Christmas Cards 2016

Merry Christmas!

Here are some of my favourite cards that I made this year:

 Using some retired SU paper and stocking punch

Using up some scraps 

I stamped this last year and paired it with some turquoise card

This was a totally new style for me, but I love how it turned out.

Lawn Fawn tree and ornaments, plus SU Gorgeous Grunge 

Lovely dies plus SU paper

I made this card last year, I had no time for colouring this year :(

I loved this new SU stamp set this year

This Tim Holtz foliage die works well with the SU greeting and Hardwood background

 Some diecutting fun

Loved this stamp for quick and clean cards

I made about 120 cards this year in total.

Lawn Fawn Fox Christmas Card

I think this was my favourite card of my Lawn Fawn experiments this Christmas!

Cardmaking will never be the same now I've discovered the partial diecutting technique, this was my first attempt at it and it turned out really well and set my mind working overtime on other possibilities.

I sponged the blue background over some white embossed snow (from Stampin' Up! White Christmas) and raised up the whole front of the card on dimensionals before mounting it on a red base. I love the clean simple look of this technique and the contrast of white and bright colours.

Joy to the Woods Baubles

I just love the little baubles in the Joy to the Woods set, and coloured them and added some Diamond Glaze to the centre of each before mounting them on a hand-drawn "string" with some dimensionals. This was another card that I wanted to keep! (But managed to give away after all ;) The trees are from the Happy Camper set.

Lawn Fawn Little Snowman

How cute is this little guy?

The smaller of the two snowmen in the Lawn Fawn Frosty Friends is just adorable.

This was a quick and easy card but one of my favourites!

Lawn Fawn Joy to the Woods Scene

After playing with the Lawn Fawn Frosty Friends I moved on to the Joy to the Woods set. I love the birch tree branches and the little birdhouse and holly, so much fun. 

Snowglobe tree card

Another of my favourite cards of this Christmas, although photographed in a hurry.

I always love white silhouettes against blue, plus a little red, so this came together very quickly.

Memory Box: tree, birds

Impression Obsession: Snow Globe

Stampin' Up!: greeting

I added some white pen snowflakes and used the pen to trace over the greeting which hadn't turned out well using an old white inkpad.

Lawn Fawn Frosty Friends Snowman

Lately I've been a little obsessed with Lawn Fawn stamps & dies.

This was one of my first creations, one of my favourite cards this Christmas.

Stay tuned for more of my designs using the Lawn Fawn stamps, I've got one coming each day for the next few days!

Christmas cottage card - Holiday Home

I've started making Christmas cards, inspired by some dies I purchased recently.

This little house in the Holiday Home set is one of my favourites and I love the greeting, too.

The wreath around the edge plus the snowflakes finished it off nicely.

I think I'll have trouble giving this one away ...

Supplies:

Holiday Home polymer stamps - Stampin' Up

Real Red, Marina Mist, Whisper White and Hunter Green cardstock - Stampin Up

Small Snowflake dies - Impression Obsession

Wreath die - Tupelo Circle - Memory Box

Uniball Signo white pen

Wondrous Wreath Christmas

The Wondrous Wreath stamps and Wonderful Wreath Framelits dies are so much fun!

I had a great evening with friends stamping out a series of Christmas cards.

I am loving the Hardwood background stamp, which I bought recently, I'm sure I'll be using this a lot in the new year, too, for all sorts of cards, especially now that I've got the newer larger Stampin' Scrub (at last!) which makes it so much easier to clean the large background stamps!

For this card I used the retired Polka Dot background and a retired border punch.

And here's a card similar to the first one, using Melon Mambo instead of Real Red.

I love the way Soft Suede and Baked Brown Sugar work together on these cards.

Colours: Soft Suede, Baked Brown Sugar, Pear Pizazz, Old Olive, Real Red, Melon Mambo, Whisper White

Stamps: Wondrous Wreath, Good Greetings; 

(the Merry Christmas on the first card is from a retired set)

Dies: Wonderful Wreath Framelits die

Holiday Home

As soon as I saw the Holiday Home stamp set, I knew I wanted it.

But when I first played with it, I had trouble knowing just what I wanted to do with it.

Stamped on white it looked kind of plain, and it was hard to colour in a way that looked effective.

Then I saw the set stamped on Crumb Cake, and from that moment I haven't looked back!

I stamped the houses on Crumb Cake and Soft Suede, and used a white pencil to create highlights on the glass. I love using Prismacolor pencils for this type of colouring.

 I created a rich background using a dark blue with some daubing around the edge, and stars stamped in white, and made the lamplight "glow" using two shades of yellow.

This has to be one of my favourite cards ever.

I made a few other cards using the Holiday Home set, with the snow scene from White Christmas in the background.

The greeting is from the retired Mixed Medley set.

And once more, this time coupled with some lacy adhesive tape for a pretty Scandinavian effect.

Once again I loved using my white prismacolor pencil to colour snow and highlights.

The Stampin' Up! white chalk pen is also great for drawing snow falling or sitting on top of branches.

I posted all my cards today, these ones are sitting out in the street post box now, waiting to cheer someone's Christmas.

