Merry Christmas from Stampin’ Up!
Yesterday I received an email from Stampin’ Up! entitled Merry Christmas. It contained a link to a Youtube video. I thought you might like to see this fun message from Shelli Gardner and the team at Stampin’ Up! Salt Lake City.
Enjoy.
Bye for now, Kris.
First Edition Snowman & Ornament
This project at Craft Project Central by Carrie Rhodes is absolutely gorgeous. I love our Newsprint DSP and can’t wait to make my own Snowman for my Christmas Display.
The gorgeous ornament made from the same DSP is super cut too. It’s a great variation on the ornament on the front cover of the Holiday Mini but uses some punches instead of the ornament framelits. Take a visit to Carrie’s blog to let her know how much you love her work.
Remember if you would like the tutorial for these projects, just subscribe to the December Edition of Craft Project Central – 10 projects for $10.00. Amazing value.
Bye for now, Kris.
Christmas Party
On Saturday I had a Christmas Party/Luncheon/GetTogether with my downline and my most loyal customers and hostesses. The weather was kind to us, not too hot and no rain, so we were able to spend time outside in the fresh air. Some of these ladies have been my customers since I joined back in 2007.
These ladies really spoilt me with some lovely gifts, lots were hand made. There were also lots of chocolate and beautiful edible gifts.
These are the gifts I made for my downline.
I used various Stampin’ Up! fabrics to make each of them a wine holder and of course I had to add a bottle of wine. I also made each one a decorated candle with a “plate” for them to sit on. I just love that beautiful tulle.
The gifts I made for my customers were shared with us at the Brisbane Regionals by Ruth Clarke. I took one of the Kraft Boxes which you can find in the Annual Catalogue and cut them in half. I add in a strip of Window Sheet which I embossed using the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder. This allowed me to add quite a large bag of choccies for each of the ladies. The top box holds a wooden flower which is infused with the most gorgoeus aroma and something I thought would add a nice touch to each of their homes. I did add a little Designer Series Paper to the sides of this box.
I made a belly band from the 7/8″ Cotton Ribbon in the Holiday Mini. To make sure it didn’t come apart, I used Sticky Strip and then added a couple of staples. I made a rosette from Early Expresso card, added a stamped Christmas Tree from the Joyous Celebrations stamp set and a Cherry Cobbler 1-3/4″ Scallop Circle. I punched a 1-3/4″ Circle from Cherry Cobbler card and attached it behind the ribbon and then using Sticky Strip stuck the medallion to the top of the 1-3/4″ Circle, so the whole thing can be removed to allow access to the contents of the boxes.
All in all it was a fabulous day. I love spending time with these ladies who are now all really good friends.
I am taking a little break from classes so that I can get prepared for the New Year. Hopefully I will be able to update my Classes page and you will be able to see the dates and what is coming up.
Don’t worry I will be back from time to time with the things I have been making.
Bye for now, Kris.
Sentsational Season Boxed Cards & Tags
Hooray, its my project that is up today at Craft Project Central. I love this stamp set (Sentsational Season) and will miss it when this catalogue ends. I love the cute little images and the fact that you can use the matching framelits to cut them out.
I had a lot of fun putting this together, there are cards and lots of tags. Again this would make a great gift for someone special, including yourself. Don’t forget to get the instructions, all you need to do is visit Craft Project Central and sign up for the December Edition – only $10.00 for 10 tutorials.
Now because I am a Designer for this edition, I get to give away one free subscription. Sooo, just leave me a comment and I will put you in the draw to win. I love comments.
Bye for now, Kris.
Baker’s Dozen
Here is another project from the December edition of Craft Project Central. This gorgeous set is designed by Nicki Toll. Take a visit to her blog and see what else she has been doing. Don’t forget to leave a comment. We all love comments!
‘Tis the season for baking and crafting! It’s the time of year to give gifts and home-made gifts are the best! This project will give you lots of ideas for embellishing those yummy treats you plan on handing out this holiday season! And if you aren’t a baker yourself, give the entire ensemble as a gift to someone who is. Ensemble includes a Treat Box, Treat Pocket, Wine Bottle Tags, Tie-On Tags, Cello Bag Cookie Treat and Cupcake Toppers!
