Christmas Advent Calendar

Hi Everyone! Today I have a project for you, a Christmas Advent Calendar!

I had a lot of fun designing and make it. I wanted something that wouldn't take up too much room, but would be able to hold small goodies for at least three people (my hubby likes chocolates too!), and that I had to use what I already had. I couldn't go out and buy new things. It also had to be from one sheet. I didn't want to glue a bunch of pieces together. Talk about a challenge at first! This is what I came up with. What do you think?

Supplies: Trim the Tree DSP (4 1/2 x 6 1/2), clothes pegs, elastic string, Quickcuts (for the numbers), crimper (for the bottom of the bags), circle punches, star thinlits from the Mini Treat Bag Thinlit, fast fuse, and a picture frame (29x21 Ikea). I love how it turned out!!!

They look like little chip bags! 

I made a video so you can make one too! If you do, I would love to see it!

The finished size of each little pouch is 3 x 5 1/2. Hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions let me know!

Happy Stamping!

Marsha

Don't forget to use the hostess code at the top on the right when you are ordering. Thanks for supporting Stamping with Marsha!

If you liked any of the supplies, to shop, or to get a catalog, please feel free to contact me, and of course you can shop online for Stampin’ Up! Canada products directly through me by clicking the ‘shopping cart' button on the right. And if you’re thinking of joining Stampin’ Up! Canada and want to join my team I’d would love to hear from you!

Lovely as a Tree, White Christmas and Woodland Embossing folder

Hi Everyone! Today's card is my 2nd Christmas card that I have made this season!! (don't forgot to sign up for my Christmas card Stamp-A-Stack, click on the events button for more info).

Right now on You Tube you can find all sorts of tutorials on how make a card like this. First you stamp your ink onto the embossing folder (the sky colour), then on the other side of the embossing folder you stamp your trees. I know this doesn't make much sense until you watch a video. Sorry, I have not made one yet! Then you run it through your Big Shot, and it comes out with the trees and the sky already there! So cool! Thank you to all you talented people out there that think up these amazing ideas! 

Then I stamped the little Cardinals from the White Christmas stamp set and coloured them in. The colours are Real red, Soft Sky, Old Olive and Crumb Cake was lightly sponged across the trees to give them life. Hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions let me know!

Happy Stamping!

Marsha

Don't forget to use the hostess code at the top on the right when you are ordering. Thanks for supporting Stamping with Marsha!

If you liked any of the supplies, to shop, or to get a catalog, please feel free to contact me, and of course you can shop online for Stampin’ Up! Canada products directly through me by clicking the ‘shopping cart' button on the right. And if you’re thinking of joining Stampin’ Up! Canada and want to join my team I’d would love to hear from you!

Wild About You, Express Yourself and Gorgeous Grunge!

Hi Everyone! Today's card is a baby one. I know I haven't made one of these in a really long time. The inspiration for this came from looking through the annual catalog. If you have a moment or two,  I would strongly suggest going back through it and really looking at the projects people have made. There are lots of fabulous ideas in there! (Don't have a catalog and live in Canada, let me know so I can send one to you!)

Here it is! Isn't it cute!!! I absolutely LOVE this stamp set. It has been retired for some time, but it is still my favorite for young kids and new babies. 

Hard to believe that I used 3 stamp sets on this card: Wild About You, Express Yourself and Gorgeous Grunge. I used Pear Pizzazz as the main colour and accented it with DSP. Unfortunately, I don't remember the name of the DSP, it has been retired too! Maybe I should have called this post All Retired! Hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions let me know!

Happy Stamping!

Marsha

Don't forget to use the hostess code at the top on the right when you are ordering. Thanks for supporting Stamping with Marsha!

If you liked any of the supplies, to shop, or to get a catalog, please feel free to contact me, and of course you can shop online for Stampin’ Up! Canada products directly through me by clicking the ‘shopping cart' button on the right. And if you’re thinking of joining Stampin’ Up! Canada and want to join my team I’d would love to hear from you!

Moon Lake and Wetlands

Hi Everyone! Today's card is a simple yet elegant Thank You card.

I didn't want to colour this in, I wanted one colour only. Sort of like an old fashioned feeling. I absolutely love the layered look. To me it looks framed, and finished.

The layers are Baked Brown Sugar, Basic Black and Very Vanilla. The edges of the Very Vanilla are sponged in Baked Brown sugar. Hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions let me know!

Happy Stamping!

Marsha

Don't forget to use the hostess code at the top on the right when you are ordering. Thanks for supporting Stamping with Marsha!

