"Nature Walk" is one of the new stamp sets in the New Occasions Mini Catalog. I love it! It is a great set for "collage stamping" and it coordinates with the new "Botanical Gazette" Designer Series Paper. 
Every year I send Snowman soup to my Nieces and Nephews for Christmas. This year, I found this cute little bag on Stampin' Connection and had to make it. 
This is just too cute! It reads,
Can you believe it??!! Christmas is only one week away!
I punched out the shape with the ornament punch and then used the shaped hole as a stencil. With the stencil in place, I sponged Not Quite Navy and Baja Breeze Ink on Very Vanilla Cardstock and then I stamped and stenciled the images inside the ornament. Can you see the Shimmer Paint snowflakes? I removed the stencil and placed the ornament shape, that I had punched, over the shape as a mask to stamp the Frost White Shimmer Paint snowflakes.
It was fun and easy and I love the elegance of this card.
I think this will be my Christmas Card for my family this year! I think I will use the Platinum Shimmer Paint next time. I bet it would look very dramatic!
Micky Seerveld
Stampin' Up!, Walworth, WI
I made these for my boys to put their Christmas Wish Lists in.
This is the invitation I made. By adding a little ribbon and a flap, it is a purse!
How cute is this little gift box! 
The Die looks like this and comes with instructions!
After the box is cut, it goes together by adhering one side and then just twisting and pushing the ends together. It is almost Magical!
I love the Deck the Halls Designer Fabric! 
I love My Digital Studio for so many reasons....It is easy to use, It helps me keep my archiving up to date, My colors are Stampin' Up! beautiful! But, what I really love about My Digital Studio, my most favorite thing to do.....is SHARE! I can make a book, a DVD, add music, email, even upload this scrapbook page online to share with all my friends! My Digital Studio is a great way to "Share what you Love"! 
The Flaps open first. It is a 1-1/4" x 11" piece of Early Espresso wrapped around the outside of the album. I attached the Flap with Sticky Tape in the back. The corners are rounded and I tied hemp twine around the brads. 
Then it unfolds, one side at a time...
This is very simple to make. It is 3 card folds adhered together.
I enjoyed my morning with Sophie in my lap, my coffee warm and making these Christmas Cards while listening to the fire crackle in the fireplace. What a great way to start the day. I love this artful hobby!
This card really shows how elegant Stampin' Up!'s Whisper White Cardstock is. You can get white cardstock anywhere, right? Sure, but your work might look ordinary. Whisper White Cardstock, however, is Exquisite!
I love using the Pearl Gems! This card really shows off the beautifully vintage Deck the Halls Designer Paper in the Holiday Mini Catalog.
I saw both of these wonderful cards on SC. Thank you Stampin' Up! for such a great resource!
Micky Seerveld
Stampin' Up!, Walworth, WI
The Concord Crush Card base is 6-1/2" x 3" and scored at 3" on each short side.
Recently, the gals at our demonstrator meeting were teasing me because I talk about my bathtub. I had to take a picture to show them my little place of serenity! It is fun to scrapbook pictures of little things that make us happy. Once I did a photo box of just my backyard with flowers, the bird feeder, tomatoes. All these little things are enjoyable in life and it is nice to have pictures to reflect on them. I would love to see the little things that make YOU happy. Your scrapbook room? Your holiday table? A Quilt?
Micky Seerveld
Stampin' Up!, Walworth WI
The "Gate Fold" card.
We used a 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" piece of Cardstock and scored it at 2-1/8" and 6-3/8" to make this fold. This finished card fits into a standard invitation size envelope
(5-1/2" x 4-1/4").
I demonstrated several tools with this design. We used the Circle Cutter, the Big Shot and Embossing Folder, Punches, The Cutter Kit and we did some sanding.
"Tags Til Christmas"
This is the new set on page 24 of the Holiday Mini Catalog. It coordinates with several punches, and punches are always fun to use. Everyone had the chance to see how creative they really are with this project!
Here are the measurements for the box:
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The first piece that is scored 1/2" on all sides is the bottom box. Then the next 3 pieces are the divider pieces inside the box.The divider pieces are folded with the "Mountain/Valley Fold" (up and down). The 5th piece is the top. Once attached at the short ends, the bottom slides into it.
A Hostess Gift!
I made this for Patti with the Big Shot and the Milk Carton Die.
The tag is a fun technique using Stampin' Dimensionals to "pop up" a part of the image. I used Pear Pizzaz and Poppy Parade Cardstock and the Studio Sketches stamp set on page 29 of the Stampin' Up! 2010/2011 Idea Book & Catalog. The Big Shot and the Die are on page 204 and 209.
Thank you, Patti, for a great workshop! And special thanks to Judi and Tammy for helping me get there! We will do it again!
Micky Seerveld
Stampin' Up!, Walworth, WI
I ran the Oval Die through the Big Shot and then simply used tape to replace the ovals I did not want open.
When I applied ink to the background trees stamp, I stamped it first on scrap paper, before stamping on my card. This way, the ink was lighter. This technique is called "Stamping off". 
Magic Candy Bar Slider Tutorial!
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