Have a Sweet Christmas! Sweet Gingerbread is retiring! And will be on sale tomorrow!

November 30, 2022January 13, 2023 | erinbh

Sweet Gingerbread is one of my favorites in the mini catalog. It is so whimsical and cute! The dies are the best- the “hill” die I have used on so many cards. The dies will be 40% OFF starting tomorrow!! The original price is $33, now it will be $19.80! Huge deal!

I made this card about 2 weeks ago. I planned to do a video on how I made the circle on the background. Then it was Thanksgiving. Everyone eats at my house. Then, the day after Thanksgiving? I’m sure a lot of you do this too- It’s time to get the Christmas stuff out! I finally finished my job today. I decorate three trees and put all the other stuff we have on display. So glad to be done! Just need my husband get the outside lights done! So, I’ll make the video soon!

edited 1/13/23: Here’s the video!

I stamped the house with Versamark on Sahara Sand paper. I embossed with white embossing powder. The door, windows, hearts and sentiment are with Sweet Sorbet. The trees and the wreath were with Soft Sea Foam. I used the Sweet Sorbet Blends to make the berries on the wreath pop.

Here’s everything I used: (I listed the bundle and the stamps and dies separately. With this sale, you don’t want to order the bundle!)

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Sweet Gingerbread Bundle (English)

[159719]

$45.75

Sweet Gingerbread Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[159714]

$18.00

Gingerbread House Dies

[159718]

$33.00

Layering Circles Dies

[151770]

$35.00

Basics Embossing Powders

[155554]

$18.00

Heat Tool (Us And Canada)

[129053]

$30.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$9.50

Simply Scored

[122334]

$30.00

Sweet Sorbet Classic Stampin’ Pad

[159216]

$8.00

Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147102]

$8.00

Blending Brushes

[153611]

$12.50

Balmy Blue Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147105]

$8.00

Sahara Sand Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147117]

$8.00

Sweet Sorbet Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

[159224]

$9.00

Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

[159276]

$10.25

Sweet Sorbet 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

[159268]

$9.25

Sahara Sand 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

[121043]

$9.25

Soft Sea Foam 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

[146988]

$9.25

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Glimmer Ornaments! LOTS of Glimmer!

September 22, 2022 | erinbh

OK, taking pictures of sparkly cards is hard. I think I’ve taken about 25 of them, so this was the best one. But it still doesn’t show how glittery it is. ugh.

If you saw my Yeti card using the Picture This dies, I wanted to use the part I didn’t use for that card. Lots of glimmer! Here’s the Yeti card:

Is It Christmas, Yeti?

I put the negative piece, from the Yeti card, on Basic White. I then die cut two of the Stitched Rectangles dies to make a frame using Tahitian Tide paper. I then used the Picture This die on scrap glimmer paper- just putting enough paper under the different circles. I used the Spruced Up Outlines dies with the White glimmer (from the mini) for the tops of the ornaments.

I added a few more ornaments on the card- ones that didn’t fit inside one of the empty circles.

I stamped the sentiment from Christmas Scottie on white with Tahitian Tide ink. I die cut it with the Stylish Shapes dies.

The ribbon on the side is the really pretty Metallic Woven Ribbon in the main catalog.

Here’s everything I used:

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How to Make Those Gnomes DANCE! Video!

September 21, 2022September 21, 2022 | erinbh

Who doesn’t love to see gnomes dancing??

I saw that SU had shared this technique at a recent event. What a great idea! I’ve used it on two different cards, this one and a witch one that I’ll share in a few days. It is really so easy and fun!

Here’s my video of making this card:

Here’s everything I used:

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Perfect Partners: Pig on a Hill in a Bike!

September 20, 2022September 20, 2022 | erinbh

I wanted to make my pig ride by on hill with water nearby. So, here’s what I came up with! 😂

I used lots of dies on this card. Obviously the Birthday Piggy dies (only 10 days left to get it!). I also used the Waterfall Canyon dies (again, only 10 more days) for the grass, the Basic Borders for the water, and the Gingerbread House for the hills.

I first used my Blending Brushes with Balmy Blue for the sky and Bermuda Bay for the water.

