Decorative ornaments meets challenges x 3 - for glitter, sparkle and silver.. !

 hi all

well I think I have certainly got into the 'C' groove with my cards now - and the stack is coming along quite nicely - my plan was to use all my associated 'C' word papers, stamps, cardstock and inks and set to.

but am guessing  like a lot of you - I would never get to use it all  up, 'never in a month of Sundays' as the saying goes.. 'but am doing my best to diminish the stash pile' as I keep telling himself.  Somehow though, the look on his face makes me think he is somewhat sceptical - but we will see...

and today's card really does pay homage to the fabulously detailed Decorative ornaments die-cuts and the lovely item that is Stampin' Up! Glimmer Paper.  Top notch Glitter effect without it going everywhere it shouldn't..! 

and as this week's quest over at The Glory of Christmas Challenge #71 charges us to use Glitter and/or shine (add glitter or rhinestones, etc) ,  Wednesday's Creative Challenge #334 asked for 'Sparkle' and Inkspirational Challenges #95  want Anything goes with silver ....

well I couldn't resist having a go and hopefully this maybe satisfies on all 3 counts as this is what I ended up with after all my endeavours.

Still on my Pool Party colourway theme (determined to make geat inwards into my pack of cardstock here!) so we have another one.

Pool party base with a Whisper white topper - glimmer card die-cut ornament (Delicate Ornaments) . As this is such a detailed die, I used Stampin' Up's new Fine Tip glue pen to add it to the card - its delivers such a fine bead of glue - so absolutely no worries  as to getting your glue other than where you put it ! It's a brilliant,  must have,  in my book .

The bow and stars are courtesy of a couple of the accessory pieces from the Mini-Treat bag Thinlets set. A strip of toning seam binding, and stamped sentiment from Cosy Christmas to finish.

And inside...

more Pool Party stampin' - the holly swag from the matching Embellished Ornaments stamp set  (currently one of the fabulous weekly special deals,  as I write)

though thinking about it it always a special offer to consider are Stampin' Up's money saving bundles - where you can buy both the stamp set and matching Thinlet dies as with this set I am using here.

and the little glimmer accents were just waste pieces created whilst punching away..

A really lovely effect card and so easily put together with Stampin' Up supplies that all co-ordnate and as they take the guesswork out of things  - you don't have to!

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used

Just click on the items below to easily access them in my on line store 

Pool Party A4 Cardstock	Whisper White A4 Cardstock	Silver Glimmer Paper	Embellished Ornaments Clear-Mount Bundle
Fine-Tip Glue Pen	Cozy Christmas Clear-Mount Stamp Set	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad	Mini Treat Bag Thinlits Dies

Or please just contact me if you have any questions or to place an order for you, if you would prefer.

Well,  off to pack the car with parents/in-laws shortly - as mentioned previously - going to watch my first ever G&S operetta, Iolanthe.

til next time - happy stamping all and as today is the day it is-  for everyone affected by conflict... then, now and to come

We will remember them...

Jan x

well I promised..! Santa all the way..!

hello all

well I did say I would try to photograph some of my samples for our craft day on Saturday - I just love  my card with the fussy-cut Santas - (Stampin' Up!'s super sharp snips make cutting out almost therapeutic I must say)  and the lovely vintage feel  'Home for Christmas' just has to be my favourite DSP collection.

what do you think?  It's brilliant the way you can cut them out, layer them up, off-set them and with the toning colours, papers, cardstock and embellishments that co-ordinate so perfectly - honest you really can't go wrong - stampin' or no stampin'!  though I did do a little,  I hasten to add.

As you can see there's a definite bias towards the fabulous Pool Party for all my cards at the moment! Not normally a colour you would have seen me using for Christmas ordinarily,  but it seems the absolute perfect choice here ..  and inside  - some sponging, a little bit of stamping and another little Santa pointing to the happy greeting.. Just love 'em!

and talk about a 'mix and match' - I took great delight in inking up 4 different stamps for my sentiments , stars and holly garlands.

