Crafty Christmas Countdown #6

Hanging Chocolate Coin Treats This project was inspired by Stamping with Peg. A super fun hanging treat suitable for the tree, a stocking filler, gifts for the class or for your colleagues and brilliant if you do craft fairs. Once you have all the pieces cut and ready to go, assembly is quick and easy and they look super cute! I made a bunch of these last year, and they sold really well...

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Crafty Christmas Countdown #5

Nutcracker Christmas Gift Box Today's project is a simple one, decorating a Mini Pizza Box (144645) with the Around The World DSP and Year of Cheer DSP. Perfect for small gifts or Christmas treats. You will need: Cherry Cobbler Card Stock (121681)  - 3 1/4" x 3 1/4"  Year of Cheer DSP (144640)  - 3" x 3"  Mini Pizza Box (144645) Whisper White...

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Crafty Christmas Countdown #4

Christmas Gift Card Holder Today's project is a fun and cheery gift card holder (or money wallet card) that I made with my Coffee & Cards attendees. It is CASED from Jan Musselman (iHeartCards2). Featuring the Coffee Cafe Bundle (145331) and the Merry Cafe stamp set (144965), it is an ideal Christmas make for gifting a coffee loving friend a Costa, Starbucks or Bru gift card. But...

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Onstage Local Solihull UK

Onstage Show & Tell Something a bit different for today's post. Recently went to Stampin' Up's Onstage Local event, which is an event for Demonstrators.  This was my first Onstage ever and I am still so excited and buzzing from the event days later. The atmosphere was incredible and we were totally spoilt by Stampin' Up! We got a look at the new products coming out in January, craft...

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Crafty Christmas Countdown #3

Christmas Sour Cream Pouches Super fun and super simple treat pouches, aka Sour Cream pouches! Can be made in all sizes and used for so many different things; Table favours, lucky dip game prizes, for small gifts, advent calendar, for wedding confetti (see photo below), to replace Christmas crackers or as stocking fillers.  So many uses, so lets make them! You will need: Christmas...

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Crafty Christmas Countdown #2

Merry & Bright Card A super quick and simple card for the second project in my Crafty Christmas Countdown Series, using the Merry Little Christmas Card Pack from Memories and More. Not just for memory keeping :) You will need: Thick Whisper White Card Stock - C6 card base  Cherry Cobbler - 4" x 5 3/4" Merry Music DSP - (144623)   Merry Little...

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Crafty Christmas Countdown #1

Christmas Stocking Card The first project in my Crafty Christmas Countdown Series, using the Christmas Stockings Thinlits Dies from the annual catalogue.  You will need: Pear Pizzazz - C6 card base Thick Whisper White Card Stock - 4" x 5 3/4" Smooth Whisper White - 4 1/4" x 2 1/4 Merry Little Christmas DSP - (144621) - 4 1/4" x 2 1/4 Christmas Stockings...

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Clean & Simple Hug In A Mug Notecard

Today's card is a clean and simple notecard featuring the Hug In A Mug stamp set. I have been dying to play with this set and wanted to create something that involved a lot of stamping and minimal surplies. This card would be perfect for a beginner but can also be easily taken up a notch or two by adding extra layers, embellishments or heat embossing the sentiment.  You will need: Soft...

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Card Challenge; Global Design Project 110 Sketch Challenge

Hello Stampers, Here is a card entry for the Global Design Project 110 Sketch Challenge. The Challenge is to follow the below sketch to create a card, using any theme or colour combination. I was feeling floral, so dug out the Flower Shop stamp set and mixed it with some of our new Merry Little Christmas DSP. Which just shows how versatile it is! I even fussy cut some of the leaves...

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Card Challenge; PCC #262 and Less Is More #349

Hello Stampers, Today I am sharing my entry for the Less Is More Challenge #349 & combing it with Paper Craft Crew Tic-Tac-Toe Challange (PCC262). The for Less Is More Challenge we were to create a clean and simple card in the theme of Hot & Spicy Colours. For the PCC Challenge I chose to go with the middle row down; Baker's Twine, Fall and Punch/Die cut. I pulled...

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Love Today Planner - Month View Winter Theme

Decorating January 2018 Monthly Spread I like to get a head start when decorating my planner, but will not start using my Love Today Planner until I have finished my current Planner. I just could not wait to show you some ideas in decorating it, so thought I'd make a head start on next years layouts :)  I have kept the decorating basic on this spread with a snowflake/winter...

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Card Challenge; PCC #260

Hello Stampers, Today I am sharing my entry for the Paper Craft Crew (PCC260) Sketch Challenge. Only my 2nd card challenge ever and already I know I'm going to be addicted! The challenge is to create a card using the sketch below;  I pulled together the Coffee Break DSP and Wood Textures DSP for the bulk of my card, they work fab together! Added a bit of interest...

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