Farmhouse Christmas Bundle

I am doing a Craft day and classes this month using the Farmhouse Christmas Bundle.
The first card is a Z fold card which Monica Gale shared with us at an online team training last month.
I love the combination of Pool Party, Gray Granite and Cherry Cobbler.
The fence is one of the Dies in the Bundle.

This is another card which we did - clean and simple.
I love the red truck and tree. you could cut off the tree and put other items into the truck.

The house can be used for several occasions such as retirement, new home.
The Galvanised Buttons are part of the Suite.

The last project is a cute box. I found the video in Pootle's Advent countdown HERE
I punched the stars out using the retired Sprinkles Punch and the Joy sentiment is a retired die which I cut down from Jolly to make the word Joy.

More Winter Woods

This is my favourite stamp set from the Autumn/Winter Catalogue.
In October I went on a Paperie Retreat, at Monk Fryston Hall in Yorkshire, organised by Monica Gale. One of the projects were a set of four coasters using the Winter Woods Stamp Set and Frosted Shimmer Paint.

Here is a card using Gray Granite and Merry Merlot inks and a technique called shadow stamping.

The trees were inked up in Pear Pizzazz with Garden Green and Shaded Spruce daubed on with Sponge Daubers. The card base was embossed using the Pinewood Planks Embossing Folder.

In the third card I also used two stamps from the Rooted In Nature Set. The DSP is from the Under The Mistletoe pack in the Annual Catalogue.

The last card is in brown tones with some Copper Shimmer Paint daubed on to the stamp.

Happiness Surrounds Stamp Set

Happiness Surrounds is one of the two Stamp Sets in the Snowflake Showcase Suite available for this month only. It goes with the Snowfall Thinlet Dies. I embossed the Pool Party card base with the Layering Leaves folder. The colours used are Pool Party, Calypso Coral and Mint Macaron.

This is a card that I sent to my daughter. The card base is Crumb Cake. The background paper is from the 6 x 6 pack in the Annual Catalogue called Wood Textures. Colours used are Early Espresso, Garden Green and Calypso Coral.

The third card is a combination of Powder Pink, Melon Mambo and Pool Party.

Snowflake Showcase

For this month only Customers can buy items from the Snowflake Show Case products.
This includes 2 stamp sets, some snowflake dies, white velvet 12 x 12 cardstock and some adorable Snowflake Trinkets. In this post I am showcasing 2 cards and a box made with the Snowflake Glistens Stamp Set and the Snowfall Thinlet Dies of which there are 20 in the pack.
I used a Brayer for the background of the first card. The basic colour is Balmy Blue.

I used the Brayer again on the second card with Pool Party, Coastal Cabana and Pacific Point Inks with a hint of Whisper White for the base of the tree. I stamped the tree in Versamark Clear and then used White Embossing Powder.

The box was cut out using the Window Box Thinlet Dies. The cardstock colour is Blueberry Bushel stamped with snowflakes in Whisper White Craft Ink.
We will be using these products at my next Craft Day on Saturday, November 17th. I still have 2 spaces so let me know if you would like to join us.

Winter Woods

This is my favourite Bundle from the Autumn / Winter Catalogue. It is not just for Christmas but thinking of you, get well, men's birthday and sympthy cards.
First up is that beautiful line of trees embossed in white.

I used a Brayer for the background of the second card and yellow and blue inks.
The trees were embossed in white.

This is the card that I am sending to one of my sons who has just moved to Kew Gardens in London where he is doing a 3 year Diploma course.
I inked up the trees in Pumpkin Pie and then daubed on some Cherry Cobbler and Cajun Craze inks.
The Soft Suede card base was embossed with the Woodland Embossing Folder.

The last card uses a combination of Old Olive, Garden Green and Tranquil Tide with Early Espresso for the tree trunks. The Garden Green base card is embossed with the Wood Planks Dynamic Embossing Folder.

Peaceful Noel Bundle

We made four cards using the Peaceful Noel Bundle at my last Craft Day on September 1st.
This is a very creative bundle as you can use the stamps in so many different ways.
The Speciality Designer Series Paper has copper embossing on one side of each sheet.
The Gold Glimmer piece on the card was punched out using the Sprig Punch which is part of the bundle.

In the second card you can see some of the delicious Merry Merlot ribbon from the Suite which has gold threads on one side.

I used a retired stamp set called Sleigh ride from last Christmas on the third card.
The sentiment on the inside of the card is from the Merry Christmas To All Stamp Set.

The wreath on the last card could be stamped with the Stamparatus in the same way as you would make a medallion or kaleidescope card but I chose to do it by eye around a faint circle line. You start off with north, south, east and west and then fill in between to get 8 sprigs. You then add the other motifs from the Joyful Noel stamp set.The sentiment is from the Merry Christmas To All stamp set.

