A Theme Challenge with The Paper Players

 Hi Everyone,

Thanks for popping in today. I decided to jump on and share my card for The Paper Players (PP520) theme challenge. It's that wonderful countdown for Christmas and it's the perfect time for "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas". 

There is nothing better than a winter wonderland in nature. The Snow Front Stamp set makes this scene spectacular! The snow is glistening and the pond is frozen. 

The trees and mountains have the glittering crystal effects. It gives such an impact with dimension. 

Of course, you want to continue the theme inside for a wonderful finish. There are many wonderful creations on The Paper Players Blog post. Be sure to check them out. You can even create your own Christmas Card.

Thanks again for stopping in. I hope you are inspired by the upcoming holiday to give a little special homemade love to your family and friends.

Happy Stampin',

Mary Blocher

Mary's Card Cafe

Giant Year-End Closeout Sale with Stampin' Up! + 12 Days of Monday's Christmas Cards

Hi Everyone

If you love great deals, Stampin' Up! has it's annual  Giant Year-End Closeout event, and it is the perfect time to shop. You’ll get deep discounts on your favorite products from the August–December 2020 Mini Catalog—and as an extra bonus—you’ll get a peek at the list of items carrying over to the new annual catalog. The Year-End Closeout happens only once a year, so don’t delay—make sure to share this exciting news with your family and friends who love to craft!

I just love when there are these transition sales! It brings on the opportunity for those last minute holiday stamping needs or plans for the holiday season next year. Many items are up to half off! Here are some details.

Sales Period: December 8th, 2020-January 4th-2021

• No minimum purchase required
• Products are available while supplies last
• Due to the increase of holiday shipping as well as delays, can't guarantee delivery before Christmas
• Exclusions apply: Carry-Over Items are not discounted

I wanted to share with you some of my favorite products from the August-December 2020 Mini Catalog. Be sure to get the consumables as soon as possible like the Plush Poinsettia Vellum Paper. It is already low in stock!

The Christmas Countdown Advent Calendar is so sturdy and can be used 
year after year. Mine is in it's 2nd year, and it has become a loved tradition. How about a birthday countdown or Easter?

Oh my! I just love the Gift Wrapped Bundle! The bows are wonderful, and the set and punch can be used for many celebration occasions! a Great staple to have in your stash!

Ornamental Envelopes Bundle isn't just for envelopes! I love the bobble ornaments and swags!

The Life is Beautiful Stamp set is probably my favorite in the 
mini catalog! I think it is because you can create any tree for any season
and any occasion you wish! It's also great for embellishments.

The Have a Hoot Bundle? Come on! I have a Stamp Set spotlight video that will capture the awesomeness of this bundle!

Freezin' Fun is what I want in this winter. I love snow and I love the
cuteness of the characters in the Freezin' Fun Stamp set.

The Peace and Joy Bundle is so a great one! I love how you

can layer the large word dies many ways. The reverse greetings

are really great. They add so much interest! 

Wow, how was that for the 12 Mondays of Christmas Cards? I am so thrilled that this sale begins tomorrow. If you act fast, you will be sure to get any of those super hot items before they are gone. You can also get entries for my 12 Days of Stampin' Giveaways. When you shop online, you will see categories of retiring products with the discounts. I'm happy to send a list of the retiring and carry over items. Simply contact me.

Thanks again for stopping in today. I hope you will have a save and happy holiday season. Don't hesitate to contact me with any questions you might have.

Mary Blocher

Mary's Card Cafe

 

 

Super Simple Shaker Card

 Hi Everyone,

Today I'm very excited to share my card because I have the easiest shaker card ever! I was inspired by a fellow demonstrator, Rosie G. who shared an easy way to create a shaker card. I was blown away. Here is my easy shaker card for you.

Some of my friends decided to do a holiday card swap. I wanted to share my love of the Snow Wonder Bundle in the August-December 2020 Mini Catalog by Stampin' Up! and thought a shaker card would be perfect!

What I love about this simple shaker card, is that I can have the whole front of the card be the shaker. Sometimes with the usual way of creating a shaker, the sequins get stuck and it really doesn't have a "wow" effect. I think my shaker has one. It's also a great way to show off the beautiful designer series papers that Stampin' Up! has. For more details on this technique, you can see my video where I share a birthday easy shaker card. 

If you would like to get started on your own simple shakers, you can place an order though me for supplies and get entries into my 12 Days of Stampin' Giveaways.

Thanks so much for stopping in. I hope I have inspired you to start creating simple shaker cards. They are so fun!

