Christmas card blitz day 3

 All dies for this card come from paper Rose Studio

After the white cards were made, I tweaked it a bit. Adding a green and gold background and then changing up the colour of the flower and using a stamped greeting (Papertrey Ink). The twinkly red one is my favourite

Just a few more

 Stampin Up paper, Altenew stamp

 Sorry, just realised this one is a bit out of focus! Altenew flowers and leaves stamps, Sentiment Papertrey ink

 Altenew Flower stamp, sentiment from stash, origin unknown.

Leaf stamp - MFT and background paper Stampin Up. The rest were bits and bobs I picked up from a $2 shop.

Let's celebrate! Day 3.

 Stamp set

 Metal Die and embellishments

 Stamp set

Let's celebrate! Day 1.

Due to various commitments and holiday, my friends and I were unable to get together before Christmas to exchange presents, so we decided to set a date in the new year. This also enabled us to wait for the Stampin Up sale a bration so we could get some new products. Over the next three days, I will be showing the packaging I have made to hold the new purchases.

 Embossing folder

 Sweets
I made a template to create this item from a chocolate box I received at Christmas.

 Ribbon spool

 Bow punch (Front)

 Back

Some Chrissy packaging

Having a little play around with some designs for Christmas.

The decorated bag has been made using the We R Memory Keepers bag maker and  paper from Kaiser craft. I have added a tag (MFT die) with tree and sentiments from Papertrey Ink.

The star box has become very popular and my friend Judy has written some great instructions on how to make it, see here. I have decorated mine with a Holly branch from Memory box and Merry Christmas from Simon Says Stamp.

Lastly, this lovely little curvy keepsake box from Stampin' Up! I cut mine from another range of Kaiser crafts paper. They have a great selection of Kraft based designs. I have decorated it with one of the tags that come with the curvy keepsake die and added pine branches ( Martha Stewart punch), sequins and a gold bow (Memory box die).

A few more Christmas cards

I am doing quite well this year thanks to challenges, well ahead with the stash of cards I need ready for the festive season. Here are a few more I have made this week, I have been trying to use up last years Christmas papers before buying any more. I haven't succeeded and have succumbed to two new collections, both Kraft based.

 After every Christmas creating season, I look at my array of stamps and dies and think I can't possibly need anything else. However, another year rolls around and the companies come out with their new catalogues and I can't resist buying more. This wreath is one of my new faves along with the stars die on the card below.

Here is one of the new papers I couldn't say "no" to, it is from SU's Under the Tree set.

Just Add Ink challenge #226

Here is my card for this weeks Just Add Ink challenge. It is for a wonderful friend of mine who I am having lunch with today.

Below are the presents that I have gift wrapped. I took inspiration from the Just Add Ink previous weeks colour challenge.

 Here they are all together.

New Memory box dies

Having a play with some of the new dies I have purchased lately.

My favourite has to be this Beloved Stars die, it is just so pretty.I have used it twice here, along with the Cabrini Ornament which I inset in the card front and backed with paper from Stampin' Up!.

This is the Lamp Post die. I cut it twice, once in brown and again in white. I layered the two die cuts up to imitate fallen snow and then added glitter. I have hidden the base of the die with more snow to provide a space for the sentiment. The little bird, stocking and sentiment are from a Papertrey Ink stamps and the mouse is from Penny Black.

Mother's Day box card

 Here is the card I have made for my Mum. No need to worry, she does not read this blog, so the surprise is safe.

All products used are Stampin" Up! unless otherwise stated.

I used Crumb Cake for the contruction of the box. Then I stamped the Hardwood background stamp on to more Crumb cake card stock and cut it into strips and used the hexagon punch to shape the end to a point for fence panels. Next I added some grass (MFT die) and then a Tree die (Memory Box) cut down and used as a bush on one corner of the box. I punched small flowers in a yellow patterned DST (sorry it is an old one and I can't remember the name).I added a pink centre with a marker and then using a foam pad and an embossing stylus, shaped the flower to give it some texture.

I covered the remaining surface area of the box with the same yellow DSP.

With the base complete I then set about making the flowers, leaves and banner.
The orange/yellow flowers (Delightful Dahlias and Delightful Dahlia additions - Papertrey Ink) were stamped on the same DSP and then coloured using an aqua painter and ink pads. The red flowers were stamped on white card.
 Some of the leaves were stamped (Harvest berries
 - Papertrey Ink).  The others were die cut -

(Layers Leaves - MFT). Glitter (Art Institute ultra fine glitter) and sparkly embellishments (Kaiser) were then added to the flowers before adhering them to the box. The sentiment is also from Papertrey Ink.

The banners were punched using the banner punch from the most recent sale-a-bration catalogue and  ticket duo punch. I used more paper from the same set as the yellow DSP and layered it up on matching cardstock ( with the exception of the orange paper which was from my stash). The banners were adhered to some twine and  for a bit of bling I added a string of crystals.

Finally for the front section, I stamped the sentiment (Stick N' Stamp) on to a die, cut from the Apothecary Accents set. Finishing it off with flowers from the Petite Petals stamped and punched and a leaf (Papertrey ink). In the centre of the flowers is a glittered pearl. I used plain pearls which I covered with glue and then sprinkled with glitter to match the other flowers.

I was very happy with how it turned out. It is now winging it's way to England ready for next Sunday. It would have fitted in an envelope but for extra safety I put it in a sturdy box to protect it.

I hope you have enjoyed today's rather long post.

Happy Birthday Leanne

 It is the birthday of my good friend Leanne today. As she had prior arrangements for her birthday weekend, we went out for lunch last week. I got a little inky and hand stamped the wrapping paper. I used a roll of brown paper (parcel weight, not the thin stuff) and I stamped a doily pattern all over. With the additional of a matching tag, ribbon and some sequins I think it looks very pretty.

The doily stamps used are from Stampin' Up!, Papertrey Ink and Kaiser. Sentiment from SU.

I made a gift bag for the parcels using the Stampin' Up! Retro Fresh DSP and Starburst framelits from the Occasions catalogue plus the Banner Blast stamp set and matching punch from the Sale-a-bration catalogue. The lettering was cut on my Cricut. I have layered up the banner to extend the length and pick up on the colour combo in the DSP.