SU Turquoise Trees

I went to a Stampin’ Up Workshop which My friend Oona runs in Arnold, Nottingham. You get loads of materials and can then make extra cards at home. In the true spirit of making life easier for myself as the big day arrives I am aiming to make at least 2 cards a Month. Lisa at Decosse’s Dynamite Doodles runs a 12 Months of Christmas Challenge and you get some lovely digi papers if you link at least 2 cards a month so this is my dangling carrot to give me the extra incentive J

This card uses 2 trees stamped using 2 different designs from the ‘Trees’ Rubber stamp set. The centre one was one of my only successful attempts at lining up the matching punch. I decided y patience was wearing thin and my sanity was more important that a scalloped edge so the rest are cut with scissors LOL

I used a white base with a strip of paper I had leftover. This is matted onto some of the coloured cardstock that was left.

I added a gold bow on the centre tree, some clear gems and a gold peel off sentiment, all from my stash. This is a variation of style on a card I made at the workshop but I never make 2 cards the same so the colours and materials used are different.

Materials Used in this Project are as follows:-

Card size – A6

Stamped Image – Stampin’ Up Trees Rubber Stamps

Paper - Stampin’ Up Winter Frost

Sentiment – Gold Peel off Sticker

Tools – Stampin’ Up Petite Pennants Builder punch

Techniques – Rubber stamping, punching

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical

Order):-

• DDD's 12 Months of Christmas – Christmas Cards
• My Perfect Life – Festive 48 Week 10

SU Sparkly Snowflake

This card was made for my Father in Law using the very largest of the snowflake rubber stamps from the Festive Flurry Stamping Up set. The snowflake was stamped, then dies cut using the matching Framelit die. It is so large that it needed an A5 card base which is covered with one of the papers from The SU Winter Frost pack.

The snowflake has been blinged up with lots of stickles glitter glue and loads of self adhesive gems. It really is tremendously sparkly.

To finish of I used a glittered sentiment that has been recycled from a shop bought card.

Materials Used in this Project are as follows:-

Card size – A5

Stamped Image – Stampin’ Up Festive Flurry Rubber Stamps

Paper - Stampin’ Up Winter Frost

Sentiment – Recycled from and old Christmas card

Tools – Stampin’ Up Festive Flurry Framelits Die

Embellishments – gems, stickles glitter glue

Techniques – Rubber stamping, diecutting, recycling

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order):-

• Card Mania - #38 Anything Goes
• Catch The Bug – Winter Wonderland
• Christmas Cards All Year Round – Anything Christmas Goes
• Country View Challenges - Monochromatic
• Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge - #159 Winter Weather
• Crafty Hazelnut’s Monthly Christmas Challenge – Anything Goes
• Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper – January
• Die Cut Diva’s – Make It Glitter
• Fairytale Challenge - #84 Recycling (sentiment is from shop bought card)
• Fussy & Fancy - #105 Monochromatic
• Lia Stampz - #57 Colour/theme inspiration (blue & white plus snow)
• Mema’s Crafts – Bingo (rubber stamp, due, free, bling)
• My Perfect Life – Festive 48 Week 1
• One Crazy Stamper – Anything Goes
• Pumpkin Spice - #54 Holiday Papers (SU Winter Frost)
• QKR Stampede – #70 Snowflakes & Sparkle
• Red Rubber Inspirationals - #102 Winter Stamps
• Sister Act Card Challenges - #39 Anything Goes
• Stamp & Create – Winter Wonderland
• Totally Papercrafts - #201 Winter Wonderland
• Treasured Times - #10 Anything Goes
• Winter Wonderland - Monochrome

Stampin' Up Workshop Traditional

This is the final card I made at the Stampin’ Up workshop.

I stamped the sentiment using a mixture of red and green ink to tie in with the paper. I cut it out using the framelits die and then hand cut a red mount for it as it need the contrast from the paper.

The base card is white with a layer of red mount and then the DP. I sandwiched the ribbon between.

I do like the sentiment and I think it has made a very simple yet graphically strong card. I also have to admit that although the stamps are a lot of money the impression you get from them is very crisp and clear, especially important when you have a large sentiment like this. I guess in that respect I have to bow down to Stampin’ Up…. The good thing about going to the workshops is I get to play with the goodies without having to buy. I get a great bag of goodies to play with and am meeting new people and seeing one of my bestest friends.

It is also dangerous as I see so many things I really want so I am planning to limit myself to tools and accessories to enhance the crafty supplies I already have. This will I hope give me a renewed enthusiasm to get back into my crafty room J

Materials Used in this Project are as follows:-

Card size – A6

Paper - Season of Style by Stampin’ Up

Sentiment – Merry Little Christmas stamp by Stampin’ Up

Tools – Label collection Framelits dies by Stampin Up

Embellishments – Stampin’ Up ribbon

Techniques – Rubber stamping, diecutting

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical

Order):-

• ABC Christmas Challenge – A is for Anything Christmas
• Allsorts - #241 Use Ribbon, No Bows
• Cheerful Stamp Pad – #77 Use Some Ribbon
• Christmas Cards All Year Round – Anything Christmas Goes
• C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - #241 Christmas
• Crafter’s Café - #45 Anything Goes
• Crafty Boots – Anything Goes
• Crafty Girls Challenge - #9 Anything Goes
• Crafty Hazelnut’s Monthly Christmas Challenge – Anything Goes
• Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper – January
• Creative Moments - #33 Anything Goes
• Just Because Linky Party – Anything Goes
• Love To Scrap - #5 Anything Goes
• Loves Rubber Stamps - #85 Anything Goes
• My Craft Creations – Anything Goes
• My Heart Pieces – Anything Goes
• One Crazy Stamper – Anything Goes
• Papertake Weekly  – Anything Goes
• Scrappy Hands - #4 Chevrons
• Sister Act Card Challenges - #39 Anything Goes