With the popularity of both Heart Prints and Star Prints, I thought it would be fun to incorporate the concept of multiple patterns into something for the holidays. After analyzing a few different themes that you might not see much in the stamping industry, I decided to focus on the classic holiday icon, the Christmas stocking.
Stocking Prints is a collection of mix & match stockings and cuffs, with the stockings featuring two different sizes along with a variety of patterns.
The details.
- Stocking Prints will be available for purchase on September 15th.
- It will retail for $24.
- It contains a total of 27 images (12 stockings, 5 cuffs, 1 decorative loop and 9 sentiments)
Now, how about we continue where we left off yesterday! More quick & simple holiday cards!
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This striking Pure Poppy & true Black combination is so vibrant & festive! I just love it! The focal point uses one of the small stockings and the stitched cuff, both stamped in Pure Poppy. The sentiment is stamped on top of the stocking using True Black ink.
Now, did you notice the framed label I stamped everything on? I
actually made it from scratch myself using another one of our new
releases, Vintage Labels. It's a border set designed to coordinate
with the Labels One dies from Spellbinders. I will go into more depth about them later this week, but if you still yearn for a bit more, you can stop by the Creating Keepsakes blog today where I am being featured as their guest blogger. My post with them outlines a couple quick & easy tutorials using Vintage Labels that I think you'll want to check out!
Underneath the focal point, I layered True Black Stitched Ribbon underneath True Black Gingham Ribbon. Both layers were adhered with Scor-tape and trimmed evenly with the edge of the cover to avoid bulkiness. Many of our ribbons are of such a great quality, they won't fray when trimmed this way!
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For the interior, I stamped a sentiment from Holiday Wishes using Pure Poppy ink. I added two small decorative flourishes from Vintage Labels on either side of the sentiment using True Black ink.
The borders included in Vintage Labels are perfect for adding to the front of an envelope, framing where the address will be written. This white A2 envelope was stamped with the same dotted border that I used on my card using Pure Poppy ink.
Not only do the cute little cards above come together quickly, they are also budget friendly, coming in at only 50-cents each for the consumable supplies!
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This project uses a color scheme that is a bit more nontraditional for a holiday card. Smokey Shadow, Aqua Mist & Fresh Snow.
This particular card is SUPER easy to mass produce because you can assemble all of the stocking images on one block together. This allows you to stamp the entire cover with one impression!
The sentiment, also from Stocking Prints, is stamped in Smokey Shadow ink. I like how it nods slightly to the popular silver metallics that are so popular during the holidays, without having to go to all the trouble of actually heat embossing.
Just like the card above, I cut this Fresh Snow Velvet Ribbon so that is even with the front of my card. The 1/4" Scor-tape we carry is perfect for adhering the ribbon into place securely.
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The interior uses another sentiment from Holiday Wishes, stamped in Smokey Shadow. The upper portion of the interior block is stamped with Polka Dot Basics II using Aqua Mist ink. A bit of the same Fresh Snow Velvet Ribbon is adhered in place as a border.
I stamped a single stocking with Aqua Mist ink in the the lower right corner of the coordinating white A2 envelope.
This card is bit more pricey than the others I have shown this week because of the elegant addition of velvet ribbon, but still comes in way under a $1!
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I've always loved plum & cream together and I thought they would be perfectly suited for a holiday card. Plum Pudding, Vintage Cream & Classic Kraft. To start, I stamped the large flourish from Fancy Flourishes three times on the kraft card cover using Vintage Cream ink. I rounded the lower corners using a corner rounder punch.
The stocking was stamped using Plum Pudding ink on Rustic Cream cardstock. I paired the small striped stocking and the star cuff to build the image. The stripes looked as though they needed a little something, so I added some Stickles to give the project a bit of shimmer & shine. After the Stickles dried, I gut the stocking out. I purposely made sure the exterior outline of these images were kept simple so they would be easy to cut out.
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The interior uses, yet again, Holiday Wishes. This time stamped in Plum Pudding on Rustic Cream cardstock. I stamped some of the star border from Around & About Sentiments on either side of it using the same ink. Small dabs of Stickles finish it off.
For the coordinating Rustic Cream A2 envelope, I carried the stars & Stickles over to the flap of the envelopes. I think it's such a nice touch!
This project is super economical, only requiring 35-cents worth of product. Perfect for those who make dozens upon dozens of cards!
Last, but certainly not least is one last project that uses a single stocking as it's focal point. I figured with so many nontraditional color schemes floating around, I would get back to the basics with this project.
The base of the stocking is stamped with Scarlet Jewel (sigh……don't you LOVE the pattern on this stocking?!?!) with the cuff being stamped in Ripe Avocado. The sentiment is added underneath in Dark Chocolate.
Instead of ribbon, I added a strip of Ripe Avocado cardstock that features a score line down the center as an accent. The Scarlet Jewel background mat was embossed with a new QuicKutz Embossing Folder entitled Retro Diamonds, which I love!
The interior features one of Dawn's new sentiments from her set, Signature Christmas. It's stamped in Dark Chocolate ink. I added the punched leaves (Martha Stewart) and berries (1/4" hole punch) underneath the sentiment as a pretty accent. LOVE THIS!!!!
For one last finishing touch, I stamped the large flourish from Fancy Flourishes onto the matching Vintage Cream A2 envelope. I love how the flourish seems to *creep* up the back and onto the front of the envelope.
This card worked out to be another bargain at only 35-cents each to create!
So, are you as excited about this set as I am?!?!?!
Are you starting to see all the possibilities? What kinds of memories does the image of a Christmas Stocking bring back for you? I'd love to hear from you! Just for leaving a comment today, you can have a chance at a fabulous
prize package!
- Stocking Prints stamp set
- Fancy Flourishes stamp set
This prize pack has nearly a $50 retail value, so be sure to play
along! You have until 8am EST Saturday, September 12th to leave your
comment to be eligible to win. One winner will be randomly selected at
that time. The winner will be announced before noon EST the same day
on our September Release Winners Page. Please play nice, only one comment per person.
Well,
enjoy the rest of your day and I look forward to seeing you back here
tomorrow for more sneak peeks of what's to come! Thank you so much for
stopping by!
Heather Nichols has some additional projects using Stocking Prints that you won't want to miss!
Melissa Bickford has even more projects to share using Peaceful Poinsettia.
Lauren Meader is showcasing her second new template for the month, It's on the House!
Dawn McVey is highlighting her new set, Signature Christmas.
Beth Silaika shares another project with us using her new set, Winter Swirls.
Kelly Lunceford has a sneak peek of one of the new templates for you as well.
Don't forget, I am a guest blogger over on the Creating Keepsakes Blog today! My post with them includes some additional sneak peeks of our new Vintage Labels set along with some fun tutorials!!! Oh, and I almost forgot to mention the BIG contest there too! Be sure to stop by and tell 'em Nichole sent you!!!
Complete shopping & cutting lists for all of today's projects can be found HERE!
What a very cool set! I always remember my mom having our pefectly matching stockings in perfect order hanging by the fireplace. Now my mom has passed, so I just have that memory of all of our Christmases together.
Wow, what wonderful cards, so easy to reproduce in many numbers for christmas, well done..thanks for the inspriation.
Oh wow! I just love the stockings!! There are endless possibilities for this set! I may even let my class use these stamps to make their gift tags and bags. Your projects today are beautiful!
I’m loving the stockings, just a great way to show different varieties of the stockings. Again, you have created something so magical for the season. Thanks for the inspiration.
Beautiful projects, and what a great idea for the stamp set.
As a child, my Mom hung our Christmas stockings along the mantel. Each stocking had one of our names embroidered on it. It was a tradition that I have maintained with our children today.
Your stocking set and samples are absolutely fabulous! Thank you for sharing your creativity!
What a darling set! Love your coordinating envelopes as well. My memory of Christmas stoickings: I did not getting “stocking stuffers” instead my stocking was filled with oranges, apples, nuts and a candy cane. (Can you tell I’m not a 30-something! : ) )
I absolutely love the inspiration of doing the insides and envelopes!
I love how all the set designs coordinate with past sets. Genius!
Kara
My sister and I had very utilaritian stockings that we hung up each Christmas Eve-my dad’s khaki green army socks! Several decades later-my sister and I still spend Christmas Eve and morning together, have prettier stockings, and take turns filling the stockings before going to bed.
This stocking set and your samples are wonderful!
Yep, loving it…. i especially love what heather did as well…. talented bunch of girls!
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh I just LOOOOOOOOOVE this set!!!! All these different styles of stockings……… I simply MUST get this set!!!
Well, I don’t actually remember this, but Mom has the stocking. I was born very close to Christmas, and Mom said that the hospital sent me home wrapped up in blankets and cuddled inside this big red and white stocking. So as you can see, I love stockings!!! 🙂
This set is beyond amazing, I LOVE it. You keep on producing more and more amazing sets.
This is beautiful! I love the mix-and-match aspect to this set. As always, your samples are wonderful.
I love all the little extra touches you’re adding to these cards on the inside and envelopes!
What a fabulous set! I love how you showcase the new releases with easy to make samples. You always hit it out-of-the-park.
I love this stocking set! What cute cards you are showing with it.
Love all your cards..espcially love how you went the extra mile with the envelopes. While growing up, I always loved to see what goodies were in my stocking. I still fill stockings for my hubby and sister!
Awesome! I wouldn’t normally consider stockings for a card but you made me think twice!
Love this set and they way you’re keeping your projects simple. My fondest memories of Christmas stockings is when we had both of our entire families here for Christmas and ended up with over 20 stockings strung on a cord stretched across our fireplace.
My kids love their stockings, they put them in the mantle and they fight over who is going first. Stockings are something that we cannot skip during the season! Wonderful set! As always I love the versatility of it!
Wow, this looks like another amazing set. I love it!!!
I had a hand-quilted stocking made by my Grandma that I loved! I really like this set…can’t wait to start putting it to good use!
Oh the stockings are just awesome – love the damask one, the polka dotted one…well, all of ’em. My stocking was my favorite Christmas decoration when I was a kid – my grandma made it from one of those pieced felt kits with sequins and such — so cute!!
Fabulous cards. It is my husband’s job to fill the children’s stockings. They never know what to expect from his eclectic taste. Even though they are now adults, they still said it would not be Christmas without Dad’s unusual gifts.
I am loving this set. I saw Dawn’s example earlier today and fell in love with the stocking she used. This one is definitely going in my cart! So much for thinking I didn’t need any holiday stamps 🙂
I love all of todays cards. I can’t wait to see more of the Vintage Labels set.
Love, love, love the new stamp sets and what you’ve done with them. Can’t wait to see more!
Stockings…hmmm what do they remind me of? my mum and cool christmas nights.
love the stockings. just too cute!
Really lovely and so many options. The cards are all beautiful, especially the craft and plum pudding!
Christmas stockings always make me think of my mother. She made each of our stockings! They are beautiful cross stitch ones that took her hours to make. They are such treasures!
I wasn’t sure about this set from the beginning…was thinking it was too non-traditional….but now I see just how traditional it can be. And where did the Fresh Snow velvet ribbon come from? I must have missed the memo – – that is perfect for wintery cards; need to get me some of that this month too!
I love Christmas and these sets are amazing!!
Thanks for the great card samples! Can’t wait to see more.
Adorable … as usual! What a great addition to the holiday stamps you already have!
Love how the cuffs AND the stockings are mix and match…adorable projects and color schemes today!
I love that last card! So elegant! And thanks for the reminder that I need to make a stocking for my daughter.
I’m looking forward to seeing more from the Vintage Labels set, too!
beautiful cards, as usual! you never disappoint, Nichole! lovin’ the unusual Christmas colors. thanks so much for the inspiration!
my parents did not hang Christmas stockings for us on a regular/consistent basis, but the few times that they did, i loved what i found inside. love that you will be offering the stockings stamps – those will always bring back wonderful memories.
Christmas stockings aren’t very common around where I live, but I truly adore this new stamp set! And the vintage labels look like another instant all-time classic 🙂
WOW! Awesome Nichole! Very cool set!
So my Dad always put an orange in the toe of our stockings, every year. We actually came to look forward to the orange as we got older.
