Scrap & Stamp Magazine Take 5 Queen of Stamping

I just wanted to share some exciting news with you. I hope a lot of you are familiar with the Scrap&Stamp magazine. Scrap&Stamp is packed with information for everyone. The have a lot of techniques with easy to follow instructions. Full of great ideas. This issue has 98 projects and ideas, with 70 greeting cards, along with distress marker technique.

What I am getting to is the article that Gail Green did on the Take 5. She called it Queen of Stamping. Gail took our queen and made 5 beautiful cards with her so you get 5 different ideas with a stamp.

If you haven't gotten this magazine, I sure do hope you go out and get it. I like the article on how they make custom brads.

Here are the cards that Gail made.

Hope you pick up your copy today.

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Card by Cazzy

I just wanted to share a card the Cazzy made with Crackerbox Palace Santa and reindeer stamp.

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This is what Cazzy wrote:

Christmas Eve make, delivered to a neighbour at 11:30. I was making quick cards by this time, and this was the Crackerbox Palace santa and sleigh stamped onto linen effect card which was embossed with the snowy village and I added Ice Stickles to highlight that image. Crafty Ribbons of course, and by the time I got to Boxing day and still making cards I had refined this a little but didn't take more photos so I need to make some more so I can!

 

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ATC Winter

Hope everyone is staying warm. It is getting a little chilly here in WI.  

 

I just wanted to share with you a ATC card.

I started with tan parchment card stock and stamped some snowflakes with Brilliance ink. I cut out the two frames from Spellbinders. I left the die on the one with the saying and sponged Brilliance ink around the edges. The snowflake in the corner is a button that I cut the shank off of and added glitter to the center.

The trees have Flower Soft below them to look like snow, and glitter for the snowflakes coming down.

 

 

 

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A Thank You AND Thinking of you Cards

Hi friends,

I thought I would do a thank you and thinking of you cards.

The first one I used Flowers In Vase stamp, and Thank You Very Much Script

 

I used Cuttlebug Quilling flowers and put a pearl inside the center of each one.

I used the saying, Wonderful Things.

 

Smiles, Vicky

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Cazzy Blog Candy Card

Hi Stampers, I wanted to share with you a card that Cazzy made from some of the blog candy she won. If you would like to visit Cazzy's blog, here it is: Cazzy Time

This is what Cazzy wrote:

I am still playing with my blog candy stamps from Crackerbox Palace, this time I decided to make a square card, then I turned it into an easel card, it is perfect for this because the paper behind the cut houses is covered with the part that attaches it to the card blank.

I think this is a really neat card, I like the way she made it into a easel card so it stands up with Santa flying across the sky.

If you would like to find out how Cazzy made the card stop by Cazzy's blog and find out!

Hope you enjoyed Cazzy's card as much as I do and hope you leave her a comment.

 

 

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Two Funny Christmas Cards

Hi Stampers, 

On my first card, a little guy is looking for candy in the sock.

I stamped Dog In Sock with Memento Ink and then the saying, Christmas Time.

I put stickers around the edges and used nail heads in the corners.

I put white flock on the stocking

 

The second card is a funny Santa card.

 Santa and 8 Reindeer and the saying, Master and Visa was stamped with VersaFine Clair. This ink is perfect for fine detailed stamping.

The snowflakes are cut out from glitter foam sheets.

The snowflake in the middle is a button that I cut off the shank.



 

Smiles, Vicky

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Merry Christmas Santa

Are you getting ready for Christmas? I got a little shopping done but without snow here in WI. it's hard to believe Christmas is only a couple of weeks away. But I still got out the Christmas stamps and made a couple of cards in hopes that it would put me in the Christmas mood.

I try to keep my Christmas cards more CAS. I stamped and embossed the Merry Christmas.

I stamped the image and colored it with Copic markers then cut it out as well as the red background scalloped circle with Spellbinders.

I tried to show the glasses with clear lacquer.

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Two Christmas Card With Santa And Snowlady

Hi Stampers, OH OH OH, Christmas is coming fast.

My first card is a Step Card.

This card is 51/2x81/2. The directions are farther down.

I stamped the saying, Merry Christmas Script with VersaFine Clair. 

Snowlady With Tree was stamped and mounted.

I measured and cut the pink in one piece. 

I stamped the snowflake border with Martha Stewart's punch. I used the punched snowflakes and glued them back on the card.  

Here is what the card looks like on the side with the folds.

This is how the card was cut and folded. I put it sideways on the scor-board and from the end scored it at 21/4, 41/4 etc.

 

This one is pretty straightforward. Stamp and embossed the saying, Merry Christmas Calligraphy then cut it out with Spellbinder.

I stamped Santa with Toys on white and colored it with Copic.

The white circle, green scalloped, and red circles are cut with Spellbinders.

This is just to show all of Santa's toys.

Smiles, Vicky

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