A Sticky Outy Embellished Ornament

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Today's card was made using the Embellished Ornaments stamp set. Did you know it's on sale today only as a part of the Online Extravaganza?  My class ladies asked for a sticky outy card - their words!- so this is what I made for them.

The actual design of the card is quite simple, but the 3D bauble gives it a lovely pop that will certainly surprise the recipient.

The ornament will fold nice and flat for postage, but a little fluffing will restore it to it's 3D state. It's so easy to create - stamp and punch three circles, plus a fourth plain circle. Fold the stamped circles in half and adhere them back to back to each other. Adhere the bauble circles to the plain circle. I also sponged around the edges of the circles.

I love using the holly stamp to decorate the card, both the front and the inside.


Don't forget to pop over to my Online store to check out what's on sale in the Online Extravaganza.


Bye for now,


Tina

AWH Blog Hop: Holiday Catalogue

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Today some of the Art with Heart Stampin’ Up! team girls are sharing some fun and fabulous ideas to inspire you from our brand new Holiday Catalogue available now until 3rd January 2017. Be sure to request your copy of the catalogue today!

You have come to my blog from the very talented Ros Davidson. Blogs are full circles, so you can start hopping here and then at the end of each post is a link to the next. There is also a list of participants at the end in case of any broken links.


I have two cards for you today, both made using the new Jars Of Cheer stamp set from the Holiday Catalogue, as well as an old favourite, Embellished Ornaments.

My classic Christmas colour combination is Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White, and I stuck with it for these cards, with the addition of Crushed Curry for the flame of the candle.

I left the candle white, but I did add a layer of Clear Wink Of Stella to give it some shimmer. Sadly, it can't be seen in this photo.

I really love the holly branch in Embellished Ornaments to add some feature touches to the card, both inside and outside.

For the second version of the card, all I have really done it change the orientation of the card and the main panel. A small change that has a big effect, I think.

The candle was coloured the same way, but once again I failed to capture the Wink Of Stella glimmer. Oh well, you'll just have to imagine it!

Just for a change, I stamped a second candle on the inside rather than the holly branches. I think it suits the landscape card better than more holly.

Well, that's it from me! The next stop is my fellow South Australian, Kathryn Mangelsdorf. She creates some really amazing stuff, so pop on over there to check it out.

If you find a broken link or have come to this blog hop from a different entry point, you can view the participants below:

1. Kate Morgan
2. Ros Davidson
3. Tina Gillespie (that's me!)
4. Kathryn Mangelsdorf
5. Rachel Palmieri
6. Rachel Woollard
7. Claire Daly
8. Judy May
9. Monika O'Neill
10. Rebecca Jacovou

Bye for now,

Tina

Caseing The Catty Blog Hop Guest Designer

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I was asked recently if I'd like to be a Guest Designer for CASEing The Catty challenge blog. Of course I said yes! The regular DT do a Blog Hop every Sunday evening, with a challenge to CASE a card from a particular section of the Catalogue.

This week the CTC DT are CASEing from the Christmas section. I hadn't looked at this section much yet, as in July Christmas seems to be so far away, but if you're anything like me it sneaks up on you rapidly after that and you're wondering where the time went!

Anyway, I decided to CASE this card on page 29 of the Annual Catalogue. I really liked the CAS look of it.

I don't actually own the Peaceful Pines stamp set and framelits though, so I decided to substitute for the Embellished Ornaments stamps and framelits.

I went for a classic Christmas colour combo of Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White and Gold.

The original card had a few clear sequins scattered on the front, so I added some to my card too. They add a nice little something, but are discrete enough that they don't distract from the main elements.

I always finish the insides of my cards too, so I cut a second bauble from the Red Glimmer Paper to use on the inside.

Thanks so much to the CTC team for having me as a Guest Designer this week, it was lots of fun. Click on the Previous Blog button to go to the CTC Blog and the Next Blog button to go to the next blog in the Blog Hop, which is the lovely Rachel Palmieri.

Click on the badge below to play along with the challenge!

Bye for now,

Tina

Embellished Ornaments in Crumb Cake

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Are you loving the products in the new Holiday Catalogue? I'm especially loving the Embellished Ornaments stamp set and coordinating Delicate Ornaments Thinlits.  Today's card is a CASE of a gorgeous card I saw online that used the bundle.  You can see the original card here.

I made a few changes to Amy's card - Crumb Cake instead of Tip Top Taupe, Baker's Twine instead of ribbon and a different embossing folder.  I also used a stamped panel behind the ornament rather than vellum.

I quite like the look of the stamped panel as it ties in nicely with the design on the stamped ornament. I think my Crumb Cake inkpad needs reinking though!

It's funny how Amy and I ended up with similar insides.  I didn't actually see her inside until I went searching for her blog post to link. I'd only seen the front of her card online and taken a screen capture on my phone. Great minds think alike!

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI #280: Just Add Glimmer

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What a fun challenge at Just Add Ink this week - to Just Add Glimmer to your projects!  Who doesn't love a bit of bling?

I decided to go for a CAS to try to make the Glimmer Paper the star of the card.  I love the new, thicker Whisper White cardstock for plain white card bases.

I used a pair of Labels Framelits from the Tags and Labels set to frame my sentiment.  I also used a few Old Olive sequins as a highlight, finished with a dot of Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details.

I really love the holly stamp as a feature stamp on Christmas cards.

What glimmer will you add to your project this week? Why don't you pop on over to the Just Add Ink blog to see what the rest of the Design Team have done?

Bye for now,

Tina

AWH Blog Hop: Holiday Catalogue

Hi!

Today some of the Art with Heart Stampin' Up! team girls are sharing some fun and fabulous ideas to inspire you from our brand new Holiday Catalogue available now until 4th January 2016.  I decided to go with the Home For Christmas DSP as the basis for my card.  I love the retro images in the paper!

As you can see, I paired the DSP with the Embellished Ornaments stamp set and Delicate Ornaments Thinlits Dies.  The dies are a great way to add instant Christmas to any card.

Everyone loves a bit of 'shiny' when it comes to Christmas, so I die cut my bauble from the new Red Foil Sheets.  It's so pretty - and I love how easy the intricate bauble is to cut using my Precision Plate in my Big Shot.

The holly leaves are stamped in Mint Macaroon that has been stamped off once.  I really like how it adds a subtle 'oomph' to the sentiment on the inside of the card.

The next blog in the hop belongs to my fellow South Australian, Kathryn Mangelsdorf.  She's bound to have some Holiday gorgeousness on her blog!

If you find a broken link or have come to this blog hop from a different entry point, you can view the participants below:

1. Rachel Woollard
2. Ros Davidson
3. Kate Morgan
4. Judy May
5. Claire Daly
6. Jenny van Dijk
7. Kathryn Ruddick
8. Tina Gillespie
9. Kathryn Mangelsdorf

Bye for now,


Tina