Winter Holiday ~ Ink & Share Scrapbook Blog Hop

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Welcome to the 4th in Ink & Share Scrapbook blog hop,  I am delighted to be taking part  again.  We are  group of international Stampin UP! demonstrators sharing our ideas with you.

You will have either arrived from  Karen’s  post or starting here ~ either way WELCOME.  This month’s theme is  Winter Holiday  ~  I chose to do a SNOW DAY page which almost always turns out to be a winter holiday in North Texas as the local authorities are really not geared up to deal with really bad winter weather as we don’t get a lot of it but when we do it can be a doozy!

Once again I have chosen to use a 12 x 12 page – mainly because Stampin’ UP! has 12 x 12 card stock in all its colors which gives me a fantastic choice but also because they have the 12 x 12 Page Protectors and Albums.

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Cleaning Adhesive from Scissors ~ Video

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My scissors and paper piercing tools tend to accumulate ‘sticky stuff’ on the blades, I use them a lot in my design work as well as in my classes.  So it is not surprising that cutting pieces of Tear and Tape and trimming Stampin’ Dimensionals with my paper snips leaves a little of the adhesive behind on the blades.  I rarely use my paper piercing tool to piece paper but I do use it a lot to pick up mini glue dots and Stampin’ dimensionals and to remove the backing paper from the Tear and Tape double sided tape.

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Snow is Glistening – Joy and Coastal Cabana

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IF you have been following my Facebook page you will know that Stampin’ UP! have a special suite of products that are just available for the month of November ………..or until stocks last – that dreaded statement – which is basically telling us not to prevaricate!

I will be sharing a number of cards over the next few weeks using some of the products from the Snowflake Showcase suite – starting today with the Snow is Glistening Stamp Set  and the White Velvet Paper.

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Card Class to Go – One For All

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Today I am offering a chance for you to take one of my classes in the comfort of your own  home! It features the One for All Stamp Set and you will get to make 2 each of 4 different designs of cards, these are exclusive to this on-line class.

There are 3 options – the first of which includes a brand new  stamp set and the Early Expresso Ink Pad

Read on for more details……………….
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Happy Halloween ~ waterfall card

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Happy Halloween Everyone ~ we are due rain later today which might just put a bit of a damper for the trick and treaters this evening.  But I have the sweeties (candy) ready plus my witch’s broom and hat that I put just outside the door to show the ‘Witch is IN!’ (seriously I do have them)

Today’s card is one we made during my September card class and is a waterfall card – I will have a video ready soon on my method for making them – so watch this space 🙂

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Rooted in Nature – Sweet and Simple Guy Birthday Card

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I shall say again, as I have many times in the past – making cards for the fellas in my life is always a challenge – and so it was for my husband’s birthday earlier this month!

My current favorite stamp set for fellas is Rooted in Nature, it has the perfect images without being too ‘fruu – fruu’ and sappy 🙂  Coupled with the Wood Textured DSP stack and the Leaves Trinkets it brings the woody theme together.

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Tic Tac Toe Challenge ~Ink . Stamp . Share Blog Hop

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Today I am thrilled to be taking part  in the blog hop again, as you can see we have had a little change of identity but everything else will be the same, talented paper-crafters and wonderful ideas .

You will have either arrived from Laura Mackie’s  post or starting here ~ either way WELCOME .    This month’s theme is a Tic Tac Toe Challenge!  I have to admit I needed an explanation on this one, but once I understood I was really excited!

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Cauldron Bubble – Happy Halloween

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We are less than a week from Halloween and time for a seasonal card!  I made this particular card at a meeting held by my Stampin’ UP! Mum and it was designed by one of my Stampin’ Sister’s Tricia.  That is what is so fabulous about being a Stampin’ UP! demonstrator – we meet and share in  craft that we love.

The card showcases the lovely products in the Toil and Trouble Suite.  The stamp set we used is Cauldron Bubble and it has a coordinating die set called Cauldron Framelit Dies, (buy as a bundle and save 10%) which we used to cut the little kitty kat from the Black Foil Sheets – all available in the 2018 Holiday Catalog (contact me if you would like a copy!)

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Share What You Love ~ 700 Posts and 503 followers!

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It kind of slipped passed me that I had now  made over 700 posts on my blog!  But much more importantly I have hit 500+ followers – I am so thrilled that you would all choose to spend some time with me!

Last weekend I hosted  my annual FALL STAMPIN GETAWAY – I had the chance to spend the whole day sharing papercrafting with 20+ crafters.  One of the projects we made was a memory book designed in collaboration with my friend Elly from the UK – who came over to help prepare for and run the day.

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