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Merry Christmas Tree Builder

I got my Stampin’ Sponges out again!  I LOVED making this card, getting my blend on with some fabulous ink colours!Merry Chrostmas to you blended tree - 2

The ink blended circle on this card required a mask; created from two clouds punched from the Tree Builder Punch, and a large circle die cut using the Circle collection framelits. I layered this elements together to create this mask, that I then sponged through with Mossy Meadow and Lost Lagoon ink

The effect around the edge is super easy to create too! I added the Whisper White card stock to my Lost Lagoon card base with Fast Fuse (as usual) but made sure not to put the Fast Fuse too close to the edge of the card stock. Then once it was stuck down, I pulled up the edges with my fingers. I’m sure you can spot where I got a little bit over excited with this step!

Merry Chrostmas to you blended tree

I finished this one with the Tree stamp from To You and Yours Too, along with the sentiment from the same set. Can you see the tiny little dots in the ink? they are little dots of Crystal effects, three trios of three, for an extra little something!

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One Layer White Christmas…

Stampin' Up! One layer Card

As I’m sure you know I LOVE getting messy and inky when I’m getting creative in my craft room. I had great fun making this cute one layer card.

I’m actually not sure if I’ve ever made a true ‘one layer’ card before, just a card base and some ink.

Stampin' Up! One layer Card

This stamp set is one of the Christmas themed sets that you can find all year long in our Annual catalogue. White Christmas features this wonderful trees, as well as cute items to dress them up, including a car, a bear and a Christmas tree. The trees have been stamped in Memento black ink, with White Craft Ink added to the snow bank and to the trees with a Sponge Dauber.

I couldn’t leave the card completely plain, and added this cute red bird to the trees, and some falling snow in some more of that great Craft Ink

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Happy Holiday Wishes….

I know, mixing it up this week with a post on a Wednesday! (and it’s not just housekeeping!)

This week I’m featuring 5 days of quick and easy Christmas cards for your last minute craft inspiration. Speaking of craft inspiration, how about a dose of inspiration delivered directly to you each and every week? Did you know I send out a weekly newsletter, complete with a great project each week. This month in the newsletter I’m showing some great sneak peaks, with ideas and inspiration you wont want to miss! You can subscribe HERE or there is always a link at the end of my blog posts.

To you and yours

This great card uses the To You and Yours stamp set, and is great for those last minute makes. I have to admit that I made a little bit of a mess of this one, I have no idea what happened to the Gold Foil card stock, but that bottom left hand corner appears to have been chewed!

The card base here is Old Olive, while the stamping is in a different green (Garden Green) with a pop of Real Red and a hint of Gold – I love this style of card. Super simple and really quick to batch make too!

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Round and Round the Snowman!

Stampin' Up! UK Round Christmas card

As I said on Sunday, I haven’t got any more videos now until the new year, but I didn’t want to leave my wonderful blog readers hanging on a Tuesday! So I have a special sort of card for you today…

A round one!

Stampin' Up! UK Round Christmas card

This card was created from a 4 1/2″ square card black. To create the round shape I used one of the larger Circle Dies from the Circle Collection, and positioned the die so a little bit was hanging off the edge of the folded edge, creating a hinge. I had to cut the bottom of the card too, otherwise it just rolled away!

I’m totally in love with Mr. Snowman, I think this will probably be the only type of Snowman I get to make this year, its getting warmer again here and I’m not holding out much hope for a white Christmas!

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Home for Christmas

Stampin' Up! UK Designer Series Paper Christmas Card

I thought this week I would give you a few ideas for your last minute Christmas cards.

Stampin' Up! UK Designer Series Paper Christmas Card

This card uses the fabulous Home for Christmas Designer Series Paper (that MAY still be available in the End of Year Sale!) Have I mentioned about the End of Year Sale – There are heaps of bargains on some wonderful products so please do check it out if you haven’t already!

The card is super simple actually, one piece of Designer Series Paper measuring 10 x 14.2 cm that I have sponged the edges of, with another strip of paper (10 x 2.5 cm) matted with a piece of Very Vanilla card stock.

The sentiment is from Santa’s Gifts, stamped in Real Red ink. I think the circle is the 1 1/4″ circle punch, but I cant remember! oops!

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12 Weeks of Christmas | Quick Tags

Stampin' Up! UK Quick Christmas tags

Stampin' Up! 12 weeks of Christmas

I don’t know if anyone else is like me and quickly running out of time before Christmas! I still haven’t got round to making my Christmas cards yet, let along finishing Christmas shopping or even thinking about getting any food in! I’m working at the day job over much of Christmas this year, and so have a few extra bits to do too – making gifts for colleagues and sorry I can’t be there cards for family members. Still, I’m sure it’ll all get done (even if its in January!)

