Sparkly in December

Hello Everyone

Here we are in December - where did the year go? I turned around and it had gone! LOL

Now if you are in the UK and anyone asks you what you want for Christmas - why not have a Stampin' Up! gift voucher so you can buy crafting goodies from your wish list? I am offering vouchers which can be ordered by email or phone. Do contact me if you would like further details.

Today I have a sparkly Christmas card to share. It uses one of my favourite new stamp sets - Polar Party! Now I don't usually do cutesy - but I LOVE these little penguins and Polar Bears! Sweeeet!

We did all the circles of Whisper White with the Circles #2 die, plus one punched with the 1 3/4" Circle punch. The images were stamped in Stazon and then coloured using markers.

The greeting is from Petite Pairs stamped in Pacific Point to match the cardstock.

We finished by putting Versamark ink over the Polar Bear circle, we covered it in Heat and Stick powder and heated, then sprinkled on Dazzling Diamonds, (the best glitter ever IMO), to get a fabby sparkly look.

Hope you like it :)

Love Elizabeth X

Scallop Circle Christmas Card

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I love making cards with the Scallop Circle die and the Big Shot. This is a quick one I made featuring the Pennant Parade stamp set and the Petite Pennant punch.

The greeting comes from Contempo Christmas. Hope you like this quick and easy card.

Love Elizabeth X

Pop up Gift Card Holder

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Here is a project I taught at our classes last month. It is a pop up gift card holder box. I had designed it a while ago, but was never really happy with it until I did a Big Shot re-design.

Here is the original...closed and open

Well it was OK - but I wanted something a bit prettier, so I came up with...

I used the Growing Green stamp set and the Scallop Circle and Circles #2 dies to create this topper...the underneath pop up bit is just the same...

I am much happier with the second version and it was a fun project to teach.

Hope you like it too.

Owls About It!

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Today I am sharing a little Owl card. I love the Owl punch - it makes such great projects.

The card base is Chocolate Chip with a Scallop Circle die cut piece of Woodland Walk designer series paper.

The circles were cut with the Circles #2 die and the sentiment comes from Curvy Verses. The flowers were stamped using Itty Bitty Bits and Punch Potpourri.

Hope you like it!

Concord Crush Trio

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Another three sample cards from me today - this time all based on the yummy Concord Crush cardstock and ink...

All these cards feature stamp sets from the Stampin' Up! Mini Catalogue - which you can see in full by clicking the link at the top of this blog.

The first one is the stamp set I fell in love with as soon as I saw it. It is called Nature Walk and has a feel of botanical drawings...

I started by cutting a Whisper White top note shape with my trusty Big Shot stamped all over using the script stamp from French Foliage, (more of that set coming up). I stamped the eggs, bird and butterfly images in Basic Grey ink and used the marker to stamp technique to stamp the flower.

This card started with the frame from the Notably Ornate stamp set. The topper is done with the frame from Four Frames, which matches the Decorative Label punch. The three little images are from Itty Bitty Bits, which also go with a trio of matching punches.

Now for my favourite stamp set from the Mini Catalogue - French Foliage. You know I almost didn't buy this set - it was springtime and it seemed such an autumn set - but I am SO glad I ended up getting it. It is the most forgiving set I have ever stamped with - you just stamp and everything looks fabby! And it works in every colour too - which you wouldn't imagine.

I used a little Newprint DSP and cut it with the Top Note die. I also cut several circles with the Circle #2 die.
I then used the back of the smaller circle in each case to create a mask and daubed to make a frame. Then I stamped to my hearts content with those lovely French Foliage images.

Hope you like my trio of cards - which is your favourite?