Thanksgiving Card

I must admit, I LOVE making fall themed cards. I get to make a few Thanksgiving cards to send out to relatives that live out of town that we won't see. I like our family to know we're thinking about them even when we can't all be together during the holiday.

I knew I wanted to use the new Stampin' Up! Autumn Traditions Designer Series Paper in the current catalog to create these cards. I couldn't decide which design because I love them all, so I narrowed it down to 5 of them. When you can't decide, use them all. Why not?!

The leaves nestled into the ribbon are from the Stampin' Up! set Falling Leaves. I stamped them on Very Vanilla card stock and carefully trimmed them with Paper Snips (who can live without these?) leaving a little border around them. Leaving a border pops the colors more. You can find a complete list of supplies at the bottom of this post.

My three (almost four) year old son told me last night he wanted to blog. I asked him what his site would be called? He said "Brandon's Cardtique". Sounds like a plan to me!

Have a great day and happy stamping!!!

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Recipe (all supplies from Stampin' Up!):

Stamps: Falling Leaves (#115368)

Ink: Soft Suede, Elegant Eggplant, Ruby Red, More Mustard

Card Stock: Soft Suede, Very Vanilla

Designer Series Paper: Autumn Traditions (#115668)

Accessories: Very Vanilla 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon, brads

Tools: Modern Label Punch (#116630), Word Window Punch (#105090)

Combining Stamp Sets

Sometimes we tend to take out our favorite stamp set and only use that particular set to create a card. Stampin' Up! makes it easy for us to do just that. For example, the set Christ is Born provides you with images as well as verses and sentiments all in one package. It makes it very easy and fun to create, but let's take it to a different level!

Today, I am challenging you to take out two or three of your favorite stamp sets and mix and match like I did with this Christmas card. Can you guess how many stamp sets I used? If you guessed three, you are correct! I used Stampin' Up! sets Christ is Born, Four the Holidays, and Leaf Lines. It's always fun to mix things up a bit!

Let me know if you try this out. I'd love to see your creation! Feel free to e-mail me a picture. I may send you a little thank you gift if you do! (hint hint)

Coming up . . . I'll share with you the Thanksgiving cards I'm mailing out to family next week.

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Recipe (all supplies from Stampin' Up!):

Stamps: Christ is Born, Four the Holidays, Leaf Lines

Ink: Basic Black, Garden Green, Real Red,

Whisper White Craft Ink, White Signo Gel Pen

Card Stock: Garden Green, Whisper White

Accessories: Mistletoe Ribbon

Tools: 5-Petal Flower Punch

Eye Candy

I'm back! Sorry for the break in posts, but life gets in the way sometimes. Being a working mom can be really busy sometimes! Can you relate?

In case you haven't seen or heard all the excitement over the Stampin' Up! Sweet Treat Cups in the holiday mini, I thought I would share this birthday card with you so you could see why they are so popular! They are so much fun to fill. You can really get creative with them.

I made my Sweet Treat Cup into a hot air balloon using the Sweet Centers stamp set. You'll see this set again in a couple months. There is a really cute heart in the set for Valentines Day.

Have a great day and happy stamping!!!

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Pine Tree Branches

Growing up we always had a real Christmas tree for the holidays. The smell was amazing, however, stepping on pine needles in your bare feet was not. Those little suckers would even get caught in your socks too. Easter would come and you were still finding pine needles in the carpet. Too funny! As the sole decorator of my own home now, I have an artificial tree. Much, much easier but I do miss the aroma. The paper from the Stampin' Up! Designer Series Set, Merry Moments, has a beautiful design of pine tree branches. It reminded me of the real Christmas trees I had growing up. I didn't want to cover up the patterned paper too much on this card, so I kept it simple by just adding a little snowflake, sentiment, and finishing it off with that big chunky ribbon. I used Kraft colored Stampin' Up! card stock to keep it earthy looking along with Chocolate Chip and Old Olive.

I had a great Halloween weekend! We went to my sister's in Indiana to trick or treat with her two boys. She lives in a big subdivision and we collected way too much candy! I've been sneaking a little out of my son's bag everyday. Shhh! Don't tell. He had a blast being a fireman for Halloween!

Enjoy your day and have fun stamping!!!


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Recipe (all supplies from Stampin' Up!):
Stamps: Serene Snowflakes (#115438), Four the Holidays (#116921)
Ink: Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive
Designer Series Paper: Merry Moments (#115672)
Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Kraft
Accessories: 1-1/4" Striped Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon, Circle Ice Brad in green
Tools: 1-3/8" Circle Punch, 1-3/4" Circle Punch

Happy Halloween

Tiffany's Cardtique will be taking a little

holiday vacation now through October 31st.

Orders can still be placed 24/7 through my

Stampin' Up! website. Click HERE to shop now.

Thank you for your business and

have a fun, safe Halloween weekend!

Recipe for Broom Treat Bag (all supplies from Stampin' Up!):
Stamps: Holiday Best (hostess level 1 #115364)
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie
Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Pumpkin Pie 1-1/4 Grosgrain Ribbon (#115616), Hemp Twine (#100982)
Misc: Brown lunch bag, twig from outside, popcorn ball for the treat inside!


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Deal of the Week Finale

Stampin' Up! Deal of the Week finale is a fun one! The Pirate Party Kit and the Princess Party Kit is on sale for only $9.99. You can't beat this one! Each kit contains products you need to create party invitations and decorations for eight guests.

The Pirate Party Kit contains products to create invitations, eye patches, banner, treasure boxes, and food toppers for eight. This set also coordinates with Stampin' Up! Pirate Time stamp set and Pirate personalized name stamp. The Princess Party Kit contains products to create invitations, crowns, purse boxes, banner, and food toppers for eight. This kit coordinates with the Princess Time Stampin' Up! stamp set and Princess personalized name stamp.
Don't wait too long . . . sale ends Halloween (October 31st).

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Leaf Lines

I can tell you that no matter how many times I look through the Stampin' Up! catalog, I always find something new! One of my customers recently ordered the stamp set Leaf Lines. I swear I've never set my eyes on it or heard of it. I looked it up in the catalog, just out of curiosity, and there it was on page 111. Somehow this bypassed my wish list and I have no idea how? I love leaves! When I see a leaf set, it's usually a must have. Too funny! Needless to say, I bought it. It's one of those year-round sets. There is a leaf for every season.

The card pictured above is all colored in with chalk. The leaves, edges of the card stock, and the embossed leaves were all lightly dusted over with Stampin' Pastels (chalk). I love the soft finish chalk leaves behind. Stampin' Pastels provides you with all 48 Stampin' Up! colors as well as black, gray, and white. This set will last you a long time! I've had mine for years and it appears barely used. It's a great value for just under $25.00. Check it out HERE.

Can you believe we still haven't made it to the pumpkin farm yet? The weather hasn't been good and my husband & son have been fighting colds. Hopefully this weekend we will go. I don't think I ever bought a pumpkin this late. Maybe they'll be on sale! Hee hee.

Enjoy your day and happy stamping!

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Recipe - All Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Leaf Lines (#114393)

Ink: Always Artichoke, Elegant Eggplant, Stampin Pastels (#105542)

Card Stock: Always Artichoke, Elegant Eggplant, Very Vanilla

Accessories: Playground Buttons (#116313), Hemp Twine (#100982)

Tools: Embossing Folder