Jaxx Crafty Creations: Christmastime Is Here

Friday, 1 November 2019

Stampin' Up! Artisan Design Team Blog Hop - Christmas Is Here

Good Day Crafty Friends,

Welcome to a special Artisan Design Team Blog Hop where today we are sharing our creativity using the new CHRISTMASTIME IS HERE Suite. If you’ve hopped on over from Emma, you’ll have seen her stunning colourful creations. Be sure to Hop all the way through for a heap more inspiring projects using this exclusive, limited time collection of coordinating products.

Christmas Is Coming Early This Year with Festive Floral's & A Gorgeous Bracelet!!!!

The Floral inspired theme is perfect for all markets, with no specific emphasis on "seasons" it is ideal for creating Christmas projects for friends and family no matter where in the world they live.

SO WHATS INCLUDED?

*Christmas Rose Stamp Sets - The large Outline stamp is a Cling stamp with the detailed images being photopolymer. There is also the coordinating:

*Roses Dies

*Gold ¼” Shimmer Ribbon

*Gold Glitter Enamel Dots

*Christmastime is Here Designer Series Paper

*Charming Rose Bracelet

Colours are: Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, Mossy Meadow, Poppy Parade, Gold Foil.

HOW MUCH FOR ALL THIS GORGEOUSNESS YOU ASK?

Entire Suite - AUD$195.25

Stamp & Die Bundle - AUD$106

DSP - AUD$25

Ribbon - AUD$12.25

Embellishments - AUD$14

Bracelet. AUD$38

For more information please refer to the Demonstrator Site or contact your local Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - BE QUICK as stock is limited.

I have had so much fun with this gorgeous suite, I honestly cannot stop creating projects!! Here are a few of my creations from the Artisan Design Team Blog Hop in October.

I shared three full sized cards and a decorated Gold Foil Mini Pizza Box with four note cards inside. The Gold Mini Pizza Boxes (from the 2019 Holiday Catalogue) work perfectly with this suite. The lid of the box was embossed with the Tufted Embossing Folder before decorated with the belly band elements.

There are so MANY floral bouquet images in the pack of Designer Series Paper, I spent a couple of hours fussy cutting those that could not be cut with the coordinating dies. This made for quick and easy creations with no inks or colouring required, just a bit of heat embossing for the sentiments.

And now for some new projects made especially for this Hop. First up is a set of four cards.

For this set of cards, I wanted to break the bold primary colours with some softness by adding layers of Blushing Bride card. To add texture to the card fronts I have used embossing folders, embossing paste and the detailed trellis die.

Starting with a Whisper White card base, a layer of DSP was adhered on an angle, with the embossed Blushing Bride panel layered on an opposing angle over the top. Onto Blushing Bride card, I spread White Embossing Paste through the "Dotty" stencil from the Basic Pattern Masks. Once dry it was cut down to fit the angle I wanted. Before adhering the fussy cut floral centerpiece, whisper white foliage die cuts, a strip of DSP, White Flax Ribbon, Gold Ribbon and Gold Glimmer Die Cuts were added. To finish the card, a white heat embossed vellum sentiment has been added along with a few Gold Glitter Enamel Dots.

To create texture for this Whisper White card front, I have "embossed" using the "trellis" detailed die with embossing mats. Using Gold Foil card, I die cut using the same die and layered these over the embossing - under the floral cluster.

To create the front of this card, I took a piece of whisper white, cut it down to slightly smaller than the Blushing Bride piece that would sit behind it and then die cut at the top and bottom. Adhere the white front to the Blushing Bride layer and then adhere the two die cut pieces minus all the "bits".

Next, I adhered one of the fussy cut images from the DSP and then over that a white heat embossed sentiment. The sentiment has been die cut with one of the "shaped dies" and Gold Foil detailed die cuts added behind.

The last card in this collection uses one of the smaller fussy cut floral images. Behind the floral bouquet is two die cut squares made using the Stitched Shapes Framelits. One is Blushing Bride card, the other is DSP. Gold Ribbon in varying widths has been added behind the flowers, with Gold Glitter Enamel Dots used to finish the card.

