Wandering Reindeer

The card that I have to show you today is yet another example of the Neutral 5/16" Brads – I guess I'm kinda hooked on these little buggers lately! For more Neutral Brad samples and details on how they're a part of the Holiday Extravaganza Sale, Click Here.

This card is also going to be one of the projects that we complete at my upcoming Stamping Christmas Party on December 4th in Rochester, NY! Attend the party and make this card for FREE! For complete details, Click Here.

Because this card is part of a class offering, I won't be listing "Aly's Helpful Hints". But if you're unable to attend the class, here's a list of the things you'l need to order to complete the card on your own!

WHAT TO ORDER:

Wandering Words Stamp Set (116507), Very Vanilla Cardstock (101650), Sahara Sand Classic Ink (105208), Old Olive Cardstock (100702), Old Olive Patterns Designer Series Paper (112160), Cast-A-Spell Designer Series Paper (115677), Holiday Lounge Designer Series Paper (115676), 5/16" Neutral Brads (112534) and Old Olive 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon (109054)

TO ORDER STAMPIN' UP! PRODUCTS ONLINE 24/7 CLICK HERE!

Hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving! Until then, here are some reminders….

Don't Forget!

• To take place your Online Holiday Extravaganza Order – select products up to 50% off! Click Here for more details, Click Here to place your order!
  
• To schedule your Complementary Christmas Card Designing Appointment – Click Here!
• To place your qualifying order for a FREE Decor Element – Click Here!
• To order your December Card Kit of the Month – Click Here!
• To register for Aly's Stamping Christmas Party – Click Here!

It’s a busy, busy Monday!

There is so much going on today, so bear with me through this mighty long post! I'll start off by sharing with you this little treat holder idea:

This adorable little treat idea is perfect for Holiday Gift Giving, and puts the "Two Tags" Stampin' Up! Sizzix Die to a fun alternative use! This delightful project is just ONE of the THREE projects that you will create at my upcoming Stamping Christmas Party! Aly's Stamping Christmas Party is a FREE Open House Event beginning at 6 pm on Friday December 4th in Rochester, NY! For complete details, click here.

Because this is a class offering, I won't be typing out any of "Aly's Helpful Hints" here, but if you're unable to attend the class, here's a list of what you'll need to order to complete the card in the comforts of your own home…

WHAT TO ORDER:

Stampin' Up! Two Tags Bigz Die (115954), Sparkly & Bright Stamp Set (115346), Taken with Teal Cardstock (100867), Real Red Cardstock (102482), More Mustard Cardstock (100946), More Mustard Marker (101962), Old Olive Marker (100079), Taken with Teal Marker (100068), Real Red Marker (100052), Whisper White Cardstock (100730), Small Flat Cellophane Bags (103104), Merry Moments Designer Series Paper (115672), Pewter Jumbo Eyelet (108432), Old Olive 1/2" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon (113883), Real Red 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon (109034), 1 1/4" Circle Punch (104403), Wide Oval Punch (112082), Scallop Circle Punch (109043), Crop-A-Dile (101049) and Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)

TO ORDER STAMPIN' UP! PRODUCTS ONLINE 24/7 CLICK HERE!

Don't Forget!

BEGINS TODAY: The Online Holiday Extravaganza begins today with select products up to 50% off! Read below for the details, and don't forget to get your qualifying order in!

• To schedule your Complementary Christmas Card Designing Appointment – Click Here!
• To place your qualifying order for a FREE Decor Element – Click Here!
• To order your December Card Kit of the Month – Click Here!
• To register for Aly's Stamping Christmas Party – Click Here!

The Holiday Extravaganza Sale Begins TODAY!

You can view and order all of these specially priced items at my online store – just Click Here! Then click "Shop Now" in the Upper Right Hand Corner. Then, click "Online Extravaganza" and you can start viewing all of these low priced items there! And don't forget about the items that are still on the Clearance Rack while you're there!

If you're not comfortable with online ordering, please feel free to contact me at 585-360-2667 or alystamps@gmail.com to let me know what you want and I will gladly place the order for you!

These savings are only available through November 30th, and the Ultimate Stamper Starter Bundle is only available while supplies last, so be sure to act quickly!

Here's a listing for you of all of the sale items, make note of the special item codes for the discount pricing!

  *This bundle is only available while supplies last.

I'm going to do my best to show you some samples of projects using these items, but with the holidays my time is very limited. However, yesterday's post, "Puttin' on the Glitz" features products from the Bling Bundle! Check out this card below and then order your Bling Bundle here!

Puttin’ on the GLITZ!