Love that pure poppy and black as well as the elegant Scarlet Jewel with avacado. I’m equally excited about the Vintage Labels; can’t wait to see more!
So pretty! And I love how you have started finishing the insides of your cards…..I’m a stickler for finishing off the insides and always complete my cards by doing that. Thanks for sharing!
Stockings are one of our very special traditions in my small family and this set is really cute (what we are able to see of it so far;) I can see it being used frequently. Loving all of the peeks!
waking up and seeing my kids show me that their stockings are full of joy…
When my siblings and I were little, our stockings turned into Tupperware bins. Santa took extra precautions against our curious feline friends after we woke up one Easter with a mess of candy and wrappers!
what a fabulous idea!the stockings were always the first thing we were allowed to open on Christmas morning. We open them even before mom and dad woke up, which was a relief since my brother and I would be awake at the crack of dawn with excitement. loved your samples.
These stockings are adorable! What a perfect set to have on hand for the season!
What an adorable set. I love all the different stocking images we have seen so far. I can’t wait to see the set in it’s entirety.
My fondest memory of stockings in the anticipation on Christmas Eve of each one of us kids hanging our stocking at the mantel just before we would head off to bed. Then we would anxiously wait for the magical arrival of Santa during the night. Only to come downstairs in the morning and see each stocking filled to the brim with a candy cane and a stuffed animal adorning the top. Oh what a great memory from so many years ago.
I am in love with the stockings! My favorite card is the one with five stockings – what a great idea for our family of five to use!! The Vintage Labels will be a MUST also!!
I just love it!! Especially the one that showcases the stocking has the focal point. I’m so excited!!
Oh how pretty! I can just see those stockings on a card with all our names on them across the card. This stamp set is definitely a MUST HAVE!
This set is just adorable! I love stockings – my sister has made most of the stockings I have used over the years and using this set will be a fun reminder of that.
Love the stockings set. My sister and I always woke to full stockings of little things that we needed, wanted and little extras as a treat. For my husband and my first Christmas together, I did a special stocking for him, with little ‘treats’ and he was amazed. This was something new for him. Both of our daughters have grown up with this tradition and look forward to it every year. Their stockings were always the first thing to check out when they woke up on Dec 25, and still is to this day. (Oh yea, they are 19 and 20 🙂
When I was a little girl, my parents took me to pick out my own stocking, saying I could have any in the store. Of course, I went straight for one that was three feet long (bigger than me at the time!) This set brings back a lot of wonderful memories of a very full stocking and a fretting mother trying to figure out how to fill it!
Love this set, and all the non traditional holiday colours you are introducing to us !!
Love the new set! We always opened our stockings last on Christmas morning so that was always something special in our house. Even as adults, we have really cut down on buying for each other, but we still always have our stockings.
Oh my have you outdone yourselves!! I haven’t bought any Christmas stamps in a few years but I can see I will be broke by the end of this month.
LOVE the stockings! I already have an idea for a Christmas card!!!
Great stuff – as usual!
I’m really liking all the fonts from the sentiments! The combinations are perfect! I also must try stamping on the envelope—I’ve done it before but not from the front to the back. That was unique and beautiful!
You just continue to inspire. What a talent you have! Love this set!!
I love the stockings, and I love all stockings, lol! We do wrap babies n stockings when they go home in December, lol, but I have also knit all of the Grandchildren matching ones. Filling stockings on Christmas Eve is one of my favorite traditions of Christmas!
i am so loving the stockings and vintage labels set! thank you for the time saving samples!
This is such a sweet set! Our third (and last) daughter was born in December. The nurses brought her to us in a stocking after getting her cleaned up. Seeing this set reminds me of that magical day!
What a fantastic stamp set Nichole! Looks so fun – and the Vintage Labels look really great too! Loving your Aqua Mist card the most – really has a wonderful soft feel to it. Loving all the peeks so far – keep it up girls!!
I love the way you can mix & match! Fabulous set and beautiful creations!!!
I LOVE the stocking stamps, and what cute simple cards they make. These look like a time saver as well as a money saver. I can’t wait to put these in my cart, although I would really love to win them!!!
Stockings are my favorites accents for the holidays so I love this set. Combined with the flourishes, the cards look so special! I always remember growing up that our stockings always had a litte something special in them and I have tried to carry on that tradition with my family.
All very wonderful and inspiring pieces that
are sure to touch the hearts of many who receive these as any kind of gift.
I Love the creativity, Thank you for sharing
These stockings look amazing and so elegant. I love the mix and match options PTI is coming up with. So wonderful
I love the stockings! I haven’t seen any other stamp sets like this and I can’t wait to see all of it.
These cards are beautiful! I am loving the stocking set and THANK YOU! for the Vintage Labels set! I have been wishing for something like Borders and Corners for my Nesties. Can’t wait to see the rest of it.
You know, I didn’t grow up with the stocking tradition, but these are SO cute. Great job. Good luck to all,
Leora
stockings are right up my alley….actually one of my favourite xmas icons…that and xmas bulbs…..great job on the cards.
I love this stocking set. We always opened our stockings first and they were crammed with goodies! We still have those old stockings after all these years.
I look forward to having a fireplace to hang the stockings…this is a wonderful set.
I love the stockings and the idea to keep things simple this year!
What a fun and adorable set! Love all the different looks that you can create with this. Great samples!
I love all the combinations that are possible with this set! Our stockings hung on our fireplace and were the first thing we went to every Christmas morning.
I love Christmas stockings!! Opening all the little gifts in my stocking has always been one of my favorite things to do. Having all the patterns to mix and match will make this set so wonderful!
Love the inspiration…..reminds me of a clemantine and almonds in their shells stuck in the toe on Christmas Morning!
xoxo
SO cute! How many Christmas sets is too many??? LOL~ Hopefully the answer is about a million because I want all that I’ve seen thus far.
You’ve read my mind! I’ve been looking for a good stocking stamp(s) for years! Love these!
Love this set! ♥ The Christmas stockings… well, they’re just the finishing touch to the decorations and the first thing ‘opened’ on Christmas morning!
Hugs,
Renee
You never cease to amaze me. I love these stockings! Also, I am so excited to hear more about the Vintage Labels. I’m off to the Creating Keepsakes blog to check it out!
Love how your posts are peeks within a peek. I love to read them early in the morning so I can think about them all day. Thanks for focusing on simple production this year – it’s gotten me inspired to start thinking about my holiday projects in a different way.
Love the gorgeous cards! The gifts I use to get in my stocking as a child were my favourite….now I LOVE filling up my childrens stockings…….LOVE IT!
The stockings are awesome! I love the sizes and how many different ways they can be used.
Oh my….my mom used to make a stocking for each member of the family….they were all different. She hung them on the mantle each Christmas. The year before we lost her to ALS there were so many she could barely get them up! She loved doing it and we loved seeing the new ones she came up whenever someone joined the family!
Very versatile set. Can’t wait till release day!
Wow I would love to win these sets. Your so insiprational Nichole. Thanks so much Cynthia
I love it! What a fab set. I’m almost 23 years old and I still get a stocking each year!
Again, wow, wow, wow! I LOVE stockings, so this set is definitely a must-have for me (and I DO love the stocking with the flourish!!!)!! All the projects you did with it are beautiful! As a child, stocking were always a favorite part of Christmas. My mom had made these big stockings herself that my brother and I just loved!
I hand knit Christmas stockings so with this set I can make a sweet little card to accompany them. Thanks for a wonderful set!
My mom always filled our stockings with fun things to keep us occupied long enough for mom and dad to get a bit more sleep. She and my dad would stay up all night putting up the tree, decorating it, and gathering all the gifts under it. They would be tired and needed more sleep…so our stockings were stuffed with treats, slinkies, and other toys to keep us busy until we could stand it no more and wake them up…mom and dad are gone now, but that’s what I have in mind when I see these. I love these stockings! (She always stuffed an orange at the bottom of each stocking! Sometimes that was hard to get out…ha-ha…ya think she knew that?!?!). Thanks, Nichole!
Very cute set. I love all the stocking styles. My favorite stocking memory comes from my grandmother. When my brother, sister and I were very young, grandma would sent a huge box at Christmas time. There was always 3 huge stockings in the box with the other gifts. These were the store bought varity made out of a red mesh type material. But, they were very large and filled with the most amazing things. All kinds of little trinkets and toys. Those stockings were my favorites. Thanks for the opportunity.
That vintage label set is a must for me. Thanks for making it!
Oh it’s beautiful and thanks aain for all the wonderful and simple holiday card ideas!
Oh I think this might be my favorite Christmas stamp ever! I LOVE stockings! Beautiful illustration work on the details of the patterns.
Congrats on the guest spot…and LOVE the page you did…the labels 1 border stamp set looks soooo stinkn’ cool! Wowzers…
Genius on the stockings! Again LOVE all the card ideas.
Very nice set!! Love to make some Christmas cards with it!!
What a great set! All the stockings are so cute. They bring back memories of my childhood Christmas’s. Thanks for the chance to win.
How do come up with all these amazing ideas! Love the stockings and how you coordinated the envelopes. ON my must have list!
Love the stockings and the Vintage Labels set! I can’t wait to start creating!
Our kids, now all teenagers, eagerly look for holiday treats inside their stockings first thing Christmas morning!
Looks like a wonderful set!! LOVE all the different patterns and styles – looks so beautiful! 🙂
Fabulous samples Nichole. This set really speaks to me and what you’ve done with it.
This is a must-have set! Stockings are such a warm and cozy image. And the vintage labels set looks interesting, too. Can’t wait to see more of that one!
I was not going to purchase any holiday sets this season as I don’t send Chritmas cards, but the kraft and Plum Pudding card has totally changed my mind! I can’t wait to re-create this gorgeous card and send it to everyone I’ve ever met! How do you do it Nichole? I’m in awe of your stamp designs…
Love these back to basics for mass card assemblies and the finished envelopes. Have always loved Christmas stockings and would love to win this set. Thanks!
easy peasy but such a beautiful set.
i would LOVE to have this set.
Such pretty stockings. One of my favorite things about Christmas is hanging Christmas Stockings.
It’s hard to think about Christmas, but these stockings do bring back wonderful Christmas memories. As adults, going back to my parents house for Christmas, we still hang our stockings on the mantle, and it is one of the best parts of Christmas morning!!
I am so excited about the Vintage Labels set! I absolutely love it!!
These stockings are so fun! Christmas stockings definitely evoke a lot of memories for me…my aunt knitted mine and my brothers and they were huge! It was so fun to find them hanging on Christmas morning full of goodies! My kids now enjoy seeing theirs!
I love both sets so far!! Makes it hard to choose! Thanks for the great ideas.
I can’t wait to see the rest of the set. I love Christmas stockings there are so many things you can do with them…
I’m so glad you designed a stockings set. It’s beautiful!
I am really loving all of the sneak peaks so far! This stocking set seems like the perfect set to use for mass producing my Christmas cards this year. And with the great sentiments from the Holiday wishes set I will definitely have a cartful on the 15th.
I love opening our stockings on Christmas Eve. It’s just enough to take the edge off the kiddos excitement so they can sleep, but it provides a bit of foreshadowing of what lies ahead on Christmas morning! I love what you did with the flourishes creeping from the front to the back of the envelope! Looks so polished and professional!
I love both the stocking prints & fancy flourishes sets! As kids, we always looked forward to the treasures in our stockings first thing Christmas morning – other presents couldn’t be opened till after breakfast! I’m really looking forward to the fun and beautiful cards that can be made with these sets. Thanks so much for the chance to win!
I love the stockings!!!!! So pretty, simple, and elegant. Wow! Again you wowed us with simple but classy cards today. Thanks.
OMG…this set is so gorgeous! All the samples were so inspiring. I love Christmas stockings as they are a classic symbol of the season. For me they conjure memories of large family Christmas’ at my grandparents home. One year we had an old fashioned Christmas with all handmade decorations, popcorn & crandberry garland. Handmade candles instead of twinkling lights. We used oil lamps versus electricity and we reminded of the true meaning of the holiday season. It is my most cherished Christmas of all.
You’re making me excited to start those Christmas card creations soon! Love the sweet stocking images – they make simple, yet great cards! Thanks for sharing!
Love, love, love this set! Stockings are one of my favorite things about the holidays!!!