I knew this beautiful suite would be perfect for a gift box fill of cards and gift tags. These make such great gifts for family and friends, after all the cards and tags have been used, they have a lovely keepsake box.

The Box contains six full sized cards - two each of three designs. There is also four mini cards and four gift tags. A few Kraft Pillow boxes were deconstructed, cut up and used to decorate the box and contents along with the fussy cut Christmastime Is Here DSP images.

I have used the Mosaic & Lace Embossing Folders to provide texture and interest to the Whisper White card fronts. The mini cards have a whisper white card front that has been die cut using the "frame" shape from the Roses Dies then backed with some of the cut up Kraft Pillow Boxes. Did you notice that the bottom of the gift tags are the rounded edges of the Pillow Boxes? Just remove the score line and cover the thumb hole with a fussy cut image. The banner sentiments are from a different stamp set called Toile Christmas which can be found in the Holiday Catalogue.

DON'T MISS OUT! ADD THIS STUNNING SUITE TO YOUR NEXT ORDER & ROCK THAT STUNNING BRACELET AS YOU HAND OUT YOUR BEAUTIFUL HANDMADE CREATIONS!!!!

That is all from me today. Be sure to follow the Blog Hop all the way through for loads of inspirational creations using products from the amazingly gorgeous Christmastime Is Here Suite. Up next is my talented friend, Jennifer Picard with her awesome project - Enjoy xx

Artisan Design Team Blog Hop List

Jackie Aitken - You are here

You can find all the products used to make the projects shared in today's Blog Post in the list below. Click on the image and you will be taken to my Online Store - Happy Shopping :)

Product List

Christmas Rose Bundle (English) [153944] $106.00	Christmastime Is Here Specialty Designer Series Paper [152154] $25.00	Christmas Rose Stamp Set (English) [152431] $66.00
Roses Dies [152144] $52.00	Gold Glitter Enamel Dots [152155] $14.00	Gold 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Shimmer Ribbon [152156] $12.25
Whisper White 5/8" (1.6 Cm) Flax Ribbon [148764] $12.25	Christmastime Is Here Suite Bundle (English) [153947] $195.25	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00
Card Stock A4 Blushing Bride [131287] $15.25	White Vellum A4 Card Stock [106584] $17.50	Gold Foil Sheets [132622] $8.75
Gold Glimmer Paper [146958] $8.75	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $15.25	White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132] $10.50
Heat Tool [129056] $50.00	Embossing Paste [141979] $14.00	Basic Pattern Decorative Masks [150697] $10.00
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Mosaic 3D Embossing Folder [149575] $17.00
Lace Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [148530] $17.00	Kraft Pillow Boxes [147018] $8.75	Stitched Shapes Dies [145372] $50.00
Toile Christmas Cling Stamp Set (En) [150469] $42.00	Gold Mini Pizza Boxes [152068] $12.25

Thanks so much for stopping by and hopping with us. The Artisan Design Team appreciate the time you have invested to visit our blogs. You can see more of the ADT creations on the Stampin' Up! Facebook Page in the "notes" section. Until next time, stay awesome and stay crafty

Thursday, 31 October 2019

Just Add Ink #481 Inspiration

Hello Crafty Friends

Welcome to Just Add Ink Challenge #481. This week we are playing along to an inspiration picture.

Not being a huge fan of Autumn tones especially Orange - ewww lol I decided I would create a floral card and change out the colours.

One of my favourite colour combinations is Pink, Black and White which was easy to translate with three panels of cardstock. The Whisper White panel has been embossed with the Mosaic Folders and the Blushing Bride panel with the Subtle Embossing Folder.

The Artisan Design Team were given the absolutely stunning Christmastime Is Here Suite to showcase with a few Blog Hops. With all my assignments completed and submitted I had quite a few fussy cut bouquet images from the DSP, so decided to not waste all that effort and use one of the leftovers for today's creations.

The floral bouquet has been adhered to the centre of the card front with Dimensionals. A little Gold Foil Tag with the sentiment "for you" stamped with Staz On and once dry die cut using the Mini Curvy Keepsakes Box Dies.

