Christmas card challenge Wondrous Wreath

Hello my lovelies hope you are well. This card uses a A5 Whisper White card base then a mat of Old Olive Real Red and Whisper White card stock. All corners have been rounded with Project Life Corner. Mat flat the Old Olive and Real Red card to the base card.I then stamped a sentiment in Real Red from the Wonderous Wreath stamp set at the top of the Whisper White topper. I used the heart shaped punch from the Itty Bitty Punches on each corner of this topper also. Apply Dimensionals to this topper and stick to base card. From Old Olive card stock I cut Fir branches ( not Stampin Up) to make the large branch shape. Using Silver Glimmer paper I punched small circles from retired Itty Bitty punches to apply to branches and inside the heart shapes I also had some small real cones which I adhered to card to make it more realistic. Finally I added a bow using Silver Satin Ribbon. Hope you like it, thanks for looking Joanne x

Christmas Card challenge Bright and Beautiful

Ive just had so much fun making my Christmas cards, I don't know which is my favourite stamp set. This one uses Bright and Beautiful which is stars with sentiments. I used Very Vanilla card stock (c.s.) and stamped all 3 stars the two larger ones once and the small twice in Versamark. I applied gold embossing powder and heat set them. I made an A5 base card in Very Vanilla c.s.  Onto this on the lower part of the card I stamped a sentiment in Versamark, applied Gold Embossing powder, tapped off the excess and heat set it.Using the Squares Collection of dies I cut the largest die which is scalloped out of Gold Foil Sheet the next down out of Very Vanilla then the next in Gold Foil. These were adehered together with glue then Dimensionals applied under the scallop and stuck to upper part of the card. Through the centre of these I applied some Organza Ribbon and made a bow with the same ribbon. Adhere to card and use one of the small stars as a centre to the bow. Mat and layer the stars on top of one another with Dimensionals and apply to squares. To finish add some Basic Rhinestones. All Stampin Up goods can be bought from me see my website, thanks for looking Joanne x

Christmas challenge Endless Wishes

Hi, today's card uses Wisteria Wonder card stock (c.s.). Again I've used my favourite Christmas paper All is Calm to mat onto card and then another mat Wisteria Wonder. I then took  12cmx12cm piece of Whisper White c.s. Onto this I stamped some snowflakes from Endless Wishes in Versamark then sprinkled Silver Embossing Powder over it, tapped off the excess and heat set them. I stamped some more in Wisteris Wonder ink and some in Pear Pizzaz ink.  I stamped a sentiment from the Endless wishes stamp set in the centre of the card. Once I was happy with the snowflakes I got to work with the Pear Pizzaz ink. I used a craft mat and some foam and in small circular motions applied ink over the stamped and embossed snowflakes. Once finished I wrapped a piece of Chevron Wisteria Wonder Ribbon around the worked piece and applied to the card. To finish I made a bow in the same ribbon I threaded an All is Calm snowflake with some Linen Thread and stuck it to the right side, middle of the ribbon with a Glue Dot then the ribbon bow on top. I applied Basic Rhinestones to the centres of the snowflakes and there we have the finished card. All for now Joanne x

Christmas card challenge Festival of Trees

Hello there here's another one from the card challenge using the Festival of Trees and punch. I made a card 15x15cm square in Lost Lagoon card stock(c.s.). I matted a piece of All is Calm paper onto this. I made two edges using the Scalloped Punch and stuck them on the left and right sides of a 14cmx14cm of Lost Lagoon c.s. I then cut a piece of Whisper White c.s. and put it in the Northern Flurry embossing folder then ran it through the Bigshot. I then stamped peace and joy in Lost Lagoon Ink in the top right hand corner of the card and matted it onto the part assembled card. Next I stamped the trees onto Whisper White card using Lost Lagoon, Pool Party, Pear Pizzaz, Costal Cabana and Old Olive inks and punched them out with the tree punch and decorate as desired. The back layer of trees were adhered flat to the card the front row put on Dimensionals. To finish off dazzling diamond was rubbed over the embossed stars. Hope you like it. Take care, Joanne x

Christmas card challenge Beauty of the Season

Hello there, here, the next few posts will cover the Christmas cards we made on my Christmas card Challenge Class. It was a fabulous day and the ladies were great company. The first card we made used the Beauty of the Season stamp set, one of my favourites. We used an A4 piece of Cherry Cobbler folded in half and stamped the Gorgeous Grunge in Versamark then sprinkled with gold embossing powder and heat set. We then stamped the Dictionary stamp in Crumb Cake onto Very Vanilla card. The bird and a sentiment from the Beauty of the Season were also stamped onto separate pieces of Very Vanilla card stock. All the edges were then distressed and then inked in Crumb cake. A double bow and a length of Very vanilla seam binding were wet and screwed up and left to dry. Once dry the length was wrapped around the dictionary piece of card and mounted onto the base card. Old Olive card stock was cut and distressed to fit the bird and sentiment stamps. We watered down some Crumb Cake ink then using a paint brush flicked the ink over the bird and sentiment to continue the grunge look.These were then matted onto the card the picture flat the sentiment on Dimensionals. An Antique Brad was wrapped around the centre of the bow and this was attached to the seam binding on the card with Glue Dots. The last addition was Dazzling Details to add a snow effect. I am entering this into the Paper Players #220 Sketch Challenge, Vintage.  Hope you like it. Thanks for looking, Joanne x