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used

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Home For Christmas A4 Cardstock Pack	Home For Christmas Designer Series Paper	Ovals Collection Framelits Dies	Paper Snips	Very Vanilla A4 Cardstock	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad
Festival Of Trees Photopolymer Stamp Set	Something To Say Clear-Mount Stamp Set	Home For Christmas Enamel Dots	Rhinestone Basic Jewels	Embellished Ornaments Clear-Mount Stamp Set	Wonderous Wreath Photopolymer Bundle

Or please just contact me if you have any questions or to place an order for you, if you would prefer.

Well after the fabulous warm weather at the weekend - albeit the foggy starts that had to be negotiated first - I could be forgiven in thinking that today would be a repeat performance and the sun would get out later - alas no, it didn't - so shall cross fingers that there is a little more nice weather still to come!

Whatever you get up to - have a lovely week and happy stampin'! and shall be back soon with that couple of cards you see lurking in the background.

til next time
Jan x

Sassy salutations and a single layer challenge! - JUGS #317

Hello all

Happy Saturday - well what is left of it..   Hope you all managed to get up to something nice as it has certainly been a fabulous day weather wise - definitely non-seasonal temperatures for us here, for Halloween..

and Me?  Have spent a fabulous day crafting  with another local demonstrator - we were with a  lovely group of ladies all making Christmas cards of various designs - but concentrating on the, in my opinion  must have 'Home for Christmas' series with its beautiful vintage inspired Designer series paper,  toning card stock and related stamp sets, with a few accent pieces from a few others of the holiday season sets...

I had made quite a few samples for the class and ended up with a  couple of particular favourites and cannot say enough about  Stampin' Up!'s Glimmer paper - it is just the best -
but trying to photograph it to its best advantage is proving a challenge - so have passed that over to himself - so am hoping I will have something I can show you tomorrow!

In the meantime my post today is a mono-chrome card we made as an exercise in stamping and how to use the Stamp-a-majig for perfect positioning - works like magic, if its something you have never seen before, which was the case with my stampin' buddy today.

I ended up with a single layer card - well apart from the accent bow! so thought I would  enter it in the current ''Wild card choice" challenge JUGS #317 over at 'Just us Girls'!   where they want to see just that.. single layer designs.

I was very pleased with how it turned out, as was she.

We used Santa and his sleigh from 'Cozy Christmas', the bow, was die-cut from the Wonderful Wreath Framelits set ,  the holly border came from the Embellished ornaments set and the sentiment from Sassy Salutations.. all placed exactly were we wanted with the help of the Stamp-a-majig - a brilliant accessory in my book!

Must admit - it did look as if we needed something to finish it all off  so  decided on just adding a border line and the 3 rhinestones to set it all off.

and inside - 2 more repeats of the holly border again placed with the help of the stamp-a-majig..

what do you all think?

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used

Just click on the items below to easily access them in my on line store  

Whisper White A4 Cardstock

Embellished Ornaments Clear-Mount Stamp Set

Wonderous Wreath Photopolymer Bundle

Cozy Christmas Clear-Mount Stamp Set

Sassy Salutations Clear-Mount Stamp Set

Rhinestone Basic Jewels

Or please just contact me if you have any questions or to place an order for you, if you would prefer.


Well will hopefully be back sometime soon with a few of the samples for today's class if himself  has managed to come up with some reasonable photos.

Until next time and happy crafting.
Jan x

Sassy Saluatations for Global Design Project for #GDP006

hello all

Well this last week or so has certainly  seen my pile of  Christmas cards increase dramatically - from none to 1 and now we have 4! - All  courtesy of Stampin' Up!'s lovely,  nostalgic and vintage feel,  product line that is  'Home for Christmas' - Everything from stamp sets and co-ordinating designer series papers and cardstock to trims, embellishments and more.

