Enjoying and savoring the moment I'm in has been instrumental in increasing my delight in life. It also has caused my perception of time's passing to slow. You'll probably never hear me say, "I can't believe it's December already" or a version of that. This enjoying of the moment has not come easily to me - I've prayed my way to it for years - nor does it stay without a daily renewing of my mind. But the joy is worth it!
All that to say, I'm ready to celebrate Christmas. Yes, I've been making Christmas projects for over a month but that was out of necessity. Whipping out 60 cards in a day or two isn't happening in my world! But it's a week before Christmas, which is my signal to wrap gifts and that's what "kicks off" the holidays for me. I'm all-in now! Cue the carols! This Friday, Caitlin and I start our annual 1000-piece Christmas puzzle and I'm really excited about it. What "kicks off" Christmas for you? Leave me a comment because I'd love to know.
Now that I'm in the Christmas spirit, I thought I'd make a birthday card! That made no sense at all, except for the fact that each year, I gift my Grandma a stack of birthday cards with a roll of stamps. She loves mailing out my cards and I love creating them for her. I used this week's Splitcoaststampers Sketch to make today's project.
Two versatile, go-to sets on my stamp shelf are Birthday Backgrounds and Perennial Birthdays. Birthday Backgrounds is perfect for creating backgrounds, adding a little something to balance out a card, or to draw the eye to the focal point (as I did in the card above).
Perennial Birthdays has birthday sentiments in my favorite font. They're also the perfect size - not too big, not too little. I used the Balloon Bouquet punch with Bird Ballad Designer Series Paper (the stripes are so fun!) to create a celebratory trio. The strings are handdrawn with a journaling pen. I love the shape of the Stitched Nested Labels dies - it's so different from the usual circle/square/rectangle.
You can find the supplies for this card in my online store:
Birthday Backgrounds
Perennial Birthdays
Balloon Bouquet Punch
Stitched Nested Labels dies
Bird Ballad Designer Series Paper
Journaling Pen
Also check out the Clearance Rack while you're at my online store. It is filled to the brim with bargains!
I'm so excited about the January - June 2020 Mini Catalog that I'm devoting an entire day to showing off the stunning projects you can make with its new products! January 3 is the day it goes live, along with the 2020 Sale-A-Bration catalog. Follow my Facebook page and set your notifications to alert you when I go live so you don't miss it!
What is Sale-A-Bration? It's a special brochure with tons of fun product that you can earn for free. Level 1 items are earned with every $50 order and Level 2 items are earned for every $100 order. There are no limits to what you earn.
- Order $50-->earn one Level 1 item
- Order $100-->earn two Level 1 items OR one Level 1 item
- Order $150-->earn three Level 1 items OR one Level 1 item plus one Level 2 item PLUS Stampin' Rewards (free product of your choosing)!
- And it just keeps going!
Need your own copy to follow along with during my Catalog Launch Party on January 3? Request a catalog package here or email me at nicole @thejoyfulstamper.com with your mailing address.
Thank you for choosing me as your demonstrator and giving me the opportunity to earn your business!
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