Christmas Card Club - Stampin Up Holly Berry Festive Foliage

Another fortnight another Christmas Card Club challenge, but I've been really organised this week and have 3 to share with you.  Rachel set the challenge of Festive Foliage, all my cards use the Stampin' Up! retired set Holly Berry Happiness, but if you like Holly the punch is still available.  Above I've used the fabulous Stitched Shape dies and the Layering Circles which includes some scallop edged circles to create a focal point.  I used the 3 step stamping set to create the image and added a separately stamped bow which you can punch out easily.  Love the metallic enamel shapes for my bit of bling.  Do you ever stamp your envelopes too?

This card uses the same holly set with another sentiment from Tin of Tags set.  I've heat embossed the image with copper embossing powder and added night of navy holly berries.  A simple matting layer onto a base card also in night of navy card stock. 

A vintage version of card number 2 with the outline of the holly again embossed before I stamped in the leaf colour and berries.  A little smudging with a sponge around the edge of my base and matting layer of crumb cake with the same ink to soften the edges.  

A veritable trio of wreaths sharing plenty of festive foliage.

Have a great week.  Zx

Moving Along with the Times - Anything goes Christmas Challenge

DT Call - if you'd like to join us as a design team member for MAWTT please visit the MAWTT blog and let us know.  We are looking for a new teamie! 

Time for Team A to run with Christine's challenge this week for the Moving Along with the Times fortnightly challenge.  Christine chose Anything Goes Christmas for a theme and so with the festive season getting closer I've shared a gift box with you which I made using the Stampin' Up! gift box punch board and Holly Berry Happiness stamp set and Holly Berry Builder punch.  Do come and join our challenge this fortnight here.

To create a background I've stamped with tip top taupe ink using a stamp from Timeless Textures.  I didn't reink the stamp every time to create different shades of colour.  The holly is stamped in black memento ink and then the 'filler' stamp is used to colour the leaves in garden green ink.  The berries are another stamp from the same set.  The bow is two step stamping also with the same black and real red ink in two stages.  The punch is perfect then for quick and easy cutting out of the bow.

A little layering with garden green and copper foil card stock and some beautiful lace through which I threaded real red bakers twine using a long needle.

With lovely boxes like this you can turn homemade cookies into a wow teacher or neighbour gift especially as the gift box punch board can be used to make all sorts of sized boxes.

Check out the Stampin' Up! Extravaganza event this week to see awesome discounts on the Holly Berry Builder Punch and many other popular products.

SHOP NOW

More soon Zx

Christmas Card Club meets MAWTT

I'm catching up slowly with life and am beginning to feel like I'm on the mend so  I've killed two birds with one stone today to make my sketch card for Moving Along With The Times and also the festive bird theme in our Christmas Card Club set by Valery aka Mrs A.

I've used the Candy Cane Lane Designer Series Papers which you can buy during October and get a free pack for every 3 bought. There are 8 different packs to choose from so you can save yourself £10.  There's a new shopping rewards code which you need to add to your online order of £25 -£149.99.  Your order ships to you, but I'll send you a thank you gift separately for shopping with me.

To shop just look here in Zoe's Stampin' Up! shop.

Choose from 8 different designs including the two christmas sets below

 Candy Cane Lane 141981 

Presents & Pinecones 141986

In my design I've also used the Holly Berry Happiness stamp set and Holly Berry builder punch to decorate around my hand carved Robin stamp and add the festive bows.  I'll be using these items in my upcoming Stamp a Stack of Christmas Card events.  Check out my classes page for details or invite me to come and teach the class to you and your friends for a fun afternoon or evening.

Please take a look at the other Festive Birds cards in Christmas Card Club and join us for our sketch challenge at MAWTT.

Thanks for your patience while I've been absent. I'm hoping to be more consistent now.  Take care all.

Zx