Stampin' Up! Australia - Stampin' Up! Snow Swirled Christmas Card

Hi!

The inspiration image at The Card Concept's this week is a warm inviting festive living space. I just want to curl up on that chair with some hot chocolate and some Christmas pudding!

I was inspired by the warmth (Kraft card stock), the theme and colours (Snow Swirled in CHerry Cobbler) and that beautiful wooden snowflake hanging up on the right of the image.

Here's the inspiration image.....

Card recipe

Stamps - Snow Swirled

Ink - Cherry Cobbler

Cardstock - Kraft 

Tools - Stampin' Trimmer, Glue Dots

Accessories - Wooden Snowflake

I hope you like my card.

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Stampin' Up! Australia - Stampin' Up! Lovely as a Tree Christmas Card

Hi!

Welcome to this week's CASE-ing the Catty Blog Hop! Welcome from Rebecca's blog!

This week the Blog Hop challenge is all about CASE-ing a project inspired by the Winter Wonderland suite from the Stampin' Up! Holiday catalogue.

CASE stands for Copy and Share Everything.  This whole blog hop is about using the current Stampin' Up! Catalogues to help you create.  Sometimes crafters need a springboard to just get started and the catalogues are certainly a demonstrator or customer's best resource.

I don't have the Wonderland stamp set (yet), so I improvised with the Lovely As A Tree stamp set and  an old set of snowflakes from a vintage set, Snow Swirled. 

Here's my inspiration image:

Click below to go Simone's blog.

I hope you like my card. If you have been inspired by it and would like to support my creative business, all the supplies may be found by clicking through the links below which will take you to my store.

The 2015-2016 Annual Catalogue  and the Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalogue are out NOW so if you would like to know how to get your free copy, just send me an email. :)

Alternatively, you may download the catalogue here!

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Stampin' Up! Australia - Color Coach Card #24 - Stampin' Up! Snow Swirled

Perfect Plum Card #2

Hi!

I have jumped around the strict Color Coach order on my self-imposed Color Coach Blog Challenge so if you are looking for the Perfect Plum Card #1 it is here. This card uses Perfect Plum & Elegant Eggplant. The tree was stamped in Perfect Plum first and then rolled in Elegant Eggplant around the edges.

A colleague at work bought my Artichoke Christmas Card and asked if I could make another one in purple...so I CASE'd myself and here it is...

If you like this card and are inspired by it to make your own, then support my business & creativity and purchase your craft supplies at my online store. The 'tree' stamp on my card is now retired but the Special Seasons stamp set would be lovely I think as a substitute!

Thanks for visiting!

Cheers

Alison xx

Materials used

Stamp - Snow Swirled

Ink - Perfect Plum & Elegant Eggplant

Cardstock - Elegant Eggplant, Perfect Plum DSP, Whisper White, Silver Glimmer Paper

Accessories - Whisper White Organza Ribbon, White Bakers Twine, Paper Doily

Tools - Stampin' Trimmer, SNAIL, Big Shot, Stylish Stripes Textured Impressions Embossing Folder,  Merry Minis Punch Pack (star punch), Glue Dots, 1/2 circle punch, Crop-a-dile

Stampin' Up! Australia - Stampin' Up! Christmas Card

Hi

This is a more traditional style for me.....a few layers....the peep of a doily (thanks Catherine Pooler!)...some DSP and some ribbon.

My card uses the colours from Dynamic Duos and the sketch from Mojo Monday.

If you like this card and are inspired by it to make your own, then support my business & creativity and purchase your craft supplies at my online store. The 'tree' stamp on my card is now retired but the Special Seasons stamp set would be lovely I think as a substitute!

Thanks for visiting!

Cheers

Alison xx

Materials used

Stamp - Snow Swirled

Ink - Always Artichoke

Cardstock - Crumb Cake, Always Artichoke, Whisper White, Champagne Glimmer Paper

Accessories - Always Artichoke Seam Binding Ribbon, Twine, Paper Doily

Tools - Stampin' Trimmer, SNAIL, Big Shot, Stylish Stripes Textured Impressions Embossing Folder,  Merry Minis Punch Pack (star punch), Glue Dots, 1/2 circle punch, Crop-a-dile

Stampin' Up! Snow Swirled - Festive Fridays

Hello!For the Festive Friday Challenge this week, Nicole gave us an 'inspiration image' to get the mojo flowing..... 

