A Merry Christmas To One And All!!

Wow, it is now less than a week to go until Christmas Day! This year I have managed to send out handmade cards to everyone! Most of the cards were made from past stamp sets and DSP, a useful way of using up stock to make room for products from the new Spring/Summer catalogue and Sale-a-bration goodies which will be available from 4th January.
Now back to this months card class projects.  Both of the cards were Christmas ones and the 3D project was a calendar.

 For this card we used Festival of Trees and Sassy Salutations stamp sets and the main colours were Old Olive, Mossy Meadow, Real Red and Whisper White.  The DSP was Merry Moments DSP.  To add a bit of sparkle we added a star made of Red Glimmer paper and some Basic Rhinestones.  We also added some paper piercing detail around the the card and circle.

This cute punch art reindeer did use a few punches but I think he was worth it!  The punches used were Extra Large Oval, 1/2" circle, 3/4" circleOwl Builder, Tree Builder and Pansy.  The colours used were Tip Top Taupe, Whisper White, Early Espresso and Real Red.  (The ribbon is retired).  The 'snow' was made by embossing Vellum Cardstock with the Decorative Dots folder and adhered to Tip Top Taupe cardstock and then onto the main card of Early Espresso. The greeting was taken from the Snow Place stamp set.

Sping - main colours = Mint Macaron, Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso, Pear Pizzazz, Versamark; stamp sets = Sheltering Tree, Project Life Day to Day.

Summer - main colours = So Saffron, Melon Mambo, Early Espresso, Pear Pizzazz, Versamark; stamp sets = Sheltering Tree, Perpetual Birthday Calendar, Project Life Day to Day

Autumn - main colours = Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie; stamp sets = Sheltering Tree, Perpetual Birthday Calendar, Project Life Day to Day

Winter - main colours = Soft Sky, Early Espresso, Versamark; stamp sets = Sheltering Tree, Perpetual Birthday Calendar, Project Life Day to Day. White heat embossing powder.

The calendar was made so that it could sit on a table/desk and be 'flipped' over to view the relevant season of the year by having a tab that slotted behind the card panels.

All the panels were adhered to a folded sheet of Basic Black card stock using dimensionals.

November Classes - All Set For Christmas!

With Christmas fast appraoching, we are now making more Christmas themed projects but I also wanted to use a stunning set of stamps and coordinating thinlet dies - Lighthearted Leaves and Leaflets Framelits, which are perfect for Autumnal projects.  As Stampin Up is an American company and celebrate 'Fall' in a big way, they have quite a lot of products based on this season.  The card we made uses some lovely autumnal colours, Daffodil Delight, Tangelo Twist, Garden Green and Mossy Meadow to match with the colours in the Into The Woods DSP strips.  The greeting was taken from the Cottage Greetings set stamped in Early Espresso and puched out using the Washi Tape punch. First we emobssed some vellum card stock with the largest leaf in gold embossing powder and coloured in the detail of the leaf using marker pens creating a stained glass window effect.  Then either cut it our by hand or by using the Leaflet Framelit.  The background was stamped using the Gorgeous Gunge stamp set.

For our Christmas card we used mainly non-Christmas products save for the greeting which was taken from the Lots of Joy stamp set.  The Bird Builder punch was used for the robin in Soft Suede and Cherry Cobbler card stock and the leaves in Old Olive.  The greeting was stamped using Cherry Cobbler ink and the Hardwood background stamp was inked with Soft Suede onto Crumb Cake cardstock.  The centre was punched out with the 2" diameter circle punch. The berries were created uisng the 1 /16th hand held circle punch.  A small bow was made using the 1/8th Gold ribbon.

At our Christmas Card making workshop, I gave all the attendees a Christmas Pudding made using the Curvy Keepsake die filled with chocolate and was asked if we could make it at this class.  The Curvy Keepsake die is so quick and easy to use to make a lovely box to fill with goodies.  The colours used were Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler and Garden Green.  The holly was made by punching our a large oval of Garden Green cardstock and then 'nibbling' the edges with a 1" diameter circle punch.  The berries were made using the larger circle from the Owl Builder punch in Cherry Cobbler.  The dimpled effect of the 'cream' on the pudding was made using the Decorative Dots embossing folder.  The greeting was taken from a retired stamp set stamped in Chocolate Chip and punched out with the large oval punch.