Christmas Cards

My evenings this week have been spent making Christmas cards, when I wasn't attending Christmas parties of course! I made 4 of the below designs. This way I can build my stash really quickly.

Whisper White cardstock, Rose Red DSP, Scallop Border punch, Star punches (large and small), Short & Sweet stamp set, Rose Red ink.

Old Olive and Whisper White cardstock, Old Olive and Real Read classic ink pads, Old Olive and Real Red Stampin' Write markers, Always Artichoke grosgrain ribbon, Peaceful Wishes stamp set.

Wild Wasabi, Blue Bayou (textured) and Whisper White cardstock, Chocolate Chip classic ink pad, Summer Sun and Chocolate Chip Stampin' Write markers, Wild Wasabi and Blue Bayou ink refills, blender pen, cotton tip, Pewter Hodpodge Hardware, Mellow Moss gingham ribbon, City of David stamp set.

Whisper White and Handsome Hunter cardstock, Rose Red DSP, Versamark ink pad, silver embossing powder, heat gun, Handsome Hunter classic ink pad, Scribble (Doodle) This and Occasional Greetings stamp sets.

The last card was inspired by a card made by Karen Robinson, my SU upline's upline. I added more leaves than Karen had but the basic idea is the same.

I made small alterations re positioning of the elements on some of the cards just to keep myself interested but I found that making in multiples of 4 meant I could make at least 4 if not 8 cards in one evening. It sure speeds up the process!

I hope that you have found something here to inspire you!

Torn Peaceful Wishes

Where have I been for the last 6 days? You may well ask. Well, I am a Girl Guide leader and we took 11 of our 12 girls on their first (for most) overnight camp over the weekend. I spent every night last week preparing for the camp. I had done no stamping all week until last night.

The camp went really well, except for the weather. I was extremely hot!!! I didn't hear a weather report while we were away but I have checked our Bureau of Meterology website and it tells me that we reached a maximum temperature of 38.2 degrees C on Saturday! For those of you more familiar with fahrenheit, I believe that would be 100!!! I don't think I have ever been so hot in all life! The girls coped pretty well, considering. The owners of the property we were using for our campsite had begun digging a fish pond. Greg was super kind to us and put the liner in and filled it from the bore pump so we could cool off mid-afternoon. I think that is the only thing that saved us from going insane.

Sleep was difficult, to say the least. I don't sleep well when not in my own bed, let alone on an air mattress in a tent. We had to call one girl's parents' to come and pick her up as she had a mega-headache and started vomiting a little. She was back bright and early in the morning, ready for our pancake breakfast so there were no lasting ill effects.

All the girls sais they would definitely go again they just didn't want it to be so hot, or have to dig a hole for their toilet! Next year we'll go earlier when the weather is cooler.

I finally had a chance to stamp on Sunday night.

I made this card for a small swap I'm in with 3 other Australian SU consultants. The theme was "Ripped or Folded". When I saw the next challenge for SBS25 was to "try a technique you have never done before" I knew what I was going to do.



The "new" technique was faux tearing. I thought it would fit with both the swap and the challenge. For good measure I threw in some corrugations made with my crimper.



The colours here are Kraft, Very Vanilla and Old Olive cardstock, Chocolate Chip classic ink pad, Old Olive and Real Red Stampin' Write markers and Real Red grosgrain ribbon. I used the brayer to add the Chocolate Chip ink on the background, using 2 halves of a torn piece of scrap paper for the mask.

I really like this card. It is loosely based on a card from our 08-09 IBC but I did change a few things. This is the first time I have made a card the opens at the top and I quite like that idea too.


All in all, I'm pleased with this card. I hope you like it too.