Heavenly Handmade

Hi crafty friends! Happy New Year 2023, and with it comes a NEW Spring Mini Catalog (aka January – April Mini Catalog)! And it gets even BETTER! Sale-a-bration is back, with FREE, beautiful, and fun products you can earn just by purchasing $50 worth of merchandise, before shipping & tax.

Above and below are some examples of cards made from the FREE Sale-a-bration items.

MY UPCOMING EVENTS:

Saturday, January 14th – Valentine/Thinking of You Card Party. We’ll make 3 cards with these themes for $6.00. All materials are cut and prepped by yours truly, ready for you to stamp and assemble. Location: My home, 9618 Leebrook Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45231. RSVP by Tuesday, January 10th by emailing me at: tmk10@aol.com. Invite a new friend to come and you’ll both get a little Valentine treat.

Saturday, January 28th – Stampin’ It Arway New Catalog/Sale-a-bration Bash. Contact me for a Registration Form with lots more information. 4+ Make & Takes with new products, inspirational displays of cards, scrapbooking and more, retired products for sale, door prizes, and loads more!

Mystery Card Monday – January 30th at 7:30 p.m. This is a free virtual event where we will make a Creative Fold Card. Contact me by Tuesday, January 24th, and I’ll send you the directions to prepare. Leave me your name and email address to send your Zoom invitation. Save the invitation in your email and join us to make this card.

I’d love to see you at any or all of these events.

Have a blessed day! Debbie

“Et verbum caro est” – “And the Word was made flesh!”

And a Happy, Healthy New Year!! Blessings to you and your loved ones.

Debbie

Hello again, crafty friends! Here is another card from my Card Buffet. This one was a big hit!

Needed for this project:  Real Red, Evening Evergreen, and Crushed Curry inks, Merriest  Moments stamp set, Merriest Moments Hybrid Embossing Folder, Merriest Frames Dies, Basic White Thick Cardstock, Basic White Cardstock scraps, dimensionals, envelopes,  Cut & Emboss Machine + specialty plate

Cutting Measurements and Assembly:

1. Card Base Basic White Thick cardstock:  8-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches; scored at 4-1/4 inches. Fold and burnish with bone folder.  Set aside.
2. Use a long 11 x 4-1/4-inch scrap of Basic White cardstock.  Cut intricate shape at one end of strip with die.  Save other end; set aside.
3. Place die cut in embossing folder, lining it up to match shape.  Using Cut & Emboss Machine and specialty plate to emboss the shape.  Set aside. 
4. On long leftover white scrap piece, stamp greeting and branches (Evening Evergreen), small and large poinsettia flowers (Read Red).  Stamp flower center on small flower (Crushed Curry).  Center Stitched Rectangle die over greeting, and other dies over the other images.  Run through Cut & Emboss Machine all shapes at once. 
5. Basic White cardstock piece:  5-1/2 x 4-1/4 inches.  Center on embossing folder and run through Cut & Emboss Machine to emboss entire design.  Use glue to adhere layer to card base, lining up edges.
6. With cut out intricate piece put glue only on rectangle area and adhere to card.
7. Place 5 dimensionals behind stitched rectangle and adhere to card.
8. Use glue to adhere small and large flowers together.  Glue two branches behind flower. Use a couple dimensionals to attach flowers to top of rectangle layer.
9. Stamp inside sentiment (Evening Evergreen) and small poinsettia flower (Real Red/Crushed Curry – slower center).
10. Decorate envelope if desired.

Hope you like this card. A Happy, Healthy Christmas to you!!

Debbie

Hello crafty friends,

I’m sending several samples of Christmas Cards from my recent Christmas Card Buffet event. You’ll be getting a bunch from me in the next two days! I love the way this card turned out and my friends at the event did, too.

To make this card as is, you’ll need:  Peace to You stamp set, Night of Navy ink, Very Vanilla cardstock (CS), Natural Woven Ribbon, a Stamparatus or another stamp positioner, Merry Melody 3D Embossing Folder + Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, adhesives, dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots

• For this card, use a wet shammy to clean off ink from stamps.

CUTTING MEASUREMENTS AND ASSEMBLY:

1. Thick Very Vanilla Card Base:  5-1/2 x 8-1/2 inches, scored @ 4-1/4 inches.  Fold & burnish.
2. Very Vanilla Cardstock:

            Layer 1:  4 x 5-1/4 inches.  Run through Cut & Emboss Machine with Melody 3D Embossing Folder.  [Watch orientation of music notes when gluing.]  Place several dimensionals on back and adhere to card base.

            Focal stamped layer:  3-1/4 x 3-1/4 inches.  Use Night of Navy ink and      Stamparatus to stamp church in the woods.  [You’ll probably need to stamp it twice.]  Stamp sentiment inside card with Stamparatus.

3. Night of Navy cardstock:  3-1/2 x 3-1/2 inches.  Adhere focal layer to this layer.  Place several dimensionals on back and attach to card front.

