Colour INKspiration – CI156

I’m a traditional girl at heart when it comes to Christmas and this next colour palette for Colour INKspiration is just that. It’s so my cup of coffee!

Here we are playing with Black and White along with Real Red and Shaded Spruce.

I went back to my comfort zone with a traditional Christmas card. 

Layering black cardstock onto a white card base created the start for the decorative layers. I stamped fir leaves in Shaded Spruce ink onto a layer of White cardstock. Whilst this colour green ink is not my go to, what I do like about it is… it’s such a rich colour it’s perfect for generational stamping technique. This is what I did here in the background, stamping off first and creating light and dark leaves, thus stitching the shades of colour within the one ink pad. I added two die cut fir leaves. The fir stamp is from the Christmas classics bundle and the die is from the Joy of Noel bundle.

Next I layered some Black and White gingham ribbon and a strand of silver trim. Over the top is the main feature – the sentiment. Here I white heat embossed the letters from the Alphabest stamp set and punched them out with the coordinating punch to create the Merry. I stamped the Christmas for the Joy of Noel stamp set in Black ink and fussy cut.

To finish I scattered some silver pearls from the Festive Pearl pack. I hope this has inspired your creativity to create your version of these.

More INKspiration is loaded up over in our Facebook Challenge group. Head over and enjoyed all the amazing inspiration from the crew. We will be excited to have you play along with us. This challenge is open until Monday December 11th – that’s almost three weeks. Look forward to seeing you over on the group..

Until next time… Stamp Creatively,

Click to shop supplies specific to this project:

Joy Of Noel Bundle (English) $85.50	Christmas Classics Bundle (English) $91.75	Alphabest Bundle $57.50	Real Red A4 Card Stock $17.50	Shaded Spruce A4 Cardstock $17.50
Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad $15.75	Basic Black A4 Card Stock $17.50	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad $11.50	Versamark Pad $16.75	Heat Tool $54.00
Basics Embossing Powders $32.00	Black & White 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Gingham Ribbon $12.25	Festive Pearls $12.25	Simply Elegant Trim $13.25

Stampin’ Staples – Click to shop these commonly used crafting supplies:

Basic White A4 Cardstock $18.50	Basic White C6 Envelopes $15.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue $9.75	Mini Glue Dots $10.25	Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50	Tear & Tape Adhesive $12.25	Stampin' Seal $14.00	Stampin' Seal Refill $10.50	Paper Trimmer $46.00
Take Your Pick $19.25	Take Your Pick Putty Refill $7.00	Stampin' Pierce Mat $8.75	Bone Folder $12.25	Paper Snips $19.25
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $223.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $115.00	Clear Block B $12.25	Clear Block D $16.75	Clear Block E $23.00
Clear Block H $16.75

Stars of Night – Faux Centre Step Card

The Faux Centre Step fun card fold is making the rounds and it’s easy to see why – not only are they fun to make, but they looks fabulous and are very economical to make with little wastage of cardstock.

Today I’m using the Star at Night hybrid bundle, from the O Holy Night suite in the September Mini Catalogue. Without further ado… here it is…

Here I have decorated the centre step with some of that lovely Designer Paper and Silver Adhesive Backed Glimmer – nice and simple decorating. The base card features more Designer Paper and Luster Paper to decorate the front face and Basic White for the message on the inside.

I recorded a video tutorial for this card and the link for that is below. Also below is a material list I have used to create this card design.

To help you create one of these I have listed the measurements here that I use and talk about in the video:

Base card

Night of Navy A4 cardstock, cut in half to 210mm x 148mm. At one end score at 25mm (1”) and 50mm (2”).

From the opposite end score at 80mm. (Or said another way: from left to right, score at 80mm, 160mm and 85mm).