If you liked any of the supplies, to shop, or to get a catalog, please feel free to contact me, and of course you can shop online for Stampin’ Up! Canada products directly through me by clicking the ‘shopping cart' button on the right. And if you’re thinking of joining Stampin’ Up! Canada and want to join my team I’d would love to hear from you!

Garden in Bloom and Petal Potpourri

Hi Everyone! Today's card is about making someone feel special on their Birthday or any time at all! Sometimes we need a reminder of how special we are to someone or that someone is thinking about us! 

The colours are Mossy Meadow and Delightful Dijon. For some reason the flower looks really orange in the first photo.

Again, I wanted dimension to my card, I guess that is no surprise now is it!? The flower has a few dimensionals under it and I also added one for the center of the flower. Hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions let me know!

Happy Stamping!

Marsha

Don't forget to use the hostess code at the top on the right when you are ordering. Thanks for supporting Stamping with Marsha!

If you liked any of the supplies, to shop, or to get a catalog, please feel free to contact me, and of course you can shop online for Stampin’ Up! Canada products directly through me by clicking the ‘shopping cart' button on the right. And if you’re thinking of joining Stampin’ Up! Canada and want to join my team I’d would love to hear from you!

Sheltering Tree and Celebrate today

Hi Everyone! Today's card is a fall Birthday card. Don't you just love the colours of fall? Here in Southern Ontario the leaves change to the most beautiful colours. Right now there is a beautiful Maple Tree that I can see from my window that have these colours of leaves. 

The colours are Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze, and Crushed Curry. 

I wanted more dimension to the card so I made sure that the Happy Birthday Banner was curled. In order to keep it that way, I put glue dots under the parts that aren't raised (make sense?). So it looks like wave. 

Hope you like it! 

Thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions let me know!

Happy Stamping!

Marsha

Don't forget to use the hostess code at the top on the right when you are ordering. Thanks for supporting Stamping with Marsha!

If you liked any of the supplies, to shop, or to get a catalog, please feel free to contact me, and of course you can shop online for Stampin’ Up! Canada products directly through me by clicking the ‘shopping cart' button on the right. And if you’re thinking of joining Stampin’ Up! Canada and want to join my team I’d would love to hear from you!

Flowering Flourishes and Express Yourself

Hi Everyone! Today's card is all about the beautiful Flowering Flourishes stamp set. So happy this one didn't get retired, unfortunately Express Yourself is.

For some reason my lighting on this card isn't quite right. I took a couple of pictures, but I still couldn't get the colours to come through. They are Island Indigo, and I used a silver foil sheet. 

The Flowering Flourishes is embossed with silver embossing powder, along with the sentiment. And the flowers are from the retired Boho punch (I hate giving up a good punch, especially when I really like it!). You could use any small flower punch that you have. Then finished it off with some rhinestones. 

Hope you like it! 

Thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions let me know!

Happy Stamping!

Marsha

Don't forget to use the hostess code at the top on the right when you are ordering. Thanks for supporting Stamping with Marsha!

If you liked any of the supplies, to shop, or to get a catalog, please feel free to contact me, and of course you can shop online for Stampin’ Up! Canada products directly through me by clicking the ‘shopping cart' button on the right. And if you’re thinking of joining Stampin’ Up! Canada and want to join my team I’d would love to hear from you!

Woodland and Papillon Potpourri

Hi Everyone! Today's card is all about butterflies and the amazing new Woodland embossing folder. 

Inspiration for this card came from all the Monarchs migrating to Mexico for the winter. This time of year you will see them crossing the great lakes or at the shores, hiding in trees waiting for great weather to cross. Very magical.

The colours are Soft Sky, Whisper White, and Pumpkin Pie (I also used my sponge dabber with Crumb Cake and just went lightly over the trees, to give them more dimension). All the butterflies are embossed with basic black embossing powder, then coloured them with my blender pen in Pumpkin Pie. Then punched them out using the small butterfly punch. 

I tried to put a greeting/sentiment on the front but it just didn't work. No worries, that's why you have an inside! This card could be used for any occasion really; Birthday, Congratulations, Encouragement, Sympathy, etc.

Thanks for stopping by, and if you have any questions let me know. 

Happy Stamping!
Marsha

Don't forget to use the hostess code at the top on the right when you are ordering. Thanks for supporting Stamping with Marsha!

If you liked any of the supplies, to shop, or to get a catalog, please feel free to contact me, and of course you can shop online for Stampin’ Up! Canada products directly through me by clicking the ‘shopping cart' button on the right. And if you’re thinking of joining Stampin’ Up! Canada and want to join my team I’d would love to hear from you!

