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Happiness Blooms Suite

Hello Stampers!  I wanted to share another card that I made using some new products from the Occasions catalog.  For this card I used the Happiness Blooms suite on pages 24 & 25 of the Occasions catalog.  This suite is so bright and springy looking!!  The suite contains the Bloom by Bloom bundle of stamps and punches, designer series paper, satin ribbon, enamel dots, and the dot to dot embossing folder!

 

Product List

Bloom By Bloom Photopolymer Bundle [150598] $36.00	Happiness Blooms 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [148795] $11.00	Calypso Coral 3/8" (1 Cm) Satin Ribbon [148804] $6.00	Happiness Blooms Enamel Dots [148805] $7.00	Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100867] $8.50
Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [147110] $7.50	Lovely Lipstick Classic Stampin' Pad [147140] $7.50	Call Me Clover Stampin' Pad [147139] $7.50	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $9.75

Needlepoint Nook Suite

Hello Stampers!  Today I wanted to showcase the Needlepoint Nook Suite in the Occasions catalog.  This is such a pretty suite!  I especially love the framelits!!  If you look closely at the Blushing Bride cardstock, it looks like paper piercing.  This is done with one of the framelits from the set!  I LOVE the look of it!  

This suite contains the Needle & Thread bundle (stamp set and framelits), designer series paper, mini buttons, and linen thread and it all coordinates so perfectly together!  Here is the card that I made with it:

 

 

Product List

Needle & Thread Photopolymer Bundle [150626] $45.75	Needlepoint Nook 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [148807] $11.00	Needlepoint Nook Mini Buttons [148810] $7.00	Old Olive Linen Thread [148811] $5.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [140272] $7.75
Blushing Bride 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131198] $8.50	Berry Burst Classic Stampin' Pad [147143] $7.50	Glue Dots [103683] $5.25

All My Love Suite

Hello Stampers!  I hope that you all had a very Merry Christmas and that you were able to spend lots of good quality time with friends and family!  

Now that Christmas is over, it's time to start the countdown for Sale-a-bration!  The Occasions catalog will begin at the same time!  During Sale-a-bration, for every $50 that you spend you get to pick out a FREE item from the Sale-a-bration brochure!  There are stamp sets, designer series paper packs, ribbon stacks, foil sheets, and elements!  Amazing!

To get you excited for some of the products in the new Occasions catalog, I thought I would show you a card I made using the All My Love Suite.  This suite has a stamp set, edgelits, designer series paper, ribbon, and epoxy shapes.  It is all on pages 4 & 5 of the Occasions catalog.

 

Product List

Forever Lovely Photopolymer Bundle [150580] $47.50	All My Love 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [148576] $11.00	All My Love Ribbon Combo Pack [148584] $9.00	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [120953] $8.50	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $9.75
Flirty Flamingo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [141416] $8.50	Soft Sea Foam 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146988] $8.50	Lovely Lipstick Classic Stampin' Pad [147140] $7.50	Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad [147052] $7.50	Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin' Pad [147102] $7.50

Christmas tags

Hello Stampers!  In November our Cardinal Stampers team held a swap of Christmas tags.  Every participant was to make two different tags for every other swapper.  It was so great to have all of my tags ready to go when I was wrapping presents!  Here are the tags that we swapped:

They were all so different and cute!  I love the variety!

 

 

Christmas card swap

Hello Stampers!  My team recently held a Christmas card swap, and I thought I would share the cards with you!  

This card was made by Lynn.

Laura made this card.

This card was made by Tracy.

Sheila made this card.

This card was made by Deborah.

This card was made by Linda.

Debbie H. made this card.

Pat V. made this card.

Jeri made this card.

 

Julie made this card.

 

This is the card that I made.  

Thanks for stopping by to take a look at some more Christmas cards!  

How many Christmas cards can one person make???

Hello Stampers!  It is amazing when I stop and think about how many Christmas cards have gone out of my house in the last month!  

I was asked to make Christmas cards for the company that y hubby works for again this year!  They increased the number to 380 this year!  

Here is what a stack of cardstock to make 380 cards looks like!!!

They printed out labels that they wanted me to insert inside the card for them!  Here is the roll of label backing after I was finished!

Here they are almost completed!  You can see what the card looked like if you look closely!

Finally, here are the completed cards ready to be delivered in 4 shoeboxes!

 

In addition to these cards, my card ministry also received an order for 265 cards to be put in gift baskets that were delivered to first responders and other service people in the community!

Here is one of our volunteers working on cards!

This year I sent out 110 of my own cards to customers, team members, friends, and family members!  Add these all together and I had 755 Christmas cards passing through y  house in the last month!!!  How many cards did you make this year???

Team Christmas party!

Hello Stampers!  I hope that you all have had a chance to view my 12 Days of Christmas videos!  For 12 days I shared several card techniques, gift card holders, and other projects!  If you missed it, hop over to my Inkin With Dink Stampers group on Facebook.  If you aren't a member of the group yet, you will have to ask to join.

Last evening was our annual Cardinal Stampers Christmas party.  It is always such a fun event.  Last year we were squished in my house, so this year I decided that we needed to move to another location.  We ate dinner, played some fun games, and shared gifts!  Here are some pictures from our evening:

Here we are before the party started.

We had a bottle exchange.  Everyone who wanted to participate took home a bottle from the last meeting.  We had to decorate it and fill it with something!  We played a game at the meeting to determine who got which bottle!

We held a gift card exchange.  Everyone who wanted to participate purchased a $10 gift card from their favorite place.  We then had to make a holder for our gift card.  We played a game to determine who got which one of these too!
We always have a show n' tell table at our meetings.  Someone made this place and brought to show us!

We also had a sock exchange.  Everyone who wanted to participate bought a fun pair of socks and wrapped them. We played another game to determine who got which pair!  Can you tell I love to play games!!!

Here we are with our fun socks!!

I just love these ladies!  They are all so special and we have a great time together!  I would love to have you join us at our next meeting!  Contact me and I can tell you how!

12 Days of Christmas - Day 1

Hello Stampers!  Happy December!  Today I am starting my 12 Days of Christmas gifts to you!  I so appreciate you all and I decided to show you by giving you 12 days of gifts!  Every day I will show you a fun project or technique.

For Day 1, I will be showing you how to do the Polished Stone Technique!  Here is the card that I will be showing you how to make:

Let me know which color scheme you like best!  Share my videos this week and get your name in a drawing for some new products from the upcoming Occasions catalog!

Thanks for stopping by and watch my Inkin With Dink Stampers Facebook group for tomorrows video!