A Christmas Engagement …

One of my friends got engaged on Christmas Day!  I am so very happy for them both. 

Angela asked me to make her wedding invitations a few weeks ago, but as they planned to make the announcement to their family on Christmas Day, I had to keep mum!  I felt so honoured that I was asked to be part of her special day in this way…   

She knew exactly what she wanted – a cream and white colour scheme and ribbon roses …

The cards were all to be hand delivered, so the added dimension wasn’t a problem…

Shimmery white cardstock was used for the base cards,

and the invitation wording was printed onto very vanilla cardstock, and then mounted onto the inside of the gatefold card. 

The greeting was stamped using the Wedding Sweet stamp set.

I love the way the ribbon roses turned out…

Tip: to ensure the roses stay adhered to the card, I attached first with a mini glue dot, and then added a few drops of crystal effects under each one and left to dry.  

Crystal effects is a very strong adhesive which dries completely clear so won’t spoil your projects, and you can mail your cards with confidence that your embellishments will stay put.    

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Delightful decorations …

I love this little Christmas card – clean, simple and cute! 

I had to make a whole bunch of them – too many to fit in the photo – here’s a small selection… 

 

I love the certainly celery and melon mambo colours together – gorgeous! 

Stamp sets used: Tree Trimmings, Delightful Decorations and Contempo Christmas. 

 For some reason this one turned out a little mottled…but I loved the effect and it was my absolute favourite!

 

 

A rhinestone made for the perfect finishing touch.

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A Beautiful Season from Stampin’ Up!

My friend, Clare, asked me to make a Christmas card with a robin on.  So  I inked up the Beautiful Season stamp set from Stampin’ Up, and then used my stampin’ write marker pens to colour the image, in 3 different shades of green for the holly leaves – certainly celery, old olive and garden green – and 2 shades of brown for the robin - chocolate chip and crumb cake, with a splash of real red for that Christmassy look! 

Once I was happy with the coloured image, I cut out it out in an oval shape, and sponged with crumb cake ink for added interest.  I mounted it onto a piece of A4 confetti white cardstock from Stampin Up, folded in half to make an A5 card, and added a strip of real red cardstock and a length of ribbon (sadly retired) tied in a knot.  The sentiment is from the Contempo Christmas stamp set. 

I love the way the confetti white cardstock has different coloured flecks of colour randomly through the cardstock – even flecks of red – and it was just perfect for this card. 

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A Holly Berry Christmas……

At my Stampin’ Up party in November, we made 3 different Christmas projects …

This cute little reindeer gift, using the two tags die from Stampin’ Up, was one of the projects on display on the Stampin’ Up stall at the Birmingham NEC in November.  It is so easy to make – the ladies loved it! 

And the sweet wrapper die from Stampin Up makes the cutest little Christmas crackers. 

We used edge punches to make paper ribbons to decorate the boxes, and stamped and punched out labels and holly too. 

We used floral patterns from the Holly Berry Bouquet designer series paper to make bauble cards. 

And with Christmas just around the corner, these will make perfect gifts. 

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