For my Sunday share, here are the rest of the cards using the Open Sleigh stamp set. I stuck to the Riding Hood Red colour palette, used the stamp off technique to make the stockings on either side of the middle appear much lighter. The centre stocking was stamped on a piece of Very Vanilla card […]
Author Archives: Elaine Harding
Open Sleigh
As we count down to Christmas, here are more christmas cards using the Open Sleigh stamp set in the Annual Catalogue – page 12. My colour combo is Gumball Green, Riding Hood Red and Very Vanilla card stock. I’ve used the Framed Tulips embossing folder to frame the sleigh which was stamped in Riding Hood […]
Open Sleigh
This stamp set includes 5 stamps, the stocking, the curly motif which was perfect for the mantelpiece, a greeting for the outside of the card, another for the inside and also a sleigh which I will feature next time. For the grate, I punched a label with the Extra Large Tag punch in Soft Suede and […]
A Cherry on the Top
This is a birthday card I made for a special lady. She makes the most beautiful cards and I’m in awe of her talent, so I couldn’t just do the run of the mill card and this is what I came up with. It was her birthday yesterday, so I think I’m safe to post this now. The […]
Advent Calendar
Where has 2012 gone? I can’t believe that we’re in the 12th month in the 2,012th year! I shall have to make a special project to mark the 12th day of the 12th month in 2012 so watch this space…..! It brings me to having to confess that I haven’t got round to making anything […]
Stampin’ Up! Trimmer
Hooray! Our long awaited trimmer is here at last and is available for sale as from today. You’ll find it on page 180 of the Annual Catalogue Item 129722 @ £25.95. It cuts anywhere, in any direction, and you can keep the scoring and cutting blades on the track at the same time. The trimmer […]
3D Snowflake #2
Yesterday I very quickly put together a snowflake using some retired papers to experiment with. I’ve had lots of emails asking me how I did this so I’ve written a tutorial which you can find under “Tutorials” in the navigation bar at the top of my blog. Once in the Tutorials section, click on the relevant […]
Guest Designer – Catherine Lacey
I am so proud of Catherine. She’s my Stampin’ Up! daughter and as she doesn’t have a blog (yet!) I thought I would feature some of her work on mine. These are some of the cards she designed for her card classes. I love this card using the square scallop die. Here it is closed……. […]