Simple but impressive Christmas gifts

Last weekend I had my final class for the year.  The ideas of these creations are not mine.  I was inspired by Jacque from Stamp Happy and what they made at the Hamilton Extravaganza weekend earlier this month.  My class had lots of fun and this is what we created.

 

We used the Petite Pockets die for the coffee sachet holder and the Labels Collection Framelit dies for the biscuit bag toppers.  To decorate and embellish both, we used the Scentsational Season stamps and dies and Be of Good Cheer DSP.  

The biscuits inside the bags also feature the designs from some of the Sweet Pressed Cookie Stamps - A great Christmas gift.

We also made a twisted card, perfect for a voucher. I will show you that one soon too.

Thanks for stopping by.

Angela

 

Pink, purple and cupcakes

Pink, purple and cupcakes is a great combination for a girl's card.  I made this card for my niece's 6th birthday.  This is a similar style layout to the card I made a couple of weeks ago with the ducks on it, but it looks quite different with a different image and colour combination.

This card features a trick I have learnt from Dawn T.  She taught me to sponge white paper with ink to get the right colour to match.  Usually this isn't an issue when using Stampin' Up products as the card, inks and markers match each other perfectly, but it is a good trick to know if you run out of matching card.  I didn't have any pink card in the colour I wanted, nor did I have the ink pad, but I did have the pink marker, so I coloured a strip of white paper in ink, let it dry and then punched it with the scalloped trim border punch.  Also, one of the cupcakes didn't stamp too well, so rather than having to stamp all three again, I stamped another one on a blank piece of paper, coloured it, fussy cut it and mounted it over the top with dimensionals and it looks like it was always meant to be like that and adding dimension to the card too.

Supplies:
Stamps: Easy Events
Cardstock: Whisper white, 
DSP: In colours 2011-2013 - Wisteria Wonder
Other: Stampin' Up markers, dimensionals, scalloped trim border punch

Thanks for dropping by and for your comments.

Angela

Pyramid Christmas Tree Card

This was the other card we made at my card class last Sunday afternoon.

The pyramid Christmas tree card can be used as a card, or as a Christmas decoration with a safety tealight underneath which shines through the holes making twinkly fairy lights when it isn't so light. This card was inspired and CASED from Heather Stewart.

Below is a photo of it taken at night with the tealight.   Not the greatest photo, but it gives you some idea of how it can look.

Supplies:
Cardstock: Gumball Green, Very Vanilla
Ink: Gumball Green, Cherry Cobbler (marker pen)
Other: Simple Scored Scoring Tool, Petal-a-Plenty Embossing Folder, Star punch (Merry Minis Punch Pack) Piercing mat, piercing tool, Big Shot

Thanks for stopping by.

Angela

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Promotion One:
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Dates: 1 - 30 November 2012

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Dates: 1 November - 16 December, 2012 

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