Garden Birdhouses for my December Classes

I am excited to offer this lovely birdhouse card at both of my December 4th and 7th, 2021 Creative Therapy Card Classes.

All of my December class spaces are full, and if you live near Graham, NC, and would like to attend my January 18th or 22nd, 2022 classes, please click right Here for more information, or to register.

Recipe:

• The base is an 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 piece of Cajun Craze, scored at 4 1/4.
• The Pear Pizzazz layer is 5 1/4 x 4 and is stamped with Mossy Meadow ink and a stamp from the Garden Birdhouses.
• The next Mossy Meadow layer is 4 x 3 3/8 and is the base for the 4 x 3 1/8 Basic White.
• The images from Garden Birdhouses are stamped with Mossy Meadow and Tuxedo Black Memento ink.
• The birdhouse and little bird are colored with Crushed Curry and Bermuda Bay Blends.
• I used one of the Tasteful Labels dies and black ink for the Hello.
• A bow is made with some Bakers Twine.
• All done!! Remember to decorate your envelope.

Should you want to order any of the supplies I used to make this card, please just click Right Here to place your in my on-line store, or you can click on the 2021-22 catalog right here on my blog.

I hold monthly adult card-making classes in my home at 555 Williamsdale Road, Graham, NC 27253, and if you would like to attend, please let me know.
For details, see my class schedule right here on my blog or on my Stampin' Up! website, found Here.

Thank you for stopping by and have a great day.

~Linda

 Sweet Little Stockings &
Picture This Dies for my December Classes

Who cannot love anything related to a sweet kitten or puppy? Not me, that's for sure, and I am excited to offer this darling and fun card at both of my December 4th and 7th, 2021 Creative Therapy Card Classes.

Recipe:

• The base is an 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 piece of Crumb Cake, scored at 4 1/4.
• The Misty Moonlight layer is 5 1/4 x 4.
• The In Good Taste DSP layer is 4 7/8 x 3 5/8, and is cut out with one of the Picture This Dies.
• The puppies and kitty are stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento ink on Basic White and cut out with two of the Stocking Dies.  The kitty is colored with a Crushed Curry and a Bumble Bee marker, and the puppies are colored with a Crumb Cake, a Sahara Sand, and a Cinnamon Cider marker.
• I adhered the kitty and puppies paws to the front of the Picture This Die with Multipurpose glue, and then added a dimensional to the back of their sweet heads, and to the back of the cut out die, so all is popped up.  
• The words are stamped on a 3 x 1/2 piece of Basic White with black ink, and cut apart with my handy-dandy paper snips.  Added mini-dimensionals to the back of the words then adhered them to the card.
• All done!! Remember to decorate your envelope.

Should you want to order any of the supplies I used to make this card, please just click Right Here to place your in my on-line store, or you can click on the 2021-22 catalog right here on my blog.

I hold monthly adult card-making classes in my home at 555 Williamsdale Road, Graham, NC 27253, and if you would like to attend, please let me know.
For details, see my class schedule right here on my blog or on my Stampin' Up! website, found Here.

Thank you for stopping by and have a great day.

~Linda

 Great Tidings Bundle for my December, 2021 Creative Therapy Classes

I am so happy to offer this beautiful card to all of my wonderful ladies when they come to class on December 4th or 7th, 2021. (You see, once you attend even one of my classes, you become "one of my ladies")!!! 

Recipe:

• The base is an 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 piece of Night of Navy, scored at 4 1/4.
• The Beauty of the Earth DSP layer is 4 x 3 3/4, and is adhered behind the gold with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.
• The Gold Foil layer is 5 1/4 x 4 and is cut out with a Wise Men Tidings die, as well as the star.
• The words & the three wise men are stamped on Basic White with Versamark, and heat embossed with the Gold from the Metallic Powders collection. The words are cut out with a Potted Succulents die, and the wise men with the Wise Men Tidings dies.
• All done!! Remember to decorate your envelope.

