When you look at this photo do you think ... pillows, furniture, relaxation, or Christmas colours?I know I am just a little different, but I am thinking Christmas colours at the moment ... I see catalogues and I think: what do I like about this picture? Is it the clean white lines, the celery green and purple pillows ... will this work without the chocolate coloured table in it?
If I cover up the pink flowers in the centre does the photo still work?
Then I select a layout that I have been challenging myself to try, mix and match the colours percolating in my head and then put it all together like so.
The stampset I have used is called snow swirled (they don't look that Christmassy in purple I guess) but, with a sentiment like : "Season's greetings" you kind of can't really miss the intent. 
The layout for this card came from MojoMonday week 105. I quite liked the idea of the snowflakes peeking out from underneath the half circles above. It shows the versatility of this stampset and makes a very decorative border.
Card Recipe:
Stampset: Snow swirled
Cardstock: Certainly Celery, Elegant eggplant, Orchid opulence, whisper white.
Ink: Elegant eggplant, Orchid opulence.
Accessories: silver brads, Certainly celery poly-twill ribbon, Circle punches.
The butterfly is my favourite and I have used it a lot in the last two months and I still keep using it on new cards .... like this one that I have stamped white stazon ink on transparent acetate.
I then stamped a piece of velum with black stazon with the "you're a friend..." stamp inside the curly frame, cut it out and placed it on a piece of so saffron wide grosgrain ribbon.
This painting has always made me think of playing with my brother and sister in the sand hills at the beach where we lived when I was 8 to about 12. We were very happy just chasing the dog and each other through the planted grasses, sliding down the sand hills on cardboard and exploring the waters edge for hours and getting into very little trouble considering. 
It is double sided, printed on textured, cover-weight cardstock which means it is really thick and tactile - you just want to touch it.I have cut the three squares with my square punch, mounted them on black cardstock and raised them up on dimensionals to give them height.
The sketch has has a horizontal strip on the side so I used my Eyelet border punch to make a frilly piece of black lace (I thought it went with the french Parisian theme)... and then wrapped a piece of Pacific Point grosgrain ribbon around the side. Which I have threaded through a styled silver slide for a extra focal point. 
I cut out a large circle from scrap paper and then stamp Versamark ink through the centre of the circle. Take the scrap paper away to reveal a circle of stamped words ... fa la la la la, la la la la.
If you haven't guessed white stazon ink is my favourite product at the moment.
The first one I made is on a piece of glossy white cardstock, sponged with baja breeze ink, matted with the gorgous Pacific point patterned paper (polka dots). The edge of the patterned paper is punched with the eyelet border punch. A piece of Pacific point ribbon tied around the centre and stuck to a whisper white love note card.
My second card is pretty similar as you can see - I have tied the ribbon higher and knotted it before adhereing behind the patterned paper once again in pacific point patterns. I have stamped the Great friends butterfly with white stazon ink on to glossy white cardstock you can just see the image here.
and sponged it evenly, all over with the pacific point ink:
The white butterfly is rubbed over with a tissue to remove any excess ink before it dries. 
You could make a box of say 10 0f these for a gift, or to give when people do nice things for you either to say thank you or thinking of you or to write a little note. In October it is World Card making day so what will you be sending on 3rd October to your friends?
This weeks theme is stamping on non porous surfaces right. Did you guess?
Here is the little spice, ribbon, button jar with the faux metal lid stamped with white stazon. I have several of these jars now on my dining table ... they are really, really quick to stamp. Everything in my house is going to have stampin' up images on it now.
And, clear embossed stamping on the metal lid. It was fiddly to stamp the flowers in the white stazon on the glass, as I have said if the surface is round you have to roll the stamp around the shape of the jar. The heat embossing on the lid was "easy-peasy"... 
I have Simply: 
The metal gets quite hot so place it on a bread board, and leave it there till it cools down. If it has a plastic inner lid (which this one did), do the embossing gently so that the heat doesnt go through. Preferably in quick short bursts of heat on the powder, just dont keep the heat gun in one place too long, the heat will transfer through to the plastic inside very quickly.
2. Stamp random images on the cellophane bag - I have used the butterfly and the flower branch from the Great friend stampset. Its quite a solid stamp so ensure you ink pad is well inked and juicy.
3. Fold the tangerine cardstock in half and then edge the top and bottom with the eyelet border punch.
4. Folding the cardstock over the top of the bag, punch a horizontal slot through each of the layers: card and cellophane.
5. Fill your bag with gifts, lollies, chocolates, ribbons and brads.
6. To make your gift tag: Stamp the "for you" stamp on the metal edge tag and the flower (it can be a bit tricky). Then punch a small hole in the top of the aluminium square and tie it onto the ribbon with some crochet thread. I have used the certainly cellery new polly twill ribbon - it ties quite crisply and nicely I feel.
I have sent them some samples of the new textured Parisian breeze Specialty paper, too.
I have stamped the great friend stamp on the white vellum card stock, and for some more definition I sponged some baja breeze ink over it when it was dry then attached the dark eggplant cardstock behind
5. Cellophane and Plastic bags.