Decorate the base, you will need:

• Designer paper strip: cut at 20mm x 140mm
• Luster Paper: Boho Blue, cut at 70mm x 140mm
• Basic White: cut at 70mm x 140mm

Faux Centre Step

Night of Navy A4 cardstock, score in half at 105mm. Score on the short side all the way down the cardstock. On the long side, cut into three equal panels – cut at 99mm & 198mm. This will give you 3 panels to make cards with.

Decorate the Faux step, you will need:

• Designer paper: cut at 100mm x 95mm
• Silver Adhesive Backed Glimmer paper to die cut stars
• Basic White cardstock scrap for the sentiment

To make this card, you may find my video tutorial helpful:

Thanks so much for joining me to make this card, I hope it has inspired your crafting.

Until next time… Stamp Creatively,

Click to shop supplies used in this project:

Stars At Night Bundle (English) $99.00	O Holy Night 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper $21.75	2023–2025 In Color™ 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Luster Specialty Paper $19.25
Silver & Gold 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Adhesive Backed Glimmer Paper $12.25	Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock $17.50	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad $15.75

Stampin’ Staples – Click to shop these commonly used crafting supplies:

Basic White A4 Cardstock $18.50	Basic White C6 Envelopes $15.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue $9.75	Mini Glue Dots $10.25	Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50	Tear & Tape Adhesive $12.25	Stampin' Seal $14.00	Stampin' Seal Refill $10.50	Paper Trimmer $46.00
Take Your Pick $19.25	Take Your Pick Putty Refill $7.00	Stampin' Pierce Mat $8.75	Bone Folder $12.25	Paper Snips $19.25
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $223.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $115.00	Clear Block B $12.25	Clear Block D $16.75	Clear Block E $23.00
Clear Block H $16.75

You Can Create It – October ideas

I’m back after a little hiatus… just incase you didn’t know, one of my kids broke both bones in their lower leg and required 3 surgeries and a skin graft to get him on the road to recovery. Many of the doctors and nurses who have helped us along the way, have been extremely surprised to learn it was a simple lunchtime soccer game at school that cause this much injury.

Needless to say I was extremely happy to find a small amount of time this week, to contribute some ideas for the October pack in Kit 3 of You Can Create It Kits.

The October pack focused on the Joy of Christmas Designer paper and colours. Plus of course we have the extra materials pack which we share across all packs in the kit. Here take a look:

With so much to play with, I created two cards – simple but fun to create.

This first one features a traditional patterned designer paper, which I coupled with the Olive cardstock. I die fir leaves from the Olive cardstock before adhering the designer paper over the top. It’s a great way to use up cardstock, as you wont see the shapes beneath. The Pinecones are die cut from Pecan Pie cardstock and I layered another strip of Pecan Pie cardstock to anchor my elements.

The second card, I used the Green checked designer paper and couple that with the Real Red cardstock. I cut a panel from the red cardstock and adhered some Adhesive Foam Sheets to the back, before layering with the designer paper on to the cardbase. I die cut the Noel from the red cardstock and painted them with Wink of Stella – you can just see it here, although it’s hard to capture the sparkle.

The large stamped image is from the Joy of Noel bundle, which I die cut with the coordinating die. I coloured these with Stampin’ Blends and flooded my berries with Wink of Stella – oops! I really was just happy to get some crafting time in. Keeping it simple and fun is my cuppa tea right now.

Here are the ideas from our Global Demonstrators for this months kit:

Aude Barbara

Anja Luft

Mikaela Titheridge

Until next time… Stamp Creatively,

Click to shop supplies used in this project:

Joy Of Christmas 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper $21.75	Joy Of Noel Bundle (English) $85.50	Christmas Classics Bundle (English) $91.75	Christmas Pinecone Dies $79.00
Real Red A4 Card Stock $17.50	Old Olive A4 Card Stock $17.50	Pecan Pie A4 Cardstock $17.50	Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad $15.75
Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad $15.75	Parakeet Party Stampin' Blends Combo Pack $17.50	Real Red Stampin' Blends Combo Pack $17.50	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush $14.00

Stampin’ Staples – Click to shop these commonly used crafting supplies:

