Make A Wish

I designed this card using the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches, and colour scheme from Sunday Stamps (although, I'm too late to enter the challenge there). My card uses many new products from the upcoming Occasion Catalogue (live January 5th). Check it out:

I embossed my white layer with the new Confetti TIEF before stamping with a new birthday set called Party Wishes. It coordinates with an entire suite of stuff, including punches, DSP, twine & more!

To finish off the card, I rounded the top corners with the Curvy Corner Trio Punch, a returning favourite from the Holiday Catalogue, and wrapped some baker's twine around the front (also new!). On the inside, I stamped a sentiment from the same birthday set.

Until next time, stay crafty!
Steph

Entering this card at Freshly Made Sketches, #217

Catalogue CASE

I love the Stampin' Up! Catalogues! So many pretty things to look at and great inspiration too. Sometimes I love something so much, I've just gotta CASE it. This card is from the Home for Christmas product suite. I CASEd the card down in the front, with a few modifications.

I kept my card a standard A2, thus being able to make a larger tag. I liked seeing more of the scalloped top, so I moved my bow down further and left room for some Cherry Cobbler Thick Baker's Twine. I coloured the stamp from the Cozy Christmas stamp set using Stampin' Write Markers.

Before gluing my DSP down, I stamped one of the images from Gorgeous Grunge - love that set for quick & easy texture. I popped the tag up with Dimensionals and then fringed the ends of my baker's twine.

To finish things off, I added a few Enamel Dots from the same suite and stamped a little more grunge on the inside. This is one of three cards we'll be making in tomorrow's class. :)

Until next time, stay crafty!
Steph

Revamping

Happy Friday!! Are you excited for the weekend? I plan to be in my studio working away, preparing for my upcoming classes and shows! I wrote a while back about how I came across a bin full of last years card kits and other goodies and this was one kit I revamped for this years' selection. The DSP is now retired, but it works well with some of this years' Holiday Catalogue product. Plus, you can easily adapt the layout for any paper or product. Check it out...

All the images are from the awesome Flurry of Wishes stamp set. It coordinates beautifully with two punches, one of which can be bundled to save yourself an extra 15%!

I started by stamping a snowflake in a similar colour tone on my card base and then layered by two DSP pieces (3" x 4", I believe) on top. Before doing that though, I punched all the corners with the Curvy Corner Trio Punch - so versatile!

It's hard to tell in the photo, but there are four snowflakes that are both heat embossed and punched using the snowflake punch. The best part about this is that the two snowflakes line up perfectly for the double-snowflake punch!

The sentiment is from the same set and punched out with the Note Tag Punch and then accented with a bow and tiny wooden snowflake.

Until next time, stay crafty!
Steph