Creation Station - Holiday Catty Faves - Wonder of Christmas

I hope you are having a wonderful Labor Day weekend!  If we weren't still swimming at our neighbor's heated pool, I would say summer seems to be over! Football season is here, leaves are starting to fall here in Minnesota, our oldest starts Kindergarten this week and the Holiday Catalog is here!  YAY!  I love making Christmas cards and can't wait to show you some of the great sets are in the catalog.  Seriously - what a fantastic catalog this year!  (If you need a copy and don't have a SU! demonstrator that you work with, I would be happy to send a catalog your way.)

Anyway, I'm talking too much!  Welcome to our Creation Station blog hop.  We are a group of international SU! demos that blog on the first Sunday of the month.  This month we are highlighting our favorites from the Holiday Catalog.

And since I can't blog every favorite that I have ordered, I'm showing you ONE of the great sets!

I love the religious sets in the catalog - to me they highlight the true meaning of why we celebrate Christmas.  When I first saw the angel set called Wonder of Christmas I knew it was a must have!

I love the catalog examples for this stamp set and decided to do my version of both cards.  I used gold embossing powder to give the angel some pizzazz since I knew I wanted to leave her uncolored.

I took one of the sentiments and stamped the entire background of the card base and also the inside of the card.

My favorite part is the cluster of various ribbons!  It really helps tie in the gold from the angel.

This was a great one to make multiples of too.  I'm selling packs of 5 at an upcoming vendor show so I did 10 in this color combo and 10 in a Tip Top Taupe/Wisteria Wonder/Gold combo.  I'm so happy with how they turned out and hope the shoppers like them too!

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog! Be sure to check out everyone's projects and pin your favorites!  You can head back to the lovely Jennifer Downey or on to my talented friend Elizabeth Price! :)

  

Blessings,

Holly

The Creation Station - Get Well Soon

Welcome to the Creation Station blog hop!  The first Sunday of the month I join a group of stampers from around the world for a blog hop featuring current Stampin' Up! products.  We usually have a theme or try to highlight certain stamp sets.  This month we are focusing on "Get Well" cards and projects.  SU! has come out with a lot of really great sets for this (Here for You or the cute little umbrellas from Weather Together are perfect).  However, I wanted to show you some brand new product that you can order starting September 1st!

So let's get to it!  If you came from the amazingly talented Cindy Schuster - thank you for continuing on to me!  It's hard to fill an Artisan's shoes, but I'll certainly try! :)

The set I am using today is a new (Christmas/holiday) set called Wrapped in Warmth.  I want to show you how you can use the one stamp in this set for a get well card.

 The stamp set is full of cute sentiments and fun stitched images and coordinates perfectly with this new embossing folder called Cable Knit.  It is awesome!  I know when I'm sick, I like to grab a blanket and curl up on the couch.  My boys love to snuggle too which is probably why MOM always catches whatever they have!  

Here's a closer look of this embossing folder.  It really takes the 3D look to a whole new level!

Another awesome thing that SU! will be offering their customers are 2 packs of markers!  There are a few packs (colors pre-selected) that are available in the new holiday catalog.  One pack in particular is Cherry Cobbler and Crumb Cake!  Here I added some ink with my Delightful Dijon marker - really makes the sentiment fun with different colors!  

Did you notice the plaid designer paper?  Talk about coziness!! I ordered two packs of the Warmth and Cheer DSP stacks.  You will LOVE IT!  

Now normally when I'm sick, I don't want cookies, but since it's too hot to make soup and cookies can be eaten any time of year, I opted to make cookies.  Plus, I suppose "get well" could be for those having a bad day too so cookies work, right? :)

I wanted the tag to coordinate with the card so I incorporated the stitching along the Delightful Dijon border.   I added the heart from the same DSP.  The "get well soon" is from the Layered Alphabet stamp set.

For the lid you may notice another new stamp!  This is another sneak peek at a new set called Yummy Little Christmas.  I love to bake and give homemade goodies at Christmas (and all year round) so I had to have these little whisks!  They're shaped like a snowflake too!

I sure hope you enjoyed what I made and the sneak peek at some upcoming product!  Please make your way around the blog hop!  A lot of the team are off enjoying some summertime fun, but I know you won't be disappointed - even if it is a shorter hop!

You can head back to the lovely Cindy, or click next to jump across the Atlantic to my talented friend Julie!

      

Happy stamping everyone :)

Be blessed and be a blessing!

-Holly

**If you're currently looking for a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, I'd love to help!  If you'd like a holiday catalog or annual catalog, comment below :)  I live in the central MN area and hold 2 classes a month.**

The Creation Station Blog Hop - Masculine Birthdays!

Wow! Can you believe it is officially May?? Welcome to our monthly hop with the Creation Station!  If you came from the lovely Kimberly Van Diepen's blog, thank you so much for continuing on to me!  She's a tough act to follow!  Make sure you make your way around the entire hop - you won't be disappointed!

