Christmas is Coming

I am loving the Simply Scrappin' Kit Christmas Jingle it is Sadly only available Whilst stocks Last but it represents great Value for money as there is so much in there you could probably make at least 20 cards using the papers & embellishments with just the addition of some extra Cardstock & adhesive.  So here are just two cards using some of the kit.

 The card stock for these cards is Real Red, Chocolate Chip & Whisper White.
The inks are Cherry Cobbler & Old Olive.
That stamp set Seasons of joy has made another appearance this week as the focal point of these two cards.
Additional items used are Word window punch, 1/4" circle punch, 1/2" circle punch, Vintage Brads & the bling is the lovely Rhinestone Jewels from the new Stampin' Up catalogue.
All of the papers & other embellishments are from the Simply Scrappin' Kit Christmas Jingle.

First Christmas card of 2010

That is not a typo it does say the first Christmas card of 2010. With today being the 1st of August that means it is just 145 days until Christmas so I thought that I better get started.

So with the new card colours still out on my desk from last weekends cards, yes it really is a whole week since I managed to get inky fingers in my craft room I decided to use Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo & Old Olive to make this first card.

The set used is one of my favourite sets Season of Joy, I really hope that it is not one of the sets on the retirement list on 1st September.

Card 4 ~ Stamp~a~stack

Cardstock ~ Real Red
Gable green
Whisper white

Ribbon ~ red gingham

Ink ~ Gable green
Pink passion

Cropodile

Stamps ~ Occasional greetings
Season of joy



All procducts are from Stampin' Up & available through me as an independant Stampin' Up demonstrator.

Stampers 10 projects

Stampers 10 ~ Meeting 2

Thank you to Angie for being hostess & bringing the goodies.

Last week was the second meeting of my stampers 10 & with Christmas in Mind we made a couple of Christmas projects.
A simple card, very versatile & it would be very easy to adapt this card into your chosen colourway.


A table favour to have on the Christmas dinner table, with either a small present or sweets in.

The measurements for the favour box
Base card 7cm x 7cm
scored at 1cm on all 4 sides
White card to make the sides 12cm x

Stampers 10 projects

Stampers 10 ~ Meeting 2


Thank you to Angie for being hostess & bringing the goodies.

Last week was the second meeting of my stampers 10 & with Christmas in Mind we made a couple of Christmas projects.
A simple card, very versatile & it would be very easy to adapt this card into your chosen colourway.


A table favour to have on the Christmas dinner table, with either a small present or sweets in.


Measurements for Favour box

Base card 7cm x 7cm
scored 1cm in on all 4 sides

card to make the sides 12cm x 22cm

scalloped frill 22cm x 3cm

Punches & stamps needed

Scalloped border punch
Oval punch
scalloped oval punch

Seasons of joy 110384

Christmas in July Day 30

A variation on yesterdays card in non-traditional Christmas colours, this time a square card.




Cardstock
Basic Black
Whisper White

Ink
Tempting Turquoise
Pink passion

Accessories
Tempting Turquoise Gros grain Ribbon
Oval punch
Scallop oval punch

Christmas in July Day 29

Well as promised Christmas cards in non Christmassy colours, still using the seasons of Joy set, that is a must have.





Cardstock
Basic Black
Whisper White

Ink
Tempting Turquoise
Pink passion

Accessories
Tempting Turquoise Gros grain Ribbon

Non SU
Square punch

Christmas in July Day 22

One card
One colour ink
&
Two colours of cardstock


Cardstock
Certainly celery
Whisper white

Ink
Certainly Celery

Stamps
Season of joy

Accessories
Dazzling diamonds
Stamp-a ma-jig

Christmas in July Day 20

Day 20 already
Today is also day 7 of the seasons of joy set.
I am impressed with the anount of cards I have managed to create with this set, I also use the swirl for cards all year round.

Cardstock
Real red
Glorious green
Very vanilla

Ink
Real red
Glorious green

Accessories
Cropodile
Real red Gros grain ribbon

Stamps
Occasional greetings
Season of joy



All of the products used in these Christmas projects are Stampin' Up & are available to order, please contact me for further information.

