As You See It Challenge #12

There is nothing like a good challenge right?  This week's sketch is a keeper that's easy to change to whatever your occasion is.  

 What an easy layout, right?  

I decided to make a quick and cute easy Christmas card.  I also ran washi tape through the big shot to make the rick-rack piece.  I attached it to whisper white card stock first though.  

Please make sure that you play along this week!  We will be giving away blog candy!  The winner of this weeks challenge will receive (you have to live in North America) a pop-n-place kit.  It's a great kit! Make sure you link up to www.asyouseeitchallenge.com with your project.  Good luck!  

Lovin' Stampin Up! products?  You can always order here!  www.taraangus.stampinup.net

Card using SU! fabric!!!

Starting on September 1st Stampin' Up! debuts it fabric line! These are great quality fabrics that will stand up for all your crafting needs. There are two different sets of fabric (3 designs for $9.95) Deck the Halls (Vintage) & Candy Cane Christmas (more modern)

As a demonstrator, I was lucky enough to get my hands on this fabric ahead of time. The fabric all comes in extra long fat quarters, quilters you know what I'm talking about, non-quilters basically it is a 1/4 of a yard piece just cut a bit different, well fatter.

Stampin' Up!'s fabric is longer than a normal fat quarter as you can see the striped fabric (non-SU!) for a normal fat quarter. The brown material is SU!, you can see the extra inches in length.

Check out the cute skirts that Shelli (Co-founder & CEO of SU!) and Sara (Shelli's Daughter and fellow Demonstrator) had made by a friend using all SU! products!

Here is a card that I put together the other day using some of the new Candy Cane Fabrics with the Extra Big Buttons. The flower is actually a pin attached to the card, that way the person who receives this card has something fun to wear. The flower pin was made by using the flower folds die for the Big Shot and all 3 Candy Cane fabrics. I simply cut out 4 of each flower (large, med, small) and folded each flower in half, layered, and stitched them together. Easy.

You can check out detailed instructions here. I did make mine a bit different by using one type of flower for each "flower" but you get the idea. I also used the new Candy Cane Christmas designer series paper on background of this project, love the built in red glitter! The "thinking of you" stamp is from Tiny Tiny Wishes, my go to sentiment stamp set.

Interested in these products? Contact me at taraangus@gmail.com or check out my website on September 1st to order www.taraangus.stampinup.net

Christmas Candles

Christmas Eve is HERE!  I really do love the Christmas time of year but it sure is a busy time.  Luckly I work in the "schools" so I am off for Christmas break, but my husband works at a church so it's the busy time of year for him.  Someday.....  

Anyway, the people that my hubby works with always gives little gifts to each other.  So I quick whipped up these candles.  They are Candy Cane Mint scented with a quick tag on the top.  I used the two tag die for the SU! big shot (great die to have, love it!) dressed it up with a stamp, candy cane, and ribbon.  When I make my candles I purchase the wax from Swan Creek Candles, the best soy wax ever.  Just melt and pour.  Easy Peasy! 

Enjoy & Merry Christmas!

Christmas Digital Pages

I have a new obsession (did I mention this is our second snow day in a row!!) and it's digital scrapbooking with SU!'s My Digital Studio.  Here are some Christmas pages that only took me minutes to create, so quick and still so cute!

My Digital Studio Christmas Cards

This year I've decided to use SU!'s new My Digital Studio program to make my Christmas cards.  Ever since I had Zoë I've struggled with how to get her cute little on a cute hand stamped card.  So now I have the best of BOTH worlds!  So excited and I was truly easy to do.  Really!

My Digital Studio is available for purchase from my website  (click on website) for $79.95.  Don't let that price tag scare you it comes with TONS of digital designer papers, kits, stamps, punches, cardstock, embellishments.  I don't know the exact count off my head but it's got to be hundreds.  Plus there are additional downloads that will continue to come out that you can purchase ($3-$12 range approx) in the future.  

Deck The Halls Christmas Swap

I am so so busy getting ready for convention but thought I would take a moment to show off one of my convention swaps.  This super cute Dasher is brand spankin new and hot off the press.  This card is so easy to make and you could easily whip out 50 of them for Christmas cards in no time.  

Here are the details:

Dasher Stamp 

Christmas Punch Hostess Stamp Set

Wide Oval Punch

Ticket Corner Punch

Fine Supernova Glitter Chocolate

Old Olive 5/8 Ribbon 

Merry Moments 12x12 paper 

Chocolate Chip Card Stock 

Real Red Card Stock

Old Olive Card Stock

Very Vanilla Card Stock