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 Kit meets Santa's Workshop M&M Cards

Hello Hello Crafty Friends,

Hope you are having a fabulous day. Its been an absolutely stunning day here and I can feel that the start of summer is just around the corner. It is actually a great time to be out and about in the Perth region, the days have warmed, but not too hot for leisurely walks with the fur babies and the spring flowers are still in bloom, which is a bonus. There has been a little bit of rain recently too, so there is lots of water in the parks ponds which the local wildlife are loving.

Today's card is a mixture of Santa's Workshop Memories & More Card Pack, DSP and some items from the Sincerely Project Santa Kit. This is the cutest Gift Tag Kit that comes in the sweetest Green and White Candy striped tin. The Sincerely Santa Project Kit makes 30 Gift Tags and for $38 AUD its great value and easy to complete. It also has a coordinating stamp set (see page 32 of the Holiday Catalogue)

I started with a Whisper White card base to which I added a panel of Coastal Cabana DSP. This dotty DSP is part of the Brights 6x6 DSP Pack. A layer of Real Red card stock was added and next another layer of Whisper White with a faint Coastal Cabana Watercolour wash. A strip of the Coastal Cabana DSP has been adhered with Tombow before adding the Red/White Candy Striped Tag from the Sincerely Santa Project Kit.

Also from the Sincerely Santa Project Kit - the Gold detailed edge Circle die cut, gold foil banner and Doily (which I have coloured Pink with a Stampin' Blend). The Elf image has been fussy cut from a Santa's Workshop Memories & More card. The Santa Seal and Holly are both stickers from the same M&M Card Pack.

The White Bakers Twine comes in the Sincerely Santa Project Kit. I tell you, that Kit is full of goodies - I especially adore the little silver bells and wish there were enough for all the Gift Tags in the Project Kit. 

That's all for today folks. Thanks so much for stopping by today. I do appreciate each and every visitor and all the shout outs when you case a card. I love what I do and love sharing it with you all.

Until next time, stay awesome and stay crafty

Just Add Ink #424 - Texture - Signs of Santa

Good Day Crafty Friends,

Welcome to this weeks Just Add Ink Challenge - Just Add Texture.

I wanted to ink up a new stamp set that just arrived in Crafty HQ - Signs of Santa. I love Christmas but not a huge fan of traditional colours and thought lets see what this stamp set looks like coloured with a palette more up my alley - highland heather, coastal cabana and granny apple green.

Look at those busy little elves. The background has been sponged using Flirty Flamingo and Melon Mambo inks and once dry, whie shimmer paint was dabbed using a scrunched up piece of plastic. The shimmer paint looks ah-mazing in real life, catching the light, it has a striking pearly but opaque glimmer. 

The snowy ground is a piece of whisper white card that I have cut with scissors in a curvy hill shape. The texture is a thick layer of dazzling diamonds applied with Tombow Multipurpose Adhesive.  Left to dry overnight, the cardstock becomes hard and the dazzling diamonds firmly stuck leaving a sparkling, textural layer of glitteryness.

For a tad more texture, a few white glimmer card die cut snowflakes were added. These were created using the Seasonal Layers Thinlits. All the images were stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured using Stampin' Blends. To finish the card, the sentiment from First Frost was stamped in the centre.

Be sure to stop by all the Just Add Ink Design Team members blogs for more inspiration with this weeks Just Add Texture challenge . We would love for you and your crafty friends to play along, if you have a blog you can add your card 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'll upload it to our challenge entry blog.

Until next time, stay awesome, stay organised and stay crafty