The holiday season is right around the corner and the team at Ink to Paper is excited to create and share projects. Fall is the season of gratitude, which leads right into the Christmas season of giving. We wanted to dedicate the month of November to a marathon of creative inspiration using our holiday themed stamps and dies. Crafting during the holiday season is very popular, and our collection of stamps and dies will surely inspire you to create along with us throughout the month.
Get ready to learn some fun facts about the company, designers, and of course amazing new ways to create cards, gift tags, and more!
Let’s take a closer look at the Christmas themed product collections we are featuring for today’s CreateAthon! Kelly Lunceford and Laurie Schmidlin have created these beautiful cards showing the real meaning of the holiday season.
Splendid Snowflakes Stamps + Dies
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Inside Greetings: Blessed Beyond Measure Stamps
On the Border: Splendid Snowflakes Frame Dies
On the Border: Splendid Snowflakes Border Dies
“I love using pattern paper every now and again because it gives my projects instant detail and interest! I love how sweet the snowflakes look paired with the pink polka dots and silver embossing!”
“I love embossing sentiments on my projects but with smaller sentiments like the one I used here, they don’t always show up very well. This is especially true when the background is a pattern or darker color. I find that embossing the sentiment onto vellum will mute the pattern/color behind it, allowing the sentiment to fully shine.”
PRIZE
During Holiday CreateAthon, we are offering a weekly $100 Ink to Paper Gift Certificate!
RULES
Participants may enter the challenge once a day. To enter, participants are required to answer the contest challenge question (posted below) in the comments of the daily post. HINT: Answers to questions may be discovered by reading a designer’s blog post from the respective day. A randomly selected winner with the correct answer will gain an entry to be eligible for the weekly prize. Participants can receive an entry each day a Holiday CreateAthon post is published.
This post will be updated with the randomly selected winner who gains an entry for this week’s prize.
Weekly winners will be posted on the Holiday CreateAthon page.
CHALLENGE
Answer the following question: What was the first technique Laurie learned as a stamper?
EDITED TO ADD THE RANDOMLY SELECTED WINNER
Congratulations, Sandy Dayhoff! You will be entered to win the weekly prize!
I have now read the entire blog post about 10 times and cannot find anywhere what technique Laurie first learned as a stamper. Maybe it is just me!
Well, Laurie didn’t really specify her first technique but I am going to guess embossing since she used that in her project today. Beautiful cards!
Embossing was the first technique that Laurie learned as a stamper.
Embossing aS the first technique Laurie learned.
The very first technique that Laurie learned as a stamper was embossing.
Embossing. I too think it is an amazing thing to watch happen and use on my projects.
Embossing!
The 1st technique Laurie learned was embossing, which is also the 1st technique I learned! It was like magic, but back then using the electric stove burner made my paper smoke sometimes.
Laurie’s first technique was the magic of embossing! I love that technique, too. So fun to watch that powder gradually turn into shiny, awesome, beautiful embossing. 🙂
Embossing was her very first technique and she still a go to today. I love this card and the colours. I love everything craft or black and white, and with the pop of red, it is stunning!
Laurie’s first technique she learned and what got her excited about stamping was the embossing technique.
Embossing was the first technique Laurie learned as a stamper.
Laurie’s first technique she learned was embossing. Her embossed projects are always flawless.
embossing
Embossing!
Embossing was the first technique Laurie learned.
Embossing
Laurie’s first stamping technique she learned was embossing…and she continues to use embossing frequently to this very day.
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Embossing was the first technique Laurie learned.
Gorgeous cards!
Laurie learned embossing as the first technique! (me too!)
Laurie first learned embossing.
Laurie’s first technique was embossing
The first technique Laurie learned as a stamper was embossing. I like using both these sets
this year for Christmas cards. Great color combos used today by both designers!
Embossing is the first technique Laurie learned.
The first technique that Laurie learned was embossing.
The first thing she learned was heat embossing. I love to watch peoples faces when they emboss the first tome, I still think it is really cool.
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My fave part of today’s cards are the gorgeous palettes used on each. Embossing was the first technique Laurie learned as a stamper.
Embossing was the first technique Laurie learned, and she still uses it lots today. Pretty much the same with me!
Embossing was the first technique Laurie learned as a stamper. I’ll bet that’s true for a lot of us!
Embossing is the first technique that Laurie learned as a stamper!!
Laurie learnt embossing first. By the way : the first paper crafting item I owned was an embossing folder, and because I don’t own a die cutting machine at this point I used the embossing folder with a rolling pin. OMG !
I’m going to go with embossing.
Embossing was the first technique that Laurie learned.
Embossing was the first technique Laurie learned
Embossing!
Laurie’s first technique was embossing. It DOES seem magical!
Embossing! I believe embossing could be the reason many, many crafters started this hobby! Lol!
Embossing!
Laurie says that Embossing was the very first technique that she learned and is what ultimately drew her to this hobby!
Love her card today, that black and white gingham on Kraft with a pop of red is an awesome combo!
Embossing was the technique and she uses it to create some lovely looks.
Embossing was Laurie’s 1st technique she learned.
Embossing is the answer. I haven’t heat embossed yet and it sounds like I need a heat gun on my Christmas list!
I am going to go with embossing since she talks about it today.
I’m guessing embossing since she mentioned it in today’s post.
Embossing – which to this day is still like magic to me!
Embossing was the first technique Laurie learned as a stamper.
Embossing is what she talks about today so I’m going with that answer.
Embossing!
Embossing was Laurie’s first technique she learned as a stamper! Gorgeous dies, stamps and projects!
Embossing was the first technique-it is a lot of fun to work with and she uses it to create some lovely looks.
The first technique Laurie learned was Embossing.
Embossing.
Embossing!
Embossing was the first technique that she used and it’s such a pretty one.
Embossing!
Embossing is the first technique Laurie learned.
Laurie first learned embossing and still uses it today.
Embossing was the first technique Laurie learned. Mine, too!
She learned embossing as her first stamping technique.
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I LOVE these SNOWFLAKE dies!!! Embossing was the first technique Laurie Learned!
Embossing was her first technique.
It was embossing. Believe it or not – that was also my first!!
The first technique that Laurie learned was embossing. She created such a beautiful card today with the black, white, and red and her beautiful embossing!
She learned how to emboss first.
The first technique she learned was embossing. It’s probably what got me going, too!
Embossing! Love the wonderful card today. The sentiment is beautiful.
Embossing!
Embossing