Ah that's better....

 So I admitted that I would make a change when I shared this card earlier...

So here you have the card with just the one bow to finish off... simply much better!

More details here...

Handwritten Alphabet Christmas Around the World

Wondering what to do with all your wreaths and bows in the Christmas Around the World paper pack...

Why not try this... bows die cut care of the Christmas Lamppost dies... bit of  fussy cutting of the wreaths to get the solid centre for stamping on with the Hand Lettered Alphabet though...

Finished off with a split greeting from Santa's Sleigh... using marker pens on the words you require... ... or as Amanda has done ...by simply chopping her stamp up into 3 parts!

Though I have to admit...  looking at the photo...  wish I had only put one of the bows on! Funny how things can look very different in a snapshot!

Christmas Church in a Lantern - Stampin' Up! meets Tim Holtz Village!

This has to be my favourite project of the year... so far!!

A project where Stampin' Up! Santa's Sleigh meets Tim Holtz Village dies... with Halloween Night Speciality papers and a whole load of glitter thrown in... a perfect Christmas Lantern... finished off with flickering lights...

Although taking good photos proved difficult!

And I am not alone... so a few more December classes are now being arranged to make one of these... as everyone who has seen it in the flesh seem to want to make one of their own!

So please contact me here to book now - or to register your interest. Just £20 for a half day class in Great Ouseburn, North Yorkshire with everything included.... and sorry but this is not available as a Class in the Mail option...

So glad I was made to go back to the Gift Company shop in Telford after the Stampin Up On Stage event! Thanks Sharon and Jane!! Look what happened... though you would have laughed at the 2 very large boxes that turned up with my subsequent order... taller than me!! 

Santa's Sleigh in the Sky...

Special card made for my All Day events this week... 8 reindeer flying into the sky pulling Santa's Sleigh...

Now I have to admit that the reindeer pulling a sleigh on a Double Z Fold card was not my original idea... I was completely inspired when I saw this stunning card shared by Kathy Wayson back in August. So I immediately put the Santa's Sleigh stamps and dies on my next order...

And I was definitely not alone in adoring this card... as many other Stampin' Up! demonstrators have been inspired to make their own version... so there are many beautiful Santa's Sleigh Double Z Fold cards out there if you Google it.... or search on Pinterest...

But I had a few other ideas of my own!

I knew I had to make the reindeer fly up into the air! So it had to be a Large Square Double Z Fold Card and my Staircase Double Z Fold card method ending up coming into its own for a second time! See points 4-11 for the acetate part - you need a 6.2cm A4 piece of acetate scored at 14.8 & 7.4cm  and note that you need to line up at 2.5cm to the LHS in point 6 as the fold stands the other way round - or 3" x 11" for US measurements - scored at 2 3/4" & 5 1/2" - lined up at 1" to the LHS) 

I had to have the full compliment of 8... as in "On Dasher, on Dancer, on Prancer and Vixen, On Comet, on Cupid, on Donner and Blitzen!" Quickly achieved by turning the Double Z Fold card in the opposite direction to the usual... Though I have now thought of a way to add Rudolph at the front too... Maybe another day!

And I was definitely using my favourite Fancy Frost papers to create a snowy little scene as the background...

And the trees had to be stamped on the Presents & Pinecones Mint Macaron paper as I had stocked up on that already!

So there you have it... a card that has been causing a real WOW in the flesh... thank you Kathy Wayson for inspiring us all....

Vertical Greetings Topiary...for Christmas...

Final part of the Vertical Greetings notecard mini series!!!

One dressed up for Christmas... though it took a while to find a CHRISTMAS stamp that was small enough!

Bow, MERRY and WISHES from Santa's Sleigh

CHRISTMAS from the SCRUMPTIOUS stamp in Here's To Cheers

Too Cute! Go here for the inking directions... Oh and the pot is handcut and 3D'd this time