Happy Stampin',

Mary Blocher

Mary's Card Cafe

12 Mondays of Christmas Cards Week 6 with Brightly Gleaming

 Hi Everyone,

Welcome to my 12 Mondays of Christmas Cards post. It has been so fun to celebrate the road to the holidays with festive cards. Today my project also is for the Paper Player's card sketch challenge. It's prefect because the theme is the holidays.

The Brightly Gleaming Specialty Designer Paper is just beautiful! I wanted to have minimal stamping on this project, so the DSP was able to be the star. 

The Christmas Gleaming Stamp set and Coordinating Ornament Punch helps to create a beautiful greeting. The ornaments in the stamp set are so intricate and stunning. 

It was fun creating this card for the PP517 Hooray for the Holidays challenge. There are so many wonderful cards to see, so be sure to check them out at the Paper Players blog.

I recently posted my monthly Sketch challenge for you to participate in for a chance to win the Dandy Garden DSP that is in the upcoming January-June 2021 Mini Catalog. Be sure to check out my post and get your stampin' on!

I'm so excited to announce my 12 Days of Stampin' Giveaways. Beginning November 24th, you will be able to earn entries into the 12 Days of Giveaways beginning December 11th. Here are the details:

To qualify for the giveaway, your minimum $25 order (before shipping and tax) needs to use the Hostess Code: XHUYKCMJ at check out. This Hostess code helps me keep track of your entries. Remember there is no limit to the number of entries you earn.

It really is the most wonderful time of the year! I hope you enjoyed my card today for the holidays. Remember to check out the other entries at The Paper Players blog and well as my recent blog for a chance for you to win with my challenge.

Happy Stampin',

Mary Blocher

Mary's Card Cafe

Weekly Wednesday with Tags Buffet (Not just for tags)!

 Hi Everyone,

Welcome to Weekly Wednesday. It's that time of week when you think about the upcoming weekend, but still need to keep your head in the game of work. Today I wanted to spotlight the Tags Buffet Kit by Stampin' Up! 

The Tags Buffet Kit is so awesome! Let me tell you why. There are the most wonderful and large die-cut pieces and beautiful papers! In the kit, there are enough supplies for 30 tags, 5 each of 6 designs. This is fantastic! What's even better is that you can use these pieces to create quick and stunning holiday cards that can coordinate with the tags.

I'm sharing a sneak peek of a holiday card that is part of the Tags and Cards class that I have prepared. In this class you will receive supplies for 3 tags and 3 cards using the items from the Tags Buffet kit. You will also have a box to put your creations in for safe keeping until you are ready to get your holiday on. I will package everything together, and include a color tutorial for you to complete at your convivence. 

The two cards I'm sharing today is just showing how you can change up a card by simply switching the die cut piece. I just think the gold metallic accents are stunning! The Dainty Diamonds Embossing folder is becoming one of my favorites as well.

I have several kits available for the Tags and Cards Buffet Class to go. For more details and how to get your kits, simply check out my Buffet Class blog post.

Be sure to reserve your kit by the 15th of November. There is another sneak peek there too.

Additional products needed to complete your projects:

• Garden Green Ink Pad
• Tag Buffet Coordinating Stamp set or other holiday greetings stamp set. 

Thanks so much for stopping in. There are so many great things to be looking forward to with Stampin' Up! If you'd like to place an order through me, I would appreciate your business. Shop my online store and use the Hostess code W4AGUGSD. With a minimum $50 order (before shipping and tax). I will send you a package of the Bird Ballad Trinkets. These trinkets are so rich and wonderful!

Thanks again for joining me today. I hope I've inspired you for your own stamping. I'd love to see what you create. I hope you share them with me.

Happy Stampin',

Mary Blocher

Mary's Card Cafe

12 Mondays of Christmas Cards Week 5 with In the Pines

 Hi Everyone,

Thanks for stopping in. I had a wonderful weekend with the Stampin' Up! On Stage at Home event and almost missed doing my 12 Mondays of Christmas Cards post. It might be a day late, but it still puts the warmth of the holidays in our homes.

I love everything about this card! I created this on my fun Stampin' Bingo night and I'm tickled at how well it turned out. One the reasons is that fantastic tree die from the Pine Wood Dies. The intricate cut outs are incredible! For added texture, I used the Dainty Diamonds 3D Embossing folder and WOW!

The In the Pines Bundle is so great. There are such wonderful textures in the stamp set and then the dies are great, especially this tree one. I love how the DSP shows through the die-cuts. 

Here is another project using the stamp set which is a 2-step stamping set. So beautiful!

This card features the 2-step stamping technique with the outline of the tree and then the inside of the tree. Can you see how much texture the card has? So beautiful!

