Showing posts with label Contempo Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Contempo Christmas. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

25 days till Christmas.....

The Story: 
 My daughter's class parents pooled their money and bought the teacher a substantial group gift for Christmas. 

The Problem:  
Normally, one card is bought and everyone gets to write in a tiny piece of space, about the size of a 20cent piece. 

The Solution:
Everyone has their own 3 x 3 inch gift card to write in, all of which will be presented on a small Christmas tree, hanging like ornaments.

The Challenge:
Being me, I couldn't just make 25 gift cards.  No.....  I had to make them all look pretty, and unique, and look like baubles when hanging on the tree.  So, the challenge became, to create 25 gift cards all different, but all using the same ornament shape, and all using the same colours. 


Over the next 25 days till Christmas, I'll post one card a day, kind of like a Christmas Bauble Advent Calendar.  So stay tuned.  As mentioned above, all of the cards use much the same in the way of supplies, so I'll post the supply list now, and you can refer back to it for each card if you get stuck on which supplies I've used.  I have used all SU! supplies, but I did need to venture into a friends stamp collection for some of the backgrounds (click here if you would like to discover some of her fantastic creations). 

But without further ado, here is the first, and my favourite (yes this one was mine to write in - hehehe) gift card. 




Supply List:
Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive
SU! Stamp Sets: Delightful Decorations, Contempo Christmas, Contempo Roller,Christmas Greetings, Four the Holidays, Tree Trimmings, Baroque Motifs.
Other: Jolly Holiday DSP, Vellum, Old Olive wide grosgrain ribbon, Mistletoe Ribbon Originals, Sleigh Bells, Very Vanilla taffeta, Old Olive thin taffeta, Basic Pearls, Basic Rhinestones, Fire Circle Rhinestone Brads, Dazzling Diamonds, Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint, Modern Label Punch, 1 3/4 inch circle punch, 1 inch circle punch, Ornament punch, Petals-a-Plenty and Polka Dot Textured Impressions Embossing Folders, copper cord (retired), dimensionals, 2 way glue pen, snail, paper piercing tools.

Happy Stamping......Manda

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Contempo Christmas Ornaments


Well here is my first sample using a new stamp set.  This one is called Contempo Christmas, and it was one of those ones that just yelled 'buy me now' LOL.

You might have noticed that this card is very similar to the medallion card from an earlier post?  I often have extra card packs made up from a class (I hate to run short - very embarrassing!).  So I thought I'd actually  use one up, rather than putting it in the pile of card packs to be used at a later date. (I think I still have some packs in there with Groovy Guava card stock and that was a looonnngggg time ago).

Here is a close up of the sentiment.......


and here is an arty shot, showing you that I've popped up the black ornaments with dimensionals.


Stamps: Contempo Christmas
Card stock:  Riding Hood Red, Basic Black, Whisper White
Ink: Riding Hood Red, Stazon Black
Other: Black Grosgrain ribbon, Dimensionals, Ornament punch (which is in the new IBC, but I had to hand cut these ornaments, as the punch can only be ordered as of today!)

Happy Stamping......Manda

Monday, August 30, 2010

Christmas Stamp A Stack

Hi Everyone.....sorry it's been a while....busy busy.

Thought I'd show you a couple of the cards that we made at my Christmas Stamp a Stack on Friday.

Here is the first one.


Stamps:  Medallion, Contempo Christmas (sentiment - sneak peek)
Ink: Stazon Black and Riding Hood Red
Card stock: Whisper White, Riding Hood Red, Basic Black
Other: Black Grosgrain ribbon, Red Fire Brad, 1 1/4 and 1 3/8 circle punch.



This is another card, and can I say that the photo's really don't do it justice, as it is stunning IRL. 
Stamps: Season of Joy
Ink: Taken with Teal, Pumpkin Pie, Apricot Appeal, Versamark
Card stock: Taken with Teal, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie
Other: White Grosgrain Ribbon, White embossing powder, Orange Fine Supernova Glitter.

And here is a photo of the little somethings that everyone received as a gift from me - you can't have Christmas without pressies!!


Fantastic little test tubes that I found online.  They are filled with Mint M & M's and stamped with Wild Wasabi ink on Whisper White card stock, or the reverse ones are white embossed on Wild Wasabi Card stock. Stamp is a sneak peek from the upcoming Contempo Christmas set - which is just gorgeous.

Happy Stamping......Manda