I love this little snowman! This set is one of my favorites from the Mini Holiday Catalog this year. I love the retro look, it so reminds me of Christmases when I was growing up.

Stampin’ Stuff

Stamps: Jolly Old St Nick and Bright Christmas
Ink: Poppy Parade, Cool Caribbean, Whisper White, Basic Gray and Black StazOn
Paper: Cool Caribbean, Poppy Parade and Whisper White
Fun Stuff: Northern flurries embossing folder and Big Shot, Circle dies, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter and Basic Rhinestone Jewels

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I want to thank everyone for all of the wonderful comments on my projects for the Royal Blog Tour! The tour was an amazing experience from start to finish, and I am humbled by all of the kind words you left me. Thanks to all who visited and all of the wonderful ladies who worked behind the scenes to make the tour such a success.

We have a winner of the Things I Love Set!

Comment # 60
Janet Swofford Says:
November 7th, 2010 at 9:40 pm e

Your projects are simply adorable! I especially love the little gingerbread men on the cookie sheet!So cute! Thanks for sharing and for the chance to win!
Inky hugs,
Janet

Congratulations Janet, send me your mailing address so that I can get you your set!

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Here are the choices for This weeks Stamp A Stack! Please RSVP if you plan to attend this event and let me know how many of each design you would like to stamp. Each stack is 5 cards of one design. First stack is $7.50 each stack after that is $5 or stamp 5 stacks for $25. You can choose to stamp one of each design for $10 if you prefer.

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Welcome Lords and Ladies to this stop on the Royal Blog Tour! I hope you enjoy your visit here and choose to come back often.

The set that I will be highlighting for the tour is the very versatile,  Got Treats. The first project I have prepared for you is  a card using the gingerbread man and our yummy Jolly Holiday Designer Series paper. I stamped the little gingerbread men, cut them out and popped them up on some brushed silver card stock cut to look like a cookie sheet.

ETA: I have gotten many wonderful comments on my Cookie Sheet Card! Thank you all so much. I first copied this idea years ago from a 3 dimensional scrapbook sticker I saw. I have also seen many other versions of this idea stamped throughout the years, so I wanted to clarify that it isn’t a new concept and I don’t want to leave the impression that it is an original concept! Really it has been out there for a while! Thanks everyone.

I love the little stamps from the set that can be used to show how to open the treat containers.

Thanks for stopping by! Before you  continue your journey to the next castle, be sure to enter my Blog Candy giveaway. All you have to do to enter is follow the instructions below. Be sure to follow all three requirements. I am giving away this FREE stamp set!

1. Email me with your name and  email address so that I can contact you if you win! You may also leave your email address in your comment if you wish. If your name is drawn and I have no way to contact you I will have to move to the next person drawn.

2. If you are viewing this from The Hive or Face book be aware that you must comment at Stampinbuzz.com in order to be entered in the blog candy giveaway.

3.Comment on this blog post and tell me what type of projects you would like to stamp or craft this holiday season !

Don’t forget to visit the Royal Blog Tour page to enter the Grand Prize Drawing. Fabulous Prize!

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This is one of those really simple but stunning cards that are great for mass producing.

I started by embossing the Whisper White layer with the Northern Flurries embossing folder. Then I spritzed it with champagne mist shimmer spray. After drying, I stamped the sentiment in Real Red, added some rhinestone jewels and layered it on a Real Red base. Super Easy!

Stampin’ Stuff

Stamps: Peaceful Season
Ink: Real Red classic ink
Paper: Whisper White and Real Red card stock
Fun Stuff: Big Shot and Northern Flurries embossing folder, champagne mist shimmer paint and 90% rubbing alcohol, Rhinestone Jewel Accents

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We made this pretty little bookmark at stamp camp this month. It slips over the edge of the page you are wanting to mark, as shown below. It makes a lovely little added touch when giving a book as a gift. These are really very simple to make. Start with a square piece of card stock (this one is 4 inches). Fold the top corners in to the center to form a triangle that meets about halfway down the square of card stock. Then cover the folds with a piece of dsp to secure the corner. Decorate!

Stampin’ Stuff

Stamps: Punch Potpourri
Ink: Marina Mist, Cherry Cobbler and Soft Suede Classic Inks
Paper: Very Vanilla and Marina Mist Card Stock, Newsprint DSP
Fun Stuff: Chantilly Crochet Trim, Eyelet border punch, Two Step Bird XL Punch, Full Heart XL Punch, Boho Blossoms XL Punch, Basic Pearls

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You may have noticed the Royal Blog Tour Logo in my sidebar. I thought I would give a little explanation of what it is all about. A blog tour is an event where several bloggers link from one blog to the next for a fun day or week of blogging. There is usually some sort of common theme for the event.

This particular blog tour is tons of fun because there are spots for 72 blogs. The tour is divided into castles and then several blogs are linked under each honorary queen. Each blog will highlight a specific set from the current catalog and will share several projects made with each set.

You can see the possibility for a lot of inspiration. Another fabulous aspect of this tour is that there are a lot of blogs and many individual blogs will be offering BLOG CANDY! If those aspects of the tour aren’t enough to get you motivated to join in the fun, there is also a Royal Giveaway that is a very nice prize. You’ll need to gather clues and fill out an entry form to be in the Grand Prize drawing where the winner may choose either a Big Shot or My Digital Studio software or $100 in Stampin’ Up merchandise.

I thought that might get your attention, so be sure to visit my blog November 5-8 to join the fun on the Royal Blog Tour!

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I made this card for a challenge and then didn’t get it posted in time. Oh well! I love it so much I think I’ll use it for Stamp a Stack next month. I can never get a good picture of the sparkly stuff, but this card is very sparkly. I used the Champagne Mist shimmer spray. Even the ribbon is sparkly which is seam binding ribbon that has been sprayed and scrunched to shape.

Stampin Stuff

Stamps: Angelic Joy
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke, Soft Suede, More Mustard, Blush Blossom Classic inks and markers and Black StazOn ink
Paper: Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke card stock
Fun Stuff: Big Shot and Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder, Decorative Label Punch, Champagne Mist Shimmer paint, 90% rubbing alcohol, Cherry Cobbler seam binding

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From October 19-December 16, choose from several different holiday bundles containing gorgeous Stampin’ Up!® products—perfect for creating cards, gift packaging, and gifts—and all at 20% off!

Download promotional .pdf here

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