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Happy Halloween everyone!
I've just come back from a lovely holiday where I enjoyed 10 days of winter sun, sea and sand. I planned before I went away to make 17 Halloween Gifts to give to my team at work (and my other colleagues within the office) as a little treat instead of bringing back something from Egypt.
I knew for sure that I wanted to use the Kraft Tag A Bag Gift Bags as they are the perfect size to hold some Haribo and Maoam sweets and a Lollipop. I also knew I was definitely going to use the Witches' Night Photopolymer Stamp Set, the Lots of Labels Framelits and the amazing Spider Web Doilies. I just wasn't sure at all how I was combine all of these together.
For me, the only colour (aside from Black) that signifies Halloween is Orange. I wanted to include this colour in my Trick or Treat Gift Bag so I made a 1 inch belly band using some patterned Tangelo Twist paper from the Happy Haunting DSP. I then adhered the centre of the Spider Web Doily to the front of the belly band. I stamped the beautifully detailed Trick or Treat image onto Whisper White cardstock and die cut this using the Lots of Labels Framelit Dies and adhered this on top of the doily.
That's it from me for now. Have fun if you are out trick or treating with your little ones tonight!
Happy Wonderful Christmas - an alternative way of using the Wondrous Wreath Stamp Set
Wednesday, 28 October 2015
I love that last years Christmas set Wondrous Wreath Photopolymer stamp set and the Wonderful Wreath Framelit Dies have carried over to this years Autumn/Winter catalogue.
I was thinking about recreating last years Christmas card because I didn't get a chance to blog about it..... but before I knew it I got totally sidetracked thinking about how else could I use this set without using the main wreath stamp.
The result is that I've made a card using the berries stamp (top right in the picture above) from the Wondrous Wrearh set. I used the sentiment included in this stamp set 'Happy Wonderful Christmas' and then punched out 5 flowers from Vellum cardstock using the Itty Bitty Accents punches and then added some Rhinestones.
I really like this effect. You could definitely use this stamp for any occasion, not just for Christmas. It also gave me another reason to use my current favourite cardstock - Whisper White Thick Cardstock.
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Some of my more recent subscribers may have come across my website from receiving a thank you note and free gift when buying retired Stampin' Up! products from me on eBay. If that's you - thank you and welcome!!
Everyone who bought a product from my online shop on eBay in the month of September received a version of the featured paper bag and thank you note and also a free gift containing at least 8 sheets of 6"x 6" DSP and some ribbon.
I love to share what I make so I thought it would be a good idea to provide all of my details and a little bit of information about Stampin' Up! and how to place an order on the note card inside the paper bag.
Thanks again to all of you who got in touch to let me know how much you liked my blog, how you liked by photos on eBay and how you were pleased with your free gift. You have no idea how much that meant to me. I hope that you enjoy looking at my projects and that they inspire you to craft and have fun!
in
2015
If you've been following my blog for a while, you may have noticed that I've been making cards with simple designs recently, I am loving the less is more look but I am not sure, with this card, if it works?
I love simplicity and modern design so I personally like what I've created here but I would love to know what you think.
I've simply cut a piece of the Winter Wonderland 6"x6" Designer Series Paper into 4 and stuck it onto a card base of Whisper White Thick Cardstock using some of the Winter Wonderland Designer Washi Tape. I then die cut "Merry" and stamped "Christmas" using the Holly Jolly Christmas bundle and voila, you have a modern, minimalist Christmas card.
Does it work? Well it does for me.... BUT I would love to know your opinion. Would you like to receive this card? Is it too simple? If you could add anything else to the design of this card, what would it be?
You can leave a comment by scrolling down this page just a little bit and clicking on the link which starts with "Thank you for visiting my website..."
To make this card, I cut my card base from Basic Black cardstock then added a mat of Island Indigo before adding the zebra print DSP. I stamped the sentiment "You are too kind. Thank You" using the One Big Meaning stamp set and layered it onto a mat of Island Indigo & Basic Black to match the card base. I then completed the design by adding a small Rhinestone above the 'i' in kind.
in
2015
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