No stamping Christmas Card. I used papers from AUTHENTIQUE "Christmas" collection. Inked edges with Distress "Shabby Shutters". Linen thread for bows from STAMPINUP. Sentiment I did stamp and its from NEAT & TANGLED "Bright Baubles" set which is part of the Catherine Pooler STAMP OF APPROVAL KIT. I layered front panel onto Ivory cardstock from Gina K Designs. Then layered that onto SSS "Schoolhouse Red" card base. Used a glitter pen around outside edges of card stocks and in parts of Santas face.

Christmas Gifts card. #SSSFAVE I used Simon Say Stamp dies "Soft Smowfall" and "Brilliant Gifts". I cut the tress from the die out of white paper then added "Wink of Stella, clear" for shimmer. I cut the Gifts out with 3 different papers, Simon Say Stamp "Apple Green" & "Surf Blue". I used a silver paper for the gifts and bow outline. I glued tress onto white paper that I distressed with Rangers "Broken China" distress ink. Then I glued the silver outline piece and added the colored paper pieces inside the outline piece. Added Wink of Stella to the blue & green pieces. I added snow with Alene's "Glitter Snow" and sprinkled Stampendous "Shaved Ice" lightly onto wet glitter snow. I used a piece of FUN FOAM on the back of that panel and glued it to a card base in SSS "Green Apple". The inside sentiment is Stampendous "Precious Bundle" wood mount stamp. The inside MERRY CHRISTMAS is SSS "Christmas" stamp set. The tree is left over from die cutting the front trees with the SSS "Soft Snowfall" die. I like this card so much be cars it's made with my favorite coastal colors!

Sympathy Card. I used RANGER "gathered twigs & rusty hinge" on cream paper. Stamped branch in brown (from ALTNEW Vintage Flowers). Sentiment is from IMPRESSION OBSESSION "Sympathy Sentiments" set. Tag is from MFT Traditional stitched tag stax. I don't know what company the leaf die is from. I used wink of Stella on leaves and a Stardust glitter pen on branches. The leaves and sentiment are attached with foam tape. I added copper dots with a PICO EMBELLISHER. I layered top panel to dark chocolate paper from GINA K DESIGNS. Then used a piece of copper shimmer card stock for the base.

Hero Arts Color Layering Dimensional Bird stamps & Dies. Get Well die from Paper Smooches. The wing, tail, leaf & branch are popped up with foam tape. I used a Sakura Gelly Roll pen in clear sparkle on all pieces for pretty sparkle. The tiny butterflies are from a tiny punch. I CAS'D the colors on the bird from Jennifer McGuire. Choosing colors for all the dimensional stamps on the market now are the hardest part to figure out but I LOVE THEM!

Wedding card. #SSSFAVE I used SIMON SAYS STAMP "Married" stamp set. I heat embossed the double rings in RANGER "Polysparkle" onto white paper. Then I added two thin strips of silver ribbon along each side. The cake was first heat embossed with metallic silver then I used an embossing pen to fill in the cakes and used RANGER Embossing Tinsel in BRIDAL. The other two sentiments are heat embossed as well in the silver and SSS Ultra Fine White on navy paper. I used silver paper and the dies that match the MARRIED stamp set. I used foam tape on sentiment pieces then silver thread and that sticks when the foam tape attaches. Added some rhinestones.

Using Dies as Stencils. I used SIMON SAY STAMP "Soft Snowfall" die to cut a stencil then used BO BUNNY "Silver Glitter Paste" over a piece of SSS "Seaglass" paper. I let that dry then cut a stencil from MEMORY BOX "Leaping Dear" and used the same glitter paste over the deer stencil. I used SSS "Merry & Bright" die and cut it with silver paper. I attached it to a strip of vellum. I put Glossy Accents on it and added silver glitter. I used PICO Embellisher in Wedding Dress to add the snow dots, snow on ground & trees and added a swirl design on the vellum piece. For the deer hoofs and eye I used Enamel Accents in Black. I love the dimension of using the paste.

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Watercolor Shaker card. I don't know what company the stocking stamp is from but I'm thinking Hero Arts. I gold heat embossed it then colored in with Zig Clean Color real brush markers. I cut a window sheet and frame from Lawn Fawn SM & LG STITCHED RECTANGLES DIES. The papers are Watermelon Wonder from STAMPINUP & Surf Blue from SIMON SAYS STAMP.