A Bugs and Kisses Birthday

Hi Everyone! Just wanted to say "thanks" for stopping by and visiting my little blog. Hope you like it here and find lots of inspiration and that you come back often! I would love to hear from you, so don't be shy.

Today's card, is using one of my favorite retired sets (I know what you're thinking, that I have a lot of those...well maybe!) Bugs and Kisses. I think it is prefect for little ones. You could always use this layout with another stamp set, it doesn't have to bugs and kisses. I made one similar, you can find it here.

For the insects, I only cut out the blue ones and added dimensionals to them. The colours are Pacific Point and Old Olive. 

Thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions let me know!

Happy Stamping!

Marsha

Garden in Bloom Birthday

Hi Everyone! How are we today? Fall has finally hit us this week. It's freezing here, I actually had to turn on the furnace! And everyone's sick!! Moving on...

Today's card is using the stamp set Garden in Bloom with the beautiful Brick Wall embossing folder. Don't you just love fall colours! I used Elegant Eggplant, Cherry Cobbler, Cajun Craze and Always Artichoke (the bee is Crushed Curry).

I cut out all the flowers and added some dimensionals to them. The Cherry Cobbler one has 2 dimensionals on top of one another, while the other flowers only got one. I wanted that flower to stand out a little more so that the other ones could fit under (make sense?).

For the brick wall I took my sponge dabber with crumb cake and lightly rubbed across the bricks. I didn't want too much colour on them, just enough to give it some dimension. Hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions let me know!

Happy Stamping!

Marsha

Don't forget to use the hostess code at the top on the right when you are ordering. Thanks for supporting Stamping with Marsha!

If you liked any of the supplies, to shop, or to get a catalog, please feel free to contact me, and of course you can shop online for Stampin’ Up! Canada products directly through me by clicking the ‘shopping cart' button on the right. And if you’re thinking of joining Stampin’ Up! Canada and want to join my team I’d would love to hear from you!

The Open Sea meets Happy Everything!

Hi everyone! Today's card is all about soft sky and crumb cake. I absolutely just love these two colours together! I mean just look at them!

I stamped the anchor in crumb cake and cut it out. It didn't take long. Then I wrapped some baker's twine around it and popped it up with dimensionals. Actually, I used dimensionals on everything!

I know the stamp set Happy Everything has been retired for some time now, but I really love the font they used. It just makes you feel happy! You certainly could use this card for any occasion. Whatever makes you happy (yep, pun intended)! Plus we all have our favorite stamp sets that we just can't part with, no matter how long they have been retired. It's good to get them out every once in awhile!

Thanks for stopping by!

If you have any questions let me know!

Happy Stamping!

Marsha

Don't forget to use the hostess code at the top on the right when you are ordering. Thanks for supporting Stamping with Marsha!

If you liked any of the supplies, to shop, or to get a catalog, please feel free to contact me, and of course you can shop online for Stampin’ Up! Canada products directly through me by clicking the ‘shopping cart' button on the right. And if you’re thinking of joining Stampin’ Up! Canada and want to join my team I’d would love to hear from you!

Garden in Bloom

Hi Everyone! Today's card is all about the new set Garden in Bloom. It has 20 stamps in this set! Oh, the possibilities are endless. I was also really impressed with how easy they were to line up, since they are a two step stamp if you want. 

And these colours together (Lost Lagoon, Soft Sky, Pear Pizzazz, and Smoky Slate) are awesome! Okay, I'll be honest, I REALLY like the colour Lost Lagoon! Weird since my go to colours are usually found in the brights family. 

I think the new washi tape punch made for a prefect tag on this card. 

Thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions let me know!

Happy Stamping!

Marsha

If you liked any of the supplies, to shop, or to get a catalog, please feel free to contact me, and of course you can shop online for Stampin’ Up! Canada products directly through me by clicking the ‘shopping cart' button on the right. And if you’re thinking of joining Stampin’ Up! Canada and want to join my team I’d would love to hear from you!

Best Thoughts

Hi everyone! Today's card is from the hostess set Best Thoughts and Basic Butterflies (sentiment). I absolutely love the flower, okay I like all the stamps in this set.

I started off by embossing the flower and the butterfly using basic black embossing powder, so that I could colour them with my blender pen. The colours are a little softer when you use the blender pen which is what I was going for. 

The flower is Island Indigo and Pool Party and Pear Pizzazz for the stems and leaves, while the butterfly is Melon Mambo.

