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Cyber Monday Shopping

Today is one of the busiest shopping days of the year, Cyber Monday!  I just wanted to remind you about a few great deals that you can still take advantage of today ...

Ellen Hutson LLC: Special savings of 10%, 20%, 30% and 40% on over 500 specially discounted items throughout the store ... check out the Black Friday section! 

JustRite Stampers: 20% off everything in the store (excluding the new November Release), including an additional 20% off the Super Sale section.

Taylored Expressions: 15% off everything in the store, use promotional code TEBlackFriday upon checkout to receive the discount.  And at 8am CST today, be sure to check the Taylored Expressions blog for a fabulous announcement pertaining to the annual Craft & Hobby Show in Anaheim, CA this January!

Have fun shopping ... I'm sure you'll be having MUCH more fun doing that than I will be having at the dentist, LOL!

WSC108: JustRite Card Set

 
Here is the set of cards inside that great Perfect Package Card Box (one post below this one) from Taylored Expressions -- a quick set of all occasion cards, using this week's Weekend Sketch Challenge #108 and JustRite Stampers  Just A Note Centers & Borders -- this sketch was perfect for it!  By keeping the same format and just changing the sentiment element and patterned papers, I had a very quick and easy set of cards for a Christmas gift!

 
These same JustRite centers and borders are also offered in a Custom Design Cardmaking Kit, which includes the 1-5/8" Round Wood Stamper and Times New Roman Font Set (which I used to spell out CARDS on the box) ... if you don't already have them yourself, or they make a perfect Christmas gift, to get anyone started on their way to making their own greeting cards!  With TEN different centers and borders in this cardmaking kit, you'll have every card giving occasion covered!

 
I stamped the different borders with Memento Rose Bud ink onto TE Choice Buttercream cardstock and punched them out with a 1.75" circle punch.  Then I stamped the center sentiments separately with Memento Rich Cocoa ink and punched those out with a 1.25" circle punch.  The center is popped up on foam tape and both circles are layered onto a 2" square piece of Suede Brown Medium cardstock.

I varied the patterned papers, which all coordinated with the base layer of Prism Rose Dark cardstock, and then placed pink velvet or magenta sheer ribbon over the seam where the cardstock meets the patterned paper.  A tied button finishes off the design.

Full details about the box can be found on THIS post.

In honor of the Thanksgiving holiday, JustRite Stampers wants to say a big thanks to YOU and they are running a huge sale that will help Santa fill your stocking with JustRite toys!

JustRite Black Friday/Cyber Monday Promotion: The sale is gong on NOW and will run through Cyber Monday, November 30.  20% OFF EVERY ITEM IN THEIR COLLECTION, except for the latest November release.  Visit the Super Sale Section and receive an ADDITIONAL 20% off the current sale price for this 5-day promotion!

I hope you'll check out the samples the rest of the sketch team have for you today, by visiting these wonderful ladies: Beate, Cambria, Charmaine, Jenn, Laurie, Lori and Mary Jo.

Enjoy your weekend and we hope you'll play along with the sketch!  I'll be decorating the house for Christmas ... how about you?!!

Stamps: JustRite Custom Design Cardmaking Kit
Paper: TE November Key Ingredients Kit (Basic Grey Indian Summer paper, Prism Rose Dark cardstock & TE Choice Buttercream) + Prism Suede Brown Medium cardstock
Ink: Memento Dew Drops-Rose Bud & Rich Cocoa
Accessories:  EK Success 1.25" & 1.75" circle punches, PTI Raspberry Fizz buttons & twine, foam tape

EDITED: It seems my commenting was acting up earlier today, but it should be working properly now. Thanks to everyone who was kind enough to email and let me know!

Taylored Expressions Black Friday Blog Hop!

In honor of Black Friday and Cyber Monday (two of the biggest shopping days of the year!) Taylored Expressions is offering 15% off EVERYTHING in the store today through Monday, so you don't want to miss saving on some great GIFTS for others, supplies to help YOU make gifts, or just a little shopping for YOURSELF!!  Just use promotional code TEBlackFriday upon checkout to receive the discount.  You also won't want to miss 50% off all JustRite products, buy 2 get one free on Tiny Twinkles, and the new TE shirts and aprons!

One featured item in the store is this great Perfect Package Card Box.  It ships to you plain white and flat (pops open easily), ready for whatever kind of decorating you'd like to give it.  I decided to make mine to hold an all-occasion card set for my Mom as a Christmas gift, so I decorated it "every day'ish", so it would be pretty sitting out on her desk or counter.

