Merry Medley Votive

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Today's project looks even more pretty in the dark! It is a votive made for a battery candle - don't use a real one or the health-and-safety police will be knocking on my door. LOL

I made it using an empty pot that contained Stampin' Up! brads. I took some Vellum cardstock and stamped using the Merry Medley hostess stamp set with snowflakes and Christmas greetings. I think rolled the Vellum so it fitted inside the bottom of the brad pot and secures with a dot or two of Tombow adhesive.

The lid went on the top to hold the Vellum secure.

I decorated using punched circles and a Basic Pearl for the top and the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch to go around the pots. You could also use ribbon for this element.

I hope this has given you an idea for your leftover pots!

Love Elizabeth X

Merry Mini Christmas

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Have you got the Merry Mini Punch Pack from the Stampin' Up! Autumn/Winter catalogue? I love punches and had to have this cute little trio. A star is useful all year around and the bauble can make petals to form a tiny flower - but they come into their own at Christmas time.

My first sample for you is a CASE from the catalogue. I love the sparkle from the Red and Champagne Glimmer paper.

Here is another example, which we made at a recent Christmas stamp a stack. It was a quick and easy card to make - which is good when you are making lots for the festive season. The white layer here is cut with one of the Window Frames Collection dies.

 

Hope you like today's punchy projects.

Love Elizabeth X

Quick and Pretty

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Just a quick post today. Have you noticed the Festival of Prints Designer Paper Stack in the Autumn/Winter Seasonal Catalogue from Stampin' Up!

This is a great little paper stack - each sheet of lovely double sided paper is just the right size to cover the front of a card and you get 48 sheets for just £6.25.

Here is a cute project I made to show some of the designs. I covered wooden clothes pegs with 1/2" strips of the paper, then I used stamps from Merry Medley for the greetings. The ribbon is narrow taffeta in Read Red, Old Olive and Very Vanilla.

I don't know if you can see on the photo, but I finished with a spritz of Shimmer Mist for added sparkle.

Hope you like todays quick and easy project.

Love Elizabeth X

Christmas Cuties

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Here a couple of Christmas project ideas. Last year we made 5 Christmas tags as part of one of my classes and I loved the colouring. I decided to make an updated pair of tags using some of our lovely new goodies.

Here I have used the new Cotton Ribbon and stamped stars on it. I used Cherry Cobbler Tulle and stamped with Scensational Season and Tags Till Christmas.

Here is another updated project. My lovely downline Nina gave me this cute little box last year which she had made using the Candy Wrapper Die. I added some new Designer Series Paper and the greeting from Merry Moments. I finished it with White Bakers Twine and a Rhinestone.

Hope you liked today's festive projects.

Love Elizabeth X

Stamped Candle and Gift Bag

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Today's two projects could be a matching set - although I only noticed when I was photographing them how well they went together! 

I love to do stamped candles and included the technique in a recent class and some workshops earlier in the year. So lots of my lovely ladies will, I am sure, be making candles for Christmas gifts - no pressure girls! LOL

This candle features the two stamps from Merry Medley, which is a hostess stamp set in the Autumn/Winter catalogue. (Remember to book a party if you want it!). As well as Christmas stamps it has Halloween, Birthday, Valentines, Friendship, Flowers and matching greetings. There is a little Scallop Circle punch that matches it too!

I made a matching tag and put the candle in one of our Medium Cellophane Bags and ties with ribbon and Bakers Twine.

The bag is made from Early Espresso cardstock and covered with paper from the fabulous Festival of Prints DSP stack. It is only £6.25 for 48 sheets of double sides paper the right size to cover a card front or - as in this case - more than enough for both sides of this little bag.

The image on the front is stamped with the Layered Labels stamp set. I stamped it twice on Whisper White cardstock, once in Marina Mist and once in Midnight Muse. The sentiment I punched out with the XL Oval Punch and I layered it over the background, which was cut with the Apothecary Accents Framelits.

And if you think I attached the label with brads - nope - those are dots of Dazzling Details! (See previous post for further gushing on this fabby product! LOL).

Back soon with more gushing! :)

Love Elizabeth X

3D Bauble Card

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With two new catalogues in two months, I hardly know where to turn for projects to show you - I am overwhelmed with loveliness! LOL

So today I am showing a project made with the Ornament Keepsake Bundle from the Autumn/Winter Seasonal catalogue. Now in both our new catalogues, you will find bundles. These are products designed to go together - in this case stamps and framelit dies. By buying both together you can get a saving of between 10-15% - how good is that?

 

 

Now you have already seen the Holiday Frame Embossing Folder used with the Core'dinations cardstock a few posts ago...but on this project you can see how wonderful it looks in white.

 

The greeting comes from Mixed Medley - a really versatile Hostess stamp set in the Autumn/Winter catalogue. Love it? Why not book a workshop with your demonstrator and it could be yours!

 

Hope you like today's project.

Love Elizabeth X