Glitter paste. In Catherine Poolers "Stamp of Approval" kit are stamps and dies from Casual Friday's. I used those dies to cut a snowflake stencil. Then I used BO BUNNY "Gold Glitter Paste" over the stencil onto white cardstock from GINA K DESIGNS. Her 120lb heavy base weight card stocks are the BEST!! Then I layered that onto a pice of red paper. I used HERO ARTS "stamp and cuts" MERRY CHRISTMAS die and cut it out with red paper twice. I glued those together for added dimension then glued those to the snowflake panel. I wrapped red ribbon around one side and tied a bow.

Silver & White Christmas Card. I started by using HERO ARTS Stamp & Cuts "Merry Christmas" die that's part of the FANCY CUT CHRISTMAS set and used white shimmer paper. I attached a Window sheet to the back side with tape. Then added foam tape to make it into a shaker card. Added sequins from PRETTY PINK POSH then attached a piece of silver cardstock to the back. I cut the snowflakes from dies that are from Casual Friday's BRING ON THE SNOWFLAKES set which were only available in Catherine Poolers STAMP OF APPROVAL kit. I used STAMPINUP glitter paper for snowflakes. I attached those with liquid glue to the front panel. Then I used two glitter enamel dots from My Minds Eye.

SSS Oct 2015 card kit. #SSSFAVE I used TEXTURE PASTE IN WHITE CRACKLE FROM ART EXTRAVAGANCE over a stencil by PRIMA called SPARK. Let it dry then used RANGER DISTRESS INKS in "cracked pistachio, twisted citron & abandoned coral" over the texture paste making sure to overlap inks for a gradient affect. I stamped the heart from the SSS "I SEE YOU" stamp set in SSS Ultra fine gold Embossing powder. I water colored in the spaces of the heart with various Distress ink colors then added GLOSSY ACCENTS over it. I used same stamp set for the two sentiments which are also gold heat embossed with the same SSS powder onto a couple scraps of watercolored paper. I backed those with a gold shimmer paper. I used MFT "pierced heart stax" die to cut out a gold shimmer paper for the heart. Added foam tape to heart & sentiments and used lots of curled up gold thread on front of card then adhered the heart & sentiments to hold the thread in place.

I love how the crackle affect looks! 

Stamp of Approval kit. This kit from Catherine Pooler has so much included. I just read where her kits sell out very quickly so I'm glad I ordered fast! I used one of the included stamp sets called HOLIDAY FLOURISHES from The Ton Stamp Co. I stamped the Merry Christmas sentiment at an angle all over the whole piece of white cardstock. I used RANGER Archival Ink in RED GERANIUM. I layered that onto a piece of shimmering gold paper. I tied good ribbon around it then attached entire panel to a green card base. I stamped the holly leaves and berries from the set. It's a two step leaf set. Added wink of Stella to the leaves then filled in the berry stamp with STICKLES Red Glitter glue. I also added white dots with a PICO embellisher in WEDDING DRESS. Then attached that to a piece of gold shimmer paper and used foam tape to pop up. Easy!

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http://youtu.be/Vd0oJcdM89c

Shari Carroll's video for SSS on DISTRESS INK RECIPES. GREAT VIDEO!

CAS'd from Shari Carrolls card for SIMON SAYS STAMP. I used CLEARLY BESOTTED "Leafy accents" stamps and matching dies. I used DISTRESS INK on the stamps then spritzed with water. I laid watercolor paper on top of inked stamps and rubbed gently. Then I used the dies to cut them out. The sentiment is from SSS "Prayers" stamp set and SSS "Prayers" die. I inked a piece of the watercolor paper and used foam tape to pop up leaves and "prayers" sentiment. I then glued that to a piece of patterned paper that was included in the SSS NOV 2015 CARD KIT. I attached those layers to a brown card base. I used some perfect pearls mixed with water on the leaves and around the edge of the card base. Added GLOSSY ACCENTS to the PRAYERS die cut. Thank you Shari Carroll for the DISTRESS RECIPES.

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SSS Nov card kit. #SSSFAVE I embossed the background in RANGER copper distress embossing powder using a leaf stamp from the kit. Then distressed it with RANGER DISTRESS INK in Gathered Twigs. I did the smooshing technique on watercolor paper then used SSS STITCHED MAPLE TRIO DIES to cut out the 3 leaves. I heat embossed the vellum with same copper embossing powder. The sentiment is from the kit as well and is called "Apple of my pie". I cut the vellum piece long enough to fold over the leafy paper and taped to the back so no tape would show through the vellum on the front. Then I attached both the dry embossed piece and the vellum piece to a card base. I used foam tape for the leaves.