It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like...

...yep, Christmas.

I'm looking forward to getting back into classes with my lovely ladies and we're starting off with a Christmas stamp-a-stack. Luckily I could get some Holiday Catalogue pre-order goodies delivered so they were waiting for me when I got home. Here's our first, a simple yet elegant offering (imo) featuring a new stamp set along with some old favs.

Materials used:

• stamps - Toile Christmas, Stylish Christmas
• card - very vanilla, mossy meadow
• other - Christmas cardinal dies, pretty pines thinlits, Big Shot, Dimensionals, cherry cobbler and mango melody Stampin' Blends, pinewood planks embossing folder, stitched rectangle framelit, stitched framelit (non SU), black craft ink, clear embossing powder, embossing buddy, heat tool, Stamparatus

Isn't it a gorgeous image? Love this one.

Our other card is also a mix of old and new, along with a touch of non-SU (hehe that rhymes). Here tis:

Materials used:

• stamps - Holly Jolly Greetings
• paper - whisper white, night of navy, silver foil
• other - frosted frames dies, Big Shot, snow swept border die (Cottage Cutz), Dimensionals, precision base plate, silver embossing powder, heat tool, embossing buddy

So there you have it! Thanks for calling in.

Cheers

Kez

Mellow Yellow

The cards we're making in class this week all feature yellow - and why not? It's summer and, let's face it, daffodil delight and crushed curry are great colours.

Here's some daffodil paired with Pacific point. This was inspired by a Leonie Schroder creation, which I turned into an easel card.

Materials used:

• stamps - Bird Banter
• card - Pacific point, basic black, whisper white, watercolour, cucumber crush
• other - beautiful branches thinlits, Big Shot, aqua painter, Dimensionals, stitched rectangle die

A simple lever card makes an ideal showcase for the Picture Perfect Birthday set, here paired with retired papers.

Materials used:

• stamps - Picture Perfect Birthday
• card - basic black, whisper white, crushed curry, It's My Party dsp
• other - stitched square framelits, Big Shot, Dimensionals

For our last card we're using a lovely bundle from the second-release SAB catalogue which includes a stamp set and deep embossing folder. Knowing how much I love colouring, it will come as no surprise to you that I pre-ordered this one! I stamped the basket using basic grey ink, then over-stamped with Versamark and added clear embossing powder. Colouring was done with daffodil delight, pumpkin pie, old olive and crumb cake Stampin' Blends.

Materials used:

• stamps - Blossoming Basket, Tabs for Everything
• card - daffodil delight, smoky slate, whisper white
• other - basket weave embossing folder, Big Shot, Stampin' Blends, clear embossing powder, heat tool, jewellery tag punch (retired), linen thread, Dimensionals, paper piercer

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Kez