Stockings, and what’s inside them, are one of the best things about Christmas morning! What a great idea to make this into a stamp set, so we can make cards out of this icon!
The stockings are great! I love that there are two sizes and that that you can mix and match the cuffs! I love heart prints and star prints and am glad to see a holiday version. I’m sure it will become a classic PTI set! Thanks!
I really like Christmas Stockings, so this set is perfect for me!! I have been trying to do cross stitch stockings for my Grandkids, NOT done yet, will have to get going again on those!!
I love the cards you have designed with the stocking set. The sentiments are great also. I love the inside of the cards.
I love the stockings Nichole and the wonderful outlines that fit in the Nesties – what a great design! your samples are super as usual – Stockings always bring me back to my childhood when we always found an orange tucked into the toe after we took all our treats out – I later found out that the tradition of getting an orange was an especially wonderful treat to get in the winter when they weren’t in season – who knew!
Beautiful projects!!!
I love your projects, Nichole!! I still have the crocheted stocking my Mom made for me when I was very little! Can’t wait for the 15th!!
My girls have personalized stockings that I adore. I think I treasure them more than my girls do! Your stocking projects are beautiful!
Love the cards! I didn’t grow up with the stocking tradition, but being a kid, I thought that it was such a cool thing. Now I hang stockings for all of us, but most of the time I only put one or two little things inside the ones for the kids.
The stocking set is just sooooooo cute! I love how you incorporated “non-traditional” Christmas colors in your cards. Such fun and inspiring! 🙂
Oh, this is fabulous! You are really putting me in the holiday spirit. I always loved the fun little gifts that would be in my stocking as a kid. Now, I get to fill the kids with fun things.
I love this concept, love the samples too. Great work.
What a beautiful set, I love all the mix and match possibilities.
My grandmother knit me the coolest Santa stocking when I was a kid. If you pushed his nose it would light up and play “Santa Claus is coming to town” and she couldn’t fit my full name Jackie so it says Jacky and I absolutely LOVE it, I still use it every year and it is one of my favorite things about Christmas.
Love all the projects you made with the stockings. Definitely some quick and easy cards with these.
This stocking set is beyond amazing! I am soooo looking forward to using this set for our Christmas cards this year! My head is swimming with ideas!
They remind me of my grandmothers homemade christmas stockings. I love all of the samples. Thanks for sharing!
I love the beautiful and simple Holiday cards! Great inspiration!
Stockings remind me of tip toeing downstairs on Christmas morning full of excitement to check out what Santa had left for us. Our stockings, and the treats inside, kept us content while we waited for everyone in the house to get ready for the main event of opening presents.
Super cute, simple cards Nichole! Love how you can build your own stocking! As always, fabulous work! I always saved my stocking for last when I was a kid…there was always nice jewelry in it!
My grandma made all of our stockings and they hang with such pride. I’m about to finish up my 2 year-old’s stocking and just love the tradition. This set is such a fun addition to such memories!
I love the stockings! And they look great with the flourishes. I added a flourish to my envelopes last Christmas and I love the look. Thanks again for all the great ideas!
We don’t have Christmas stockings here, but, looking at your cards, I sure wish we did! I’m also getting excited about Vintage Labels.
Memories!! what child didn’t love seeing what Santa left in their stocking!! My children always went to their stockings first 🙂 Can’t wait to play with this set.
Very very nice. Again very elegant. Love the projects you did. I can already feel Christmas around….
Stocking Prints AND Fancy Flourishes?! Could life get much better than this? I sooo love fancy flourishes, and the stockings are delightful and very easy to use. One of the coolest things about having a set focused on one image, like stockings, is that you can easily do a card that has multiple stockings, each with a different look, and they all are so coordinated that it looks like you have a single stamp with lots of stockings on it. It’s so fun!
I can’t believe we are already talking Christmas cards, but I love it!!!!!!
Fabulous cards as always! My first Christmas in North America … my family and I shopped for Christmas stockings as well as hooks … great new tradition for us as a family … we still use those stockings up to today.
I absolutely love how you coordinated the envelopes with the cards. So simple, yet packs a big punch! Stockings in my family are always fun. We do them last and everyone gets lottery tickets. It’s fun to scratch them off and see who all won!
How cute! Love these stockings! My mom always made our stockings – I have a cross-stiched one with jingle bells on it. It’s always fun to hang all of them up and remember Christmases past!
I remember always getting fruit and candy in my stocking as a kid :). I think this set is fabulous and I can’t wait to see what else is in store this month.
Super fun set! I love all the samples. I enjoy visiting everyone’s blogs each day. It’s a hop of sorts! Love this time of the month!!
WOW! Love the stocking set and it looks great with the fancy flourishes. We still get stockings even though we are in our late 30s and have children that we fill stockings for. My mom has changed it to ‘gift bags’ instead of ‘stockings’ so the kids won’t wonder why grandma is giving stockings to mom & dad and why didn’t Santa leave them at our house? 🙂
These stockings are adorable and I love the pairing with the flourishes! Even though my kids are grown, their stocking is still their favorite thing to open on Christmas morning!
Kathy Camasso
Seeing all those stockings reminds me of how I made quilted stockings for my family and also each time someone had a baby in our extended family, I would add to their stash of stockings. It got to the point where I couldn’t keep up, so some of the nieces and nephews don’t have one from me. I kind of miss doing that, though. Love this set!
I am SO excited about this set!! We just moved to a new state, into a new home, and this year we will actually have a mantel to hang our stockings from! I don’t know who is more excited about that – my kids or me?!?! These stockings are going to be so versatile for all sorts of Christmas projects – I can’t wait!!
The fun continues! How cute are the stockings! The creative juices are flowing already! Seeing the cute stocking makes me think of mine as a kid hanging over the fireplace, just waiting to be filled! I know love to do the same thing with my kids.
The stocking set is beautiful! They have always been one of my favorite parts of Christmas, so fun to fill, and empty,lol
I have made x-stitched stockings for my family, and they are used every year. I would love to win this set.
My mom made my stocking and it means so much to me..I remember as a child loving that stocking so much and not wanting to pack it away after Christmas..
What a great stamp set! Thanks for such wonderful ideas….
This looks like such a fun set! I don’t have any stockings in my stamps sets yet! I will now!!!!
CindyB
This looks like a great set! Growing up, all of our Christmas stockings were handmade – they were different for each of us. I remember my Mom’s stocking – a high-heeled fancy Victorian boot. I loved it! 🙂
Oh I am excited, it is totally cute. Especially paired with Dawn’s sentiment set that I am def getting!
Stockings in my family are always filled with fun trickets, toys and candy – even now that we are adults Mom always has our stockings filled and my brother and I have carried on the same tradition for our kids! Love the wonderful inspiration you share with us each month – THANKS!
Love it!! Stockings are such a fun part of Christmas. Love all your examples today. Thanks for sharing.
Cute set! I play Santa every year and it is so much to fill my kids’ stockings. 🙂 My oldest son (15 yrs) has been getting Pokemon cards in his stocking since first grade! I still have the stockings my mom and grandma made for me when I was a kid.
What beautiful cards! The stocking set looks like such a fun set to make Christmas cards with! Can’t wait to see more.
Wow- I love the stockings and the simple but so impressive card ideas. Thanks!
how awesome! You filled the stocking niche! I’ve been drawing my own for years.
I think of me sitting on my parents bed on Christmas eve, filling the stockings for my brother and sister. ( I was home from university) My dad comes in and says, “I guess you know about Santa Clause if you’re filling your own stocking!”
Thanks for giving us stockings!
These stockings are just fab. Our stockings were THE BEST part! I’m not sure we felt the same way back as children. They were always filled to the brim with such great little gifts. (After we were done with them we’d put them on our feet and walk around)
Looking forward to the 15th!
I love the stocking designs. We have giant stockings that were knitted by my MIL. My boys love going through them on Christmas morning.
These stockings are totally adorable! I make new stockings for the family every other year and you’ve given me new inspiration!
Just love these stockings, super cute !!!It does not matter how old we get, the stockings are always my favourite part of Christmas morning. I’m loving all these holiday releases. Thanks for sharing.
I love Christmas stockings. It’s best when they are so heavy you have to make sure that they don’t pull down the stocking hanger!
Love this set…so many possibilities…love polka dots..so, the polka dot one is my favorite…
This set is darling. I love the combination of the stockings with the flourish. It’s such an elegant & unique addition to standard holiday images.
I am not a christian but yet I love your cards and the stampin set, its soo adorable, if I win this contest then I will take the flourishes stampin set for myself and give away the other set to one of forum members…:)
I love those vintage labels!!! Just saw you on the CK blog.. Awesome!!!!!
And the stockings? How fun!!! I am in charge of stockings at our house…and I am a stocking person! My parents made sure we always had stuffed stockings each Christmas – they had oranges, new socks, hair products (as we got older – all girls), fun stuff… no matter how old we were, we had stuffed stockings!!!
This looks like another amazing set. The cards that you have created are stunning in their simplicity. They are so elegant and as you said easy to mass reproduce. Cannot wait.
Christmas stocking memories – mom filling them late at night and leaving a new coloring book and new crayons right at the top so that when we got up way to early – we would get the book and crayons and color while giggling – and when we would hear them stirring we would quickly put them back in the stocking and wait impatiently till they got up!
Oh wow! I just love the stockings!! There are endless possibilities for this set! The stockings remind me of my growing up years, when all our stockings were hung from the mantel on our fireplace. Every month keeps getting better, with all the new stamp sets. Amazing job PTI!!!!
Oh the memories associated with stockings! I used to look forward to them so much as a kid! I remember one year my aunt crocheted stockings for each of us 6 kids… We were so excited..Santa filled them up with treats overnight and when we woke up or doberman was sitting in a pile of wool all full from our cookies and treats… Poor aunt’s handiwork!
Love the stockings! My Mother made felt stockings for us (I still have mine tucked away) with a row of jingle bells stitched onto the cuff. Good memories!
What is not to love about this set and the cards you have designed? Absolutely fabulous!
I love the stocking paired with my favorite stamp – the Flourish!
Love this! I know stockings are my favorite at Christmas. Just like my Mom when I was little, I always have my kids stockings over-filled!
When my children were small I knitted them each a Christmas stocking that they hung on the fireplace each Christmas eve for Santa to fill. Now they are all grown and several years ago my son’s house burned to the ground and they lost everything (thank God my son, his wife and 2 children were safe). My oldest daughter called me crying, not about the house burning but “because now Matthew doesn’t have his matching stocking”. She went on to tell me how much it meant to her- the tradition of her and her siblings hanging their stockings for Santa and how now that they were all in their own homes she knew that they all still hung their stockings. I was amazed and never knew how those simple stockings I made so long ago had such a special meaning to her. SO I will be buying the stocking stamp set, and can’t wait to make my cards, thank you.
Great cards, I think the last one is my favorite though. Love what you did with the inside of the card!! Thanks for all the inspiration!!
We didn’t have a fireplace in the house where I grew up, so we hung our stockings from an armoire in our living room instead. Without a chimney to access, Santa just walked in the front door at our house (and left tracks to prove it).
Can’t wait to see this set in its entirety!
Love the stocking set. You’re right, there aren’t many of these out!
Ack! These stockings are just darling!
I love, love, love the stocking set! Cant wait to get it and play!
I continue to be amazed at your creativity!! Love the new stamps!
Love all the card ideas! Our aunt hand knitted our stockings when we were little and they were and continue to be a big part of our Christmas tradition.
I still use the stocking I used as a child. It’s one my mother made for me. I have made the stockings now for my husband and two boys. Opening the stockings is one of my favorite parts of Christmas morning.
Yes – starting to see infinite possibilities. And thanks for simple card examples – its too crazy to mass produce complicated cards, but its nice to make a simple card that still looks as if you care.
I used to love waking up Christmas morning and tearing into my stocking… what a great memory! I love how so many of PTI’s stamp sets coordinate so well with each other and Stocking Prints is no exception. Another well done set, Nichole!
Can’t wait to try making some of cards with these stamps and ideas!
The way our stockings hung only the last few letters of our named showed so it created a whole new set of nicknames for us kids.
This was what I was waiting for!! Thank you for bringing this out and giving us a chance to win it!!!
