The Stamp Review Crew - So Many Stars

Welcome to the first Monday of the month... and another Stamp Review Crew hop! Here we are almost at the end of the year and the decade! How did that happen so fast?

The "Crew" is made up of a group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators from around the world who pick a stamp set or bundle to highlight on the first and third Mondays of each month, with a bonus hop if there is a fifth Monday. If you landed here from Holly's blog, The Rubber Redneck, welcome! There are only five of us for this hop.

Today we are featuring So Many Stars, a Holiday catalog photopolymer set which has a coordinating die set called Stitched Stars. I'm thrilled that the dies will be carrying over, because there is a new stamp set coming in January that uses them! You can get this as a bundle right now, and save 10%, too! But the bundle deal ends when the holiday catalog ends, so don't miss out.

The title of my favorite Christmas Carol is part of this set, so naturally I had to use it. And to make the stars shine brightly, I heat embossed them with Shimmer White Embossing Powder. They sure do shine! I wish the pictures could show you how much.

After embossing the fancy stars on Seaside Spray cardstock with the Shimmer White EP, some small, simple stars in plain white were added for filler. The main star was also embossed on Whisper White and cut with one of the dies, then popped up on dimensionals. I embossed an extra, fussy cut the center and popped it up, too.

I thought the card still needed "something", and after trying various embellishments, the Seaside Spray Metallic Ribbon was the winner.

That's all I have to share today. I've been super busy making FORTY birthday cards for a family member's fortieth birthday. Only three more to finish!

Up next is Lauren, at Crafty Little Peach. I can't wait to see what she did with this set!

Winter Wonderland, Control Freaks Style!

Welcome once again to the monthly Tour de Freaks! This month our theme is Winter Wonderland, so anything chilly, frosty, or frozen goes! I'm the first stop on the tour, but you may have landed here from The Stamp Doc. Weren't Melissa's projects awesome? There are seven of us on this month's hop, so click the button at the bottom of each stop to hop on to the next stop!

Like I said, the theme is Winter, which can be anything winter-related, whether a holiday, or just plain old frosty beauty. And the perfect frosty beauty comes in the Feels Like Frost Specialty Designer Paper. I've used it on both my cards today. Up first is a card using the Frosted Foliage stamp set that is part of the Feels Like Frost Suite. It is a set of six cling stamps with five Frosted Frames Dies that coordinate. (Look on page 41 of the Holiday catalog.)

The frame was cut from Vellum Cardstock, with icy accents added using Shimmery Crystal Effects and Ice Stampin' Glitter.

Some snowflakes were also added, cut from Sparkle Glimmer Paper to jazz it up a bit more. In keeping with the cool theme, the greeting was stamped in Night of Navy and cut with the label die.

It really is so much more sparkly in real life! The next card combines the beautiful Snow Globe Scenes Dies (page 43) with a greeting from Itty Bitty Christmas. And that fabulous DSP, of course!

The trio of trees was cut twice and overlapped to make the snowy woods behind the church. I also added some Ice Stampin' Glitter to the trees for more frosty sparkle, and Sparkle Glimmer snowy hills.

The greeting was stamped on a strip of Vellum Cardstock using StazOn Jet Black, and adhered at the side with a glue dot.

Round iridescent sequins from Snowflake Sequins added a touch more shimmery goodness, and also covered the glue dot under the greeting. That Shimmery Crystal Effects is fab for gluing sequins!

Up next is our newest Freak, Bree Renwick, over at Craft-somnia Momma. Be sure to give her a warm welcome!

The Stamp Review Crew - Cup of Christmas

Welcome to the Stamp Review Crew's first Monday of the month hop! Can you believe it's already NOVEMBER??? The Crew is made up of a group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators from around the world who pick a stamp set or bundle to highlight on the first and third Mondays of each month, with a bonus hop if there is a fifth Monday. If you just landed here from Linda's blog, Stampin' Seasons, welcome! The hop goes live on Monday, so if all the links aren't working, check again later!

Today we are featuring the photopolymer stamp set called Cup of Christmas, which is available as just the stamp set, or you can get the coordinating Cup of Cheer Dies, too, and save 10% if you bundle them together! This is a totally new kind of stamp from Stampin' Up; the striped and dotted mugs are reversible! That's right, they are a thicker photopolymer, so you can stamp one side, clean it off, flip it over, and then stamp the other side. So very cool! There are dies to match whichever side you decide to use.

I liked the striped and poinsettia dies that make a filler for the mugs, so I went with those today. Using Very Vanilla cardstock, the two mugs were die cut, then the filler was cut from Red Glimmer Paper (which I just now realized is retired, shoot!) and glued in place.

I love red, green, and gold for Christmas, so I used the Garden Green buffalo check in the Toile Tidings DSP, cutting it with Stitched Rectangle Dies and matting it on a slightly larger Gold Foil Sheet. (The stitched frame was cut from the mat before fastening the DSP.)

After adhering the various rectangles to the Very Vanilla card base, the cups were popped up on Stampin' Dimensionals and the greeting was stamped in Cherry Cobbler, and was also popped up on dimensionals.

The Gold 1/4" Shimmer Ribbon in this month's special Christmastime is Here Suite made the perfect little bow to complete the card!

Up next is Stesha over at Stampin' Hoot. I can't wait to see what she did with this set!

Product List

Cup Of Christmas Photopolymer Stamp Set (En)

Cup Of Cheer Dies

Cup Of Christmas Bundle (En)

Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Gold Foil Sheets

Toile Tidings Designer Series Paper

Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad

Stitched Rectangle Dies

Gold 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Shimmer Ribbon

Stampin' Dimensionals

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

Mini Glue Dots

Happy Holiday Catalog!

Today, starting at 3:00 a.m. MT, is the day you can finally start ordering from the Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalog! YAY!!! And not a moment too soon, since it's time to get those holiday cards and gifts started. I've been busy with the chicks, and haven't even started my Christmas cards yet - yikes!

If you don't have a paper copy, you can CLICK HERE to see a PDF of the catalog. But I think it's so much better to have one in your hot little hands, don't you??? That's the only way you can tell for sure what size the stamps are!

This card uses products from several different suites, mainly because I was enthralled with all the textures, LOL. I know you can see the Subtle 3D embossing (from the annual catalog), but I also used the new Winter Knit and Hammered Metal 3D folders, as well.

The tree was stamped in Pretty Peacock, with Mint Macaron as the filler. It was punched out and popped up on dimensionals, then a Holiday Rhinestone was added. The swirl under the greeting is from the Stitched Stars Dies.

Product List

Perfectly Plaid Bundle (En)

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Pretty Peacock 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Copper Foil Sheets

Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad

Subtle 3D Embossing Folder

Winter Knit 3D Embossing Folder

Hammered Metal 3D Embossing Folder

Stitched Stars Dies

Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels

Holiday Catalog Sneak Peek Unboxing!

Okay y'all, I just made my very first video, of the holiday catalog preorder unboxing. Between the rumbles of thunder, and Pumpkin (Da Punk) trying to walk through everything, it's not very refined. But I hope you enjoy it, nonetheless! Lots of sneak peeks of coming distractions, LOL!!!

If you want a copy of the 2019 Holiday catalog for yourself, and you aren't already on my mailing list, let me know!