Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop: Christmas - Peaceful Boughs Christmas Table Favour

Welcome to the monthly Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop.  This month our theme is Christmas.  You are currently visiting Stephanie Fischer (The Crafty Thinker) from Australia. I hope you enjoy my project and then click on "Click here to enter" and click through the little images to see all of the other great projects in the hop!

I like to make little treats or "table favours" for my Christmas table with place names attached.  The pressure is on each year to come up with something a bit different!

A Christmas table favor featuring the Peaceful Boughs Bundle and Winter Snow embossing folder

This year, I've used the Peaceful Boughs Bundle to make little festive wrappers for a chocolaty treat.  Our Christmas Crackers (or Bon Bons) this year are silver, so I embossed a little piece of Silver Foil Sheet with the Winter Snow Embossing Folder.

The wrapper is made from Blackberry Bliss cardstock, the cones are silver heat embossed on Early Espresso card, the foliage is cut from Shaded Spruce card and the whole thing is held together with a piece of Gray Granite Shimmer Ribbon.  The names are written on little Very Vanilla banners cut with one of the Tasteful Labels dies.

These are the dimensions for the wrapper box

I added a strip of adhesive to the back of the wrapper in this location to adhere the ribbon

The wrapper box is the pefect size for fun size packs of M&Ms

I hope the project you've seen here on my blog today has brightened your day.  

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Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

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Product List - All available for purchase from my online store

Peaceful Boughs Bundle (En)

$90.75

Winter Snow Embossing Folder

$13.00

Gray Granite 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Shimmer Ribbon

$12.25

Silver Foil Sheets

$8.75

Blackberry Bliss A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Shaded Spruce A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Early Espresso A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Versamark Pad

$16.50

Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder

$10.50

Tasteful Labels Dies

$54.00

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

$17.00

Floating Frame #Elfie and Beautiful Boughs - a Christmas Card

#Elfie on a floating frame of Peaceful Boughs

So, I sort of missed the boat with the "floating frame" phenomenon.  I saw a couple of cards, liked them and ordered some of the Press and Seal that I heard was essential and then my life took a bit of a turn and floating frames were forgotten!  

The other day I came across the unused Press and Seal in my cupboard and decided it was time to do something with it.  Of course, the sensible thing would have been to look for some tutorials or instructions but apparently I'm not sensible!  I winged it!  So this is probably not a true floating frame card.

I wanted to keep some of the branches looking organic (since they're cut from Copper Foil I can't really use the term "natural").  I also wanted to use a bit of the gorgeous Brightly Gleaming paper and (with the great benefit of hindsight) I've worked out a better way of achieving the look I wanted.

I should have cut a rectangle of Brightly Gleaming paper with the correct external dimensions.  Then placed that, face down, onto the sheet of Press and Seal.  Having cut the foliage from the Copper Foil, the next step should have been to arrange the foliage - using a little adhesive or sticky tape to keep the foliage attached to the frame later) and then flip it face up onto a cutting mat.  Then position the smaller rectangle die to cut.

I used little pieces of Stampin' Dimensional that I cut from the edges of the sheet and placed them in strategic places so that the foliage and frame would be elevated from the surface of the card.
TIP:  I found it easier to remove the protective layer as I worked so that I knew that all of the little bits of dimensional were ready to stick.

I added a layer of Very Vanilla cardstock to the Pretty Peacock base card and then adhered my leafy frame, having removed the Press and Seal layer.

I coloured the #Elfie images with Stampin' Blends aclochol markers and hand cut them.  The gift is adhered to the card front and the elf is adhered to the raised frame.  I put a Stampin' Dimensional under his head to keep him level.

Finally, I stamped the greeting from the peaceful Boughs stamp set to fill in the remaining white space.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - All available for purchase from my online store

#Elfie Cling Stamp Set (En)

$38.00

Peaceful Boughs Bundle (En)

$90.75

Stitched Rectangle Dies

$61.00

Copper Foil Sheets

$8.75

Brightly Gleaming Specialty Designer Series Paper

$25.00

Pretty Peacock A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

$17.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

$10.00

Real Red Light Stampin' Blends

$7.75

Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

$15.50

Call Me Clover Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

$15.50

Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

$15.50

Mango Melody Light Stampin' Blends

$7.75

Pumpkin Pie Light Stampin' Blends Marker

$7.75

Ink it! Stamp it! International Design Team Blog Hop - Sneak Peek - Holiday Catalogue: Basic Pattern Decorative Masks

Welcome to the Ink It! Stamp It! Design Team Blog Hop - we hop every month so be sure to pop back and visit us again!  

Today we are providing sneak peeks from the new Holiday Catalogue!

You are currently at my page - Stephanie Fischer, The Crafty Thinker.  At the end of my post there is a full line up of team members, please click on the name after mine in the list to continue the hop.

I have chosen to use one of the Basic Pattern Decorative Masks (page 35 - 150697).  There are four patterns in the collection and all of them are very versatile so they can be used all year around for any type of card.

An all-purpose card featuring one of the Basic Pattern Masks and Silvery Shimmer ink
that can be found in the 2019 Stampin' Up Holiday Catalogue

Here I've used two of the patterns, in each case sponging over the mask with some of the new Delicata Metallic Ink (Page 16) which is available in gold, silver or copper and refills are also available.  I've used the Silvery Shimmer (150709).

In the first card (above), I've kept it very simple and made an all-purpose card (I'm thinking birthday, get well or sympathy).  

I stamped the image from Beautiful Day with the Silvery Shimmer ink onto Basic Gray cardstock and added some shading with the Basic Black Stampin' Blends Combo alcohol markers before hand cutting.

I gave the otherwise monochromatic card a pop of colour with a little piece of Mint Macaron Textile Ribbon.

A Christmas Card made with the Basic Pattern Masks and Peaceful Boughs Bundle
Products featured in the 2019 Stampin' Up Holiday Catalogue

Then I made a Christmas card with another of the masks and the Peaceful Boughs Bundle (page 15 - 153033).

Using the same Silvery Shimmer ink, I sponged through the mask onto Basic Black cardstock.

TIP:  The Delicata Metallic Ink is a pigment ink so it dries quite slowly.  To avoid the chance of smudging, allow plenty of time for it dry or if you're impatient (like me!) you may want to give it a quick burst with your heat tool.

A close up attempting to show the effect of the Ice Stampin' Crystals

After I'd cut them out, I added some of the new Ice Stampin' Crystals to the silver boughs for that extra icy touch of bling.  Using a Fine-Tip Glue Pen makes it easy to add the glue to small pieces of foliage.

The sentiment is one of two included in the Peaceful Boughs stamp set and the frame (which I cut from Real Red cardstock) is one of two frames included in the coordinating Beautiful Boughs Dies.  

Thank you so much for joining us today and we hope you'll join us again next month when we'll be sharing projects inspired by home decor.

I'm Stephanie Fischer and to keep hopping around see the list below to see who is up next with another great project.

Thanks for visiting
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - Available for purchase from my online store

Beautiful Day Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$37.00

Basic Black Combo Pack Stampin' Blends

$15.50

Silver Foil Sheets

$8.75

Basic Gray A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

$17.00

Mint Macaron 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Textile Ribbon

$12.25

Real Red A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate

$15.25