Christmas Card Club - Ornament Keepsakes

Stampin' Up! Ornament Keepsake Stamps and Framelits

 

Oh man I'm so behind with my Christmas Card Club, but I am really having a great time with a special project that I'm doing and also a trip away this weekend with Olivia. We're having a girlie weekend and I'm really excited. 

So I'm finally sharing with you my card for Sylvie's challenge to use silver and one other colour with white being an admissable neutral.  I loved the ornament keepsake bundle that Stampin' Up! offered in the AW collection.  You may remember that many folk made beautiful ornaments with the set as well as decorating cards.

Here it looks lovely in not quite navy and silver. I just love silver glimmer paper and if anyone from Stampin' Up! is listening please keep it in the new catalogue coming our way in July!!!!! 

Don't forget to stop by the other ladies in the club for inspiration, but you made need to scroll back as this challenge was due almost a fortnight ago.  There's a new challenge on Sunday and I do have that ready to share so pop back soon. 

Have a fabby weekend and if it's wet you have the perfect excuse for crafting!!!!

Zx

 ps please note that not quite navy will be retiring so if you want to top up on products in this colour do contact me or your demo soon.

Christmas Card Club Challenge

Our friendly club challenge is set by Clare and she has asked us to use Kraft card stock on our card somewhere.  At Stampin' Up! we now call Kraft ,  Crumb Cake, but it's the same thing!  I've used it for my base card and also to stamp these these lovely images from Watercolour Winter that you may remember was in our AW12 collection and I'm sincerely hoping it will reappear in our new annual catalogue in July.  Fingers crossed.......  The two images on the left are stamped and in the case of the top one coloured in using my inkpad lids as a resevoir for colour from the inkpad and my trusty blender pen.  The poinsettia image was heat embossed with early espresso embossing powder and also coloured in with the blender pen.  You might just spot a touch of French Foliage on a couple of the images and also the left two have been spritzed with a sparkly glow using rubbing alcohol with a mix of water and champagne shimmer paint.  A gold embossed sentiment from Greetings of the Season, another set I'm hoping reappears and a couple of vintage trinket button brads just finish it off.   The colours used are cherry cobbler, always artichoke, soft suede, crumb cake and early espresso. 

Off to visit the others in the club now so why don't you join me.  Their blogs are listed in my sidebar. 

Keep warm and safe.
Zx

Christmas Card Club Finale for 2012

Christmas Stocking Card

Our last challenge for the Christmas Card Club was set by Clare who decided we should make anything but a square card.  It's taken me a while, but I've finally made my card and used the cute Holiday Stocking die.  To make sure I had a fold I used a piece of whisper white cardstock 6" x 12" folded it in half but made sure the fold line was just below the top of the stocking on the die to maintain the fold.  The toe, heel and stocking top have been embossed in the Stampin' Up! Petals a Plenty embossing folder to add texture and I've added rhinestones to for some Christmas sparkle.  My sentiment is from Greetings of the Season which has proved to be a very popular purchase for many this year. 

 

I'm also sharing a picture sent to me by a customer who bought a kit to make this bunting with her children.  I think they did a great job and it looks very festive on their stairs.  Well done Naomi and  Sam with your crafting!!!



Stampin' Up! Holiday Stocking

Happy day and keep dry!!! Zx

Stampin' Border Banter

 

I just love the simplicity of the Stampin' Up! Border Banter Set in the AW12 catalogue.  You can use it throughout the year to add subtle background stamping like the chevrons above or for a sentiment in the 'merry merry merry........'  This is a great Christmas card as it's simple to make, flat for cheaper postage, but carries the message of joy at Christmas to your friends.  Check out the use of part of the 'merry' stamp in my previous post about the Stampin' Up! new paper trimmer.

 

It's used here with Be of Good Cheer designer series paper, linen thread and a partial stamp use from Greetings of the Season.  I hope yours is very merry.  Come back soon for more simple, but effective Christmas cards.

 

Enjoy the Season!

Zx

Christmas Card Club - Stampin' Up! Northern Flurry



Stampin' Up! Northern Flurry Embossing folder with Greetings of the Season

It's that time of year, more than any other time of year, when you wish you had more than 24hours in your day and that all your chores did themselves so that you could do your Christmas preparations in a leisurely fashion.  Well I am most definitely in need of time............. 

This fortnight's challenge for Christmas Card Club was set by Hazel and she set us the task of using bright colours. As you know Stampin' Up! has some fabulous colours, but I just couldn't decide which to use so I've gone out of my normal traditionalist colour scheme for Christmas and gone for pink yes pink!!!! But I have made a very simple card to tone down the colour, well I've tried!

 

The Stampin' Up! Northern Flurry embossing folder gives great effect in a very simple way.  Add a few bits of bling and a wild wasabi heat embossed sentiment from Greetings of the Season and you've got a bright, simple card.  Oh and don't forget the rich razzleberry base card!

 

Don't forget to pop by the other blogs in our Christmas Card Club. You can find them in my sidebar.

 

Zx

Christmas Card Club - Sugar & Spice

 This fortnight's Christmas Card Club Challenge was set by yours truly and I thought that the theme of Sugar and Spice and all things nice was just right for a Christmas card, especially as I have the fabulous Stampin' Up! Scentsational Season stamp set and  Holiday Collection framelits. I received these items free as part of my title benefits as a demonstrator. If you'd like to learn how you can earn a bundle of free products with each new catalogue launch please contact me for more information.  

Sadly what you can't see from the picture is the sugar and spice embossing powder that I've used to add the 'scent' of Christmas too!

Stampin' Up! Scentsational Season with Northern Flurry Folder

The Northern Flurry embossing folder is great for adding a seasonal back drop to cards and with a little bit of dazzling details it's got the sparkle it needs for the festive season. 
A great way to use up oddments of ribbon and tulle is to add them as a fringe to a matting layer of cardstock and linen thread is always a great, but simple accent. 
That gingerbread man is certainly full of sugar and spice and I hope he brings a smile to many a face this Christmas!
Please do visit the other lovely ladies in our Christmas Card Club who all have wonderful cards to share with you and a mixture of styles and techniques so plenty of inspiration too! You can of course join our challenge club too just let one of us know and we'll point you in the right direction. 
Have a great day! Zx