I'm glad to have joined in this week with the challenge at The Paper Players. It's a CAS challenge and, in addition, we're challenged to use or make a tag
My creation is a little towards the far edge of CAS but with the white space and deep colours, there's definitely a clean and simple look to it. 😀
I am in love with the Distressed Tile 3D embossing folder and I've long been a fan of the Tailored Tags dies. Of course, Joy of Noel is my favourite bundle in the mini catalogue, so it was a joy to make this card!
Update: Delighted to be chosen as Headliner at The Paper Players.
If you live in New Zealand and don't have a Stampin' Up Demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the Contact Me tab at the top of the page.
You can shop with me from anywhere in New Zealand by clicking here.
Free Gifts with Orders
Any order of $90 will receive the Creativity Abounds Tutorial Bundle, with 13 projects based around the September - December Mini Catalogue, as a thank you gift.
And if you purchase the Joy of Noel bundle, you'll also receive a project bundle from 'Join in with Joanne and Jan' which will give you two project tutorials from me and two from my buddy Joanne James, aka The Crafty Owl.
It's time for a new challenge at As You See It. For our recipe challenge, we're joined by our Guest Designer Jennie Maier, who was the winner of our last colour challenge.
The recipe challenge is a good one - all you have to do is create something that uses all five elements of the mystery box: holiday, embossing folder, ribbon or twine, die cut, patterned paper.
Here's what I came up with, using the Joy of Noel bundle.
My HOLIDAY is Christmas.
My EMBOSSING FOLDER is Distressed Tile 3D for the background.
My RIBBON or TWINE is the gold twine from the Simply Elegant Trim combo.
My DIE CUTs use the Joy of Noel set: the outline for the Christmas spray, the lettering for NOEL and the pine sprigs.
My PATTERNED PAPER is the strip behind the lettering from the Joy of Christmas DSP pack.
We'd love to see how you see this recipe challenge. Visit the As You See It page to see what the rest of the team have done and to link up your entry. You can play along with us until Wednesday 15 November, 11.59pm PST.
If you live in New Zealand and don't have a Stampin' Up Demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the Contact Me tab at the top of the page.
You can shop with me from anywhere in New Zealand by clicking here.
Free Gifts with Orders
Any order of $90 will receive the Creativity Abounds Tutorial Bundle, with 13 projects based around the September - December Mini Catalogue, as a thank you gift.
And if you purchase the Joy of Noel bundle, you'll also receive a project bundle from 'Join in with Joanne and Jan' which will give you two project tutorials from me and two from my buddy Joanne James, aka The Crafty Owl.
Welcome to the latest hop with the Creativity Abounds team! We're a group of demonstrators from around the world who come together to share ideas and inspiration with you.
On the third Wednesday of the month (third Thursday if you're in New Zealand), we hop to share some inspiration with you on a particular theme or set. This month, we're featuring projects from the September-December Mini Catalogue.
My favourite bundle from the catalogue is Joy of Noel, so I've created one project to share with you today - and a second one as part of the Creativity AboundsTutorial Bundle for October. This 13 tutorial bundle is free from me with a qualifying purchase of $90 or more.
I've gone full-on traditional for this one: gold, red, green, pine needles. 😀
Despite the opulent appearance, this card is actually very simple to make.
Here's what you need.
Joy of Noel bundle
Deckled Circle dies (or similar)
Inks: Cherry Cobbler, Tuxedo Black, Versamark
Stampin' Blends: Cherry Cobbler, Granny Apple Green, Shaded Spruce
Gold embossing powder and heat tool
Distressed Tile 3D embossing folder
Brushed Metallic Adhesive dots
Cherry Cobbler
Card base 21cm x 14.8, scored at 10.5cm (8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored at 4 1/4")
Basic White
2 pieces 10cm x 14.3cm (4" x 5 1/4")
1 piece 8cm x 8cm (3 1/4" x 3 1/4")
1 piece 8cm x 10 cm (3 1/4" x 4")
Gold Foil
4.5cm x 14.3cm (1 3/4" x 5 1/4")
Granny Apple Green
6cm x 12cm (2 1/2" x 5")
Shaded Spruce
6cm x 4cm (2 1/2" x 1 3/4")
Then you can either watch the video tutorial
or follow along here.
Fold and burnish the Cherry Cobbler base
Adhere the gold foil strip to one of the large pieces of Basic White, about 5mm (1/4") from the left hand edge.
Run this piece through your Stampin' Cut and Emboss machine using the Distressed Tile 3D embossing folder. Adhere to the front of the card base.
