Simple Silver Snowflake...

Such an easy card to make but it turns out so elegant looking. I cut out four squares of Ski Slope designer paper and layered it onto white cardstock, which I then attached to a Baja Breeze textured cardstock card. I inked the snowflake (from the Snow Swirled stamp set) with Versamark watermark ink and embossed it in silver embossing powder on white cardstock. I layered it onto Baja Breeze textured cardstock, white cardstock and then attached a rhinestone brad to the center of the snowflake.

Holiday Extravaganza - Both the All in the Family and Mission Embossible bundles are now SOLD OUT.

Christmas Bags, Tags and Boxes Class...

Here is a picture of a few ofthe projects we will be making at my Christmas Bags, Tags and boxes class on Sunday December 7th, 2pm, at my place. We will be making 2 bags, 6 tags, 3 boxes and one gift card holder. The fee for the class is $30 and includes everything you need to make the projects.

Snow Swirled in Pink!

I know Rose Red and Pirouette Pink aren't your typical Christmas colours but I think they look festive when matched with the silver embossing and silver elastic cord. This card was made with the "Snow Swirled" stamp set embossed with Stampin Up silver embossing powder. The snowflakes on the center piece of Pink Pirouette cardstock was stamped in Pretty in Pink classic ink. I used a pink rhinestone brad in the middle of the main snowflake to add a little extra (I can't ever leave the center of a snowflake alone...it has to have something!)

Festive Noel

Here is a card made with a colour you haven't seen on my blog before. I used Glorious Green for the card base, a colour I tend to accumulate and not use because I find it bright but it's the perfect green to go with Gable Green and Real Red. The Noel stamp is from the Big on Christmas stamp set. I stamped Noel in black and used Glorious Green, Gable Green, Real Red and Yoyo Yellow Stampin Write markers. The polka Dots were stamped in Glorious Green with the Polka Dot Background stamp. I finished the card off with a real red grosgrain ribbon.

Snow Swirled Quilt Card

Here is a really simple "quilt" card that I made with the snowflake from the Snow Swirled stamp set. I used paper from the Ski Slope Designer Paper and Real Red, Old Olive and Very Vanilla Cardstock. The snowflake was stamped in Real Red and the clear rhinestone brad is from the Pretties kit. The longest part of making this card is cutting all the layers of paper.

Season's Greetings.

I made this card using the elegant Holiday Treasure's Designer Paper, a white rub-on from the Season of Cheer rubons and the snowflake from the Snow Swirled stamp set. The best thing about white rub ons is they show up white on every colour of cardstock. I embossed the snowflake in white and set a gold eyelet in the center. I then layered it onto circle punchies and a scallop circle. I love the colours in this card. Who would have thought Chocolate chip would look so fabulous on Christmas cards.

Want to win a pack of rub-ons? Sign up for my Christmas stamp camp on November 30th. I will be giving away a free pack of rub-ons (winners choice) at the class so sign up soon. Click on the link to my website http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/stephanied/ to check out the details!

Holiday Line-up....

I love this stamp set...it is just soooo cute! And to think I completly overlooked this stamp set until one of my friends ordered it and I saw how cute it is. It is now #1 when it comes to sales for a Christmas stamp set. This was a card we did last Sunday at my card class. The snowman images was stamped with Black Staz On (a must have if you love to colour) and was coloured with a blender pen and Real Red, Pacific Blue, Baja Breeze, Going Gray and Apricot Appeal Classic Inks. I then used 2 way glue pen on all pom-poms and on the santa hat and sprnkled on dazzling diamonds. The "Merry Christmas" is from the Many Merry Messages stamp set, which I have used for years now. The paper is from Ski Slope Designer paper and I used a Real Red grosgrain ribbon to finish the card off.

Welcome Christmas....

Another quick and easy card I made using Season of Joy and Heard from the Heart stamp sets. The flowers were stamped with Riding Hood Red, cut out and attached to the white panel that had been stamped with swirls in Kiwi Kiss. The sentiment was then stamped below. The center of the flowers are embellished with silver micro beads from the Silver Bead Duo. I used Crystal Effects glue to attach the beads to the flower because it dries clear and is thick enough to hold the beads in place.

Stamp Camp #1

There is still one space in this Sunday's stamp camp. We will be making 10 cards, 2 each of 5 different designs. The class fee is $30 and the class starts at 2pm at my place. Click on the link to the left that says Stephanie's Stampin Up Website to contact me!

Holiday Greetings....

Here is a fun card I made with absolutely no stamping! The background paper is from the Bella Rose Designer Paper Series. Not a Christmas paper but these colours look fabulous on a Christmas card, especially using the Scallop Edge punch. The snowflakes are the Little Felt Flurries that are in the Holiday mini and I used Rhinestone brads from the Pretties kit to secure them to the card. The Holiday Geetings is from the Season of Cheer rub ons in the Holiday Mini (on sale this month!)

Pocket Silhouettes....

I thought it would be nice to post a card that wasn't Christmas, since all I have been making lately is Christmas cards. The Pocket Silhouettes is such a cute little stamp set. I challenged myself to make a card using some colours I almost never use. Since I don't use purple or blue all that often I chose purple for this card. I used Pale Plum (cardstock), Perfect Plum (cardstock), Elegant Eggplant (cardstock and Classic ink) and Whisper White on this card. I also used silver brads and Elegant Eggplant Grosgrain ribbon.

Mr Twigster...

Here is a cute little card I made using the tree from the Mr Twigster stamp set (Holiday Mini) and a scallop chipboard frame. The chipboard frame is covered Riding Hood Red cardstock (I traced the frame onto Riding Hood Red and cut out with Paper Snips and punched the center out with a square punch.) I stamped the tree with basic black and used a Riding Hood Red Classic, Close to Cocoa and Old Olive Classic inks with a blender pen to colour it. I layered it under the scallop frame. I wrapped Very Vanilla Wide Grosgrain and Riding Hood Red tafetta ribbon around and Old Olive card. The Very Merry saying was stamped in black and is from Short and Sweet stamp set.