Stampin’ Up! Australia - Stampin’ Up! Star of Light Christmas Card

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The inspiration image at The Card Concept this week is a beautiful mint green typewriter with a spray of shabby chic flowers.

I am still stocking up my Christmas Card stash so I thought a soft pastel toned festive card would be lovely!

I used the new ‘Star of Light’ stamp set and found that there is a cool ‘two step’ stamp in it which looks like I have carefully shaded the snowflake image when in fact, it is just a perfectly layered second stamp!

I stamped the main image in Melon Mambo and the second layer in Flirty Flamingo.  It looks SO GOOD in real life! I might make more of these cards....I think this is my favourite Christmas card in my stash now!

Here’s the inspiration image:

I was also inspired by the sketch at CASE This Sketch this week. 

I hope you like my card! :)

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Stampin’ Up! Australia - Stampin’ Up! Merry Medley

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The inspiration image at The Card Concept's challenge this week is a delicious assortment of fresh summer gelato flavours! mmmmm gelato! I recently returned from a week’s holiday at Coolum Beach and was lucky enough to partake in Gelato Mio’s offerings daily!

I was inspired by the colours and thought it would be fun to make a start on my Christmas cards but use a non-traditional colour scheme.

I used Peekaboo Peach, Flirty Flamingo and Sweet Sugarplum inks in an ombre design on the Merry Medley background stamp.

What do you think?

Here’s the inspiration image:

I hope you like my card! :)

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Stampin’ Up! Australia - Stampin’ Up! Christmas Card

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The inspiration image at The Card Concept's challenge this week is an elegant vintage centrepiece in vanilla & black tones. It is also the 2nd year anniversary for The Card Concept Challenge...big congratulations to Lesley & the team! :)

Here are the essentials:

• I was inspired by the print music in the image so I used a sheet from a retired Christmas paper - it’s the sheet music for Silent Night. :)
• The colours of the image set the palette for my card - vanilla & black. 
• I used Black Satin ribbon just like the one in the image.
• I took inspiration from CASE This Sketch for the layout and Merry Monday for the theme of my card. 

Here’s the inspiration image.....

I hope you like my card! :)

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

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The inspiration image at The Card Concept's challenge this week is a beautiful basket of pink Easter eggs.

Here are the essentials:

• I don't really sent Easter cards so I took my cue from the holiday idea and created a Christmas card.
• The pinks on the eggs reminded me of a retired colour from Stampin' Up called Regal Rose...so pretty on shimmer white paper!
• A giant rhinestone is the perfect finishing touch to the ornament.  

Here’s the inspiration image.....

I hope you like my card! :)

Card recipe

Stamps - Cozy Christmas, Ornament Keepsakes

Ink - Regal Rose

Cardstock - Regal Rose, Shimmer White, Kraft

Tools - Stampin' Trimmer, SNAIL, Stampin' Dimensionals, Big Shot, Holiday Ornaments Framelit Dies.  

The brand NEW Occasions catalogue and the Sale-A-Bration catalogues are out now. If you would like your own copy (Australian readers only), just send me an email. :)

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Stampin’ Up! Australia - Stampin’ Up! Merry Moments DSP Christmas Card

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Welcome to this week's Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge.

Here are the essentials:

• I was very time-poor this week so I thought I would get the Designer Series Paper to do all the talking. I took artistic licence with the sketch and the graphic snowflakes from Merry Moments are the circle elements from the sketch. 
• Boo-boos! Don’t you hate it when something smudges on your card after you have stuck your layers down? My sentiment banner was going to be down the bottom of the patterned paper layer but a suspicious smudge appeared further up so the sentiment HAD to move. :)
• Heat Embossing! You know how I said I was time poor?...well I have this mental block about heat embossing thinking that it is time consuming, but you know what...it isn’t! Just have all your tools out ready and it doesn’t take long at all. You need an Embossing Buddy, Versamark, Emboss Powder and your Heat Tool....plus a tray or some paper to catch excess powder. Easy and surprisingly quick! White always looks great on a dark background too. 
• Don’t forget your embellishments....and they look better in threes! I used the White Perfect Accents here to add to the modern and simple look. 
• Make Christmas Cards all year round. I make Christmas cards all year round so that I have about 80 to send out in early December....it means that November isn’t a mad rush to knock up a heap of cards. :)

Here is our sketch for this week:

Card recipe

Stamp - Embellished Ornaments

Ink - Versamark

Cardstock - Whisper White Thick Cardstock, Mossy Meadow, Merry Moments DSP, Real Red

Tools - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin’ Dimensionals, SNAIL, Emboss Buddy, Heat Tool, White Stampin’ Emboss Powder. 
Accessories - Perfect White Accents

I hope you will join in and create a card with us.....and please feel free to leave me and the other CCMC participants some comments! :)

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Stampin’ Up! Australia - Stampin’ Up Merry Moments DSP

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Welcome to this week's Artful Stampers Blog Hop and welcome from Annette’s blog.