I think the pearls add an elegant touch. You can't see them very well in the photo below, but there are 4 on the card with one in the sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by, and if you have any questions let me know!

Happy Stamping!

Marsha

If you liked any of the supplies, to shop, or to get a catalog, please feel free to contact me, and of course you can shop online for Stampin’ Up! Canada products directly through me by clicking the ‘shopping cart' button on the right. And if you’re thinking of joining Stampin’ Up! Canada and want to join my team I’d would love to hear from you!

Sprinkles of Life

Hi everyone! Today's card is a Birthday card, that I made it into a shaker box. Boy, I haven't made one of these in a really long time. I had forgotten all the steps. I love how it turned out!

The colours are basic grey and pacific point. Don't you just love it when two different stamp sets come together and make one really great card! That's what happened when I put Sprinkles of Life and Celebrate Today together. (The stars are from the treat bag framelit.)

Thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions let me know!

Happy Stamping!
Marsha

If you liked any of the supplies, to shop, or to get a catalog, please feel free to contact me, and of course you can shop online for Stampin’ Up! Canada products directly through me by clicking the ‘shopping cart' button on the right. And if you’re thinking of joining Stampin’ Up! Canada and want to join my team I’d would love to hear from you!

So sorry!

Hi everyone! It's been forever hasn't it! Sorry about that. Summer just kinda snuck up on me and the kids were home, etc. Anyway, enough of the blah blah blah! I'm back, so that is all that matters! 

Today's card for you is a sad one! My really good neighbour had to let her beloved cat go to animal heaven the other day. So sad! She had her for about 12 years. 

The cat stamp and the paw print are not Stampin' Up!. They were the only ones that I have with a cat.

Normally I would have given her flowers or a baked good of some kind, but I just didn't have anything. My wonderful daughter suggested that I give her homemade potato chips. 

She absolutely loved them! Made her day (which of course we were happy about)!

Thanks for stopping by! If you have any questions let me know!

Happy Stamping!

Marsha

If you liked any of the supplies, to shop, or to get a catalog, please feel free to contact me, and of course you can shop online for Stampin’ Up! Canada products directly through me by clicking the ‘shopping cart' button on the right. And if you’re thinking of joining Stampin’ Up! Canada and want to join my team I’d would love to hear from you!

Thank you card

Hi Everyone! Sorry for the long delays between my posts. Just trying to work things out - you know being a wife, mom, and everything in between. Sometimes life just gets very complicated very fast! I do hope that you continue to visit and that you enjoy what you see here!

If you haven't heard, the NEW catalog is out!! It just keeps getting better every year!! Seriously it does! If you want a catalog send me message, I guaranty you will love it!

Back to my Thank You card. I made this one for all of those who ordered something through me during the month of May. I hope you like it!

Stampin' Up! Supplies:

Paper: Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive

Ink: Early Espresso, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Crumb Cake

Stamps: Butterfly Basics

Accessories: Rhinestones, Butterfly Thinlits, Glue Dots

Thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions let me know!

If you liked any of the supplies, to shop, or to get a catalog, please feel free to contact me, and of course you can shop online for Stampin’ Up! Canada products directly through me by clicking the ‘shopping cart' button on the right. And if you’re thinking of joining Stampin’ Up! Canada and want to join my team I’d would love to hear from you!

Happy Stamping!

Marsha

Little Thank you Card

Hi Everyone! I know it's been a really long time since I posted anything (over a month, can you believe it!!!). Life just got the better of me (with kids, a hubby and parents that need you, times flies by!)

Enough of the blah blah blah, let's get to my card! It's a little Thank You card to match the pretty little tea light holders that I will be giving to my daughters teachers at the end of the school year.

These are the tea light holders that match. You can find all the details about them here.

Supplies for the cards:

Stamps: Petal Potpourri, Sheltering Tree (greeting), Flower Patch

Paper: Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz, Mossy Meadow, Hello Honey

Inks: Elegant Eggplant, Hello Honey, Melon Mambo, Pink Pirouette

Accessories: Flower Medallion Punch, Itty Bitty Punches (retired), Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Rhinestones, Flower Patch framelits

Thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions let me know!

If you liked any of the supplies, to shop, or to get a catalog, please feel free to contact me, and of course you can shop online for Stampin’ Up! Canada products directly through me by clicking the ‘shopping cart' button on the right. And if you’re thinking of joining Stampin’ Up! Canada and want to join my team I’d would love to hear from you!

Happy Stamping!

