Stars are Shining Bundle for October Challenge

 Welcome and Happy Sunday. It's a new month and the MAWTT team are sharing a challenge with lots of options today.  It's a noughts and crosses/tic tac toe/bingo grid and you choose a row or column that suits you to make your card.  

I stamped the large star stamp from the Stars Are Shining stamp set , tone on tone to the base card of Night of Navy and then added an EMBOSSED layer of Just Jade using the pine folder from the 3D Wintry pack of two folders.  Onto this I've added a piece of white card with a Mango Melody stamped image from the recently retired SAB set Textures and Frames to create a colour wash for the bauble (IMAGE) which is stamped onto vellum using Memento Tuxedo Black ink with some minimal Night of Navy colouring using an alcohol marker/ stampin' blend.  

To adhere the vellum without the adhesive showing I've added a real red die cut label and added a gold bow ie my RIBBON.  

It's another example of the less traditional colours of Christmas cards we used recently for my challenge at Christmas Card Club. You can see my challenge card for that on my earlier Stampingscene post. 

Don't forget you can join in the challenge at MAWTT any time during the month right up to the end of the month.  Take a look at the DT cards and join in here. 

Thanks for stopping by and I look forward to seeing which bingo line you create. 

Keep safe and keep stamping. 

Zoe x

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Christmas Packaging with Stampin' Up! Woodland Embossing Folder

Stampin' Up! Woodland Embossing Folder has been a huge hit with many of us.  It is such a fun folder with more uses than just straight embossing.  In addition to 'just' embossing you can use a brayer to add colour to the deboss side otherwise known as the side with printing on the folder and can then create popping silhouette trees like these on this pretty gift box.  The box is created using the  new Square Pillow Box Thin lit dies which are in the Stampin' Up! winter catalogue along with the folder.  The folder will disappear on 4 January as it's on the retiring product list.  It could go even sooner if it sells out so if you've had your eye on it please don't miss out and order one now.

You can add some silver twine, vellum and glimmer paper stars using the star punch and a sentiment from the Holly Jolly Greetings Bundle which includes a stamp set and thin lit greetings of Merry, Peace and Jolly.

These boxes are just the right size for giving to husbands and boyfriends or both whilst saying 'Fill this with jewels Darling!'

Here's wishing you small boxes filled with treats more exotic than chocolate.

Zx

Challenges
52 CCT - brayering or sponging

Stampin' Up! European Onstage Live 2015 Swaps

Today I'm enjoying life in Brussels at the Stampin' Up! new style convention which is now called Onstage Live.  I'm here with some of my lovely team from the UK and The Netherlands and we are learning all about the new products coming in the Spring/Summer catalogue.  Sorry no sneaky peeks as we aren't allowed to share just yet, but I can share one of my swaps with you.  This simple card uses the star punch. I've used it with the corrugated card stock that comes in the Stampin' Up! annual catalogue and you get a sheet of white and sheet of kraft.  Fab card for texture and it looks great mixed with the in colour washi tape, gold thread and little bit of stamping from Gorgeous Grunge and the thank you is from the Tin of Cards set, its the one that matches that gorgeous tin and card kit on the front cover of the annual catalogue.

I love using washi tape as it is quick and when you are making lots of swaps, to share with fellow demonstrators for inspiration, you need something that is effective, but easy and speedy to use.

If you've ever wanted to have lots of friends to craft with and be able to buy fabulous products at a discount you might like to consider joining my team, The Tantalizing Stampers and then you too could join us at 6 monthly events like this organised by Stampin' Up! and also our team get togethers where training is free and we share ideas.

Another swap soon.

Zx

Christmas Wrap over at MAWTT

It's time for another challenge at MAWTT and it's a theme of anything listed in the song from The Sound of Music - Raindrops on Roses etc etc.......

I went for the brown paper packaging tied up with string to gift wrap a parcel in the vein of Jane Means, the gift wrap guru, with a co-ordinating card made using Stampin' Up! set Your Presents which is great for building piles of gifts either for Christmas or birthdays.  It's a super set for the 'kissing' technique.

My sentiment is from the Stampin' Up! winter catalogue set Oh , What Fun which co-ordinates with the Oh What Fun Tag Project Kit.   Some baker's twine and linen thread and you have all the makings of brown paper packages tied up with 'posh' string.

Step over to the challenge and take a look at the other design team inspiration before you have a go at the challenge.

Meanwhile today I'm at day one of the Stampin' Up! European Onstage Live event in Brussels with some of my lovely team The Tantalizing Stampers.  If you'd like to attend fun events like this and love Stampin' Up! why not contact me to find out about joining the team.

Have a great day!
Zx

Simple Stampin' Up! Gift tags

We all like to receive gifts and aren't they more fun when they are wrapped up beautifully.  Last weekend as part of our Stampin' Up! stand display at the Sincerely Yours Show in Newark we shared some great ways of making your gifts look exciting.  Thank you to everyone who passed by our stand to say hello, place orders or book events with us.  We'll be at the Portsmouth show on October 31 to share more projects there too so please do come and say hello if you visit the show.

Here is a set of tags that were on display, simply made with 2inch wide strips of kraft card stock put at one end into the scallop tag topper punch and then at the other end the star punch was pushed up the card stock as far as it would go to create an aperture.   The punched star was then added with a stampin' dimensional along with some gold foil card and washi tape to add some sparkle.  Some cherry cobbler thick baker's twine adds just enough colour along with a stamped to and from on the reverse.  Simple, quick, but effective.

These could be used for birthdays or Christmas with adjustments to colours only to suit a particular occasion.  In our house though they will be for Christmas as we have a houseful this year with my young niece and nephews so we'll be needing lots of tags, ear defenders and Christmas cheer.

Have a great day.

Zx