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Showing posts with label christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label christmas. Show all posts

23 Nov 2010

Spotty potty


a bit or recycling again...our allotment buddies will recognise this pot  I promise it was empty when i brought it home.. so were the other 6,

I've only decorated one so far but they will eventually be filled with either chocolates or cookies i think....

Love that it matches the christmas jingle scrappin kit though!

Thanks for dropping by!

19 Nov 2010

reduce reuse and recycle


I found my part used christmas jingle scrappin' kit and i have fallen in love with it all over again.... yes this is a pre used tin  :) which i covered in chocolate chip textured card stock added one of the borders from the scrappin kit and a bit of old olive striped ribbon.....  i made a matching notebook and pen to go with it.

thanks for stopping by!

25 Dec 2009

Wishing every one a Merry Christmas!!

Just a quick post couldn't post these before Christmas or they would spoil every ones surprisesI found these really cool clear plastic decorations and thought they would look fab with some designer series paper on the back for great 3 dimensional decorations I tried to make each one individual and of course kept one my self, I used crystal effects to adhere the paper to the ornaments and then used a craft knife to to trim the paper down.
My washcloth muffins ( although i think they look more like ice creams my self) but they are cute and i topped them all with a fizzing bath bomb each of my team got one of these in their Christmas gift and each one was colour co-ordinated to the recipients most used colours
The cup cake cups are made from designer paper which of course co ordinates too.
And this is very special ( it's mine) a few people have received these this year from me, one of My Lovely down line Steph got one for her birthday too, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

each one was completely individual some had a splash of colour ( unfortunately if forgot to take a photo of those before I sent them, but they are made from washers which I embossed with silver embossing powder then stamped into the warm embossing powder and then lacquered with crystal effects and added the gems.

I hope you are having a great Christmas and have enjoyed making all your Christmas projects cards and gifts this year I know I have and I hope the recipients have enjoyed receiving them too!

Merry Christmas! Make sure you pop back soon for some Sale-a bration sneak peaks!

Abi x

12 Dec 2009

12 Days of Christmas DAY 12 !!

Ok last day if you're not ready by now you need to get cracking :)

Thought I would have a little bit of fun with my last christmas card. This card is made entirely from scraps which was great I have so many and i never get around to using them so this card is super special.

I used a Really Rust card stock base, with a chocolate chip band and gros grain ribbon, I used my scallop edge punch and scallop circle punch I used my Really rust marker to colour my ginger bread man which is from Stampin' Up! Hung up on the holidays

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

11 Dec 2009

12 Days of Christmas day 11

Day 11 already!!

This card is made from a piece of kraft card stock 7 1/2 " x 6" I used my So swirly roller with Chocolate chip ink, Scallop circle with bashful blue, 1 3/4" circle with kraft and 1 1/2" circle with chocolate chip card stock which i stamped with white craft ink, I used the season of joy stamp set.

This card was inspired by one which was featured in craft stamper magazine this month, but i changed the colours around abit for a fresher look.

Thanks for stopping by.

Abi

10 Dec 2009

12 Days of Christmas day 10

Out of all the cards I have made so far this is definitely my favourite, it's just so simple and you can use any scrap designer papers that you have they don't need to be the same colour as mine.

This card is on an A5 kraft card stock card blank, I used a scrap of Chocolate Chip designer paper that i had left around, and the season of joy christmas tree stamp which I stamped on whisper white card stock with old olive ink. I also used my Chocolate Chip marker and my corner rounder.

I will definitely be sending a few more of these.

thanks for stopping by!

Abi

6 Dec 2009

12 Days of Christmas day 6

Just in case you forget when Christmas is.

another super quick card, sorry my camera didn't do a very good job of this photo, a new one is on my Christmas list hopefully santa will read it!

So this is an Old Olive card stock base with a Chocolate Chip layer 9.5cm x 7.5cm and some Chocolate Chip gros grain 13 cm.

The Letters are from the Christmas Jingle simply scrappin kit and i also used the baroque motif stamp set again with my Old Olive marker. couldn't be much simpler really.

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

4 Dec 2009

12 days of Christmas day 4


A Super quick card for today! This card was is made using the Stampin' Up! Christmas Jingle Simply Scrappin kit, the scrappin kits are a fantastic idea not only for scrap booking but also for super quick cards as they come with 6 sheets of self adhesive die cut card stock images so all you need to do is peel and stick. a selection of coordinating textured 12 x 12 card stock and 6 sheets of double sided co ordinating designer paper.

