12 Weeks Of Christmas - Week 1: Festive Flurry Ornament

Can you believe yesterday was exactly 12 weeks until Christmas?  I look forward to this time of year as I start my Christmas preparation,  I share all my creations with you in my 12 Weeks Of Christmas blog posts.  I try to post one card & one 3d item each week to help inspire some creations.

Today is the 1st of my 12 weeks of Christmas posts for 2013 but you can go back to last years & check out all those ones by clicking HERE.

I am holding an Ornament making class this sunday so what better way to start the countdown than with an ornament!

Festive Flurry Sparkly Ornament

 I have used Smokey Slate & Silver Glimmer paper here for the monotone feel.  The rosette was made using the gorgeous new Winter Frost DSP & I added some of the Festive Flurry snowflakes on top.  Seriously how sparkly are those Frosted Finish Embellishments.  They are too nice to use on just any old thing!  As you will see below they are quite beautiful.

Sneak Peek 

This is a bit of a sneak peak of one of the ornaments we are making on Sunday. If you would like to join us I have 2 spots left.  Drop me an email or call me 0411113530.  

Stamp Sets:  Festive Flurry (131778)
Paper:  Whisper White (106549), Silver Glimmer (124005), Winter Frost Specialty DSP (132341)

Ink:  Smokey Slate (131179)

Cool Tools: Bigshot (113439), Festive Flurry Framelits (132193), Magnetic Platform (130658), Designer Rosette Bigz L Die (125594), Frosted Finishes Embellishments (132150), Dimensionals (104430), Silicone Craft Sheet (127853),  Silver 1/8" Ribbon (132137), Hot glue gun ( Non-SU).  

Thanks For Looking,

TRICIA  

Sale-A-Bration 2013 Countdown Week 2: Feeling Sentimental Card

While I had my things out making last weeks Morning Post card I though I would create another in the same way. Same, same but different lol.  The Feeling Sentimental stamp in all it's vintage loveliness does not need much embellishment so I have kept this card fairly simple - like me ;)

I spritzed the Naturals Ivory cardstock with a Chocolate Chip & Riding Hood Red Marker.  Then I stamped the lovely vintage penny farthing image from the Feeling Sentimental stamp set (available during Sale-A-Bration only) in Riding Hood Red.  I layered this onto Crumb Cake cardstock then some Fan Fair DSP that was sanded around the edges. All this was then mounted onto a Riding Hood Red card base.   I had a few left overs from the Morning Post card from last week so added those.  A Postage Stamp Punch & a Petite Curly Label punch from the Pretty Petites stamp set.

Sale-A-Bration 2013 Feeling Sentimental card

Stamp Sets:  Pretty Petites, Feeling Sentimental (Sale-A-Bration)
Paper:  Naturals Ivory, Riding Hood Red, Crumb Cake.

Ink:  Riding Hood Red, Chocolate chip(marker for spritzing).

Cool Tools:  Petite Curly Label Punch (Sale-A-Bration), Spritzer tool, Sanding block, Postage Stamp Punch, Itty Bitty Punches, Pearls, Snail.  

Thanks For Looking,

TRICIA  

Sale-A-Bration 2013 Countdown: Week 1 - Madison Avenue Card

I have been lucky enough to meet some friendly & very creative ladies as a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, not just team members, or customers but also long distance blog visitors & demonstrators as well.   As a demonstrator we have access to the Stampin' Connection forum that enables us to talk and share ideas with other demonstrators all over the world.  I met Lisa from Michigan, USA recently on Stampin' Connection.   Her recent blog post using the Madison Avenue stamp set (click her name above to see her card) from Sale-A-Bration 2013 has inspired me to get my own set out and try to create something worthy of your eyes.

I must say I have found this stamp set a bit of a challenge & have looked at it sheepishly of late, often pushing it to the side in favour of all the other sets on offer during saleabration.  Today, after creating not one, but 20 of these cards, we have become good friends this Madison Avenue stamp set & I.

I did find it hard to photograph this card.  The colour I used on the base is actually Summer Starfruit, however in these photos it is coming up a mustard looking colour.  

Stamp Sets:  Madison Avenue(Sale-A-Bration).

Paper:  Naturals Ivory Cardstock, Summer Starfruit, Pool Party, Sycamore Street DSP.

Ink: Summer Starfruit, Rich Razzleberry, Pool Party.

Cool Tools: Pool Party Sycamore Street Ribbon ( Sale-A-Bration), Fancy Fan embossing folder.   

Thanks For Looking,

TRICIA  

Sale-A-Bration 2013 Countdown: Week 1 Pretty Petite Curly Label Cards

Sale-A-Bration is only 2 weeks away.  Wow how exciting!  It my favourite time of the year on the Stampin' Up! Calendar.  Lots of free items this year to choose from - in fact 19!  Figuring out what to choose is the hard part, the easiest part is earning them.  With every $100 spend you get to choose 1 item from the catalogue.

As it is not Sale-A-Bration yet I cant show you the products but I can show you some creations made with these products.  Over the next few weeks you will see regular posts using the Sale-A-Bration 2013 free products so you can start planning your purchases & plan your wish list accordingly.  

My 1st post in this series are a few little thank you cards.  Measuring 8cm x 8 cm, they are great little thank you cards to keep handy.  Anyone ordering through me during Sale-A-Bration will receive one of these with their order.

Sale-A-Bration 2013 Thank You Cards

I have used a few of the Sale-A-Bration products in these cards including the Petite Curly Label punch & the matching Pretty Petites Stamp set.  I LOVE the DSP this year too.  How gorgeous are those colours!  

Stamp Sets:  Pretty Petites (Sale-A-Bration)
Paper:  Whisper White, Pool Party, Tangerine Tango, Island Indigo, Sycamore St DSP ( Sale-A-Bration) 

Ink:  Tangerine Tango

Cool Tools:  Petite Curly Label Punch (Sale-A-Bration), Snail.  

Thanks For Looking,

TRICIA