Unseasonably Christmas!

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No I haven't gone crazy for Christmas! This is a tip for my fellow demonstrators, (many of whom like to pop by my blog I am proud to say). Sometimes when I teach a class or run an event, I end up with some left over cut and scored pieces of cardstock.

This year I have decided that every time that happens, I am going to turn the cardstock into Christmas cards. That way when the festive season arrives, the majority of my 80 or so hand stamped cards will be made already!

So here are two designs I made recently. The first features the Wonderful Wreath stamp, stamped with Silver Ink - doesn't that ink shine - it looks heat embossed but it isn't. The gift and greeting stamp are from Wishing You. (All stamps currently available, but not sure if they will reappear in the July catalogue).

The second card uses the Festive Flurry stamps, this time stamped in Basic Grey on to the Soft Slate cardstock. You may be able to see a bit of pricking around the big circle too. 

I like to get ahead with my festive planning! :)

Love Elizabeth X

Box in a flash...

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Just a quick project today. This is an easy gift box, you can stamp on the outside, (as I did with the stars), add a bow and greeting and your box is ready to go.

I stamped the bow with the Festive Flurry stamp set in Smoky Slate and finished with a matching brad made using a Candy Dot.

Something I can fill with treats and give as a quick Christmas gift I think!

Love Elizabeth X

Feeling the Winter Frost!

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Today I am sharing a project using the Festive Flurry stamp set and matching framelit dies. I first adhered a strip of Winter Frost DSP to a piece of Naturals White cardstock. The card was just a little smaller than base card I was using. I then cut out a snowflake shape.

I stamped and cut two smaller snowflakes and layered them up using dimensionals. The greeting stamp comes from the Wishing You stamp set. I finished the outside with a rhinestone.

I didn't waste that snowflake I cut from the card front... I stamped the greeting from the same stamp set and it became the inside of the card.

Hope you enjoyed today's project.

Love Elizabeth X

VIDEO Festive Flurry Ornament

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Have you see the Festive Flurry ornaments in the Autumn/Winter catalogue. I loved them, but didn't know how they had been put together. I had a play and came up with this video to show you how I made mine.

A close up for you...

So - are you off to make your own decorations now? :)

Love Elizabeth X

Festive Tea Light

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I promised last week to show you how we didn't waste the middle of a mat made of Silver Foil sheet. Here is the project.

This little tea light decoration was made by using Coaster Board to cut the base using the Festive Flurry Framelit dies. Did you know our new Coaster Board can be cut with framelits?

The middle of that Silver Foil mat was cut using the next snowflake size down in the framelit set.

If you want to see how to stamp the top of the tea light - check my videos. There is one showing stamped tealights in a Window Gift box.

Hope you like this project.

Love Elizabeth X

Fabulous Festive Flurry

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Today's project is one of the cards we made at my recent special classes. It features the lovely Festive Flurry stamp set.

We made a large card using an A4 sheet of Smoky Slate cardstock and cut the Window Frames layers to reflect the colours used in the stamping, (Island Indigo and Coastal Cabana).

We went to down on this one with Silver Embossing, Iridescent Ice Embossing, Silver Glimmer paper, Silver Ribbon and the beautiful Winter Frost DSP.

I hope you like this project.

Love Elizabeth X

VIDEO Stamped Tea Light Gift

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Today's video shows you how to make a cute stamped tea light gift using the new Decorative Window Gift Box available in the Autumn/Winter catalogue from Stampin' Up!

Enjoy!

Hope you enjoyed today's video. Scroll down if you missed the video on hints and tips on the Gift Bow die.

Love Elizabeth X