CHRISTMAS STAMPATHON 2019 - Frugal Crafting

Welcome to the first Christmas Stampathon for 2019.

This months' theme is - FRUGAL CRAFTING

Frugal crafting means keeping the cost of the project low. This can be done in a variety of ways including recycling, up-cycling, using scraps or keeping product use to a minimum. For my project this month, I choose the last option of using very little supplies to create my cards.

To create the card I used a masking technique with a sticky note to provide some white space on the card front for the sentiment.

It is amazing what you can achieve by simply using stamp, inks and paper.
#simplestamping

To see just how easy these cards are to make, take a look at the video.

The Christmas Stampathon 2019 is a collaboration between four international Stampin' Up! demonstrator friends. Ruth Trice from the UK, Denise Garrison from the US, Ellen Woodbridge and myself, Rosalie Desmond from Australia. The challenge is set on the 25th of each month (January- October) and entries are accepted until 11pm on the 24th of the following month, either via the group Face Book page or directly to one of the demonstrators. Everyone is welcome to join the challenge.

Until next time. Happy crafting,

QUICK CARD WITH SCRAPS

Today I am sharing a super quick and easy Christmas card which uses some scraps that were sitting on my desk from another project. 

I love using up all the pieces of the Designer Series Paper (DSP) and making the most of the resources I have.  Cutting shapes out of your DSP to create themed images is a simple way to produce or even mass-produce cards for a particular occasion. 

The Under The Mistletoe DSP is on page 189 of the 2018-2019 Annual Catalogue. The paper in this pack is a mix of pine cone, poinsettia, and plaid designs, with some Christmas images thrown in. So it contains a good variety of themes within the one pack.

The sentiment I chose to add is from the Merry Christmas to All. It is a combination of "from us" & "to you". I have found this stamp set very useful as I have a choice of large phrases or smaller ones, that can be combined which makes it a very flexible set. 

To see how I created this quick and fun card, see the YouTube video below. 

To ground the trees and separate the them from the sentiment I put a strip of Shaded Spruce card stock on the card.

Until next time. Happy crafting,

STAMPIN' DREAMS BLOG HOP - HOLIDAY CATALOGUE SNEAK PEEK

Welcome to the monthly Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop. This month's theme is Holiday Catalogue Sneak Peek.

You are currently visiting Rosalie Desmond from Australia. I hope you enjoy my project.

One of my favourite (& there are lots of them) products in the 2018 Holiday Catalogue, which goes live for customers on the 5th September, is the chicken wire elements. I knew I had to incorporate this in my first holiday catalogue project. 

In this card I have combined Night of Navy card stock with touches of silver in both the chicken wire and also the clear faceted gems. I used a swirl stamp from Merry Christmas To All stamp set, to create the background and a large sentiment from the same set as the focal point.

If you would like more details about creating this card, please check out my video.

I hope you enjoy the blog hop and find lots of inspiration. Please see the list below and hop through all the people on the list, so you don't miss any of the projects!

Happy crafting,

Rosalie

PRODUCTS USED:

Chicken Wire Elements

Merry Christmas To All