A trio of Tree Punch projects....

As I shared the Perfectly Plaid stamps and Tree punch on Sunday... I was reminded of a number of projects I made using the Festival of Trees and that Pine Tree Punch...

But before I start... 2 quick announcements...
(1) The really beautiful Everything is Rosy product bundle is available in the Clearance Rack (with 15% off) while supplies last...

You know the one... pinks, navy blues and a touch of rose gold! Click here to go to see...

(2) The "technical glitch" for ordering the Farmhouse Christmas tutorials yesterday morning is sorted!! So they are now ready to order!! Sorry for any inconvenience...  And thank you for the afternoon orders... all of which have been emailed out already...

Right back to today!

So I thought it may be interesting for some of you if I did a quick re-run and share...

Just click on the photo to go to the original post...

I have found this fascinating... as these have been some of my own personal favourite projects  - and my most visited card tutorial - over the last 4 years or so... and indeed many of these still come out every christmas!

Hope that this post may inspire some of you... Enjoy...

And I do have to laugh... as I have lots of this year's christmas projects sitting ready to share with you... but it just seemed to make more sense to take a bit of time and share some golden oldies this week! 

Special 12 Days of Christmas gift Part 2

Now this will be very familiar to the ladies who came here and created my 12 Days of Christmas House last year...

But you may have noticed that it has been extended!

Yes I created a co-ordinating His & Hers 12 Days of Christmas gift... 

12 Days of Ports for the guys... 

12 Days of Gins for the the ladies!

And don't they fit together well!!

Hence the need for the retired papers...

Never heard so many WOWs at my creative endeavours from the family before... but maybe the full little jars had something to do with that!!

A special 12 Days of Christmas gift...

My regular blog readers may remember that I didn't plan for an Advent Calendar... but a Gin-vent calendar for myself instead.. well I did that... using small jam jars that suited the job perfectly... and I LOVED the experience during the whole of December...

So I decided that I needed to share the experience... so I came up with the idea of a 12 Days of Christmas gift box along the same theme...

So this one is a 12 Ports of Christmas box... which went down incredibly well with my family and friends... unfortunately I couldn't go with 12 different ports... but they each got 4 port trios... so all were happy...

I also had to keep the box simple and flat in design... well my brother will have to carry it back to the States in his suitcase... so I couldn't go too mad!!

Now some of you will have noticed that this box is decorated with retired papers... there is a GOOD reason for that.... come back tomorrow and I will spill the beans...

And of course the 12 Days of Christmas stamps are also retired... so so glad I kept those!

Curvy Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

Another entry in my Curvy Keepsakes for Christmas series….. today it is Rudolph’s turn… and he definitely has a very shiny nose. Have to say he does look so cute in the flesh…… especially in bulk as he is quick & easy to do…

The antlers are from Fall Fest framelits, holly from the 12 Days of Christmas, greeting from Project Life Holiday Cheers, and the rest is just punching…

Stampin᾿ Up! Supplies

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Curvy Keepsake Box Thinlits Dies	Fun Fall Framelits Dies	Project Life Holiday Cheer Photopolymer Stamp Set	12 Days Of Christmas Clear-Mount Stamp Set
12 Days Of Christmas Wood-Mount Stamp Set	1 Inch Circle Punch	1/2 Inch Circle Punch	Owl Punch
Red Glimmer Paper	Chocolate Chip A4 Card Stock	Whisper White A4 Card Stock	Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker
Real Red Stampin' Write Marker	Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine

12 Days of Christmas House Mini Album…and a Stamp Mounting Tip!

 

Here is another project we made at my Christmas All Day event. The observant of you will notice my theme for the day…. yes… houses, 12 Days of Christmas & All is Calm papers! Love them all!!!

This is a long time favourite mini book format of mine (Thanks again Debbie for the introduction!) Though I added some more pages to the previous versions made. So I ended up with 11 pages with flaps inside to suit the 12 Days of Christmas stamp set! Can’t wait to add some photos now!

And I just couldn’t resist adding Santa coming down the chimney as the only piece of decoration inside…. the image was stamped on the paper, then re-stamped on a piece of Whisper White – from which the fireplace part was hand cut out & 3D adhered onto the image on the paper…. Didn’t want all those stripes going through my fireplace….

View from the side… the windows, window-boxes and door are all made using parts of the windows in the Holiday Home stamp set

And the view from above….. no-one started off happy with the very delicate Striped Scallops die-cutting for the roof…until they saw a roof on a house box I made years ago…. scallop edge punch and lots & lots of cardstock! Suddenly they were much happier!!! And it just had to be….. perfect for the job….

Oh and my tip for the 12 Days of Christmas stamp set ( wood version) ….

Ignore the 2 wooden blocks supplied & grab a larger block… carefully line up & stick the 2 stamps ( ON THE & CHRISTMAS) on … leaving room to insert the “First Day of” etc in between (mine has 9mm between the images/rubber).

Takes a bit of time to get everything lined up & straight…. but it saves so much time when it comes to stamping… and this stamp set is definitely a keeper for me!

You can probably get the idea more from the photo of the stickers on the top of the block…but I thought it was time to share what a much loved stamp block looks like too!!!

So a second tip for you today…. all that ink at the top….that will just sand off… that wood block will look as good as new when I get my little sanding block on it!! Later….

Stampin᾿ Up! Supplies

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12 Days Of Christmas Wood-Mount Stamp Set	12 Days Of Christmas Clear-Mount Stamp Set	Wonderous Wreath Photopolymer Bundle	Festival Of Trees Photopolymer Bundle
Get Your Santa On Photopolymer Stamp Set	Holiday Home Photopolymer Stamp Set	All Is Calm Specialty Designer Series Paper	Extra-Large Oval Punch
Decorative Label Punch	Striped Scallop Thinlits Die	Vanilla Coaster Board	Silver Glimmer Paper
Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack	Soft Sky Classic Stampin' Pad	Lost Lagoon Classic Stampin' Pad	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad
Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad	Lost Lagoon A4 Cardstock	Card Stock A4 Soft Sky	Card Stock A4 Pear Pizzazz
Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate	Basic Rhinestones Jewel Accents