Ros Davidson, Independent Stampin' Up!® demonstrator, Melbourne, Australia

Stampin' Up! Christmas Whimsy Shaker Card

Tonight I am joining some fellow demonstrators on a Christmas blog hop. We aim to bring you Christmas inspiration every Monday evening right through to Mid December!
You may have found me via Tina Gillespie's blog. If not that's ok! Hi and welcome! 

I begun with the Christmas Whimsy card kit for today's card and altered it slightly. I stamped the snow scene with the star stamp in night of navy ink and then cut the front panel of the card apart and placed it inside a clear envelope with some glitter. I cut a gold frame from gold foil to put over my shaker panel and adhered it all onto poppy parade card. The die cut elements where added onto the shaker panel after everything was adhered in place.
If you were to recreate this card, you will need gold foil, clear envelopes, glitter and poppy parade cardstock, oh and the Christmas Whimsy card kit. That is where the bulk of the materials came from. Even the night of navy ink, dimesionals and the clear block! I love kits that are stocked with some many supplies. I just can't help changing the card up and adding a Ros touch to them.

These are the supplies that come in the Christmas Whimsy card kit for $33. Enough supplies to make 8 cards, 4 each of 2 designs.


Here's my shaker card:


Even though I changed the card up, it still fits into the card supplied in the card kit. Isn't the gold lined envelope gorgeous? 


Inside card - Even the sentiment for the inside of the card comes from the card kit. 


Close up of the sentiments included in the Christmas Whimsy card kit


Up next we have Caroline Manwaring. I can't wait to see what she is sharing.

If you have find a broken link on the blog hop, the master list for the blog hop can be found here.

Live in Australia? Click on the products below to purchase them today! 

Christmas Whimsy Card Kit (English) [158166] $33.00	Poppy Parade A4 Cardstock [121694] $15.25	Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad [147050] $13.00	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00
Brushed Metallic Cardstock [153524] $26.00	Clear Medium Envelopes [102619] $10.50

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Creating with Stampin' Up! World Card Making Day Products

Today is World Card Making Day and I took the opportunity to create today for me. Not for a class, a blog hop, an upcoming birthday or any other reason and it was just what the doctor ordered. It has been a while since I have had "me" time in my craft room and I'll be honest, I have missed it.

I made two cards today and I am calling them two for one. I used a die cut from the soft sayings card kit and sponge daubers and created a die cut frame and background image. Hence the two for one tag line I am using.


As I backed the die cut frame on black cardstock it has helped the colours of the frame "pop" a lot more and the white lines on the background image make the colours I used appear more subtle and subdued, compared to the die cut frame (despite them being the exact same colours). It is interesting how the additional elements you add to a card affects the overall look and colour of it. 

These are the colours I used to sponge dauber onto the die cut and to create the background panel.
To finished off the die cut frame card kept it as simple as I could so the focus was on the die cut image. I used die cut accents from the soft sayings kit and an additional stamp set (jar of love).


Close up


I turned the background image into a shaker card. Basic pearl jewels (coloured with Stampin' Blends marker) were placed in the centre of the flowers and dazzling diamonds in floats in the shaker portion of the card. I stamped on the window sheet with staz on (and detailed with love stamp set) and finished off the card from with some fussy cut stamp images (from Soft Sayings Card Kit).


Close up


Did you know you can get the Soft Sayings Card Kit 10% off till October 7th at 11.59pm (along with a bunch of other basic card making supplies)? See all the products Stampin' Up! have on special for World Card Making Day here. 

Which card is your favourite and did you create on anything on World Card Making Day?


Shop now in my online store and don't forget to use this months hostess code for a free gift next month (if your order is under $250. If your order is over $250 don't use the hostess code as you earn hostess benefits on your own.)
FAQ regarding hostess code?


Live in Australia? Click on the products below to purchase them today! 

Soft Sayings Card Kit [145466] $61.00	Detailed With Love Clear-Mount Stamp Set [146606] $35.00	Better Together Clear-Mount Stamp Set [141736] $64.00	Jar Of Love Photopolymer Stamp Set [141587] $47.00
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Jet Black Stazon Ink Pad [101406] $15.75	Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad [147145] $13.00	Card Stock A4 Coastal Cabana [131302] $14.75
Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad [147097] $13.00	Highland Heather A4 Cardstock [147010] $14.75	Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad [147103] $13.00	Flirty Flamingo A4 Cardstock [141421] $14.75
Mango Melody Classic Stampin' Pad [147093] $13.00	Mango Melody Dark Stampin' Blends [147944] $7.75	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Window Sheets [142314] $8.75
Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter [133751] $8.75	Pearl Basic Jewels [144219] $8.75	Foam Adhesive Strips [141825] $14.00

Stampin' Up! Petal Passions Memories & More Card Class

Have you seen the petal passions memories and more card pack?
It features over 70 double sided cards, stickers sheets, acetate overlays and more.

I used a tiny portion of the products to make the 5 cards below and have lots of leftover product to make many more cards and use the cards in my memories and more albums. I recently ran this as a class and the ladies who attended loved how much extra product they had to work with. 
 

Shop now in my online store and don't forget to use this months hostess code for a free gift next month (if your order is under $250. If your order is over $250 don't use the hostess code as you earn hostess benefits on your own.)
FAQ regarding hostess code  


Live in Australia? Click on the products below to purchase them today!

Petal Palette Clear-Mount Bundle [145974] $108.00	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $14.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate [131291] $14.00
Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [131179] $11.50	Old Olive Light Stampin' Blends Marker [144574] $7.75	Card Stock A4 Pear Pizzazz [131290] $14.00	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad [131180] $11.50
Pink Pirouette Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144604] $15.50	Powder Pink A4 Cardstock [144251] $14.00	Powder Pink Classic Stampin' Pad [144084] $11.50	Powder Pink 3/8" Shimmer Ribbon [144151] $12.25
Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144603] $15.50	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $15.75	Petal Passion Memories & More Card Pack [145592] $17.50	Big Shot [143263] $159.00
Silver Glimmer Paper [135314] $8.75	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $8.75

Stampin' Up! Stitched Felt Embellishments Christmas Card Kit

I am offering kits for the next few months to help you out with your Christmas card crafting. The kits include all card bases cut and scored, all cardstock/designer series paper ready to use along with the envelopes and card inserts. All you will have to do is stamp your sentiment/images, inkpads/sponge daubers for inking edges (if desired) and provide the adhesive.
I haven’t included any stamp set in this kit in case you have a favourite Christmas sentiment you wish to use. As you can see, I have used a variety of sentiments (from Hearts Come Home, Christmas Pines & Holly Berry Happiness stamp sets on my cards).

For this month, the kit includes the following materials to make 15 cards: 
Stitched Felt Embellishments (1 pack)
Quilted Christmas designer series paper
Merry Music Speciality Designer Series Paper
Real red cardstock
Garden Green cardstock
Crumb cake cardstock
Whisper white inserts
Whisper white envelopes

The cut off date to order this kit is September 20th.
The kit will then be mailed to you ready for you create in a pre paid 500g post bag with all the items in a wide wood mount size stamp case for $45 (including postage with Australia only).