Baubles!

This is the second card we made last Thursday. It is very similar

to the one we made at September's Training Event in Manchester.

Again we used the Contempo Christmas stamp set.

This time with Cherry Cobbler card and ink and Whisper White and

Early Expresso card. All finished off with the fabulous new

Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon.

This is the arty farty angle!

Chris xx

Oh Christmas Tree!

Hi hope you all had a great weekend.

Today's post is from last Thursday afternoon when I had 6 neighbours

(and they are good friends too!) round to teach them how to rubber stamp

and make a couple of Christmas cards.

They did very well for first timers - to the extent that we are now

going to meet once a month.

Thanks girls and well done!

The first card we made was this one in Whisper White, Basic Black and

Real Red. We used the Contempo Christmas stamp set with Real Red

5/8" satin ribbon and the 1/8" Basic Black taffita ribbon.

Dimensions were used to mount the trees to the card.

Until next time
Chris xx

Just Believe

This is my favourite set of all in the new catalogue - Just Believe.

Think you might be seeing a lot of this one!!!

This is the third card we made on Monday afternoon.

Same colour scheme as the other two.

We used the double rock'n'roll technique this time!!?!!

This is achieved by firstly covering the stamp with Daffodil Delight ink

then rock'n'rolling the bottom part of the stamp in Old Olive and

the top part of the stamp in Pumpkin Pie - and this is the result!!!

That's it until next week. Have a great weekend

Chris xx

Autumn Wreath

Here is another card that we made on Monday afternoon.

The design is CASED from my friend Angela, a SU Demonstrator -

thanks honey!

The colour scheme again is Old Olive and Pumpkin Pie but

teamed with Daffodil Delight and Early Expresso.

We used the Pocket Silhouette stamp set and 1 3/8" circle

and scallop circle punches.

That's all for now - the ironing beckons!!!

Chris xx

Trick or Treat!?!

Hi - I'm back!

Firstly our computer went in for it's annual health check;

then we went to the Cotswold's for our anniversary,

and lastly our computer had a nasty virus and had to be treated!!

On Monday afternoon the "girls" came round for a class

and our theme was Autumn.

This is the bag and treats we made (designs from Julie my Stampin' Up!

mummy!) and the card (designed by Emma Daye, a SU Demonstrator).

Big "Thank you" to you both.

Both the bag and card have the same colour scheme - Whisper White,

Old Olive, Basic Black and Pumpkin Pie.

I've used the new Fall Harvest wheel, Tiny Tags

stamp set and lots of punches - can you identify them?

We also made two more cards which I'll show you later this week.

Chris xx

Happy Anniversary

It's our anniversary on Friday and I managed to make

this card for Pete without him seeing me!

We've had 27 very happy years together!

We are going to the Cotswolds on Thursday for a few days

so fingers crossed for nice weather!

I've used the Artistic Etchings and the hearts from the Confetti stamp set,

Cherry Cobbler and Basic Black ink and card and 2 papers from the

Love Letter pack. I've also used the Oval, Scallop Oval and the

Heart Small punches. The hearts are finished off

with some Rhinestone Jewels.

This is the arty-farty angle!

Chris xx

The Jewels have arrived!!!

Happy Monday!

We had a lovely day yesterday in South Yorkshire at my goddaughter's

son's baptism. It was great to see old friends again.

For today's card I've used the Color Coach again to determine the

colour combination - Rose Red, Elegant Eggplant and Baja Breeze.

Red Rose is used for the card and one stamp from the Confetti set

has been used to make the background pattern in the same

colour ink. Baja Breeze ink was smeared on Whisper White card

and then two of the stamps from the Hostess Level 2 Cute by the Inch set

were stamped in Elegant Eggplant. They are mounted on Whisper White

squares made using the new 1 3/8" square punch. Then 4 of the much

awaited Basic Rhinestone Jewels were used to finish off the card.

Have a nice day

Chris xx