Peace to You and Yours - Peace & Joy

I can't believe it's only 6 weeks until Christmas and I'm not at all ready yet. I keep telling myself I must get my families card in the UK sent and yet another weeks has passed by and they are still sitting on my desk. Why is it harder to write in cards then it is creating them?

The card I wanted to share with you today is one that I created a few weeks ago. I had this idea of a snowy dark sky with glittery trees and so I got out my inks, my blending brushes and set to work.

 The background tree dies from the Home Together set was perfect for this card and I love how we have two different slopes that can be layered together. I would have loved to have used some white glimmer cardstock, but instead I swished my Wink of Stella over the trees, to make them look like snow.

The white splatters in the background (which if you follow my Instagram page, you'll know caused me a bit of a problem..) were created by mixing some white craft reinker with our frost shimmer paint and then using a paint brush to flick it across the background. it gives a really lovely snow effect.

I finished the card of with the "Peace" word die and coordinating stamped sentiment from the Peace and Joy Bundle.

Now to actually sit down and fill out the cards and send them on their happy way!

Happy Crafting,

Chlo

Product List  

Peace & Joy Photopolymer Stamp Set [153430]	Peace & Joy Bundle [155167]	Home Together Dies [153515]	Magenta Madness Classic Stampin' Pad [153117]	Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad [153118]
Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [147110]	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114]	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549]	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685]	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688]
Silver Foil Sheets [132178]	White Vellum A4 Card Stock [106584]	Scripty 3D Embossing Folder [149634]	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897]
Whisper White Craft Stampin' Ink Refill [101780]	Frost White Shimmer Paint [147046]

Christmas Cheer - Coming Home

I love the Coming Home suite. I love the little houses in the stamps and the snowfields in the dies. I also love the Designer Series Paper, especially the sheets that have all the Christmas sentiments on it in a few different languages. It's such a fantastic suite and today, my card shows a little bit of everything.

 

This card really is pretty simple. A few coloured circles popped behind my cute little house that I coloured using our Stampin' Blends. And then I simply cut two of the sentiments from the Coming Home paper and that pretty much finishes this card off.

 

Now I know I've used the retired embossing folder, Softly Falling, but somethings you just can't part with and this folder is most definitely one of them. 

 

And to prove how quick this card was to make, I whipped up another, but changed the colours on the house and the circles and came up with this one, which is a bit more traditional for Christmas.

 

I'm not the biggest fan of red or green for Christmas cards, but I do really like how this card came out. I also changed my design to a landscape card, just for something a bit different.

This suite has to be one of the most versatile sets from this years Holiday catalogue and I've used so much of that designer series paper that I think I''l be popping an order for another pack very soon!

Happy Crafting,

Chlo

Product List  

Coming Home Bundle [155144]	Coming Home Photopolymer Stamp Set [153500]	Home Together Dies [153515]	Trimming The Town Designer Series Paper [153491]	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549]
Purple Posy A4 Cardstock [150887]	Seaside Spray A4 Cardstock [150889]	Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154882]	So Saffron Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154905]	Purple Posy Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154896]
Seaside Spray Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154901]	Just Jade Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [153107]	Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154958]	Stitched Shapes Dies [152323]	Silver Foil Sheets [132178]
Snowflake Sequins [150443]

So Glad - Press On

Something a little fun today, playing with a new up coming set from our Holiday Catalogue. This stamp set is called Press On and has these cute little row of coffee cups which I just couldn't wait to stamp and colour in.

My colours look a little muted in this photo, thanks to the dark and wintry days. It's a lot more vibrant in real life and this colour combo together is so beautiful.

I used my versamark inkpad to stamp the little coffee beans in the background, as I felt it needed something subtle.

I've suddenly thought, how cool will this stamp set be along side the Nothing Better Then Bundle!! That's certainly got me thinking...

As always you can purchase any of these items from my online store and the Holiday catalogue items will be available from 4th Aug.

Happy Crafting,

Chlo

Product List

Gather Together Photopolymer Stamp Set [150589]	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549]	Petal Pink A4 Cardstock [147009]	Pool Party A4 Card Stock [124391]	Misty Moonlight A4 Cardstock [153086]
Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Flirty Flamingo Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154884]	Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154893]	Mango Melody Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154888]
Bermuda Bay Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154878]	Pool Party Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154894]	Misty Moonlight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [153108]	Versamark Pad [102283]	White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132]