A Month of Christmas Craft - Deb's Cards and Replica Post Box

Hello Crafty Friends!
I hope you are all having a lovely weekend. And maybe getting into some Christmas Cardmaking. Today Deb joins us with some lovely Christmas cards ranging from traditional to tropical beachside themed. And a cute little post box for those embellished cards that are just too thick for standard envelopes.
Enjoy!

This is my replica post box, well that is what I tried to do. I made it to fit cards with baubles on them, as envelopes are just not fat enough!

These cards are made using Stampin' Up! inks, and watercolour paper. I have versamarked the beach hut and palm tree with white embossing powder......

Another Christmas Card, using Woodgrain DSP, and stamps from Stampin Up!.....

A set of 3 Christmas Cards, all using Stampin Up stamps and dies. The cute little bauble is also Stampin' Up!

Thank you for joining me today
xx Deb xx

Weekend Catch Up - Meet Guest Designer Deb Speijers

Hello Crafty Friends!

Our fun weekend catching up with some of our lovely CT ladies continues.
Today I would like to introduce you to Deb who will be sitting in (crafting in? lol) for Amira during the month of June.
Please make her feel welcome.......

Hello Crafty Friends,

I have been invited as a Guest Designer to create some projects for the June Kit which I have to say is quite an honour! But firstly I am going to tell you how my journey of stamping began.

One day 8  years ago a friend of mine invited me to a Stampin’ Up! Workshop, I had never heard of them and didn’t really want to go , but I did to support my friend. Well I was gobsmacked! Not so much by the card we made that day but by the catalogue! I had never seen so many beautiful stamps and products, I became a Demonstrator and have loved stamping ever since. I mainly make cards and 3D projects.  I get so much enjoyment out of making a beautiful card or gift box for someone special in my life. I have also come to love Tim Holtz, Darkroom Door, Graphic 45 to name a few! So my stash over the past 8 years has grown quite considerable and will probably take me the rest of my lifetime to use!

Another part of this amazing journey is the wonderful and talented crafters’ I have come to know. I now have so many friends that love what I love, people from all walks of life that I would never have gotten to know if it wasn’t for online media and stores such as Aunty Vera Scrap &Craft.

Here are few projects I have made recently,  enjoy!

First one is a 'card in a box'

Secondly a fun birthday card to suit the men in our lives!

Next one up is a shaker card!

Inside of card

This next one is a lovely pretty one using a punch for the flowers and leaves, and a die for the lovely intricate lacey part.

This next one is a really fun card to make, it is called a Twist Pop up Panel card, you can find tutorials on You Tube on how to make one.

Hope you enjoyed my projects,  and that it has got you into the crafting mood to make some of your own.

Happy Crafting!

Deb xx

A Month of Christmas Crafting 2017 - Christmas Cards with Deb

Hello Christmas Crafters!

I've decided to have a big Crafty Weekend... I'm catching up on last minute cardmaking, finishing off the shadow frames of my Advent Calendars and perhaps making a few crafty Christmas treats. Time for some inspiration!
Today Debbie from A Time to Stamp has some lovely Christmas cads to show us...... that should get my craft weekend under way :)
Enjoy!!

Hi, it's Deb here!

All my cards use mainly Stampin' Up products.

For my first card I decided it would be fun to use this 'Pineapple' Stamp from Stampin' Up! Seeing how I live in the sunshine state I thought it would be a nice way to send a bit of sunshine to friends and family I have living in other states!

I have used Blushing Bride Cardstock as the base, next layer is Whisper White Cardstock. I have then added some drops of ink onto baby wipes and used that as my stamp pad to ink up the Pineapple stamp. This gives a lovely mottled effect. 

The reinkers I used were Blushing Bride, Flirty Flamingo and Sweet Sugarplum for the bottom of the pineapple and for the top I have used Mint Macaron, Pear Pizzaz and Sahara Sand. The speckles were stamped with Gorgeous Grunge Stamp Set using Blushing Bride ink. The Merry Christmas is from Hand Penned Holidays Stamp set which is an oldie and no longer available, and I have used Pear Pizzaz ink. The 'Sunshine' die is from the Sunshine Wishes Thinlits and I have used Gold Glimmer Paper. Lastly of have used Bo Bunny Gold Glitter Paste which I purchased from Aunty Vera. 

For my next card I have used Whisper White cardstock as the base. I have then layered Vellum/Foil Specialty paper as the second layer.

 I have used Silver Glimmer paper for the banner. I have then stamped Wonderful Year stamp set using Versamark then sprinkled Emerald Envy Glitter Embossing Powder onto the stamped image and heated it with a heat tool. It comes out so sparkly, the photo does not do it justice.

For my next card the base of my card is Whisper White cardstock, I have then used Jar of Cheer Stamp set to stamp the snow in the background using the Soft Sky ink pad. 

The Greeting and the Snowman are from the same set of stamps. I stamped the snowman on a separate piece of card stock then fussy cut him out and adhered to the card using dimensionals to give him a raised effect. The Gingerbread house was fussy cut from the Candy Cane Designer Paper pack. I have placed a piece of Candy Cane Lane washi tape onto the top of the card and tied Candy Cane Lane Bakers Twine onto the side.

Now for my last card I have used PAPERTREY INK products. 

The set is called 'Make it Market: Post and Parcel Set'. The set contains stamps, dies, cut outs and paper and stencils. I have used the stencil for the snow and trees applying Wendy Vechhi Embossing Paste. The snow drifts and houses have been inked with stamp pad and sponge dauber using the stencils in the pack. 

The mailbox, presents, flowers and post were on pre-printed cardstock and cut out with the sizzlits in the pack.

Merry Christmas and Happy Stamping!

Thank you Debbie - these cards are GORGEOUS!!!! I love that you have gone both tropical and White Christmas with them!

So ........ who else is Christmas craftig this weekend?

AUnty Vera :) 

25 Days of Christmas - Day 15 - Jingle All the Way

Hi Crafty Bloggers

Christmas is just around the corner and if you're anything like me, your Christmas Card Making is in full swing as you squeeze in those last few cards that you can make before you put away the Christmas papers...... oh, who am I kidding? The Christmas papers are ALWAYS out in Aunty Vera Land! (lol)

I saw this fabulous card on pinterest that I just HAD to scraplift... especially since I had purchased the Sleigh Ride Edgelits Dies from my favourite Stampin' Up Demonstrator.... the lovely Deb from A Time to Stamp. The card is from Carolina Evans' blog and it's just GORGEOUS!

I had some sheets of white vellum with silver stars printed on it, and thought it would be perfect for a card like this.
So here is my take on it.......

Oops - did you notice the ink smudge? Can I pretend it's part of the design? ;)
I cut the village layer from white glitter card.... I love that sparkly look (and feel!).....

I just adore the tree layer..... it can be used for so many occasions. Really cute!

And a little sparkle from another Stampin' Up product - Winter Wonderland Embellishments. I love them so much I'm sticking them on EVERYTHING!.........

...... I even used a few to embellish my phone case!

One card down...... now, how many more to make?

Thank you for joining us today.
Aunty Vera :)