Stampin' Up! Corporate Blog Post

Hello, Crafty Friends.

I'm a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator from Perth, Western Australia, and a 2019 Artisan Design Team member. I am so delighted to be sharing my creativity with you today with my recent post for the Stampin' Up! page.

With the Christmas Festive season just around the corner, I was inspired to create a project showcasing some of the amazing products from the 2019 Holiday Catalogue. I love giving handmade gifts and thought  a box filled with Gift Tags would be perfect. Family and Friends will adore the convenience and practicality of the Gift Tags and after they have all been attached to gifts, they are left with a  pretty decorated box that can be used again. 

The Pizza style box and gift tags have been created using card, stamps, dies and ink. The box holds 18 Tags - 2 of each design. The Pizza Box has been created from Crumb Cake card stock (item 121685) with layers of Whisper White card (item 106549) To decorate the box I grabbed some White Embossing Paste (item 141979) and using the "Dotty" stencil from the Basic Pattern Decorative Masks (item 150697) , covered an A4 sheet of Crumb Cake card stock.  Once dry this was cut down into sections large enough to cover the exterior of the box.

Three die cut circles have been adhered to the top of the box. These have been created from Gold Foil Sheets (item 132622) and Basic Black card (item 121688) using Stitched Shapes Dies (item 145372) and Layering Circles Dies (item 141705).  Next, I picked a couple of my favourite dies to inlay, die cut or adhere to the circles, choosing the deer from the Snow Globes Scenes Dies (item 150655), the "jolly" word die from Jolly Season Dies (item 150648) and the star from the Mini Curvy Keepsake Box Dies (item 150644).  

The centre circle has been glued to the stamped and die cut wreath image made with the Tidings All Around Bundle (item 152371) before adhering to the box. White Bakers Twine (124262), Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon (item 146912) and a Gold Jingle Bell (item 149598) were also used to embellish the box.

I went with the same neutral colour scheme used for the box to create the tags stamping images in Memento Tuxedo Black (item 132708) and Whisper White Craft (item 147277) are the only two ink pads used. 

Lets take a closer look at the tags. As mentioned earlier, there are 2 each of 9 different designs. There are four different base shapes created using dies with the exception of the "tag shape" which was made simply by cutting the corners from a rectangle. 

The following dies were used to create the tags bases: Stitched Shapes, Stitched Nested Labels (item 149638) and the Heirloom Frames Dies & 3D Embossing Folders (152325). 

The striped and gingham stamps from the Keepsake stamp set has been used to create a few of the tags backgrounds along with the Black and White details on the Black Christmas stockings. The remaining of the backgrounds were made with strips of Whisper White card (for the striped "bauble" with "tis the Season" die cut), or by repetitively stamping the snowflake image from the Tiny Keepsakes Stamp Set (item 150460) and some dotty embossing paste left over from decorating the box.

The Christmas Banner sentiments and die cut deer were created with the Toile Christmas Bundle (item 152367).  The "Christmas Cheer" greeting is from Tidings All Around Stamp Set (150465) and the  "Holly Jolly" on the little tag is from Tiny Keepsakes.  The stamped "cottage" image is from the Still Scenes Stamp Set (item 150503). The Deer and Tree die cuts were made with the Snow Globe Scenes Dies. And finally, the "tis the Season" word die cut comes from the Jolly Season Dies.

Before packing the completed tags into the box, don't forget to stamp the back of the tags with "to: from:" -  I've used the stamp from the Tidings All Around set.

I decided to "wrap" the box by popping it into a  Black Gift Bag filled with tissue and gold shreddie and then attaching one of the gift tags from the Box.

I hope I have inspired you to have a go at creating a box of gift tags this Festive Season.

Until next time, stay crafty

Sincerely Santa Project Kit & Signs of Santa

Good Day Crafty Friends,

I have a quick post to share today. Its a Christmas Card with a little difference. The Wood Texture DSP completely changed the look I was initially going for but I liked so I ran with it.

The Red/White Candy Striped Gift Tag comes in the Sincerely Santa Project Kit, as does the Gold Foil banner, Gold Foil Stars, and Doily which has been coloured with a Stampin' Blend. 

The Wood Background has been adhered to a layer of Whisper White and then Real Red card stock before attaching to the Whisper White Card Base.

The sentiment from Blended Seasons has been white heat embossed onto Black card stock and fussy cut before adhering to the white circle die cut.

Mrs Claus is from the Signs of Santa stamp set (page 19 - Holiday Catalogue). She has been coloured using Stampin' Blends and fussy cut before adhering to the card front with mini dimensionals.

I absolutely adore the Mrs Claus and Santa images from this stamp set. I love that I could colour her dress in Pink as I definitely wanted a few Christmas Cards in my stash that had some pink. This makes me happy lol

As I write this post and look at the date it is scheduled for, I am instantly reminded what day it is tomorrow.......Its Onstage time!!!!!!! All over the world, thousands of Stampin' Up! Demonstrators are gathering to celebrate Stampin' Up! and their 30th year birthday anniversary. I am so envious, especially of those that are flying all the way for the big three day celebration in Orlando, Florida!!! OMG, imagine that, a 3 day convention jam packed with loads of loveliness and all those theme parks, not too mention, yummy food, all the other destinations that have been on my bucket list since I was a child. 