Loving the stamps and the theme of elegant simplicity.
i love the combination of the flourishes with your holiday cards! It makes everything elegant and festive at the same time!!!
Lovely how the stockings coordinate with “older” sets. And thank you for sharing some non-traditional Christmas color themes, as well as the traditional.
As for my memory: I’ve often looked forward to the stocking gifts more than the others because those in the stocking tend to be unusual, quirky, and a lot of fun 🙂
Thanks for the chance to win!
Stockings always make me think of my first Christmas with my sweet husband. For some reason I decided we needed the perfect stockings for our first Christmas and went on this major hunt for them. It kind of makes me laugh to think back on now!
I had the same stocking for most of my life & it was so wonderful! Very big & roomy! Always something special tucked into the toe!
My sister and I use to hang our stockings on Christmas Eve and leave a plate of cookies and a glass of milk for Santa. This brings back some of my fondests childhood memories. Christmas was very special in our home.
I thought that I might nevre need another Christmas set, but it turns out I am very wrong. I want them all. I cannot wait for the 15th!
Love this set! And stamping the envelopes is such a great idea. Reminds me that I need to start making some new stockings for our mantel this year….my younger kids need new ones to match the older kids.
Another must have set! I love the simplicity of the cards you’re making. They are great!
I love the stockings!! Your cards are beautiful. We usually travel to see other family members at Christmas and our stockings always go with us!
This set looks SO much fun! Can’t wait for the release!
2 years ago, my daughter was 5 and hung up the family Christmas stockings as a surprise. When she showed me I said “How sweet you hung Mummy’s stocking first this year!” (It is usually Daddy first), and in her most innocent voice she said “This year I hung the stockings oldest to youngest!” I could hear my husband roaring with laughter from the other room…well she was right! That little story is one of our favorites!
I absolutely LOVE the stockings! I always look for at least one unique set for Christmas, and I think this one is it! Thanks Nichole for always releasing fabulous stamp sets! 🙂
Stockings are a must for Christmas in our home. Everyone gets one hung by the fireplace. Love this new set and how you paired it with Fancy Flourishes.
Fab set! Stockings on the mantel piece, glowing fire, milk out for Santa & carrots for the reindeers, happy memories 🙂 it is the most wonderful time of the year!
ooh…these are fantastic..the stocking was always a big deal in my hose..my MOM(santa) always went all out with the stocking!!
What I love about this post is the soft look of these Christmas cards! A feeling of warmth just surrounds them somehow! Beautiful images and designs. TFS!!
I cant thank you enough for keeping these simple, but budget isnt allowing much for embellishments this year. Looove the stockings!1
Classic and funky at the same time—love it!
GREAT simple holiday cards…I am thinking I might just be able to make our holiday cards this year after seeing yours! 🙂 One of my favorite parts of Christmas is our stockings–love all those little random goodies 🙂
oh my do I love the stockings u girls are so talented and make beautiful stuff!! Can’t wait to play with these new stamps.
This set is fun! One year I made stocking for all of my kids that mathced some PJ’s that I had made them. I was very ambitious that year. LOL
Love it!! Love it!!! Love it!!! I have so many ideas swirling around in my mind.
Love the cards today! Starting to get into the holiday spirit already. Thanks for the chance to win!
Love the stocking set … it will be so much fun playing with this! Can’t wait to see what the Design Team has done with the set! When my two kids were young, I needlepointed their Christmas stockings. They are both in their late 30’s now, and they still hang their Christmas stocking that “Mom” made!
Awesome samples. And so doable as multiples! You rock!
Man, oh man! This has been my favorite release month *ever*. So many things that really mean so much to me and make Christmas my favorite time of the year.
Fantastic job!
Oh MAN!! Our our house we LOVE Christmas stockings — so the theme is just perfect! And the blue stocking with the smoky shadow stock — I think I just “CASEd” my Christmas card!
Stockings are such a fun tradition in my house. I love to pick out neat treats that can fit inside! My mom always describes the things that go into our stockings as “just for fun!” And they always are! (And yes, I am 33 years old and still get a stocking – I love my mom!)
The “prints” series of stamps are my FAVORITE! So easy to use and produce stunning results. Stocking Prints is a perfect next addition.
Oh I just love this!! Stockings were always my very favorite part of Christmas morning…lots of little treasures waiting to be discovered. Love the variety of looks you’ve achieved with this set.
Oh it just gets better everyday! I love this set especially the flourish stocking, (love the card too)my mother in law has made all of our stockings, they are beautiful and I can’t wait to hang them up on the mantel every year.
I love the stockings! But I think my favorite thing from today is that swirl on the envelope. What a great idea!
We always had stockings when I was little, even for the adults. It is such a great tradition. Today my husband and I still put them up along with one for our little doggie! Love watching him go at it. lol My original thought was this would be an easy month for me as I have SO many Christmas stamps, however you have totally proved me wrong…..again! This set is adorable. So far ALL the sets shown will be making their way into my cart.
This is beautiful! I can just see it on all my Christmas cards this year. Can’t wait!
I couldn’t wait to see this see because I knew I was going to love it and you didn’t disappoint! I am going to be broke this month! LOL
This stamp is nostalgic for me because it reminds me of the stockings I made for my children when they were little. They used them for their entire childhood and still have them. I love your simple & classic cards, Nicole!
Oh wow! Great Christmas cards! I love the play of colors as well. And it looks to me that this is another fantastic stamp set.
Love the stockings! That’s one tradition that is still going strong in our family, even though we’ve all grown up. 😀
And the stockings were hung…love them. Want them. Need them. This says it all.
thanks much
Great cards! One of my treasured Christmas decorations is a stocking my grandmother made me and I still use it today. It is a red velvet stocking with black/white pom pom fringe at the top. I have so many Christmas memories as a little girl at her house looking through all the goodies in my stocking.
What a fabulous set! I’m seeing stockings filled with presents & candy on Christmas morning while growing up. Come to think of it, that would be a great embellie for scrapbooking too.
Oh, love the Christmas stockings! Growing up I didn’t live in a house that had a fireplace, so we did’t really hang stockings. But, I remember going to Christmas parties put on by my dad’s work and getting what seemed to me the most fabulous Christmas stockings!
OMG! I’m in love. All your cards are beautiful. Clean and simple designs but with a WOW! The coordinating envelopes are such a great touch.
What a fun and unique holiday set – love the stockings! I’m really excited to hear about the label set as well…thanks for the inspiration!
Amazing as always!
It’s a good life!
Terri E.
I love these! I exchange stockings with a few relatives every year, full of inexpensive little items that we collect all year long.
Love this set! Another wonderful Christmas set!
Love the stockings……..FABULOUS cards! Loving the clean and simple cards you are showing us. Definately got my creative juices flowing now.
Love the Stocking Prints set! I have such fond memories of filled stockings every Christmas morning. My mom actually did stockings for my sister & I until my own kids were born – now she fills stockings for the grandkids.
CHristmas stockings are one of my holiday favorites….what a darling set; and I am over the top thrilled with the labels set for the Spellbinders dies, which I have and love – I hope you do more sets to coordinate Spellbinders dies!
Your blog is always the same: same inspired stamp sets, same wonderful samples, same exciting chances to win…I’m so glad that you blog!!!
Too cute – love the great ideas! The tags Heather made are fab and LOVE the damask stocking card that Dawn made. The talent of the PTI team is incredible!
Those stockings are just adorable. I especially like the traditionally colored card with that pretty stocking and the punched leaves and berries inside. I also love the handwritten sentiments! Gets me in the holiday spirit already!!!
I am loving this set! Christmas is my favorite time of the year, so I will probably have to have all of the sets released this month! Thanks for all of the fabulous inspiration. You are amazing!
When I was a little kid, all the excitement of Christmas Eve culminated when we put the stockings out for Santa. When I got married and had kids I wanted them to feel that same excitement. But instead of classic red stockings, I got my son a dark blue stocking and my daughter a deep burgundy stocking!!!
My Grandmother hand made stockings for each member of the family. They are a rich red color with an appliqued snowman on the front. I still hang these stockings each year while remembering all of the wonderful treasures Santa has put in them.
Love all the great examples! The cards that are easy to mass produce are great, because I end up not making holiday cards due to time (and cost).
I love all the cards you made along with the matching envelopes. Thanks for your wonderful ideas on creating cards that you can send out in the mail. Wonderful inspiration!
I love your cards. It is going to be tough to limit myself this month!!
Love them! When I was little that was always my favorite part about Christmas morning. And every year in the toe of our stocking there would be a fresh orange. It was the one thing we KNEW would always be in there! Such great memories and a wonderful stamp set!!
Totally excited about this set…and the Vintage Labels set! I see the stocking set as something that could be even used year-round…very versatile! Great job, Nichole!
LOVE the stamping you are doing with the envelopes! Gorgeous extra touch!!! 🙂
I love the stockings and all the cards you’ve created with this set!
The red and black looks very classy! I want to try that color combo.
As always, another superb set!
IT JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER AND BDETTER
A beautiful set! Love the look of the senitments too.
Stockings are a huge deal at our house at Christmas. Even more so then the packages under the tree. We always save our stockings for last. When I was little my grandma always put an orange in the toe :-). I love this set!!!
Wow! I love the versatility to build custom stockings. This set is going to be a lot of fun to use!
In our home, we naturally fill the stockings on Christmas eve, after the kids have gone to bed. Then they know that when they wake us up in the morning, they can then go dig into their stockings while we drag oursleves out of bed. That is our tradition, and it buys us sleepy, coffee deprived adults, a few extra minutes! Thanks for the chance to win!
What a wonderful little addition to anyones stamp collection!!! Can’t wait!!
Those stocking are adorable. I love all of the projects presented today. We didn’t have a mantle to hang stocking from so we used the stairs to hang them on. There are five kids in the family plus mom and dad had one. It was so cool to see all seven stockings handing and us kids couldn’t wait to see what goodies Santa left for us.
Stockings are one of my favorite holiday traditions…Everyone has a stocking at my house, including guests that might drop in unexpectedly. This set is a “must” for me. The ideas are swirling along with the flourishes. Great Set!!!
Fab! 🙂 Love the fun stockings and the variety with the hanging ones and the ones where you can stamp the tops and bottoms! 🙂 So awesome! I loved my first little stocking I had as a child and this just brings back good memories!
What a beautiful and classic set!!
looks like a fun stamp set! you can make christmas cards for years and years! thanks for the chance to win the set.
Stockings are my favorite holiday decoration! These are beautiful, and I love the unusual color combos!
What a Fun Set =O) Looks like it could have a few other uses other than christmas, baby cards come to mind. =O)
Angie
I love, love, love this stocking set!!!
Great stamp images and as always wonderful ideas! You’re the best!
Oh, wow! My birthday wish list just keeps getting lonnnnger and lonnnger with these sneak peeks!
again, you amaze, nichole! I like how the cuffs are separate so you can make it a different color or leave it off altogether! I like all you card ideas and am wondering when I can start the holiday craft craze? Any ideas on photo cards for christmas? The standard drugstore ones bore me 🙂 I have a new baby to show off!
I’m so glad there will be a stocking set! Checking the stocking first on Christmas morning was my favorite thing to do. It was always filled with candy and fun little toys.
Stockings are so much fun. They seem to have such sweet anticipation. Can’t wait to use this set.
Adorable images! When ever I see a stocking I think of the knitted stockings that my little sister and I used all of our life that hung above the fireplace at Christmas time! Love the set so far! Can’t wait for the full reveal!
What a wonderful set and great cards. I just love the different color combos that you used!
You have such a way of ROCKING these stamp sets!!! Can’t wait to see more inspiration as the holidays draw nearer so that I can get in the mood for making my dozens of cards! 🙂 GREAT STAMPS!
Once again – great ideas! I want to make them all – right now.
Everyday I hope I don’t need anything, and everyday its the total opposite! I just love everything!
This set will be a real classic! Who doesn’t love Christmas stockings!
LOVE THIS!!!! Stockings are one of my most favorite things about Christmas – this is a fab set!!! Thanks for the chance to win…
My wonderful friend came over from California 18 years ago with a hand knitted and embroidered stocking for me; every year since then I have hung it in my daughter’s bedroom and sneaked in to fill it with goodies for her on Christmas Eve. The stocking is a true lasting memory of friendship.
