Happy Friday!

As a New Years gift to you, I have lots of projects to share with you today.  Consider it a “thank you” from us for visiting us throughout the year.

First up, I thought I would share a holiday thank you card I made for my mom.  I used some wide ribbon that was from my grandma - adding a special touch.  The stitching was done using a Hero Arts Tall Tree stamp as a guide.  It is actually very simple:  I cut a piece of cardstock to fit the back of the ribbon and adhered it there.  On the cardstock, I stamped the tree.  I then used it as a guide to poke holes and stitched along. Keeping the cardstock attached, I added the ribbon piece to the card with pop dots.  This is fun and works great with fabric!

Supplies:

• Tall Trees
• Clear Design Thoughtful Messages
• DesignBlock Holly Flourish
• Black and White Memories Inks
• Hero Arts Green and Kraft Notecards
• Other: Wide ribbon, silk ribbon (Creative Impressions), embroidery floss (DMC), button (Buttons Galore), permanent pen (Sharpie - to color the button gold), embossing tool (Cuttlebug)

Check out this next card - a super classy one by Tami Hartley.  Wow!  She is so clever - she turned the holiday gift tag into a glittery ornament that says “thank you.”

Card by Tami Hartley.
Supplies:

• Clear Design Holiday Gift Tags
• Clear Design Thank You Messages
• Chalk Ink Queue - Christmas
• Hero Arts Notecards
  
• Prisma Glitter
• Other: snowflake embossing folder (Cuttlebug), scallop border punch and frond punch (Martha Stewart), 1 3/4″ circle punch (EK Success), silk ribbon, pop dots

Next up we have a fun card from the stamper extraordinaire, Lisa Spangler.  She used a holiday owl with a NEW Woodgrain Background.  Love it!

Card by Lisa Spangler.
Supplies:

• Clear Design Owl Christmas
• Clear Design Thank You Messages
• NEW Woodgrain Pattern
• NEW Raindrop Background
• White Embossing Powder
• NEW Light Green Pearls
• NEW Soft Pool Shadow Ink
• NEW Diamond Glitter Glue
• Strawberry & Mocha Notecards
• Other: Prismacolor pencils, American Crafts ribbon, Tonic paper edge distressor, EK Success corner rounder punch

Now it is time for a delightful card from Sally Traidman.  We always tease Sally because she is so very fast at creating cards!  (And we are insanely jealous because the rest of us are slow!) :)  But her quick cards always make me smile.  Isn’t this great?

Card by Sally Traidman.
Supplies:

• Sparkle Clear Happy Winter Occasions
• Whimsical Flower
• DesignBlock Thank You
  
• Hero Arts Notecard
• Chalk Ink Queue - Christmas
• Green and Red Gemstones
• Other: punches (EK Success)

I am sure that you all have some great photos from the holidays, so I thought I would share a bonus holiday layout.  This one is from Laura Vegas.  It simply brings a smile to my face.  I love the white embossing for the background and how she stamped lightly with black ink on the white cardstock so the texture would show through.  Fabulous!

Layout by Laura Vegas.
Supplies:

• DesignBlock Holly Flourish
  
• Large Christmas Circles
• Pocketful O’ Holiday Trees
  
• Three Tall Trees
• Black Memories Ink
• Versamark Ink and White Embossing Powder
• Clear Gemstones
• Other: Circle cutter, buttons, string, punches (EK Success), embossing tool (Cuttlebug), letter stickers (Making Memories) and patterned paper

Oh!  And I have BIG news for you!  The catalog will be online on Monday, along with a sample for every stamp!  You are gonna love it all.

Have a fab weekend…

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