Christmas………. In July!

 

I know, I know we haven’t even got the summer holidays out of the way yet, but for a lot of crafters Christmas really does start in July.  If you start now and make 10 cards a month that’ll be 60 done for Christmas!  See now 60 sounds a lot doesn’t it – but 10 that is a little more manageable.

I recently went along to some Demonstrator training in Peterborough where the theme was…Christmas.  So much fun.   I LOVE Christmas….and bling.  The projects we made were just stunning and I will be sharing some of these with you over the coming weeks. 

It was my first time to this training event and I had a blast.  It’s one of the great things about being a Stampin Up Demonstrator.  Not only do you get to meet such a lot of fabulous people just by holding classes, crops and doing home workshops you also get to hang out with amazing and talented Demonstrators from around the UK.  This can be at events like Peterborough Training which is run by 2 UK Demonstrators, but also at Regional Training and Convention which is put on by Stampin Up!  There is very little time in the calendar to feel uninspired or like your crafting mojo is flagging with events like these.

So, if you would like to join in the fun talk to me about becoming a Demonstrator too.  It’s so easy to do.  You’ll get discount on all your goodies, and even 30% on your very first order!!!  Check out the Join my team button at the top of my blog.

So the training left me very much wanting to make more Christmas projects.  So the other night while hubby was on a work call I crept off to my craft room and made this…

I used the triple snowflake stamp from the Serene Snowflakes stamp set to make the background, the greeting from the Curly Cute stamp set and the gorgeous bauble from Contempo Christmas stamp set.

Add a couple of Clear Rhinestone Brads to the greeting banner and a few Basic Rhinestone Jewels to the middle bauble and there you have it. 

I just love this card…but then I love Christmas so being able to start projects now is so much fun for me! 

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Elaine x

Take a Bauble and…..

Turn it upside down! And voila!  A hot air balloon!  Isn’t it just fab?



The bauble is from Contempo Christmas, and the rest of the card is made up from Big Bold Birthday.  Big Bold Birthday has all the elements to make fabulous cupcakes – and cupcakes are so in right now.  Have you see some of the fabulous wedding cakes there are that are surrounded by gorgeous cupcakes?  Awesome.
Oh yeah, back to the card…. 
The Balloon basket is from the base of the cupcake stamped in Melon Mambo, the clouds are the top of the cupcake stamped in Pink Pirouette and the balloon is in the new in-color Concord Crush.  This has fast become one of my favourite colours!

Up, Up and Away!!

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Elaine

Demonstrator Training - Contempo Christmas

Each year Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators are able to attend training sessions which helps us bring you all the delights of Stampin’ Up’s! products and how to use them.
During our training we get to make projects too!  It’s great fun, this year there were about 70 0f us at the one I attended back in September in High Wycombe.
I couldn’t post up the project we made there before this,  as the items were from the new Idea Book & Catalogue (IB&C) but as the new (IB&C) is now here….here is the project.



Isn’t it gorgeous?  I might just have to make this my Christmas Card design this year.
I just love the colours Cherry Cobbler & Early Espresso with Whisper White cardstock and Ribbon.  We used the brand new stamp set called Contempo Christmas which is just fabulous.  You might just be able to see that the bauble is standing out a little.  No that’s not the use of Stampin’ Dimensionals, it’s a little bit of 3D!



Clever Huh? There is a fabulous new punch that goes with the Bauble in the new slimline punch design.
If you are interested in any of the items used in this project, you are able to purchase them through me. 
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Elaine