This month we are highlighting In the Meadow and Going Global for our masculine birthday theme.  I chose the In the Meadow set because, 1- it's awesome! and 2 - it's carrying over to the new catalog!  Going Global is also another awesome set and you can still order it off the retiring list.

I'm also featuring one of the hostess sets called Happy Birthday, Everyone!  I wanted to make a few cards because I have a few guys in my family that have birthdays this month.

The DSP that I used here is the It's My Party Stack - This is definitely worth the big price.  Some of the best DSP ever - AND there's some great neutral colors mixed in with the bright cheerful stuff!

I chose the mountain scene - think it's pretty manly and it makes a great focal piece.

One with Basic Black Baker's Twine... 

and the other with Linen Thread.

I also wanted to make a gift box.  I stamped the tree image all around the Tag a Bag Gift Box.  These are such great boxes and I'm sad to see them retiring.  It's a good thing I have about 20 saved up!

I lightly stamped the trees on the tag and added the same DSP from the card.  I added some It's My Party Enamel Dots too.  

I cannot wait to give the box away!  I really do love those trees wrapped all the way around!

Thank you so much for joining me today!  You can go back to Kimberly's page, or on to the next - which is the talented Jennifer Downey!

Have a wonderful week!  I will be placing my preorder on Tuesday! YAY!  Can't wait to share some of the great stuff that's coming out in a month!

Blessings!

-Holly 

Creation Station Hop - Bloomin' Love that Glimmers!

 Welcome back to another hop with the Creation Station!  I just returned from the K-Love Christian cruise and I'm not quite ready to get back to the norm :) I do have time to stamp though and was able to make 49 cards with my mom this Thursday and Friday!  

Note: I'm at my parent's house, the Internet is crazy slow and limited, so a big thank you goes out to Cindy Schuster.  Without her, this post would not have been published! Thanks girl!

This month we are featuring the Bloomin' Love bundle and glimmer paper.  I do not own the Bloomin' Love set, but when I dropped the boys off at my parents house before the cruise, I was able to use my mom's set.  So glad my "upline" gets all the goodies!

For this card, I wanted to keep it simple.  You might notice the sentiment from Suite Sayings looks a little different from the one in the catalog. Nothing the Marvelous Markers can't do! :)

The sentiment itself is a great one for Easter, but liked the way it turned out for this card.

This next card is not my original idea and I wish I knew who to give credit to!  Whoever thinks of cutting a butterfly out of the Bloomin' Hearts thinlit needs an award.  Or a high five. :)

I think I'm sold on both the Bloomin' Love bundle AND Suite Sayings. I hope you like what I made today! Be sure to check out the entire group of ladies and what they came up with. :) You can click on previous and head on back to the lovely Jennifer's blog:

Or continue through to sweet Mikaela's to see her creation!

Thanks again for stopping by!

-Holly

Creation Station Blog Hop - Winter Wonderland Christmas

 

I'm am so excited to share with you some exciting news for my 200th post!!  If you came from Denita's site, thanks for stopping by my blog.   I did not see myself with three small boys actually keeping up with a blog and making it to 200 posts but here I am and now I am on a new design team!

 

Let's just say, I am so honored to be among the talented ladies on this team (two who are SU artisans might I add). :)  I took a break from 3 other blog hops earlier this fall because we recently moved from Rhode Island to Minnesota.  We still aren't settled into our house (living with in-laws) but I've found time to stamp again and was recently asked to join this awesome Creation Station design team.  I thought I'd take the offer - haha!  Thank you Jen and Dena for having faith in me!  I'm so excited to join you all!  And thank you to my followers/subscribers and fans for encouraging me to get to 200!

 

This month's theme is obviously Christmas!  I did not have either of the Christmas sets that you may see others using on this hop, but I did have the Winter Wonderland vellum so I wanted to focus on that.  Here is what I came up with:

 

 

The pack comes in two colors: black on vellum and gold on vellum.  The gold is certainly easier to use on cards in my opinion, so I wanted to go out of my comfort zone (and color pallet) and use the black/vellum sheets.  This color combo certainly isn't Christmas-y, but the cookies are the distraction!

 

 

A little ink sponged on the wooden snowflake is a quick way to add color.

 

 

For the card, I wanted to add the same vellum that I used for the treat bag and overlay the Wonderland pine tree image.  Love the way that turned out!

 

Here's a close up of the inside detail.

 

The sentiment is a mix of the PL Seasonal Snapshot 2015 set and the White Christmas set.

 

I NEED to know what that calligraphy font is... or SU needs an alphabet set with it.  #justsayin'

 

 

So there you have it!  I sure hope you enjoyed these projects and were inspired.  I'm excited to be on this new team and can't wait to show you some new catalog goodies next month!  Make sure you make your way around the hop to check out all the talent.  You can head back to Denita or onto Jennifer.  Just click the buttons below.

 

Happy Sunday to you!

-Holly