The first time I saw these mittens I thought "they just belong around a mug of hot cocoa!" So they finally are and here's the card. Just makes you want to brew up a cup, doesn't it? Once again I tore the edges of Whisper White card stock and embossed it with Northern Flurry before popping it up on Crumb Cake card stock. The delightful mug is stamped in Gumball Green with Early Espresso "cocoa" steaming inside! Real Red mittens embossed with miniature reindeer are accented with Gumball Green Sweater Trim for a cozy feel. Both stamp sets have coordinating punches to make creating simple. Make a Mitten 127940w 127943c And the warm and fuzzy trim? Gumball Green 1/4" Sweater Trim 127838 Now here's something extra fun about this stamp set and punch! How many ways could you use those borders? And look what an amazing person at SU! came up with for the mitten toppers! Turned upside down and embossed and you're ready for spring! Here' what it took to create this little love note. The leaves are the heart punch cut in half.

You've been poking me on how to flip the mittens in this card we shared last week so that you can punch them out instead of cutting them out. We're currently working on a different

I had this card in mind when I made the earlier all white mitten card but had to do a bit of sorting in my stamp studio before uncovering the Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine. I put this together during a...

The trick to get left and right mittens from this punch is to punch one with designer series paper, then flip your paper over, and punch again! I used a sheet from the Festival of Prints Designer Series Paper Stack, page 20 of the Holiday Catalog. You get 48 (4.5" x 6.5"), 4 each of 12 double sided designs for $6.95, #126904. The punch is on page 11 of the same catalog, #127824, $15.95. I think I got carried away with bling, but, what can I say? Bling is fun! My card base is Bashful Blue with a layer of...

Here are some more fabulous swaps using Stampin' Up!'s Mitten Builder Punch and coordinating stamp set, Make a Mitten. Created by Mary Jo Spence What a clever card! I like how she attached the mittens together, but with one on the outside and the other on the inside. eta 11/8/12: I understand Valita was the originator of this awesome Box Card design. To view her video, click: "Valita's Make a Simple Box Card" In addition, I created a cute Sweater Trim Box Card & Video, which you can find here: "Dawn's Easy Box Card" Created by my friend, Jill Hilliard...

I am so glad you stopped by to take a peek at my blog! I have had "stampin' fever" for over 14 years now and have loved every minute of it! It's a wonderfully contagious disease, but beware... once you catch it, there is no cure!

I've been having fun playing with the NEW Stampin' Up! Mitten Builder Punch and matching stamp set, Make A Mitten. Here's one of the cards I made this weekend. I used Stephanie Leider's Halloween Card Swap as inspiration for today's Mitten Builder card. I loved her color block design and was just waiting for the right images to use it with. I think the Hat & Mittens Punch Art are a perfect fit. Take a look... Today's your lucky day...I'm sharing measurements for everything. I know these color block cards can be stricky to figure out. I'm in a good...

