Christmas Card Club - Lots of Joy

STAMPIN' UP! CHRISTMAS WITH LOTS OF JOY

We're doing tea and cake with my parents today, as Dad is getting a little stronger although he's had orders from the dietician to eat more protein and put on some weight.  Oh boy I wish I could see the dietician and receive that order lol! Mine would be to shed a few pounds or two or...... Just can't resist cake can you?

Margaret, down under in Australia, chose our fortnightly challenge theme and asked us to make Christmas cards with at least two different papers.  I've used a mixture of Merry Moments from the Stampin' Up! annual catalogue and some retired vellum papers.  I used the banner framelits to cut the papers along with the cute little banner punch for the horizontal banner stripe.  

The Lots of Joy stamp set provided the simple sentiment and the tartan tree to which I've added some silver sequins and a foil star.  I love the silver and gold doilies and so I've added one of the smaller size to lift my sentiment from the whisper white back ground and I noticed on one of the Stampin' Up! Artisan Design Team recent cards that she'd tied bakers twine to a button and stuck it on with the bow behind.  I liked the look of it so I've done it with a silver button and cherry cobbler bakers twine.    

If you like inspiration in many forms you can visit the other ladies in our challenge via the blog list on the side of my blog or go take at look at the Stampin' Up! Artisan Designers blogs who've just set up their latest blog hop.  

Enjoy the remainder of your weekend.

Hugs Zx

A Christmas Card Challenge at Moving Along with the Times MAWTT

It is a team A challenge over at Moving Along with the Times and it is a Christmas card for someone special.  I've made this 5.5" square card for a someone special.  I've used the thick white card for my card base and then stapled a 4.5" square of Holidays Fancy Foil Designer Vellum onto the base.  The vellum is from the Stampin' Up! winter catalogue and is currently in the End of Year Sale over at Stampin' Up! which started today. It's now £6 for a pack of 9 sheets.  You can buy online in my Stampin' Up! online shop

I've added a matt layer of red foil card and then a smaller circle of whisper white card which I've embossed with the Softly Falling Textured Impressions folder.  My trio of trees are stamped in old olive ink using the annual catalogue stamp set Lots of Joy.  Bling today is in the form of silver glimmer paper Merry and pie crust rhinestones along with a little silver thread.  I've gone for wishes as I'm wishing for a special Christmas with my niece and nephews.

Do check out the DT cards over at MAWTT and why not join in our challenge. It's just for fun!

Happy Day
Zx

Stampin' Up! Lots of Joy for Christmas Card Club

As my delightful children reminded me yesterday we are nearer to this Christmas than the one past and so I'm glad it is time to share another Christmas Card Club entry with you. In fact I have two to share.  Lorraine  is in charge this time and asked us to use 'Lots of Layers'.  I started with the card below inspired by so many shaker cards on pinterest.  I've used some of the Merry Moments designer series paper to create the tree laden background and added some snowy bumps with Festival of Trees stamped and punched trees too.  Some of my favourite bling in the form of metallic sequin assortment and of course some of my life time supply of silver thread.  For those who visit Stampingscene often you'll know that I bought 5 rolls each of gold and silver having not put my glasses on to read 4.5m per roll when in fact it's 45m per roll.   The decorative dots embossing folder added some texture to my overlay piece and  my sentiment is from the stamp set Lots of Joy.  A few doodle dots with the gel pen and it was ready to go! 

Quick Tip - Santa and his reindeer are stamped onto the window sheet encasing the sequins with Staz On ink.  You need to be careful that when you stamp you keep the stamp still so as not to smudge! 

My second card is truly lots of layers.  Again I've used my new stamp set Lots of Joy.  It's a real eclectic mix of Christmas images including a tartan tree which matches the tree punch from the Festival of Trees bundle and also this gorgeous ornament stamp and some super sentiments for the festive season.  See it in my Stampin' Up! UK online shop. As ever I've blinded it up with sequin trim and rhinestones and the layers are from Merry Moments designer paper again with smoky slate card stock to bring it all together.  I'm also loving that thick cherry cobbler bakers twine - make sure you get yours before everyone else takes it all for their Christmas makes and gift wrapping!

Quick Tip - I wanted a scallop edge to highlight my sentiment, but don't have a punch that was neither too small or too big and so I used the one I had and cut two and then cut them into pieces to layer them around the sentiment. Where is didn't quite match I added the star from the centre of the ornament.

Enjoy your Sunday! Zx

Challenges
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - anything goes
Moving along with the times - snow in summertime
Christmas Cards all Year Round - snowflakes
Christmas Card Challenges - anything goes