Fancy Friday Blog Hop | My Christmas Card

Hello there stampers! It's the last Friday of the month so that can mean only one thing, it's Fancy Friday time. Yay!

This challenge is to make some Christmas cards! To show what we are sending to our family and friends. It gives us a good excuse to make some Christmas cards and actually mail them out this year...on time! Fingers crossed I can get them out on time! I love making cards but am terrible at sending them. What date do you send Christmas cards out by? Are you an early sender or are you late to send each year?

If you've not see us before, the Fancy Friday team are past and present Stampin' Up! Artisan Design Team Members. still love creating and blogging and sharing what we love, so we have a blog hop once a month with everything fun and fancy. We've added some new members to the Fancy Friday team, Elizabeth, Teneale and Charlett, so make them feel welcome as you hop along through the blogs.

I must admit that part of these cards were for my swaps for the recent Stampin' Up! On Stage that was held at the start of November. Even though I started my swaps quite early, I ran out of time to finish them them all. I had all these left over coloured images that I spent so much time and effort in. I wasn't going to put them into the UFO (unfinished object) pile and decided put them together for some of my Christmas cards to post out.

When all the colouring was finished, I layered the images on oval embossed die cut shapes and then layered under the ovals was ribbon, trim, DSP and paper.

To give more of a snow feel, once the Pool Party oval was die cut and then embossed, I swiped Whisper White Craft Ink over the over to give that softer look.

How fun are those Santa's Workshop Enamel shapes? Perfect to add a little something extra to any creation.

To see all the blends used to colour the Sign's of Santa images check out the product used list. Even though I only coloured three of the images, they used lots of colours! 

Now on to the fabulous Susan Wong in New Zealand for her Christmas Cards.

Paula Dobson

Elizabeth Price

Charlet Mallett

Cindy Schuster

Jenn Frost

Dani Dziama

 Sylwia Schreck

Teneale Williams

 Mindy Backes

Sue Plote

Jenn Picard

Rochelle Blok

 Susan Wong

Marisa Gunn

Jeanna Bohanon

Krista Frattin

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Just Add Ink #436 | Sketch Challenge

Hello there stampers. Yay it's Friday so that means it's time for a new challenge over at Just Add Ink. We've got a fun sketch challenge suggested by team member  Narelle .

I've taken a break from the Christmas creations to play with some new goodies that customers can purchase or even earn for free from 3rd Jan 2019. Because the sketch is pretty straight forward these products really don't need much to go with them, especially the DSP, as they are a feature unto themselves.
 

The butterfly stamp, sentiment, adhesive-backed sequins, Whisper White 5/8" flax ribbon and the Daffodil Delight Gingham Gala DSP will be able to purchase from the new Stampin' Up! 2019 Occasions Catalogue from Jan 3rd 2019. They are part of the gorgeous Gingham Gala Suite. Gingham is so on trend right now. The gorgeous Gingham Gala DSP is classic gingham checks in light and fresh colours. There is a large check pattern on one side and a small check pattern, like what I've used on my card, on the other side. I comes in the fabulous colours Balmy Blue, Daffodil Delight, Grapefruit Grove, Highland Heather and Lemon Lime Twist. Super fun!

The black and white DSP and the yellow Butterfly pattern DSP come from a DSP pack, Botanical Butterfly DSP, that you can earn for FREE in the annual Sale-a-bration promotion. The first fabulous thing about this DSP is that there is a black and white pattern on one side of the DSP and a colour pattern on the other. I just LOVE anything Black and White and the black and white patterns in this DSP are just STUNNING! If I could have a DSP of just all thick black and white stripe, I would be one happy woman! The second fabulous thing about this DSP is that it co-ordinates so beautifully with the products from the Gingham Gala Suite. Even though all the DSP patterns are quite busy, I love the mix of the stunning black and white pattern with the little pops of colour.

The butterfly I embossed with Black Stampin' Emboss Powder and then using and Aqua Painter coloured the butterfly in with Balmy Blue and Daffodil Delight. To go with this stamp set there is a butterfly punch!! Oh yeah! I do love having the beautiful dies that co-ordinate with the stamp sets but there is something just so quick and easy about stamping and punching! Especially if you're making lots of cards!

Have a look at the rest of the JAI Design team creations using the sketch and all details about this challenge are on the Just Add Ink Blog. Check it out and play along! Can't wait to see your creations and your take on the sketch!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Stamping Sunday Blog Hop | Wrap It Up

Hello there stamping friends! Welcome to my little part of the Internet and blog land. I here today with the Stamping Sunday Blog Hop team hosted by the gorgeous Sara Levin. Sara asked me to join the team and I am super excited to be the newest member of the team. I'm so looking forward sharing my creations with you each month and also getting to know the gals on the team a lot more.