Basic White A4 Cardstock $18.50	Basic White C6 Envelopes $15.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue $9.75	Mini Glue Dots $10.25	Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50	Tear & Tape Adhesive $12.25	Stampin' Seal $14.00	Stampin' Seal Refill $10.50	Paper Trimmer $46.00
Take Your Pick $19.25	Take Your Pick Putty Refill $7.00	Stampin' Pierce Mat $8.75	Bone Folder $12.25	Paper Snips $19.25
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $223.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $115.00	Clear Block B $12.25	Clear Block D $16.75	Clear Block E $23.00
Clear Block H $16.75

Colour INKspiration – CI152

Are you a blue person? I like blue tones, but I must admit I am fussy with them. This next challenge for Colour INKspiration, #CI152, features a couple of blues I usually use sparingly. Let’s take a look…

Night of Navy and Starry Sky are coupled with Gray Granite which is on the warm side. As with all our challenges, we can also use Basic White, Vanila and Black as  well as Metallics.

Here is what I made using this palette…

These two blues just scream night sky don’t they? So yes, I went for the new Stars at Night Bundle. Those large stars just remind me of the Christmas Star so I had to go a card for the season. I also used silver products this time.

First, I embossed my card front with the Stars at Night Hybrid Embossing Folder. It has the word Hybrid is in the title as it is designed to have the dies used with it at the same time – so you cut and emboss at the same time. However, today I used them separately.

Then, I used the large group of three star die – the ones that actually fit in the folder – and die cut some stars from the Silver Glimmer paper from the Adhesive-Backed Glimmer paper pack in the Online Exclusives section of the website. I know… you heard right…. Adhesive…. Backed…..! I’m so stoked to have this paper onboard, it a great way to make stickers with your die cuts and that exactly what I did this time.

I used some of the other star dies to help layer my feature star element, in Gray Granite cardstock. And some others in Starry Sky cardstock. I almost always figure out my placement of elements before adhering, this also allows me to work out which to adhesive to use as well.

Once they were adhered in place, I set about creating the finishing elements…. I heat embossed the sentiment in silver embossing powder and used some Silver twine beneath it. This sentiment actually comes from a different stamp set, as I wanted a horizontal shaped one to fit. Next I used some Enamel Effects in Silver two ways: first I mixed a little with some water, with my water painter and splattered and flicked droplets all over my cardfront. Lastly, I squeezed bubble drops to the centre to some of the stars for accents.

More INKspiration is loaded up over in our Facebook Challenge group. Head over and enjoyed all the amazing inspiration from the crew. We will be excited to have you play along with us. This challenge is open until Monday, October 10th. Look forward to seeing you over on the group..

Until next time… Stamp Creatively,

Click to shop supplies specific to this project:

Stars At Night Bundle (English) $99.00	Joy Of Noel Bundle (English) $85.50	Silver & Gold 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Adhesive Backed Glimmer Paper $12.25	Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock $17.50
Gray Granite A4 Cardstock $17.50	Starry Sky A4 Cardstock $17.50	Versamark Pad $16.75	Heat Tool $54.00
Metallics Embossing Powders $32.00	Metallic Enamel Effects Basics $27.00	Simply Elegant Trim $13.25

Stampin’ Staples – Click to shop these commonly used crafting supplies:

Basic White A4 Cardstock $18.50	Basic White C6 Envelopes $15.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue $9.75	Mini Glue Dots $10.25	Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50	Tear & Tape Adhesive $12.25	Stampin' Seal $14.00	Stampin' Seal Refill $10.50	Paper Trimmer $46.00
Take Your Pick $19.25	Take Your Pick Putty Refill $7.00	Stampin' Pierce Mat $8.75	Bone Folder $12.25	Paper Snips $19.25
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $223.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $115.00	Clear Block B $12.25	Clear Block D $16.75	Clear Block E $23.00
Clear Block H $16.75

You Can Create It – December ideas

Today’s ideas are using the last pack in the quarter 4 for 2022. What a year of challenges it’s been with these packs of amazing products.

