Festive Friday 50#

Oh my goodness, I just realised I forgot to upload my Festive Friday Challenge card. And it's our last one forever... sniff, sniff.

I've had an absolute ball being on the DT and it has really pushed me out of my creative comfort zone sometimes, but this weeks one is a great one to end on.

We have a colour challenge for this week and it was perfect for Christmas...

Super simple, green, red and black. Now I do hate traditional Christmas colours with a passion, but lime Green gives me a little break lol.

So my card is something that can be mass produced pretty quickly and the layout could be changed for any occasion too. I actually really like how it turned out and the DSP isn't even Christmas paper. It comes from the Summer Smooches patterned paper.

Well that's it for Christmas Cards for another year, but I have so much to share with you over the next few weeks. I have some great SNEAK PEEKS of the new, up coming Seasonal Catalogue and don't forget Sale-A-Bration starts in  25 Days!!!

Happy NEW YEAR and have fun,
Chlo

Ingredients

Ink - Basic Black and Lucky Limeade
Stamps - Easy Events
Cardstock - Lucky Limeade and Whisper White
DSP - Summer Smoothes
Other - Fancy Fan EF, Scallop circle and Circle Punch, Lucky Limeade Ruffle Ribbon and Rhinestones.

Festive Friday #48

Woo hoo it's Friday and with only a few weeks until Christmas, it's the perfect time for a new Festive Friday Challenge!!

This week it's a Punch Art Challenge.

Ok, well I'll be honest, I've never really done any punch art. I think My little Owl Monsters where as close to punch art as I have ever got. So this might not be technically Punch Art, but I did use my punch to create it, so that counts... right?!?

Ive seen lots of these Santa Suit cards but it was the super talented, Stampin Up Demonstrator, Teneale Williams that inspired mine. Love you Teneale ;-)

Very simple, very quick but such an awesome Christmas card. And lets face it, when we have so many to make and so little time, something easy is the way to go.

So why not pop on over and take look at what the rest of the amazing Design Team have made and have a go yourself!!

Have Fun,
Chlo

Ingredients

Ink - Cherry Cobbler and Early Espresso,
Stamps - All Holiday (R)
Cardstock - Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black, Whisper White and Champagne Glimmer.
Other - Strip Embossing Folder,1/2 Circle punch and 1 1/4 Square Punch.

Festive Friday #44

Woo hoo, it's Friday which means time for another Festive Friday Challenge! This week we had a photo of a jar peppermints for inspiration and as I'm still making goodies for my Christmas markets, I really couldn't go past the little candy cane reindeers. They are soo cute, that my kids ask me to make them every year.

This year I jazzed them up with some gorgeous little jingle bells, that tingle when moved. I also had a play around with the new Stampin Up dazzle markers. Can you believe you can use them in the exact same where as the other markers, which means you can ink up stamps and stamp with them. This is what I did to make my little metallic "Merry Christmas" tag.

Super cute, super easy and super cheap to make. Perfect for their little friends at school.

Thanks for popping in and if you feel like checking out the latest challenge then jump over and have a go, I know the girls would love to see what you have come up with!!

Have fun,

Chlo

 

Ingredients

Cardstock - whisper white

Other - Gold Dazzle Maker, Googly Eyes, pipe cleaners and candy cane.

 

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Festive Friday #42

Woo hoo, it's Friday, which means its time for another festive Friday challenge. This week was a really super hard one. I'm all for non festive colours but I really couldn't get my head around these four.

 

 

See what I mean!! Anyway the girls on the design team with me did an amazing job. The cards are awesome. I decided to whip up a Christmas candle for my design. It actually come out much nicer then expected.

 

 

So why don't you guys pop on over and take a look at what the rest of the design team have come up with and maybe have a go yourself!

 

Have fun,

Chlo

 

Ingredients

 

Ink - elegant eggplant, summer star fruit and gumball green.

Stamps - ornament keepsakes

Other - rhinestones and lucky limeade SAB ribbon (retired)

 

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Festive Friday #38

I'm late again with uploading my Festive Friday Challenge... I have no idea where the time goes lol.

Ok so this weeks challenge was a very simple sketch challenge. Well I say simple, but that in it's self is a challenge for me. I'm all about layers and and extra trim and bling.

Here is the Sketch for the week:

Simple isn't it. Well I confess I couldn't just add a small sentiment AND I really wanted to use the Ornament Keepsake stamps AND I had the new (and so very scrummy) Sugar and Spice Embossing Powder... Ok enough excuses lol.

So I did add a little Trim and Bling, but I think I stuck to the sketch pretty closely. Oh and the embossing powder smells like Christmas in a bottle, all cinnamon and spicy. And two weeks later and it still smells just as strong.

So why don't you pop on over, have a peek at what the other talented girls have come up with and take up the challenge. It's such a great fun way to kick start those Christmas cards, because you know it's 12 weeks today until Christmas Eve!!

Have Fun,
Chlo

Ingredients

Ink - Cherry Cobbler and Versamark
Stamps - Ornament Keepsakes
Cardstock - Very Vanilla and Cherry Cobbler
Other - Sugar and Spice Embossing Powder, Fancy Fan Embossing Folder, Ornament Framelits and Cherry Cobbler Bakers Twine.