Two cards to share with you today. I'm playing catch-up on several challenges and my first card qualifies for four, count 'em ... FOUR challenges!! :) I started with the colors in SCS Color Challenge this week (CC393 - Lucky Limeade, Primrose Petals, Pink Pirouette) ... and the dessert was to make it a Christmas card. I thought these colors would make cute mittens, so started there. It actually took me longer to figure out how to mount them ... I'm really pleased with the frame and snowflake embossed background - which qualifies this card for Simon Says Challenge - Emboss it! ... and Jingle Belles Challenge - Dashing through the snow. And finally, this is for today's Less is More Challenge (LIM#86 - Take 3 - use three previous challenges). The previous LIM challenges are: #45 - Let it Snow; #55 - Punches or Dies; #77 - Sewing). Whew!! Here's the card ... "Snowy Mittens" Stamps: Season of Friendship (snowflake on mittens) (SU!); Snowman Sayings (Amy R) Paper: White (Neenah); Primrose Petals cardstock (SU!) Ink: Kiwi Kiss - retired, Whisper White (SU!) Accessories & Tools: Big Shot, Mittens die-cut (Sizzix), Snowflakes embossing folder (Cuttlebug), Rectangle nestie (Spellbinders), Honeydew and Blossom twines (The Twinery), white gel pen, glue, sticky strips, and dimensionals I die-cut four of each mitten (one in Primrose Petals cardstock and three in white). I layered two white and the Primrose Petal layers on top using glue. With the remaining white mitten, I cut off just the cuff. I added glue to the front and back of the cuff and wound twine around until it was completely covered. I glued the cuff on top of the mitten. This makes thick, mitten die-cuts that stand out nicely against the embossed background. ____________________ The second card is for this week's Hambo Hoedown Challenge 83 (Zig one Way, Zag the Other - Chevrons!). I just love this bird ... he's the cutest image and makes me smile! :) I got this digi free from Hambo for entering their challenge last week ... that's right, if you enter the challenge, you receive a free digi to use for the next challenge - so fun!! Click on the link above to check out this great challenge site! I also added a googley eye ... so this card qualifies for SCS's Free for All Challenge (F4A135 - The eyes have it!). "Looking Up" Stamps: Bird Balloon (Hambo digi stamp) Paper: White (Neenah); Citron DP (My Mind's Eye) Ink: Copics: YR07, R17 Accessories & Tools: Crystal Effects, googley eye, glue I added Crystal Effects to the balloon to make it shiny and then paper pieced it onto my card front. Quick and easy CAS card! ____________________ Finally, I've had some happy news over the past week. My Piles of Fun card received an Honorable Mention on the Addicted to Stamps challenge blog. And my Delicate Branches won as Headliner on the Paper Players challenge blog ... and also was in the SHOWcase at the Less is More challenge blog. Woo Hoo!! Great challenges ... click on the links to see these fabulous challenge blogs and join in!! And, last, but not least, my name was picked and I won $25 shopping at Clear Dollar Stamps for participating in their September Blog Hop ... just loved all the wonderful creations from the Design Team - it was fun!! Thank you to CDS ... I'll be shopping soon! :) 

It may not be frosty cold here in California, but we still have occasions to wear mittens in the cool nights. :) I thought these adorable mittens from Stampin' Up! were so cute and wanted to feature them in a fun card for you today! I was originally inspired by a card done by Barbara Strauss Nagle, and put my own twists on it. I stamped the background with Pool Party ink on Whisper White cardstock using the Marbled background stamp (pg 165 2017 Annual Stampin' Up! catalog), and then embossed it with the Winter Wonder snowflake

Langzaamaan gaat het steeds kouder worden buiten. De handschoenen komen weer uit de kast. Zo ook op dit kaartje. De achtergrond van dit kaartje is gemaakt met de stempelset endless wishes en de gorgeous grunge. Tekst is ook gemaakt met de set endless wishes. Gestempeld in 2 kleuren bruin, chocolate chip en baked brown sugar. Met deze kaart wil ik meedoen met de winter challenge op cards2create. Dit kaartje is natuurlijk weer te koop. Voor 1,50 wordt deze geleverd met een enveloppe. groetjes, Cynthia

Mojo MOnday sketch used for today's card using the new SU mitten stamp set and punch. Not sure of the name of the paper, found in my pile of Christmas paper. Snowflake Sizzix die with Martha Stewart small snowflake and Build a Brad for center. The mitten was stamped, clear embossed and punched from the holiday paper.

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I joined the Sketch Challenge at Pals Paper Art with today's card. I was happy with these bright cheery colors - Pacific Point, Old Olive and Whisper White. Scroll down to see the whimsical inside to keep the cheerio theme going. Don't forget to add some pizazz to your envie too! Be sure and click on over to see the other Challenge Entries! Thank you PPA for an inspiring challenge. International Bizarre Designer Series Paper & Brights DSP

Langzaamaan gaat het steeds kouder worden buiten. De handschoenen komen weer uit de kast. Zo ook op dit kaartje. De achtergrond van dit kaartje is gemaakt met de stempelset endless wishes en de gorgeous grunge. Tekst is ook gemaakt met de set endless wishes. Gestempeld in 2 kleuren bruin, chocolate chip en baked brown sugar. Met deze kaart wil ik meedoen met de winter challenge op cards2create. Dit kaartje is natuurlijk weer te koop. Voor 1,50 wordt deze geleverd met een enveloppe. groetjes, Cynthia

