Stepper Christmas

I was doing some blog commenting and went to check out my lovely friend

Chrissy's blog. She had made the most beautiful step card and

really inspired me to have a go.

As the challenge closes tomorrow I thought I better get to it.

I pulled out an old stamp set called Poinsettia Petals for my flowers,

leaves and sentiments. They have been coloured up with my markers.

The papers are also from an old pack

and the Happy Christmas has been die cut using an old set

called Word Wishes.

I added some enamel effects in real red and white

which I put my finger into many times 😂

I followed Chrissy's inspiration for the little band of matching

card and paper on the inside and stamped another sentiment.

I would like to enter this into

Little Red Wagon - two steps behind

Passion for Markers - Christmas in July

Crafty Galz Corner - anything goes twist-Christmas

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - flowers

Dream Valley - Christmas in July

Birthstone Challenges - ruby and peridot

Beautiful Blossoms - anything floral option mood board

We have had a great weekend of celebrations!!

Our county team Armagh won the All Ireland Cup!

We had most of the family over for the day to watch the match live,

even little Aimee enjoyed it!

Her Dad got her all kitted out with her Armagh top.

Look at those eyes, she is hilarious!!

 

Cute gift bags!

Another bad photo! I'm either too light or too dark.

So my tutorial today shows how to make these little

gift bags suitable for popping in a shop gift card.

This was the size requested by my customer.

You could pop in some chocolates or even cash!

You can watch my tutorial here

Measurements needed to make one

DSP - 10" x 8 1/4"

Score long side - 1/2", 4 1/2", 5 1/2", 9 1/2"

Score short side - 2 1/2", 5 3/4"

Ribbon - 7 1/2" long

Closure - 3" x 1"

I would like to enter these into

A Perfect time to craft - anything December

Arty Divas - anything goes

Inspiration Station - inspired by colours/season

Fab 'n' Funky - last minute Christmas

Classic Design Challenge - December challenge

It is still icy cold here but at least the fog has lifted.

We are sitting at -1 at the minute!

I had to wrestle with the bin lid there to get the rubbish in.

That was a sight to behold lol.

Be careful out there!!

Oh by the way, it's a free shipping day tomorrow!!

And remember there are still some items in the clearance section

very well reduced. 

SHOP HERE

Please use Host Code WR3XZW3F so I can send you out

some product with your thank you package.

Sweetest Christmas 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[159559]

£11.25

Real Red & Garden Green 3/8" (1 Cm) Ribbon Combo Pack

[159577]

£7.00

Word Wishes Dies

[149629]

£33.00

Add All to Cart

Word Wishes - Sketch 13

Sketch 13 today, from

Kendra's Card Challenge 4.

This one was super quick and easy and no stamping

at all on the front of my card so had to get a bit in

on the inside 😂

You can watch my quick video here

Evergreen Elegance Cling Stamp Set

[153313]

£20.00

Word Wishes Dies

[149629]

£33.00

Rich Razzleberry A4 Card Stock

[119981]

£8.25

Blackberry Beauty 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

[156458]

£14.00

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

[106550]

£9.00

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

[141897]

£7.50

Gold 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Shimmer Ribbon

[152156]

£6.50

Add All to Cart

 

Poinsettia Petals - sketch 9

This card follows sketch 9 from

Kendra's Card challenge 4

and again I have gone with a Christmas theme using

Poinsettia Petals stamp set and Word Wishes dies

which I have embossed partly with gold embossing powder.

It's not showing up great in my crappy photo but weather

was bad and inside light was worse lol.

You can watch my quick video here

As you can see I followed the design inside.

I would like to enter this into

Aud Sentiments - Christmas plus a sentiment

Creative Fingers - anything goes

Alphabet Challenge - P is for patterned paper

Blackberry Beauty 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

[156458]

£14.00

Polished Pink Classic Stampin' Pad

[155712]

£7.00

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

[106550]

£9.00

Poinsettia Petals Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[153475]

£25.00

Word Wishes Dies

[149629]

£33.00

Metallics Embossing Powders

[155555]

£17.00

Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Pad

[147091]

£7.00

Add All to Cart

 

Happy Christmas Playmates!

 

                                                                      

Card sketch 15 today from Kendra's Card Challenge

for my Christmas cards.

I added some backing papers from the Penguin Playmates pack,

all matted onto misty moonlight card stock.

I cut the animals out from scraps from the same pack

and popped them behind the centre pieces.

The wording was cut using the

Word Wishes Dies. I drew round them with a silver pen

then added some wink of stella for sparkle.

I finished with some Tutti Designs snowflakes and gems.

You can watch my quick video here

You can join in here.

Remember you still have a whole month left to complete 16 cards!!

Link to Kendra's Card Challenge 3 Link to Facebook Group where you can share your cards Link to Kendra's YouTube Channel Tag your cards on social media - #kendrascardchallenge3

I would like to enter this into

The crafter 's cafe - anything goes

Double D challenges - anything with a tail

Crafty Animals - anything with an animal

2 Crafty critter crazies -  anything with a critter

It's our 42nd anniversary today!

Time flies when you're having fun.

I feel very privileged to have us both fairly healthy

and very happy!

We might even get away for a drive somewhere to celebrate!

 

Flowers at Tag Tuesday

It's my turn to choose the theme at

Tag Tuesday

and I have gone with FLOWERS!

I had a notion to make some handmade flowers

so went with lots of die cuts in white then used

some scraps from the background papers to make some rolled

flowers with a central pearl.

The background papers are from a pack called

Natural Touch. One side is woodgrain the other a lighter

textured colour.

I cut the tag shape using the lighter side

then add a torn piece from the other side,

over stamping with some wording from the

One Happy Family stamp set in Fresh Freesia ink.

The words were die cut using

Word Wishes dies and coloured with fresh freesia inks.

I added some gold bakers twine from the

Simply Elegant Trim pack and jewels

from the In-colour jewels pack.

To finish I added some gold organza ribbon.

I would like to enter this into

Happy Little Stampers - anything goes feature a die

Creative Knockouts - die cuts/punches

Classic Design Challenge - July anything goes

Allsorts challenge - feminine/for a lady

I hope you get time to join us this fortnight.

I have the Grandkids again today and tomorrow

so will catch up again on Thursday.