Christmas Training ~ Day 4

Project  © Monica & Bekka 2012

I think that this beautiful project is my favourite from last weekends training event. The beautiful angel would be at home on your Christmas tree or equally for a table favour with a small gift inside or some special chocolates.

Beautiful face made from the scallop circle punch & circle punch

Rear view of embossed Wings made from the panels from the petal cone die

Cardstock

Whisper White

Blushing Bride

Brushed Gold

Inks

Chocolate Chip

Stamps

Curly Cute

Tools

Sizzix Big Shot

Petal Cone Die

Vitntage wallpaper embossing folder

1 3/8" circle punch

Scallop Circle punch

Lace Ribbon Border Punch

Embellishments

Basic Rhinestones

Basic Black Stampin' Write marker

Welcome Christmas ~ A new Favourite

What is your favourite stamp set? which set do you always reach for first?

With my Christmas card preparations well under way I seem to be favouring the Welcome Christmas stamp set. The two cards in this post are both made using the same main stamp from the set but both have a completely different look.

 Did you spot the stamp? the family Christmas scene.
The above card uses the fir tree from lovely as a tree as the branches to hang the baubles from.

The silhouette scene in this card is simply adorned with basic rhinestones.

The greeting is stamped twice, with the top of the greeting " Welcome Christmas" positioned under the top of the panel and the bottom of the greeting "Into your heart" positioned under the bottom of the card.

Just making an additional way that the greeting can be used.

Until next time Happy Crafting

One Sheet Wonder ~ Part 2

Well as promised two more cards using up the leftovers from the A5 One Sheet Wonder background that I made this morning.
This time I've made two A6 cards using bashful blue card stock I think these really compliments the colour palette I started with today.

Supplies for these projects
Inks
Perfect plum
Pretty in Pink
Concord crush
Rich razzleberry
Cardstock
Bashful Blue
Perfect plum
Whisper White
Concord Crush
Rich Razzleberry
Tools
Decorative Label punch
Heat Tool
Paper trimmer
1/2" Circle punch
3/4" Circle punch
1" Circle punch
1 1/4" Circle punch
1 3/8" Circle punch
Scallop Circle punch
Decorations
Dazzling Diamonds glitter
Basic Rhinestones
White Gel pen
Sticky Strip
3/8" Very Vanilla taffeta ribbon
Linen Thread
Brights Designer Buttons
Stamp Sets
Serene Snowflakes
Contempo Christmas
Four Frames ~ 2011 Mini
Curly Cute
Gifted ~ retired September 2011

One Sheet Wonder

One sheet Wonder, I wonder how many of you have heard that phrase & have wonder what exactly is that?

Well to start a one sheet wonder you need to make either an A4 or A5 sheet of backing paper which you will use for a whole project.
For this backing sheet I used the Serene Snowflakes Stamp set & four coloured ink pads In Perfect plum ( A colour I don't use enough) Pretty in Pink, Rich Razzleberry & Concord crush.

Also I decided with this project to make small cards. I worked out that from a single A4 sheet of card you can make 2 4" square cards & a single 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" Square card, so here they are.

3 1/2" x 3 1/2" Square card

A neat trick for making a glittery border is to make lines using the Sticky strip & cover it with the Dazzling diamonds glitter, This also works as a frame around a square or rectangular aperture. It does look really blingy but I cannot seem to get good light today to take a decent picture.

4" x 4" Square Card

4" x 4" Square Card

Supplies for these projects
Inks
Perfect plum
Pretty in Pink
Concord crush
Rich razzleberry
Cardstock

Perfect plum
Whisper White
Concord Crush
Rich Razzleberry
Tools
Decorative Label punch
Heat Tool
Paper trimmer
1/2" Circle punch
3/4" Circle punch
1" Circle punch
1 1/4" Circle punch
1 3/8" Circle punch
Ornament Punch
Decorations
Dazzling Diamonds glitter
Basic Rhinestones
White Gel pen
Sticky Strip
Stamp Sets
Serene Snowflakes
Contempo Christmas
Four Frames ~ 2011 Mini
Curly Cute
Gifted ~ retired September 2011

Well after making those three cards from an A5 piece of " One sheet Wonder" background I still have a few pieces left over.
I will have a go at a couple more cards this afternoon.

