Holiday Preview: Acorny Thank You and a Mojo Sketch

My box of Holiday Catalog preview merchandise arrived today! Here, I've used some of my favorites in a Mojo Monday Sketch, MOJO409.

If you've known me for long, you know I adore acorn images, so this set and punch combo was an automatic entry for my first order. It comes as a bundle, so you'll save by buying the Acorny Thank You photopolymer bundle come September!  The Designer Series Paper is also a preview--it's called Into the Woods, and you'll be seeing more of it here soon. The Softly Falling embossing folder is already winning a place at the *front* of the embossing folders, so watch for more of it, too.

Hope you enjoyed this preview! Check out the MOJO409 sketch!

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Preview items used:
Acorny Thank You stamp set,  Into the Woods DSP, Acorn Builder Punch, Softly Falling embossing folder, Into the Woods Cotton Ribbon

Regular catalog items:

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Golden Curry Birthday and a sketch

In all my experimenting while making cards for last night's Stamp Club meeting, I left quite a few "bits & pieces" around my craft room. So one day this week, while cleaning up, I got distracted trying to use this 4 1/4" square card with a piece of Best Year Ever DSP (SAB). Magically, I saw the Freshly Made Sketches challenge here:

and everything clicked! The stamps are from the December 2014 Paper Pumpkin kit--some of my favorite stamps ever! I combined them with the One Tag Fits All tag image, as well as the coordinating Note Tag Punch. A few little bits of gold to make it sparkle, and this card was done! Funny how some cards take forever, and others just fall into place!

One of my goals this year was to make time every day to stamp. I haven't hit every day, but I have hit *most* days, and the result was just what I expected: more ideas, more inspiration, more creating, and more mess. Ha!

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Stamps: Dec 2014 Paper Pumpkin, One Tag Fits All
Paper: Crushed Curry, Coastal Cabana, Soft Suede, Gold Glimmer Paper, Best Year Ever DSP (SAB)
Ink: Pool Party, Soft Suede
Accessories: Note Tag Punch, 1/8" Gold Ribbon

Black and Gold Bravo for CAS299

I'm a little bit addicted to the Clean and Simple sketches! This card features CAS299.  Gold and black make for a dramatic color scheme, and this card gave me a theater sort of feel! What better sentiment than "Bravo" from the new photopolymer set to round it out? This very affordable set ($25.95) contains lots of BIG sentiments that make card design easy. 

I also wanted to use my very favorite Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the catalog, Back to Black! Don't forget that regular DSP is on sale this month, Buy 3 Get 1 Free! Lots of circle punches and dies made this design easy to execute. There will definitely be more cards coming from this sketch!

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Stamps: Bravo
Paper: Black, Whisper White, Back to Black DSP, Brushed Gold
Ink: Versamark
Accessories: Circle punches and dies, Gold embossing powder, Chalk Marker

Starry celebration

Have you tried the new Stampin' Up! Masks? This card uses the Stars from the Hearts and Stars set. I found a sketch from PTI for July and new the Fabulous Four set was perfect for it!

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Stamps: Fabulous Four
Paper: Crushed Curry, Whisper White, Back to Black DSP
Ink: Memento Black, Crushed Curry
Accessories: Hearts and Stars Masks, Rhinestones, Daffodil Delight Blendabilities, Project Life Pens, sponge dauber