Now on to the hop. This months theme is to create some sort of 3D wrapping for a gift or treat that highlights products from the Holiday Catalogue. I've made the Dashing Along Designer Series Paper as the focus to my creation this hope and then accented it with the Merry Christmas to All Bundle from the Holiday Catalogue and then the Stitched Shapes Framelits and Layering Circles Framelits from the Annual Catalogue.

The actual bag starts by cutting the DSP to 8-1/2" x 11". It's just a few score lines and folds and you've got yourself a quick bag. Very handy if you needed to make lots for this Christmas season. 

The DSP is scored and folded to create a clever little gift box, perfectly sized for packaging some small treats. The tutorial can be found over HERE. For those that wanted to make this out of an A4 sheet of cardstock, like what we have here in Australia, trim and A4 sheet to 8 1/4 x 11 and then following the linked tutorial score the lines at 2 inch and 6 1/4 inch in step 2 on the short side.

To make the actual tag I started with the Rosette. I cut 2 1" x 12" strips of DSP and then using the Stampin' Up! Simply Scored Scoring Board I scored the strips every 1/4" all the way along. Concertina fold the strips, join them together at each end to form a circle, push the folded circle all the way in together and then using a smaller punched out circle, adhere the rosette to the punched out circle with hot glue. You have to use hot glue or the whole thing will come apart. 

The rosette has been layered with a circle die cut from the Stitched Shapes Framelits and the Layering Circles framelits. All the patterns in the tag come from the Dashing Along DSP. Super fun and super festive! The tags are all finished off the the Merry Christmas to all bundle and layered on and piece of Crumb Cake cardstock embossed with the Corrugated Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.

The folded gift bag is quite a decent size with the base measuring 11cm x 5cm. I managed to fit about 8 Lindor Lindt balls in each bag so that's a really good gift bag size. While the tags are a little bit more work if you were to be making them you can make them and embellish them as little or as much as you want.

Make sure you stop by the rest of the team for their Holiday/Christmas gift packaging creations!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Just Add Ink #435 | Just Add Inspiration

Hello there stamping friends! With another Friday rolling around so quickly, we have a new challenge for you over at Just Add Ink. Its an inspiration picture challenge. While it looks dreary, gloomy and cold there really is a lot to inspire you from this picture.

I've pulled out an oldie but but a goodie stamp set, the Stampin' Up! Lovely as a Tree stamp set. I've had this set for a long time and I can probably count on one hand the amount of times I've used it. Ok, I can count on two fingers the amount of times I've used it. Oops. It is perfect, though, for today's Just Add Ink challenge.

I stamped the tree on Crumb Cake cardstock using Mossy Meadow and then using Fine-Tip Glue and Dazzling Diamonds Glitter added dots of bling to the tree to look like either snow or lights on the tree. The photo here doesn't do it justice as to how pretty and sparkly the Dazzling Diamonds is. Word of warning though, no matter how neat you try to be with the Dazzling Diamonds, it gets everywhere! 

The 'snowflake' background comes from the promotional Snow is Glistening Stamp set. Just stamp the image on repeat and you've got yourself a snow background. Make sure that you get this set NOW as it is only available till Nov 30th. Get it before it's too late. When it's gone, it's GONE! Just ask me how you can get it.

I teamed up some of the patterns from the Dashing Along DSP to add some festive layers and layered some ribbon, trim and DSP with the 'Merry Christmas' for some added texture.

Make sure you check out all the amazing creations from the JAI team at the Just Add Ink Blog and see what inspired them from this weeks picture! While you are there check out all the details on this weeks challenge and then come and join in the fun!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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2019 Stampin' Up! Artisan Design Team

If you follow me on Instagram and Facebook you may have already seen my super exciting news! I've been waiting for what feels like forever for this to be announced and last weekend at the Stampin' Up!® On Stage Local demonstrator only event that was held in Melbourne, my now not so little secret was let out of the bag.

I have the great honour of being selected to be on the 2019 Stampin' Up!® Artisan Design Team and I am beyond thrilled to be chosen again! To have been on it once was unbelievable but now to have been chosen a second time is an opportunity of a life time. I'm still pinching myself to have been asked again! I'm feeling so blessed, so grateful and so thankful to be part of this amazing team with an amazing talented bunch of 16 Stampin' Up!® demonstrators from all over the world. I can’t wait to get creating and just sharing what I love. 

