Christmas is coming!

Hello and welcome back.
It's been a busy week here at the crafty yellow camper, with the days flying by my card class this month focused on Christmas.  Now I know that some of you reading this post will be in denial (you know who you are!) but with the pages of awesome Christmas stamps, dies, papers and more in the Stampin Up! holiday catalogue it's hard not to get excited about the coming festivities.

The first card I wanted to share with you uses the Dashing Deer bundle and some fab embossing folders, Curls and Swirls and the Subtle folder, along with the Tin Tile folder. If you haven't yet seen the Subtle Folder it's worth a look, it gives a linen type feel to the card, very delicate but impressive.
The card was inspired and partly cased from a sample I received from the lovely Karen Henderson over at Furry Cat Designs, as part of a team swap. Thank you Karen for your fabulous card.

Next we revisited an old technique, inking the inside of the folder before embossing. I added some of the shimmer paint to the trees for some shine.

I couldn't resist these cheeky snowmen, they are soooooooo cute! We used the blends to colour, the brush tips make for really easy and quick colouring and although there are no dies to co-ordinate with this set, they are quick to fussy cut with the snips.

We used them again for this card, this time heat embossing and inking the background in the resist technique.

I don't think the camera really does it justice, but the blends make it really easy to add a bit of shading to the snowmen, and with the colour lifter blend it to give that frosty look, add a bit of dazzling diamonds glitter and he really looks as if he's just come in from the cold.
That's all from me for today, if you would like to buy any of the products used in this post, please drop me a message. Alternatively if you would like to have a go at making some of the cards and are local to me I'd be happy to show you how. Again drop me a message and I can get in touch.
Check back next week for a sneek peek at the fabulous offer we have coming up in November, I can't wait for my order to arrive so that I can get creating and show you some samples.
Happy stamping
Julia
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