I love these new stocking stamps and can’t wait to use them!
Oh I so wasn’t thinking I needed a stocking set but then I see what you’ve done Nichole!!! Love ’em!!
Christmas stockings bring so many memories to mind. My mom stitched handmade stockings for each of her kids (all seven of us). We treasure those now “well-loved” stockings still today…they mean Christmas to each of us! Making “homemade” felt-stitched stockings with my elementary students was a favorite day in my classroom every year. Passing on traditions of homemade-heartfelt love! I am very excited about this stamp set and thank you immensely for making it possible for me to think about ways I can use it to create more memories of love!
I have been so excited to see the releases for this month. Christmas is my favorite holiday and I can’t wait to spread the joy of the season with these amazing Christmas stamps. Nichole, you always come up with the greatest inspiration for every time of the year. Thanks so much!
Gorgeous cards! So excited about the wonderful stocking set but.. most of all… the labels set! Labels One are my favorite Nesties… woo hoo!!!
What another fabulous set! I love how you can mix and match to make so many fun and different stockings!
Stockings bring back great memories of my brother and I waking up on Christmas morning…we were allowed to open up our stockings together before waking up my parents.
I love the stockings. My favorite memory of Christmas stockings was in 1965. My husband had lost his leg in Vietnam and the hospital let him come home for Christmas. I knew this Christmas was going to be a lean one. We had four children and the baby was only 9 months old. I got the children ready for bed and I brought the baby out to my husband who was laying on the couch so he could kiss him good-night. When I looked up and out the window Santa was looking in the window. I opened the door and he had a huge bag of toys for the children and a stocking for my husband and me. Someone had arranged for this and to this day I don’t know who. So stockings are a beautiful memory of a mystical Christmas.
These stockings are just just too cute! And all the samples are amazing… I like the fact that you are focusing on keeping it simple. This time of the year is always so busy and it is nice to see that we can so easily creat such nice looking cards!
Oh my goodness I’m just giddy with excitement over this new release! Love every single one of your samples too. Oy! Thanks so much for the chance to win it!
Oh my! I think this set is going to be my favorite of the release this month! And the Vintage labels set that Heather showed with it is PERFECT!!!
The stockings are great. It reminds me of st. Nick’s day on Dec. 6. That is when my family got our stockings.
These are gorgeous! Love the stamps!
This set is so versatile and a great set where mass reproduction (especially for xmas cards) would be so simple and easy!!
Lovin the simplicity of these cards! Great for mass producing too!
I love how easy it would be to reproduce many cards with this set! I can’t wait to use it!
BEAUTIFUL! I just loved digging out our Disney stockings each year and hanging them up on the mantel. Mainly because all the other decorations were so “formal” that this was the “bit of whimsy” to Christmas as a kid! WONDERFUL sets this month! LOVE ’em!
Love love love the new sets! I get all excited for the holidays seeing all the fun new items!
ehhh I love this set!!!!! Oh my want list is growing!
When I saw the sneak, I thought this was a set I could live without, but you’ve “done it again” with your reveal!!! Bring back sweet memories of when our 2 children were small & the delights when they “opened” their filled stockings. Love what you’ve done with this set!!!
Gorgeous yet again, I love the mix and match quality of not just this set, but all of PTI’s. What a versatile and fun way to send your Christmas greetings!
OH MY GOODNESS!!!!! I am so over the moon IN LOVE with this stocking set!!! I’ve got snowflakes and wreaths and Christmas trees, but stockings?!?! NADA!!! I LOVE THIS!!!!
I have a (now realized!) fettish for stockings apparently because I think I have about 10 of them for our little family of 4 (5 if you count the dog). I have some from my childhood, the dog has a few, the girls each have one and then I have some that I bought to match the rest of the decor (and I have a few color schemes depending on the mood I’m in that particular year…). This may be a must-have set for me… *sigh*… just like every other set! LOL!
I’m really appreciating all of the non-traditional color scheme examples as well. Thanks Nichole!!!
Oh my gosh! How are we going to pick a holiday stamp set. I love this one! And, your cards are perfect for mass production. I can’t wait to see more!!
I will always cherish the image in my memory of eight homemade stockings lined up along the stair rail for my siblings and me. What a wonderful set you have created!
These are so fun! I really like the appreciate the whimsy of stockings.
I LOVE this set! I can’t wait to get my hand on it! Is it the 15th yet?
Oh the possibilities….Love it!
Christmas stockings bring back the memory of anticipation and excitement of a Christmas morning. I loved wondering, WHAT did Santa leave for me? Love the Christmas stuff…can’t wait to see ALL of it!
Once again you are amazing! How do you keep coming up with all of these cute ideas? I think it would be fun to do the stocking stamps on pieces of felt and then cut them out and add to cards:)
As always, your new stamps are lovely!
Marti Schrock
Franklin, Indiana
Love this set!! Great projects!! We had a tradition that we always opened our Christmas stockings after the children’s Christmas program at church. Sometimes that was on Christmas eve and sometimes it was a week before Christmas. We loved that time! It was such a fun tradition!
The cards you created with this set are so adorable. Another create set. Can’t wait to see all of it.
I love the simplicty of your cards with this set. Has alot of moms and ladies have little time, this will be a beautiful way to make your Christmas cards.
It wouldn’t be Christmas at our house without the stockings huge across the mantel bursting with goodies on Christmas morning – Santa works all year on finding just the right special and unique little somethings to fill each and every one! I love your new Stocking Prints set and it is, once again – a must have!!
Another amazing set. I love crafting at Christmas and have already started putting together a few ideas and stamping some focal panels on cardstock to be cut out. Out of all your beautiful sets I love the Christmas ones the most. Stockings in England were not hung by the fireplace, rather they were left at the end of your bed after you’d fallen asleep, so the first memory of every Christmas morning I have is scrabbling about in the dark at the end of my bed with my sister trying to find our stockings!
Gorgeous cards! Love the concept of the different patterns on the stars and heart sets; and now on some Christmas stockings too! woo hoo! We still hang our handmade Christmas stockings my mother made us years ago, they are very special to us. Thanks for the opportunity to win these awesome stamps!
Your cards are just beautiful. I especially love what you did with the insides. I have a tough time, but your sets are going to make it soooo easy. Love the new Vintage label set already. Can’t wait to see more!
I love the stockings. Stockings in general are my favorite gifts to give and to receive. The wonder of what small treasures could lie ahead, it’s just the best.
I really love this! My favorite part of Christmas morning is opening our stockings!
love all the stockings…just awesome!
Okay totally cute! I really like all your cards today. What a unique and fun set. I love that there are different cuffs and you can mix and match!
Even your “simple” projects are chock-full of clever and fantastic little touches… Thanks for the chance to win — I LOVE Christmas stockings!!
Oh this set is a ‘must have’ for me! I love it. Our Christmas stockings were left on the end of our beds so that when we woke up in the morning we had something to open right away and our clever parents could sleep a little longer. Looking forward to the big release as usual 🙂
fab-U-lous!
Christmas stockings always make me think of the needlepoint stockings that my children received from their great-grandmother. She designed the canvases & stitched them herself – w/different scenes on each side.
They are a treasure.
I love the berry and green together! It looks so rich!!
How beautiful! I love all things Christmas and stockings are no exception. This stamp set is wonderful! Thanks for all you do!
What a great unique set! I love Star and Heart Prints, so I know I’ll love the Stocking Prints. These stockings remind me of how excited I was to look and see what was in my stocking on Christmas morning when I was little. Now it is fun to watch my kids get the same excitement on Christmas. I’m excited about all of the holiday sets you are releasing and can’t wait to get started on cards and gifts!
I love these cards and would love to win these sets!
You can never go wrong with a Christmas Stocking! They always reminding me of the toys and goodies we would get on Christmas morning. They are definitely a classic. Can’t wait to see more!
I am so excited for this stocking set! Opening my stocking Christmas morning was my favorite part of Christmas! Each year my father (and now my husband) would come up with the most unique, funny, interesting little gifts for our stockings. I love hanging our stockings and pinning our lists to Santa onto them each Christmas Eve. I am so excited to be able to stamp some of my favorite Christmas images.
2 words: LOVE IT! I can’t wait to get my hands on this set. All the samples are fabulous, as always. I especially liked the flourish on the last envelope. That is such a great idea that could used all year round for an elegant envelope.
Christmas stockings are my favorite holiday decoration and I still get excited to play “Santa” every year! My stocking is from my childhood…yes, back in the 50’s! When quilted plastic was all the rage, red and (antique) white which still has the plastic holly and jingle bell attached. Inside is a letter I have kept from a Christmas when I was 10 years old, asking Santa for a camera. His unmistakeable handwriting in reply telling me that I get my wish as I was such a good girl this year. My dad has passed on, so every year when I hang my stocking I pull the letter out, savor his words, and tuck it back in.
Awesome cards, so cute and easy to mass produce. I love stockings and my girls also do.
I love the different patterns and that there are different cuffs! So cute! …and that damask – wow!
I am so loving this set already. Can’t wait to see everything included with it!
I love filling the Christmas stocking for my kids. I especially love putting in little gifts and treats that I make for them!
This looks like such a fun set to work with. I love all the cards you created and I’m always blown away by how you can take a simple card and make it look so elegant. Your cards never lack anything!!
Beautiful cards and what a fun set! My fondest stocking memory is of the huge stockings my mom made and stuffed for my siblings and I. They probably stood about 4′ tall!
Love, love. love the stocking cards! Can’t wait to see the whole set! Christmas stockings are a big thing at our house. Even the dogs have their own!
I love the stockings!!! The cards are gorgeous. I am getting excited for Christmas!
Love the stockings! I love the creativity of finding gifts small enough to fit in a stocking.
Love coordinating stamps with punches. Makes it so easy to create quickly!
I love the stocking set – so many possibilities! Your samples are awesome!
These stockings are adorable. I love all the options. Very fun set for something different this year.
Stockings have always been one of my favorite things about Christmas!
I like that these cards are simple, but elegant.
What a great value this set will be – cannot wait to see the rest of it. I am starting to feel like the holidays are coming, which makes me smile!
A classic Christmas image, and very classy cards to match!
We make up a stocking for our children full of silly little toys and treats, and by the end of the day they are often still playing with the little things.
Wow… your cards are simply beautiful!! Speaking of the possibilities… they are endless. This set is a must have for me. Since I’m from a big family, around Christmas my house is fillied with Christmas Stockings. Thank you again for designing another gorgeous set, Nichole!
This set is sooo pretty and reminds me how close Christmas is!!! I will really enjoy stamping with these.
When I think of Christmas stockings I remember the orange and apple that always took up the bottom portion of my stocking. I never liked to find them at the bottom! lol But I did love finding the other goodies inside and not having to wait for my parents to be awake.
This is an awesome set!
I had a red and white felt stocking growing up with glitter 🙂 I loved hanging it on the fireplace after we decorated the tree. My dad also had a string of vintage bells in different colours he would hang across the mantle so that Santa would bump into them when he came 🙂 Love this set…very fresh and fun!
Each and everyone of those cards are beautiful and I am sure ANYONE would love to receive a great simple handcrafted card like that!!!
Awesome, this set seems like another great one ! I love the stocking and everything about the Holidays. I can’t wait for Sept 15…
Love the stocking set! It looks so versatile and fun to play with!
Thanks so much for coming out in September with Christmas stamp sets…Yeah!! Loving the stocking set. The hardest part will be staying within my budget.
What sweet little stockings! It’s almost impossible for me to choose, but the swirl is so pretty.
This set is a must have for me!!!! Your cards are fabulous Nichole!!!
Great stamp sets–love the flourishes and the cute stockings.
Stocking were never one of my family’s Christmas traditions. I was always a little envious of my friends who had them hanging over their fireplaces. These stockings are adorable. I love how you can mix & match!
Love the different designs on the stockings. I used to have a huuuuge plastic stocking that my parents would fill up and lay on their bedroom floor, usually brimming with pressies (we didn’t have a fireplace!).
reminds me of the homemade stockings that my mom made when we were little 🙂
Well, I don’t know what I am gonna do…because I LOVE this set to pieces, also, like two more from this release.
