Merry (Magnolia) Monday

Can't take any credit for the idea of colouring the Magnolia Lane papers in with the Real Red Stampin Blends to create poinsettia flowers...

And annoyingly I forgot to note the name of my fellow clever demonstrator that first shared the idea on out International Demo Only FB site... so please let me know if it was you... and I will quickly update my post...

But thought I should share with you just in case you hadn't caught up with this great idea for getting more out of your papers!!

Tuesday Tip - Stylish Christmas #3

So it seemed to make sense to keep the 3 cards made using Stylish Christmas together...  particularly as I have had some requests for a Stylish Christmas Class in the Post whilst I was away... so please click here to contact me if you are interested too... and I will be back to you very soon with more details and/or an invoice...

The basic Stylish Christmas Class in the Post to make 15 cards including Stylish Christmas stamps, 16 pc. cardstock, 15 envelopes & Metallics Pearls (3 designs x 5 cards each) will be £44 (£41 collected) for Wood Mount or £39 (£35 collected) for Clear Mount. I will be ordering 31st August... so delivery will be with you about 10 September at the latest...

And don't forget that if your Stampin Up! order is over £45 this month you will get a £4.50 Bonus Days coupon code to spend for free in September! So that is just £4 more for the Wood Mount option... or + £10 for the Clear Mount...

Other items used include:-

• Bokeh Dots Stamps £14 Clear 148113 or £19 Wood 148110 
• Subtle embossing folder 143706 at £9.25 
• 3 ink pads at a cost of £7 each (Real Red 147084; Mossy Meadow 147111, Sahara Sand 147117)
• Gold Embossing Powder 109129 £4.75 

As well as staples of Versamark ink £8.25, Heat Gun £28, Embossing Buddy £5.50, Tombow multipurpose glue £3.75 or Tear & Tape £6.25 and Stampin Dimensionals £3.75

So this is the last card of the trio...  Just a simple one layer A6 standard card...

With the addition of the lovely Bokeh Dots stamp set (as Jane already has that one too! So it seemed rude not to use it!!)

So Sahara Sand stamped Bokeh Dots background... with the Stylish Christmas swirl and little snowflakes also in Sahara Sand...

Hand cut Real Red stamped flower... and Tuesday Top Tip! - the previously stamped & hand cut flower being used to work out the positioning for the Mossy Meadow leaves which are stamped directly onto the card

Finished off with a gold embossed greeting to match the gold Metallics Pearls at the centre of the flower...

And an admittance for you... you can tell my Sahara Sand is a brand new one... don't think I have ever had Sahara Sand stamp this dark before... I may have to move a bit of ink around on the pad before I use it next... as it has always been my go-to-palest-ink-pad when I want subtle!

Merry Monday - Stylish Christmas #2

So my pre-order box of lovely Christmas products has now arrived... but unfortunately I went away for a few days ...just minutes after it arrived!!

So it has sat there unopened and all alone until today when I am back!! So the washing may be delayed a few hours as I concentrate on much more important matters!

But back to the card... Triple Time Stamping this time... just click here for the Card Recipe & Tutorial...

Stamping using Real Red, Mossy Meadow and Sahara Sand inks... on Whisper White & Real Red card... and then "textur-ised" (is that a proper word!!?) using the Subtle Embossing Folder...

Poinsettia centres finished off beautifully with the gold Metallics Pearls.... which I reckon are just made for the job!!

See yesterdays post for a simpler version of this card and for more details and links on the products used...

Simple Sunday Stylish Christmas card #1

So one of my lovely customers bought the beautiful Stylish Christmas set in the Annual Catalogue... available in Wood and Clear Mount...

And then asked me what she should do with it... So seeing as I was waiting for my pre-order box of Christmas goodies to turn up... I was happy to oblige...

A little while later I had 3 card designs in my hand for her... hope you like them all Jane!

So this is the simplest of the trio... just double time stamping on a mat and card blank.... using Real Red, Mossy Meadow and Sahara Sand inks... on Thick Whisper White & Real Red card... and then "textur-ised" (is that a proper word!!?) using the Subtle Embossing Folder...

Poinsettia centres finished off beautifully with the gold Metallics Pearls.... which I reckon are just made for the job!! Pack contains half gold and half silver mini pearls...

Love this simple card...