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.

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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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Stampin' Up! Shaker Card with Clear Envelopes using Festive Foliage Stamp Set

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 Diane Furniss' blog. If not that's ok! Hi and welcome! 

I am sharing a shaker card made using clear envelopes and the festive foliage stamp set today. I love how simple and easy it is to make a shaker card using the clear envelopes. Not to mention that you don't have any glitter or sequins falling out of your "pocket" as it is all sealed in perfectly! 
I coloured the festive foliage background stamp in with various green coloured stampin' blends. It's a great background stamp to colour in! I can't wait to use it many more times.
The shaker envelope portion of the card is layered onto a petal pink cardstock matt and then onto the old olive card front.  


My close up photo shows a little better how I have used the painted label dies and the pine tree punch on top of the clear envelope so the sequins can move about freely inside the clear envelope without being disturbed from the decorative label/punched tree. 


Inside card


Up next we have Vicki Boucher. 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.

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Festive Foliage Cling Stamp Set [155634] $37.00	Shaded Spruce Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154903] $15.50	Old Olive A4 Card Stock [106576] $15.25	Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [147090] $13.00
Old Olive Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154892] $15.50	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154885] $15.50	Soft Succulent Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [155521] $15.50	Mint Macaron Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154889] $15.50
Petal Pink A4 Cardstock [147009] $15.25	Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad [147108] $13.00	Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154893] $15.50	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00
Gold Foil Sheets [132622] $8.75	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00	Layering Circles Dies [151770] $58.00	Painted Labels Dies [151605] $61.00
Pine Tree Punch [149521] $31.00	Clear Medium Envelopes [102619] $10.50	Adhesive Sheets [152334] $17.50	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00

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Stampin' Up! A Cut Above Shaker Card

For my Masculine Monday card today I have a shaker card using a clear envelope and the A Cut Above stamp set. I have used the "it's your day to relax" so the card can be used as either a birthday or father's day card. In the clear envelope, is the sequins and the ombre paper, everything else is on the outside. 


Pictured with the simple stamping on the envelope


I kept the inside of the card very simple with just a black and white image


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Soft Suede Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154906] $15.50	Night Of Navy Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154891] $15.50	Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay [131286] $15.25	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad [147096] $13.00
Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad [147105] $13.00	Balmy Blue Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154830] $15.50	Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock [147014] $15.25	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad [147095] $13.00
Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154885] $15.50	Highland Heather Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154887] $15.50	Flirty Flamingo Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154884] $15.50	Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154897] $15.50
Mango Melody Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154888] $15.50	Daffodil Delight A4 Card Stock [121680] $15.25	Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154883] $15.50	Bronze & Ivory Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154922] $15.50
Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00	Layering Ovals Dies [151771] $58.00	Classic Label Punch [141491] $31.00
Blending Brushes [153611] $21.00	Clear Medium Envelopes [102619] $10.50

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Stampin' Up! Quick and Easy Christmas Shaker Card with Clear Envelopes

Our twenty eighth colour we are focusing on for the colour collections blog hop is "misty moonlight" from the 2020 - 2022 in colour collection. I have chosen misty moonlight, balmy blue and petal pink from the colour coach to work with today for my creation. 


I have used the coming home bundle to create a quick and simple shaker card with the clear envelopes. Such a easy way to make a very simple shaker card and the best bit, no glitter ever sneaks out! Totally, my pet hate when making shaker cards. It does make it a little harder to photograph though with the glare from the clear envelope.  
I have used stampin' blends for basic colouring of the houses from the coming home stamp set and stacked two of the houses together for a different look.


I had adhered one of the trees in the "shaker scene" behind the clear envelope and the other two on the front of the clear envelope for visual interest. 


Inside card - I used a typed sentiment as I didn't have the stamp I wanted (Futura font) and stamped a smaller house and tree. Again, coloured in with stampin' blends basic colouring.


Catherine is hosting the colour creations blog hop each week and she has links for all the other ladies participating. 