Have you admired the ornaments on the front of the Holiday Catalog? Now you can purchase a KIT to make them! Each kit makes 10 ORNAMENTS! Stampin' Up! has simplified this fun project so that you can quickly and easily achieve the same results. In addition to the kit, all you need is a glue gun, scissors, and adhesive. (Our Anywhere Glue Sticks [104045] are perfect for assembly.) Want greeting or place cards to go with those ornaments? The Ornament Keepsakes Stamp Set (W 128048 C 128051) gives you perfect coordination. Fancy a little sparkle and shine? Sprinkle on our Dazzling Diamonds Stampin’ Glitter (102023)! The Ornamental Elegance Kit (132832) is $14.95 and includes: Die-Cut Cardstock Elements Cherry Cobbler 3-1/2″ Scalloped Tulle Ribbon Natural Linen Thread Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons Large Pearl Basic Jewels DON’T WAIT! These are available while supplies last! You can order them on my SU website HERE. Stampin' Up! has taken all the work out of it for you with two cute packaging ideas at just the right price. Trimmings & Tags Bundle Item 132769 $13.50 (a $16.85 value) and Petite Treats Bundle Item 132770 $13.50 (a $16.85 value) You can order them on my SU website HERE. click here to shop online with Jill

Hello friends of The Paper Players! Thank you for joining us last week for Anne Marie's "framed" challenge--so many gorgeous creations. Nance here, as your hostess for this week's sketch challenge. Sketches can be a great starting point or an exact blueprint for your design--however you want to use it--just as long as we can see the basic design and you have fun creating with it! As usual, the Design Team knocked it out of the park this week. Let's take a look at their interpretaions! The Paper Players Design Team Jen Arkfeld Dawn Easton Helen Heil Anne Marie Hile Jaydee Nance Leedy LeAnne Pugliese Ann Schach Amy White

This Smitten Mittens stamp set and Many Mittens Framelits Dies are so darn cute… and don’t even get me started on how much I love the plaids in this holiday catalog! 🙂 This is the kind of set that can be dressed up or down with the easiest of effort! For this card, it was […]

It's time for another DOstamperSTARS Thursday Challenge. This week we're having a "Product Spotlight" challenge. Today's challenge is any Stampin' Up! Holiday Product and I selected the Smitten Mitten Bundle. Specifically, the Many Mittens Framelits Dies. Last month at the Creative Connections Event, we were fortunate to have Carrie Cudney from the Stampin' Up! home office shared a fun presentation using the Smitten Mitten Bundle. One of the most adorable projects she featured was a fun mini penguins punch art tag. I knew I wanted to give it a try. I put the small ones together and I guess I...

I've been having fun playing with the NEW Stampin' Up! Mitten Builder Punch and matching stamp set, Make A Mitten. Here's one of the cards I made this weekend. I used Stephanie Leider's Halloween Card Swap as inspiration for today's Mitten Builder card. I loved her color block design and was just waiting for the right images to use it with. I think the Hat & Mittens Punch Art are a perfect fit. Take a look... Today's your lucky day...I'm sharing measurements for everything. I know these color block cards can be stricky to figure out. I'm in a good...

Today's card comes from you via Pinterest!! Of course, where else? LOL Ok, I know I do create some of my own designs, layouts and what ...

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Got a fresh new challenge from Create with Connie and Mary – Isn’t this just a cool sketch? I pulled out the Be Merry Designer Series Paper from the regular catalog... [Read More]

Here are some more fabulous swaps using Stampin' Up!'s Mitten Builder Punch and coordinating stamp set, Make a Mitten. Created by Mary Jo Spence What a clever card! I like how she attached the mittens together, but with one on the outside and the other on the inside. eta 11/8/12: I understand Valita was the originator of this awesome Box Card design. To view her video, click: "Valita's Make a Simple Box Card" In addition, I created a cute Sweater Trim Box Card & Video, which you can find here: "Dawn's Easy Box Card" Created by my friend, Jill Hilliard...

Good morning! How is everyone doing today? I’m doing well, I’m off to Vermont a little later on with my friend Kim. I’m going to go and pick her up from the city and off we go. I&…

The card - an embossed snowflake with some added mittens. The mittens are a SU punch (an old one) and they are popped up with some added string. 'Grandma time' today, knitting at The Craft Studio ton

Hello Peeps!! The challenge this week on the The Paper Players Blog is Christmas in July. I great challenge to take our minds off this incredible heat wave that is going on right now! So I pulled out my fun Stampin Up set "Chock-full of Cheer" and the DSP is the "Be of Good Cheer" pack. The base of the card is Crumb Cake and then Cherry Cobbler and then the DSP. Be sure and visit The Paper Players Blog to see what the others did with this fun sketch. Thanks so much for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!! Vicki