INK & INSPIRATION _ CHRISTMAS TIME AGAIN!

Welcome to this months Ink & Inspiration blog hop. This month's theme is Christmas Time Again!

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This month I purchased some new products - the Treat Time Stamp Set and Pettie Treat Framelits, so I decided to use the framelits for the first time and create a cute little treat package for Christmas.

To create a Christmas themed project I used the All Is Bright DSP from the 2018 Holiday Catalogue and the Better Together Stamp Set from the 2018-2019 Annual Catalogue. The Better Together Stamp Set combines sentiments and small images for a number of occasions into the one set. Sympathy, New Baby, Weddings, Hello and Christmas, are just a few of the topics covered. It is a versatile set and the sentiments can be mixed in with other stamp sets to broaden there use as well.

The tag is made using a framelit from the Pettie Treat set and a 1 3/4" circle punch. I used gold mini sequin trim to add a little sparkle and the 1/8" Real Red Solid ribbon to attach the tag to the treat package.

These sour cream style packages are easy and quick to make as you can see from the video below and makes a fun addition to any Christmas table or just to package small gifts for family and friends.

I hope you enjoy the remainder of the hop and gain heaps of Christmassy inspiration from the team.

Until next time. Happy crafting,

BLOG HOP LIST

PRODUCTS USED:

Petite Treats Framelits 146827 

Better Together Stamp Set 141736

All Is Bright DSP 147892

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,

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,