Winter Wonderland - #29 Nativity

Our theme at Winter Wonderland this week is 'NATIVITY'. I hope you will have time to join us this week. It would be lovely to see what you create for this theme :o)

The lovely Vicki joins us again as our Guest DT and has created a beautiful card for us. Hop over to her blog and have a look :o)

My DT card .......

All products used are from Stampin' Up!, unless otherwise specified .....

Cardstock ......... Whisper White, Bravo Burgundy
Patterned Paper ... Fancy Pants 'Holly Jolly', Basic Grey 'Figgy Pudding'
Ink ............... Bravo Burgundy
Markers ........... Promarker Pens
Stamp Set ......... Elzybells 'Mother and Child', Sentiment - pc generated
Punches ........... 1 3/8" Circle, 1/4" Circle
Charm ............. From Stash
Ribbon ............ 5/8" Bravo Burgundy Grosgrain

Don't forget to check out the other DT's fabulous creations this week!

Teri xx

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Winter Wonderland - #28 Ho Ho Ho

Thank you to everyone who took part in our Winter Wonderland 'Candle' challenge last week! Your projects were totally amazing!

Our inspirational theme this week is 'Ho Ho Ho'. As usual, you can interpret this any which way :o)

We are joined this week by the lovely and very talented Vicki as our GDT. So hop over to her blog to see what she created for us :o)

I have the beautifully talented Elizabeth to thank for the inspiration for my card this week. As soon as I saw her punched Santa, I knew it would be perfect for our theme this week - so thank you Elizabeth xxx




All products listed are from Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated.

Cardstock ......... Whisper White, Real Red, Old Olive, Blush
DSP ............... Holiday Treasures (retired)
Ink ............... Real Red, Pretty In Pink
Marker ............ Basic Black
Stamp Set ......... Schoolbook Serif Alphabet
Punches ........... Scallop Cirle, 1 3/8" Circle, 1/4" Circle, Word Window, Large Oval, Boho Blossoms

Don't forget to check out the other DT's fabulous creations this week!

Teri xx

Winter Wonderland - #27 Stamp a Candle or Decorate/Make a Candle Holder

You made some wonderful, inspiring projects for our Winter Wonderland theme last week. Yet again I thoroughly enjoyed visiting your blogs and seeing what you had created without using obvious Christmas Stamps and Papers!

This week we would like you to either Stamp a Candle or Decorate or Make a Candle Holder. You can do both if you would like to! Or alternatively, if this project really isn't for you - why not make a Christmas card with a Candle on it :o)

We are absolutely thrilled to be able to announce that we have a new permanent DT member starting from this week. Please visit Avril's blog and say 'hello'.

Stamping a candle was a completely new technique for me this week. I'd never attempted it before ..... but I loved doing it. It is such an easy technique to get to grips with. I only bought one candle to 'try' it with and I am really pleased with the result. Ok ..... I stamped snowflakes on each side of the tree and unfortunately I didn't get them spaced right, but it looks fine anyway :o) Hopefully next time I can get the spacing right!






All products listed are from Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated.

Candle ............ From Tesco - 99p
Ink ............... Night of Navy
Stamp Set ......... Snow Swirled (USA/Canada only)
Ribbon ............ 1/4" Night of Navy Grosgrain

Don't forget to check out the other DT's fabulous creations this week!

Teri xx

Winter Wonderland - #26 No Christmas Stamp or Papers

It was brilliant seeing all your 'St Nicholas' projects last week. There are so many amazing stamps and images of him out there and it was a pleasure visiting all your blogs :o)

This week we would like you to create a project, but not use any Christmas papers or Christmas stamps. Instead we would like you to use other stamps and/or papers that you have on hand and make them festive in some way. You can also still use your christmas dies, embossing folders and templates if you wish :o)

Christine joins us again this week as out Guest DT, so hop over to her blog and see what she made for us this time.

I made two cards for my DT projects this week. The first one, I like a lot :o) Simple black and white can look so gorgeous and I think the Lovely As A Tree stamp set can be used very effectively for Christmas projects. I stamped the image in Basic Grey and then highlighted it with Dazzling Diamonds glitter. I created the sentiment on my PC.

My second card used the larger tree stamp from the same set and I used Old Olive to stamp around the side and top of the card ..... hopefully creating the look of the bottom of a Christmas tree :o) I have seen this technique used quite a few times and I really like the look they got. I then used Circle Circus to create the 'baubles'. I punched these out initially, but didn't like the border around the embossing, so I trimmed around each of them. I cheated a little on this one by using a Christmas sentiment stamp .... I wanted the sentiment to be on the actual base card and not raised, so had to compromise :o)




All products listed are from Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated.

Cardstock ......... Whisper White, Basic Black, Real Red, Old Olive
Ink ............... Basic Grey Old Olive
Stamp Set ......... Lovely As A Tree, Circle Circus, Best Yet (Retired)
Punches ........... Word Window, Modern Label (USA/Canada only), Ticket Corner (USA/Canada only)
Other Products .... Antique Brads, Gold Elastic Cord, Gold Embossing Powder, Dazzling Diamonds
Non SU Products ... Base Cards, Black Grosgrain (from stash)

Don't forget to check out the other DT's fabulous creations this week!

Teri xx

Winter Wonderland - #25 St Nicholas

Our inspirational theme this week at Winter Wonderland is 'St Nicholas'.

We have two fabulous Guest DTs this week - Christine and Avril Ann is back with us again :o)

My DT cards this week were inspired by one created by the very talented Sarah-Jane. I absolutely love the one she created using one of my favourite Stampin' Up! Christmas sets, so I had to make something similar .......





All products listed are from Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated.

Cardstock ......... Very Vanilla, Real Red, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip
Ink ............... Creamy Caramel, Old Olive
Pattern Papers .... Chocolate Chip DSP, Old Olive DSP
Stamp Set ......... Old-Fashioned Christmas
Other Products .... Real Red 1/4" and 5/8" Grosgrain, Bling dots from my stash

Don't forget to check out the other DT's fabulous creations this week!

Teri xx

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