We would love for you and your crafty friends to play along, if you have a blog you can add your creation to the Just Add Ink gallery here. Don't have your own blog? No problem! Just send us an email to just-add-ink@hotmail.com with a photo attachment. We will upload it to our challenge entry blog for you.

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

Wednesday, 30 October 2019

Be Inspired Blog Hop - October - Black n Bling

Hello Crafty Friends,

Welcome to the Be Inspired Blog Hop for October. This month the talented Design Team are sharing inspirational creations with a BLACK n BLING Theme.

When deciding what to create for this hop I thought the Black n Bling theme is perfect for Halloween projects so I decided to make Christmas Cards instead LoL.

Jaxx Crafty Creations, Jackie Aitken, Be Inspired Blog Hop, Christmas Cards, Black n Bling, All Around Wreath Dies, Christmastime Is Here, Stampin' Up!

With Black embossed card fronts, I have added the bling to my projects by adding Gold and Bronze elements.

The first card is a simple die cut wreath made from Gold Glimmer Card using the All Around Wreath Dies. A few glitter dot embellishments were added before adhering the Copper Foil Die Cut Deer with mini dimensionals.

The sentiment from Toile Christmas has been stamped with Staz On onto Copper Foil, die cut and then adhered with Dimensionals.

The second card has an embossed die cut Copper Foil Frame with some fussy cut images from the Christmastime is Here Suite. I absolutely adore the Christmastime Is Here DSP and had a few fussy cut images left over from previous projects that I thought looked perfect with a Frame.

A little Copper Foil tag has been stamped with "Holly Jolly" from the Tiny Keepsake Stamp Set using Staz On, then attached to the inside of the frame with Dimensionals.

That is all from me today. Be sure to follow the Hop all the way through for loads more inspiring ideas using this months BLACK n BLING Theme. Up next in this months Be Inspired Blog Hop is super talented Cathy Caines with her stunning project.

Tuesday, 1 October 2019

Stampin' Up! Artisan Design Team Blog Hop - Christmas Is Here

Hello Crafty Friends,

Welcome to a special Artisan Design Team Blog Hop where today we are sharing our creativity using the new Christmastime Is Here Suite. If you’ve hopped on over from Emma, you’ll have seen her stunning creations. Be sure to Hop all the way through for a heap more inspiring projects using this exclusive, limited time collection of coordinating products.

Christmas Is Coming Early This Year with Festive Floral's & A Gorgeous Bracelet!!!!

We hope you’re ready to make this holiday season magical, because the Christmastime Is Here Suite is, well . . . here! This exclusive, limited-time collection of festive, floral coordinating products has everything you and your customers need to share love, joy, and creativity this holiday season. And yes that is an uber cute limited edition Stampin' Up! Bracelet!!!

The Floral inspired theme is perfect for all markets, with no specific emphasis on "seasons" it is ideal for creating Christmas projects for friends and family no matter where in the world they live.

SO WHATS INCLUDED?

Christmas Rose Stamp Sets - The large Outline stamp is a Cling stamp with the detailed images being photopolymer. There is also the coordinating:
Roses Dies
Gold ¼” Shimmer Ribbon
Gold Glitter Enamel Dots
Christmastime is Here Designer Series Paper
Charming Rose Bracelet
Colours are: Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, Mossy Meadow, Poppy Parade, Gold Foil.

HOW MUCH FOR ALL THIS GORGEOUSNESS YOU ASK?

Entire Suite - AUD$195.25
Stamp & Die Bundle - AUD$106
DSP - AUD$25
Ribbon - AUD$12.25
Embellishments - AUD$14
Bracelet. AUD$38

For more information please refer to the Demonstrator Site or contact your local Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.

DEMONSTRATOR PREORDER 1 Oct - 31 Oct

Preorder Limits Apply

*Limit one per demonstrator for non-consumable items (e.g., Christmas Rose Stamp Set, Charming Rose Bracelet, etc.).

*Limit two per demonstrator for consumable items (e.g., Gold 1/4" (6.4 mm) Shimmer Ribbon, Gold Glitter Enamel Dots, and Christmastime Is Here Specialty Designer Series Paper).

