2014 Christmas Stampin' Up! Classes

I would like to wish my dear Stamin' Up! customers, blog, facebook and pinterest followers a very Merry Christmas.  For my last post for the year I would like to showcase some of the creations of my customers. 

The following images are random from the Christmas classes I've held over December.  Participants made the clay ornaments for their trees, cards and bon bons!

Enjoy...


A Crafty Cat: 2014 Christmas Class

From reds to blues and greens...

A Crafty Cat: 2014 Christmas Class

Back to reds again...

A Crafty Cat: 2014 Christmas Class

Enjoy the last days of the year, I look forward to meeting up with each of you again in 2015.
with love,

2014 Christmas Stampin' Up! "Work or Art" Christmas tree card

Here is a little fun - Stamp out a Christmas Pine tree with "Work of Art" and decorate it with various sized punched circles of glimmer paper...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! "Work of Art" Christmas Card

Add a Star and a greeting and change the colours of your base card stock and look at what you can create in no time at all...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! "Work of Art" Christmas Card

So easy, quick to achieve and so much fun!  Check out the other beautiful creations with "Work of Art" by searching this blog as there are many posts for this very versatile stamp set. You can also visit my pinterest page by clicking on the red "p" above.

Thank you for stopping by and I look forward to your company at the next post,
Love

2014 Christmas Stampin' Up! Partridge and Pears

This is the second post for Partridge and Pears (WM133854 / CM133857), makes me sing the song every time I use the stamp LOL  This post is using the stamp set on a Whisper White background.  The tree is stamped in Momento Tuxedo black, coloured with Stampin' Up! Blendabilities and mounted (using dimensionals/foam dots) on an embossed background.  In this case Filagree Frame 135818.  Gold Glitz was them used to highlight the fruit buds...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! "Partridge & Pears" Christmas Card

 This tree was not fussy cut as per above, the square was mounted on Old Olive cardstock with minimal framing.  This was then mounted on Whisper White which was embossed with the Woodgrain embossing folder 127821

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! "Partridge & Pears" Christmas Card

Back to fussy cutting out the tree and mounting it on an embossed (On Point 135876) Whisper White cardstock base.


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! "Partridge & Pears" Christmas Card

Partridge and Pears with the tree with the tree mounted on Stampin' Up! Old Olive cardstock embossed with Lucky Stars Embossing Folder.

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! "Partridge & Pears" Christmas Card

I love to colour and the blendabilities make colouring and toning so easy.  Thank you for stopping by and I hope to see you tomorrow for another post using Work of Art to create a Christmas Tree

Until then, happy crafting,

2014 Christmas Stampin' Up! Festive Flurry Ornaments

Last year I received a very lovely gift - a hand made ornament featuring the Stampin' Up! set "Festive Flurry.  I gave the stamp set and dies as a gift to a very special friend who helped me get the blog to what it is today...Rachael Norris...This is what she created and gave to us.

A Crafty Cat: Stampin" Up! Festive Flurry Christmas Ornament

Up Close you can see the layers...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin" Up! Festive Flurry Christmas Ornament

Gifts of Ornaments are so beautiful and special, and this year I have featured 4 different ornaments.
Let me know which is your personal favourite by leaving a comment.

Yours in paper craft,

2014 Christmas Stampin' Up! Joyful Christmas

Case - Copy And Share Everything and that is why one should purchase the Stampin' Up! catalogues.  Today's project is cased from an old Stampin' up! holiday catalogue and focuses on the retired Stampin' Up! Christmas set "Joyful Christmas" a poinsettia with greetings.

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Joyful Christmas

Instructions
The cards are a square, the backing card, created out of Cherry Cobbler textured cardstock (now retired). 
I embossed the poinsettia in embossing powder - pewter for the above example, on cherry cobbler card stock and then I cut out the image.
For this example I the used some watered down shimmer paint to add dimension to the centre petals.
The poinsettia is then adhered with dimensionals to a piece of embossed Whisper White, which was lightly sponged in a coordinating colour - the above example in Old Olive.
This assembly was then adhered to the cherry cobbler backing card with sticky strip.
The greetings were then added, the "merry" being a wafer thin die, run through the Big Shot machine and the "Christmas" a stamp.
The centre can be dressed with a button, embellishment of your choice, pearls or rhinestones...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Joyful Christmas

Variations of this include using different embossing folders and colouring the pearls...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Joyful Christmas

 The gold leaves are the excess from the Y when the die punched out "Merry"...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Joyful Christmas

 Another combination, the powder embossing is done in gold...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Joyful Christmas

 Rhinestones and gold embossing powder were the features of these and I popped the centre petals with dimensionals to add dimension...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Joyful Christmas

Oh how I love this set, even now.....

Yours in paper craft

2014 Christmas Stampin' Up! Endless Wishes

The effect of sponging over torn paper is not only a very effective technique but versatile for all occasions including Christmas cards,  Today's Christmas card is simply snow flakes peeping out of a coloured strip - reminds me of when you look through a window and you wipe your hand across to see outside....anyway one of my dreams is to have a white Christmas with Ben and a couple of special friends and this card takes me there.