I got my first Christmas stocking when I was 28 🙂 They weren’t a tradition in my homeland, but my best friend’s mom sent me one from the States! It was purple (my favorite color), full with purple goodies ha ha 🙂
What a clever idea! I love the mix and match stockings! Also, that kraft-plum combination is just gorgeous! Thanks for the inspiration.
I’m in heaven–stockings. One of my favorite things to do at the holidays is to decorate the mantel. I love seeing all 5 of our stockings lined up from oldest family member to youngest. I just love the designs you incorporated into the stocking and can’t wait to see this set in its entirety. My mouth is always open in awe at your creativity. I would have never thought of framing the address and it adds such a nice touch.
OH MY GOODNESS! I think I just fell in love! I already have countless ideas running through my head for Christmas cards and tags! Can’t wait to get my hands on this one!
Another super cute set, and your projects are amazing yet again! Thanks for showing us so many card insides! I also like the font in Stocking Prints. And now I’m going to check out Vintage Labels!
Who knew stocking cards could be so elegant! All the cards today were so beautiful!
Another wonderful stamp set! Love the stockings and Dawn’s handwriting is just awesome 🙂
Oh, I am is so much trouble this month. I love this set, so cute. I love stockings. My mom still puts mine and my siblings up each year even though I have my own kids. After all these years they are beautiful and filled with great memories.
Christmas stockings make me think of getting up early on Christmas morning to see what Santa brought us. Opening gifts, half asleep, in my p.js was the best! And you guys continue to amaze me with all of these wonderful sets!
Love this set!!! Will definitly be getting this one on the 15th. =)
To this day, stockings are a favorite part of Christmas morning. I remember them as a child, and I just loved filling them with favorite goodies for our children, and I now fill them for our grandchildren. Beautifully done, I’m anxious to see the entire set!
Those stockings are gorgeous! I love all the color schemes you created with and I am very excited about the Vintage Labels set as well. Every month there are always amazing sets and products. Thank you for the chance to win.
As usual, your examples are beautiful! I cant wait to see more vintage labels.
I just love hanging up the stockings at Christmas time. I love all the images from this set. Endless possibilities.
Love this stamp set! Way cute sentiments, too!
Peg
We always had candy canes hanging out of our stockings. What a great memory!! Just love this new set.
Awesome. Looks like this set is going to have a lot to choose from.
Love this idea… your examples are beautiful. When we were kids, if we woke up early we were always able to open up our Christmas stockings without having to wait for my parents to get out of bed. It was always fun for us…then we waited in anticipation looking at all of the presents under the tree.
This is going to be a very expensive Birthday to me month! I especially love the Christmas stockings stamp set.
I love these cards. I am ready to get mine done early this year!
These stockings are so beautiful. I can’t believe I am this excited about Christmas in September!
I love stockings! They’re my favorite Christmas-y image so I’m thrilled about this set!
NICOLE! Your cards are gorgeous and these Christmas Stockings are simply fabulous. My memories go (ahem, way) back to enjoying all the individually wrapped gifts in my huge Stocking every year…even though I knew these were the most inexpensive things I would receive, it was really fun to open so many ;O)
This is too cute! It brings to mind stockings in front of a warm fire. I love that each stocking has its own flair.
I LOVE Christmas Stockings. It is the first item I put up every year to start decorating. I don’t know what it is, but it really does have a huge sentimental value. I can’t wait to get to play with this set.
Wow, I don’t know why I always forget stockings as a Christmas motif but I really do love these.
I love Christmas stockings. They remind me of my kids who even now (at 14 and 17), know that after the presents under the tree are all opened, they can still rush to the fireplace and find that little something extra.
The stockings are just too cute! Love the cards!
Gorgeous!! Those stockings remind me of my absolute favorite part of Christmas, and that is watching my kids come down Christmas morning and head straight for their stockings! I always filled their stockings with some pretty great stuff – sometimes almost better than their presents. All of these sets will be wonderful additions to my collection!!
We grew up in a house that had no fireplace, so we hung our stockings in the hallway so that we passed them every day on the way out the door. Occasionally my parents would stick little treats in them before Christmas. My mother loved Christmas and loved to spoil us, so much so that our stocking stuffers were often our favorite presents. She would search an dlook for the perfect stuffers for me and my 2 sisters! What a great set this will be! You are really giving me time for reflection this week!
The “’tis the season” card is fantastic – from the card front to the interior and coordinating envelope! Thank you for sharing these ideas! ~ Jen
Wow!! I just love those stockings! This release is going to kill my budget. LOL
Thank you so much for the chance to win these wonderful stamps! I am really enjoying seeing all of various ways in which to make these cards–giving me the creative nudge I need to get started!! 🙂
Ooh this set is getting me excited for Christmas. How fun would it be to make the stocking card and then pair it with a real stocking that matches. Yep thats my plan.
Love all the different stockings. Thanks for all the inspiration – especially on how you did the envelopes
I am loving this set! Love how the stockings are so easy to cut out! As always, you and the girls’ samples are amazing!!
Love looking at all your examples – it gets my creative juices going. The coordinating insides and envelopes are so clever; love how this set would be easy to mass produce cards!! Stockings are so special to the Christmas experience – even grown, it is the 1st thing my boys go to. All year long – I look for and purchase odd things to fill their stockings with.
Christmas stockings are one of my favorite traditions. We never got elaborate…they were filled with candy, gum, small trinkets, and the requisite orange. My most memorable stocking gift is from the year I was nearly 16. Tucked in the toe of the stocking was a key to the family car for my own key ring. It symbolized trust and freedom. I’ll never forget it.
This looks like a great set, but I have to say I’m SUPER excited about the Vintage Labels set! 🙂
Such beautful cards!! I love how you make them look so easy!!! These sets are perfect for mass producing!!!
I asbsolutely LOVE this set. Hanging the stockings is one of my favorite Christmas traditions, and I definately need this set. SO cute! 🙂
Well, this set reminds me of childhood Christmases. Although the tradiition still lives on. My mom made our stockings and they were so gorgeous. I think filling stockings is one of her favorite parts of Christmas. At the very bottom in the toe there was always (and still is) the little cluster of chocolate coins wrapped in shiny gold foil. This set is a beauty:)
These are such terrific cards! So quick, simple AND elegant! Love all the color combos too, but, esp love the “traditional” combo…my fav!
I will be ordering another Christmas stocking this year for a new grandchild. I love your stocking designs. Thanks!
I wish I had this one right now! LOVE IT! I will be making my christmas cards with this stamp set this year. Cute, easy and so many ways to use it. You are the best!
Stockings are my FAVORITE part of Christmas! My MIL has always made filling the stockings a very special deal. My husband and I continue the tradition by finding the PERFECT little gifts for our kids. Love this set – can’t wait for the release.
I love your cards today…well, actually every day! I love Christmas stockings! The first Christmas after I was married, my husband surprised me by buying us matching stockings and personalizing them with felt letters. We continued the tradition with our kids and, 24 years later, we still use them. They make me smile every year when I unpack them!
Oh my these sets are lovely…the examples you give are perfect…elegant yet easy to reproduce…My whole stamping budget is going to PTI this month…lol
Definitely a Christmas Classic! Love the stocking set to mix and match. Reminds of the stockings our twins were sent home in, they still use them at 10. I love the vintage labels as well!
Once again, I love the samples!!!! I can’t wait to see the whole set! I think the last card is my favorite card. Now you have me in the mood to start my Christmas cards, but I haven’t done anything for Halloween yet!
It’s a beautiful set…I love all the different stockings. I can remember my own stocking as a little girl was very non-traditional in that it was in the shape of “bloomers”…that’s what I got for being the only girl, lol! Thanks so much for the chance to win these fabulous sets!
These stockings are darling and I want them, I truly do- lol! I adore Christmas decos and love making my cards waay in advance, like now 🙂
Thanks for the wonderful inspiration and for the chance to win these yummy sets!
My family never really got “into” stockings. This is a relatively new tradition for our family as my husband’s family Christmas isn’t complete with it!
Love the idea behind this set. Can’t wait to start my Christmas ideas!
Alicia
This is such a cute, beautiful and fun set! Thank you for showing us it’s versatility and encouraging us to step out of the usual holiday color schemes. Can’t wait to see more of this one!
I can’t wait to see this set as a whole, stockings are my favorite part of christmas morning, I love looking in mine, and I love stuffing them too!
Great cards!!! How many days ’till Christmas? I can hardly wait for this release!
Happy Holidays,
Pam
There are so many things to love about that stocking set! I could go totally mod with it in bright, bright pinks and greens or vintage with some rustic colors and tea dye. Stocking Prints is totally on my list!
Now, if only I had some REAL stockings that looked that good. 😉
OMG! I can’t wait to get this set and start my Christmas cards. You have really inspired me Nichole.
These stockings are a long way from my Dad’s socks hanging up on the mantle when I was a kid! We begged my Mom for “fancy” stockings when we got a little older. Isn’t it funny what things are important when you are a kid at Christmas time? And all the little treasures that you can fit inside…
I absolutely love these stockings…what cute cards, especially the last one…I have that punch and can’t wait to do that on some cards…Thanks so much for all of your inspiration.
Christmas stockings full of goodies! Sweet candy and small, but loved trinkets. I really enjoy celebrating Christmas and having warm, friendly feelings toward all! I can’t wait to purchase this set!!!
Thanks for the chance to win,
Miriam
I love the stocking with the flourish and star on it. So classy!
I loved my stocking growing up – it was one my grandmother made. It was very big and covered with lots of sequin work – straight from the 70’s! Every year, when my mom would get the decorations out, my brother and I would eagerly check our stocking, just in case something was left from the previous year! I love both of these sets!
your cards are so wonderful. I love the fact that they are so budget friendly! I can’t wait for the release! Thanks for keeping the creative ideas coming.
These stockings are too cute! Brings back memories of all the Christmases I have loved getting out my very first stocking that my mother lovingly made for me so long ago. Looking forward to the vintage labels, too. They look like they’ll be right up my alley!
I love this stocking set and will be lined up to buy it the minute it comes out! Our family has a great tradition of packing the stockings full of “little piddly” things – keychain flashlights, packs of gum, batteries, erasers, pocket packs of kleenex, and so on. All meticulously wrapped! Opening the stockings brings so much laughter to Christmas mornings – a memory I will treasure forever!!
Who doesn’t like Christmas stockings????
These cards are both simple and elegant.
This is another “must have” set.
Fab another chance to win more goodies. I adore your stamps. Can’t wait til release day. Lesleyx
Love the new set. I can’t wait to see the rest on the 15th!
Beautiful cards, I especially like the way the inside of each is designed!
We always opened the presents in our stocking 1st on Christmas morning, so stockings bring back all the happy memories.
Oh, I remember the stockings when I was a child. My mom bought the traditional red fuzzy ones with the white cuff. She then put our names on them using white glue and chunky glitter. I bet LOTS of us remember those, huh? The neat thing is that my husband’s family had the same kind and his mom still puts them out each year…filled, of course! 🙂
What I remember and loved most about my childhood christmas stocking was the fact that it was made of a furry type fabric – not exactly sure what the material was. Maybe some type of soft crushed velvet? Anyway, it is the texture I recall most. A dreamy soft feeling that punctuated christmas for me. The Scarlet Jewel color reminds me of the color it was. What a fun and fabulous set. I have heart prints and star prints so I will need this to complete my “collection”! 🙂
“The stockings were hung by the chimney with care….” Great day to get in the Christmas spirit! Looks like a fun release this month.
Wow. These stockings are so cute. What beautiful cards they will make.
I shall be penniless (again!) this month as I want it all 🙂
I wasn’t going to buy any more Christmas stamps this year, but I think you just changed my mind! The stockings are so cute! and I love all the sentiments!
Oh My Nichole! What a wonderful set of examples! Love the stamp set. Thank you so much for thinking about how busy most of us are and showing us quick, elegant, simple cards!
You really socked it to us!
I am loving those stockings! And the Vintage Labels – excellent! Our church always gave one to every child, and they were filled with peanuts, hard candy and an orange. YUMMY! Of course, back then, you could only get fruit when it was in season, so an orange at Christmas time was a big deal.
