Evergreen to Ever-Blue.

This is one of the cards we made at my class on Friday. 

Using the "Evergreen"stampset and "Greetings of the Season".

I just wanted to show how the same card can look in different colours. Starting with a traditional combination of greens in the first card: Pistachio Pudding and Old Olive on Naturals white cardstock and whisper white.

The second is using pistachio Pudding again with Gumball Green.

Now changing the darker colour to Island Indigo with pistachio Pudding, and lastly using the Coastal cabana blue with Island Indigo.

Same card, different looks just by changing out the greens with blue.

My favourite colours this season are Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay and Island Indigo, did you guess?

We cut the edges of the sentiment with the scallop circle punch which echoes a little the shape of the Apothecary Framelit used for the tree. 

A Christmas star burst

I do love a non Christmas coloured card and this season stampin' up have brought out a paper stack in Bermuda bay, coastal cabana, island indigo, pool party and smoky slate.

The colours of a winter frost ...think the bottom of a deep freezer, ice crystals forming on frozen packets of ice creams.

But this is a cool Christmas card right?

So I'm thinking of a night sky and rising stars over a coastal cabana sea.

I made three cards from just a few card sized pieces of patterned paper.

A stack of 48 pages is only $11.95 and each page is sized for card fronts.

I finished my cards off with a piece of Burmuda bay taffeta ribbon and a silver glimmer paper star.

The star punch is one of a three piece punch set which is carried over from the Autumn catalogue.

Friday Christmas card class

Just a quick post to mention my first Christmas card making class is on this Friday at Claus Manor, Wyoming. Enjoy coffee cake and make a Christmas card. 

If you are local to me RSVP  and I will save you a seat @10am to 11.30am

Call or text nerida on 0468 877 125.

If these are popular I am thinking of starting a series of classes on a fortnightly basis.

Why Christmas cards I ask myself? Because there are only 19 weeks to Christmas. 

I've reserved us a table, so come for a coffee a cake and stay to make a card with me if you like.

Claus Manor is a lovely little cafe and Christmas shop so you'll probably find some good inspiration for gifts here, too.

Here's another of my early christmas inspired cards.

Both cards feature the new Mosaic punch and Modern Mosaic embossing folder.

I just have to mention this cute little Santa stamp that comes as part of the "Tag it" stamp set.

When you purchase the Six stamps in the "Tag It" set,  Stampin' Up! Will donate $3 to Ronald McDonald house charities Australia.

Snow Flakes Christmas card

 We had a fabulous day stamping yesterday (Thursday) ... making christmas cards.
It was kind of an end of year Christmas lunch and last minute stamp a stack rolled into one festive Day.
Jill and Soph made a few of these ones above with the Snow Flurry Big shot die using whisper white and silver glimmer paper.

 We stamped our own background using the Greetings of the Season stampset in Not Quite Navy ink.
Then stamped the Season's greeting stampset from "Snow swirled" just because it fitted easily into the apothecary accents framelit die that we liked the shape of.

And the second card was made with all the little bits of snow flakes left on the table after I put away all my toys. Kind of like random snowflakes falling - not that we have snow here at this time of year but I always think snow flakes symbolise  freezers and air conditioners, which is where the chilled champagne comes from. So who couldn't love snowflakes at any time of year?

Ornaments and music notes

 What says christmas more than christmas carols and ornaments on the tree?
Jess has two music teachers and her class teacher plays the recorder so these musical notes just make a lovely background for several of her cards.

Simple as: this second one uses just the musical notes wheel, Delightful decorations and Greetings of the Season stampsets and the ornament punch.
First card is Elegant eggplant and Marina Mist while the second one has more traditional colours of Real Red and Lucky Limeade green.
If you are needing to place an order before Christmas, please send an email to nerida_carter@hotmail.com or text to 0468 877 125 by the 14th December.

Two tags for Owl Occasions

 If this is Saturday then you know that I am at Stampin' Up's Heartfelt Event at Darling Harbour and enjoying an exciting day ... what else can I say?

Wish you were here!

 In the meantime, here is the card I made for the Demo boards for the stampin' up! Heartfelt event.

Owls are very popular this season - I am seeing them on pillows, Manchester, children's clothes, birthday cards and wrapping paper.

I have die cut a tag from the Two tags die using the Big shot in my favourite cardstock ( Crumb cake ).

Then glammed it up just a touch with a decorative strip of

 gold glimmer paper

cut with the Finishing Touches edgelit die.

It hides a piece of sticky strip that anchors my folded scallopped Tulle ribbon.

 Did you notice the little owl crown?

It is a small piece of glimmer paper cut from the edgelit and raised on an even smaller piece of dimensional.

Recipe:

Cardstock: Crumb cake, Basic Black, Whisper white.

Gold Glimmer paper.

Stampsets: Greetings of the season, Owl Occasions

Ink: White craft ink, and Basic black.

Antique Brads. Scallopped Tulle ribbon.

Tools: Big shot by Sizzix.

Dies:Two tags die, Edgelits, Apothecary accents,

Embossing folder: Lacy Brocade.

Corner rounder.

Big shot snow flurry and silver spritzing

Get your big shots ready ...

Its November, which is serious Christmas card making time!

Even if you don't do Christmas you can't avoid the SEASON of celebration we have ahead of us.

I'll be loading my cards as I make them ... ideas for you to create yourself.

Give me a call if you want some help with the supplies, techniques or a demonstration.

 Card Recipe is as follows:

Big shot machine

Snow flurry Die

Apothecary Accent Die

Stampset: Greetings of the Season

Cardstock: Whisper white, Midnight Muse.

Ink: Midnight muse

white stazon (for sponging)

Smooch Spritz (silver foil)

Window sheets (acetate) for snowflake and stencilling.

Glimmer paper (silver)

Sharp snip scissors.

I have stamped my own background on the Midnight Muse cardstock with the words "Noel" and "Peace on Earth" then sprayed silver spritz.

 I've created my own stencil using the acetate negative from the Snow flurry die.

The Smooch spritzing is very effective to use with a mask or stencilling.

The snow flake is made of acetate (window sheets) sponged with white stazon ink with one layer of the glimmer paper. Topped with a vintage facetted button and Rhinestone jewel.

Glue dotted together with a silver brad to hold it all together.

Scentsational Season

 Here's to wishing you Peace on Earth and a Scent-sational season!

This one started as a CASE of the Peace on Earth card on page 8 of the Holiday catalogue.

I liked the Banner / Flag shape of the stamped panel and I was going to put the Peace on Earth circle in the middle of the Glimmer Paper scallop, but decided I just had to use the gingerbread man which relegated the peace on earth to the bottom right hand side.

 Just loving this Designer Series patterned paper - Snow Festival - with the neighbourhood houses, trees and snow flakes from page 10.

It looks really lush layered on top of the Cherry Cobbler Core'dinations paper that I have crumpled and distressed.

 My second card is a paired back version using the Christmas tree image within the scalloped circle and a piece of Snow Festival Paper on top of gumball green cardstock.

The background is stamped with Sahara Sand ink on Sahara Sand Cardstock.

I have stamped the Daydream Medallions randomly so they look a tiny bit like snowflakes.

 I think the sahara sand cardstock works well with the blues and greens, while the crumb cake card goes better with Cherry Cobbler and reds. What do you think?

Greetings of the Season $21.95

Scentsational Seasons $25.95

Snow Festival DSP $18.95

Glimmer paper $8.95