Christmas with Thoughtful Branches

Thoughtful branches is such a versatile set that you can make a card for almost any occasion.

I made this Christmas card by using Crushed Curry cardstock and inks and combined copper embossing and foil paper.

Make sure that if you love this set as much as I do, that you get in quick as it is only available this month or while stocks last. Contact your demo, or if you don't have one and are in Australia you can make your purchase through me by clicking the "shop now" button on the right hand side of my blog.

THOUGHTFUL BRANCHES - limited edition available until 31 August or until stocks last.

Thoughtful Branches

Bundle (144328) $90.75 AUS

Stamp set (143539) $47 AUS

Stamp Sets: Thoughtful Branches (144328)
                     Reason for the Season (139730)
Inks:            Versamark (102283)
                    Crushed Curry (131173)
Cardstock:   Crushed Curry (131288)
Other:          Copper Stampin' emboss powder (141636)
                
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It's a pink kinda Christmas

My plan this year is to have my Christmas shopping done and Christmas cards made by the beginning of December. Now we all know that this may not happen, but with each card I make, the closer I am to my goal.

Today I have gone with Melon Mambo. I know it isn't a traditional colour, but I always find it bright and happy.

This is the first time that I have added colour to my flower from the Reason for the Season stamp set.

The style of this card is very clean and simple, adding a little bling to give it that little sparkle.

 

 

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Crazy Crafters September Blog Hop - Theme: Holiday Catalogue

Welcome to the latest Crazy Crafters Blog Hop. This time our theme is holiday catalogue. So this means if you follow the hop, you will find a range of ideas for products from the Stampin' up! Holiday Catalogue which was released on 1st September. We hope you find great inspiration from the projects. 

You may just be starting the blog hop here at my blog - Rosalie Desmond or may have come from the person previous to me in the list. If you get off track at any time, the full lineup below will help you move along from blog to blog so you see all the projects. As I mentioned at the moment you are visiting Rosalie Desmond.

I'm sure that this is not the first time I have said this, but I LOVE this catalogue. If you haven't had a chance to look at it yet, I suggest that you do. I have a link to an online version of the catalogue in my sidebar. The hard part for me was working out just which of the amazing products I wanted to high light today.

I decided that I would give you all another example of a card that uses the Reason for the Season stamp set and the matching Festive Flower punch.

This time I moved away from the traditional colours and used wisteria wonder card stock, elegant eggplant ink and some daffodil delight thrown in.

The main feature of this card is the flower, which is created by using the stamp set for the lines in the flower, and then punching them out using the festive flower punch.

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Christmas with Flowers



There are so many images from my childhood that mean Christmas - a Poinsettia is one of them. I remember more than one Christmas when my Mum would purchase one.

 

So in the spirit of the Christmas Flower, I created this card using the Reason for the Season stamp set which was recently released in the 2015 Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalogue. I loved this simple use of the stamp set to create my background. 



 

 

The flowers have been heat embossed in clear, which brings out the colour of the card stock and gives it a shine and a little pop. The sentiment "A very Merry Christmas to You" is also from the Reason for the Season stamp set. All I have added is a simple piece of white ribbon. Sometimes simple is the way to go.

 

Now while I, and many others refer to them as flowers, they are not in fact flowers at all.

 

 The red colouring does not come from the flowers; the flowers are the white insignificant clusters in the centre. These coloured bracts are actually modified leaves (Information directly from Gardening Australia ABC).

 

 

 

 

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And A Very Merry Christmas to You...

I know I have been using this punch a lot lately, but as you can tell - I love it!

 

This time I have teamed it up with a plain Daffodil Delight background. Nice and simple.

 



 

 

The sentiment from Reason for the Season was inked with Real Red, then I added clear embossing powder and heated. I love using this technique to help my projects pop and make the recipient feel extra special.

 

 

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Festive Flower Punch

I don't think I have blogged many products that use punches, but I do love them. They are so easy to use and so effective.

The Stampin' Up! 2015 Holiday Catalogue has a couple of new punches in it, but the one that caught my eye is the Festive Flower Punch. I can see this being used on cards, on boxes, on tags and even to dress up the Christmas table.

You can either buy the punch on its own or as a bundle with a matching Reason for the Season stamp set, saving yourself 15%. The stamp set is really cute both with and without the punch.




Now lets see what it looks like in a different colour for non-Christmas events. Now to decide what I am going to do with this one...a project for another day I'd say.

As you can see, there are a few layers involved with creating this flower. Stampin' Up! have released a video to help you learn how to put this together.

I can't wait to see what everyone else does with this punch.

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