The last of the Christmas supplies included the Snowflake Specialty Vellum and some of that gorgeous Irridescent trim. I made Tags using the supplies in this pack. Lots of tags…

Using the Tailor Made Tag dies set, I was able to die cut 3 tag bases from one piece of the Vellum. As the pack contained two sheets, this made 6 tags…

Die cutting a second tag from Basic White cardstock, I layered this behind the vellum tag so that it would add strength the tag.

I team these up with the Christmas Banner Dies, using the large flowy banner for the sentiment on top and a range of the leaf dies for decoration beneath. These are all die cut from Basic White cardstock that came in the extra materials pack.

For some of the leaves, I used the new Mini Blending Brushes, coming in the January Mini catalogue.

Finishing off the tags with some of the gorgeous trim die.

Here are the ideas from our Global Demonstrators for this months kit:

Aude Barbara

Karina Chin

Linda Cullen

Karen Hadler

Anja Luft

Mikaela Titheridge

Until next time… Stamp Creatively,

Click to shop supplies used in this project:

Christmas Banners Bundle (English) $89.00	Tailor Made Tags Dies $39.00	Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad $14.00	Parakeet Party Classic Stampin' Pad $14.00
Snowflake 12 X 12 (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Vellum $17.50	3/16" (4.8 Mm) Iridescent Trim $14.00

Stampin’ Staples – Click to shop these commonly used crafting supplies:

Basic White A4 Cardstock $18.50	Basic White C6 Envelopes $15.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue $9.75	Mini Glue Dots $10.25	Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50	Tear & Tape Adhesive $12.25	Stampin' Seal $14.00	Stampin' Seal Refill $10.50	Paper Trimmer $46.00
Take Your Pick $19.25	Take Your Pick Putty Refill $7.00	Stampin' Pierce Mat $8.75	Bone Folder $12.25	Paper Snips $19.25
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $223.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $115.00	Clear Block B $12.25	Clear Block D $16.75	Clear Block E $23.00
Clear Block H $16.75

Lights Aglow double front card

Firstly – Happy World Cardmaking Day!! Make a card, send a card…. There is nothing like a receiving a handmade card. I try to send as many as I can. I don’t always get all the ones I want or need out, but it’s a goal and I just keep on keeping on with it!

Today I wanted to share with you a double-front card. I love these folds as it gives you more space to decorate – Winning!! Plus you get to use more of that gorgeous Designer Paper we hoard – come on admit it, you have a stash too huh?!! Use it… Love it but use it too!

Here I have used the Lights Aglow suite of products and chose the pattern paper that has the two squares and circles printed on it. I trimmed it down to 3” square and created a window on the inside of the shape.

Using that as a template, I cut a matching shape from the front of my card base. Adding a second font by layering in a piece of designer paper and covering the join with some cardstock to write on.

Here is a quick motion video on how to…

All the supplies I used for this card are listed below. I hope this project as inspired your creative projects and you find some time to craft today.

Until next time… Stamp Creatively,

Click to shop supplies used in this project:

Christmas Lights Bundle (English) $81.00	Lights Aglow 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper $27.00	Vintage Christmas Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) $28.00	Seasonal Labels Dies $67.00
Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Pad $14.00	Evening Evergreen A4 Cardstock $16.25	Gold & Rose Gold 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Metallic Specialty Paper $8.75	Festive Pearls $12.25

Stampin’ Staples – Click to shop these commonly used crafting supplies:

Basic White A4 Cardstock $18.50	Basic White C6 Envelopes $15.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue $9.75	Mini Glue Dots $10.25	Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50	Tear & Tape Adhesive $12.25	Stampin' Seal $14.00	Stampin' Seal Refill $10.50	Paper Trimmer $46.00
Take Your Pick $19.25	Take Your Pick Putty Refill $7.00	Stampin' Pierce Mat $8.75	Bone Folder $12.25	Paper Snips $19.25
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $223.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $115.00	Clear Block B $12.25	Clear Block D $16.75	Clear Block E $23.00
Clear Block H $16.75

Kraft Box alternative design

That time of year is in full swing, you know the one…. Where shopping centre carparks go crazy, the traffic leading up to them is equally crazy and we are in search of just the right gift for each person on our lists!