Highly recommended

Despite last nights celebrations having to be brief due to exam revision we had a lovely time, we took Abi to the Waffle house in Norwich for tea, what a treat we had, the food is amazing & very reasonably priced, all I can say is if you are ever in Norwich, check out this tiny little gem in the heart of the city.
I pass the Waffle house on my way to work every morning, I think for the sake of my waistline its just as well that they open for breakfast after I start work.
I had a two course waffle meal, the first course was Ham & Mushrooms with cheese sauce over a hot waffle. Then for the second course I had a spiced fruit waffle with Ice cream & maple sauce.
All of us completely cleared their plates & is looking forward to the next family celebration, just as well we went for our weigh in before going out!!

I did manage to make it up the stairs to my craft today & have a lovely little project to share with you.

To make this trio of projects you will need

Stamps

Baby Blossoms

Curly Cute

Tools

Beautiful Wings Embosslits Dies

Little Leaves Sizzlits Die

Swirls scribbles Sizzlits Die

Boho Blossoms Punch

Top note Die

Stamp a ma jig

Paper Piercing tool

Decorative Label Punch

Photo corners extra Large

Flower made from

Fancy Flower Extra Large

5-petal Flower Extra Large

Boho Blossoms Punch 

( See the tutorial on Caroles blog )

Cardstock

Bashful Blue

Whisper White

Pear Pizzazz

Rose Red

Papers

Springtime Vintage DSP

Ink

Blushing Bride

Rose Red

Pear pizzazz

Pretties

Metallic Brads

Dazzling Diamonds

Seam Binding Ribbon in Pear Pizzazz

Linen Thread

Big Designer Buttons in Springtime Vintage

What a lovely way to present a small gift for a loved one.

Close up of the handmade flower embellishment & the beautiful Butterfly

Baby Blossoms

This set is an absolute must have set from the current mini catalogue, it is just fabulous & so en trend at the moment & so in keeping with the Vintage / Cath Kidston style.
I have to be truthful & say I got mine FREE on of the perks of being a demonstrator is earning free stamp sets in promotions throughout the year. 
When the set arrived I was initially not even going to mount it as two step stamping sets used to scare the life out of me, But now I am totally in love.
I found a sheet on the internet on a fellow demo's site that simplified the stamp set & took all of the brain fudge out of using it. I had seen so many beautiful projects, once I started stamping with this set I was hooked.

The card wallet

Mini scrapbook card ~ this could also include photographs

Stamped greeting on the 2nd page of the mini scrapbook card

The 3rd page of the mini scrapbook card ~ I thought a photograph would look lovely matted onto  this page.

The whole card

To make this card I used

Cardstock

Pear Pizzazz

Whisper White

Rose red

Watercolour Paper

Ink

Whisper White

Pretty in pink

Rose red

Pear pizazz

Basic Grey

Stamps

Baby Blossoms

All A Flutter

Bella Toille

Curly Cute

Tools

Stamp a ma jig

Crop o dile

Heat embossing tool

Scallop trim border

Aqua painters

Pretties

White embossing powder

Rose red Seam binding ribbon

Pear Pizzaz Seam binding ribbon

Subtles designer buttons

Basic pearls

Linen Thread

Dazzling diamonds Glitter

Designer Series paper ~ Springtime Vintage

Stampin' Write pens

Rose Red

Pretty in pink

Peach Parfait

Everything used to make this card is available from Stampin' Up through me as an independent demonstrator. Please contact me if you would like information on products or how you too could earn free stamps.