If you follow any of the Demonstrators attending one of the many conventions around the world, be sure to check out their posts over the next few days, they will be sharing loads and loads of pics of their awesome events, including all the new products!!!! I cannot wait to see what is coming and to get my hands on that new catalogue. The suspense is killing me LOL

Thanks for stopping by today. Until next time, stay awesome and stay crafty

Sincerely Santa Project Kit & Santa's Workshop M&M

Good Day Crafty Friends,

Hope its been a great one. How is your Christmas Card making going? I think I can comfortably say I am 3/4 of the way through my list, so not many to go now. Wahooooo!  I have also made loads of Christmas Gift Tags this year as Stampin' Up! have some pretty amazing products that made it easy to produce a whole heap all at once. The Tags & Tidings stamp set (Page 24 Holiday Catalogue) is one of those products that made for super fast and uber cute gift tags.

The other really cool products I have mixed and matched for both Christmas Gift Tags and Cards are the Santa's Workshop Memories and More Card Pack and the Sincerely Santa Project Kit (Pages 21 & 32 - Holiday Catalogue).

Today's card uses the Red/White candy striped Gift Tag from the Sincerely Santa Project Kits and embellishments from the Santa's Workshop Memories & More Card Pack - jingle sentiment, holly and Elf image are all stickers in the Card Pack. The Gold Foil banner and Gold Foil stars are part of the Sincerely Santa Project Kit.

I had some Real Red DSP from a retired Valentines themed DSP Pack that I wanted to use up so cut a diagonal panel and used it for the card background. I also used a retired Gold Foil doily as I thought it could do with some more shiny stuff.....you can never have enough bling or shiny stuff right? lol 

Its a bright, fun Festive card that is great for my family and friends who have children. Kiddies love Christmas card with the cutsey images - well my daughter did when she was young.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Be sure to check back here again real soon as I have some super exciting news to share plus more inspirational ideas for Christmas Cards and other Christmas themed goodies.

Until next time, stay awesome and stay crafty

Sincerely Santa Outside the Project Kit

Good Day Crafty Friends,

Hope you are having a great week. I have had the most wonderful mini vacation, recharging the batteries while spending some quality time with my better half. Before we left I did have time to play with the goodies that arrived in my BBB.

One of gorgeous items that I reached for first was the Sincerly Santa Project Kit (dang you, you fine looking tin....you know I only brought this kit for the Tin!!) However, once I opened it and started to unpack the goodies from within, it began to feel like the Tardis, there was so much crafting goodness in one little tin, I began to get excited at all the options - ribbons, embellishments galore and sparkly stuff.

I didn't get the coordinating stamp set (why, oh why?) thinking I could manage by pulling a sentiment from other Christmas themed stamp sets.

I decorated one of the Bakers Boxes and filled it with completed tags. Seeing, I am keeping the Tin, I am making a few of these to gift to friends and family with tags inside.

The tags below have been altered to the instructions given with the Kit. I like to swap and change things around a bit, seen here with the three different tags below.

Below is a product list with all the items used to create these Christmas Gift Tags. Click on the product images to be taken to my Online Store.

Product List

Signs Of Santa Photopolymer Stamp Set [147690] $37.00	Santa's Workshop Memories & More Card Pack [147905] $17.50	Sincerely Santa Project Kit [148029] $38.00	First Frost Clear-Mount Stamp Set [148420] $38.00
Baker's Boxes [147899] $12.25	Silver Foil Sheets [132178] $7.00	Cherry Cobbler Light Stampin' Blends Marker [144576] $7.75	Daffodil Delight Dark Stampin' Blends Marker [144585] $7.75
Pool Party Light Stampin' Blends Marker [144595] $7.75	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] $7.00	Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108] $6.00	Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock [121695] $14.75
Pearlized Doilies [146936] $7.75

Tags & Tidings Gift Tags 11 & 12

Good Day Crafty Friends,

I have the close ups of the final two designs of from my collection of Christmas Tags created with the Tags & Tidings stamp set, to share with you today.

These designs are little 2"x 2" square note cards and have been kept clean and simple with some texture added to the card fronts with embossing folders. Just some hints of Silver have been added with Silver Foil and Silver Glimmer card stock and Silver Edged ribbon.

Design 11

Design 12

Below is a product list with all the items used to create these tags. Click on the product images below to be taken to my Online Store.

Product List

Tags & Tidings Photopolymer Stamp Set [147779] $30.00	Stitched Labels Framelits Dies [146828] $57.00	Big Shot [143263] $159.00	Heat Tool [129056] $50.00
Embossing Buddy [103083] $10.00	White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132] $8.75	Silver Foil Sheets [132178] $7.00	Silver Glimmer Paper [146960] $8.75
Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Lovely Lipstick A4 Cardstock [146993] $14.75	Call Me Clover A4 Cardstock [146992] $14.75	Paper Snips Scissors [103579] $17.00
Basket Weave Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [146841] $16.00	Silver 3/8" Metallic-Edge Ribbon [144213] $12.25