Most of my Christmas cards have made it out into the mail, I didn’t make as many as I would have like, story of my life. But one thing I like to do with cards, is give them as gifts.

Today, I want to share with you a cute little gift pack I made by altering a Kraft gift box from Stampin’ Up!’s Mini catalogue, and created a card from the front and package from the remaining portion of the box.

I cut the front of the gift box off and trimmed it down to make a card front just smaller than the card itself. I just loved the shape of window and wanted to take full advantage of it. Enter Gingerbread and Peppermint designer series paper… There are so many great shapes and graphic elements in the design of this pack, I could have used 6 of them!

I layered one sheet design over the card front. Then die cut three bells from another sheet – yes! They coordinate. Amazing!! – and arranged them to sit in the middle of the card. I threaded silver twine through the loops to give the hanging effect and topped them off with some Rhinestones.

I fixed adhesive strips to the back of my window card front and adhered this over the top of my bells. Then I set about finishing off the card front with decorative elements – holly and berries to the top and die cut shape and sentiment to the bottom.

I created two more cards, with similar designs elements – three die cut graphic images from the paper pack and the same die cut shape to the bottom, layered over one of the designs from the paper pack.

I made up the bottom of the box and created a belly band using another design from this paper pack – see! This is why I could use 6 packs of them quite easily! – this one had an interesting pattern to the design where I could fussy cut along to create an interesting edge, rather than just a straight one.

I decorated the front of the belly band with some ribbon another die cut image and sentiment.

I just love how you can do so many alternative things with products other than what they were originally intended for.

Until next time… Stamp Creatively,

Click to shop supplies used in this project:

Frosted Gingerbread Bundle (English) $84.50	Holly Jolly Wishes Cling Stamp Set (English) $37.00	Merriest Moments Bundle (English) $94.50	Gingerbread & Peppermint 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper $20.00	Kraft Gift Boxes $17.50
Ornate Frames Dies $59.00	Foam Adhesive Strips $14.00	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00	Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00	Real Red A4 Card Stock $15.25
Card Stock A4 Pear Pizzazz $15.25	Heat Tool $50.00	Versamark Pad $16.50	Basics Embossing Powders $31.00	Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels $10.50
Simply Elegant Trim $13.00	3/8" (1 Cm) Fine Art Ribbon $13.00

Stampin’ Staples – Click to shop these commonly used crafting supplies:

Basic White A4 Cardstock $18.50	Basic White C6 Envelopes $15.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue $9.75	Mini Glue Dots $10.25	Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50	Tear & Tape Adhesive $12.25	Stampin' Seal $14.00	Stampin' Seal Refill $10.50	Paper Trimmer $46.00
Take Your Pick $19.25	Take Your Pick Putty Refill $7.00	Stampin' Pierce Mat $8.75	Bone Folder $12.25	Paper Snips $19.25
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $223.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $115.00	Clear Block B $12.25	Clear Block D $16.75	Clear Block E $23.00
Clear Block H $16.75

Then and Now – Trip down memory lane 2

Earlier today, I shared this old project on Social media, from way back when….

I think I made these as customer thank you gifts one time. What I find the most interesting is that this project is just so simple and finished quite simply with minimal supplies…. Way back when these were created… minimal supplies is all we had to create with.

The tools and embellishments available today, mean we are able to step up projects and create them to a whole new level – if we would like to. So that’s what I did with this project….

Using some new Designer Paper from the Eden’s Garden suite, featuring stunning gold foiling, I created the base treat pocket. Then embellished not only the outside front, but the inside too.

