Earlier this week I held the third and final Christmas Card Stamp Camp for 2014. I was packing away all the supplies and took a moment to look back at this year’s cards and although I say so myself (but shouldn’t) there was a pretty good selection.
Category: Stampin Up
2014 ~ Buttons and Bows, November’s share
The new 2014 ~ 2015 Stampin’ Up! catalog brought a new selection of ribbons and embellishments. Each year I host a ‘share’ which I call ‘Buttons and Bows”- which runs over 4 months. Last month I shared October’s selection of goodies and I thought I would share those for this month!
Christmas Tags
I rarely wrap Christmas presents these days, preferring to use a decorated bag with fistfuls of tissue paper! In the days before I made cards, I would find myself running out of gift tags (usually on Christmas Eve when the shops had all closed!) so in the last few days I have been making some tags ready for December. Continue reading
Frame Art for a Special Friend
A few weeks ago I shared a frame art project that some friends and I had worked on for a soon-to-be Mum. For some time I had wanted to make one for a very dear friend of mine who celebrated a milestone birthday in the summer, in fact I had all the supplies ready! As she lives in another part of the country it was always going to be a challenge to get it to her so when she paid a visit to North Texas early in November it was the perfect time to complete it 🙂
Baby Frame Art
18 months ago we had a neighborhood block party and 5 ladies found a mutual love of crafts and we decided to get together around my dining room table once a month to make some cards and other 3D items and just visit with one another.
November Stamp Set of the Month
For November I have selected Festival of Trees to be the stamp set of the month, a lovely set, perfect for the upcoming holidays. Continue reading
Seasonally Scattered ~ hand-made cards
This was one of the cards from my October card class earlier this week. I used a tri-color technique for the image and then sprinked it with clear embossing powder before applying the heat tool. It gave the image a very subtle shine.
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October Stamp Set of the Month
October’s stamp set of the month kits are ready to go to their new homes.
Each of the packs contain the supplies to make 4 completely different cards with the ‘For All Things’ Stamp set. This kit includes the stampin’ dimensionals and a piece of sponge for the sponging technique! and a video tutorial for each card.
2014 ~ Buttons and Bows, October’s share
The new 2014 ~ 2015 Stampin’ Up! catalog brought a new selection of ribbons and embellishments. Each year I host a ‘share’ which I call ‘Buttons and Bows”- which runs over 4 months. Last month I shared Septembers selection of goodies and I thought I would share those for this month!
Itty Bitty Thank you card
Well, I made it…… Thank you all for helping me reach 5000+ views! I also wrote my 150th blog post last week so it was a a wonderful week for me :-). As always, when you want to say a sincere thank you it has to be done with a card…….. Continue reading
