A very musical Christmas - Star of Light

Can you believe it's only 4 days until Christmas!! Are you ready? Presents are wrapped? has the tree been trimmed? I think I am pretty much there. I even managed to squeeze in a few special birthdays too.

So today's share might well be my very last Christmas card for the year. I say it "might" be because we all know that feeling of receiving a Christmas card in the post and not having one to post back, so I may have to whip up another one!!

This was another super quick card that we actually made in class last month. I love the look of cutting our designer series paper on an angle and adding a trim of coordinating cardstock or glimmer to the edge. Gives it a really nice finish, I always think.
And of course I used that gorgeous glimmer star from the Star of Light framelits. I love that die, it makes any card go from nice to amazing!!

Well I better get on with all my last minute wrapping before the kids go on a Christmas hunt and find them all!!

Happy Crafting,
Chlo


Product List 
 

Star Of Light Photopolymer Bundle [143508]	Santa's Sleigh Photopolymer Stamp Set [142057]	Merry Music Specialty Designer Series Paper [144623]	Pool Party A4 Card Stock [124391]
Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay [131286]	Silver Glimmer Paper [135314]	Mini Treat Bag Thinlits Dies [137547]

Hearts do come home for Christmas - Santa's Sleigh

So the kids and I are still in the UK and today we have been graced with snow!! Well when I say snow, i really mean more like sleet, which is snowy rain. And because it's too wet, the snow won't lay. Did you also know, it can be too cold to snow?!?!?

But the snow or lack of it, has not dampened our holiday and the kids loved being in the ice cold weather... me, not so much!!

But with the Christmas feeling well and truly in the air, today I wanted to share a card using the reindeer from Santa's Sleigh, coloured in with our Stampin' Blends.

I was really pleased with how this card came together and I love the layout too. I CASED the design from the uber talented Kelly Kent, and you can see her card HERE.

I really do love this sentiment from Hearts come Home. I think this year, knowing I was visiting the family for Christmas for the first time in 13 years, it was even more meaningful.

That's it from me today. I'll leave you with a family photo that my hubby took of us at Trafalgar Square. London was an amazing experiences and we even got to see the Queen!!

Happy Crafting,
Chlo

DELIVERY BEFORE BY CHRISTMAS
Today is the last day to receive your Stampin' Up! orders in time for Christmas.

Product List 
 

Santa's Sleigh Photopolymer Stamp Set [142057]	Hearts Come Home Clear-Mount Stamp Set [145416]	Santa's Sleigh Dies Thinlits [140278]	Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad [140931]
Crumb Cake Light Stampin' Blends Marker [144582]	Crumb Cake Dark Stampin' Blends Marker [144581]	Cherry Cobbler Light Stampin' Blends Marker [144576]	Emerald Envy A4 Cardstock [141420]
Early Espresso A4 Card Stock [121686]	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549]	Gold Glimmer Paper [133719]

Just Add Ink Challenge #387 Just add Colour - Santa's Sleigh

Yep, I'm back again with yet another post today, but this time I'm sharing my card for the Just Add Ink gang and we have a very Christmassy colour theme for you:

Ok, so I'm going to be completely upfront and say I hate red and green together! Yep, there I said it. Red and green really should never be seen and even though it's Christmas and traditional, I still hate it.

Which brings me on to confession number two. I didn't use Garden Green. I honestly couldn't bring myself to do it and I actually used Emerald Envy instead. You wanna see what is probably my one and only traditional Christmas card this year?!?!

Now I do really like me card. I've used an old favorite stamp set plus these two shades of red and green do look nice together. I really do think the gold glimmer Christmas tree makes the whole card pop.

I think I'll send this card to my darling Nan, who is a huge traditionalist, when it comes to Christmas. I know she will love it!!

Thanks for joining us and I do look forward to seeing all of your traditional cards this week.

Happy Crafting,
Chlo



 Product List

Santa's Sleigh Photopolymer Stamp Set [142057]	Santa's Sleigh Dies Thinlits [140278]	Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad [140931]	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685]
Cherry Cobbler A4 Card Stock [121681]	Large Numbers Framelits Dies [140622]	Red Glimmer Paper [121790]	Gold Glimmer Paper [133719]

Peek-a-Boo Technique - Santa's Sleigh

As I sit patiently waiting.... OK let's be honest not so patiently, for my big brown box full of goodies that I pre-ordered from the new Holiday Catalogue I thought I would share my very last Santa's sleigh card.

Now anyone who knows me, will remember that fancy fold cards are not my thing. Maths, measurements and accuracy are not my strengths and fancy folds usually fall into those categories. But I was feeling brave and decided to give the peek-a-boo fold a try and I was so happy with my card. WARNING: We are about to get a bit photo heavy!

My card is a CASE of one that I found on Meg Lovan's blog Loven Stamps. She has a fantastic tutorial for this technique and right near the end she showed a card using Santa's Sleigh, which is what inspired my card.

I really love how you have the gorgeous Christmas sentiment in the first window and then when you open it up, you are greeted with a gorgeous gold reindeer. It's almost like he's poking his head through a window.

It's such a fun card and once you have the hang of how it comes together they really are a lot of fun to put together. I ended up using this card for my August Christmas Card class. The girls all loved it. The only problem is they now want a fancy fold and every class... Things are about to get messy !!

Happy Crafting,
Chlo


Product List

Santa's Sleigh Photopolymer Stamp Set [142057]	Santa's Sleigh Dies Thinlits [140278]	Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [126949]	Emerald Envy Classic Stampin' Pad [141396]	Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad [140931]	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549]
Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685]	Emerald Envy A4 Cardstock [141420]	Presents & Pinecones Designer Series Paper [141986]	Gold Glimmer Paper [133719]	Gold Foil Sheets [132622]	Emerald Envy Solid Baker's Twine [141686]