Create a Beautiful Easel Card with Horse & Sleigh Suite and Onlne Exclusive Products

 Hi Everyone,

Thanks for stopping in today for my blog. Today I'm sharing a couple of cards my Stampin' Café Team got to create when we had a team gathering. I shared a couple of new and upcoming Online Exclusive products with them. These included the Timeless Charms Bundle and the Horse & Sleigh Suite. 

The Horse & Sleigh Suite of products and just so wonderful! What I really like is the One Horse Open Sleigh 6"x6" Desinger series paper. The snow scenes are beautiful and can be the main focal point of your holiday cards easily. 

This notecard is super cute with the polka dot DSP and the Radiating Stitched rectange. For this card, I used the Timeless Charm dies for the beautifully detailed flower die. There are many dies you can add your own creativity with with cardstock or DSP. Timeless Charm is a bundle with a stamp set and coordinating dies.

This card is special. it is an Easel Card. This will stand up to be on display on someone's special desk or table. I used all of the products in the suite. I stamped onto the beautiful pices of DSP and used the snow dies and the tree die. 

It's easy to create an easel card. For this card I cut a piece of Misty Moonlight at 4 1/4" x 11" and scored at 5 1/2" like a standard A2 sized card. Then I scored at 2 3/4 for the "flap" or front of card that the front panels will be secured to. For an easel card, you will want something that will stop the card from simply folding down. I used a 1" x 3 3/4" strip of Pecan Pie and and layer of DSP. I glued that to the bottom of the inside of the card. This acts as a "stopper". If you want the Easel card to stand up taller, simply make the inside "stopper" wider.

The colors in the One Horse Open Sleigh DSP include such rich and beautiful colors like Boho Blue, Lost Lagoon, Mossy Meadow, Pecan Pie, and many more. I used the Misty Moonlight and Pecan Pie as a pairing. They go so well together. You can watch my video on how I created this Easel Card and the techniques I used. You will also be able to see how to find the Online Exclusive products on Stampin' Up!. 

These new Online Exclusive products will be available to customers on July 6th. If you want them now, you can add them to a Starter Kit by joining my team with Stampin' Up! and get more products in your kit this month only. Remember that there is a 15% off sale on Designer Series Paper too, so you can get even more products for the joining special. 

Be sure to mark your calendar for July 6th to see what else might be available in additon to the ones I shared today. I can see a sneak peek of a couple of must haves that will be released on July 6th and they will get ordered so quickly, so be sure to shop right away to get a heads start to your holiday crafting. 

Happy Stampin',

Mary Blocher

Mary's Stampin' Café

3 Holiday Simline Cards in a Snap and Stunning!

 

Today I have 3 stunningly beautiful holiday slimline cards. I didn't anticipate that they would turn out so absolutely stunning! I have several calendar images that are perfect for cardmaking. Then I simply added Stampin' Up! cardstocks, inks, and embellishments. I also chose several of my holiday sets for the sentiments.

Slimline cards are easy to make as long as you have the envelope size to go by. You don't need any special slimline dies or anything. My envelopes measure 

4 1/8" x 9 1/2", so I simply cut my cardstock base 1/4" smaller on both sides. Then I score at 4". Easy Peesie. 

When using the calendar images which are stunning. Just think, we usually would just recycle our yearly calendars. This is the perfect way to share the beautiful images. You can find the layer size you need once you cut out the calendar piece. Then you simply do a 1/8" or 1/4" larger cardstock layer.

This second card is a real stunner! I used the Guilding Leafing to give a rich and antique look to the card. It's also traditional Christmas colors with Garden Green and Cherry Cobler. So beautiful!

I thought it would be fun to give away the Guilding Leafing and Heat & Stick. I happen to have extra, so I figure it is the seson of giving and would love to give it to someone to create their own masterpiece.

So, I think this last card is my favorite! I just love the Beautiful Leaves Dies that coordinate with the Beauty of Tomorrow Bundle. The gold accents came from a retired embellishment.

Wow! This last card is just so stunning to me! I love how well Night of Navy and Garden Green go with the bird images from the calendar. 

Thanks so much for stopping in. Be sure to go to my YouTube video for today's cards and comment on which card you liked best to be in the drawing for the Guilding Leafing and Heat & Stick Powder. I'll draw a winner on Sunday, November 21st.

Remember that during November, when you place a minimum $25 order with me (before shipping and tax), I will give you double Loyalty Bucks and a stamping gift. All of my proceeds will go to the Coffee Oasis. This is a local organization in Western Washington State that I really like. Ready to shop for a cause? Thank you so much for your support.

Happy Stampin',

Mary Blocher

Mary's Stampin' Café