This is the beautiful, personalised memento that all the Artisan Design Team Members were awarded which included a Welcome letter, a beautiful engraved bracelet from Tiffany's and a personalised Artisan Design Team stamp.

 

 What does it mean to be on the Artisan Design Team? As an Artisan, we have been selected by the Stampin' Up!® company themselves and then Stampin' Up!® will provide myself, and my 15 fellow teammates, with current goodies so that we might create beautiful things to inspire you! We have a once a month blog hop, that will begin in January 2019. We also will be creating blog posts for the Stampin' Up!® Corporate Blog and also sharing some tips and tricks using Stampin' Up!® products for the Stampin' Up!® Instagram account.

This year's team includes 16 demonstrators from all over the world.

Make sure that you check out their blogs and follow them for all the latest creations using Stampin' Up!® products.

 Angela Meiritz-Reid - New Zealand
 Ashley Van Camp - USA
Aurélie Fabre - France
Emma Goddard - United Kingdom
Jackie Aitken - Australia
Jennifer Picard  - Canada
Kaylee van Es - Netherlands
Lauren Alarid - USA
Maike Beimler - Germany
Manuela Geiswinkler - Germany
Mikaela Titheridge - United Kingdom
Narelle Farrugia - Australia
Rochelle Blok - Australia
Stesha Bloodhart - USA
Sylwia Schreck - Germany
Tanya Rees - Australia

I really do hope that you'll follow along with the monthly hops throughout 2019 and be inspired by what we share!

A BIG thank you to all who sent me messages of congratulations! I am very overwhelmed by every one's love and support and I can't wait to get creating and share this Artisan year with you all!

Thanks so much for stopping by!
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Just Add Ink #434 | Just Add A Big Bold Sentiment

Hey there stamping friends! Here's to Friday and it nearly being the weekend. The gals and I over at Just Add Ink have a new challenge for you! Our challenge for you is to use a big bold sentiment as the main focal point to your creation.

I've gone with a very non-traditional but on trend Christmas colour combination for a fun Christmas card using the Snow is Glistening Stamp set from the Snowflake Showcase Promotion that is on till 30th Nov.

Mint Macaron

Highland Heather

Silver Foil

The colour combo from this card came from the suite of decorations at my local Target Australia, mainly a gift bag. I saw it and said 'I can make that using Stampin' Up! products'! I took a photo of it and then used the snowflakes from the Snow is Glistening Stamp set to recreate it. Its amazing what gives us inspiration when out and about!

I just randomly stamped Mint Macaron and Highland Heather (stamped off once) around the edge of the card front and then the smallest snowflake is embossed with Silver Stampin' Emboss powder. To make the sentiment the main focus of the card I used the 'Merry' from the Merry Christmas Thinlits Dies, die cut out of Silver Glimmer Paper and then stamped the 'Christmas' in Mint Macaron Ink on Mint Macaron cardstock for a tone on tone look.

The Silver with the Mint Macaron and the Highland Heather is a beautiful colour combo and I'm sure that I'll use it again.I finished off the card with Silver Sequins, Whisper White Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon, Silver Metallic Thread and a gorgeous Snowflake Trinket. Super fun and super gorgeous!

To see all the Big, Bold Sentiment creations make sure you check out the amazing work from the Just Add Ink Design Team and while you are there check out the details for this weeks challenge and then come and join in this weeks fun. Can't wait to see what you create.

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Stamp to Share International Design Team Blog Hop | Making Christmas Bright

Hello there stamping friends! Welcome to this months Stamp to Share International Design Team Blog Hop. We are bringing you lots of Christmas creations as we lead up to the festive season using the Making Christmas Bright Bundle from the Stampin' Up!® 2018 Holiday Catalogue.

If you haven't hopped with us before, Stamp to Share is a monthly blog hop featuring Stampin' Up! Demonstrators from the Stampin' Up! markets around the world. Once a month we feature projects made with one Stampin' Up! bundle to inspire you.

This is such a fun set with it's play on the Christmas/Fairy Lights and one of the most fabulous thing about this bundle is that there is a co-ordinating punch to punch out those fun lights. I love the sets that have the co-ordinating, beautiful, detailed and delicate dies but the sets that have a co-ordinating punch make it just so quick and easy stamp and put your card together. Stamp and punch and your done.

I've made the string of lights image as the main focus for both my cards today. I've stamped the string of lights with Versamark, on both cards, and then heat embossed them with Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder. Once the embossing powder cooled I coloured the lights, using an Aqua Painter, with the colours  Call Me Clover, Real Red and Daffodil Delight. This colour combo is so fun for a bright take on the traditional Christmas colours.

