Glad you could join us for some holiday crafting with the Stampin’ Pretty Pals!  You’ve probably hopped over from Barb Furlong at The Love of Stamping, I’m stop number 16 on the Pals Hop and I’m glad you hopped in! I’ll help you “hop along” from blog to blog where you’ll find great ideas for Stampin’ Up! projects featuring the new Holiday Catalog! Should you hop off course, simply click on any of the links in the Pals Hop Line-up below and you’ll be back on track.

My card features several new products from the Holiday catalog.  The first thing that caught my eye when I opened the catalog (actually when I first laid eyes on the cover) was the Ornament Keepsake stamp set and coordinating Holiday Ornaments Framelits Die.  These two items are available as a bundle to save you money.  Stampin’ Up! makes it easy-peasy to coordinate and now, with the bundles, you can save money too!

The other product that I just had to have was the Core-dinations Card Stock.  This specialty card stock has a different color core so when you emboss the paper, you can sand it and reveal the inside color – how cool is that?  I used the Core-dinations Card Stock in Early Espresso #127848, embossed with Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder # 120175.

I created my card base with Whisper White cardstock, then a layer of Gumball Green.  Next I adhered my Early Expresso layer that was sanded to reveal the inside layer.

I stamped my ornaments with Versamark ink and heat embossed them with Stampin’ Emboss Powder in Gumball Green # 128981, Early Espresso # 128980, and Cherry Cobbler # 122949.  Then I used my Big Shot die-cutting machine # 113439 and the Holiday Ornaments Framelit die # 127816 to perfectly cut-out the ornament shapes.

The sentiment is from Embellished Events #126497 (c) and this was stamped with Versamark & heat embossed in White.  A Rhinestone Basic Jewel tops off the large ornament. A piece of 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon in Gumball Green ties everything together.

I hope you enjoyed my project; if you have to have any of these products, you order from my secure site by clicking on either the item listed above or click here.

Now hop along for more inspiring ideas from Naki Rager at My Stampin’ Blog, stop number 17 on the Pals Holiday Catalog Blog Hop!  Thanks for “hopping” by!

1. Lynn Hoyt at Cattail Designs
2. Shannon Jaramillo at ezpeasycards.com
3. Debbie Pierce at Stampin Sunshine
4. Jennifer Takacs at Stamped in Full
5. Julie Trevett-Smith at The Stampin’ Affair!
6. Cathy King at chattycathycardcreations
7. Patti MacLeith at Papercrafts by Patti
8. Beth Beard at My Little Craft Blog
9. Rae Harper at Wild West Paper Arts
10. Mary Fish at Stampin Pretty
11. Kim Czenszak at Live Love Stamp
12. Diane Roberts at Scoreatfourandaquarter
13. Claire Crotteau-Hutt at stamppaperscissors
14. Dawn Tidd at Tiddbits from Dawn
15. Barb Furlong at The Love of Stamping
16. Nancy Gleason at My Stampin’ Space
17. Naki Rager at My Stampin’ Blog
18. Brian King at Stamp with Brian
19. Kim Luithle at Kim’s Stampin Stuff
20. Mikki Sarkisyan at Mikkis Creative Corner
21. Angela Curry at Kindred Stampers
22. Maggie Mata at Maggie Made Cards
23. Susan Lankford at Stamp and Scrap With Susan
24. Nicole Watt at Impressions by Nicole
25. Bobbi Mangas at My Therapy
26. Angie Blake at Angies Musings
27. Kris Kilcoyne at Kween Bee Kreations
28. Nicole Picadura at Scraps & Stamps
29. Sherrie Gross at Stampin Sunshine
30. Nina Dee at Deesigns by Nina Dee

Thanks to our talented Pal, Nicole Watt for the impressive Blog Hop Badges & Buttons she designed using MDS2 and our Orchard Harvest suite of products available in the Holiday catalog.

August is hot at Stampin’ Up!  Temperatures were sizzling here today (my thermometer registered 97) but it’s all the excitement that makes it so hot!

THE NEW HOLIDAY MINI CATALOG IS HERE!  Stampin’ Up! has released the holiday catalog a  month earlier to allow you to get a jump start on all of your holiday projects.  Whether you want Halloween, Thanksgiving, Fall, Christmas, Hanukkah, this catalog is jam-packed with ideas and projects and everything you need to create special memories for the holidays.

CLICK ON THE COVER OF THE HOLIDAY MINI CATALOG on the right and take a look thru the catalog now.  If you  want a print catalog, and you are one of my customers or don’t have a current relationship with another demo, please email me.

MY DIGITAL STUDIO:  And talking about memories, the long-awaited for MDS2, our digital scrapbooking software,  is here and available for purchase!

And during the 31 days of August, you can order select MDS content and print products at 31% off!

I just got my copy of MDS2 and am excited about learning how to use this software and all the upgrades/improvements that have been made.  If you are interested in taking this software for a test drive, let me know.  As I am learning my way around the new, improved software, I will be recording tutorial videos.  I can give you a free 30-day trial AND will email you my training tutorials FOR FREE.

A SPOOKTACULAR OFFER: And if that isn’t enough, if you choose to join Stampin’ Up! during August, whether as a business or hobby demonstrator, you’ll receive  the Howl-o-ween Printer Tray for free, on top of all the perks that come along with being part of the Stampin’ Up! family and my group of pals.

If you’ve visited my new blog lately, you may think that I haven’t done anything.  But I’ve been very busy.  I’m taking classes, learning how to set-up this blog, and teaching myself how to use a video recorder – all to make my future blog posts better and more informative for you, my readers.

So please tell me what you think.  I appreciate your comments.

Until next time, Happy Stampin’

Nancy

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