Although it’s summer during the Christmas season in Australia, a cup of hot cocoa is always reminiscent of the festive season. There is something warm and homely about having a warm cup of cocoa and some marshmallows sitting with your family. I’ve used the TeaCup dies to create the festive cup that hold our warm…
What a beautiful colour combination we have for this seventeenth challenge of the #30DayChristmasCardMakingChallenge. Have you been playing along? I’m having so much fun with each challenge. I encourage you to try these for yourselves and have fun making a batch of Christmas cards. From today until the 28th of November I have a fabulous…
Ho Ho Hope left our theme quite broad for Day 13 of the #30DayChristmasCardMakingChallenge. I chose Hope for my focus. I used the Peace to You stamp set to remind us of the hope and meaning of Christmas. A classic and simple colour palette of Black, White and Silver was used. To achieve a crisp…
Hi friend, Welcome to the November Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop. I’m so glad I’ve got this blog hop as I’ve been in a bit of a crafting rut this past week and this has forced me to get on the job! It’s a little bit different today as we are sharing handmade Christmas tree…
Welcome to Stamping Flair in Melbourne, Australia. I’m blog hopping with my friends at the New at SU team and the theme is Happy Holidays. I have chosen the Wishes & Wonder bundle to highlight. With it’s reindeer and sleigh and other images, it is a very cute set to work with. I particularly like…
I have made it to Day 30 of the #30DayChristmasCardMakingChallenge and it’s an all encompassing theme of All I Want for Christmas. I apologize in advance if you now have Mariah Carey singing in your head all day long! You have 2 more months of that to go!! I quite like that song but I…
Many of us have grown up with chalkboards during our schooling and the screeching sound of chalk against the chalkboard is one we’d rather forget! Today’s #30DayChristmasCardmakingChallenge is a Chalkboard Christmas. Although, there are alternate ways to interpret this, I went with the traditional black chalkboard. Heat embossing the sentiment from Wrapped in Christmas helped…
Day 28 of the #30DayChristmasCardmakingChallenge is a colour challenge with Real Red, Smoky Slate and Basic Gray. I love using the neutral shades in the Stampin’ Up! colour range. They provide a great base for cards and can help to soften strong colours. I first chose the ‘Tis the Season Designer Series Paper for the…
I love this sketch challenge for Day 26 of the #30DayChristmasCardMakingChallenge. It is so open and really gives you so many ways to interpret it. I’ve used the ornaments from the Cherish the Season stamp set to create my focal image, replacing the snowflake in the sketch. I coloured the ornaments in Just Jade Stampin’…