The gold leaves from the Artistic dies are featured inside the pocket, I applied some adhesive sheet to the back of some Gold foil sheets before die cutting, turning my die cut into a sticker which is so much easier to adhere. I could have quite easily kept going adhering a whole stack of leaves inside!!

Then I created my label for the front using the Encircled in Beauty dies from the Annual Catalogue. These collection of doily dies allow you to create medallion style elements. Here I have layered some Basic White cardstock, behind the Soft Succulent doily front. Using the Encircled in Warmth stamp set, I stamped the sentiment in Real Red ink through the circle centre on to the back layer of white cardstock.

I used some Tear tape to adhere the medallion on to the pocket, this is it stays adhered even if I overfill my pockets, making them bulge a little. I am good at that!

For extra bling, I tucked in some leave elements from the Expressions in Ink Ephemera pack and topped off my doily sentiment with some gold metallic pearls.

Such a big step up, from a bit of Designer paper and a punched label of old days.

Until next time… Stamp Creatively,

Click to shop supplies used in this project:

Encircled In Warmth Cling Stamp Set $33.00	Encircled In Beauty Dies $59.00	Artistic Dies $61.00	Gold Foil Sheets $8.75	Adhesive Sheets $17.50
Ever Eden 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper $26.00	Expressions In Ink Ephemera Pack $12.25	Soft Succulent A4 Cardstock $15.25	Real Red Classic Stampin’ Pad $13.00	Metallic Pearls $12.25

Stampin’ Staples – Click to shop these commonly used crafting supplies:

Basic White A4 Cardstock $18.50	Basic White C6 Envelopes $15.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue $9.75	Mini Glue Dots $10.25	Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50	Tear & Tape Adhesive $12.25	Stampin' Seal $14.00	Stampin' Seal Refill $10.50	Paper Trimmer $46.00
Take Your Pick $19.25	Take Your Pick Putty Refill $7.00	Stampin' Pierce Mat $8.75	Bone Folder $12.25	Paper Snips $19.25
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $223.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $115.00	Clear Block B $12.25	Clear Block D $16.75	Clear Block E $23.00
Clear Block H $16.75

Then and Now – Trip down memory lane

See this card….

I made this 12 years, 4 months and two days ago…. It was my first ever stamping experience. I love it, and as you can see, it is still rather special to me as I have kept it in the original cello bag. As soon as I finished this card, I knew I was hooked.

It features as lots of things that remind me of how we crafted all those years ago. Crafting was a little more simpler – I mean die cutting machines were not household every day essential items; Baja Breeze was an In-Colour and Dazzling Diamonds was about as blingy as we got!

Boy how things have changed! Stamping styles, die-cutting and layering techniques have all had a step up. But at the end of the day – a good base design is timeless. So, I thought it would be fun to recreate this design with today’s crafting style.

I decided to make a large sentiment my feature element. This Sentiment is from the Christmas to Remember stamp set. I used one of the dies from the Seasonal Layers dies to punch it out. I love how the set includes the little dies to make tags with, you can do so much with them and here I have used them to create slots for the ribbon.

Keeping the layering of two different patterns of designer paper, I replaced the centre strip with ribbon. I had all my elements laying in place, but not adhered, so I could get a visual. Then decided to add the imagery to the background. The leaves are from the Christmas Season stamp set, which bundles with the Seasonal Layers (winning!!) and here I have stamped Mossy Meadow ink onto the Pear Pizzazz card base. I added some dotted detail in Pear Pizzazz ink around the leaves.

