Stampin' Up! UK Sliding Chalk Talk Christmas Creation

Happy Wednesday Greetings! Just over a month to go until the big C day. Where is this year flying by to? I am now amazingly 23 weeks pregnant. I cannot believe how quickly time is going. I keep putting off baby preparations until after Christmas. But with the speed that the festivities are coming around I really should be thinking in a bit more detail about what I should be getting ready!

Today's festive share was inspired by this lovely creation I had seen over on Monica's blog. I just absolutely loved the sliding element of the card coupled with the Stampin' Up! Chalk Talk window. I loved the shape of the card and the use of the lovely Floral Fusion Sizzlits (which I purchased especially for this card creation).

This card uses a colour palette of Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Old Olive and Cherry Cobbler (my four favourite festive colours!). I used the Season of Style Washi Tape to seal the edges of the base of the card. I then cut the insert slightly smaller to create the sliding element. The image was stamped using the Chalk Talk stamp set and by coloring the For You and label in festive colours it gives a festive edge to the card.

For the floral embellishments around the frame we used the small floral punch from the Itty Bitty Shapes punches and the branch from the Bird Punch accessorised with Basic Rhinestones.

For more information on the Chalk Talk stamps and framelits (available as a Bundle from the catalogue or my online store) please click on the image below.

I have included links to the products used for today's project either by clicking on the photos or the direct links above. If you place an online order for any Stampin' Up! products through my online store remember to add the code below and I will add your name to the draw to win the hostess benefits for the month's combined orders (with a minimum of £25 in hostess freebies):

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Please get in touch if you have any questions about today's project or about placing an order or about Stampin' Up! in general. You can contact me on poulton_sarah@yahoo.co.uk or 01983 609249.

Happy Crafting

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A little bit of card class creating

Evening all and welcome to a new crafty week.

I am not sure what happened to my Thursday post last week. It didn't seem to publish. So that'll have to be a project for another day ;0)

To make up for the blogging gap recently I have a couple of projects to share with you today.

The card above is one of the projects from this month's card class. When I got my hands on the new catalogue I instantly fell in love with the Hostess Stamp Set, Simply Sketched. I had seen this card by Brian King on Pinterest and knew I wanted to have a go at it. I love the stamping on Very Vanilla and cutting the main flower image out to make it stand out from the newsprint. The colour scheme is Early Espresso, Blushing Bride and Strawberry Slush. I coloured the images using my ink pads and a Blender Pen.

Simply Sketched is a stamp set exclusive to Hostess orders. If you'd like to get your hands on it you can book a crafty party and earn yourself lots of lovely crafty freebies (including any of the exclusive hostess stamp sets) as well as have a fun evening with friends. To find out more please get in touch on poulton_sarah@yahoo.co.uk or 01983 609249.

The second project is another of our card class makes using the fab Tag A Bag gift boxes and accessories. I love these ready made gift boxes and all the matching loveliness of the accessories pack.

We stamped the gift tag with stamps from the Chalk Talk stamp set. We then stamped the tissue paper insert in matching colours using Mosaic Madness. The colours we used are Crushed Curry and Bermuda Bay.

Thank you for stopping by today. Hope you enjoyed our crafty projects.

Please let me know if there is anything Stampin' Up! related I can help you with. I am more than happy to chat about craftiness and especially Stampin' Up! and the products.

Happy Crafting ;0)
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