Last of the series... and Round Up...

Oops... got so carried away sourcing and buying for a special christmas project or two... I nearly forgot to post!

Year of Cheer papers brayered in Pool Party... rest of details as this post...

Which completes the series of five simple cards featuring coloured Year of Cheer and Merry Little Labels... with a few Foil Snowflakes thrown in for good measure...

And so now onto something completely different! As I have been very very busy behind the scenes...

Merry Little Labels & Year of Cheer...

Another really simple card with the Year of Cheer gold & white check papers and Merry Little Labels... 

Card and paper sizes as per the previous small square card shared here...

And before I go today... don't forget the Paper Sale we have going on at the moment... Buy 3... get a Fourth for free... select papers only... as shown below... click on the picture to go straight to my Online Shop to select yours... 

And I can't wait to share what I have been making over the past few days with you... a labour of love for 5 very special young adults! Coming soon... 

Year of Cheer & Merry Little Labels Part 2

Well I lied when I said I had made 2 of the brayered Year of Cheer cards on Thursday's post... I actually made a few more!!

This one is on a standard A6 card blank (again with a 10cm piece of paper) ... so US Letter nearest equivalent being A2 sized with 4" paper...

And uses just half a Foil Snowflake... so you can have 2 for your money...

Rest of the details as per Thursday's post... though I punched a Basic Black 2 1/4" circle to frame the Merry Little Labels greeting instead...

Year of Cheer & Merry Little Labels

With a good dose of Foil Snowflake thrown in for good measure!

Simple but sweet... and fast! So I made two! Which do you prefer? Black or Pool Party card...

Not recognise the paper? It is the Year of Cheer gold foil & white check piece (top right)... liberally dosed with black ink using a brayer... and then wiped off with a tissue to avoid inky fingers! So shiny still! Such fabulous papers!!

10.5cm square card with a 10cm paper panel (or 4 1/4" card with 4" panel if you are using US Letter sized card)

Merry Little Labels greeting gold embossed and punched out with the 2" Circle Punch... Pool Party mat punched out with the 2 1/4"Circle Punch...finished off with a Pool Party 3/8" Shimmer Ribbon bow...

I prefer the Pool Party in the flesh... but looking at just the photos... I prefer the black!

Foil Frenzy DVD Gift Box

Back to another Foil Frenzy papers & Happy Birthday Gorgeous project...

These papers really do lend themselves to gift packaging and simple fancy fold cards as they are just that more robust... as well as decorative ... and therefore don't need layers to stiffen or fancy everything up!

Great sized box to share today... perfect for fitting a DVD or a photopolymer/clear mount stamp case in!!

This is another project that we made at our last Quarterly Training ... the box decoration being CASED from the catalogue... but Julie's own box design ...

I just changed the greeting on the tag so that it was all shiny too... as it is just cut from another of the Foil Frenzy papers...

Recipe
A4 Card Berry Burst 29.5 x 19cm (Scored 2.5cm on all 4 sides & LANDSCAPE 5cm from each side)
12x12 Foil Frenzy Paper 27.7 x 22.2cm (Scored 2 & 4 cm on all 4 sides)

Happy Birthday Gorgeous Balloons & Foil Frenzy Card

Simple panel trio card from some 1" strip Foil Frenzy paper leftovers for you today... leftovers from the sides of the die cut Window Boxes and the Gift Bag shared over the last 2 days...

Greeting and punched balloons care of Happy Birthday Gorgeous as I thought it was about time the balloons in this set took centrestage... the Hooray balloon being stamped in Archival Black which worked a treat on the shiny foiled elements of this paper...

Greeting label using the new 2 1/4" Circle Punch...  a punch that a few of you have told me you had overlooked!

Balloon strings care of the new Pool Party Bakers Twine... and finished off with the Pool Party 3/8" Shimmer Ribbon again

Light, bright and ever so shiny... makes a young heart sing!

Craft Spa Recipe

A4 Thick Whisper White A6 Tent card blank (ie 10.5cm x A4L, Scored LANDSCAPE at 14.8cm)

A4 Pool Party 10 x 14.3cm

A4 Lemon Lime Twist 9 x 10.5cm

A4 Thick Whisper White 10 x 3cm

Foil Frenzy strips 1" (2.5cm) x 10cm

Foil Frenzy Happy Birthday Gorgeous Gift Bag

 

Another shiny make care of the Foil Frenzy papers... this time a simple Gift Bag using the Gift Bag Punch Board

So this is a medium-sized bag about 4 3/4" finished height from half a piece of 12" paper... Simply decorated with Lots of Labels die-cuts and a bit of Happy Birthday Gorgeous stamping

And a tip... these Foil Frenzy papers are actually Soft Sky... but Pool Party is used for the ribbon and stamping instead... as it kind of works better! The shimmery nature of the ribbon and the brightness of Pool Party just co-ordinating with the shine of the papers better!

This is a project we made at Julie's last Quarterly training... and I have to admit that it took me a while to remember how to use the Gift Bag Punch board!!

For those of you feeling the same!! Here is the Stampin' Up! video to remind you... But fear not... mine is still out in my crafty space and it may be used a few times in the near future!

Simple, quick but effective make (once you remember how to use your punch board!)... and a robust gift bag care of the fabulous Foil Frenzy papers... what's not to love!

Craft Spa Recipe
Foil Frenzy Paper 6" x 11". Score at M (medium) for front & back...

A CUTE Whole Lot of Lovely Trio!

Love these little A7 cards... so much so I had to create 3 with my Whole Lot of Lovely paper leftovers!... I think you can safely say I don't have a lot left from my 6x6 training kit....

So what is an A7 card... well half an A6 one in size... so 4 cards from one sheet of A4... what is not to love!

(1) Pick up a piece of A4 card
(2) Cut in half  PORTRAIT (short edge along top) at 10.5cm
(3) Cut in half  LANDSCAPE (long edge along top) at 14.8cm (so you now have a 14.8 x 10.5cm panel!)
(4) Score in half (LANDSCAPE) at 7.4cm
(5) Repeat until you have 4 cards!

So cute!

And for my US readers... that is the equivalent of half your A2 card! Is there such a thing?

Wording on this last one from the fabulous Colorful Seasons ... lots more on that set another day!

Decoration using the co-ordinating Lots of Love stamp set, Shimmer Pear Pizzazz ribbon and Gold Mini Sequin Trim