The Christmastime Is Here Suite will be available as an entire collection, as a Stamp & Die bundle as well as some individual items. So if you love the DSP as much as I do then you will be able to stock up and create a whole pile of Christmas Rose projects.

I have a few cards to share with you today.....I know I know, but seriously this Suite was so easy to create with I just couldn't stop. The large die that is designed to cut the stamped image also die cuts one of the images from the Designer Series Paper. And an added bonus is the other floral images are easy to fussy cut! So you see, it was super easy to create this collection of cards as a lot of the work is the stunning DSP. Which makes it extremely versatile for all level crafters. Beginner, Casual and Avid crafters can let their creativity shine as there are no predesigned samples.

The first card I have to share uses a fussy cut image from the DSP. A few extra roses were fussy cut and have been added with dimensionals directly on top of the matching part of the image for a bit of depth. I started by gold heat embossing the sentiment onto my whisper white card front. I then tore the card front diagonally. Next, Sahara Sand card stock has been embossed using the Pinewood Planks Folder and adhered to the Thick Whisper White card base.

I then adhered the torn card front to the embossed layer and before fixing the fussy cut Rose cluster I have added some Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon and the edge of the Gold Ribbon underneath. To finish the card I added a couple of the Glitter Enamel Dots.

The next card is basically the same as the first. I have changed the orientation and therefore also where the heat embossed sentiment sits. Using the same fussy cut image and torn edge card front, the only other difference aside from orientation is the ribbon added underneath - this time replacing the Tulle Polka Dot with Whisper White Flax Ribbon along with the "other" edge of the Gold Ribbon cut for the previous card.

The third card has a completely different layout with a strip of DSP running down the left hand side, lined with Gold Foil card and then the embossing paste card front. Using the new Decorative Masks, I have applied white embossing paste to the card front with the "dotty" mask. I love the texture embossing paste gives and seeing I tend to favour whisper white card fronts, it adds interests and takes your cards to the next level.

I have left the Gold Ribbon "whole" for this card but have also added what was left from stripping the edges of the ribbon to make the two previous cards. I call this Ribbon Fluff and its easy to get by simply removing the edging of the ribbon and pulling out the remaining threads. Use it like metallic thread and voila you have another look.

Next up I have created a few little note cards that fit into the new GOLD Pizza Boxes. The Gold Foil accents in the DSP coordinates perfectly with the boxes. These note cards have been made using the coordinating dies to create the card fronts or embellish.

For this note card Gold Glimmer card stock has been die cut using the pretty border die and tucked under the Gold Heat Embossed sentiment. A strip of DSP has adhered to the embossed card front along with a single fussy cut Rose image.

The next card has a card front created with the detailed lattice die, cut twice from whisper white card and adhered to the card front. The DSP has been die cut using the pretty frame die with fussy cut images adhered over the whisper white border die cut used to cut the Glimmer Card stock in the note card above.

DSP has been adhered to the card base with a white embossed card front added over the top. I have used the Tufted Embossing Folder for this one. A strip of the same DSP used for the card base has been added along with some Gold Ribbon and Whisper White die border die cut. The same fussy cut Rose used in the first note card was used for this one - just swapping sides from Right to the Left hand side above the Heat Embossed-Fussy Cut sentiment.

The last little note card uses the elongated hexagon die to cut the DSP and create the background. Vellum and Gold Ribbon sit underneath the fussy cut image which has been adhered using dimensionals.

That is all from me today. I hope you have enjoyed what I’ve shared and I’ll hope you’ll enjoy this new Product Suite, as much as I have. Seriously, you won’t want to sit on the fence on this one. Being Bang on Trend and offering such fabulous coordinating products for the price, you’ll want to order early. Demonstrators can order from October 1st and Customers from November 1st.

DON'T MISS OUT! ADD THIS STUNNING SUITE TO YOUR NEXT ORDER & ROCK THAT STUNNING BRACELET AS YOU HAND OUT YOUR BEAUTIFUL HANDMADE CREATIONS!!!!

Up next in this month Artisan Design Team Blog Hop is my super talented and beautiful friend, Jennifer Picard with her amazingly gorgeous creations. Be sure to follow the hop all the way for even more inspiring idea's and beautiful projects from the 2019 Artisan Design Team.