Christmas In July ~ day 19

Wow day 19 of Christmas in July
Spinner card


Still working on the theme of a single stamp set
But today using different colour cardstock & inks.


Note to self:
I really must get my eyes tested everything I have made in the last week looks wonky.

Cardstock
Not quite Navy
Ballet blue
Whisper white



Ink
Not quite Navy


Stamps
Seasons of Joy 110384
The snowflake spot


Accessories
Assorted size circle punches
1"
1 1/4"
1 3/8"
Ballet blue Grosgrain ribbon

Non SU products
Mono filiment




All of the products used in these Christmas projects are Stampin' Up & are available to order, please contact me for further information.


Tutorial for spinner card

Christmas In July ~ day 16

Two cards again today showing the versatility of the Seasons of Joy Stamp set & the difference swapping around the colourways can make.



Cardstock
Old olive
Real red
Whisper white
{ The border is made using the Stampin' Up scalloped border punch and a square of card 2 3/4" }
Very vanilla


Ink
Real red
Old Olive
Versamark


Stamps
Seasons of Joy 110384



Accessories
Assorted size circle punches
Scallop border punch
Silver embossing powder
DSP



All of the products used in these Christmas projects are Stampin' Up & are available to order, please contact me for further information.

Christmas In July ~ day 15

Christmas in July day 15
I am totally amazed that I am on day 15 of my Christmas challenge & day 2 of utilising a single Stampin' Up stamp set.
Two small cards just slightly different, if you could imaginge just how easy a whole batch of cards would be this size & in a couple of different colourways, you can see just how versatile this set really is.





Cardstock
Old olive
Real red
Whisper white


Ink
Real red
Old Olive




Stamps
Seasons of Joy 110384



Accessories

scalloped oval punch



All of the products used in these Christmas projects are Stampin' Up & are available to order, please contact me for further information.

Christmas In July ~ day 14

I thought this week I would make sample cards to show the versatility of a single stamp set from Stampin' Up.
After a lot of pondering.............{ 5 minutes really } I decided on my undisputed favourite Christmas set.

Seasons of Joy 110384

Todays card would look equally good as a gift tag or as a Christmas tree decoration.



Cardstock
Old olive
Real red
Whisper white


Ink
Real red
Versamark



Stamps
Seasons of Joy 110384
Crazy for cupcakes 111618



Accessories
Dazzling diamonds 110194
Heat & stick powder 110101
Gold eyelets
Tag punch
scalloped oval punch

Non stampin' Up
Circle template

All of the products used in these Christmas projects are Stampin' Up & are available to order, please contact me for further information.

Christmas In July ~ day 10

Wow ! A 1/3rd of the way through July already, it makes me realise just how quickly the days turn into weeks & those weeks slip away so quickly. I have to say that I have astounded myself & if you know me, you will probably be astounded that i am still on course for my Christmas in July task.


On Saturday Dawn was making these cute little gift bags during her Christmas in July demonstration.

She started with a square of card 7cm x 7cm
( providing the base is square you can use any size )
Score a 1cm border all of the way round & make into a box lid.
Take a piece of 12" x 12" paper the height you want tour gift bag to be.
Use double sided sticky tape all the way around the edge of the base, & stick the paper all around the base & where the edges overlap use double sided stick tape to secure.

Decorate using ribbon & stamped images.

Using the cropodile hold the two top edges together and punch holes through both sides, affix the jumbo eyelets to tie the ribbon through as the bag closure.


Cardstock
Old Olive
Real red
Very vanilla

Ink
Real Red
Old Olive


Stamps

Seasons of Joy 110384


Accessories
Designer papers ~ Dashing 109938 ( available while stocks last )
5/8" Red Grosgrain ribbon 110130
Jumbo eyelets 109960
Cropodile
White Gel pen
Scalloped circle punch 109877


All of the products used in these Christmas projects are Stampin' Up & are available to order, please contact me for further information.

Christmas In July ~ day 9

Something a little bit different today I thought
I have added a colour not usually associated with Christmas, I think it works well.


