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Monochromatic Christmas Cards

in Cardmaking on 11/15/21

Happy Monday, Bon Lundi!

I hope you had a wonderful weekend.  I sure did.  My husband and I went on a weekend getaway for our anniversary to Mont Tremblant.  It was suppose to be an October getaway but my nursing and Chris’s policing work commitments prevented us from going on our anniversary weekend.  It was so wonderful to rest and relax.  We had the most beautiful room at the Quintessence Hotel. The room was so gorgeous and spacious.  It was such a blessing as this weekend package was gifted to us.  It even snowed on Sunday!  We enjoyed the spa.  My favorite spa treatment was the wet steam bath with eucalyptus. It was so relaxing. The food, the pillow treats were delicious and we even had breakfast served to our room.

At the same time, Stampin’up! was hosting their virtual on stage event.  I was able to attend while sitting by the fireplace and sipping on a glass of wine, watching the event while the snow fell outside.  Demonstrators were spoiled with prizes, make and takes, different classes with amazing ideas and the best part, we got to see the new catalogues which included the sale a bration catalogue.  What is Sale a Bration  = it’s a special event with Free products with qualifying orders…  You will love the new catalogue as well as the sale a bration free products. Demonstrators get to preorder the products in December.  And demonstrators that attended onstage got to order some products from those catalogues this past weekend.  My order arrives Friday! wohoo!!!

I have two examples of cards that I made with the Be Dazzling 6×6 Specialty Paper that was free with qualifying orders from the previous Sale a Bration catalogue.  It is very sparkly.  Although this specialty paper is no longer available, I still have some sheets available.  If you place an order on my website in November, I will mail you some sheets with one of these cards below while supplies last.

You will love this little Give-away!!! 

This weekend at our on stage event, Shelli Gardner presented a card that had multiple layers.  Her daughter Sara counted all the layers she used for her card.  I think Shelli had 7 layers….  I guess I love layers too.  Can you guess how many layers on my card?  I even embossed my greeting in gold:) I am a big fan of monochromatic look.  The gold and white was so elegant and the two Colors blended beautifully.

I used the Christmas Trees Dies for this card.  It has a coordinating stamp set called Whimsical Trees.  If you purchase the bundle, you get an extra 10% discount.  I embossed the greeting in gold.  This greeting came from the Christmas to Remember stamp set which is also available in French, Noels Inoubliables.  These greeting are adorable in both languages. I added the White 3/8″ Glittered Organdy Ribbon and Elegant Faceted Gems to continue this bling theme.  To create more layers/dept to my card, I embossed the white cardstock with the Wintry 3D Embossing Folder.

Below is a list of products used to create the Whimsical Trees Card.  If you love these products and want to get your hands on them now, Use the November  Hostess Code 26EDVWHS to receive perks from my VIP club.   View all of the current promotions by clicking HERE.

Special Offer:  Place a 50$ or more order with me in the month of November and receive a FREE embellishment.

Tomorrow is a very exciting day! It’s the Seasonal Sale from November 16th to 18th: Check out the sale HERE.

Save 10% on Cardstock

Save 15% on ink pads

Save 20% on dies

Get extra discount if you are a demonstrator.  I would like to shout out a big WELCOME to my new team members who took advantage of the starter kit on promotion.

Welcome to the cupcake cuties team:  Ann, Nanci, Francine, Jennifer, Diane, Katherine and Daniel.

How amazing to get $165 of products for $100.  Plus you get to view the new catalogue that will be available in January.   If you missed this promotion you can read all about it HERE.

Hugs, Kim xo

156810
Whimsical Trees Bundle (English) – 156810

Price: $70.00

156811
Sapins Fantaisistes Bundle (French) – 156811

Price: $70.00

156330
Whimsical Trees Cling Stamp Set (English) – 156330

Price: $30.00

156333
Sapins Fantaisistes Cling Stamp Set (French) – 156333

Price: $30.00

156339
Christmas Trees Dies – 156339

Price: $48.00

156303
Noëls Inoubliables Cling Stamp Set (French) – 156303

Price: $30.00

156804
Noëls Inoubliables Bundle (French) – 156804

Price: $81.75

156300
Christmas To Remember Cling Stamp Set (English) – 156300

Price: $30.00

156806
Christmas To Remember Bundle (English) – 156806

Price: $81.75

156408
White 3/8” (1 Cm) Glittered Organdy Ribbon – 156408

Price: $11.50

156629
Be Dazzling 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Specialty Paper – 156629

Price: $0.00

155433
Wintry 3D Embossing Folders – 155433

Price: $13.50

152464
Elegant Faceted Gems – 152464

Price: $10.25

155555
Metallics Embossing Powders – 155555

Price: $24.00

129053
Heat Tool – 129053

Price: $41.00

102283
Versamark Pad – 102283

Price: $13.00

159276
Basic White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 159276

Price: $13.25

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  1. Jan Ross says

    November 16, 2021 at 5:12 pm

    Kim I am also a huge fan of monochomatic. And I dare to say, but these may be the most gorgeous cards I have ever seen!

    Reply
    • Kim McGillis says

      November 30, 2021 at 10:25 am

      thank you Jan! I’m so glad to hear I’m not the only one that loves Monochromatic cards:)

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