Here goes! I'm kicking off a series of posts leading up to Christmas - hopefully to help you with your Christmas crafting, and to inspire you to create something for this season of giving! I'm starting again like I did last year with my advent calendar. It was quite labour intensive, so I hope you don't mind that I'm using the same project I did last year ;)
My boys were happily surprised to see the familiar fixture greeting them this morning with treats in box 1. I don't always put treats or candies in the boxes - I've often put activities, or discussion items in the boxes (such as, think about your favourite Christmas memory today, and share it with us at dinner tonight).
I made the numbers using the calendar stamp from the retired Project Life Day to Day set and inked every third number (to give enough room between each one for punching). Then I used the 1/2" circle punch to cut them out.
Retired products used:
Letter to Santa DSP, Riding Hood Red Marker, Day to Day stamp set, Priority Mail stamp set, A Cute Christmas stamp set, Pines & Poinsettias stamp set, Ornamental Pine stamp set, Mosaic Madness stamp set, Bright & Beautiful stamp set, Endless Wishes stamp set, Scentsational Season stamp set, Tiny Tags stamp set, Scallop Square punch, Postage Stamp punch, Jewelry Tag punch, Ornament Keepsakes framelits, Holiday Collection framelits, Snowflake Card Thinlits, Frosted Sequins, All Is Calm Snowflake embellishments
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This card is based on a few similar cards that I've seen while browsing the Internet this year, particularly this one.
I'm not sure whether it was the clever use of the Bird Punch, or the Hardwood background stamp as a fence that attracted me to it, but I had to recreate it!
After stamping the pine tree/needles, I wanted to add in some snowflakes, but I knew they'd barely show up if I just inked them … so I heat embossed them in white. I also liked the idea of putting in a notch along the fence top … that was just done freehand with scissors. Of course, it then begged for some glitter to represent a bit of icy snow. For the greeting, I used the greeting from last November's Paper Pumpkin kit.
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This beautiful card is one of my favourites that we made at the Stamp-a-Stack in November. Cutting out the second pinecone and popping it up slightly is a step not to be missed. The other subtle step that adds a little extra richness is that I inked the embossing folder before running it through the Big Shot. I did use my favourite (retired) embossing folder: Vintage Wallpaper.
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Another late day post for me … we were out 'enjoying' the hustle and bustle of the season today, ending off with some Christmas tree sales for Scouts. Today's card takes that Christmas tree inspiration (and that of a MojoMonday sketch) and combines them with another pretty card using the Ornamental Pine stamp set.
Even though it's 'fussy cutting', I love the look of cutting out the pinecone and popping it up with a Dimensional. I also used the greeting from the November Paper Pumpkin kit; I love that the stamps can be used beyond the initial kit :)
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The Ornamental Pine stamp set has got to be one of my favourite stamp sets from this year's Holiday Catalogue. I keep using it and love it every time! I got the inspiration for today's card from Anne Power.
I love the Dictionary background stamp too - and this was the first time I tried using it on a landscape card. The background is just a bit wider than the stamp, so you need to stamp it twice. It's a little tricky, and I'd recommend using the Stamp-a-Majig unless you're daring like I am and just eyeball it ;)
So it appears another couple weeks have passed without my posting anything. I've been busy working on an advent calendar that I'm planning to show you on December 1st - it's been fun working on it, and maybe I'll show you a sneak peek before December comes!
With the snowy days recently, it's been nice to hole up in my crafting room in the evenings. I've been thinking that I'd re-visit my own challenge from last December where I posted a project/inspiration every day in December leading up to Christmas. Since I've been posting so sporadically recently, it would really be a challenge … think I'm up for it?
While I ponder that, I've played along with the MojoMonday challenge this week. I used my favourite (sadly, retired) embossing folder (Vintage Wallpaper) and inked it up with River Rock ink (also retired) just to give it some dimension. One of the cool discoveries I had was that the smallest bulb in the Ornament Keepsakes fit the bulb from Ornamental Pine perfectly!
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