I adhered the designer paper over the stamped imagery and fiddled a little to get the ribbon to sit in place, as I wanted the two ends to meet underneath the label. I got it to work and it finished the card off nicely. I added some stamped holly and berries to bottom of the sentiment. I think this is a great example of how you can jazz up something 

Until next time… Stamp Creatively,

Click to shop supplies used in this project:

Christmas To Remember Cling Stamp Set (English) $38.00	Christmas Season Bundle (English) $93.50	Merriest Moments Bundle (English) $94.50	Real Red Classic Stampin’ Pad $13.00	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin’ Pad $13.00
Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin’ Pad $13.00	Card Stock A4 Pear Pizzazz $15.25	Real Red 3/8″ (1 Cm) Mini Ruffled Ribbon $14.00	Heartwarming Hugs Designer Series Paper $20.00

Stampin’ Staples – Click to shop these commonly used crafting supplies:

Basic White A4 Cardstock $18.50	Basic White C6 Envelopes $15.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue $9.75	Mini Glue Dots $10.25	Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50	Tear & Tape Adhesive $12.25	Stampin' Seal $14.00	Stampin' Seal Refill $10.50	Paper Trimmer $46.00
Take Your Pick $19.25	Take Your Pick Putty Refill $7.00	Stampin' Pierce Mat $8.75	Bone Folder $12.25	Paper Snips $19.25
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $223.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $115.00	Clear Block B $12.25	Clear Block D $16.75	Clear Block E $23.00
Clear Block H $16.75

You Can Create It – October pack idea

If you are looking for packaging ideas for Christmas. This blog post is packed full of them using the Kraft Gift boxes which features in the October pack. From simple and easy to detailed and gorgeous, the team have really created a platter full to help you along.

So, let’s recap – the You Can Create It kit for Quarter 4 is what we are working with now. It’s still available to subscribe too, read all the details here. Products the October pack featured a Kraft Gift box and piece of designer series paper from the Peppermint and Gingerbread designer paper pack (Or is it Gingerbread and Peppermint? I can never get them right!). Of course, there is the extra materials pack you could use to top up with.

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Here is what I created …

I framed the window with the some of the Shimmery Crystal Effects, which add a lovely glossy accent with a subtle shimmer. I started here as this requires quite a bit of drying time! Lucky for us we have had some warmer days arrive, however I still left it overnight just to be sure.

Fussy cutting several elements from the Designer series paper, made great decorative elements for my box. Starting on the inside, I added a strip of designer paper. Following the icing in the pattern I created a zig zag pattern.

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TiP: remember to remove the protective film layer from the acetate first. It’s there to help minimise any fingerprints or scratching during production and handling. Remove it to reveal a super clear acetate window.

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For the top, I fussy cut some trees from the Designer Paper for my main element. I heat embossed my sentiment with white embossing powder onto some Real Red cardstock and tucked it under my trees to anchor them together and finished off with die cutting some peppermints and scattering them around.

Here are the ideas from our Global Demonstrators for this months kit:

Aude Barbara

Simone Bartrum

Karina Chin

Linda Cullen

Heikle Fallwicki

Karen Hadler

Danielle Kassing

Anja Luft

Fanny Minnie

Mikaela Titheridge

Alanna Klemick Wharf

Until next time… Stamp Creatively,

Click to shop supplies used in this project:

Kraft Gift Boxes  $17.50	Gingerbread & Peppermint 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper $20.00	Christmas To Remember Cling Stamp Set (English) $38.00	Heat Tool $50.00
Versamark Pad $16.50	Basics Embossing Powders $31.00	Real Red A4 Card Stock $15.25	Shimmery Crystal Effects $8.75

Stampin’ Staples – Click to shop these commonly used crafting supplies:

Basic White A4 Cardstock $18.50	Basic White C6 Envelopes $15.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue $9.75	Mini Glue Dots $10.25	Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50	Tear & Tape Adhesive $12.25	Stampin' Seal $14.00	Stampin' Seal Refill $10.50	Paper Trimmer $46.00
Take Your Pick $19.25	Take Your Pick Putty Refill $7.00	Stampin' Pierce Mat $8.75	Bone Folder $12.25	Paper Snips $19.25
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $223.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $115.00	Clear Block B $12.25	Clear Block D $16.75	Clear Block E $23.00
Clear Block H $16.75