I made this card a little over week ago when mostly all of my inkpads were packed away and ready to go for our big Christmas Bonanza Event (yes, pictures are still coming soon!). I wanted to make a card, but had not much in the way of ink to work with! So I busted out my Sticky Pages and Glitter – the inkless way to make a card and this is what I came up with:

ALY'S HELPFUL HINTS:

• Colored Glitter can me messy business – be sure to invest in our Powder Pal set for easy clean up! Work over the tray and use the Static Free Brush to help you usher your leftover glitter back into it's home.
• Make your sentiments pop with Embossing Powders! Here, I used Silver EP.
• Don't be afraid to combine embellishments. For the center of the flower, I used Flower Fusions, a Pretties Kit, Filigree Brads and a Rhinestone Brad. They all came in separate kits, but still complemented one another well!
• The Sticky Cuts come in such a way that you have the option of pulling layers apart to have more images, or using them together and peeling away the top protective sheet one by one for multicolored images.

Here's a look at what comes in this Sticky Cut Sweet set:

One of the nice things about shopping through my online store, is that when you select a product that you're intersted in, you get a nice little list of additional products that pair nicely with the product your intersted in. Here's a look at the suggestions that came up when I selected the Sticky Cut Sweets shown above:

WHAT TO ORDER:

Sticky Cuts Sweet (114301), Fine Cosmo Stampin' Glitter (108796), Fine Supernova Stampin' Glitter (114287), On Your Birthday Stamp Set (111664), Chocolate Chip Cardstock (102128), Whisper White Cardstock (100730), Pumpkin Pie Cardstock (105117), Filigree Designer Brads (112577), Pretties Kit (109114), Circle Ice Rhinestone Brads (109111), Flower Fusion (110720), Whisper White Satin Ribbon (114616), Powder Pals (102197), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430), VersaMark Pad (102283), Embossing Buddy (103083), Heat Tool (100005) and Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder (109131)

TO ORDER STAMPIN' UP! PRODUCTS ONLINE 24/7 CLICK HERE!

Don't Forget!

COMING SOON: An Online Holiday Extravaganza beginning November 23th!! Select products up to 50% off!!!! Stay tuned!!!!

• To schedule your Complementary Christmas Card Designing Appointment – Click Here!
• To place your qualifying order for a FREE Decor Element – Click Here!
• To order your December Card Kit of the Month – Click Here!

Pumpkin Patch Scrapbooking!

Things have been awful busy around here, but I forced myself to sit down and get a Digital Scrapbook layout done! This is the first layout I've done for Landon that wasn't part of the calendar, and will be for his actual baby book… exciting!

ALY'S HELPFUL HINTS:

• These pages are going to be for a "Hybrid" Album. A Hybrid Album is when you design your pages in My Digital Studio, have them printed on individual pages, not bound in an album (use our Professional Print Services for Best Results), and then add some actual accessories (the REAL thing) over top of the digital accessories.
• When importing accessory images for the purpose of Hybrid Scrapbooking, you don't want to re-size the images. They are automatically imported true to size, so they will line up with the real ones correctly. If you're not doing Hybrid Scrapbooking, feel free to re-size, just be careful of pixilating.
• When you want to replicate an area of a page, drag your mouse to select all of the images and then copy and paste. The example? I did the first page and created the circles and embellishments down the side. I wanted the same patterns/accents on my other page. Rather then repeating all of the steps, I grouped all of the embellishments together and pasted them onto the other page. A real time saver!

WHAT TO ORDER:

My Digital Studio (118108) and Cast-A-Spell Digital Download (118114)

Purchase My Digital Studio from me and receive 1 hour of one-on-one training. I'm My Digital Studio Certified and ready to answer your questions!

Speaking of Digital Scrapbooking, have you ordered all of the fabulous new Digital Downloads yet!? Click Here to see all that's available. 7 more were just released yesterday! Here's a peak at one of these downloads, the Christmas Cocoa II Kit:

TO ORDER STAMPIN' UP! PRODUCTS ONLINE 24/7 CLICK HERE!

Don't Forget!

COMING SOON: An Online Holiday Extravaganza beginning November 23th!! Select products up to 50% off!!!! Stay tuned!!!!

• To schedule your Complementary Christmas Card Designing Appointment – Click Here!
• To place your qualifying order for a FREE Decor Element – Click Here!
• To order your December Card Kit of the Month – Click Here!

December Card Kit of the Month

The December Card Kit of the Month is up and running!!! You have until December 10th to order your "Happy Heart" Card Kit and the featured stamp set and accessory at it's special pricing. Here's a look at the December Card Kit of the Month Sample Cards (2 additional card designs included with the kit purchase!)

These are all of the images that are included in the "A Happy Heart" Stamp Set:

And the featured accessory, "Basic Small Grommets":

For more details on the December Card Kit of the Month, visit the "Card Kit" section of my website by clicking here!

TO ORDER STAMPIN' UP! PRODUCTS ONLINE 24/7 CLICK HERE!

NEWSFLASH! Just released today: NEW Digital Downloads for My Digital Studio. Here's a listing!

