Penguin Parade

Okay so it’s not exactly a parade! You’ll have to forgive me my alliteration!

Today’s card uses the cute new penguins which have, in my opinion, many uses, Stampin up! Have though of us and incorporated some greetings which make it not only great for Christmas but also great for birthdays, anniversaries and much more. Any of you who know me well will know that however lovely a set is I stick to my 5 ways rule when purchasing new product, so for this set we have the 3 card types I’ve mentioned above, plus it will be awesome for making tags, decorating wrapping paper and much more.

Again a fairly simple card, I used some sponges and ink blending tools and the torn paper technique to make the background for the penguins and added some of that ice glitter for snow, there isn’t a die for the penguins I’m afraid but they aren’t difficult to fussy cut, I have a you tube tutorial about fussy cutting, and they do ramp up the cuteness factor by raising them up with dimensional.

That’s all from me for today, check back next week to see what I’ve been up to with our snow globe dies and the wonderful new Snow Front stamp set.

Happy stamping

Julia x

A bit of sparkle

A girl can never have too much bling! And one of my favourite things about Christmas is that it gives me the excuse to hit the sparkle, Stampin Up! Have introduced some new sparkle products in the seasonal catalogue, there is new ice glitter, shimmery crystal glaze and sparkle embossing powder, be still my beating heart!!

When I got the chance to look through the new seasonal brochure and get my hands on some of the new goodies one of the first things I ordered was the Feels like Frost bundle, it was so gorgeous that I HAD to have it all (although all of the items are available separately) and in today’s card I just used the stamp set to make a simple one layer Christmas card, stamping using versamark and heat embossing for some sparkle, with the finishing touch of a bit of shading with a chalk pen. Ideal if you need to batch make lots of cards and easy to post with only one layer, let’s face it we don’t want the embarrassment of our recipients having to pay extra postage because we went overboard with the bells and whistles (embellishments and extra layers!)

It really is a very simple card but I hope you like it.

Check back tomorrow where I’ll be showing you the cute new penguins we have in the seasonal catalogue.

Happy stamping

Julia x

Friday Favourites

One of the sets that has spent the most time on my desk has been Free as a Bird. I absolutely love the image of the 3 birds on the branch and have used it for loads of different cards. I haven’t however, used the single birds as much so challenged myself to use those more. I also find that there are sets which jump out of the catalogue at me and go straight to the top of my ‘must have’ list, and then there are those which are the slow burners and grow on me gradually. Very Versailles was one of those sets, so in this card I’ve combined the 2 sets in another simple card which I hope you will think is very effective.

I just love that script stamp and the leaves are so simple but elegant.

That’s all from me today, l will be back over the weekend with some of the Christmas projects I’m working on.

Happy stamping

Julia x

Thursday Picks

Hi there,
I thought I would share a couple of cards using product from the annual catalog which sometimes can get overlooked at this time of year, I love Christmas and will be the first to admit that I’m having lots of the wonderful new Christmas sets on my desk at the moment, but there are some wonderful sets in the annual catalogue too, and as I’m a bit in denial as we race towards Christmas at an alarming speed, a bit of all year crafting helps settle my impending panic!

The first card I’m sharing today features the amazing magnolias, there is a whole suite of coordinating products, a 2 part stamp set, dies, designer series papers etc, for this #simplestamping card I’ve used the main magnolia image as the focal point and embossed with our fabulous copper embossing.
Check back tomorrow to see the other card I made.
Happy stamping
Julia x