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Coming Home Bundle [155144] $81.00	A Wish For Everything Cling Stamp Set [149320] $68.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154882] $15.50
Gray Granite Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154886] $15.50	Mossy Meadow Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154890] $15.50	Misty Moonlight A4 Cardstock [153086] $15.25	Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad [153118] $13.00
Balmy Blue Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154830] $15.50	Petal Pink A4 Cardstock [147009] $15.25	Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad [147108] $13.00	Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154893] $15.50
Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154883] $15.50	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Trimming The Town Designer Series Paper [153491] $20.00	Clear Medium Envelopes [102619] $10.50
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00

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Colour Creations #11 - Coastal Cabana

Our eleventh colour we are focusing on for the colour collections blog hop is "coastal cabana" from the brights collection. I have chosen coastal cabana, melon mambo and gorgeous grape from the colour coach to work with today for my creation. 
Here is my coastal cabana card from 2018. 

For my card today, I have been heavily inspired and basically CASED this amazing card from Melissa Stout. I've used the same bundle, peace and joy and practically the same colours, only I have changed the orientation of the card to a horizontal card and also made my card into a shaker card.
I used the joy dies to die cut the word "bright" and stamped the words the two words "merry & and" from the peace & joy stamp set. I made a simple frame using the paper trimmer and finished it off with the window sheets and foam adhesive strips to create a shaker panel. This created the focal point for my card sitting on a sheet of coastal cabana designer series paper from the brights 6" x 6" designer series paper pack.


Close up


Inside card
 

Catherine is hosting the colour creations blog hop each week and she has links for all the other ladies participating. 

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Peace & Joy Bundle [155167] $78.25	Perfectly Plaid Photopolymer Stamp Set (En) [149418] $30.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Gorgeous Grape A4 Cardstock [147011] $15.25
Gorgeous Grape A4 Cardstock [147011] $15.25	Card Stock A4 Coastal Cabana [131302] $15.25	Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad [147097] $13.00	Melon Mambo A4 Card Stock [119980] $15.25
Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad [147051] $13.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Brights 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [152487] $20.00	Window Sheets [142314] $8.75
Foam Adhesive Strips [141825] $14.00

Colour Creations 2020 #8 - Calypso Coral

Our eighth colour we are focusing on for the colour collections blog hop is "calypso coral" from the subtles collection. I have chosen calypso coral, crushed curry and bermuda bay from the colour coach to work with today for my creation. 
Here is my card from 2018. 

With my card today, I decided to create a shaker card as the colours calypso coral, crushed curry and bermuda bay, all together scream bright, fun and happy! I created a smoshed inked background and layered a single cardstock candle on top if it. I masked two different stamps from well said stamp set to create the "make a" sentiment (shown in the image below) and I also trimmed the end off wishes from well written dies to create the word "wish".



To create the candle, I also used the well written dies but used the negative portion (again shown below).


Close up


Inside card


Catherine is hosting the colour creations blog hop each week and she has links for all the other ladies participating. 

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Well Said Cling Stamp Set [148796] $77.00	Happiest Of Birthdays Cling Stamp Set (English) [152539] $33.00	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $15.25	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00
Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay [131286] $15.25	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad [147096] $13.00	Calypso Coral A4 Card Stock [124392] $15.25	Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad [147101] $13.00
Card Stock A4 Crushed Curry [131288] $15.25	Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad [147087] $13.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Shimmery White A4 Card Stock [121717] $17.50
Playing With Patterns 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [152490] $20.00	Classic Label Punch [141491] $31.00	Well Written Dies [151816] $70.00	Window Sheets [142314] $8.75
Foam Adhesive Strips [141825] $14.00	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $8.75

Stampin' Up! Heart of Christmas #11 2018

This week I have a shaker card to share with you all. Heavily inspired by a present with the designer series paper doing most of the work and shock horror, no stamping on the card front at all! The beautiful Merry Christmas thinlet dies make up for the lack of stamping I think. 


The multi purpose adhesive sheets as usual were the best thing to adhere the fine die cut lettering to the window sheet. No need to mess around with glue when you have those on hand. 

Don't forget Claire is hosting the Heart of Christmas blog hop each week and she has links for all the other ladies participating. 

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Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock [121695] $14.75	Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad [147117] $13.00	Merry Merlot Classic Stampin' Pad [147112] $13.00	Joyous Noel 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [147816] $24.25
Joyous Noel 6" X 6" Glimmer Paper [147817] $26.00	Window Sheets [142314] $8.75	Foam Adhesive Strips [141825] $14.00	Big Shot [143263] $159.00
Merry Christmas Thinlits Dies [147912] $49.00

Art With Heart Colour Creations Blog Hop - #20 Gorgeous Grape

Our twentieth colour we are focusing on for the colour collections blog hop is gorgeous grape from the brights collection. I have chosen gorgeous grape, early espresso and granny apple green from the color coach to work with today.

