Global Stamping Friends Blog Hop - Plaid

Hello and welcome to the Global Stamping Friends international Blog Hop from Amanda at The Craft Spa in the UK...

Today we are featuring "Plaid"... which is brilliant... apart from the fact that I don't have any of the readily available plaid patterned paper in the Wrapped in Plaid  paper packs.... or in any other (current) paper pack I own!

So what is a girl to do.... well... make my own of course!! Which I have been meaning to do for a very long time...

Ink up and stamp Buffalo Check in Gray Granite....

Followed by Poppy Parade marker pen lines...

Then Basic Black marker lines to finish off...  Note that I went for all my lines first in Poppy Parade... but then decided I wanted another colour after all... so I went over every other Poppy line with Basic Black! You obviously would only do half the Poppy lines in the first place! 

And then the So Many Stars stamps and Stitched Stars dies were out... so I thought... why not! And a few minutes later... here you go...

I also used the new Real Red Glimmer Paper to finish... as I think this is too easy to miss in the Autumn Winter (aka Holidays) catalogue... Though I then wished I had used Real Red in the first place (ilo Poppy Parade)... but you get the idea!

And waste not...want not... no point in wasting that die cut aperture I ended up with - so another "scrap card" for you...

Want to know more about Plaid? Well I found this fascinating history article on the web... though someone may still have to explain the difference between Gingham and (Buffalo) Check to me!!!

And now it is time to pass you onto the lovely Angelique in the Netherlands... just click on the arrow below to go straight there...

Or use the Roll Call list below if you prefer to hop that way... 

Blog Hop Roll Call

1. Rachel Macleod

2. Amanda Farlinger

3. Libby Dyson

4. Tricia Butts

5. June Olsen

6. Amanda Bates (AKA The Craft Spa... YOU ARE HERE)

7. Angélique Stempelkeuken

8. Jan Musselman

9. Lisa Henderson

10. Marieke Bart

Happy Spirited Snowmen Boxing Day!

Hope you are still having fun and enjoying a lovely Christmas...

Today will be a couple of new traditions for us... as we go out for a Boxing Day meal en famille... and then my little band of 3 go to a Boxing Day rugby match at York Rugby Club with lots of friends from school and rugby club days... should be a great re-union of son's and our friends alike!

Thought you may like to see a pretty snowman today... or should I say Snow Baby!

Thanks for the inspiration Rebecca Deary!

And this is what I reckon is a wrap for Christmas based projects!!! Well for this year!

Stampin Up! Products used... 

Spirited Snowmen (Sniff... not carrying over!)

Buffalo Check (Carryover! Horrah!)

Swirls & Curls embossing folder ( carryover... yay!)

Stitched Shapes dies (wouldn't be with out them!! But see what is coming soon...)

A Host of... Spirited Snowmen

Cast your mind back a few weeks... I made a batch of these... went to Team Training... and came back with some inspirational swaps...

There were definitely 2 major themes amongst the swaps I had in return... and Spirited Snowmen was one of them!!

So I thought it would be lovely today to share the creations of some of my lovely demo friends... starting with the Spirited Snowmen swaps... all four of them...

But before I begin... a quick update on the Farmhouse Christmas Box Frame, Bakers Box Light & Bridge U Fold card tutorials...  They should still be ready by the end of the weekend... but I just had to have a day off yesterday... as I have run back to back classes since Tuesday... so I was meeting myself coming backwards... and then I forgot that the tree surgeons were at ours yesterday... so I really couldn't hear myself think!! So it was a "day off" having retail therapy instead... albeit mainly for projects for classes and food!! But in the meantime... please don't hesitate to order yours here... Just scroll to the end of the post... and Add to Cart...

First up... by Joanne Wragg... and the card that duly inspired this card shared yesterday... As Craig would say in Strictly... "Gorgeous Darling!"... and I have to admit that my ladies have been loving making this card... so a Big Thanks to you Joanne...

Then we have this fabulous notebook by Sam... which lots of my lovely ladies are coveting... so I think I have a plan for these as a part gift for their orders in November... but shh don't tell them...! Also featuring the lovely snowflakes in the Seasonal Layers dies... 

Closely followed by Rebecca Deary's beautiful " what a gorgeous colour combi" card... show-caseing the Buffalo Check and the Swirls & Curls embossing folder too...

And last but... definitely not least... this spectacular card by Joyce Drake... on one of the new Silver Foil Edged cards.. and also using the Bokeh Dots that is my best selling stamp set in the Annual Catalogue!

Didn't they do well!! Proud to have these on my display lovely ladies...

Now I wonder if you can guess which was the other "major theme"... any guesses in comments or by the contact me form please!!