Stamp-a-stack Christmas 6 - Joyous Celebrations

This is the last blog post about the Stamp-a-stack class I went to a few weeks ago. I'm pleased I've got through these all now, as I've been busy with lots of other projects I can't wait to share. I've made lots of Christmas cards, I helped my downline prepare for her "Inspiration Station" at our team training event which is tomorrow, I've had a customer workshop, and in a few weeks time I am running a workshop at the Buns & Roses Leeds City Centre WI. Busy eh!

This card uses the Joyous Celebrations stamp set, with the new embossing folder called Holiday Frame. Gumball Green card stock was used for the card blank, with Whisper White. You might notice on the pictures that some of the white card is wrinkled. A tip I have read on how to avoid this, is to slightly dampen the paper first. I've not tried this tip yet, but I'll let you know if it works. The oval frame was punched with the Large Oval Punch, and the cards were decorated with the new Silver Sparkle Dazzling Details, a little tube of silver glitter glue with a fine nozzle for easy application. Nice simple effective cards aren't they?

I'll be back soon hopefully with lots to share. As I mentioned above, it's our team training day tomorrow, so I'll have my swaps to share with you, and lots more.

Stamp-a-stack Christmas 5 - Owl Occasions

Morning,

Hope you're all well, I'm doing good, got a few days off work and I celebrated my birthday yesterday. I got some lovely gifts and cards, but I worry that my friends think they have to apologise for not making me a handmade card! Please don't feel obliged, I like any card, whether it be handmade or not, it's the thought that counts.

I've not blogged for a while, and I've just realised I've not finished sharing all the Stamp-a-stack Christmas cards yet. So here's the fifth card. We used Cherry Cobbler card stock for the card itself, with a Crumb Cake layer that had been embossed with the new Woodgrain embossing folder. The Window Frames Collection Framelits Dies were used to cut out the Gumball Green background and the Whisper White card, where the Owl Occasions stamp set was used to stamp the owl stood on the branch. I love this set, it's perfect for any occasion and can be used all year round. For a bit of dimension, the hat was stamped on a separate piece of card, and cut out. Finally, Crumb Cake Taffeta ribbon was tied in a bow around the card.

I was made a birthday card from this stamp set by my downline and friend Kylie. When she's blogged the card, and doesn't mind me sharing it, I'll post a picture of it on here to show you another way the stamp set can be used.

Christmas Stamp-a-stack

On Saturday, I went to an all day Stamp-a-stack class run by Julie Kettlewell. Normally her Stamp-a-stack classes are on a Friday evening, and we make 12 cards, 2 each of 6 designs. Saturday, we made 24 cards, 4 each of 6 designs. It was great fun, and every card used the new products from the new Seasonal Catalogue, many of which I hadn't seen in the flesh or played with before. I went along with my Stampin' Up! downline Kylie, and friend Ama, who has had a few workshops and I'm slowly converting into a true addict! One of the nice things about being a Demonstrator is that it's not just about running classes or having workshops, it can simply be about having a crafty session with a few like minded friends. I go to these Stamp-a-stack classes so that I can see the products and make samples that I haven't been able to buy as I'd need another mortgage to get everything I want from the catalogues!

I was lucky enough to win one of the raffle prizes, and chose the Watercolor Winter stamp set from the Seasonal Catalogue. I've got some swaps to do for our next Team Training day, so this set will be perfect for that.

Watercolor Winter stamp set

 

Julie made these lovely bags for us, full of goodies for us to make our cards with, and take home anything we didn't use on the day. It worked well, having our initials on the bag until one point where there were four of us on the table with names starting with A!

I'll be writing my blog posts soon, hopefully my broadband will be fixed this week at long last, and I can start doing these posts properly instead of on my phone.