Monday, November 28, 2011

Welcome to Classy Cards ‘n Such and Technique Junkie Newsletter Joint Blog Hop!

The Technique Junkie Newsletter is excited to showcase their new 3D and Fun Folds CD and Classy Cards 'n Such is thrilled to be part of this hop!

The Technique Junkie Newsletter has been publishing rubber stamping technique tutorials since 2002. The 3D and Fun Folds CD contains 70 step-by-step technique tutorials in PDF format – perfect dimensions, perfect directions and great pictures for every step. Visit http://www.techniquejunkies.com/ for more details about the CD and the Technique Junkie Newsletter.


A fantastic group of design team members from both Classy Cards ‘n Such and the Technique Junkie Newsletter have helped put together this fabulous Blog Hop to kick off the 3D and Fun Folds CD.
Technique Junkies has a Blog Hop happening each day this week with an opportunity for you to win many prizes from some of their wonderful advertising companies! Please stop through EVERY DAY starting at the Technique Junkies blog here and take your time visiting each blog!  You have until 11:59pm EST December 2nd  to leave comments on as many blogs as you can. 


On Saturday, December 3 Pat from Technique Junkie Newsletter will announce the winners from each company. Be sure to hop along on each day! There will be FIVE WINNERS! On Monday, December 5th, Pat will announce ONE LUCKY WINNER with a GRAND PRIZE with a bundle of prizes from all of the participating businesses.


In addition, if you leave a comment on this blog by 11:59pm EST December 2nd, I will pick a random winner for another $20 gift certificate for the Classy Cards 'n Such online shop!
If you have been following along already you should have come from Technique Junkie Blog and go from there.  You won't want to miss any stops along the way.  In order to win you will need to comment on everyone’s blog AND Pat Huntoon’s Blog.  There will be an additional chance to win by playing along in Pat's blog!


I created this delightful Pocket Gift Card Holder which is one of the projects on the 3D and Fun Folds CD.
I started with the beautiful Stardream Fuse Vista paper.  I love the metallic sheen it has!   The patterned paper is from the Waiting for Santa & Sweet Season paper pack.  I colored the jingle bells with Twinkling H20s and then finished the card by decorating the Christmas tree with Baby Red Rhinestones.   Easy-peasy!!   All of the instructions, measurements and more are on the 3D and Fun Folds CD.



Beverly
Pocket Gift Card Holder

Linda chose the Flap Fold card for her projects.  She made two beautiful cards - both completely different!   Take a look...

For the base of this Flap Card, I used Stardream Emerald cardstock from Classy Cards 'n Such.  The other papers used on the card came from my paper collection. 
I used Spellbinders Tear Drop Circles on top of the flap and added one of the smaller Spellbinders Standard Large Circles, also in the Stardream Emerald paper.  For the flower, I used the three smallest dies from the Spellbinders Layered Poinsettia and finished off the center with Want2Scrap Orange Rhinestones.  On the inside, I layered the DP paper and the Stardream Emerald cardstock and added a gold embossed "Merry Christmas" stamp from Artistic Impressions and embellished with a small poinsettia.


Linda
Flap Card


Linda's second Flap Card features beautiful butterflies!

For this Flap Card, I used Stardream Rose Quartz Cardstock as the card base.  I added a mat of the beautiful Butterfly Cardstock to the front.  On the flap, I used the Spellbinders Butterflies Circles die cut from the Butterfly Cardstock and added a circle of the Rose Quartz using the Spellbinders Standard Large Circles.  I topped this off with a small butterfly die cut from Cheery Lynn Designs.  The butterfly was embellished with pink pearls from Want2Scrap.  Since this card can be used for many occasions, I did not add a sentiment at this time but will choose an appropriate one before it is sent to the recipient.




Linda
Butterfly Flap Card


Your next stop on the hop is Holly Brown, but just in case there are any hiccups, here is the whole list of celebrants on this party train:
The Technique Junkie Newsletter Blog
Classy Cards 'n Such Blog    You are here!
Chris Dickinson
Elisa Kammerdiener
Pat Huntoon


Thanks for playing along and best of luck!!!