Marsha

Tea Light Holder

Hi Everyone! Today, I have a fun little project to share with you. This really cute Tea Light Holder. They will be given to my daughters teachers at the end of the school year as a little thank you gift. You could always give them at a wedding shower, baby shower, Mother's Day gift, Thank You to a neighbour or friend. The possibilities are endless!

I made them using little containers that we got at Lee Valley Tool (here in Canada). They are called Watchmaker's cases, (for this project I used the size E case). They come in all different sizes.

Project Supplies for all of them:

Stamps: Petite Petals, Petal Potpourri, Flower Patch

Inks: 
Melon Mambo, Pink Pirouette
Elegant Eggplant, Hello Honey
Hello Honey
Calypso Coral, Crisp Cantaloupe

Paper: Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz, Melon Mambo, Hello Honey, Calypso Coral, Elegant Eggplant, Mossy Meadow

Accessories: Watchmaker's cases, tea light, Rhinestones, Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Ribbon 6 1/2" for each container, Flower Medallion Punch, Petite Petals Punch, Itty Bitty Punch (retired), Framelit from the Flower Patch set, Baker's Twine, old button, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, 1/2" Circle Punch

Guess what! I made a video tutorial! Hope you like it and it inspires you to make one or something like it. 

Here is one that I made just a little differently. You can cover them anyway you would like, and of course you can put anything you like inside!

Hope you enjoy the video!

Thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions let me know!

If you liked any of the supplies, to shop, or to get a catalog, please feel free to contact me, and of course you can shop online for Stampin’ Up! Canada products directly through me by clicking the ‘shopping cart' button on the right. And if you’re thinking of joining Stampin’ Up! Canada and want to join my team I’d would love to hear from you!

Happy Stamping!

Marsha

Yet those who wait for the Lord, will gain new strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles, they will run and not get tired, they will walk and not become weary. Isaiah 40:31

Lip Balm Holder

Hi Everyone! Today, I have for you a little Lip Balm Holder. I didn't want them to be a little bag. I wanted something different. I wanted them small enough that you could put them in your purse or attach to a card as a thank you gift. The sky is the limit!

Project Supplies:

Cardstock: Crushed Curry, Coastal Cabana, Calypso Coral, (2" x 4" score @ 5/8" on every side)

Cover Sleeve: Best Year Ever DSP (3 1/2" x 2 3/4" score @ 3/4", 1 3/8", 2 1/4", 2 7/8")

Ink: Crushed Curry, Coastal Cabana, Calypso Coral

Accessories: Ribbon (about 12"), Baker's Twine (about 6 1/2"), 7/8" scallop punch, 1/2" circle punch, 1" circle punch, Dimensionals, sticky strip or fast fuse, and of course lip balm!

Thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions let me know!

If you liked any of the supplies, to shop, or to get a catalog, please feel free to contact me, and of course you can shop online for Stampin’ Up! Canada products directly through me by clicking the ‘shopping cart' button on the right. And if you’re thinking of joining Stampin’ Up! Canada and want to join my team I’d would love to hear from you!

Happy Stamping!

Marsha

"And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." John 8:32

Easter Basket

Hi Everyone! Today, I have for you an Easter basket. Isn't it the cutest! I made it using the new Berry Basket Bigz L Die. You can decorate any way you want. With the handle, or without. The basket can be any colour you want, the possibilities are endless for decorating the outside of the basket too! We will be making one of these at my next Stamp Club meeting (if you would like more info about my Stamp Club or any other of my classes send me a message at stampingwithmarsha@gmail.com). For those baskets I will be putting something different inside, instead of candy, I found someone who put really cute flowers, so that is what I am going to do. Thanks for the great idea! It would make a really great Mother's Day gift too! 

Project Supplies:

Paper: Baked Brown Sugar, Whisper White
Ink: Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Tangerine Tango, Momento Black
Stamps: Flower Shop, Indescribable Gift
Accessories: Pansy Punch, Rhinestones, Berry Basket Bigz L Die, Bitty Banners Framelit, Woodgrain Embossing Folder, Ribbon, Cellophane bag

This is the one we made for my Stamp Club. I had little African Violets for them to put in their baskets. So cute!

Thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions let me know!

If you liked any of the supplies, to shop, or to get a catalog, please feel free to contact me, and of course you can shop online for Stampin’ Up! Canada products directly through me by clicking the ‘shopping cart' button on the right. And if you’re thinking of joining Stampin’ Up! Canada and want to join my team I’d would love to hear from you!

Happy Stamping!
Marsha

"Father if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done." Luke 22:42