Yesterday I held my first in-person stamping event since March. It was so nice to sit and chat in person whilst creating a stack of Christmas cards.
What made it even more special was that it was with some ladies that have been customers since the first year I joined SU back in 2006. I hadn't actually met in person with these particular ladies since last year! So we had a bit of catching up to do.
Since it's been so long, we did a catalogue walk-through as they had coffee/tea, before we got down to stamping and creating.
They got to make 10 cards each (2 designs) and used a bunch of new products.
Here is the first card, which had a slight variation to one for a bit of fun.
Supplies used were (Click on the above images to shop these supplies):
- Joyful Holly Stamp Set
- Real Red, Pretty Peacock, Pool Party & Old Olive inks
- Real Red, Pool Party, Pretty Peacock & Whisper White card-stock
- Label Me Fancy, Label Me Lovely & Everyday Label Punches
- Old Olive/Pretty Peacock Reversible Ribbon & Real Red Double Stitched Satin Ribbon (I actually used a Retired ribbon as I had run out of the other!)
- Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels and Woven Threads Sequin Assortment
We used the Stamparatus to get these done. The leaf outline is stamped in Pretty Peacock ink and the inside of the leaf is Pool Party on one & Old Olive on the other.
This fun fold card uses and A4 piece of card-stock cut on the diagonal (left top corner to right bottom corner) and them scored at the halfway point to the center. I found it easiest to score the sheet of A4 first before cutting. They made just one each of the fun fold & then 4 of the other.
The next card was another fun fold and used a mix of stamp sets and dies....
(Click on the below image to shop the supplies)
I just love the cute little gnomes in the Gnome for the Holidays stamp set.
Here is the inside which has 2 "flaps" to open...
Supplies used in this card are:
- Gnome for the Holidays and Coming Home stamp sets
- Smoky Slate and Whisper White Card-stock
- Plaid Tidings Designer Series Paper
- Smoky Slate ink and Jet Black StazOn Pad
- Stitched Nested Labels and Stitched Shapes dies
- Stampin' Blends
It was fun to mix these 2 sets together. The image can be coloured with your preferred choice/method of colouring.
I had to leave (to pick my girls up from school) while they were still making these cards, so didn't get to see how they all turned out. But they have promised to send me some photos.... I always love seeing the variations as each person adds their own touch to each.
With these cards, they have made a good start to their Christmas cards and this will hopefully inspire them to continue to make some more.
Thanks for stopping by!
Natasha ox