Stampin' Up! UK Quick Christmas tags

So this week I hadn’t even managed to grab 5 minutes to make a video for you, I know – shocking seeing as it is Week 12 of our 12 weeks of Christmas! – and so this video is a little bit different!

At least I can now tick one job off my list – Christmas tags done!

What have you still got on your Christmas to do list?

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12 Weeks of Christmas | Table Gifts

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Stampin' Up! 12 weeks of Christmas

I am so sad that this is series of Christmas projects is nearly over! We have reached week 11 of 12, so only next week to go 🙁 I do hope that you have enjoyed this series as much as I have enjoyed making it!

This week I have a fabulous box project for you, that would make a great box for home-made chocolates or truffles, or as a table gift on your Christmas table

Stampin' Up! UK 12 weeks of christmas table gifts

These are quite large boxes, and I have to admit, they are quite indulgent and use a WHOLE SHEET of A4 (or 8 1/2 x 11!) but they are a great size – 2 x 2 x 4″ (5 x 5 x 10 cm)

Measurements:

Card stock = 8 x 10″ (20 x 25 cm)

Score on the short side at 2 and 6″ (5 and 15 cm)

Score on the long side at 2, 4, 6, and 8″ (5, 10, 15 and 20 cm)

Designer Series Paper measures 2 x 8 1/2″ (5 x 22 cm)

Stampin' Up! UK 12 Weeks of Christmas Chocolate box

I’m loving the belly band on these boxes, using the Home for Christmas Designer Series Paper, and A Little Something stamp set.

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12 Weeks of Christmas – Chocolate Gift Envelopes

Stampin' Up! Chocolate envelopes using the envelope punch board

Stampin' Up! 12 weeks of Christmas

Its’s Week 10 of our 12 weeks of Christmas countdown already! I can’t believe it! Really need to get organised with this Christmas shopping business, I haven’t even started yet!

Stampin' Up! UK 12 Weeks of Christmas

These super cute envelopes make sweet little gifts, and I’m planning on making a stack for the girls and guys working with me on Christmas day this year. It’s been a few years since I worked on Christmas day, and I’m actually quite looking forward to it. I’m looking forward to seeing lots of families visiting their loved ones, seeing the happy smiling faces of the ladies and gentlemen in my care, and sharing a little love with these cute envelopes filled with chocolates with my colleagues.

They are really easy to put together, even if you make a mistake like I did in the video!

Stampin' Up! Chocolate envelopes using the envelope punch board

Measurements:

Designer Series Paper – 4 1/2 x 4 1/2″

Use the Envelope Punch Board to punch and score at 2 1/4″ on the first side, then follow the score lines to position the other punches and scores as instructed on the board

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There’s Snow Place Like Home….

Stampin' Up! UK Snow friends Penguin Watercolour

It’s no secret that I love watercolour techniques, and I’ve been at it again on this card. Actually the first time I made this card I managed to get the paper too wet, by adding far too many layers of watercolour and had to start again!

Stampin' Up! UK Snow friends Penguin Watercolour

Mr. Penguin was stamped in Archival Basic Black Ink onto Watercolour Paper. The new Archival inks are great for watercolour as they don’t react with water, meaning that the ink stays where you put it and doesn’t bleed. His feet and beak are coloured using a Pumpkin Pie Stampin’ Write Marker.

I have mentioned before about how much I love Stampin’ Up!® for coordination; and this set is no exception as it comes bundled with matching framelits, making cutting out Mr. Penguin’s ear muffs, ice cream and bow tie a breeze!

My favourite bits of this card is the background. After I had Mr. Penguin stamped (but before he got dressed!) I masked him off with a piece of Post-it tape to protect him and created this watercolour background using Soft Sky ink. I put several layers of watercolour here, to create a textured effect. The floor is Tip Top Taupe. For extra texture I added some Wisteria Wonder splatters using the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set.

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12 Weeks of Christmas – Hello December

Stampin' Up! December Daily

Stampin' Up! 12 weeks of Christmas

One of the greatest things about Christmas for me is getting to spent time with our extended family. 2015 has been a really big year in our family, with Weddings, new babies, house moves and many other exciting events. Stampin’ Up!® have partnered with Becky Higgins Project Life to create a great memory keeping system, not just for Christmas but for all year round.

I have just started to print photos and plan my wedding album using the Project Life system. I adore memory keeping, and really looking forward to spending some time over the Christmas season to sit and make a good start on my album.

Stampin' Up! December Daily

This year I am planning on documenting the Christmas season using the Project Life by Stampin’ Up! Hello December 2015 (This is about to retire, so please grab the card kit and accessory pack quickly!)

The kits make it so simple to organise your photos and document those memories. I have already completed most of my album, ready to slip the photos in and add my journalling!

Stampin' Up! UK Memory Keeping Christmas project

Stampin' Up! Hello December Project Life

How are you documenting this holiday season?

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