The Crafty Thinker: Stephanie Fischer - Independent Stampin' Up Demonstrator: Christmas Stockings Thinlits

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Wednesday, 16 November 2016

Christmas stockings above the fireplace.

Whilst I have aclimatised (as one would expect after more than 30 years!), I'm still a little conflicted at Christmas time.

Having grown up with wintry Christmases, I'm still drawn to the comforting and cheerful images of glowing fires, warm clothing, snowmen etc! I do now, however, associate summer with Christmas - although it took a few years. I used to get the urge to do my Christmas shopping at completely the wrong time of year and then end up in a mad dash to the shops at the last possible minute on Christmas Eve! Those days are gone!

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I apologise - I have just realised that the Woodgrain Background stamp is in fact retired!

I am, however, struggling to believe that Christmas is almost upon us. I just don't know where the year has gone!

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

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Monday, 14 November 2016

Baby announcement congratulations card

I was struggling to come up with good ideas for a card for my niece and nephew who have just announced that their family will be growing next year. Then I saw a very cute card by a talented lady called Jo Weedon in a Facebook group. Unfortunately I can't link to her original card which had a very cute cartoon punch art look to it.

Inspired by her card, I've taken perhaps a more direct approach! No explanations necessary!

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The greeting is from the Floral Phrases stamp set

Botanical Builder and Christmas Stockings Thinlits dies


Minimising my use of the gorgeous Copper Foil Sheets

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'Til next time!
Stephanie

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Monday, 3 October 2016

Metallic Merry Tag Trio

I couldn't resist another card with copper baubles!

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The little snowflake is from the middle of one of the Christmas Stockings Thinlits

The card is an A5 piece of Basic Gray folded in half. There's a layer of Silver Foil Sheet and then a final layer of Basic Gray that was embossed with the Pine Bough embossing folder.

I used the Layering Circles dies to cut one circle out of Copper and another from Silver Foil Sheets. I ran these through the Big Shot in the Softly Falling embossing folder to get a dotty texture. I cut a bauble rim in copper with one of the Merry Tags framelits and glued it to the front of the silver circle. I already had the top half of a Merry Tag in silver left over from a previous card and glued that to the copper circle.

I cut the more elaborate Merry Tag from Silver Foil and used the circular die in the set to cut some copper which I glued to the centre of the bauble.

To obtain the pretty little snowflake for the centre of the bauble, I used a scrap of Silver Foil and cut it with a die from the Christmas Stockings Thinlits (one of the stockings has the snowflake in the centre of it).

I used Gold twine from the Bakers Twine Trio Pack to hang the baubles from a piece of Silver Foil cut with a Cheerful Tags framelit.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

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Sunday, 2 October 2016

Christmas Stockings and Merry Tag

This card started with the little silver reindeer that was leftover from this card!

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The little silver reindeer was a leftover from a previous card, cut from another Merry Tag bauble

The Basic Gray card is 51/2" square, layered with Silver Foil Sheet, Warmth & Cheer Designer Series Paper and a final layer of Basic Gray.

The Christmas Stockings are cut in Silver and Copper Foil with tops of Fancy Frost Specialty paper.

The Merry Tags bauble is cut in Copper Foil Sheet with a Whisper White backing cut with one of the Layering Circles framelits. I glued the little silver reindeer to the centre of the bauble.

The three main elements are "suspended" from the Noel banner from the Christmas Stockings Thinlits which is decorated with holly, cut with dies from the same set, of Cucumber Crush and Red Foil. Unfortunately the red foil is now retired - but I seem to still have LOADS of it.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - To shop in my online store, click on one of the product images below (Australiann Residents only)

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