Showing posts with label Christmas Greetings Thinlit Dies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas Greetings Thinlit Dies. Show all posts
When The Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob Bobbin' Along - Handmade Christmas Card using Stampin' Up! products
Monday, December 14, 2015
Oh my gosh, where have the last few weeks gone? To say we've been busy is an understatement. With less than 2 weeks until Christmas now the pressure is on to get the presents wrapped and cards made (yes, I'm still making my Christmas cards). I haven't even got any decorations up yet.
Normally by now, I would have everything well under control but this year hasn't quite gone to plan. With a late holiday in October, complete redecoration of our living room (floors, walls, furniture, lighting....) and some heartbreaking anxiety issues with one of my little cats, Christmas has not been my top priority, even though its one of my favourite times of the year. Thankfully, everything is coming together now and fingers crossed, our beautiful cat Bayley seems to be improving. My husband and I are certainly looking forward to a nice break at home together with the cats as we both have 5 days off work!
I made this card a few weeks ago. Its another version using the Hearth & Home framelits but with a totally different look to what you've seen already. I used some DSP from the Home for Christmas Designer Series Paper. To get an aged look, I spritzed the DSP with water and scrunched in into a ball to break the paper fibres down. I then stretched the paper back out and left it to dry. Once it was dry, I mounted the DSP onto a layer of Gold Foil and a base of Lost Lagoon cardstock. I stamped the window scene onto some Very Vanilla cardstock and simply coloured in the birds with my Real Red Stampin' Write Marker to look like red robins. I cut the window from Kraft Corrugated Paper and added a wooden Snowflake Elements and the sentiment Peace in Gold Glimmer paper. Peace is certainly want this Christmas, peace at home and peace in the world.
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I've taken inspiration for today's card from a card that my upline Michelle Last created and used as one of the make and take projects at the Pinkies quarterly training last month.
I absolutely loved Michelle's design however I wanted to recreate it using my favourite colours and a few small changes. I've seen lots of cards on Pinterest with purple sky as a background so I incorporated this into my design.
I used a Blackberry Bliss base, a layer of Smoky Slate and added Whisper White cardstock embossed using the Brick Wall Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. I created the purple sky using Wisteria Wonder, Rich Razzleberry, Perfect Plum & Blackberry Bliss. The Stampin' Up! Sponges are perfect for creating a blended look. I stamped the Trees from the Happy Scenes Photopolymer stamp set onto Shimmery White Cardstock - I love how you can just see the sparkle coming through!
I wanted to use a different embossing folder for my next card so I embossed some Kraft cardstock using the Woodgrain Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. I added this onto a layer of Shimmery White cardstock, on a Basic Gray base. I used Shimmery White cardstock again to stamp the trees onto and used Soft Sky, Marina Mist, Lost Lagoon and Night of Navy to create the sky effect. Again, you can see the sparkle coming through from the Shimmery White cardstock. Its almost like teeny tiny snowflakes.
Here is the card I got the inspiration from, that I made at quarterly training, you can also see it on Michelle's blog by clicking here. The Crumb Cake cardstock looks great embossed with the Brick Wall Textured Impressions Embossing Folder and sponged with Crumb Cake ink. I love how Michelle used Vellum to soften the scene behind and used the Santa Sleigh, die cut from the Sleigh Ride Edgelit Dies underneath the Vellum and on top of the tree scene.
If you've been following my blog for a while, you may have noticed that I've been making cards with simple designs recently, I am loving the less is more look but I am not sure, with this card, if it works?
I love simplicity and modern design so I personally like what I've created here but I would love to know what you think.
I've simply cut a piece of the Winter Wonderland 6"x6" Designer Series Paper into 4 and stuck it onto a card base of Whisper White Thick Cardstock using some of the Winter Wonderland Designer Washi Tape. I then die cut "Merry" and stamped "Christmas" using the Holly Jolly Christmas bundle and voila, you have a modern, minimalist Christmas card.
Does it work? Well it does for me.... BUT I would love to know your opinion. Would you like to receive this card? Is it too simple? If you could add anything else to the design of this card, what would it be?
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I've made this gift box in traditional Christmas colours using the Cherry Cobbler paper from the Merry Moments DSP Stack. I coloured the wooden snowflake to match the paper using my Cherry Cobbler ink - no fancy technique involved here - I simply pressed the snowflake onto the ink pad until I had even coverage. I also used my favourite bundle, the Holly Jolly Greetings Bundle, for the sentiment, I can't seem to stop using these thinlits - I love them!
Tomorrow I am going to the Quarterly Training event my upline Michelle Last holds for her first 3 levels of her downline. There are 30 of us going altogether so I've made enough swaps for everyone plus a few extra. I can't wait to go, we are going to have 4 make and takes, some additional classes and time to catch up with each other and share crafting stories.
I try to make something different every time I make swaps. Click here to look at my past creations which include gift boxes, notebooks, party favours & card fronts.
This time I decided to make some gift bags to hold some yummy sweet treats. I looked through my DPS stacks and chose 8 coordinating colours - Pear Pizazz, Blushing Bride, Wisteria Wonder, Soft Sky & Pool Party (Subtles), Smokey Slate, Sahara Sand (Neutrals) & Lost Lagoon (In Colour 2014-16). While there are 4 different patterns in these stacks, I decided to use the diagonal striped pattern and the large polka dot pattern. I love these patterns, especially for Christmas!
I followed instructions from the Chic 'N' Scratch blog where Angie Juda posts video tutorials on how to make the bags.
I love the internet for inspiration - YouTube, Blogs, Pinterest, Twitter - its really helpful that demos share how they make gift boxes & bags. I often go to other demos sites for the measurements (why reinvent the wheel!) but I always come up with the design myself.
I have used the Holly Jolly Bundle which includes the Holly Jolly Greetings stamp set and the Christmas Greetings Thinlit Dies. I love the sentiments cut out with these dies.
Here are all 8 designs, I actually made 4 of each - 32 in total!
Pear Pizazz, Gold Glimmer Paper & Gold Satin Ribbon
Lost Lagoon, Silver Glimmer Paper & White Satin Ribbon
Blushing Bride, Gold Glimmer Paper & Gold Satin Ribbon
Wisteria Wonder, Silver Glimmer Paper & White Satin Ribbon
Soft Sky, Silver Glimmer Paper & Silver Satin Ribbon
Smokey Slate, Black Glimmer Paper & White Satin Ribbon
Sahara Sand, Gold glimmer Paper & Gold Satin Ribbon
Pool Party, Silver Glimmer Paper & Silver Satin Ribbon
Here are the tools & adhesives I used to make this project
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