Should you want to order any of the supplies I used to make this card, please just click Right Here to place your in my on-line store, or you can click on the 2021-22 catalog right here on my blog.

I hold monthly adult card-making classes in my home at 555 Williamsdale Road, Graham, NC 27253, and if you would like to attend, please let me know.
For details, see my class schedule right here on my blog or on my Stampin' Up! website, found Here.

Thank you for stopping by and have a great day.

~Linda

 Biggest Wish for my December, 2021 Creative Therapy Classes

Another offering for my December 4 and 7, 2021 Creative Therapy classes using the Biggest Wish stamps.  I am excited to share.  

Recipe:

• The base is an 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 piece of Bermuda Bay, scored at 4 1/4.
• The Basic White layer is 5 1/4 x 4.
• The Expressions in Ink DSP layer is 5 x 3 3/4.
• The Bermuda Bay flower & Gold leaves are cut out with two of the Artistic Dies.
• The words are stamped with Polished Pink and Bermuda Bay inks on some Basic White and cut out with one of the Tailor Made Tags.  (I used the second from the largest).  The little Pink Passion circle was also cut out with one of the Tailor Made Tags.
• I made a bow with some White Bakers Twine and attached it with a glue dot.
• All done!! Remember to decorate your envelope.

Should you want to order any of the supplies I used to make this card, please just click Right Here to place your in my on-line store, or you can click on the 2021-22 catalog right here on my blog.

I hold monthly adult card-making classes in my home at 555 Williamsdale Road, Graham, NC 27253, and if you would like to attend, please let me know.
For details, see my class schedule right here on my blog or on my Stampin' Up! website, found Here.

Thank you for stopping by and have a great day.

~Linda

 Peaceful Cabin Bundle for my December, 2021 Creative Therapy Classes

The Peaceful Cabin bundle is absolutely wonderful.  The set actually says it all, peaceful scenery.  

I am offering one of these cards in both of my December 4th and 7th, 2021 Creative Therapy classes. The best news, this type of card can be anything you want it to be. I saw this card on Annette Elliott's blog, and you can see her card Here, post of October 31, 2021.

This card is easy, really it is.  When you come to class, all the trees and the cabins will be cut out for you, so a little coloring, sponging, and some glue, and you are done.  

My classes are filling up fast, so if you would like to register, click right here for all the details.

Recipe:

• The bases are 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 pieces of Balmy Blue, scored at 4 1/4.
• The Cherry Cobbler layers are 5 1/4 x 4.
• The Basic White layers are 5 x 3 3/4.
• The cabin is stamped at the very top of a 5 x 2 3/4 piece of Basic White card stock with Tuxedo Black Memento ink. Next I used my Stamparatus to stamp the words from Poinsettia Petals and Peaceful Cabin with Cherry Cobbler ink, then cut this piece with a Cabin Die.
• I colored the cabin with a Dark Smoky Slate Stampin' Blend and the snow shaded areas are colored with a Light Granite Gray Stampin' Blend.
• To make the sun, lay the cabin cut-out on the Basic White 5 x 3 3/4 layer to determine where to sponge the Daffodil Delight ink, then remove the cabin cut-out and sponge the sun.  Next, sponge Balmy Blue ink to create a sky. Then, randomly stamp snowflakes onto the blended sky using Smoky Slate ink.
• The two sets of trees are stamped on a piece of Basic White with Tuxedo Black Memento ink, and lightly colored with an Old Olive Stampin' Blend.  (This technique makes it look like snow is hanging on the branches). Then all the trees are cut out with a Cabin die. 
• Before I adhered the cabin to the card front with multipurpose glue, I placed the trees where I thought they looked best, then adhered four of the trees with liquid glue, added the cabin and adhered the last two trees with Mini-Dimensionals. 
• All done!! Remember to decorate your envelope.