I didn't really know what to do with 'Santa' but I liked the white background and the black fireplace and I was quite drawn to the cool pots that the little festive trees sat in....so I ran with those ideas.....here's my card.....

and a here's a close-up of the pot... 

Materials used:
Stamps - Snow Swirled, Teeny Tiny Sentiments
Ink - Stazon, Basic Black, Champagne Shimmer Paint
Cardstock - Whisper White, Basic Black, Sahara Sand DSP
Accessories - Whisper White Organza Ribbon, Stampin' Glass Glitter
Tools - Paper Cutter, SNAIL, Big Shot, Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder, Framed Tulips EF, Ornament Punch, Stamp-a-majig, Sticky Strip, Stampin Sponges

Festive Friday Challenge #23 - Stampin' Up! Contempo Christmas

Hello


Todays card for the Festive Friday Challenge was an Inspiration Challenge based on this image....

I have to say that yet again, I was a bit stumped by the challenge set for us....I stared at the picture for aaaages before I came up with a few things. I decided to use the bowl of Christmas peppermints as a starting point....in part mainly due to the fact that at the Stampin' Up! Convention last week, Carrie Cudney from the US head office showed us how to make little peppermint embellishments. I thought I would give it a go.....much harder than she made it look when she presented on stage, but I did about 3 of them and this one seemed to 'sit' ok. I will have a bit more of a play and put up the dimensions when I get it right. :)    

I thought I would also take the 'picture frame', the 'white & red ribbons', the 'snowflakes' and of course the Baja Breeze colour of the wrapping paper as my design cues. 

Hope you like my card!  :)

Materials used:
Stamps - Contempo Christmas (sentiment), Snow Swirled
Ink - Baja Breeze, Real Red
Cardstock - Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Baja Breeze DSP from the Subtles stack, Real Red DSP strips from the Brights stack.
Accessories - Frost White Shimmer Paint, Dazzling Diamonds, Whisper White Organza ribbon, Cherry Cobbler Bakers Twine.
Tools - Big Shot, Framed Tulips Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Stampin' Sponges, Two Way Glue Pen, Stamp-a-majig, Build-a-Brad (retired), Mat Pack, SNAIL, Paper Cutter.     

Stampin' Up Convention 2012 - Snow Swirled and Pedal Presents

Hello!


I write this post with great excitement as tomorrow I am off to Canberra (or should I say Canbrrrrrr) for the Stampin' Up! Australia Convention 2012!!!!

It is my very first Convention and I am popping with anticipation!!! :)
 
Stampin' Up! Convention is 3 days of pure Stampin' Up! awesomeness. Demonstrators from all over Australia and New Zealand come together to learn more about the Stampin' Up! craft, meet one another, discover new products and see exciting 'sneak peaks'. Shelli Gardner, the founder & CEO of Stampin' Up! will also be there to talk to us all. There is an awards dinner that celebrates the achievements of Stampin' Up! demonstrators....it is going to be fabulous!! 

During Convention it is customary (but not compulsory) to take 'swaps'....where you make a number of the same card so you can swap them with other demonstrators at Convention. The idea behind this is to swap ideas and that you end up with cards featuring stamp sets that you may not own so you can show them to your customers. I can't wait to see what the other demonstrators have come up with. I promise to take photos and put them on my blog. :)

I thought I would share my card swaps with you here. My first swap is based on this card that I made earlier this year as part of the Festive Friday Challenge.

I removed the bow and the 'sanded' stamp that I used in the original. Instead of the background stamp, I used the 'direct to paper' technique, where I dabbed the Crumb Cake inkpad directly onto the Very Vanilla cardstock....it creates a lovely effect I think. :) 

This is my second swap....I used Pedal Presents from the current Autumn/Winter Mini catalogue. A very simple design that fits on a notecard sized card. You can't see it in the photo very well but I sprayed the Crumb Cake layer with some Frost White Shimmer Mist.