This card stock base is an A5 piece of Garden green card stock with a 10 x 8cm layer of designer paper and 18cm of chocolate chip gros grain ribbon. I also used my dazzlin Diamond with a2 way glue pen (sorry you can't see that to good in the photo)

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

3 Dec 2009

12 Days of Christmas day 3

Not a card a gift bag!
Just keeping up with my personal challenge of making at least one item to package a gift each week this gift bag is made from a brown envelope, you can see a video tutorial on how to fold this bag here (you'll need to stamp the envelope before you stick the bottom corner flaps down.)

I also used White craft Ink, Chocolate Chip stampin write marker, Real red marker, Twill tape and a scrap of whisper white card stock for the tag.
Stamps Winter post and Occasional Greetings.

You'll also need a large hole punch , I used my Crop-o-dile.



Do you remember the cracker box I made? here well if you would like the pattern click here

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

2 Dec 2009

12 Days of Christmas day 2

Day 2 are you feeling christmassy yet??

This card is super quick and easy to make as are all my 12 days cards so they won't take you long to make.

This card base is a 4x4" Real red card stock base (20 cm x 10cm folded in half)
the scalloped strip was cut to 10cm by 3.5 then scalloped with the eyelet border punch
the layers are as follows Chocolate chip 6cm x 6.5cm , Very Vanilla 5.5cm x 6cm,
with 26cm of very vanilla gros grain ribbon,

You will also need Stampin' Write markers in Chocolate Chip, Real Red and Old Olive and the Season of joy stamp set.

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

1 Dec 2009

12 Days of Christmas. day 1

here's the first of my 12 Christmas projects, I know it's not a partridge and a pear tree most certainly does not look like this but it is a tree! Unfortunately what I couldn't catch on camera was all sparkly snow glitter detail on the tree. This tree is from the Lovely as a tree stamp set.

So for the next 12 days I'm going to give you the measurements of all the pieces you need to make the projects I'm going to show you, so you can recreate them at home and we will all be just that little bit more prepared for Christmas.

here's what I used:

Chocolate chip card stock base ( A4 cut down to A5 21 cm x 14.9cm)
Close to cocoa cs layer (6cm x 10cm )
Whisper white layer (5.5cm x 9.5cm)
Whisper white ribbon 26cm

Craft white ink, stampin write markers in Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Garden Green, Dazzlin diamonds and a 2 way glue pen.

Thanks for stopping by Happy crafting!

Abi

30 Nov 2009

Christmas star

This week is was my turn to set the team challenge again, and i decided to get every one making Christmas decorations this is mine.

I used vellum card stock with dazzlin diamonds and some crystal effects you can see some of the glitz in this picture, I did try. I am very happy with the way it turned out, it's the first time I have made one of these and it was easier than I thought it would be, so thought I'd share it with you.

click here to view a tutorial on how to make this star.


Make sure you check back over the next 12 days starting tomorrow for my Christmas overload ( 12 days of Christmas projects) each project takes no longer than 10 minutes to put together and will help you save time and get you ready for Christmas quicker!!

Thanks for stopping by! See you tomorrow!

Abi

28 Nov 2009

Designer Milk carton.


I didn't really now what to call this box but since it's made out of designer paper and it's a milk carton template I thought that would be a good place to start.

I used the colour from this weeks Funky Friday challenge which were, Old Olive, Handsome Hunter, Real Red, Bravo Burgundy and Very Vanilla.

I really love the designer paper from the christmas jingle scrappin kit, If you would like a printable template for this box please click here

I used:

Stamps: Tags for All
Card stock: Very Vanilla
Paper: Christmas jingle simply scrappin kit,
Ribbon: Real Red
Ink: Bravo Burgundy, Handsome Hunter.
Accessories: Dazzlin diamonds, crystal effects

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

25 Nov 2009

simple elegance

Just a quick post from me today, this is the project which i made this week for our team challenge,
this week we had to make a project using one roller and one sentiment so this is what I came up with I really enjoyed making it. It also helped me out with my own personal challenge of making at least one item for packaging a Christmas gift every week until Christmas.


Here's what I used for my gift box:

Card stock: whisper white
Ink: Taken with Teal
Stamps: Jumbo woodcut holly roller, Curvy verses
Accessories: Pretties kit, scallop oval punch.