I’m on holidays at the moment and I know that Christmas has just gone and all, but I use this time to get ahead on my Christmas cards for the following year....crazy yes!!? ...but come November 2016, I’m going to thank myself that I was so organised! It also helps me use up the festive DSP that I have been hoarding. :)

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Stamp - Cosy Christmas

Ink - Real Red

Cardstock - Real Red, Merry Moments DSP, Old Olive, Red Foil, Whisper White, Crumb Cake

Tools - Big Shot, Floral Frames Framelit Dies, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Stampin’ Trimmer, SNAIL, Triple Banner Punch. 

Accessories - Rhinestone Jewels

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Stampin’ Up! Australia - Stampin’ Up! Wondrous Wreath Christmas Card - Pink & Mint!

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Welcome to this week's Artful Stampers Blog Hop and welcome from Jane’s blog.

Apologies for the slightly fuzzy photo.....

You will notice from my blog that I have gotten a LOT of mileage from this stamp set. It truly is a beautiful Christmas stamp and so much can be done with the layering of this wreath.


Here are the colours for this week....

I was also inspired by the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches this week....

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Stamp - Wondrous Wreath, 

Ink - Blushing Bride, Mint Macaron, Rose Red, Versamark, Pink Pirouette (for sponged edge)

Cardstock - Shimmer White CS, Pink Pirouette, Pink Pirouette DSP (retired)

Tools - Big Shot, Wonderful Wreath Thinlit Die, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Stampin’ Trimmer, Glue Dots

Accessories - Mint Macaron In Color Blossom Accent

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Stampin’ Up! Australia - Stampin’ Up! Golden Embellished Ornaments

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Welcome to this week's Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge.

You will see from my previous blog post that I CASE’d a fellow CTC Design Team member and this next card is actually inspired by one of the layouts of her cards as well...as I trawled through her blog for ideas, I was very much inspired! You can see it here.

So much gold....I narrowly scraped in with the black element....a touch of black glimmer paper on the top of the ornament on the left. :)

Here are our colours this week:

Card recipe

Stamp - Embellished Ornaments

Ink - Versamark, Gold Emboss Powder

Cardstock - Whisper White Thick Cardstock, Gold Foil, Gold Glimmer Paper, Winter Wonderland Vellum Stack

Tools - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Fine Tip Glue Pen, Gold Ribbon, Big Shot, Elegant Dots Embossing Folder, Glue Dots, Bow Builder Punch.  

I hope you will join in and create a card with us.....and please feel free to leave me and the other CCMC participants some comments! :)

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Stampin’ Up! Australia - Stampin’ Up! Merry Moments DSP Christmas Card

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Welcome to this week's Artful Stampers Blog Hop and welcome from Annette’s blog.

Here is our sketch for this week....

I was also inspired by the image at Fusion this week....such great texture....I used the woodgrain and the colours on my card.

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Stamp - Wondrous Wreath, Greetings of the Season (retired) 

Ink - Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Real Red, Mossy Meadow

Cardstock - Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Merry Moments DSP, Cherry Cobbler

Tools -Big Shot, Woodgrain Embossing Folder, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin’ Trimmer, Wondrous Wreath Framelit Die, Circle Framelit Die, Glue Dots

Accessories - Metal Rimmed Pearl Embellishment

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Stampin’ Up! Australia - Stampin’ Up! Lost Lagoon Christmas Card

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

This week the Blog Hop challenge is all about CASE-ing a project from a fellow Design Team member! I am CASE-ing Kathryn today. :)

Today is the final CTC for the year and the team will be back in the New Year for some exciting inspiration from the new catalogues. Sadly I have stepped down from the team due to personal commitments, but I may pop in from time to time and play along with them as an avid fan! 

I loved this beautiful Lost Lagoon card that Kathryn created a few weeks ago and I wanted to CASE it for today’s challenge. Instead of the flower that Kathryn used, I made a silver Christmas ornament.

Here's my inspiration image:

Click below to go to Kathryn’s blog and see who she has CASE'd...

Stamp - Cozy Christmas

Ink - Lost Lagoon, Smoky Slate

Cardstock - Whisper White, Lost Lagoon, Silver Foil, Silver Glimmer Paper

Tools - Fast Fuse, Big Shot, Glue Dots, Delicate Ornaments Thinlits Die, 2 3/4 circle punch

Accessories - Metallic Silver Doily, Silver Ribbon

I hope you like my project.

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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Cozy Christmas Clear-Mount Stamp Set $33.00	Gorgeous Grunge Clear Stamp Set $34.00	Lost Lagoon Classic Stampin' Pad $11.50	Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad $11.50
Big Shot $169.00	Delicate Ornament Thinlits Dies $51.00	Silver Foil Sheets $7.00	Silver Glimmer Paper $8.75
Silver 1/8" Ribbon $8.75	Metallic Foil Doilies $7.00	Lost Lagoon A4 Cardstock $12.25	Whisper White A4 Card Stock $15.00
SNAIL Permanent Adhesive $12.00	Fine-Tip Glue Pen $12.00	Stampin' Trimmer ...	Stampin' Dimensionals $7.00