Monday 28 November 2016

Christmas party invitations

How lucky I am to work with a great team of people!  This year I decided to make proper invitations to the Christmas dinner.
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A sweet little invitation to the annual office Christmas party

Each invitation is made from 1/4 of a piece of Cherry Cobbler cardstock folded in half.  To this I added a layer of Very Vanilla cardstock which I first spritzed with a little water and embossed with the gorgeous Cable Knit Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder which gives an amazingly deep and crisp embossed pattern.

The words "Christmas" and "Party Time" are from the Designer Tin of Cards stamp set.  I stamped them in Stazon ink onto Gold Foil Sheet before cutting them out with one of the oval Stitched Shapes Framelits (now my favourite framelits!)

I added some pine boughs and a Classy Designer Button (threaded with Cherry Cobbler twine) and voila - all finished in no time!
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So quick and easy to make!
Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie


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Sunday 27 November 2016

Crazy Crafters Blog Hop - 27 November - Guest Cindy Schuster



Welcome to the Crazy Crafters Blog Hop with our Special Guest stamper, Cindy Schuster - we are thrilled to have Cindy join us this month and so excited to CASE (Copy And Selectively Edit) any project that has been created by her . Cindy is on the Artisan design team and has been selected for three years running!! What an incredible achievement!   We hope you find great inspiration from the projects.

This is Cindy's beautiful card that inspired me.
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Knowing that this very talented lady is on the 2015-2016 Artisan Design Team gave me an inkling that choosing a card to CASE might be tricky but it turned out to be even more difficult than I anticipated! 

I love the way that Cindy heat embossed and coloured the Fancy Frost DSP so I decided to use my favourite ... Copper embossing powder and combined it with Dapper Denim for a change.
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Copper embossed Fancy Frost paper inspired by Cindy Schuster

Using a light touch, I swiped a Versamark pad across the Fancy Frost paper, sprinkled with the copper embossing powder and heat embossed.  I then sponged with Island Indigo ink followed by a very light touch of Dapper Denim over the raised areas.  I then cut the piece to size and sponged the edges with Dapper Denim ink.
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Every angle gives a new view
I then made a swing fold card using Dapper Denim cardstock.  I added my Fancy Frost paper to the centre front and a frame of Copper Foil Sheet.  I used the Botanical Builder Framelits to create the floral decorations with Copper Foil Sheet, Dapper Denim and Marina Mist cardstocks.  I used Fancy Frost sequins for the centres of the flowers.
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Swing cards are a fun fold that looks good from any angle
I adhered a piece of Marina Mist cardstock to the inside back of the card and stamped a greeting from the Tin of Cards stamp set in Basic Black ink.  I added some little Copper Foil blossoms that were cut with the Bloomin' Heart Thinlits.
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The combination of Dapper Denim and Copper is very elegant
  
The other part of the card, I decorated with the remainder of my Fancy Frost paper and a greeting from the Hostess stamp set called Gift of Love.
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Whilst not copper in colour, the Fancy Frost Sequins go very well with this colour scheme
 
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I used this greeting because it epitomises my friend - she is so incredibly loving, nurturing and caring that it's a wonderful gift that she gives to the world.  I stamped it onto Soft Sky cardstock and cut it out with one of the new Stitched Shapes Framelits whch I layered onto a piece of Copper Foil cut with one of the Layering Squares Framelits and added a couple more of the Bloomin' Heart little blossoms. 
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A close up of the Botanical Builder floral arrangement


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'Til next time
Stephanie
 
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Friday 25 November 2016

Lovely As A Copper Tree

This masculine card is for a friend of ours who loves nature and has a beautiful garden.  Unfortunately, I struggled with the photography with the gorgeous copper shine and I have to say that the card is much more handsome in person!

This card is entered into this week's Crazy Crafters Project Highlights which you can visit here to see all the great projects and vote for your favourites.
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All things copper - foil sheet, embossing powder & metallic thread
My all-time favourite stamp from Lovely As A Tree is heat embossed with the gorgeous copper embossing powder.  I filled the foreground by wrapping Copper Metallic Thread around the card many times.  I stamped the leaf image onto Copper Foil Sheet with Stazon ink.  The banner is from the Thoughtful Banners stamp set and is stamped in Basic Black ink onto Very Vanilla cardstock (although it has come out looking a bit white in the photo).

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

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