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53 comments:

  1. Chrissy DNovember 28, 2011 at 6:11 AM

    WOW! Beverly and Linda - so much detail with the layered dies and beautiful papers! You both did a wonderful job!!! GORGEOUS WORK!

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  2. MannaNovember 28, 2011 at 7:23 AM

    Beautiful work from you both. Great details. Thanks for sharing.

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  3. stampqueenNovember 28, 2011 at 8:09 AM

    Great group of projects!!! Love all the layers!!

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  4. Vickie KertzNovember 28, 2011 at 8:19 AM

    The gift card holders are just perfect! I just looked at the CD last night and am realizing what I missed. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  5. JeriNovember 28, 2011 at 8:31 AM

    Cool card

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  6. stamping sueNovember 28, 2011 at 8:32 AM

    I'm into gift card/pocket cards so this one really interests me. the flap cards are really nice.
    stamping sue
    http://stampingsueinconnecticut.blogspot.com/

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  7. Designing with DebbieNovember 28, 2011 at 8:42 AM

    Love them all. I am in love with the poinsetta card. That flower is stunning. Great work.

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  8. Stampin2dayNovember 28, 2011 at 8:54 AM

    Such beautiful creations! I need to make some money holders and this would be perfect for it!
    Hugs,
    Barb. (barbarae2187@aol.com)

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  9. Cheryl S.November 28, 2011 at 9:12 AM

    Very cute and so easy to make!

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  10. Else49November 28, 2011 at 10:39 AM

    Great ideas! Thank you.

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  11. PriscillaNovember 28, 2011 at 11:13 AM

    Great gift cards. Love the layers and all the details (love, love, love, the butterflies). I have the cd and I really need to make a couple for Christmas.
    Thank you for the inspriation.

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  12. FrancineNovember 28, 2011 at 11:23 AM

    Love your cards, all the details are fabulous. Lots of creativity!
    Thanks for sharing and inspiring!

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  13. jenNovember 28, 2011 at 12:02 PM

    wow everything here is just so pretty and yummy, how fun is this

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  14. judyjstamperNovember 28, 2011 at 12:33 PM

    Lovely projects! The gift card holder is great.

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  15. CareyNovember 28, 2011 at 2:21 PM

    I love, love, love each and every one of them. I am so glad you didn't ask me to pick which one I like best because I wouldn't be able to do it.

    Carey Rogers
    aka Roscoe's mommy (the swap eating dog)

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  16. slbt17November 28, 2011 at 6:01 PM

    wow!
    Lovely!
    Sandra ltb

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  17. BarbaraWNovember 28, 2011 at 6:54 PM

    Wow, what beautiful inspiration for the holidays.

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  18. UnknownNovember 28, 2011 at 7:12 PM

    Love your gift card holder and your tree is gorgeous.

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  19. Candy MeyersNovember 28, 2011 at 7:13 PM

    Very classy gift card holders. I'm particularly fond of the butterfly one. I love butterflies. Thanks for the great ideas.
    Candy Meyers
    singcandy@aol.com

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  20. JackieNovember 28, 2011 at 7:16 PM

    Beautiful, don't know which is my favorite! But I will have to check out those awesome spellbinders circle dies. Thanks for sharing your projects with us.

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  21. CheriNovember 28, 2011 at 7:32 PM

    WOW....Beverly and Linda!!!!! Your projects are amazing!!!

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  22. NancyNovember 28, 2011 at 8:20 PM

    Just Beautiful.
    So much details!!!

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  23. JanettNovember 28, 2011 at 8:23 PM

    Beautiful cards, love the gift card holder.

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  24. thestampingladyNovember 28, 2011 at 8:24 PM

    I bought some gift cards today. Thanks for the inspiration to make some holders.

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  25. DawnllNovember 28, 2011 at 8:53 PM

    Wow is right, all those projects are wonderful-LOVE the tree, it is stunning

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  26. Maria DaubertNovember 28, 2011 at 9:34 PM

    Oh, I love the Poinsettias and butterflies!! Beautiful cards, so elegant!

