Despite our move I managed to get a couple of Christmas Card Designs completed. Both were relatively easy to complete. Using Kiwi Kiss, Red Riding Hood and Whisper White.

Christmas Card Workshops - Season of Joy

I ran a number of Christmas Card Workshops in October and November. They followed 2 different formats.

One using Season Of Joy, making a variety of Cards, a Gift Card Holder, a Fold out Scrap Page and a Wine Bottle tag for $20 (including a Snail Adhesive & a sheet of dimensionals).

Very Merry:

Wine Bottle Gift Tag:

Gift Card Holder:


Ponsietta Card:

Fold Out Scrap Card:

Below is my small Thank you gift for each participant

The 2nd workshop included the Spotlight on Christmas stamp set and 5 projects from the Paper Angels Christmas Card Workshops (in Brisbane). These items will be published in a seperate post.

July Challenge

You've had a sneak peak it's now time for the unveiling. As I said in an earlier post I really did enjoy working on these items.


Very Merry Christmas Card:
For this card I have used the new “In Colour range and Designer Serie Paper Ski Slope from the new Spring Mini Catalogue.
Stamp Set: Season of Joy and Short & Sweet
Ink: Kiwi Kiss (in colour)
Caradstock: Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze & Very Vanilla
DSP: Ski Slope
Accessories: Hodgepodge Hardware5/8 Striped Grosgrain Ribbon - Kiwi Kiss


Christmas Decorations:

Both Leonie and Orrell made lovely Christmas Decorations for last years Christmas Card workshops using DSP and the round scallop punch. I was inspired to do the same for this challenge and thought I would use our new square scallop punch, creating a diamond shape decoration. I then thought it would add another dimension to fold in the edges of the decorations. I think they look like little lanterns. Each decoration has been finished off with an Indian Glass Bead.
DSP: Raspberry Tart
Punches: Round Scallop & Square Scallop

8 x 8 Fold Out Scrap Page:

I love the idea of the fold out scrap page as a Christmas Card.... great to send to those special people in your life. Can you imagine how excited Grandparents would be to receive a card like this. This fold page/card is made using a combination of current and retired SU product.

SU Product:

Stamp Set: Season of Joy

Ink: Always Artichoke

Cardstock: Purely Pomegranate (2008/9), River Rock (2008/9) & Always Artichoke (current)

DSP: Holiday Harmony (2008/9)

Ribbon: Purely Pomegranate Satin

Off the Page:

Just to show you that the challenge does not have to be all about Stampin' Up! Remember your entry only needs to have 2 Stampin” Up elements. I have made a Christmas book for Ella for her First Christmas. Using Holiday Harmony DSP (from 2008 Spring Mini Catalogue), Cardstock , Ribbon, Kaiser Off the Page Board.... and some Christmas Rubbons I picked up at Crazy Clarks.
I really enjoyed this as it is something a little different for me and I found I was forced to journal; which I generally do very little of.
SU Products:
Stamp Set: Season of Joy
Cardstock: Purely Pomegranate (2008/2009) & Always Artichoke
DSP: Holiday Harmony
Ink: Purely Pomegranate
Ribbon: Variety of current and retired ribbon

July Challenge - Christmas in July

I had a great deal of fun completing my items for the July Challenge

I was determined to create more than one item. Here is a sneak peak with more pictures and details to follow.

July Challenge

The Theme: Christmas in July

A big Thanks to Bec (a fellow Paper Angel and SU Demonstrator – http://www.stampinwithbec.blogspot.com/) who made a card specifically for the challenge. It is just lovely

Bec made this card using the Circle Circus stamp set on page 104 of the Catalogue and Punches Three a Level 1 Hostess set. Bec has used Ruby Red and Old Olive Ink on Very Vanilla cardstock. The greeting has been stamped once in Ruby Red (on Ruby Red cardstock) and punched out with the Square Scallop Punch and then stamped again in Old Olive, this time cutting out the only the greeting. Both parts of the greeting have been raised on dimensionals.

A fabulous card and Bec has clearly demonstrated that you are not limited to Christmas stamp sets to create beautiful Christmas Cards.

Thanks Bec I am very grateful for your contribution.