Should you want to order any of the supplies I used to make this card, please just click Right Here to place your in my on-line store, or you can click on the 2021-22 catalog right here on my blog.

I hold monthly adult card-making classes in my home at 555 Williamsdale Road, Graham, NC 27253, and if you would like to attend, please let me know.
For details, see my class schedule right here on my blog or on my Stampin' Up! website, found Here.

Thank you for stopping by and have a great day.

~Linda

 Encircled in Friendship Bundle & Simply Elegant DSP 

Playing around with some of my fun, new Stampin' Up! Products.

Recipe:

• The base is an 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 piece of Night of Navy, scored at 4 1/4.
• The Rich Razzleberry layer is 5 1/4 x 4 and is stamped with Versa Mark and a flower stamp from the Encircled in Friendship set.
• The next Gold Foil layer is 5 x 2 3/4.
• The next Night of Navy layer is 4 7/8 x 2 5/8.
• The next Simply Elegant DSP layer is 4 5/8 x 2 1/2.  
• The Rich Razzleberry filigree circle is cut out with an Encircled in Beauty Die. 
• The words are stamped on a piece of Very Vanilla with Night of Navy ink, and cut out with a Layering Circle Die, and popped up the dimensionals. 
• All done!! Remember to decorate your envelope.

Should you want to order any of the supplies I used to make this card, please just click Right Here to place your in my on-line store, or you can click on the 2021-22 catalog right here on my blog.

I hold monthly adult card-making classes in my home at 555 Williamsdale Road, Graham, NC 27253, and if you would like to attend, please let me know.
For details, see my class schedule right here on my blog or on my Stampin' Up! website, found Here.

Thank you for stopping by and have a great day.

~Linda

 Thank You to all our Veterans 

Your Service - and that of your families - is why we are able to live the life we live here in the United States. Freedom is NOT free - never has been - never will be.

We don't know you all but we do OWE you all!

If you see a Vet today, please take a moment to smile and say thank you.

Thank you for stopping by and have a great day.

~Linda

 Peaceful Deer and Gingerbread & Peppermint DSP

I had fun playing with the Peaceful Deer Stamp Set and the Gingerbread and Peppermint DSP paper pack. 

 
Recipe:

• The base is an 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 piece of Cinnamon Cider, scored at 4 1/4.
• The Real Red layer is 5 3/8 x 3 3/4.
• The piece of DSP is 5 1/4 x 3 1/4.
• The  Old Olive layer is 5 1/8 x 3.
• All three of these layers, and the front of the Cinnamon Cider base are cut with the Scalloped Contour Dies.
• The decorated cookies are cut from the DSP with my handy-dandy Paper Snip Scissors.  Two of the cookies are adhered directly to the card front with some Multi-purpose glue, and the middle cookie is adhered with dimensionals.
• The words from Peaceful Deer are heat embossed on Real Red card stock with White Embossing Powder and cut out with one of the Ornate Frames Dies, also popped up with dimensionals.
• Three Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels are added to each cookie.
• All done!! Remember to decorate your envelope.

Should you want to order any of the supplies I used to make this card, please just click Right Here to place your in my on-line store, or you can click on the 2021-22 catalog right here on my blog.

I hold monthly adult card-making classes in my home at 555 Williamsdale Road, Graham, NC 27253, and if you would like to attend, please let me know.
For details, see my class schedule right here on my blog or on my Stampin' Up! website, found Here.

Thank you for stopping by and have a great day.

~Linda

  Thinking Thanks & Peace

A super easy card I created with a few products. I'm finding the Expressions in Ink Designer Series Paper is so versatile, and is appropriate for almost any occasion.

