Ink It Up! with Jessica Taylor

More Christmas Cards in my Mailbox

by Amanda Eichman

by Jeri Fladmark

by Lyssa Zwolanek... I love how she got a personalized stamp made for her family!

Please leave a comment and let these ladies know what a fabulous job they did!   

Teacher Gift Boxes & Bookmarks

These are the gift boxes that my girls and I made for all the teachers for Christmas.

 
Each box had different contents including chocolates, homemade soaps, coffee packets, bookmarks, etc. and we slid a Christmas book underneath the box through the bellyband.

These magnetic bookmarks slide over the page of a book and stay in place better.  To see another version of the magnetic bookmarks, click here.
 

Capture those Christmas Memories

If you are like me, you have LOTS of pictures from yesterday.  Why not capture those memories in a keepsake that can be treasured year after year?

This scrapbook page made with the Christmas Jingle Simply Scrappin' Kit will hold up to 10 photos of your Christmas celebrations and folds up into a box that can be displayed anywhere in your home.

What a great keepsake for yourself... or give it as a thank you to your Christmas hosts.

To make the box, you'll need to order the Christmas Jingle Simply Scrappin' Kit.  Order Online now:  Go to my Online Store, click the Shop Now button and enter '115696' into the Search the Store box.

Click on the link below to order the instructions for making a Scrapbook in a Box.  For only $5.95, the step-by-step instructions will be available for immediate download and you'll be ready to make Scrapbook Boxes for any occasion!   

If you are a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, please contact me before ordering.

Merry Christmas!

I wanted to make a special card just for my blog readers, so I started playing around with My Digital Studio.

 

Here's what I learned... drop shadows make all the difference.  My card above was looking pretty flat and digital, so I went back and added drop shadows to most of the elements.

Can you see the difference?  The elements just pop out at you more in this second card.

Have a Merry Christmas!

Christmas Cards in my Mailbox

I just love this time of year, when you know there is going to be more than bills in the mailbox!  Here are some of the handmade Christmas cards we have received this year.

This shiny one from Kris Heuhne was hard to photograph because I kept getting a reflection of myself in the shiny paper!

by Kelly Williams

by Suzanne Brown

by Kelly Kalscheur

by Norma Dusing

by Ann Pytel

by Melissa Meinholz

by Veretta Hacker  
 
Please leave a comment and let these ladies know what a fabulous job they did!   
  

Scallop Square Gift Card Holder

Susan Auyer made this fun gift card holder with the Big Shot and the Scallop Square die.

I've got Stampin' Up! gift certificates that are the perfect size to fit in this gift card holder.  Please call me at 608-437-1756 to get your gift certificates for Christmas giving.

My Digital Studio Cards

The more I play around with My Digital Studio, the more I love it!  For those of you who don't know, it is Stampin' Up!'s new digital crafting program.  Here are two Christmas cards that I made with it. 

For the first card, I started with a 5x7 template card and added two photo boxes with photos of my girls and a text box with our names.  What's a template card?  It means that the work was already done for me!  The ornaments, ribbon, dots, background stamp and Merry Christmas were already there!

I started from scratch with a blank card for my second attempt.  It was super easy to add the background paper, ribbon (the knot is already tied for you!), punch shapes, photo and greeting.

So what do you think?  Which one do you like better?  Leave a comment and let me know!
 

Photo Wreath

I shared in a previous post the photo ornaments that I made for the grandparents this year.  For my parents, I made photo ornaments of all of their children/in-laws and grandchildren and used them to decorate a wreath.

The ornaments are decorated chipboard frames.  For tips on how to use chipboard, click here.

Scallop Circle Punch Wreath and an Advent Tree

Today's projects were created by my sister, Johanna Wick.  She is the one who introduced me to Stampin' Up! over 11 years ago!

Johanna is very creative and used the Scallop Circle Punch to create this wreath.  She hand cut the ribbon and free-handed the Merry Christmas with markers.  Since she lives in an apartment, she didn't want a real wreath and created this to hang on her front door.

This advent calendar tree would have been a snap to create with the Big Shot and Matchbox die, but Johanna cut and assembled all of these boxes by hand.  Yikes!  She put an Andes mint in each box for her daily treat.

I hope that you have enjoyed seeing Johanna's projects.  If you'd like to see one of your projects shared on my blog, please contact me!
 

Christmas Tree Pop Up Card

Stamps: Four the Holidays and Delightful Decorations stamp sets

Ink: Garden Green and Ruby Red

Paper: Garden Green, Ruby Red and Very Vanilla card stock

Accessories: Ornament Punch, Sleigh Bells ribbon, Big Shot, O Christmas Tree Pop-Up die, dimensionals, sticky strip

Looking for more ways to use your Ornament Punch?  My December newsletter is going out this afternoon with great tips on using the Ornament punch for more than an ornament and how to make a Pop-up Card without the Big Shot.  If you're not on my mailing list, sign up now!