Okay own up?

How many Christmas cards have you made so far?


I have made quite a few but in all fairness I was the crazy lady who started to make her Christmas cards in July, in my defence I only started that to inspire you.
I was trying to think of some cute cards for Christmas & when I think of cute Forest Friends always springs to mind

 The background of the card was sponged on using the Marina Mist ink pad, making a beautiful sky. The Lovely as a Tree single tree is stamped 3 times onto the background using Garden Green. The snow layers are Whisper White card stock torn & edged with Frost White Shimmer paint. The Rabbit & the deer from Forest Friends are stamped onto Crumb cake cardstock using the Early Espresso ink & Highlighted with a white gel pen.

The greeting is from Sincere salutations & stamped in Night of Navy onto Bashful Blue cardstock & punched out using the scalloped oval punch & popped up using Stampin' Dimensionals.
All of the products used on the above cards are from Stampin' Up & are available to purchase through me as a creative coach.

It's only August & I'm on my 3rd Christmas card...........!

It's hard to believe we are only in August, the weather here is absolutely foul, but I'm quite pleased that I've managed to finish my 3rd Christmas card & I think this is my favourite so far. The card uses the Dasher from the mini catalogue & lovely as a tree from the main catalogue.

Dasher is in the Mini catalogue which is only valid until 30th September

Did you know there is a way that you can heat emboss using the Stampin' Up ink pads? Well if you first coat your stamp in Versamark ink & then coat the stamp in the desired coloured ink & then quickly stamp your image & cover with embossing powder & heat in the usual way. The Vellum is torn in strips & using shimmer paint in frost white I painted the torn edge. Vellum is very hard to adhere & is virtually impossible to do this without the glue showing through, so what I usually do is cut the vellum larger than I need & wrap the excess around the back of the panel & stick using double sided tape. The card stock I've used is Bashful blue, Whisper white & Basic black. The ink is Ballet blue. The sentiment comes from the set sincere salutations.

Quick & simple

We all have the need every now & then for a quick card, no matter how organised we aspire to be. This card fits the bill perfectly coupled with the sincere salutations stamp set that has a greeting for every occasion this card is so quick & easy.

 It could be adapted for any occasion by just changing the colour way & designer series papers. Imagine a quick solution for those hard to make Male cards !

Inspired afternoon

Its been a short weekend this week as I worked yesterday so I have spent an inspired afternoon in my craft room whilst multi tasking and cooking a mouthwatering roast beef dinner, haven't had a roast for ages & just fancied one today.

Recently I have bought a few classes from a fellow demonstrator to inspire me.

I do this from time to time when my mojo desserts me or when i am just too busy or stressed to play. I seldom copy them directly I just use them as a starting point for either design or colour.

I recently bought the set on a pedestal so I just fancied having a play. I have broken out some of the colour renovation products

Melon mambo, Soft Suede & Rich Razzleberry.

 Cardstock

Whisper white

Melon mambo

Rich Razzleberry

Soft Suede

Old olive

Stamps

On a pedestal

Sincere salutations

Inks

Melon mambo

Rich Razzleberry

Soft Suede

Old olive

Tools & Accessories

Oval punch

Scallop oval punch

Scallop circle punch

White pen

Heart to Heart punch

Scallop square punch

1/4" Old olive Grosgrain ribbon

5/8" Old olive Grosgrain ribbon

Dazzling diamonds

All of the above products are from Stampin' Up & available to purchase from me as a creative coach for Stampin' Up.

Sharon's beautiful card fo Experience day

This is Sharon's card for our experience day using the beautiful Medallion stamp & the sincere salutations stamp set. Can you see what the pansy is made from?
It is made with the Stampin' Up Butterfly punch. Pop over to Sharons's Blog & see what else she's been making with the Stampin' Up range

A case'd card

Whilst Surfing some fellow demo's blogs I found this lovely card to case by Julie
In the oroginal card Julie used the beautiful Bella Bleu papers that are my current favourite. It took me three attempts until I made a card I was happy with, I originally tried the card with a different set of papers & it was nice but not outstanding so i carried on.Cardstock
Bordering blue
Pretty in pink
Ink
Pretty in pink
Lovely Lilac
Papers
Tea party 115158


The second card I used flowers of the same colour & inked the edges, & It still wasn't quite right, i think the problem was that I glued the flowers flat & I think that they needed popping up a bit on glue dots.Cardstock
Bordering blue
Brocade blue
Inks
Lovely Lilac
Papers
Bella Bleu 117370


The third card is very similar to Julies & I loved it.
Cardstock
Bordering blue
Ballet blue
Inks
Ballet Blue
Papers
Bella Bleu 117370


Punch
5 petal punch 112829
Stamps
Sincere salutations 105156
Live the dream 111486
Inks
Garden green
Cardstock
Whisper white
Used on all of the above cards


All of the above products are from Stampin' Up & are available to purchase through me.