Christmas Card Club - Oh Christmas Tree Card

The lovely Dawn set our Christmas Card Club challenge this week and I think my post title says it all.  I've used a combination of inspiration from the recent Stampin' Up! convention and a card I saw in the supermarket. 

 

Doesn't Gorgeous Grunge make a fabulous back drop to my Christmas Tree made with rolls of designer series paper from the Winter Frost pack!  

 

I love adding texture with embossing folders too to give more depth.  This one won't be easy to post, but it will make a special card for hand delivery. 

 

I'm now getting ready for more Christmas fayres and my own family Christmas.  I hope you are more organised than me.  Onwards and upwards is the plan!!

 

Zx

Christmas Card Club - An upcycle challenge

Yet another fortnight closer to the festive season and I feel it is getting a little close for comfort.  I have so much to do and like many of you supportive readers, not enough hours in my week!  Many of you have met Ben, our Border Collie in real life or on my FB page, but I don't think I've introduced him here yet.  Those who know him, know that he occupies a lot of my time usually chasing him around the garden to retrieve something he has stolen. Well today it was tomato plants; yes and still in their pots. Whilst their season is just about done green tomato chutney was still an option until they were Ben'd this morning. 

Ah well onto the matter of this post!  Our challenge at Christmas Card Club is to upcycle an item on our card!  I've cheated a bit and so I've made a double bill.  I'm now a Body Shop consultant as well as a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and so I've made a gift box by upcycling a body butter container and I've made a card to accompany it.  The card below is a very simple easel card made using my favourite stamp set from the Stampin' Up! autumn/winter catalogue called Festive Flurry. It has matching framelits which save you the hassle of cutting them out and give a perfect outline which after all is what snowflakes usually have.  I've also used the new thinlet expressions dies to add a large scripted 'Merry' as well as my sentiment.  If you have the thinlits you'll find it easier to remove your die cut word if you add a piece of baking parchment or wax paper between the thinlit and the card stock before putting it all through you Big Shot. 

 

Check out both on the box and on  the card the beautiful frosted finishes embellishments in the centre of the snowflakes. They are so, so  sparkly and make great earrings too which will be a perfect gift to go inside  my new gift box.

Have a great week and remember you could join Stampin' Up! from tomorrow for the next two weeks for just £25. What a bargain. Check out my Join Stampin' Up! page to find out more.

Thank you Maureen for this fun challenge and I hope you forgive me for cheating!

 

Challenges

Crafty Hazelnut's Extra Christmas Challenge - Anything goes

Christmas Cards All year round - Christmas preparation eg presents 

Moving along with the times - Anything goes

 

Christmas Card Club - Snowman

 

Snow day from Stampin' Up!

 

 

I'm back with my second post for Christmas Card Club.  This fortnight's challenge was set by Sue J over at her lovely blog Olliesmam.  The challenge is to include a snowman and you couldn't really get a much jollier snowman than this cute little fellow.  Such a great smile and and I love his buttons made from candy dots and candy dot brad bases.  I stamped his body with craft white ink and sprinkled a little dazzling diamonds on him before adding white embossing powder and heating.  You can just about see the sparkle in the top photo taken in the morning sunshine.   I wanted to give his scarf some texture and so I cut a strip of stitched satin ribbon in half lengthways to get some fraying and also to not drown the poor chap!   His message is simple and says it all!   For those of you worrying about writing inside a black base card we now have a White Stampin' Chalk Marker which is perfect for writing in dark coloured cards and adding your name onto kit. 

 

 

A final note for today..... Before heading out for school this morning Charlie asked me if I had slept well and this is how the conversation went.

Me : yes thank you

Charlie : Did you dream about MEN!!!

Me : CHARLIE

Charlie :  Or chocolate biscuit cake?

 

What makes a small boy's mind work this way!!!!

 

 

Ah well off to enjoy this beautiful morning. Hope it's just a lovely with you! Have a great day. Zx

 

Challenges

CHNC 143 - Stamp Stamp Stamp