I added the Embossing paste on the water like I’ve done in many cards, but I also used the Paste for clouds. What I did was die cut two clouds from the Waves Dies, then used that a stencil with the Paste. ⬇️

These pigs are so dang cute! Here’s the video on how I make the ocean:

Here’s everything I used:

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This Birthday Piggy Bundle (English)

[162521]

Gingerbread House Dies

[159718]

Waterfall Dies

[160252]

Basic Borders Dies

[155558]

Waves Dies

[158840]

Faux Sea Glass Shapes

[158139]

Embossing Paste

[141979]

Palette Knives

[142808]

Balmy Blue Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147105]

Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147096]

Blending Brushes

[153611]

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

[159276]

Garden Green 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

[102584]

Soft Sea Foam 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

[146988]

Pool Party 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

[122924]

Sweet Sorbet 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

[159268]

Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

[154904]

Basic Black Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

[154843]

Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

[154883]

Sweet Sorbet Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

[159224]

Orchid Oasis Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

[159223]

Balmy Blue Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

[154830]

Petal Pink Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

[154893]

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Perfect Partners: Apples for a Friend

September 19, 2022September 19, 2022 | erinbh

I wanted to make a fancy card with the apples. I colored them with Daffodil, trying to make them look like yellow apples, but they kinda look like lemons! Either way works for a friend card.

The Fabulous Frames dies are one of my favorites. I’ve used it on many cards. For this one, I used it with the Glimmer paper that’s in the mini catalog. The paper is so pretty- three colors: Vanilla, Evening Evergreen and Gold. You could make some really fancy cards with this!

After I colored the apples and leaves, I put Wink of Stella on all them. A very sparkly card!

Here’s everything I used:

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Perfect Partners: Waterfall with Mountains!

September 17, 2022September 16, 2022 | erinbh

I showed this card in my video about the Perfect Partners. Don’t forget my really good deal!

This card was fun to make, but it took a little bit of time.

The Waterfall dies are awesome- there is a ton! I die cut everything on this card.

I wanted to make mountains behind the waterfall and the Mountain Air is perfect for that!

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Palm Trees for Christmas!

September 16, 2022September 15, 2022 | erinbh

You may have seen the video of me making a background that was a sunset and an ocean. I showed this card in that video. I have made other cards that have palm trees with “lights” on them. Reminds me of one of my favorite commercials- The Corona beer one around Christmas time.

Here’s the video of me making the background (there’s two- one very quick and one longer):

This card just used one kind of paper- Basic White! I don’t think I’ve ever done that before!

The palms from the Palms Dies were die cut and one flipped over- so they would lean towards each other. I colored them with Soft Suede and Granny Apple Green.

For the rhinestones, I used the red ones and the basic ones. For the basic ones, I colored them with the Shaded Spruce Dark Blend.

The sentiment is from Sunkissed and die cut with the Stylish Shapes dies.

The birds are from the Waves dies.

Love these types of cards! (as you can probably tell since I’ve made so many!)

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Perfect Partners: Pigs in Love!

September 15, 2022September 15, 2022 | erinbh

I do make some reverse stamping and die cutting a few times. For this one, I just thought it would so cute if they were facing each other.

The first thing I did was make the background with Blending Brushes and Balmy Blue and Granny Apple Green inks.

The tree between them is from the Happy Hedgehogs stamp set. I colored with Blends.

I used one of the sentiments from the Christmas Scottie stamp set. Like I said, it looks like they’re in love!

Here’s my quick video on how to reverse stamp:

The cute little bird die in the piggy dies- I wanted to make it look like the birds were flying the banner.

The background paper is the Kraft Paper. I embossed it with the Fern Embossing Folder.

Here’s everything I used:

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This Birthday Piggy Bundle (English)

[162521]

Happy Hedgehogs Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[157983]

Christmas Scottie Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[159740]

Blending Brushes

[153611]

Balmy Blue Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147105]

Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Pad

[147095]

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

Night Of Navy Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

[154891]

Highland Heather Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

[154887]

Petal Pink Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

[154893]

Flirty Flamingo Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

[154884]

So Saffron Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

[154905]

Soft Sea Foam Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

[154902]

Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

[154882]

Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

[159276]

Kraft 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Paper Pack

[156325]

Fern 3 D Embossing Folder

[158804]

Linen Thread

[104199]

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Perfect Partners: Apple Harvest- How to Make Paper Look Like Notebook Paper! Video

September 13, 2022September 13, 2022 | erinbh

When I look at apples, I think of teachers. So when the dies came out (only here until 9/30), I knew I wanted to make a thank you card that would be great for a teacher! And using the die from the Blossoming Happiness dies, I knew I had to make one of the backgrounds look like notebook paper!

Here’s my video on how I made the notebook paper: