CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE STAMP-A-THON 2018 - CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS

Welcome to the latest Christmas Challenge Stamp-a-thon.  This is a collaboration between four Stampin' Up! Demonstrators friends. Ruth Trice 'Artful Stampin' from the UK, Denise Garrison 'Lady Bug Stampin' from USA, Ellen Woodbridge from Australia and myself. . The Challenge is set on the 25th of the month, each month has a different theme. The challenge this month is to make at least 4 Christmas decorations.

What a perfect opportunity to create some personalised decorations for either your house or your Christmas tree. I found this challenge, a real challenge. Not because it was too difficult but because I had so many ideas of possibilities running through my brain.

For this challenge I have decided to make an ornament for my tree (which doesn't go up until December 1st in our house). Thinking of decorations is means that Christmas is not far off now.

The ornament is created from two rosettes which were made by using strips of All Is Bright Designer Series Paper. A pearlized doilie and a good foiled reindeer cut out using the Detailed Deer Thinlit dies, complete the decoration. 

For further details on this project, please see the video attached.

These Christmas decorations are fun to make. It's hard to stop with just one. Lucky I had to make 4 for the challenge :)

If you would like to join us in the challenge or would like some inspiration from other people's entries, you will find the Christmas Challenge Stampaton 2018 on facebook.

Until next time. Happy crafting,

CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE STAMPATHON 2018 - SKETCH

Welcome to the latest Christmas Challenge Stamp-a-thon.  This is a collaboration between four Stampin' Up! Demonstrators friends. Ruth Trice 'Artful Stampin' from the UK, Denise Garrison 'Lady Bug Stampin' from USA, Ellen Woodbridge from Australia and myself. . The Challenge is set on the 25th of the month, each month has a different theme. The challenge this month is to use the sketch to make at least 4 Christmas Cards.

When we use a sketch the shapes are not set in concrete, which means you are able to take the image of a circle and use a square, love heart or any other shape that works for your card. It is the same for the spacings, you may want more of the background colour poking through or less. Sketches can often help to guide us in creating.

Here are the cards I have made for this challenge.



This is the sketch for this month's challenge.



To make my cards for this month Challenge I’ve used a piece of paper from Under The Mistletoe Designer Series Paper. I love the fact that the paper has two sides with different images, so I was able to flip one of my strips and have two different patterns on the cards. 

To see how I made these cards please refer to the video.

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Be inspired every month with our Christmas Challenge and come and join along.

Be in the draw by participating and gain tickets each month you join in. Prizes to be won in each region. 

Thank you for stopping by,

Rosalie

Products Used:

Hearts Come Home Stamp Set

Hometown Greetings Edgelits Dies 144671

Under The Mistletoe DSP 144671

CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE STAMPATON 2018 - TEXTURE

Welcome to the latest Christmas Challenge Stamp-a-thon.  This is a collaboration between four Stampin' Up! Demonstrators friends. Ruth Trice 'Artful Stampin' from the UK, Denise Garrison 'Lady Bug Stampin' from USA, Ellen Woodbridge from Australia and myself. . The Challenge is set on the 25th of the month, each month has a different theme. The challenge this month is to make at least 4 Christmas Cards or projects using the current theme - TEXTURE .

This month I was inspired to create these cards. 

Sometimes it is nice to use a non occasion specific stamp sets for Christmas. I had fun playing with the Bubble Over stamp set and the sentiment is from Itty Bitty Greetings set. 

For the "texture" in my creations I have used Shimmery White embossing paste, using a bubble template that I created using the bubble component of the matching dies. To add further texture and to finish off the card I added some Silver metallic thread. 

Be inspired every month with our Christmas Challenge and come and join along. 
Be in the draw by participating and gain tickets each month you join in. Prizes to be won in each region. 

PRODUCTS USED:

Bubble Over 145868

Bottles & Bubbles Framelits 145663

Itty Bitty Greetings 146667

SPARKLE AND SHINE - CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE STAMPATHON 2018

Welcome to the forth Christmas Challenge Stampathon. This month the theme is "Sparkle and Shine". Use foil, embossing or any other form of sparkle or shine to your Christmas crafting project.

This months challenge runs from 25th May until the 24th June.

This time I decided to make some corner fold cards using the Star of Light stamp set and the Starlight thinlits. 

Corner cards look very effective but are actually very easy to make. I have made a YouTube video to show you how simple they are. 

For added sparkle and shine I used silver foil paper and silver heat embossing to add that extra Christmas glitz to the cards. 

Christmas Challenge Stampathon

with 

Ruth Trice 'Artful Stampin' from the United Kingdom

Denise Garrison 'Lady Bug Stampin'  from the US

Ellen Woodbridge  and Rosalie Desmond from Australia

Be inspired on the 25th of every month with our Christmas Challenge.

Our aim is to make Christmas crafting less stressful by doing a little each month throughout the year. If you choose to join in, not only will you be ahead on your Christmas craft but you will also be in the running to win a prize towards the end of the year. All crafting levels are encouraged to apply. Winners are chosen at random. There will be one major winner from each market. The more months you complete the challenge, the more entries you will have!

If you would like to join us in the challenge or would like some inspiration from other people's entries, you will find the Christmas Challenge Stampaton 2018 on facebook.

BLACK, WHITE AND A POP OF COLOUR - CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE STAMPATHON 2018

Welcome to the forth Christmas Challenge Stampathon. This month the challenge is to make at least 4 cards using the theme "Black, White and a Pop of Colour".

This challenge is right up my alley, I love using black and white in my projects. As soon as the theme was chosen I had it in my head that I wanted to have a silhouette. So I pulled out one of my favourite set of Christmas framelits, Santa's Sleigh (which will not be carrying over to the next Annual Catalogue) and Petal Passion Designer Series Paper and got to work.  Well as it goes with papercraft, sometimes the idea that is in your head doesn't always work in practice. So my idea was simplified, but I am still happy with how these turned out.

My design is simple and clean. This means that if you are needing to make multiples or are wanting to gift Christmas cards sets, then this may be a design for you.

The Petal Passion DSP is not designed as Christmas paper, but many of the designs are universal. Sometimes it is good to think outside the box and use products in a different way than they were intended.


I chose real red for my "pop of colour" but any colour would work.

Remember that these framelits will not be in the 2018-2019 Annual Catalogue, so they are only available until stocks last. If you wish to  purchase the Santa's Sleigh framelits or any other Stampin' Up! products and live in Australia, go to my Shop via the Shop now button on the side.

If you would like to join us in the challenge or would like some inspiration from other people's entries, you will find the Christmas Challenge Stampaton 2018 on facebook.

Happy crafting,

Rosalie

Santa's Sleigh Framelits 140278

Petal Passion DSP 145589

FOLDABLE GIFT BAG - CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE STAMPATON 2018

Welcome to the third Christmas Challenge. The challenge this month is to make at least 1 (hopefully more) foldable Christmas gift bags.

Christmas Challenge Stampathon

with 

Ruth Trice 'Artful Stampin' from the United Kingdom

Denise Garrison 'Lady Bug Stampin'  from the US

Ellen Woodbridge  and Rosalie Desmond from Australia

Be inspired on the 25th of every month with our Christmas Challenge.

Our aim is to make Christmas crafting less stressful by doing a little each month throughout the year. If you choose to join in, not only will you be ahead on your Christmas craft but you will also be in the running to win a prize towards the end of the year. All crafting levels are encouraged to apply. Winners are chosen at random. There will be one major winner from each market. The more months you complete the challenge, the more entries you will have!

This month's theme is Foldable Christmas Gift Bags. You may wonder why have we specifically said "foldable". The answer is easy - to make it easier for you to store them for the next 8 months. While we are all trying to get ahead on our crafting, we also want our projects to fit in a small box or container until we need them in December. 

These foldable gift bags are so easy to make and use one piece of designer series paper 8.5" X 12" to make and then you decorate them.

MEASUREMENTS:

1 piece of 8.5" x 12" designer series paper

Score at 1/2", 4 1/2", 5 3/8", 6 1/4", 10 1/4" and 11 1/8"

Turn and score at 1 1/2" 

The bags are decorated using the detailed star from the Starlight thinlits cut from gold foil paper, the sentiment is from the Star Light stamp set, embossed in gold, the oval is cut from Very Vanilla cardstock and the strip is a 2" x 4" piece of Fresh Fig card. For both of these bags I used DSP from the Eastern Palace pack.

If you would like to join us in the challenge or would like some inspiration from other people's entries, you will find the Christmas Challenge Stampaton 2018 on facebook.

Happy crafting,

Rosalie

CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE STAMPATHON - CARDS USING NON TRADITIONAL COLOURS

Welcome to the second Christmas Card Challenge. The challenge this month is to make at least 4 Christmas Cards using non-traditional colours.

Christmas Challenge Stampathon

with 

Ruth Trice 'Artful Stampin' from the United Kingdom
Denise Garrison 'Lady Bug Stampin'  from the US

Ellen Woodbridge  and Rosalie Desmond from Australia

Be inspired every month with our Christmas Challenge.

Using non-traditional colours is so much fun. You can colour co-ordinate with your home décor, with your Christmas colour theme, or do as I have, and choose colours you think will work nicely together. The choices are endless.

This month I was inspired to create these cards.






On this card I used Daffodil Delight, Berry Burst and Tangerine Tango. 

This card I sponged Tempting Turquoise, Lemon Lime Twist and Bermuda Bay.

I hope you choose to join us in the Challenge.

Challenge Details

Come over to the Christmas Challenge Stampathon 2018 and get ahead on your Christmas crafting supplies. I know I need the kick long in this department every year I have never done enough preparation. You will have 4 inspirational project videos on the 25th of each month. You will have till the 24th of the next month to make your projects. We have prizes for each market for those who participate - You get 1 ticket for the first challenge, 2 for the second challenge and so on and so forth. First Prize AU$88 prize pack of product, second prize is a sample of each of the items the organiser/s from your respective country makes.
Want more information or inspiration?? Come and check out the Christmas Challenge Stampathon Facebook Group

To order any of the products used to make my project, go to my SHOP NOW button on the side bar which will take you to my online store.

I run regular classes from the Western suburbs of Melbourne. I can show you how to make this, or any other project at your own party, which can either be held online via Facebook or in person. Contact me to arrange a time and to learn more about the benefits of being a hostess at your own party.

Happy crafting,

Rosalie