Festive Flurry with Gorgeous Grunge

It's been a while, but at last I have managed to make and upload a couple of cards and will be showing one today and the other tomorrow.

As well as using a snowflake from the Festive Flurry stamps and die set, I have also used stamps from Gorgeous Grunge.

The base card and decorative paper are from the Merry Little Christmas Simply Created Card Kit and I have taken my colour scheme of coastal cabana and real red from the kit.

See you tomorrow.

Julia  

Festive Flurry with Winter Frost Papers

Hello,

The exterior of our property is being painted at the moment and I have just been outside with cups of tea for the painters. Although it is a bright day here in Netheravon it is really cold in the wind, and so I think it appropriate to show a card using the Winter Frost Designer Papers.

The layout for this card was a suggestion given to demonstrators by SU. I like to use papers cut in this way but have always put them vertically or horizontally on my cards, so I like this idea with the strips placed at an angle and crossing over at the top. 

For my base card and for the large snowflake I have used the Brushed Silver card stock. The smaller snowflake has been stamped using Island Indigo ink onto Coastal Cabana card and then die cut. The Festive Flurry stamps and framelit dies are available on page 30 of the Seasonal Catalogue and can be purchased together as a bundle saving 15% on the individual prices. Add a gem to the centre of the snowflake and your are finished.

Back soon,

Julia

Christmas Messages - Deck the Halls

Hello again, sharing two more cards today using sentiments from the Christmas Messages set in the seasonal catalogue. A lovely set of nine stamps with some really attractive sentiments to use as a focal point on your cards plus and some simple verses for your inserts. 

Both cards also feature the Christmas Collectibles ornament stamps and punch. On the second card below I have used strips of washi tape and glimmer paper.

My colour scheme for both cards is old olive and cherry cobbler.

Back soon,

Julia

Christmas Card Workshop

Recently my Stampin' Up downline Mary and myself held a Christmas Card Making Workshop which was a great success. 

We had a lovely day with delicious cakes made by Mary and all day beverages prepared by my daughter Amy in personalised mugs (Mary had made a tag for each crafter to go on the handle of their mug).  The raffle prizes included Stampin' Up goodies together with some decorated gift boxes containing sweets and home made sparkly cookies baked by Amy. Each cookie was impressed with a snowflake design using the Sweet Pressed Cookie Stamps (page 160 of the annual catalogue).

I am just going to show two of my cards from the day, as I feel it would not be fair to the ladies who paid to attend the workshop to show more than that. This first card is traditional in style and colour .....

I have used the new Gold Metallic Encore ink pad (pg 28 Seasonal Catalogue) to stamp a border of swirls with a stamp from Clockworks (pg 109 Annual Catalogue). The Christmas tree with its gold baubles is from the Warmth & Wonder hostess stamp set in the Seasonal Catalogue.

I have used Cherry Cobbler for the base card, with Very Vanilla for the stamping layer and mounted this onto some Brushed Gold card (pg 156 Annual Catalogue).

My second card, more modern in style and colour .....

I have used the beautiful Bermuda Bay ink for all the stamping on this card. The base card is Smoky Slate and the card trim at the top is Coastal Cabana with a strip of silver Glimmer Paper added.

Have a good weekend all.

Julia

25% off 25 Stamp Sets

A fantastic special offer from Stampin' Up to celebrate their 25th Anniversary.

Click this link to see the full list of stamps available. On the list you will find page numbers for the discounted stamp sets and if you do not have a current catalogue you can view this on the right of my blog. Take a look there might be some stamps you have been thinking of getting so it would be worth ordering while they are on offer.  

Please note these special prices are only valid until the 28th October 2013, and if anyone would like to place an order please contact me (mobile number and email above) by mid-day on the 28th. 

Have a good (wet!) week.

Julia

Christmas Collectibles and Winter Frost Papers

Showing a Christmas Card today with 'flags' made from the beautiful Winter Frost Speciality papers.

I embossed a strip of the base card using an embossing folder from a pack of two called Delicate Designs, which is for embossing card edges. I used a substantial white card blank so that the card did not 'crumple' around the embossing. 

The bauble from Christmas Collectibles has been stamped in Bermuda Bay ink and cut out with the Christmas Bauble punch. The sentiment was stamped with Bermuda Bay ink onto the same colour card. A very fine strip of Silver Glimmer Paper represents the string of the bauble.

The stamp set, punch and papers are all available in the new Seasonal Catalogue (see the right hand side of my blog).

I used foam dimentionals to fix the bauble and the sentiment with 'flags' to the card.

Julia

Mosaic Madness Grunge Christmas

Hello,

At last, a card to share with you. This one uses stamps from Mosaic Madness and Gorgeous Grunge.

The sentiment is from Greetings of the Season, a stamp set with four Christmas sentiments from the 2012 Winter Catalogue which is still available this year - see the Special Offers on the right hand side of my blog.

Colours: 

Card - Bermuda Bay and Pool Party

Ink - Bermuda Bay and Real Red

Additional items:

Silver Glimmer Paper

Dazzling Details in Cherry Cobbler

Brights Candy Dots

Mosaic Punch

Itty Bitty Shapes Punch

Have a good weekend. I seem to have lost my voice so it will be very quiet here!

Julia