Winter Wonderland Angels and fairies

Hi All - This will be my last winter wonderland DT post after 18 months i have decided i cannot keep up. The girls are a wonderful team and i know the blog will continue to grow and flourish - Thanks for having me :0)

Onto the card - I have used a tilda image, bo bunny papers and a martha stewart punch then threaded ribbon through the slits. Tim Holtz pine branch stamp for the edges, Stampin up sentiment and a lovely bloom to finish off.

my Team mates as ever have done an ammmaaazzing job so do stop by and say hello here

Christmas card class

Another Christmas card class last night where the theme of Tim Holtz spilled over into next months theme of trees! This lush colour combo was discovered by one of my regular attendees - Alison. We were using Stampin up inks and Alison played with these colours - crumb cake, old olive and rich razzleberry. When the class was over I had a play myself and made this quick card. Stamped on cream which has the edges distressed lightly then inked with crumb cake (such a lovely colour) its then mounted on rich razzleberry card stock and onto a Kraft card blank. The trees are Tim Holtz and the sentiment butterfly kisses.

This is thin enough to go through the post on an ordinary stamp to so an extra bonus!

Thanks for the inspiration Alison!

Janet x

So pretty in pink - Winter Wonderland

well this is a first for me - seriously this was a huge challenge to a traditional red and green gal but actually I had lots of fun with it too.

Over on Winter Wonderland this week the challeneg is to make a Christmas card that is pretty in pink. Now I do love pink and brown together and as kraft card is my fav colour at the moment I decided to combine it. The pink paper has been stamped in brown with snowflakes from a butterfly kisses set and the gorgous pine tree is from the stampin up set lovely as a tree. The sentiment is also a stampin up one which I believe to be now retired - perfect with the SU oval punches. I like the tab punch too to add a little bit more interest and this is also from SU.

So dont take my word for it hop on over to Winter Wonderland and enjoy some pink and pretty cards this week the Dt have some lush cards to share x

Happy Friday x Janet

June Christmas card class

It was the first of my Christmas card sessions for June last night which is Tim Holtz themed. you all know how much I love these lush stamps which are perfect for simple or complex projects - really versatile.

I have 3 newbies to stamping in the class at the moment so we went for simple. Tim Holtz stamps, SU inks and personal impressions glossy paper. This is a flat card for easy posting but is also a high quality looking card. The glossy finish of the paper makes it look printed so imagine the surprise when the recipient realises its actually hand stamped. I love this santa image which you already know as I have used him many times before.

I know people think the TH stamps are expensive but the quality of stamping and olde worlde imagery means they are timeless - I had 3 new converts last night have a convinced you too???

Have a great day x Janet

We are so blue and white and excited at Winter Wonderland this week!

This is quite a long post so do settle down for a cuppa whilst you play!

You should have joined me from Sally's Blog if not go to the beginning at Winter Wonderland

Winter Wonderland will be 2 on 30 May and we are celebrating by having a week long blog hop. We have 11 sponsors this week, yes, that’s right 11!!! But that’s not all because each member of the DT has some candy to give away too. Both teams are playing along this week plus little ole me who joins us at the end of each month so that’s another 11 prizes to be won.

We would like to have as many prize winners as possible so if your name is drawn for more than one prize we will draw again. That means 22 lucky people will win a prize this week. With so many prize winners we won’t be choosing a top 3 just for this week.

All you have to do to join in the fun is:

•· Play along with this week’s easy and fun challenge
•· Be a follower of Winter Wonderland
•· Visit each member of the DT and collect a letter•· Leave them a comment and enter their candy draw•· Rearrange the letters to make a two word Christmas Carol
•· E-mail the answer to Winter Wonderland
Of course you don’t have to join in the blog hop if you don’t want to. You can still enter this week’s challenge and be in with the chance of winning one of the 11 prizes this week but why miss out on doubling your chance of winning.
Of course you don’t have to join in the blog hop if you don’t want to. You can still enter this week’s challenge and be in with the chance of winning one of the 11 prizes this week but why miss out on doubling your chance of winning.

My wonderful Sponsor is the amazing Simon says Stamp who have the most fabulous range of crafting goodies. So someone on the hop will win $15 from Simon says Stamp and someone else will win a mystery Christmas present of a stamp and ribbon from me

To enter my candy you will need to leave me a comment and enter your blog link below. The letter you need to collect from me is N

Here is my blue and white card using the wonderful Hero Arts Magic of Christmas set. Click on the Simon says stamp logo to go straight to the page in the shop you can buy this stamp.

I do love this set which is perfect for all your Christmas cards this year!

I am the last person in the hop so now you need to return to the Winter Wonderland blog to send your email answer - after you have left me a comment of course!

Hope you enjoyed the fun x

Janet

Excitement is brewing!

Over at Winter Wonderland - we are 2 this year! Thrilled to be part of the celebrations I can tell you. Gorgeous art, loads of prizes and so lots of winners too. Stop by tomorrow when all will be revealed!

This month my Christmas card sessions have revolved around using leftovers. We all like to be thrifty so I tried to show a simple payout which will use up bits, is quick to do but still looks good.

This one is my favourite although the white space shouts at me every time I am determined to keep the less is more feel lol.

The die cuts are all Tim Holtz and all are wonderful to work with.

As you can see some of the papers are very old papermania ones where I have just had the odd sheet left. The beauty of cards 1 and 2 is they will also post with a normal stamp - always a bonus! Next month we are playing with Tim Holtz and monochrome cards - cant wait!

Have a great day and don't forget to stop by tomorrow and find out what the Winter Wonderland fun is all about!

Wintwer Wonderland - snow much fun!

My Winter Wonderland week again and a perfect excuse to show you some sneaky peeks at what I have been doing Christmas wise this month!
I could wait no longer to break into my new papers - I think I have been very restrained since I bought them in the Jan sales! Last year I saw a fab countdown to Christmas project somewhere in blogland and it got the cogs whirring! I love advent calendars - Mainly I think because they build up the excitement and give you an idea of what you need to plan into your day in preparation for Christmas so I have begun my own version. Still in the flat not put together stage I have done 13 of the days which is like a card topper for each day. So here you can see No 3 is all fun in the snow! Image by penny Black, papers and accessories by K&Co. Cardstock cherry cobbler by SU, vellum sticker sentiments by Brenda Pinnock (about 4 years old now!) and paper lace by Lakeland so how old must that be???
Here you can see no 11 is another Penny Black image this time ice skating which also fits the Winter Wonderland theme really well. I may share more pages as the year progresses or may save the rest for a big advent countdown in December - who knows LOL but it feels great to be crafting with the lush papers instead of stroking them all the time!
Do stop by Winter Wonderland where my team mates have made some gorgeous cards with all sorts of snow fun on them. Have a fab royal Wedding day x
Janet