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.