Inspired by the current sketch challenge over at Global Design Project #GDP006

and ably assisted by my helper and designer - in - chief (partner's 4 year old granddaughter!)  'we'  came up with this.

She knew she wanted Santa's sleigh and liked the sequins and the glimmer paper stars (one of the accessory dies from the Wonderful Wreath framelits set) so these all went on!.

Me,  I went for something in contrast so chose the really  modern and funky looking seasonal sentiment from Sassy Salutations, in of course the ultimate Christmas colour which is 'Stampin' Up!'s Real Red!.

The toning Mossy Meadow ribbon is sadly retired but having a fair bit left,  thought I would put it to good use as one of the co-ordinating colours.
All in all 'we' were very pleased how it turned out. 

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used

Just click on the items below to easily access them in my on line store  

Home For Christmas A4 Cardstock Pack	Home For Christmas Designer Series Paper	Cozy Christmas Clear-Mount Stamp Set	Basic Gray Archival Stampin’ Pad	Sassy Salutations Clear-Mount Stamp Set
Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad	Wonderful Wreath Framelits Dies	Silver Glimmer Paper	Metallics Sequin Assortment

Or please just contact me if you have any questions or to place an order for you, if you would prefer.

Saturday tomorrow - and a spot of retail therapy is called for am thinking - then back to my Christmas card makes as have a craft class the end of the month with the emphasis on the 'C' word and I think I ought to augment my 4 cards with a couple more at least !

so with whatever you all get up to,  hope you have a lovely weekend  and remember a day not spent crafting - well it just doesn't bear thinking about does it.

til next time

Jan x

Cozy Christmas with a twist..!

hello all and happy Sunday

and to my fellow Pinkies - hope you all had a fabulous time at Michelle's training day..

Well, with a craft class looming in a couple of weeks and the theme being Christmas, thought I had better get on and make a few more - cards of the 'C' variety that is..

Though, I have to admit today's card is more a salute to some lovely Stampin' Up! designer series papers rather than stamping itself ...
and the 'Home for Christmas' designer series of papers with its real vintage feel just fit the bill perfectly.!

My inspiration came from the current sketch challenge over at Mojo Monday -

I took the lovely poinsettia paper, fussy cutting one flower with Stampin' Up!'s super sharp snips, then used my Pansy and Petite Petals punches to 'make' 2 more - popping them all up on dimensionals for a bit of depth.

Then it was just a simple matter to stamp my sentiment, one of those available from the matching Cozy Christmas stamp set, on a piece of Very Vanilla card stock, matted this on another of the lovely papers from the same DSP pack,  a little bit of linen thread for my bow and some Enamel dots, again in same range, for a little bit of decoration.  All done,  and could not have been easier.

I was really pleased with the end result..   Would love to hear what you all think?

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used

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Pay just  £4:95 whatever the size of your order, and have them shipped straight to your address.

Very Vanilla A4 Cardstock	Home For Christmas Designer Series Paper	Paper Snips	Pansy Punch	Petite Petals Punch
Cozy Christmas Clear-Mount Stamp Set	Linen Thread	Home For Christmas Enamel Dots	Stampin' Dimensionals

Or please just contact me if you have any questions or to place an order for you, if you would prefer.

Well today found me at Ally Pally at the Knitting and Stitching show with some members of my sewing class and our tutor. We came away with all sorts of stuff and had a great time but am thinking these things should really come with a wealth warning to your pocket..

I was edging with great purpose to my sewing machine exhibition stand - with 'replacement bells' ringing in my ear..  To himself's relief I did however resist - well for the moment anyway.. after all the 'C' word is on its way.. and who knows what Santa might bring as they say..

But home now  and as to my 'C' card count - yeah that now makes 2 ! bit of a way to go I know but with all the stamps sets, papers, accessories and more in Stampin' Up!'s  Stampin' Up!'s Autumn/ Winter catalogue I have plenty to be inspired with and there are certainly bound to be more to follow..

til next time - have a great week

Jan x