All of these downloads and more can be ordered through my online store!

Don't Forget!

COMING SOON: An Online Holiday Extravaganza beginning November 23th!! Select products up to 50% off!!!! Stay tuned!!!!

• To schedule your Complementary Christmas Card Designing Appointment – Click Here!
• To place your qualifying order for a FREE Decor Element – Click Here!
• To order your December Card Kit of the Month – Click Here!

Wandering Thanks & Appreciation

I wanted to make up about 20 cards as Thank You Cards for the Women who attended the Women's Retreat at our church a few weekends ago. I was asked to lead two projects with them (see my old blog) and it was the first time stamping for many! So I just wanted to send them a little note and invite them to my next upcoming class. So these cards needed to be a little on the simple side of things, nothing too wow this go around!

I have received a lot of the Level 1 "Patterns Designer Series Paper Packs" and wanted to use up those papers, so the paper pack determined my color combo! I ended up having 3 different "looks" as I rotated through the background paper. The Ruby Red shown above and then the Really Rust and Mellow Moss shown below:

ALY'S HELPFUL HINTS:

• The wide grosgrain ribbon was tied uniquely by going up through a slot punch before being knotted. TIP: For trimming your ribbon ends at a "v", fold your ribbon in half and make 1 angled cut. Then when you unfold, you have your two cuts perfectly even!
• This big bold image can be a little bit stubborn to get a crisp image – try stamping on a tile or other rock solid surface.
• Earn this Designer Series Paper for FREE by hosting a workshop or placing an order totaling $150 or more!

WHAT TO ORDER:

Patterns Pack III (116234 – Hostess Exclusive!), Wandering Words Stamp Set (116507), Sahara Sand Cardstock (105328), Very Vanilla Cardstock (101650), Chocolate Chip Cardstock (102128), Chocolate Chip Classic Ink (100908), Really Rust Cardstock (100661), Mellow Moss Cardstock (102898), Styled Vanilla Hodgepodge Hardware (112454), Very Vanilla Grosgrain Ribbon (109055), Horizontal Slot Punch (105089), 1/2" Cirlce Punch (104390), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430), Stampin' Up! Sizzix Big Shot Die Cut Machine (113439) and Leaves #2 Die (113459)

TO ORDER STAMPIN' UP! PRODUCTS ONLINE 24/7 CLICK HERE!

Don't Forget!

COMING SOON: An Online Holiday Extravaganza beginning November 23th!! Select products up to 50% off!!!! Stay tuned!!!!

• To schedule your Complementary Christmas Card Designing Appointment – Click Here!
• To place your qualifying order for a FREE Decor Element – Click Here!

Razzleberry vs. Red

What a difference a color can make! When I started this card, I had the typical Christmas colors in hand – at least, MY typical Christmas colors, Real Red and Old Olive. I loved using this Little Leaf die as the branch for the birdie, but when I was done, something just didn't sit quite right with me. So, I re-did the card, this time using Rich Razzleberry instead of Real Red. Then I was satisfied! It's amazing to me what a difference one color can make in a card design.

Although, some of you may prefer the Real Red! We all have different preferences and tastes. Which version is your favorite, Razzleberry or Red? Leave me a comment and let me know!

ALY'S HELPFUL HINTS:

• Backing these jumbo brads with a 1" circle of cardstock gives some added intrest. I set the brads through that circle punch out, and then mounted the cardstock/brad unit on the card with a Stampin' Dimensional.
• "Little Leaves" is a Stampin' Up! Exclusive Sizzlit Die. It's probably one of my favorite little dies, it makes such wonderful accents with almost any stamp set! Here, I substituted it where the stamped version of the branch would have normally gone.
• "Sprigs" of cording tied in your ribbon is a wonderful way to add some metallic vibes to any card.

WHAT TO ORDER:

Berry Christmas Stamp Set (116509), Gold Cord (109867), Mistletoe Ribbon Originals (116792), Little Leaves Sizzlet Die (114511), Stampin' Up! Sizzix Big Shot Die Cut Machine (113439), Rich Razzleberry Cardstock (115316), Rich Razzleberry Classic Ink (115658), Whisper White Cardstock (100730), Chocolate Chip Cardstock (102128), Chocolate Chip Classic Ink (100908), Real Red Stampin' Write Marker (100052), Chocolate Chip Stampin' Write Marker (100071), 5/8" Jumbo Brads (112533), 1" Circle Punch (109046) and Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)

TO ORDER STAMPIN' UP! PRODUCTS ONLINE 24/7 CLICK HERE!

Don't Forget!

COMING SOON: An Online Holiday Extravaganza beginning November 23th!! Select products up to 50% off!!!! Stay tuned!!!!

• To schedule your Complementary Christmas Card Designing Appointment – Click Here!
• To place your qualifying order for a FREE Decor Element – Click Here!