Products that aren't retiring!

From out of the gloom of the retiring list come some projects using items that aren't retiring but are staying with us for another year!

Dapper Denim is staying with us for another year of course and so is the High Tide stamp set - this is another one of the projects I made, this time a little sticky note and pencil holder.

Everything on this tag is also staying (apart from the leaves - other leaves are available!!).

And for Christmas card of the week I've used Cookie Cutter Christmas again which will now be in the main catalogue for the next year.

A Wreath double

Today I'm back with a Christmas card of the week 'double-bubble'!!

For the Christmas card I have used the set Wondrous Wreath which has some matching framelits of course!

I've used the colours Pear Pizzazz, Garden Green and Real Red.

Then, I've used exactly the same design for a non-Christmas design.

For this one I've used the colours I've used a favourite combo of mine - Sweet Sugarplum and Rich Razzleberry.

Warmth and Cheer

A couple of cards using the Warmth and Cheer product suite today.

This card uses some of the 6"x6" Designer Series paper stack which has 48 double-sided sheets in and is currently only £4.50 instead of £9 until stocks run out - a bargain - let me know if you 'need' any.

I've used strips of it and cut the end with the Triple Banner Bunch and finished with some co-ordinating ribbon.

This card uses a stamp from the co-ordinating set and the lovely embossing folder.  The paper is used with the Bow Builder Punch for this card.

Extra cookies!

A couple of sets using Cookie Cutter Christmas today.

Firstly, an A4 card which also uses the large letter framelits.  I saw this on a post or pin from Kirsten Gill recently and have done something similar, I loved it.

Then (from another CASED'd card) using the holy embossing folder and some of the Warmth and Cheer DSP.  Another simple but effective card.

Jolly Moose

A very close 'CASE' today of a card Stampin' Up! gave us an idea to share:

The base is Cherry Cobbler card which I've embossed with the Festive embossing folder.

The DSP used is from the Presents and Pinecones 12x12 set.

The moose and his hat are from another fun set called Jolly Friends which has a few different faces, hats and scarves to play with.  There is also a matching punch for some of the stamps in this set.  Had to add a mini jingle bell as well!
I've stamped the moose once on Whisper White, then again on Crumb Cake and Smoky Slate to do a bit of paper-piecing.

I've also used the Banner Triple Punch and Christmas Greetings Thinlits.

More Build a Birthday

Another card with the Build a Birthday set to show different things you can do with it.

I've used the in colours again and started by stamping the cake stand directly to a piece of Whisper White.  All the other cake layers are stamped separately, cut out and added with dimensionals.

The sentiment is stamped on a piece of card and punched both ends with the Banner Triple Punch.

The decoration on top of the cake is also stamped directly on to the white card then this piece is layered on a piece of Tip Top Taupe card.

Card is finished with some flowers in matching colours punched using the flower Itty Bitty Punch.

Ink/card colours used:
Tip Top Taupe
Watermelon Wonder
Mint Macaron
Delightful Dijon

You Can Create It - July challenge

These months seems to be flying by.  Now we are in August I can show you another card I made for the You Can Create It! challenge.

This is the kit we got for July:

  

The second picture is the same kit but with the paper strips turned over so you can see the other side - surprising how much more muted the other side is and shows how many options there are with 3 little pieces of paper!

The paper is from the Cherry on Top 6x6" Designer Series Paper Stack.

The card colours are Bermuda Bay and Cucumber Crush and I don't mind saying when I first looked at it I was slightly horrified!  But that is why I joined in so that I could try something different and challenge myself outside of my comfort zone which it is very easy to stay in some times.

So, this is my card:

I'm not quite sure how it came about in the end but I'm rather pleased with it and as someone has mentioned it could make a good alternative for a man card.

I've used strips of all of the paper (both sides) and edged 5 of them with the smallest notch in the Banner Triple Punch.

I've used a strip of the Cucumber Crush and embossed with the Decorative Dots embossing folder and topped that with 'Congrats' from the Tin of Cards stamp set and cut out with the Word Window punch.

The button has a little piece taken from the white jute ribbon tied through it and to finish I punched some Itty Bitty stars and added some white perfect accents to them for that finishing touch!

Some of the entries are on Teri's blog this month if you click HERE - why not join in too?

Jill

You Can Create It! challenge

Another month and another challenge.

This is the kit I received in May (not showing 2 pearls that I might not of seen in the envelope!):

And this is the card I made:

Card colours are Melon Mambo and Pear Pizzazz and I've added Daffodil Delight - rather a zingy combo for me but it's good to try different things.

I've used the Flower Patch stamp set with matching framelits which I'm really glad is in the catalogue again as I haven't used it enough this year!  I've mounted these on a couple of die cut circles and the doily.

Then I used a new punch!!  I didn't think I needed the 'Banner Triple' punch but I so did - you do too!
You cut your card to one of the three sizes the punch takes and it nips the end to make a banner, I've used all 3 sizes on this card - just because I could.  Hee hee.

I've finished by adding the bakers twine and adding the candy dot brad base with a gem as I didn't know I had pearls.

You can see some of the other entries on Teri's blog here.