To get the tutorial for this fantastic set, all you need to do is visit Craft Project Central and sign up for the December edition. Remember it is only $10.00 for 10 tutorials. The tutorials are all step by step with photos which makes re-creating very easy.
Bye for now, Kris.
Snow Festival Ornament, Box and Card
I have designed a project for the December edition of Craft Project Central. I love working with these guys, the projects are always fantastic and provide lots of inspiration. I hope you will take the time to visit and see what great projects are available, not only this month but for previous months as well.
This is the first project for the December edition designed by the fabulous Regina Andari. A gorgeous ornament, keepsake box and a card. What a lovely gift to make for yourself or to give to someone special. Take a visit to Regina’s blog to see what other beautiful things she has been creating.
To get the tutorial all you have to do is visit Craft Project Central and subscribe to the month of December. It only costs $10.00 for 10 tutorials. Fantastic value. Why not buy one for your favourite crafty relative or friend for Christmas. They’ll be so grateful that you did.
I’ll be back with more soon.
Bye for now, Kris.
Sunny Challenge 70
This week our challenge has been brought to us by Vicky and she has given us a great sketch and all we have to do is make a non-traditional Christmas card. I thought about this for quite a while and decided to make my card using both non-traditional colours and some non-traditional images. I did take a little licence with the sketch, but not too much.
I attached Very Vanilla card to scored and folded Elegant Eggplant card. I cut one piece of River Rock card which I embossed using the Fancy Fan Embossing Folder and attached it to the top of the Very Vanilla card. I cut a piece of Melon Mambo card, embossed it using the Stripes Embossing Folder and attached it to the bottom of the Very Vanilla card. I stamped “Christmas Blessings” from the More Merry Messages stamp set onto the bottom of another piece of Very Vanilla card using Melon Mambo ink. I embossed a piece of Elegant Eggplant card using the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder and attached it above the greeting. I stamped the journalling image from the Everything Eleanor stamp set onto scrap Very Vanilla card using Melon Mambo ink and punched out the centre using the 1-3/8″ Circle Punch and then punched the remainder of the image using the 2-3/8″ Scallop Circle which created a “wreath”. 
I used the ornament punch from the Merry Minis Punch Pack to punch Silver Glimmer Paper. I attached a piece of Whisper White Baker’s Twine to the back of the ornament and then to the back of the wreath before attaching it to the Embossed Elegant Eggplant card. I did add a Mini Glue Dot to the back of the ornament so that it would stay in position.
All in all I think this has turned out to have a real Christmas feel to it, even using such bright colours. What do you think?
Now for some more inspiration pop over Sunny Challenges and Creations to see what the rest of the design team have created. Once you have made your card, scrap page or 3d item add it to Mr. Linky. I know you guys are busy with your Christmas preparations but we can always use another Christmas card, can’t we? I look forward to seeing what you have created.
Bye for now, Kris.
Christmas Angels
I wanted to share with you the Angel Christmas Tree ornaments that my grandchildren and I created this past week. Every year my grandchildren help me to put the tree up and then we have to make something new to add to it. I saw these cute little angel ornaments that Cindee Wilkinson made and thought that they would be relatively easy for the children to make. Cindee shared a link to a great video tutorial by Kay Kalthoff which made it very easy to duplicate them.
I used some retired Flirtatious Designer Series Paper and some beads I found at my local Spotlight store. The buttons are from various Designer Button packs. The Paper Doilies were cut from Very Vanilla card.
My grandchildren range in age from 2-1/2 to nearly 8 so they had varying degrees of help. Of course I didn’t let them use the hot glue gun by themselves but they all added glue and held the various pieces together.
They look pretty cute hanging onto the tree too. Many thanks to Cindee and Kay for providing the inspiration and the tutorial.
Bye for now, Kris.
More Free Tutorials
I have been asked to share my tutorial for my Christmas Ornament and also the Presentation Box which I designed for it.
You can download the Christmas Ornament Tutorial here and the Presentation Box Tutorial here. You can also find these tutorials on my Free Tutorial page.
Enjoy!
Bye for now, Kris.
New Tutorial
I had a few requests for a tutorial for my Christmas Ornament Shaker Card, so I have created one and added it to my Free Tutorial Page. If you would like to download this tutorial, then click on the photo below.
I hope you enjoy this tutorial. I will be uploading more FREE tutorials in the next couple of days.
Bye for now, Kris.
Stamping with Kris 