Christmas Cheer - Belated!!

Well Christmas has been and gone, and likely it has been a very busy time for everyone, including me. However, I wanted to post this Christmas card I made for my family this year. I cased this design from Splitcoast Stampers. It was created by Beate Johns who is an amazing stamper in my book. I have always liked this card, so here it is. The card is called a Criss Cross Card, and you can find the instructions here The colours I have used are Old Olive, Real Red, Very Vanilla & Dashing DS paper. The tag created on the card insert is using the 1 3/8" circle punch, which has then been folded in half and adhered. The flower has been punched with the spring flower punch and a silver brad has been used to adhere. To finish off I have used 5/8" Old Olive ribbon, and stamped the flower from baroque motifs in Real Red onto Very vanilla cardstock and then used my scallop circle punch. The sentiments inside the card are from the stamp sets Short & Sweet (pg 118) and Occasional Greetings (pg 121). Hope you like....my family did!! Hope you all have a very safe and prosperous New Year. See you in 2009!!

Big Bold Birthday

My sister in law celebrated her birthday today. This is a card I put together to send her my best wishes. It uses the stamp set 'Big Bold Birthday', which is really cute. I have stamped the pieces of the cupcake individually and then cut and mounted onto whisper white cardstock. The frosting has been elevated on stampin' dimensionals and covered with dazzling diamonds to create some extra effect. I have used some decorative scissors for the edges of the whisper white cardstock. All other supplies are from Stampin' Up. Also for those of you who have been awaiting some new stamps, the Summer Mini Catalogue was released yesterday. There are some gorgeous stamps, DS paper and even some new punches, including the scallop edge punch which is the first thing I will be purchasing. If you would likeany further information, feel free to contact me.

Materials used:

Stamp sets: Big bold birthday

Cardstock: Old olive, pumpkin pie, real red & whisper white

Stamp pads: Real red, pumpkin pie,old olive & chocolate chip

Accessories: Decorative scissors, stampin' dimensionals, heat & stick powder & stampin' glitter

Feedback please!!!

I was having a play with colours tonight and made this card. However, my Mum and I both are unsure about the colour combination. I thought it was OK, but she wondered if the blues went with the green. What do you think???? I have included a recipe below.

Materials used:

Stamp sets: Baroque motifs & occasional greetings
Cardstock: purely pomegranate, soft sky, blue bayou, old olive & natural ivory
Stamp pads: Versamark, old olive & soft sky
Accessories: Silver brad, white gel pen, scallop punch, 1 3/4 punch & stampin' dimensionals

Update

Hi all. Just letting you know that the Christmas Stack workshop on the 24th November is full, however I still have some spaces available for the 11th November and the 12th December if any of you are still interested.

This little card I made for my nephew for his 2nd Birthday last month. The stamp set was part of the sale-a-bration promotion last year, so unfortunately is no longer available. What I do want to share with you is in regards to the sentiment I have used. It is from the hostess set 'So many sayings' (Level 1 - pg 19). I wasn't sure what to do with this set initially, because it is three stamps with lots of sayings on each one. But then I discovered that you can use the 'word window' punch (pg 142), and it fits perfectly around all the sayings, so then you have 34 individual sentiments and decorations you can use to accessorise your cards.......now how cool is that!!!

Now it is very easy to get both the stamp set and the punch with out spending a cent. Simply hold a workshop for family and friends in your home, collect sales to the total of $300 (which is very easy) and then as a hostess you can have this stamp set & an additional $30 to spend - which is the cost of the punch......now that's really cool. So if your interested, feel free to contact me.

Materials used:

Stamp set: So many sayings & birthday whimsy

Stamp pads: Soft sky & chocolate chip

Cardstock: Old olive, soft sky, whisper white, really rust & fall flowers DS

Accessories: Word window punch & stampin' dimensionals

SYDNEY PAPERCRAFT FESTIVAL

Hi all. Just a quick not to let you know the annual Sydney Papercraft Festival is on this weekend if you are interested. Doors opened today and close on the 2nd November - so don't miss out.

Where: Canterbury Racecourse, King Street, Cantebury NSW
Time: Open 9.30 - 4pm (Fri- Sun)
Cost: $10, $8 concession. Kids under 16 free.

Visit www.papercraftsfestival.com.au or call (02) 9555 9322 for further information.

Christmas Card No 4

This is the last of the 4 designs we will be making at the Christmas workshops. I really like the earthy tones of this card, and it steers away from the more traditional colour combination of Christmas. You may have noticed that I haven't provided the recipes for any of the Christmas cards just yet.....obviously you will have to attend one of the workshops if you would like to find out!!! I am sure there are some clever people out there that can work it out just from the photos. Have a good day.

Tis the Season

This is the third card we will be making at the Christmas Stack Workshop. Remember that you will make 5 cards of each design (4 designs in total) for the cost of $15. All you need is your own adhesive. I would have to say that this card, along with the Joy card (see previous posts) are my favourite. Let me assure you they are not difficult to make. Hope you have all had a great weekend and well rested for the week ahead. Don't know about you.....but mine is pretty hectic. Looking forward to the next weekend already.