Festive Friday #36

Woo Hoo it's Friday and did I hear someone say FESTIVE FRIDAY!!!

Yep, my first week of being on time for a change!!! So today's challenge was different. It had me thinking outside of the box. Well I say me... my dear Friend and Stamping Sister Jeanette gave me the idea.

Today's challenge was a photo Inspiration of a Christmas table setting. O M G!! All it made me think was how hungry I am lol

Anyway, after much thinking and discussing, I showed it my SS and the first thing she said was, "How about place names"..... GENIUS!!!

So I used the colours on the table and also the table it's self for inspiration. But I also felt drawn to the markings on the goblets. So using the big flower stamp out of the Betsy Blossom set, I stamped on the cardstock and then punched out the ornament shape. I actually punched it three times, as I wanted to stick them together to make a 3D element. I think the new Ornament stamps and Framelit bundles had my little brain ticking over.

Oh and I also used the NEW silver and gold Dazzle markers (found in the Holiday Catty). They are so much nicer then the old "shaker" ones. They write great and feel just like a maker.

Well at least me and Hubby know where to sit this Christmas!!

If you are feeling inspired by the photo, why don't you join in all the fun and head on over to the Festive Friday Challenge Blog and show us what you made.

Have Fun,
Chlo

Ingredients
Ink - Real Red and Old Olive
Cardstock - Early Espresso, Real Red, Old Olive and Whisper White
Stamps - Betsy Blossom
Other - Ornament Punch, Rhinestones, Gold and Silver Dazzle Markers.

Festive Friday Challenge

Did someone say AWOL!!

Yes, I have been offline for what feels like forever. The kids and Hubby had all been sick for about 2 weeks solid and then I was super busy organising everything for the my new Catty launch .

But I do have some super news. I recently joined the Festive Friday Design Team... I know, how exciting!!! The Challenges can be found over on the super talented blog of Nicole Derendorf. Not only is she a fellow Stampin Up Demonstrator, but also an amazing card maker. So go and check out her blog here!!!

Now, I have been on the team for the past two weeks, but haven't posted any of my cards here.... AWOL I know. So I'll show you both my entries and then I'll be up to date and I can show you my new one, this coming Friday.

So, the first Festive Friday challenge was a Fathers Day card using brads. The first thing that came to mind were pinwheels. Three, to be exact.

I made each pin wheel a different size, to represent my three kiddies. I then had a brainwave to use my Simply Scored to score the "sticks" on.

I really loved this card, but unfortunately it never got to hubby. I took it outside to photograph and forgot to bring it back in...

 

No it wasn't the wind, but my doggy. She obviously didn't appreciate being left out. Thank goodness she didn't eat the brads!!

The next Festive Friday Challenge was a colour challenge. And I found this one sooo hard. We had to use Cherry Cobbler, More Mustard and Not Quite Navy!!

Now don't get me wrong. I hate the traditional Christmas colours of red and green, but this was so hard. Anyway, after much stamping and cutting. I actually came up with a card I'm really happy with.

The background is half stamped in Cherry Cobbler and half embossed in Iridescent Ice. I decided on using just a little of the non-christmassy colours and more on the Cherry Cobbler... I was also dying to use some of the Cherry Cobbler bakers twine too :-)

So, those are my two festive Friday cards so far. The next challenge is on Friday, so why don't you pop on over and join us. It's a great way to get some of your Christmas cards done early!!

Have Fun,
Chlo

Ingredients - Fathers Day Card
Ink: Early Espresso
Cardstock: Pacific Point, Lucky Limeade and Whisper White
Patterned Paper: Paper Stacks.
Stamp set: Best Dad
Other: Antique Brads, Lucky Limeade Bakers Twine, Square Lattice Embossing Folder and Simply Scored.

Ingredients - Christmas Card
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Not Quite Navy and More Mustard.
Cardstock - Not Quite Navy, More Mustard, Whisper White and Cherry Cobbler
Stamps - Joy of the Season (R)
Other - Cherry Cobbler Bakers Twine, Iridescent Ice, Versamark Pad, Rhinestones

Festive Friday #26 Challange

I fancied a challenge today and after looking through my usual list of challenge sites I found one over on Nicole Derendorf's Blog that tickled my fancy. I thought to myself, what could be better then a Christmas challenge using my least favorite colour Blushing Bride!!

Every Friday, Nicole holds a Festive Friday Challenge and this week it's a colour challenge.

All the other colours are my go to colours, but I have a love hate relationship with Blushing Bride. I think it's a really dirty pink colour... however I love the pleated ribbon in that colour. Go figure!!

So my card, that started out totally different to how it finished up, uses both what I love, pleated ribbon, with what I hate, Blushing Bride lol.

 

Unfortunately my Crumb Cake stamped snowflake background hasn't really come out in the photo which is a shame. I really need to get some sort of photo booth set up... 

I popped the little snowman up with a dimensional and then added a Very Vanilla button... I just love this little guy, he's such a Christmas Cutie lol.

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend,

Chlo

Ingredients

Ink - Early Espresso

Cardstock - Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Blushing Bride and Crumb Cake

Stamps - Snow Swirled and Button Buddies

Other - Blushing Bride pleated ribbon, Early Espresso Bakers Twine and Very Vanilla Button