I made today's card for my eldest daughters birthday (she turned 14 last week) and when thinking of what to make for her card, a mobile phone (cell phone) was top of my list. Her mobile is always close by (and if she is not on that it's her laptop!) Teenagers! 

I made a shaker panel for the mobile phone portion of the card and again used the retired large number framelits. Don' forget the numbers from the broadway bound speciality designer series paper are a great substitute when you need numbers (except I needed larger numbers for my phone image.) I stamped the background with buffalo check in gorgeous grape for some added interest as well. A simple happy birthday sentiment (from picture perfect birthday stamp set) punched out with the classic label punch completed the greeting and finished off the card nicely.


Close up (to see the rest of the bits in the shaker panel)

To create your own mobile phone shaker card, cut a 11.3cm x 6.6cm (4 7/16" x 9/16") rectangle and cut out a 8.7cm x 5.7cm (3 3/8" x 2 1/4") approx. 1cm (3/8") from the top. Mat it on a 12cm x 7.2cm (4 3/4" x 2 3/4") rectangle. Round all the corners if you wish.
Use punched circles to create a button at the bottom of the phone (I used a 3/8" circle and one from the owl punch, sadly both retired Stampin' Up! punches). 

To complete the inside of the card, I googled and found a verse that had words about Facebook and Twitter but Nikki doesn't use those. I modified it to read what she does you and included this inside the card:
"I thought about texting you, snapchatting you or tagging you on Instagram, but some things are better the old-fashioned way… so I emailed you instead!"
Made both her and I giggle and she appreciated my lack of social media tagging. 

Catherine is hosting the colour creations blog hop each week and she has links for all the other ladies participating. 

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

Picture Perfect Birthday Photopolymer Stamp Set [145519] $30.00	Buffalo Check Clear-Mount Stamp Set [147794] $26.00	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $14.75	Early Espresso A4 Card Stock [121686] $14.75
Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114] $13.00	Soft Suede A4 Card Stock [119982] $14.75	Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [147115] $13.00	Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock [147014] $14.75
Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad [147095] $13.00	Gorgeous Grape A4 Cardstock [147011] $14.75	Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad [147099] $13.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00
Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock [140490] $13.50	Window Sheets [142314] $8.75	Tropical Escape 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [146916] $19.25	Classic Label Punch [141491] $31.00
Big Shot [143263] $159.00	Sponge Brayers [141714] $14.00

Stampin' Up! Heart of Christmas #9 2018

For today's Heart of Christmas creation, I have a shaker card to share.
I have used the Christmas staircase thinlets die to cut the shape of the tree and be shaker panel. I filled it with sequins and seed beads. Basic colouring with Stampin' Blends helped complete the card front quickly. 


Another view to see all the shaker pieces


Inside card


Claire is hosting the Heart of Christmas blog hop each week and she has links for all the other ladies participating. 

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

Ready For Christmas Photopolymer Stamp Set [144823] $47.00	Merry Christmas To All Photopolymer Stamp Set [147702] $47.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144601] $15.50
Smoky Slate Light Stampin' Blends Marker [145054] $7.75	Soft Suede A4 Card Stock [119982] $14.75	Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [147115] $13.00	Call Me Clover A4 Cardstock [146992] $14.75
Call Me Clover Stampin' Pad [147139] $13.00	Dark Call Me Clover Stampin' Blends Marker [147024] $7.75	Dark Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Marker [146877] $7.75	Bermuda Bay Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144600] $15.50
Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [147084] $13.00	Real Red A4 Card Stock [106578] $14.75	Real Red Dark Stampin' Blends [147934] $7.75	Dark Flirty Flamingo Stampin' Blends Marker [147032] $7.75
Pumpkin Pie Dark Stampin' Blends Marker [144577] $7.75	Daffodil Delight A4 Card Stock [121680] $14.75	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [147094] $13.00	Daffodil Delight Dark Stampin' Blends Marker [144585] $7.75
Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Neutrals Stampin' Write Markers [147158] $52.50	Big Shot [143263] $159.00	Christmas Staircase Thinlits Dies [144679] $68.00
Classic Label Punch [141491] $31.00

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.)
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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