I will be back after Convention with more news, photos and a tutorial on how I made the small rectangle on my first card using the Framed Tulips Textured Impressions Embossing Folder....stay tuned!! 
Love
Alison 
xxx

Materials used:
Card No . 1
Stamps – Snow Swirled
Ink – Not Quite Navy, Pool Party, Crumb Cake, Champagne Shimmer Paint
Cardstock – Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Not Quite Navy
Accessories – Pool Party Seam Binding Ribbon, Antique Brad
Tools – Big Shot, Framed Tulips Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Stamping Sponges, Stamp-a-majig, Paper Cutter, SNAIL Adhesive, Paper Snips.

Card No. 2 
Stamps – Pedal Presents
Ink – Stazon, Frost White Shimmer Paint (as Shimmer Mist)
Cardstock - Whisper White, Basic Black, Crumb Cake
Accessories – Rhinestones
Tools – Itty Bitty Punch Pack, Stamp-a-majig, Paper Cutter, SNAIL Adhesive.

Festive Fridays #13 - Christmas Colour Challenge - Snow Swirled Vintage

Hi Everyone

Here's my latest design for Nicole Derendorf’s Festive Friday Challenges. I'm usually not one to create vintage cards....it's not that I don't like them...I LOVE them, but I'm generally not that good at making them.

Here is the colour palette for our Christmas card this week....just the combo of Crumb Cake & Very Vanilla triggers the vintage feel for me I think....




...and here's my card....

Do you like it? Not bad for probably my 2nd vintage effort. :)

May I also take this opportunity to share a bit of a mistake with you. For some reason when I was preparing my design for this week's challenge, somehow 'Not Quite Navy' got stuck in my head instead of 'Island Indigo'...so I happily created this card without realising that my colours were wrong. **sigh**


Fortunately, it was easy to re-create with the correct colours for the challenge.....how I love Stampin' Up!!! :)

I actually like these cards so much, I might make a tonne of them for my swaps for Stampin' Up! Convention this year. We shall see..... :)

Happy Stampin'!
Cheers
Alison xx

Materials used:
Stamps - Snow Swirled, Sanded (retired)
Ink - Crumb Cake, Island Indigo, Pool Party (Not Quite Navy for card #2)
Cardstock - Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Island Indigo (Not Quite Navy for card #2)
Accessories - Pool Party Seam Binding Ribbon (from the new Autumn/Winter mini catalogue!), Vintage Brads.
Tools - Big Shot, Framed Tulips Embossing Folder, Stamping Sponges, Stamp-a-majig, SNAIL, Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint, Paper Cutter, Paper Snips, Mat Pack.

Outlined Occasions for the Festive Friday Challenge!

Dear Everyone

I've been wanting to play along with Nicole Derendorf’s Festive Friday Challenge for AAAGES! I actually did the Valentine's Day challenge, but I was too late to upload it. However this one....I'm on time! :)

I also saw this challenge from Utah Divas International and liked the centre banner and thought that I could make that quite "Christmassy" and festive. I was inspired by Madonna Dunn’s card and her use of the Snow Swirled stamp set - I liked how she used it in her background and underneath her sentiment...which led to this card.....

I used the smallest snowflake from the Snow Swirled set and stamped off in Cherry Cobbler so the impression wasn't too dark. The sentiment is from the Sale-A-Bration set Outlined Occasions and I filled in the sentiment using Cherry Cobbler and my blender pen. To add to the already fairly 'blingy' card, I sprinkled some Dazzling Diamonds over the snowflakes and the sentiment panel. :)

Remember there's not long to go before "Sale-A-Bration" is over so you don't have long to get your free stamp sets. Outlined Occasions is very versatile and you only need to spend $100 with me to get this set for FREE! :)

Materials used:
Stamps - Snow Swirled, Outlined Occasions (Sale-A-Bration)
Ink - Cherry Cobbler, Stazon
Cardstock - Very Vanilla(smooth & textured), Jolly Holiday DSP (retired), Red Glimmer Paper, Cherry Cobbler
Accessories - Dazzling Diamonds
Tools - Blender Pen, 2-Way Glue Pen, Paper cutter, SNAIL, Paper Snips