A Crafty Cat: Endless Wishes Christmas Cards in Night of Navy, Bermuda Bay, Tempting Turquoise

Instructions
The sponged strip created by tearing two pieces of paper and masking the top and bottom of the card (Whisper White) and sponging over it with a coordinating ink. 
I then stamped various sized snowflakes from the Endless Wishes Stamp set by Stampin' Up!, in Grey over the mask and sponging.
I then removed the mask and stamped in the coordinating ink the greeting and then the snow flakes, but around the sponging. 
The card is then adhered to coordinating card stock.
If you wish you can dress up the card by adding a little bling with extra matting, Rhinestones (that can be coloured with Blendabilities or  any alcohol marker) or Dazzling details.

A Crafty Cat: Endless Wishes Christmas Cards in Bermuda Bay

To make these more economically this can easily be a one layer card...they are very stunning...

A Crafty Cat: Endless Wishes Christmas Cards in Pacific Point

This layout can be recreated in any colour combination and the flakes could even be embossed if you had the time - how stunning would that look!  Thank you for stopping by, it was lovely to have your company. 

Yours in paper craft,

2014 Christmas Stampin' Up! Bright and Beautiful, Christmas Tree Ornaments

This post features another  project for your Christmas Tree, a stamped paper star using Stampin' Up! Bright and Beautiful...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Bright and Beautiful Christmas tree paper ornaments

The ornaments were created by cutting out 2 x large stars in coordinating Stampin' Up! cardstock. Stamp and cut out 2 of each of the largest and middle sized stars from Stampin' Up! "Bright and Beautiful." Layer the stars on the cardstock as shown in the picture using dimensionals/pop dots for at least one layer. embellish centre as desired. Adhere the two assemblies back to back ensuring you secure the string well, formed in a loop, with Sticky Strip. 

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Bright and Beautiful Christmas tree paper ornaments

These are a very nice addition to any tree and note that you can add glimmer paper - that would be a very lovely touch.  Thank you for dropping by and I look forward to seeing you tomorrow.

Yours in paper craft

2014 Christmas Stampin' Up! Visions of Santa in an Easel

Visions of Santa by Stampin' Up! is so much fun and I just had to make an easel card with him dancing along it...


A Crafty Cat: Stamin' Up! Visions of Santa

Ben of course loves it - makes him laugh...


A Crafty Cat: Stamin' Up! Visions of Santa

Santa is stamped along a strip of Whisper White, in Momento Tuxedo Black and coloured the images with Stampin' Up! Cherry Cobbler Blendabilities.  The top is punched with Stampin' Up! confetti star punch, the bottom embossed with the snow flake looking embossing folder from Stampin' Up! Delicate Designs Item # 127023.  I then stuck this to the base card stock which was cut 1/4 inch larger (both sides) than the whisper white.  For instructions on how to construct an easel card, please watch this video presented by Elainescreations.

This dancing Santa is so much fun, I just cannot put the set down.  Thanks for stopping by, I hope to see you tomorrow.

Yours in paper craft,

2014 Chrismtas Stampin' Up! Curvy Keepsake Box

So what does one do when you sit with a gorgeous girl friend or two and you have a curvy keepsake box die sitting in front of you - create and create we did...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Curvy Keepsake Box

These boxes are so gorgeous and purrrfect for gift wrapping any time of the year.  As a small group we created and decorated these gorgeous boxes with the tag dies included. We embellished with punches and the snowflake die.

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Washi Tape Christmas Cards

 CN embellished with a stamped bird...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Washi Tape Christmas Cards

 Rose liked the heart...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Washi Tape Christmas Cards

 We all loved our creations made with Stampin' Up! Designer Series Papers...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Washi Tape Christmas Cards

 I think the DSP set the colour combinations off purrrfectly...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Washi Tape Christmas Cards

 Love the snowflake on the scallop circle...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Washi Tape Christmas Cards

There will be another post showcasing the Curvy Keepsake Box done up as Santa - so very cute!
See you tomorrow for the next Christmas holiday post.

Yours in paper craft,

2014 Christmas Stampin' Up! Ornament Keepsake

2013 saw the release of a beautiful Christmas stamp set called Ornament Keepsake and it is not only beautiful, it very versatile. Last year I posted cards made with the set and this year I am posting
3D ornaments created... Reds, greens, blues, yellows and even browns...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Ornament Keepsake

 In Tempting Turquoise and Real Red, this is a beautiful ornament...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Ornament Keepsake

 As you can see from this photo, the ornament is comprised of 6 pieces, each piece is comprised of 3 (blue) or 4(red) or the stamp folded and stuck together...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Ornament Keepsake

 Real Red and Gumball Green with the most lovely, soft tulle I've ever had the pleasure of working with...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Ornament Keepsake

 From the side you can see the layering...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Ornament Keepsake

 Gumball Green and Daffodil Delight for this beautiful ornament...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Ornament Keepsake

 From the side you can see only the yellow pieces are 3D...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Ornament Keepsake

 CN created this gorgeous piece out of Chocolate Chip and Soft Suede - with the tulle it is stunning...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Ornament Keepsake

 Back to Tempting Turquoise and Real Red, personally my favourite colour combination...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Ornament Keepsake

 These are currently on sale so if you would like to create a gorgeous 3D ornament, check out the video HERE and watch the talented Catherine Pooler make a similar ornament, or give me a call, I'm only too happy to help.

Love