Christmas Card

Hi there.  Hope you are ready for the Big Man coming on Tuesday? I cant wait..

Here is a quick post to show you some cards I made using the Glimmer Paper and the Holiday Ornaments Framelits.

The card blank is Real Red and I trimmed a Very Vanilla mat of card to fit slightly smaller than the card front.  I used the Festive Paper Piercing Pack to pierce tiny holes around where the bauble was going to be.

I cut out a bauble in Real Red Glimmer Paper, punched a scalloped circle from Champagne Glimmer Paper and mounted this to the centre of the bauble.  I made a bow from Very Vanilla Seam Binding Ribbon and used glimmer brads to secure it at the top of the bauble.

The Sentiment is from a lovely set called Christmas Lodge and was stamped onto the Very Vanilla card in Real Red ink.  I attached the Very Vanilla card mat onto the Real Read card blank then added a thin strip of Champagne Glimmer Paper close to one edge.

The bauble was mounted on Dimentionals to the area pierced with the bauble shape and to finish off I stamped the round image from the Ornament Keepsakes stamp set, punched it out using the 1" circle punch and added it to the centre of the scalloped circle in the centre of the bauble.

Well, I do hope you have a super Christmas.

Bye for now

Jan
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I know, I know...

I have been naughty and not blogging again, haven't I!?

Well, I am sorry about that but things have been a bit manic - but lovely too!

Our new team member (Hi Joanne!) had a workshop and I helped her get LOADS of fabby freebies last week.  The workshop was fantastic and I loved every minute of it.  Here is the make and take we made.

Its using some of the items from the Ornament Keepsakes Bundle and the bauble folds flat if you are going to post the card!  I couldn't decide which sentiment to put on (there are so many nice ones, I still haven't made my mind on which ones to buy - and it has to be a new one...)

The ink is one of the new In Colours - Gumball Green - you will not believe how amazing these ink pads are.  The coverage and clarity (that's a posh word for this early on a Sunday!) of the image with this ink is amazing.  Looks like I'm going to have to buy all the inks in the new firm foam now (oh, dear!).

The fine scalloped edging along the strip of Snow Festival Designer Series Paper was just strips punched out using the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch with just the scallop showing.

What else have I been up to?  Well, I held a fundraiser event last Saturday for Cancer Research UK for Pampered Chef - all the proceeds and all commission from the event are going to the charity, so please let me know if there are any quality cooking items you would like - the order is going in at the end of the month.  Id like to raise as much money as possible for this worthwhile cause.

Did you come to our Stamp-a-stack yesterday?  if you didn't, you missed a CRACKING day - I will post about this in a couple of days.

Have a great weekend!
Jan
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Another Snowflake

Ive been practising again - I just LOVE making these!

When we first saw the dies and stamp set in the Winter Catalogue I was hooked. We couldn't get the stamp set at first so I got the dies anyway and had a bit of a play making them with plain cardstock, but when you use the matching stamps - WOW!

I used the Ornament Keepsakes bundle of stamps and dies, Whisper White and Cherry Cobbler cardstock, Snow Festival DSP, Cherry Cobbler Scalloped Tulle with Baja Breeze and the brand new Midnight Muse ink.  The centre of the snowflake has a Rhinestone Brad - I'm so sorry these are retiring.

I'm having a class on the 6th October so I needed to make a few samples, in different colours - this one is definitely my favourite though.  And just look at the coverage with the new ink pads - no mottled or blotchy finish...   I can see me changing to the new ink pads soon.

The bundle offer from Stampin' Up! gives you 15% off the dies and stamp set, so £38.95 for the clear stamps and £43.95 for the wood mount set (plus I then get 20% discount for being a demonstrator - I love this job!).  Now, if you'd like to order the bundle from me, I am offering you the chance of a class to learn how to make the snowflake for FREE!  This offer is only available from me, and I need to have your order in before the 1st October to get your bundle delivered in time.

You can still come to the class if you like though, its £8 per person and will be at our local community centre in Shafton, Barnsley.  Contact me now to order the bundle and/or book your place on the class.

Jan
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