I think that if you only buy one set of stamps this year it should be the Season of joy set, its so versatile & I love the swirl I use it with so many other projects.

On this card the swirl is stamped in the same colour ink as the card to make a shadow effect.

Cardstock

Real red
Basic Black

Ink
Versamark
Real red


Stamps

Season of Joy 110384


Accessories
White Embossing powder
White 1/4" Gros grain ribbon
Cropodile & Jumbo eyelets antique brass


All of the products used in these Christmas projects are Stampin' Up & are available to order, please contact me for further information.

Christmas In July ~ day 8

The good old British weather.......... doesn't disapoint yet again! one week a heatwave & hotter than the Bahamas the next week torrential rain & thunder storms. What is going on?
At least with the weather the way it is at the moment, I can spend guilt free time in the craft room thinking about all things Christmassy.

I see a pattern forming here Old Olive again, Real red again. I am not usually such a creature of habit, maybe I need to use the Su colour combo creator more. This site is note affiliated to Stampin' Up in any way but nevertheless a very useful tool.




Cardstock
Old Olive
Real red
Very Vanilla


Ink
Real red
Old olive



Stamps
Seasons of Joy



Accessories
Red gingham ribbon
3/4" Circle punch 110107
1/2" Circle punch 110103

All of the products used in these Christmas projects are Stampin' Up & are available to order, please contact me for further information.

Christmas In July ~ day 2

Christmas in July ~ as promised
Here is the first of the cards to inspire you to start getting organised for Christmas.

At work we have a demo on Saturday with the new christmas range, I can just imagine Dawn our lovely demo sitting in the 30 degree heat we are currently experiencing playing Jingle bells on her ipod to try & get into the Christmas creative frame of mind......Just the thought is making me chuckle.
On Saturday we will be putting out our first phase of Christmas stock.

Stamp set is Season of joy
Cardstock Rose Red & Whisper White
Ink Old olive & Rose red
Dazzling diamonds & heat 'n' stick powder
Whisper white Gros grain ribbon

Time to play

Polka dot punches

Polka dot punches

pretty cool crysanthamum flower using the five petal flower punch, inspired by Dannies designs

Stampin up send a celebration is the main picture & the swirls an flowers on the background are from the seasons of joy set.

Friday nights makes & a cosy weekend

These are the make & takes from friday nights Stampin up party at my house.
Michelle had two great projects for us to try & also decorating a mint Pattie ( AKA Elizabeth Shaw mint crisp )
Thank you to everyone that came along, I hope you enjoyed yourselves.

I have already booked my next party in February on Friday 20th at 7pm, but this one will be slightly different as I have decided to do a scrapbooking themed party, so if you fancy coming along then you will need to bring some photo's with you.

Both cards use my favourite seasons of Joy set

Although the picture doesn't show the colours too well we have used Ruby red & always Artichoke, now these two colours are a must have for your Christmas palette.

This card uses a combination of colours that I wouldn't have imagined together Bravo Burgundy & Sage Shadow....they work so well together its a combination I will definitely bee using again.
All of the cardstock & inks are from the co-ordinated Stampin up range.


Well it started snowing here on Friday evening and it has been that way for most of the weekend, it's not currently snowing but the sky is very white & it looks like there is plenty more snow to fall yet. The weather was just the excuse I needed to stay in and make my Sister in laws Christmas card order. I have left my new 6ft stamping table up in the lounge and have been working on 4 batches of cards all weekend, just stopping to Blurf & feed the family.

Bramble popped out to chase the kitten around the garden after she escaped.


Tallulah escaped to see what all of the fuss was about in the snow, Bramble went out & tried to chase her in, but after about 10 minutes of chasing her around the garden she came in of her own accord & then went and sought out a quiet place in the craft room.

Batch Christmas cards

I am in the middle of making my batches of Christmas cards using my favourite Stampin up stamp sets, I dont usually enjoy making large batches of the same design, but as you can see each card is very similar although each has a subtle difference.

All of the card stock I have used is Stampin up.


Snowflake Spot.




Season of Joy