Stampin' Up! UK Cross Stitch Christmas Hybrid Card

Good morning all. Welcome to Friday and *hooray* its nearly the weekend.

I thought I would share a different card project today. This year I took part in a cross stitch card exchange with a group of local Isle of Wight crafters. We were all given a crafty partner to exchange with. I cross stitched a few card designs with an idea in my head of creating these hanging bauble windows. However, it all looked a bit too busy. So I downsized and created just the one bauble with this owl stitching design. I then redesigned the card to include stamping using the Ornament Keepsakes stamp set and my Gold Metallic Encore stamp pad. I finished with embellishments including Basic Rhinestones and Silver 1/8" Ribbon. 

The layers of the cards were created with Night of Navy and Brushed Gold card stock. 

Inside the card I created this little festive owl using the Builder Owl Punch and silver and red glimmer paper. I thought he added a nice extra layer of festive creativity ;0)

I really enjoyed the creative challenge of blending traditional cross stitch with Stampin' Up! and stamping. I love using the embellishments, stamps and punches to make a hybrid crafty card.

The card was posted yesterday and will be winging its way to my crafty partner as you read. Now to await my return card and see what crafty loveliness arrives through the door.

Please get in touch if you have any questions or queries about Stampin' Up! or My Digital Studio, I'd be only too happy to help: poulton_sarah@yahoo.co.uk or 01983 609249.

Happy Festive Crafting ;0)
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Christmas Crafting Makings

So as promised, here is one of the projects we made at this weekends Christmas Craft Day.  We made this lovely little bag of tags complete with 4 gift tags and a Rudolph topper (thank you Keren for the inspiration for the Owl Punch Rudolph!).

Each tag uses a stamp from the Gifted stamp set as its focal point and is then layered with matching coloured cardstock. The stocking tag is coloured with Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive, the Seasons Greetings tag uses all the shades of green (Old Olive, Certainly Celery, Wild Wasabi, Always Artichoke, Garden Green), the Merry Christmas is stamped with Elegant Eggplant  and layered onto Rich Razzleberry and More Mustard and the final tag is stamped with Cherry Cobbler and layered onto Crumb Cake card (and finished with two rhinestones).

 Here is the bag complete with the Chocolate Chip Top Note topper. I drew on the white stitching with my white gel pen and stamped the sentiment with a White Craft Stampin' Pad.

 Here is a close up of the Rudolph. This was punched in Crumb Cake with the Owl Punch. Then by cutting off the feet you are left with the Rudolph face. The antlers are create with the Swirls Scribbles Sizzlit Die in Early Espresso. The nose is punched with the 1/2" Circle Punch and finished with detailing in white gel pen. I drew on the eyes and mouth.

Thanks for stopping by today ;0) Happy crafting and happy last few weeks of summer.

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Owl Punch Surprise....

 I am battling a Bank Holiday Migraine today (in capitals to emphasize my irritation at this happening). So please excuse me if my blogging makes little sense ;0)  I've been resting all day and my brain is going stir crazy. Luckily I've had our family dog (star of many a scrapbook LO featured on these pages) for company all day. We've been snoozing away the day together.

I looked through my archive photos today to find some cards I havent previously featured on my blog. This card was inspired by many different owl punch cards I've seen out there in blogland. I created it with a view to teaching this in this months classes. However, it got replaced by my May infatuation with Natures Walk. I love the 3d pop out effect with this card and the Woodland Walk woodgrain papers. I also enjoyed the way the card tells a story (the way the owls are peeking out on the front cover then flying out from the tree inside the card).   If you'd like any further info on Stampin' Up! or their products, please get in touch: poulton_sarah@yahoo.co.uk or 01983 609249. 

I'm off to attempt to schedule some posts for the week. Wish me luck. Not sure my brain will be able to handle it.....

Happy May 1st and a Happy Birthday to my Dad

In celebration of May Day and my Dad's birthday I am sharing the birthday card I've made him today. This is scheduled as I'll be BBQing with my family to celebrate (hopefully we're still enjoying lovely weather). We have my grandparents visiting as well as my sis home from Uni for the weekend.

I decided to keep Dad's birthday card quite simple as he wouldn't have appreciated the fuss of a highly decorated floral card *laugh* And as I haven't used my Owl Punch in a while I decided to give this an outing (along with the lovely Woodland Walk Designer Series Paper which I recently purchased but havent used). So here it is:

I've used the wood pattern paper with an oval punched out to represent a hole in the bark. The sentiment is stamped from the Level 2 Hostess Set Something to Celebrate in Chocolate Chip. I've punched the Owl from Chocolate Chip cardstock with his chest punched from coordinating paper from the Woodland Walk series. To finish I punched a leaf branch from the Two Step Bird punch.

Happy May Day Crafting ;0)

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Sale-A-Bration Good Luck

Been working on a few cards and LOs this evening. I made this card for two colleagues who are leaving the office next week. Wanted to make something from the office to wish them well with their new venture.

For this I used Wild Wasabi, Concord Crush and Pear Pizzazz (including the In Colour DSP stack). I also used the Punch Bunch and So Happy For You Sale-A-Bration stamp sets for the owls and sentiment. (The red is my table cloth and not part of the card!)

If you'd like any further info about Stampin Up or Sale-A-Bration, please do not hesitate to get in touch: poulton_sarah@yahoo.co.uk or 01983 609249.

Happy Crafting ;0)

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