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  27. AnonymousNovember 28, 2011 at 10:00 PM

    Beautiful gift card & flap cards -- great job Beverly & Linda. Looks like I need to order this CD!! Thanks for sharing.
    Marsha E
    cmc_marsha at bellsouth dot com

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  28. Becky B.November 28, 2011 at 10:37 PM

    Love these gift card holders! So clever and pretty!
    Becky B.
    bensonbecky@hotmail.com

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  29. Deborah345November 29, 2011 at 12:09 AM

    Love the flap cards

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  30. RianneNovember 29, 2011 at 3:46 AM

    loved what you did with the libarycard. I have a folder so making sure to make some too.
    Thanks for the project

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  31. Marthamh2November 29, 2011 at 4:26 AM

    I really liked all of your ideas. Thanks so much for sharing.

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  32. SusanNovember 29, 2011 at 5:01 AM

    What awesome, pretty and creative cards! Both of you should be very proud!
    Susan

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  33. MaryNovember 29, 2011 at 5:07 AM

    Wow the cards are all absolutely lovley

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  34. CarlavdMNovember 29, 2011 at 7:59 AM

    Ooohhh..I like the giftcard one the most.

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  35. HeidiNovember 29, 2011 at 8:18 AM

    Lovely cards!

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  36. KVencelNovember 29, 2011 at 9:47 AM

    Beautiful cards, ladies! Simply chic!

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  37. luckybug3November 29, 2011 at 10:36 AM

    That is SO amazing....I'm going to be trying that ASAP. I love your site and your store. SO glad Pat has us hopping...I'm discovering so many new places!

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  38. AnonymousNovember 29, 2011 at 3:25 PM

    Wonderful projects, I'll definately be trying this one Thanks so much for sharing
    Hugs Julie P

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  39. LoisNovember 29, 2011 at 4:59 PM

    All the projects look lovely. I'm always looking for a new way to give gift cards, so the first project was especially timely for me.

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  40. HollyNovember 29, 2011 at 6:59 PM

    What an adorable gift card holder, and the flap cards are gorgeous!!!!!

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  41. CherylPNovember 29, 2011 at 7:21 PM

    I love the gift card holder!! I am always looking for new ways to make them.

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  42. JennipherNovember 29, 2011 at 8:24 PM

    Nicely done Beverly and Linda. I wish I could do fancy and fun folds like this. Gorgeous!

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  43. farnorthstamperNovember 29, 2011 at 11:51 PM

    Ohhh, I love the flap cards and the pocket gift card holder is really cute too. Thank you for sharing.
    God bless,
    Bonnie S
    stampin-ak at gci dot net

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  44. AnonymousNovember 30, 2011 at 10:27 AM

    Really lovely! Always looking for ideas for gift cards.

    pkellogg42@yahoo dot com

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  45. UnknownNovember 30, 2011 at 2:06 PM

    Wow! I'm stunned! This is so fab!!!!

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  46. RufusNovember 30, 2011 at 10:24 PM

    The gift card holder is a fantastic fold idea! Love that Christmas tree paper. The Flap cards are great to...esp. love the butterfly one.
    R/

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  47. JudyNovember 30, 2011 at 11:48 PM

    Love the detail with the layered dies and beautiful papers! The flap cards are awesome!

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  48. Desert KatNovember 30, 2011 at 11:55 PM

    all lovely cards and such

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  49. Patrice HDecember 1, 2011 at 1:19 PM

    How fun and creative! Your project choices are perfect for the Holidays! Both of them are just too darn cute.

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  50. Debbie ADecember 1, 2011 at 1:45 PM

    I love all those projects! Very clever.

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  51. Sue DDecember 2, 2011 at 8:44 PM

    Fabulous projects--I like the papers used.

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  52. Nancy EdwardsDecember 2, 2011 at 9:07 PM

    Beautiful cards. Good job Beverly and Linda!

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  53. Chris ADecember 2, 2011 at 9:57 PM

    Terrific ideas!! Can't wait to go play!! anderfi@acegroup.cc

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