Using Tuxedo Black ink, stamp the large floral spray onto the smaller rectangle of Basic White. Colour using Stampin' Blends (or your chosen colouring medium) and die cut out.
Using Cherry Cobbler ink, stamp the NOEL centrally on the Basic White square. Then, using Versamark, stamp the 'Joyous' over the NOEL and gold emboss.
Cut the Joyous NOEL sentiment out using the Deckled Circle die that is sixth from the centre.
From the Granny Apple Green piece, die cut three pine needle shapes
From the Shaded Spruce piece, cut 5 small sprigs using the sprig die.
Adhere the coloured in Christmas spray on a slight angle on the left hand side of the card front, then arrange the pine needles and sprigs in a symmetrical and pleasing manner. Make sure they can still be seen when the NOEL circle is added. When you are happy with the arrangement, adhere them to the card front.
Add the sentiment circle using dimensionals.
Add three gold Brushed Metallic Adhesive dots to complete.
Decorate the second large rectangle of Basic White as desired and adhere to the inside of the card.
Here's a sneak peek at what's in this month's tutorial bundle.
And here's a closer peek at the card I've made that's part of the Creativity Abounds October Tutorial Bundle.
If you live in New Zealand and don't have a Stampin' Up Demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the Contact Me tab at the top of the page.
You can shop with me from anywhere in New Zealand by clicking here. Don't forget if you purchase from me, you'll receive the thirteen tutorials in the Creativity Abounds Tutorial Bundle as a free gift.
This weekend is also the Creativity Abounds On line Winter Meadow Stamp Camp. It's still not too late to buy the Winter Meadow bundle and get your exclusive invite to the Camp, although you might have to make your projects after the event. If you missed out this time, we'll be holding another Stamp Camp early in 2024, so watch out for details closer to the time. 😀
Today I'm sharing with you a card I made while exploring a new bundle, Joy of Noel. This bundle will be available from 6 September when the September to December Mini Catalogue goes live. I love this wee bundle for the traditional Christmas vibe it gives me and the range of possibilities I see in it. For inspiration today, I used the sketch at The Paper Players, one of my favourite challenges.
The NOEL image stamps square, so I started by gold embossing it and die cutting it into individual letters, then reassembling it on the DSP panel. (I was possible swayed into thinking of this bundle as a 'traditional' Christmas set because of the gorgeous Joy of Christmas DSP that is part of the suite, with its rich reds and greens.😀)
I'm not much of a ribbon used, so I replaced the ribbon with a 'ribbon' of gold foil, cut with an extension of one of the banner dies from Stylish Shapes. Then the 'bow' was replaced with some pine die cuts and some holly berries, filled with Champagne Rhinestones. HINT - the tiny holly die cuts are much easier to manage with the sticky tip of the Take Your Pick tool.
The card front is embossed with the new Distressed Tile 3D embossing folder, which will also be available from 6 September.
If you live in New Zealand and don't have a Stampin' Up Demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the Contact Me tab at the top of the page.
You can shop with me from anywhere in New Zealand by clicking here, so if you'd like to own this set visit from September 6.
As an added incentive, if you purchase this set, you'll be given a set of four exclusive tutorials to kick start your creativity as a gift from me. These tutorials are put together by me and my friend, Joanne James - aka The Crafty Owl - as a thank-you to our customers, so if you buy this bundle from her, you'll get the same deal. You'll also be invited to join our private Facebook Group where you can share your projects, ask us questions and get even more ideas. 😀
My preorder for the September - December Mini Catalogue arrived a couple of days ago. Today was play day! First equal out of the box was the Joy of Noel bundle. This is a lovely, traditional Christmas bundle that is part of a two-set mega suite. Today, I only used the bundle and used the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches for inspiration.
If I'm going for a traditional Christmas look, then for me it's most likely red, green, white and gold - just what happened today!
I used one of the new embossing folders, Distressed Tile, for the card front because I love it! I also embossed the gold foil with the same folder.
Isn't that leafy background stamp gorgeous too? I stamped off Old Olive for that and used Stampin' Blends to colour the Christmas spray.
I can feel a whole lot of projects coming with this one! You can view what else I got in my pre-order here.
These new mini catalogue products will be ready for you to purchase from 6 September.
If you live in New Zealand, you can shop with me from anywhere in the country. A little secret.... this bundle will featured in the next tutorial package from me and Joanne James, aka The Crafty Owl. Buy it from either of us any time from catalogue and we'll send you the tutorials by email, and give you entry to our exclusive Facebook Group, as soon as they're available.