Recipe:

• The base is an 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 piece of Pale Papaya, scored at 4 1/4.
• The Metallic Foil layer is 5 1/4 x 4.
• The Shaded Spruce layer is 5 x 3 3/4.
• The 4 3/4 x 3 1/2 piece is from the Expressions in Ink DSP.
• The next smaller Gold Foil layer is 5 x 1 1/4 , and is the base for the 4 7/8 x 1 1/8 piece of Shaded Spruce.
• The words are stamped with Tuxedo Memento Black ink on a 4 5/8 x 1 piece of Basic White.
• I added some Simply Elegant Trim under this gold foil combination, and adhered all with dimensionals. 
• Last, I added three Metallic Pearls. 
• All done! Remember to decorate envelope !!

Should you want to order any of the supplies I used to make this card, please just click Right Here to place your in my on-line store, or you can click on the 2021-22 catalog right here on my blog.

I hold monthly adult card-making classes in my home at 555 Williamsdale Road, Graham, NC 27253, and if you would like to attend, please let me know.
For details, see my class schedule right here on my blog or on my Stampin' Up! website, found Here.

Thank you for stopping by and have a great day.

~Linda

  Welcoming Woods

This card was designed and hand-crafted by my wonderful friend, Wendie Jamison.  She is part of my planning team when designing and putting colors together to prepare for my Creative Therapy Card Classes each month.  

Recipe:

• The base is an 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 piece of Merry Merlot, scored at 4 1/4.
• The Basic Gray layer is 5 1/4 x 4 and is embossed with the Tasteful Texture folder.
• The next Merry Merlot layer is 5 x 3 3/4 and the edges are torn.
• The next Basic Gray layer is 4 3/4 x 3 1/2, and again, the edges are torn.
• The 4 1/2 x 3 Basic White layer is stamped with Tuxedo Memento Black ink, and, you guessed it, the edges are torn.  After stamping, Wendie sponged the bottom of this piece with Old Olive ink, and the top part lightly with Merry Merlot ink.
• Some black Baker's Twine was wrapped around the top three layers before adhering them to the Basic Gray/Merry Merlot base. 
• The words are stamped on a 1 1/4 x 3/4 piece of Basic White and adhered with dimensionals.
• All done!! Remember to decorate your envelope.

Should you want to order any of the supplies I used to make this card, please just click Right Here to place your in my on-line store, or you can click on the 2021-22 catalog right here on my blog.

I hold monthly adult card-making classes in my home at 555 Williamsdale Road, Graham, NC 27253, and if you would like to attend, please let me know.
For details, see my class schedule right here on my blog or on my Stampin' Up! website, found Here.

Thank you for stopping by and have a great day.

~Linda

  Christmas to Remember, Ornate Frames Dies & Gingerbread & Peppermint DSP

There are so many things one can do with the beautiful and fun designer series papers that Stampin' Up! has to offer, and this is just one example.

Recipe:

• The base is an 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 piece of Cinnamon Cider, scored at 4 1/4.
• The Old Olive layer is 5 1/4 x 4.
• The Gingerbread & Peppermint (G&P) Designer Series Paper (DSP) layer is 5 x 3 3/4.
• The Real Red layer is 4 7/8 x 1 7/8 and is the base for the 4 5/8 x 1 5/8 piece of G&P DSP.
• The next 3 1/4 x 2 1/2 piece of Real Red is the base for the 3 x 2 1/4 piece of Soft Seafoam that is embossed with Star-crossed Embossing Folder.
• The star is cut from the DSP.
• The words, from Christmas to Remember, are stamped with Cinnamon Cider ink on Basic White and cut out with the Ornate Frames dies and the Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine. 
• All done!! Remember to decorate your envelope.

Should you want to order any of the supplies I used to make this card, please just click Right Here to place your in my on-line store, or you can click on the 2021-22 catalog right here on my blog.

I hold monthly adult card-making classes in my home at 555 Williamsdale Road, Graham, NC 27253, and if you would like to attend, please let me know.
For details, see my class schedule right here on my blog or on my Stampin' Up! website, found Here.

Thank you for stopping by and have a great day.

~Linda