Christmas Stack Workshop

That time of year is almost upon us. I love making my own cards to send to those I love to wish them a Merry Christmas, however, time always seems to get the better of me. That's why I love organising a Christmas stack workshop. It is a time where I can get together with family, friends and other like minded stampers, and have a fun-filled time whilst getting my cards made ready for the festive season. I would like to extend an invitation to you to join me. For the cost of $15 you will be able to make 20 cards (4 designs). All materials will be provided, you just need to bring your own adhesive. Light refreshments & nibbles will also be on offer, and of course the Christmas CDs will be playing to get you in the mood....."O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree...." no I won't sing, don't worry!!! The dates are as follows:

Tues November 11th 2008 - 7pm

Mon November 24th 2008 - 7pm

Fri December 12th 2008 - 10am

Class sizes are a maximum of 8-10. Workshops will be held at my home in Kings Langley. Feel free to extend invitation to family and friends that may be interested. For further details email me at meganjk@gmail.com. Would love to see you there!

Note: Card posted here is an example of one we will make at the workshop. Will post others over the next few days, so stay tuned.

Big Pieces

I have recently purchased this stamp set 'Big Pieces' (page 88). I also bought the 1 - 3/8" punch so I didn't need to cut out the images (I know very lazy, but heaps cool)! I made this card for my Mum for her birthday. The colour combination is perfect plum & pale plum cardstock. I have then used ruby red, old olive, so saffron & perfect plum ink for the images and the sentiment. I have attached the flowers with stampin' dimensionals to give added appeal to the card. The sentiment comes from the stamp set 'Wonderful words' which I think are a must for all cards - a great way to fill that vacant space. Hope you like.

Materials used:

Stamp sets: Wonderful words & big pieces

Cardstock: Perfect plum & pale plum

Stamp pads: Ruby red, old olive, perfect plum & so saffron

Accessories: Stampin' dimensionals

Smile

This is a card I made for a male friend. I have so much trouble trying to make masculine cards, how about you??? This was quick and easy really. The card size is actually 6"x 6". The card is old olive. I have then used some designer series paper from 'fall flowers' (page 134). Then I have used a strip of real rust across the card, and punched stars out of soft sky cardstock. The title has been created using sahara sand and whisper white cardstock. The sentiment has been stamped in old olive. Very simple I know, but I think it is quite effective.

Materials used:

Stamp sets: Wonderful words II (retired)

Cardstock: Old olive, real rust, fall flowers DS, soft sky, sahara sand & whisper white

Stamp pads: old olive

Accessories: star punch (not stampin' up)

Little Pieces - For You

These little 4x4 cards I have cased from the current Stampin' Up catalogue (page 88). I thought they were really cute, and wanted to try using different colour combinations. These are the results.

Material used (Card 1):

Stamp sets: Defining alphabet & little pieces
Stamp pads: Certainly celery, perfect plum & pretty in pink
Cardstock: Perfect plum, pretty in pink, certainly celery & whisper white
Accessories: Gold thread, 5/8" certainly celery grosgrain ribbon & brad

Material used (Card 2):

Stamp sets: Defining alphabet & little pieces
Stamp pads: Pumpkin pie, chocolate chip & old olive
Cardstock: Old olive, pumpkin pie, chocolate chip & whisper white
Accessories: Gold thread & brad

Birth Announcement

My girlfriend wanted to make some birth announcement cards for her son and asked if I could help. I was naturally, more than happy to. She really liked the example used in the current catalogue on page 58, so we used it for our inspiration. The card base is bashful blue. We have then layered using old olive and certainly celery. The certainly celery has been stamped with 'Print' background stamp (retired set) in certainly celery ink, we then have used a white gel pen to create patchwork effect on the card. The word 'baby', stamped in bashful blue, has been created using the defining alphabet set (page126). The word 'welcome' comes from the stamp set 'short & sweet' (page 118), which has been stamped in certainly celery. The giraffe has been taken from my favorite baby stamp set called 'bundle of joy' (page 58), stamped onto barely banana with chocolate chip ink, and the spots have then been coloured using a blender pen and the chocolate chip stamp pad lid. We have then used a star punch on the whisper white cardstock, and cut some additional stars in bashful blue. They have been mounted using stampin' dimensionals. A little glitter glue has been used for added sparkle. The back of the card obviously shows the gorgeous Timothy.....what more can I say!!! This is a beautiful keepsake to have. Let me know what you think.

Materials used:

Stamp sets: Bundle of joy, prints, defining alphabet and short & sweet

Stamp pads: Certainly celery, chocolate chip & bashful blue

Cardstock: Bashful blue, certainly celery, old olive, barely banana & whisper white

Accessories: Glitter glue, stampin' dimensionals, blender pens & star punch

Man's Birthday Card

This is a card I made for the kids to give their Dad for his birthday. It uses the stamp set Boatloads of Love (page 45). I have stamped the image in chocolate chip onto some sky blue cardstock. I have then used my blender pens and my stamp pads to colour image in. The clouds have been coloured using my white gel pen. For added sparkle I used some glitter glue. The birthday present in the tug boat is from a retired set from last year's catalogue, 'Favorite Teddy Bear'. I have placed present in the boat using the 'masking technique'.

Materials used:

Stamp sets: Boatloads of love & for a friend (hostess set)

Stamp pads: Rose red, blue bayou, soft sky, always artichoke & chocolate chip

Cardstock: Blue bayou & soft sky

Accessories: White gel pen & glitter glue

Little Girl's Birthday Card

My son has been invited to a girl's 5th birthday party tomorrow. The theme is princesses and fairies (I know, my son has been informed he can wear batman, spiderman or something else boy related). Anyway, I couldn't go past the 'Pretty Princess' stamp set (page 38). I also bought a new cuttlebug embossing folder called 'Textiles' which I couldn't resist using on the card itself. I have used a piece of pale plum and covered using the Dazzling Diamond effect (see this post). I have stamped the princess image on very vanilla cardstock using chocolate chip ink. I have then used my blender pens and stamp pad lids to colour image in. The very vanilla was then attached to pretty pink cardstock and adhered to the card using Stampin'dimensionals. The tag was made using the tag punches, both located on page 142. Hope you like!!

Materials used:

Stamp sets: Pretty princess

Cardstock: Perfect plum, pale plum, pretty in pink & very vanilla

Stamp pads: Perfect plum, pale plum, pretty in pink, apricot appeal, certainly celery, chocolate chip & versamark

Accessories: Heat tool, heat & stick powder, Stampin'glitter, stampin'dimensionals, tag punch, eyelet setter, eyelet, ribbon, cuttlebug & embossing folder.