Thanks so much for joining me today. I'm sorry that I'm a day late, but the weekend has blown my mind with the most wonderful stamping things ahead. 

If you'd like to place an order through me, I would appreciate your business. Shop my online store and use the Hostess code W4AGUGSD. With a minimum $50 order (before shipping and tax). I will send you a package of the Bird Ballad Trinkets. These trinkets are so rich and wonderful!

Thanks again for joining me today. I hope I've inspired you for your own stamping. I'd love to see what you create. I hope you share them with me.

Happy Stampin',

Mary Blocher

Mary's Card Cafe

12 Monday's of Christmas Cards Week 4

 

Hi Everyone,

Thanks for stopping in today. This is my week 4 of the 12 Monday's of Christmas cards posts. On week 4, I just had to revisit a card I created for one of my weekly classes. We didn't do a Christmas card in class, but I did this one on my Wednesday's Facebook Live a while back.

I just can't get over how beautiful the white tree is. This tree die comes from the In the Woods Dies. It also coordinates with the Winter Woods Stamp set. 

There are so many things that make this Christmas card so special. The Best Plaid Builder Dies are incredible. You can get a 10% bundled savings with the Best Year Stamp set as well. I can't get enough of these dies! There are so many possibilities. You can see other projects featuring the Best Plaid Dies in a recent post.

Thanks so much for stopping in today for this Week 4 of Christmas Cards. I will be working hard on creating more Christmas cards for future Mondays. Do you have a stamp set you'd like me to feature? Just let me know. 

Happy Stampin',

Mary Blocher

Mary's Card Cafe

Finding Inspiration Friday with Tags Buffet Kit

 

Hi Everyone,

Welcome to Friday and some inspiration. Today I'm excited to share a new event that I'm planning using the Tags Buffet Tag kit and coordinating Tags Buffet Stamp set. 

The Tags Buffet Kit is wonderful! There are supplies for 30 large holiday tags. The images are beautiful and the colors are awesome! Now you might think that 30 tags are too many, and that's why you can alter the supplies and create some holiday cards as well. 

Here are a couple of samples of the Tags and Cards class I have for you. This is a $12 class where participants create cards and tags using supplies from the Tags Buffet Kit and Tags Buffet Stamp set.

Here are the Details:

• The cost is $12 +$4.oo shipping for "To Go"  (Tutorial Included).
• Deadline to reserve your kit is November 15th. 
• Kits will be mailed out on Monday, November 16th.

I'm so excited to design this class and hope you are inspired to take the kit "To Go". Simply contact me to register. You can also pay through PayPal with no fees when you send your payment to lennyandmary1@msn.com on PayPal.

Here are a couple more specials you may be interested in.

Are you ready to get stamping those Christmas cards you need to send to family and friends. I think this year is the most important to connect through handmade cheer. If you would like to place an order with me, I would appreciate your business. Simply use Hostess code #HUC7GQ32 and with a minimum $50 order, I will send you a free package of the Jingle Bell Embellishments as a thank you. This hostess code is valid through October 30th. 

Want to have a night of fun? Join me for my Stampin' Bingo Bash on Wednesday, November 4th at 6:00pm (PT). I will be on Facebook Live at Mary's Card Cafe. I will share 5 cards and we will play a game of stampin' bingo between the projects for great Stampin' Up! prizes like, bundles, stamp sets, papers, gift certificates and more. You will need to pre-register for $14.99 to be eligible to participate in the bingo games. You can get more information and register on my events page. 

Thanks again for joining me. Let me know if there are stamp sets where you'd like to see some projects done. I'm happy to create just for you.

Happy Stampin',

Mary Blocher

Mary's Card Cafe

12 Mondays of Christmas Cards Week 3

Hi Everyone,

Welcome to Christmas Mondays where I share Christmas cards each week through Christmas. It's week 3 and I actually have a bonus card to share. The card I'm sharing today is one of my favorites, gnomes! I really liked coloring these cute gnomes. The set is called Gnome for the Holidays by Stampin' Up!

 

The gnomes Christmas Card was one of the cards from my annual Holiday Stamp-A-Stack that was just this past weekend. This was one of 6 designs that participants created 2 of each for a total of 12 cards. That's a perfect start to holiday card needs. 

Now not everyone is a gnome fan (can you believe it)? But I was able to alter for these participants. The Turnovers Stamp set has images that are the perfect size to replace the gnomes for ornaments. Marie did a great job in her version of this Christmas card. 

I really like how Marie kept the color palate with the greens and reds. This shows how a layout of a card is just the beginning. You can change up images or papers and create another great card.