Love you To Pieces Bundle

My last order included the Love You To Pieces Bundle. So inspired by You Tube Videos I made my first card for my daughter. Some of the puzzle pieces may fall out when she opens the card but hopefully that will encourage her to complete the puzzle again.

I then decided to make a Christmas card. I took some of the All Is Bright DSP from the Autumn/Winter Catalogue and completed the second card. The little holly sprigs are from the Take Out Treats Stamp Set. The matching dies include one which cuts out the holly beautifully.

The colours used were Real Red and Call Me Clover.

For the third card I used another piece of DSP from the All Is Bright Pack.

The sentiment is from the Joyous Noel Stamp Set and I put some gold thread behind it.

I hope that you like these cards.

Abstract Impressions

I was not going to get this stamp set but I decided to get the Dies as I loved the butterfly and then once I had looked the Bundle up on Pinterest then I was soon hooked. The first card was one that we did in a Stamparatus class recently. Medallion or Kaleidescope stamping is so easy and such fun with a Stamparatus. Highland Heather, Blackberry Bliss and Mossy Meadow is the colour combo.

The next card was cased from You Tube. I used Calypso Coral and Flirty Flamingo instead of Melon Mambo and Island Indigo (now retired) instead of Bermuda Bay for the base card.
I really like the little butterfly in the stamp set. Fabulous stamp set to use as the abstract bit means that you can't really make a mistake!

Bold flowers here in Petal Pink and Calypso Coral. I do love the colour choice that we have in Stampin Up.

Similar card to the first one but in Powder Pink and Flirty Flamingo with Pear Pizzazz leaves.

Healing Hugs

Healing Hugs was near the top of my list of stamp sets from the new Annual Catalogue because I did not have a good Get Well stamp set and this one fits the bill. The flower in the first card was inked up in Crushed curry and then I used a Sponge Dauber and added some Poppy Parade.

The second card was cased from Crafting Sergeant. I like the aperture on the front to show the inside sentiment. I used Granny Apple Green and Tranquil Tide for the leaves.

The next card was cased from the Catalogue. I love Bermuda Bay teamed up with Lemon Lime Twist.

Watercolour wash in Pool Party. Blackberry Bliss and Rich Razzleberry for the flower. Good to use the cross stitching background stamp from the set.

Another cased card.Blushing Bride and Calypso Coral for the flower and Basic Grey for the sentiment which is from the love what You Do stamp set.

Create a Wreath with the Stamparatus

I watched a great video on You Tube called the Round and Round technique using a Stamparatus.
You can view it HERE
It was easy to make the template on Grid Paper using the largest of the square framelits.
I used a small heart from the retired Heart Happiness Stamp set.

 Below is a larger wreath made using the Happy Birthday Gorgeous Stamp Set on a 4 inch square.

They were both fun to stamp and I enjoyed the creativity of "design on the go" with the second one.

Delightfully Detailed Suite meets Botanical Bouquet

 I love the Delightfully Detailed Suite and the Notecards in it. The first card uses one of the Mint Macaron cards with some of the Laser Cut DSP on top. The sentiment was stamped on to a Stitched Shape Circle. The flowers and foliage are from the Beautiful Bouquet stamps and dies.

Here is the Blackberry Bliss version with silver Mini Sequin Trim.

I made a box with the Git Bag Punch Board to go with the Mint Macaron card.
I used the Botanical Bliss stamps and dies for the tag.

This is the gift box without the tag.

More Varied Vases

Here are some varied Vases Cards made using three of the new In Colours - Blueberry Bushel, Lovely Lipstick and Call Me Clover. I also used some of the matching 6 x 6 Designer Series Paper Stack. The Label for the sentiment was die cut using a die from the Lakeside Framelits.
I used the Seaside Embossing Folder for the background.

I love these bright colours to showcase the Varied Vases Stamp Set. I coloured the flowers in using a Blender Pen so that I could control how dark the shade of colour was. I used a small flower from the set for the background.

Varied Vases

I ran a class using the Varied Vases Bundle last week. We started with a single vase for the first card.
The Pool Party Card stock was embossed using oneof the Petal Pair Embossing Folders.
I used some Crystal Effects (retired) on the Vase to make it look like glass. You could use Fine Tip Glue Pen to get the same effect.

I used an Aquapainter on the second card for the water. Two new colours were used for the flowers - Mango Melody and Gorgeous Grape. The returning Flirty Flamingo was also used.

The third card was inspired by a Demonstration at On Stage by Val moody. I used the Stamparatus to get the row of vases. It was so easy to line them up by moving the plate along the hinges!

The last card is a simpler version.