 
To cover my box, I used Taylored Expressions' November Key Ingredients Kit with yummy Basic Grey Indian Summer patterned paper and Prism cardstock, adhered with my favorite Zip Dry glue.  I used wine rick-rack and pink velvet ribbon from the kit and layered them together across the top of the box, where a seam in my papers met.

To finish off the side edges of the box, which has a glossy finsish, I colored it with Copic Sketch marker R39, which matches the cardstock.  A normal dye-based marker would not have dried on the glossy surface and just rubbed off, but Copic's alcohol-based ink dries instantly!

The "CARDS" tag was made with JustRite Stamper's Times New Roman font, 50-point, and stamped with Memento Rose Bud ink onto TE Choice Buttercream cardstock and die cut with Spellbinders Double-Ended Tag die.  That was layered onto Spellbinders Fancy Tag die cut from Prism Rose Dark cardstock and then a Petite Classic Oval die cut (also from Rose Dark cardstock) was layerd behind that!  Zva pink crystals finish off the tag.

I covered the inside of the box lid and sides with more Prism Rose Dark cardstock and then made a pocket out of cardstock, popped up on foam tape, to hold postage.

This box is sized specifically for standard A2-sized cards and will hold approximately 8 to 12 of them, depending on embellishments.  You can see the set of cards that I made for the inside of my box, by checking out my next blog post at 8:30am CST this morning -- they use Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge #108!

Until then, you can see more great ideas using this versatile box by visiting this whopping awesome list of bloggers today:

Alex Maldonado: http://fairyblossoms.typepad.com/
Amy Rohl: http://inkaboutme.blogspot.com/
Beate Johns: http://beate.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/
Bev Gerard: http://savorthejourney.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/
Charmaine Ikach: http://oodabugalley.blogspot.com/
Cindy Haffner: http://cindyhaffnerscorner.blogspot.com/
Debbie Olson: http://debbiedesigns.typepad.com/
Donna Baker: http://www.serenityinstamping.com/
Jami Sibley: http://jami.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/
Jen del Muro: http://iheart2stamp.com/
Jen Tapler: http://jentapler.blogspot.com/
Jenn Balcer: http://jbalcer.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/
Jennifer Buck: http://thebuckstampshere.blogspot.com/
Jessica Diedrich: http://thewhimsicalbutterfly.blogspot.com/
Joan Ervin: http://stampingwithapassion.blogspot.com/
Joanne Basile: http://www.stampedbyhand.blogspot.com/
Linda Duke: http://www.lindaduke.typepad.com/
Lori Craig: http://loricraig.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/
Rose Anne Reynolds: http://paperdelightz.blogspot.com/
Sankari Wegman: http://sunnysankari.blogspot.com/
Sharon Harnist: http://paperfections.typepad.com/ <==YOU ARE HERE!
Sherry Cheever: http://sherrycheever.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/
Taylor VanBruggen: http://www.tayloredexpressions.blogspot.com/

I'll see you back here in a bit ... have fun hopping!

 
Supplies --
Stamps: JustRite Stampers-Times New Roman font set
Paper: TE Key Ingredients Kit (Basic Grey Indian Summer paper & Prism cardstock), TE Choice Buttercream
Ink: Memento Dew Drop-Rose Bud, Copic marker R39
Accessories: Perfect Package Card Box. Spellbinders Double-Ended Tags, Fancy Tags & Classic Petite Oval Nestabilities-Sm, Zva pink crystals, Zip Dry glue

EDITED: It seems my commenting was acting up earlier today, but it should be working properly now. Thanks to everyone who was kind enough to email and let me know!  You can now see my set of cards HERE!

Glittery Bird Holiday

A very happy Thanksgiving holiday to all my US friends out there!  Since today officially begins the holiday season (can you believe it's here already?!!), I thought I'd share a holiday decoration I made for my home.  You can find all the details on how to create this door hanger/wall hanging over at the CLASSroom today.

While you are there, be sure to check out the post directly below mine, for a holiday treat for yourself!  Ms. Ellen has a special store 3rd anniversary blog giveaway going on and you won't want to miss it!  Also, you'll want to get some rest today so you can gear up for Ellen's Black Friday through Cyber Monday specials that begin at midnight PST TONIGHT!!  You can read all about that sale and specials on the home page of the store!

I hope you are enjoying the holiday with family and/or friends ... I am!  And I'm truly thankful for each and every one of you who visit here!  Happy Thanksgiving!