When stamping the string of lights, the Stamparatus Stamp Positioning Tool is your best friend to line up the stamp and then to evenly space the image across the card front. I love the string of lights running vertical down the card

To accent both cards I used the larger light image from the set and also used Call Me Clover 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Grosgrain Ribbon, Gold Metallic Thread and the All is Bright DSP.  

I hope that I've given you another idea to use with this stamp set and given you some creative inspiration.

Next on the hop is the fabulous Sandi MacIver. Please welcome her back after her break from the Stamp to Share team.

Amy Koenders

 Moira McIlroy

Monica Gale

Paula Dobson

Rochelle Blok - You are here

Sandi MacIver  

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Fancy Friday Blog Hop | Christmas-y Challenge

Hey there stampers! Welcome to this months Fancy Friday Blog Hop. It's acutally the October hop but things have been pretty busy for the whole team so the hop got pushed back a week, landing it in November. You may have joined me from the gorgeous Sylwia in Germany or you have started with me here in Melbourne, Australia. Either way your in for a fancy and festive treat!

If you've not see us before, the Fancy Friday team are past and present Stampin' Up! Artisan Design Team Members. We still love creating and blogging and sharing what we love, so we have a blog hop once a month with everything fun and fancy.

The challenge of this blog hop for us is to create ANYTHING with a Christmas-y feel! Home decor, a FANCY card, a scrapbook page, pocket memory keeping, etc. So it's really going to be a fun and festive blog hop.

I've made a wreath for today's hop using some of Stampin' Up!s amazing ribbon and trim for a Ribbon Wreath. It's got a Vintage/Shabby Chic/Rustic feel and can be hung on your front door or as a home decor piece to hang inside. If hanging outside you might want to make sure that your front door is well secluded and away from the weather.

I started with a 14" Metal Wire Wreath that I picked up from the Florist Section at my local Spotlight (Craft Store). The metal wreath was really inexpensive and comes in various sizes. The wreath has two rows of wire, and I originally was going to fill the two rows with ribbon all the one colour, but quickly found out I would not have nearly enough ribbon and then had to go to Plan B. You could probably just use a single wire metal hoop or even an embroidery hoop if you were wanting to make something like this yourself.

After soon realising that I needed other colours to make the wreath, I then went to the traditional 'Reds' and 'Greens' with the Merry Merlot & Copper 5/8" (1.6 Cm) Reversible Ribbon and the Tranquil Tide 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Velvet Ribbon. Adding to these two colours with Burlap Ribbon and the Very Vanilla/Copper Ribbon from the Tea Room Ribbon Combo Pack. While all these ribbons where looking fabulous together I still felt the wreath needed something else. In came the non-tradition Christmas colour - Pink.

 

Aren't the pink colours a beautiful addition to the 'traditional' Christmas Colours? To fill the wreath out more I added the Petal Pink ribbon from the Metallic Ribbon Combo Pack, Braided Linen Thread and Very Vanilla Lace Trim. Each length of ribbon was cut to 15 cm in length, with 25 lengths of each colour. So in total 175 lengths of ribbon are looped on to the wreath. You'll need about 4m of each colour to fill this sized wreath (if my maths is correct).

To make the 'Merry' banner I cut 2" strips of Powder Pink card stock and created a banner end on each piece Banner Triple Punch. I also embossed the Powder Pink Banner Pieces with the Softly Falling Embossing Folder and then stuck on to that the Large Letters Die Cut letters, cut out of the Tranquil Tide Glimmer Paper from the Joyous Noel 6" x 6" Glimmer Paper Pack. That glimmer paper is just amazing! If I could have the Tranquil Tide glimmer paper in full 12" x 12" sheets, I would be one happy woman! To finish off the banner pieces I added a few copper sequins here and there, continuing on with the copper colour throughout the whole wreath.

How gorgeous are those deep, rich, luxe colours against my white door? What a beautiful contrast! I might hang this one in my house somewhere for a gorgeous handmade home decor piece. Makes me want to set up my tree now. Not before Dec1st in this household.

I really didn't think it needed much else to finish it off, except the 'Christmas' from the Merry Christmas to All stamp set and a layering of some snowflakes from this months Snowflake Showcase Promotion.

Next up on the Fancy hop is fellow Aussie Jennifer Frost with her fancy and festive creations! Love your work Jen!! 

Thanks so much for stopping by!
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