While Christmas Day is now over there’s still quite a bit of celebrating to do in the next week or so. Boxing Day is often an extension of the Christmas festivities. Then I have my daughter’s birthday, as well as New Year to look forward to. So with that in mind I wanted to bring you another ‘idea’ project that you might find useful. It’s a fun way to dress up a wine or other bottle you might gift to a host, using simple layering with some ribbon and embellishments. LAYERED OVER THE ... VIEW POST
Penguin Weather
This time last week I was preparing for my first craft show of the season. I love talking to everyone who visits my table and get feedback on my designs. It’s funny how many people are drawn to projects that include images of animals and thankfully I had lots to show them. I do need to stock up though, so during my personal “24 cards in 24 hours” challenge animals did feature on many of the cards. Number 6 of the 24 was this one with a custom-coloured embossed penguin. EMBOSSED ... VIEW POST
Florets Coloured and Die-Cut
I’ve been enjoying the unseasonably warm weather this week but today it’s suddenly much colder. Still, I shouldn’t be surprised as it is almost the end of October. At least I can pretend it’s summer indoors with the Framed Florets Stamp Set and coordinating dies. A few days ago I showed you a card using flowers from the limited edition paper. Today’s card however uses just the stamp set and dies to create this pretty celebration card. For my inspiration I used a sketch from the Global Design ... VIEW POST
Gnome For Christmas
It’s less than 10 weeks until Christmas and I’m starting to panic a little bit. Just as in previous years I had great plans to get ahead with my seasonal crafting and once again I’m seriously behind. I suppose Hurricane Fiona didn’t help, but to be honest I was already behind before she hit. Oh well, all I can do is double down and do the best that I can. My first craft fair is on November 12th and today’s cute gnome Christmas card was created with that in mind. CHRISTMAS TREES I began ... VIEW POST
Take One Elephant
Today’s the day to get free shipping on your Stampin’ Up! order. Reaching the minimum $100CAD requirement wasn’t hard for me as I have an extensive wish-list. Recently I've started keeping track of the things I wish I had when designing a project. For instance while making this sweet elephant gift tag I wanted more ribbon and twine to choose from. So while it was on my mind I pulled out the catalogues and added some to my order. Now I just have to wait patiently for them to arrive. SWEET ... VIEW POST
Texture Chic Surprise
Did you know that in 206 days it will be Christmas? That's almost 30 weeks I hear you say. True, but think about how many cards you’ll want to send, and divide that by 30. That’s what you’ll need to make this week, and every week until Christmas. Of course the cards are actually sent ahead of time, which means we don’t have 30 weeks at all. So when I came across the snowflake pattern in the Texture Chic Designer Series Paper pack, I knew what I had to do. SEASONAL TEXTURE CHIC I have to ... VIEW POST