So I guess the only question that remains is "To gnome or not to gnome"? I hope you liked these 2 Christmas cards on this 3rd week of the 12 Mondays of Christmas cards. 

Are you ready to get stamping those Christmas cards you need to send to family and friends. I think this year is the most important to connect through handmade cheer. If you would like to place an order with me, I would appreciate your business. Simply use Hostess code #HUC7GQ32 and with a minimum $50 order, I will send you a free package of the Jingle Bell Embellishments as a thank you. This hostess code is valid through October 30th. 

Want to have a night of fun? Join me for my Stampin' Bingo Bash on Wednesday, November 4th at 6:00pm (PT). I will be on Facebook Live at Mary's Card Cafe. I will share 5 cards and we will play a game of stampin' bingo between the projects for great Stampin' Up! prizes like, bundles, stamp sets, papers, gift certificates and more. You will need to pre-register for $14.99 to be eligible to participate in the bingo games. You can get more information and register on my events page. 

Thanks again for joining me. Let me know what you think about today's card. I'd love to connect.

Happy Stampin',

Mary Blocher

Mary's Card Cafe

Finding Inspiration Friday with In the Pines

 

Hi Everyone,

Thanks for stopping in today. I'm inspired to share a project that is going to be in my Holiday Stamp-A-Stack this weekend. It is from the In the Pines Stamp set. One of the things I love about this card is the color combinations. Blue and brown is such a classic combo.

The texture of the trees is awesome! By stamping full strength with the first tree, I moved over and stamped 2nd generation on the next tree. I inked up again and repeated. The Pretty Peacock coordinates so well with the Pool Party and Espresso colors. A little added twine and a greeting and it's beautiful! This is a 2-step stamp set, so there are so many ways to create beautiful trees.

The August-December 2020 Mini catalog really shows off the Pine Wood Dies. All those trees come from the die set. They are so cool!

I hope I have inspired you to get working on some holiday cards of your own. If you would like to place an order with me, I would appreciate your business. Simply use Hostess code #HUC7GQ32 and with a minimum $50 order, I will send you a free package of the Jingle Bell Embellishments as a thank you. 

Want to have a night of fun? Join me for my Stampin' Bingo Bash on Wednesday, November 4th at 6:00pm (PT). I will be on Facebook Live at Mary's Card Cafe. I will share 5 cards and we will play a game of stampin' bingo between the projects for great Stampin' Up! prizes like, bundles, stamp sets, papers, gift certificates and more. You will need to register for $14.99 to be eligible to participate in the bingo games. You can get more information and register on my events page. 

Thanks again for joining me. Let me know what you think about today's card. I'd love to connect.

Happy Stampin',

Mary Blocher

Mary's Card Cafe

Make it Monday with Magic in This Night Suite by Stampin' Up!

 

Hi Everyone,

I am so excited to have you stop by today. I know it's not October yet, but I just love, love Halloween! If I could, I would keep my decorations up all year. My card today uses most of the products in the Magic in This Night Suite by Stampin' Up! 

What's so stunning bout this Suite is the Magic in This Night Designer Series Paper. It has such rich colors and it reminds me of the Day of the Dead designs. The floral sheets can be use for occasions other than Halloween.  

I have been making sure the inside of my cards are just as nice as the outside. It adds so much to the card. I just love the lacy bats too. You can get more details watching my Simple Yet Stunning Sunday video.

Thanks for stopping in. I hope you are bringing out those Halloween decorations and stamping supplies. I just got my Paper Pumpkin kit which has cute treat boxes. 

There are a couple of promotions you don't want to miss. Let me know if I can help you in any way.

During the month of September, when you join my team, you will receive $125 for just $99 in merchandise + 2 additional stamp sets and 2 planned out projects with the supplies already prepped, so you can get crafting right away. The 2 additional stamps sets are the Queen Ann's Lace and So much Love. 

WIN THE NEW STAMPIN' CUT & EMBOSS MACHINE

Through the month of September, when you purchase a minimum $50 at my stamping store, you will be entered into the drawing to win the new Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine ($120 value)! See my recent blog for details.

Today is the last day to register for my Love of Leaves Specialty Product class! Don't miss out on this fantastic class featuring 4 great projects using the supplies from the class. See my post for details.

My Tic-Tac-Toe club continues though December. You can get free products when you shop each month using the Tic-Tac-Toe Club Hostess code and pick your free products from the Tic-Tac-Toe sheet. See my blog post for more details.

Happy Stampin',

Mary Blocher

Mary's Card Cafe