Love stockings. It reminds me of when I was young and we used to decorate our own stockings and everyone had to fill each one with a small gift. We even made one for our dog. Great ideas. Can’t wait to get a hold of this set.
Love all the fab cards today!
Love these! They’re so simple and yet so LOVELY. 🙂
Love the new stocking set, it brings back wonderful memories from my childhood. I have six brothers and sisters and we would all hang our stockings right above the fireplace. On christmas morning we would all lay in our beds singing christmas carols until all of us were awake. Usually Mom and Dad were the last to join in and then it would be a race to see who would get downstairs the fastest. It was always a suprise what was left in our stockings.
Wow, I’d love to have that prize…these are just marvelous stocking stamps; I love the versatility they can bring for several different years to come, even.
My aunt made me a sequined felt stocking that I still have to this day and I love it…she makes them for all the ‘kids’ and everyone just truly enjoys them.
Love that you incorporated all of this into a holiday set. Such beautiful simple cards yet again!!!
This set is so cute! I love all the cards you made, but the very last one (with the scarlet jewel and avocado) is my favorite. While still very simple, it is also quite elegant.
My parents would always put small gifts in our stockings along with the usual candy and fruit. I especially remember the year I received a pearl ring in my stocking. It is still one of my most treasured objects.
I ADORE stockings!! My Aunt Sandy (who lives in Memphis) lovingly cross-stitched gorgeous, vintage-looking Christmas stockings for my entire family. I hang them on my staircase in my open foyer every year with JOY! I can’t wait to get my hands on this set!
Thanx, Nichole!
Our stockings always contained Cracker Jacks and some peanuts still in the shell. I was always disappointed we didn’t have a fireplace to hang them from! Now, as a grown up – we do have a fireplace!
The stockings look amazing!! To Cute!
I love stockings!! Stockings have always been a big deal in our home – my mom handmade ours to match the ones I had as a child. Gorgeous cards!
More great Christmas cards! After seeing these samples, I am almost ready to make my own (after I buy or win these).
The stockings are really cute.
I’m working on one right now, I cross stitched these elaborate stockings for all the older kids and I’ve been working on one for the youngest child now for two years! Because of course they have to match! I am getting closer to finishing . . . closer . . . so much outlining! Stamping her a stocking would be so much easier! 🙂
Lovely stockings ! 😉 I’m thinking this year will be DD first stocking – she will be 3 1/2. Stockings are one of the most magical parts of Christmas for me – so great that I actually started a tradition of Secret Santa stockings for the grownups in our family at Christmas and it’s now one of the most anticipated events ! I hope my girl loves it at much as I do.
These projects are just gorgeous – I especially love the last two. thanks for the opportunity ! XX
Love the simplicity and versatility of the sets this month and the stockings are adorable! We never did stockings when I was growing up but do now–even ones for the pets!
These are all so beautiful! I think it is pure genius to show how simple and inexpensive each card is to make. You are one smart cookie! 🙂
Oooo I just love the stockings & so elegant too! Beautiful cards once again–lots of good ideas!
hugz,
Suzanne J Dean
As usual, great samples! Christmas stockings remind me of my great-aunt who knitted our stockings. They also remind me of the goodies we’d get inside, but there was never any candy because my father was a health freak and wouldn’t allow it. We’d get fruit instead, which was a bummer because I don’t even like oranges! So of course, my kids get candy in theirs, lol!
the stocking is such an icon for me. we always had our pictures taken with it on christmas eve. we lovingly put it on our chairs for santa and it was always the first thing we dug through in the morning. my parents even had their stockings from when they were kids (they were TRUE vintage!) and one year after wondering why santa didn’t fill their stockings, we decided to fill it ourselves. i think we chose a potato, onion and orange. i guess we just dug through the kitchen to find things. what a kid thing to do!
The decorating comes all together once the stockings are hung and I really love this set. Beautiful!!
I love this set…all the different patterns for the stockings!! My mother knitted all of our christmas stockings. Each had our name on the top and a different Santa scene. My Santa was standing next to a Christmas tree, she hand- stitched sequins all over the tree. Maybe that’s why I like “bling” so much now!!! Thanks again for the chance to win some great sets.
I requested a stocking set with different designs and different heel and cuff options so I would absolutly LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to win. The stocking with the Star Prints like flourish is devine! We alternate the Christmas holiday between staying home and going to my in-laws house in Indiana. This year we will be in Indiana with the rest of the family and it is soooooo……. much fun. My mother-in-law has bought or made a stocking for each family member as they have come to be a part of the family either through marriage or being born in. LOL With the grandparents, kids, and grandkids, we have a total of 21 stockings!!! They are all hung side by side and we all sneak a little something into the stockings so that on Christmas morning we have a fun goody filled stockings to pour out. It is the first thing we do on Christmas morning. It makes me giddy just thinking about it now. 😉
These stockings are beautiful, and I love how you used them on your cards. Thanks for the chance to win.
I love, love love the stockings! When I was growing up, getting the stockings out that my mom had made for each of us was a special time each year. Hers had gotten discolored when she made it, but to me that just made them all more special for the homemade feel. As an adult, I made stockings for our family when my daughter was a year old, sewing some with names she called the people who received them, which made them special. I was sure to make an extra so that when we added to our family, I could just put the new one’s name on the stocking, which I did when my son arrived. –Elena
I love the colors and detail of the last card! So beautiful!
The stamp set reminds me that I would like to make stockings for my children like my mom made for me and my siblings. She is so talented in that area…the stockings were made of felt and sequins☺
Really love the new sets. If only I had the time and money to get everything !
Keep up the excellent inspiration 😀
These projects are just way fab! Love all of them but I really Love the plum, cream, and kraft card. Love how the flourishes just add so much and also the touch of stickles is such glittery fun! Love this release! Thanks for a chance to win these awesome sets!
Super fabulous and fun set!!!!! I remember one Christmas morning coming down early and finding a Raggedy Ann doll snuggled in my stocking. I pulled her out right away and ran thru the house waking everyone up!!!
Linda
Oh my! I have Star Prints and LOVE IT and Stocking Prints is going to have to be on my wish list!! What an ingenious idea! love your cards, colors but especially the font on those sentiments!! Elegant! Beautiful!!
What a great stamp set. I can remember hanging my Christmas stocking and hoping for wonderful things! Our stockings were really small, so usually our Santa gifts were stacked underneath our stockings and the stockings were filled with smaller things like chocolate or little toys. The stockings certainly do bring back wonderful memories!
I LOVE this new set! Stockings are one of the first things that come to mind when I think of Christmas. Every year you knew mom would have an organe, an apple, a new tooth brush, an extra large candy bar and a brand new ornament for us in our stockings. She also had other little treasures tucked in there…but you could always count on the list above. One year I remember my brother and I getting our very own Scotch Tape…because we kept using all of hers! 🙂
My sister and brother had hanging santas that I’m sure were only available in 1960 something so when I was born in 1970 (surprise to mom and dad) I was the only one to have a stocking!!! Thanks for the memory recall!
Love the stockings! That is definitely something missing from most stamp lines. I still have the original stocking my mom stitched together for me 30 years ago, so it is very special to me.
Stockings are another of my favorite Christmas images. Can’t wait to see the whole set. And love the untraditional Christmas color combos.
~Crystal M.
I like the last one. I love the set!
The stockings are great. I love the variety of patterns and styles. I like that you can mix and match the cuffs and stockings. Great idea!!I can’t wait for this month’s release. 🙂
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!!
OMGosh – I love these sets too! I am going to just have it ALL! I am also going to have to get the Holiday Wishes set – such great sentiments for the insides of the cards! 🙂 LOVE, love, love the stockings – so adorable! Thanks for the chance to win! 🙂
Love to see the breakdown in price for the cards you’ve made so far. And a great set today. Thanks for the chance to win
What a beautiful set! Great projects!!!
Another great set – love how your simple, inexpensive cards still look a million times better than anything store bought. I don’t see anything like my Christmas Stocking though – mine was made for me by my Mum when I was a baby and it’s pale pink with my name & various Christmas images hand embroidered on it – it still comes out every year (30+ years later!!).
Ilove the insides of your cards as well. What a nice surprise when you open them!
I remember as a child, each one of us (3) had our own stocking and each one hung in a certain spot each yr. Then there were 2 very small stockings that my Mother had for my Brother and I when we were little and they hung on each side of the glass mirror cabinet that hung on the wall.
Thanks for bringing back the memories of great childhood Christmas’s. What an adorable set after seeing some of the items that have been made.
Those stockings are very cute and I LOVE the PTI Flourishes set. Thanks for the chance to win them!
i love these stockings because it makes me think of opening our stockings on christmas morning while my mom was still sleeping. it’s the only thing we could open before everyone woke up.
Christmas stockings are a tradition in our house. They were my favorite thing to open up as a child to see all of the fun small gifts that Santa could pack into the stocking. The toe of the stocking is always filled with a tangerine. Now as an adult I create stockings for my family and shop throughout the year for small fun and meaningful gifts to fill the stockings with. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this stocking set. Way to go Nichole!
These stockings are sooooo cute!!
Wow- I was having trouble “picturing” this set- the cuffs and stockings confused me- yes, I’m blonde! The aqua mist and smokey shadow card helped me see the light- I LOVE the idea of lining the stocking up and stamping away!!!!
What beautiful cards….and the various stockings are so fun!
Another beautiful set & such gorgeous examples! Christmas stockings were always a big deal in our house & continue to be when we get all together for Christmas. Now my grown kids surprise me with little gifts inside my stocking that they know I love, just as I did for them when they were little & continue to do even now that they are out of the house.
Love these cards! It reminds me that no matter who you are, you love seeing that stocking full of fun little things:)
Stunning – quite simply stunning!!
I love the stocking, how they can mis and match! So many different combinations! Can’t wait to get my hands on them!
Another winner with lots of possibilities! Thanks for sharing so many doable and reasonably priced card ideas today–really gets those holiday juices flowing!
This set is absolutely gorgeous. I love all the colors too!
Thanks so much for the inspiration! I adore the fact, you’ve included the card cost, as well as decorating the envelope! Such classy ideas! It’s refreshing to see such nice stocking stamps. The stockings are my favorite part of the holiday!
Wow the possibilities for the stockings are terrific. It reminds me of my childhood… the whole family would hang their own unique stocking on Christmas eve. Christmas morning that was the first thing we went for. I have continued that tradition with my family. What fun this stamp set is going to be!
I’m about to get into the holiday spirit! What a versatile set of stamps! We didn’t have much growing up so our stockings were filled w/candy & fruit. Kids would turn their nose up to that today!
Love, love, love that last stocking card – so cute!!!! Thanks for all these wonderful and economical ideas!
Oh I loved the stocking the during the sneak peek, and now I love them all!!! I am inspired to use non-traitional colors for my Christmas cards and tags this year. I especially want to try smokey shadow and aqua mist!!! Its perfect with the warm and cozy theme! Thanks for showing us how great simplicity can look!
What a cute stocking set! I love how you can mix & match everything. So many possibilities. I’m excited to see more of the Vintage Labels set as well. I just got these dies for my birthday.
This is really a cute set! Love all the different stockings. Gotta say that I am almost a purest with my colors for Christmas, and I really like your scarlet jewel, avocado and chocolate example. Thanks for an opportunity to win these great sets!
Wonderful and delicious. Can’t wait to get going on my Christmas cards.
Love the cards! I have a stocking that was knitted for me when I was a baby and I love bringing it out every year to hang up. It has A santa and my name incorporated into the knitting.
These patterned stockings are adorable and the swirly font is beautiful! I love the frosty look of aqua mist ink on aqua mist cardstock with a touch of smokey shadow. What a great idea to make punched berries to go with the Martha Stewart branch punch!
Wow! Wow! Wow!! I love them all. Thank you for sharing your talent with all of us!
Great cards! And I love the stocking stamps. Stockings to me are a way of expressing someone’s character. We have our stockings that display every year, and then I have a “Stocking Tree” that holds the stockings of all of those who are no longer with us that had their special stockings in their day. On that tree are our grandparents and our parents (who have all gone to a better place) and our past pets who have gone to Rainbow Bridge. Each of these stockings has special characteristics of the loved one they belonged to.
Love this… I am already starting to get into the mood for some Christmas creating!
