021 - $4.50) and Light Call Me Clover (147023 - $4.50).

Here's the classic Light and Dark Cherry Cobbler truck (144598 - $4.50).

And last, a Light and Dark Night of Navy (144040 - $9.00) truck.

In addition to the above colors, I used Light Smoky Slate (145054 - $4.50), Light and Dark Basic Black (147942 - $9.00) for the truck details and the Christmas tree was colored in Light and Dark Shaded Spruce (147938 - $9.00).

 

 

 

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at stampingthecape@gmail.com.

November 2018 - Stamp Club

This month’s stamp club is focused on Christmas. Since I take a break in December to enjoy the holidays, I try to get as much as I can in now.

For my first card I'm featuring the Peaceful Noel Bundle (149958) $31.50, which includes the photopolymer stamp set and the Sprig Punch. I’ve also added some of the Joyous Noel 6” x 6” Glimmer Paper (147817) $15.00. It's somewhat CASED (Copy And Share Everything) from the Holiday Catalog but I've changed a few things. The colors used on this card are Crumb Cake, Tranquil Tide, and Merry Merlot.

The Making Christmas Bright Bundle has been used for this festive card (149947) $35.00, which includes the Christmas Bulb Builder Punch. I've also found a few other ways to use this punch that are not Christmas. You can see those HERE. I've also added some branches to hang our lights and ornaments from using the Christmas Pines stamp set (142049) $35.00. A bit of twinkle has been added to the dangling ornaments by adding a bit of Clear Wink of Stella (141897) $8.00. Click the photo right to enlarge.

We haven't done a 3-D project in a while and I found this wonderful ornament orb that can hold small gifts or treats over on the Mixed Up Craft blog. It's an original creation by Samantha Clayton. She has lots of terrific ideas on her blog and a great tutorial on YouTube for this orb that takes you step-by-step on how to make it. These would make a fun Advent tree! Watch it HERE.

I hope you're planning and making lots of fun gifts and decorations for your holiday season!

If you have any questions about my projects or products, feel free to contact me at stampingthecape@gmail.com.

ICS Blog Hop - Christmas Is Coming!

Thank you for joining me on the ICS November Blog Hop. We're on a different day this month because many of our demonstrators will be traveling to attend Stampin' Up!'s OnStage event in Orlando, Florida. If you've come via Deb Naylor's blog, Thank You! If you're starting at my blog, Welcome!

The theme for this month's hop is Christmas is Coming and I'm featuring the Farmhouse Christmas Bundle.

Can you guess what's inside the box? It's an oldie but goodie!

Yes, it's stamping on tissue paper and melting it into the candles! I did this with one of my first classes when I started with Stampin' Up! eight years ago so I thought I'd bring it back. This time I've added a small package of matches. I've covered the top and bottom of the matchbox with some of the plaid from the Festive Farmhouse Designer Series Paper package.

It's difficult to get a good picture of the candles as the wax makes the images so shiny. I've always thought this was a neat technique and makes a simple but sweet hostess gift when invited to a neighborhood party or teacher gift.  I wanted to use my Stampin' Blends® to color the image but the alcohol ink bled too much on the tissue paper so I used my Stampin' Write Markers® instead. In case you were wondering, when the candles are lit the paper doesn't burn. It's protected by the wax all the way to the bottom.

The candles I used are a bit larger than our 1-1/2" Circle Punch and were creasing the cardstock when I tried to force them into the hole. To resolve that I snipped tiny cuts evenly around the circles, used my Take Your Pick tool and the small stylus to trace a circle on the back following the snips and gently bent the edges down. I think you can see that in the picture. It holds the candles securely without distorting the cardstock.

If you'd like to try this technique and make your own gift box, Download the Tealight Gift Box instruction sheet. 

Now hop on over to Karie Beglau's blog for more great Christmas ideas.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at stampingthecape@gmail.com.