Christmas Card Class this Week

I've got a few spots left in my class this Wednesday night!

We'll be using some of my favourite stamps of this year.

Here's a sneak peek of two of the cards:

Details

Wednesday 10th Dec, 7.30-9.30pm

$25.00 to make 8 cards.

Supper and ALL tools & materials included

Address: northern Sydney, address given on enrolment

Book: email me to receive details of address and payment method.

I hope you can come!

Rejoicing with You

Here's a variation on the card from the last post,

this time using the Rejoicing With You set.

Quick and easy cards look glamourous when you add

a bit of gold and some texture from an embossing folder.

The greeting is from the Mixed Medley hostess set.

Come to Bethlehem

Here's a card from my recent

Classic Christmas class.

Supplies: 

Come to Bethlehem stamp set

Rich Razzleberry cardstock and ink

Whisper White cardstock

Brushed Gold cardstock

Lacy Brocade embossing folder

Decorative Label Punch

I love that you can stamp straight onto the brushed gold cardstock.

Christmas Card Class - Wednesday 31st October

It’s less than two months till Christmas! 

Time for making Christmas cards! 

I’m running some classes in October and November to help: 

Classic Christmas

Make 8 elegant cards using traditional designs 

– holly, poinsettias, pine cones, angels and Bethlehem scenes.

Cards designed specially for this class, 

all quick and easy, suitable for all levels.

Learn about 2-step stamping and watercolouring.

Everything provided, just come and relax (child-free!)

(minimum class size of 3 people, maximum of 8)

Cost: $25.00
Wednesday 31^st October 12.30-2.30pm

Wednesday 31^st October 7.45-9.45pm

at my home in Sydney.

To book: email me Pay at the time of the class.

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Stay tuned for future classes in following weeks, details to follow.

Winter Wonderland – snow-themed Christmas card class

Elegant Christmas – beautifully ornate cards for special recipients!

Christmas Ornaments – make beautiful ornaments to keep and/or give

Christmas Gifts – quick and easy gifts to give during the Christmas season to teachers, friends, hostesses …

If you are interested in attending any classes please email me to let me know your availability, I have several days and nights free each week and would like to include as many people as possible.

Stampin’ Up! Promotion!

 

During October Stampin’ Up! is running their Spool Time promotion!

There are a few days left before October 31 to take advantage of this special offer!

Just spend $60.00 or more and receive 

FREE one of the gorgeous stitched satin ribbon 

in your choice of one of the In Colors!

RRP $15.95!!

Raspberry Ripple

Primrose Petals

Summer Starfruit

Gumball Green

Midnight Muse

I’m loving this ribbon – it’s so shiny and pretty.

For every $60.00 you spend you receive a spool of ribbon!

Don’t miss out!  Emailme with your order from the 2012-13 Annual Catalogue or the Holiday Mini Catalogue before 31^st October.

Or order at the class on Wednesday. 

Snowflake Card

Even though we have Christmas 

in the middle of summer, 

and we're nowhere near snow in winter,

I just couldn't resist the Snow Flurry die

from the Holiday Mini.

I've always loved snowflake designs.

This die is amazing, 

it cuts the most spectacular snowflakes 

that can be layered to create a 3D effect.

I also used the Adorning Accents Edgelits die

to create a sweet scalloped edge.

In the background I sprinkled more snowflakes,

from the Snow Swirled stamp set,

and stamped in Whisper White

with a touch of silver Dazzling Details 

at the centre of each.

Greeting from Tiny Tags.

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I can't believe it's just three months until Christmas!

Have you started to plan your Christmas cards and gifts?

Email me to order products,

and keep an eye out here for upcoming Christmas classes

starting again next term.

Christmas in July!

Christmas in July!

You're invited to come and make Christmas cards!

Be an early bird and make 8 beautiful (but easy) Christmas cards.

All tools and supplies provided

Dates: 

Wednesday 25th July - 7.45pm-9.45pm

OR Friday 27th July - 10.00am-12.00 noon

Location: Hornsby in northern Sydney

Cost: $25.00

This is a child-free relaxing time for everyone,

so please make your own arrangements

to have any children minded.

Places are limited so don't miss out.

Email me now to book!

Christmas Cards

I guess the desks of most stampers looks like mine at the moment

- a few finished cards amongst stamps, inks, and card scraps!

Hope you are enjoying it as much as I am!

Christmas Treats Box

This is a little box we made at a workshop the other night.
Materials:
Real Red & Old Olive cardstock and Stampin' Ink
Scallop Circle Punch
1 3/8" punch
1 1/4" punch
1" punch
Real Red 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon
Hole punch (office type)

To make the box, almost but not quite fold an A5 card horizontally, and pinch a little crease at the centre of each long side. Open out the card and almost fold it long-ways, again pinching a crease, this time on each short side. Open out and score from the creases to form a diamond shape, and then score across the middle of the card from long side to long side. You should have a diamond with a line across the centre. Fold the triangles inside and punch a hole on the short side of each of the four triangles. Thread a ribbon through the holes and there you have a cute easy box for Christmas gifts!