4, Ribbon is cut to 10 inches.  Make a bow.  Place 2 Mini Glue Dots on card front and press bow knot onto glue dots. And you’re done!

Blessings to you all!

Debbie

Crumb Cake Card Base:  11 x 4-1/4 inches, scored at 5-1/2 inches, top fold card

• DSP (retired) Layer 1:  4 x 5-1/4 inches  Glue to card front.

• Crumb Cake Layer (round corners with Corner Rounder Punch – retired): 4-3/4 x 3-1/4”

• Basic White: 4 x 1-5/8 “  Glue to right side of Crumb Cake layer.

• Color Blocks of Pear Pizzazz, Mossy Meadow, Real Red, Merry Merlot (top to bottom): 1 x 1-5/8 inches  Glue to left side of Crumb Cake layer.

• Red Ribbon:  12 inches, tie into a bow and use Mini Glue Dots to adhere to card front.

• Basic White scrap to stamp fir tree in Mossy Meadow ink.  Cut out with die and Cut & Emboss machine. 

• Apply Snowball Puff Paint in thin lines on fir tree.  Use heat tool to puff up the paint.  Don’t heat it too long or it could scorch.

• Stamp ground with Soft Suede ink at bottom of white cardstock on card front.

Adhere tree to white side of card front.  Add tiny silver star to tree with Mini Glue Dot.

Basic White inside layer: 4 x 5-1/4 inches.  Add inside greeting and images.

Decorate envelope if desired.

Have a blessed day! Debbie

Hi crafty friends!

I hope you are well and happy, and making some cards to send for Christmas. For the next few weeks, I’ll be showing you some Christmas cards I’ve made this year. Perhaps you’ll find some inspiration for your own crafting. I do hope so 🙂

But for now, these cards are from recent Mystery Card Mondays. I’m happy to share cards crafted by some of my paper-lovin’ friends:

These cards are made by Diane. I love the coloring on the pumpkin and the fun fold cards.

This card is a specific technique called Split Circles. Here Diane has used a variety of circle shapes to add interest to this Thanksgiving Card.

This card is Marilyn’s version of an Accordion Card. The card below is the same card opened up.

Marilyn used ribbon for a belly band to keep the card closed.

This is another Accordion Card by Mariellen. The sentiment is beautiful.

Mariellen mounted her Accordion Card onto a piece of Early Espresso cardstock which measures 5-1/2 x 4-1/4 inches to fit into a medium size envelope.

This last Accordion Card is from Rose. This makes a good Christmas fun fold card.

I’m sure you enjoyed seeing this variety of Fun Folds from my stampin’ friends.

See you next time. Have a blessed day! Debbie

Hi crafty friends!

Time to make some Christmas projects, like this one:

This gift card inspiration came from demonstrator Connie Stewart. I love this design; it’s easy to put together, and I think it will my go-to gift card holder this year. I used the Lights Aglow Designer Series Paper and coordinating dies for the large snowflake.

Here’s how to make it: Cut your card base to 11″ x 4-1/4″. Score on the long side at 2-3/4″. Rotate paper 180 degrees and score again at 2-3/4 “. Burnish along score lines.

Cut coordinating Designer Series Paper thus:

Cut two: 2-1/2″ x 4″ pieces of Designer Series Paper and glue to the two front flaps.

Cut one: 2″ x 4-1/4″. Use a punch or die to notch out a finger hole to make it easier for the recipient to pull out the gift card. Place glue around 3 sides of the DSP paper avoiding the side with the notch and keeping glue very near the edges. Adhere pocket to inside of holder (see sample).

Make a belly band: 2″ x 10-1/2″. Score on long side at 1-3/4″ and 6-1/8″. The belly band should be tight enough to remain around the card, but loose enough to be able to slide it off and on again. Decorate your belly band with a greeting and any embellishments you may have. I used the large snowflake from the Lights Aglow die cuts and gold foil paper. Then I used a simple “Joy” greeting and embossed it with Gold Embossing Powder. Quick and easy!

Have a blessed day! Debbie

Hi crafty friends,

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Our family definitely did! With nine adults and four young grandchildren, our house and yard were full of activity. The weather was great – for November in Ohio – so it was good for the grands to get outside and play some games with the neighborhood kids.

My friend Sharon was good enough to share with me some cards she recently made and I’ll share them with you.

Very pretty cards and a nice variety, too! A great way to use up retired paper. Thanks, Sharon!

Three of our grandkids (8, 6, and 4 years old) were here last week and wanted to make Christmas cards. One of my downlines Mary furnished the pieces to make Christmas tree cards. Thanks, Mary! They had fun.

I think they did a pretty good job, don’t you?

Have a blessed day,

Debbie

Hi crafty friends! No project today, but I pray you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving Day, leaving anything behind that is worrisome, and focusing on love of family and friends, thanking God for anything good that we have, and hoping the future will be bright and peaceful.

Blessings to you all! Debbie