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

23 Nov 2009

Starry night

Here's another card that i made for the funky friday challenge ( yes I know this one is a little late too but I had a good excuse!!! well two actually!) any how you can see the original challenge here

This was my first attempt at using my brayer which i thought came out ok.

For this card I used:

Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Occasional greetings,
Card stock: Very vanilla, Close to cocoa,
Ink: Close to cocoa, creamy caramel, pretty in pink, lavender lace
Accessories: Scallop square punch, sponge dauber, scallop edge punch, brayer, silver elastic thread.

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

A bit of a catch up :)

This card is for the Funky Friday colour challenge #38 ( I'm a bit late posting it to be honest oops) any how the challenge was to use: Creamy caramel, close to cocoa, lavender lace, pretty in pink and very vanilla, I wanted to try some alternative Christmas cards and I think they came out quite well.

I used:

Stamps: A touch of nature, Occasional greetings and Tags for all ( button )
Card stock: Creamy caramel, Close to cocoa, very vanilla
Ink: Lavender Lace, Pretty in pink, close to cocoa
Accessories: Dazzlin diamonds, dimensionals, earth elements buttons, clear buttons, blender pen.

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

14 Nov 2009

Sparkly snow flake and a big ouch!!



Hi Everyone hope you are all surviving the storms we've been having recently, thought i'd share a card i made last week for our team challenge which last week was set by Rosina,

so this is what i made I used the new fine galaxy glitter with my sticky cuts sweet, one of the flowers I thought would look quite good as a snow flake, what do you think?

Here's what i used:

Stamps: snow burst, occasional greetings
Ink: Bashful Blue, Almost Amethyst,
Accessories: Silver elastic thread, Fine galaxy glitter, 3/4" circle punch, sticky cuts sweet, 2 way glue pen.

Also for those of you that have heard I dislocated my left knee cap last night, it was very painful and i was taken to hospital and put in plaster :(...................................................... this morning however after all the swelling had gone down the plaster was way to big so i returned to the hospital with the help of my friend Sue ( Hi sue * big wave*) to get the plaster taken off as it wasn't doing anything, so to cut the long story short I will be taking it easy for a little while ( until i can walk lol ) while the purple bruising on my knee comes out and looks really pretty, but I am fine thanks for all the emails and i will be back to normal very soon ( hopefully).

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi


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3 Nov 2009

Christmas box

I said a box every week till christmas so here is this weeks box, it's really simple to make I used a pattern which I made my self a couple of years ago which I used to make this box but i just changed the colours and shaped the lid differently.

I Find you need to use a fairly strong adhesive to hold boxes together so I used My Stampin' Up! sticky strip which is a permanent double sided tape.

If you would like a printable A4 pattern for this box click here

Here's what I used:

Stamps: So swirly jumbo roller, season of joy,
Card stock: Old olive, Whisper white, Real Red
Ink: Old olive
Ribbon: Real Red
Tools: Scallop edge punch
Adhesive: Sticky strip and snail

Thanks for stopping by!
Abi

28 Oct 2009

Mojo bling

Thought I'd do the mojo monday sketch this week, I really wanted to play with all my new stash. If you'd like to join in with the sketch challenges there is a link in my side bar.
So this is the front of my card I used Very vanilla textured card stock and designer paper and die cut from the Christmas Jingle simply scrappin kit I also used the winter post stamp set with some white craft ink, the ribbon is Old olive and chocolate chip gros grain,
Here's the inside of my card, I'm not a real fan of paper inserts but I do believe that cards should be pretty inside and out so for this card I used a scrap of Old Olive card stock which I stamped Using the winter post stamp set again with white craft ink. I also used my Dazzlin Diamonds inside and out.

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

27 Oct 2009

Christmas is coming!



I'm having a minimalistic week, I'm loving clean and simple right now and these are so quick and simple to make I might be tempted to make all my Christmas cards with this set.

Well these cards fit really nicely with the Funky Friday colour challenge and the one stop craft challenge

Stampin' Up! products I used:

Stamp sets: Tree trimmings, Wonderful Words
Card stock: Whisper White
Ink: Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive
Ribbon: Whisper White Taffeta
Accessories: Clear rhinestone brads, dimensionals, silver eyelets
Tools: Crop-o-dile, Scoring blade with Fiscars trimmer.

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

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