Love the simplicity and creativity!
Thanks for sharing your talent!
Michelle
I’ve been hoping for a stocking set for MONTHS! I can’t wait to plop this gem into my cart on the 15th!
As a kid, my sisters and I would get up in the wee hours of the morning to ransack our stockings (since they were the only things NOT wrapped), then go back to bed until a more reasonable hour to wake our parents.
Fun stockings! Thanks for the great inspiration for Christmas cards!!!
I love the set. It reminds me of waking up on st. Nick day and finding my stocking filled to the brim. I will never forget those days of running to the fireplace to check things out.
When I think of Christmas Stockings, I think of my mom. After I married, she made knit stockings for both of her granddaughters(my daughters). She passed away when they were very young. We will always cherish the memories of this loving mom and grandmama.
Oh boy, this is definitely going to be a winner in my book! When we were children the stocking was a really big deal. Among the small toys and fun things there was always an orange or walnuts in the toe. My DH and I still have a stocking filled with goodies from Santa – though we don’t get oranges or walnuts, lol. I love the designs on these stockings.
Loving the stockings! Love all the new peeks! no matter how bad my month is…I always have the 10th-15th to cheer me up! =)
Every single one is fabulous!
Great projects! I love the flourished envelope and can’t wait to see the label set!
We didn’t have stockings as children, but we put them out for our girls and they love them. This is a great set – love what you have done with it so far.
Another amazing stamp set! I also enjoyed your blog post on the CK blog. I can’t wait to get my hands on Vintage Labels!
It is definately Christmas in September!! I’m loving everything. My family has always celebrated St. Nick’s Day in early December. We hang our stockings and hope for something fun.
When I was young, St. Nick always put an orange in the botton of each stocking…along with other goodies. So guess what my kids get too?
Love it.
Thanks,
Beautiful cards! I am really drawn to the burgundy one!!!! Hmmmm….these stocking actually remind me of my first Christmas after my mother passed when I was a little girl. I had this HUGE Christmas with an enormous stocking!!!!
Christmas stockings always remind of of getting the cookies and milk ready for Santa . . . . Nichole, this set is adorable! I love all the possibilities, what a great stamp set.
Thanks for the opportunity to win!
What a clever theme! I have lots of holiday stamps, but no stockings. Only Nichole could manage to find something new and different than the usual Christmas stamps.
Totally sweet stocking stamp set! I wish you would design something that I didn’t want!
I remember having handmade stockings when I was growing up. My mom is a sewer and made my brother and I stockings. I had a ballerina shoe/foot/leg where the ballet shoe was pink with pink “ribbon” criss crossing up the leg (if you can imagine that).
Great cards! Thank you for the price breakdown. I LOVE the flourish on the envelope that creeps up and over to the front!
I love these stockings and the cards you made with them. I can’t wait to get them and start working on Christmas cards.
Love the different effects the stockings give a card! Some feel retro, some whimsical, and all helping to send a surge of Christmas spirit! :>
Oh my, you have stamps that go with Spellbinder dies?? I may swoon (well, maybe not, but that is way cool). I remember having a stocking filled with goodies every Christmas morning every Christmas of my life. My Mom still fills our stockings each year, and I’m only 46! Of course, now a package of scotch tape seems to show up most years — I don’t know why, it’s just Mom’s thing.
I just love the versatility of the stocking set! My mind is racing with ideas! Thanks for such great inspiration each and every month!
Janet – WI
Darling cards! Thanks as always for the inspiration and tips for making holiday cards that are sure to be stunners!
Love this set!!! Stockings are one of my favorite memories! I still have the one from when I was a little girl. I have been trying to find “the perfect” stockings for my 3 kids and haven’t found them yet. I had 2, but 3 was a surprise and that stocking was no where to be found! 🙁 I’m still on the search and in the meantime we have 2 matching and use mine from my childhood. Such fun!
Opening up my stocking was always my favorite part of Christmas morning. “Santa” gave us little goodies and always an orange. Brings a big smile to my face.
Stockings are my favorite part of Christmas. I remember sneaking up in the middle of the night to check out what I got in my stocking every year!!
I love it!! I love filling my kids stockings with some extra goodies. They always look forward to getting some of their favorite things. We didn’t have a fireplace growing up so my parents hung our stockings from the TV set. LOL! We could always count on getting our favorite candy in it. 🙂
Opening the stockings on Christmas morning is STILL my MOST favorite thing to do! Thanks for such a great set to memorialize 70 years’ worth of terrific memories! I love the easy-peasy, yet oh, so elegant cards you have created for us!
Stockings are so much fun. I have great memories waking up on Christmas morning and going to the living room to sneak a look at what Santa had left in the stockings.
What an awesome set! I love stockings! Thank you so much for all of the inspiration in using this set. I just have to have it. Thanks for the chance to win!
Another awesome set with endless possibilities!
I had a wonderful hand knitted sticking made by my Aunt Nell. It was beautiful and so stretchy that it always semmed endlessly full! I loved it and still hangit up every year! Love the new sets!
Each card just got better and better! I LOVE traditional Christmas Stockings, this set is definitely on my list! Whenever we pull the stockings out of the decoartion boxes, my kids have to try them on their feet and walk around with them up to the thighs – they are so cute! It’s also sad because each year the stockings get shorter and shorter 🙂
Thanks so much for creating some Christmas stamps without snow that those of us “down under” can use. I love the stockings – they look like so much fun. When I was six my sister made a stocking for my dolly and filled it – so cute!
I love the stocking set! Love the many ways you can use it, and I can’t wait to see more of the labels one set. It just keeps getting better and better!
I think you did a wonderful job of showcasing this set. Great job!!!
The stockings are super cute! Lots of possibilities with this set!
WOW! More great examples. I love the simple, elegant look and you always come through. I love the combination of colors on the last one. I am a more traditional person when it comes to Christmas, and these colors are beautiful. Thanks for the great ideas!
OK, these images are making me DROOOOOL!!!! IS IT THE 15TH YET!!??!!?? These stockings are so adorable it is rediculous!
I am LOVING the new stamps and cannot wait to get my hands on some. Thanks so much for the chance to win.
Love the stockings and the cards! My parents always hung all of their kids (8 of us!) and now the kids’ spouses and grandkids’ stockings on their fireplace for Christmas. There were over 25 stockings! Last year, my parents basement flooded (big time) and all the stockings had to be thrown out. Some of the kids’ stockings were over 40 years old. Thank goodness we have pictures of all the old stockings. They remind us of such great Christmas memories.
the Christmas stocking reminds me of the red and white stockings we used to decorate with glitter when we were little! such fun memories.
this is a great set nichole.
thanks
kisha
I am lovin the stockings, the stockings are our favorite at Xmas and we love filling them…
Love the new set! I especially like Heather’s idea of using it to make a large sheet of patterened paper to cut up for cards and such!
I love the kraft card, and the envelope stamping…the flourishes set is one of my all-time favorites! This is such a cool release with the stockings—
All of my kids have their very own stocking, personalized and created just for them, so I love the stockings as the focal point of the cards. And I always love a red/black/white combo. My favorite.
I love these mix and match stockings – so cute!
I have a lot of holiday oriented stamps, but now I think I need more! Love your card and stamp ideas!
Another awesome holiday set…hmmmm…need to decide holiday card project ..before release on the 15th.
Wow, the more I see of this month’s release the more I need to add to my wishlist… stockings always remind me of mandarin oranges! My mom would always tuck one in the very toe (the oranges weren’t available year round back then!). One year she forgot and she never heard the end of it from my sister (adult!) – we still joke about it today!
Oh, the “prints” stamp sets always get me! Always! So cute and adorable. I’ll have to get this one too!
Stockings always have a funny memory for me…living in Hawaii we didn’t have a fireplace or mantle so we’d always have to find somewhere to hang them from. It’s either a balcony railing, stair bannister or edge of a shelf.
Nicole your cards are simple but always so elegant. They truly do inspire. Thank you.
I still have and use the very same stocking that my mom & dad used my very first Christmas. The stocking was from Santa and I was the only one that had one, so when I was in my senior year of high school, I decided to spread the stocking tradition to include my parents so now ‘Santa’ leaves one for each of them. And I love those stockings because I bought material to match things my mom & dad like(a christmasy gold musical note print on ivory for my mom and a metallic navy and gold stripe to represent everything nautical for my dad!) and made the stockings myself.
The stockings are too cute! Thanks for another fabulous set!
So inspiring — I love them all. Now, I have no excuses but get my cards done early and them ready to mail when the holiday rolls around.
Wow! I only found this site by following the Creative Keepsakes Blog – I so love your stamps – I have a list a mile long of the ones that I want – starting with the stockings!
These are so very cute! My mother always had a stocking for me with something fun in it.
I LOVE these cards – so simple, yet elegant and beautiful at the same time! Christmas stockings make the think of Christmas Eve when our family gathers around the tree and we open our stockings that are usually full of all kinds of fun little gifts for each other – such a warm, happy time together. Thanks for the fun give-away and the great Christmas card ideas – love it! 🙂
How fun! I love Xmas stockings ;o)
Oh my goodness, I just ADORE that last card! And SO affordable!! So much inspiration today, I can’t wait to get some sets and PLAY!
Great cards. I love all the patterns on the stockings.
Sitting here wondering what I will buy this month…. so many wonderful choices for this months release.
When I see a stocking I remeber the home made one I had all my life. I had gone to a craft fair and picked out a differnet one and when it came to Christmas, Santa accidently filled the wrong stocking with my tings. So my parents told me Santa knows best, this must be your stocking. And to this day I have that same stocking, while my sister has my stocking.
R
When I was very little, my Mom sewed me my own stocking. It was HUGE and each year she sewed a new decoration onto it, so by them time I was in high school it was covered with fun little ornaments and decorations.
We love filling our children’s stockings with lots of little stuff. They seem more excited to discover what little treasures their stockings hold than what is under the tree!
This set looks really amazing! I love that you can mix & match the stocking and the cuffs for all sorts of looks. The font combo in this set is also really lovely. I can’t wait to see the entire set!
Just wonderful! Even thought it’s over 100 degrees here, I’m feeling the Christmas spirit and can’t wait to have so much fum creating my cards!
Lisa M.
Phoenix
My most vivid memory concerning Christmas stockings is very recent. We had just moved here, everything was very hectic what with moving on Dec.5, trying to sell the other house, unpacking, decorating, baking and planning for the family to all come here with not nearly enough beds. I thought I could get away with not doing stockings for our boys and their spouses, the grandchildren were all taken care of, and regular gifts were wrapped and under the tree. Then came that moment when younger son (27 then) looked at me with those big doe eyes and and said. “Where’s my stocking?” I’ll never forget that and I’ll never not have stockings waiting for everyone. What an awful mother I was.
This is such a cool set. I would see die cut stockings, but to see this in acrylic stamps. I love it. I remember seeing candy in our stockings. Wish I could be a kid again.
Beautiful samples! Dumping out our stockings to see what goodies were inside is one of the best memories!
I can’t wait for this release!!! How exciting… I love Christmas 🙂 Can’t wait for this release so I can make some more seasonal cards – unless I can win some of the sets (he, he!!!). Great previews as always 🙂
I started our tradition of hanging stockings when my girls were little. They are young adults now and I still give them stockings for Christmas 🙂
We usually went to Grandma’s house for Christmas (week long trip) and always to their stockings with us. One year I forgot to pack them. The girls didn’t want to miss out, so we used thier Dad’s long tube socks as a substitute!
My mother has crazy quilted stockings for each person in the family and these kind of remind me of them they all look differnt but yet the same. I would love to do my cards like the kraft brown card. Love it
I just love your easy peasy cards using basic PTI supplies! I can’t wait to see all these adorable stockings…it’s going to be a great set!
Christmas stockings have always been a huge part of our holiday decoration and celebration. The children check their stockings as soon as their awake on Christmas morning! I love the new stocking stamps!
Beautiful cards and fabulous stamps!!!
Love everything!
I don’t think I’ve ever owned a christmas stocking stamp set. They just don’t a ppeal to me. But these are so pretty. I think I’m up for another purchase 😉 Thanks for all the inspiration
I remember really enjoying getting everything out of our stockings…..they were packed! I love this new stamp set!