Michelle's Crafty Paper

I need a time machine...

...I know I will have to get to the back of the queue because everyone else wants one too! LOL

Another quick post I am afraid. I just don't know where time is disappearing to these days, and it is getting scaringly close to Chrstmas. I have been busy preparing for my holiday to Florida and Las Vegas. My list of things to do is just getting longer...but I know that it will be worth it!

Talking of Christmas, this is a quick card that I made while trying out some designs for a craft fair I am attending at the weekend. It is a little different to my usual style, but I think it will do!

I love the Dashing designer paper and just took my colour combo from the paper; Real Red, Old Olive and Very Vanilla. The stamp set is the gorgeous Season of Joy. I have a workshop tomorrow and Tuesday evening, so I probably won't make it back until Wednesday.

See you soon and thank you for stopping by,

 

Did you have a good one?

I hope that you all had a good World Card Making Day. I had a great time in the company of some very lovely ladies. That is one of the many blessings that come along with being a Stampin' Up! demonstrator. I have met so many wonderful people in the past year, and am now very fortunate to be able to call some of them friends.

I would like to take this opportunity to introduce you to a new Stampin' Up! demonstrator and member of my team, Joanne. She has recently started a blog called Stampin With Jo. I love the cards that she has made with Season of Joy. So a very big welcome to the Stampin' Up! family, Joanne. I hope you have as much fun being a demo as I do!

This is the card that we made on Saturday. I am not a very 'purple' person, but I really like the colour elegant eggplant; it is such a lovely dark rich colour. I also wanted to use some of the coordinating ribbon. I can't keep stroking it all forever!

I used the paisley background stamp, True Friend stamp set, Elegant Eggplant and Pale Plum cardstock and ink (and a bit of whisper white thrown in), versamark, 1/4" grosgrain ribbon, 1/2 pearl from pretties kit.

We also made one of the box bag 'thingies' using the Season of Joy set and textured card stock. I am so loving this set, and I can see that swirl being one of my favourite year round stamps! The colour inspiration came from the new catalogue, Old Olive, Ruby Red and Chocolate Chip.

That's it for today. I'll  look forward to seeing you tomorrow if you get a chance to stop by...

 

P.S. Sorry for the bad colouring in the photos, it has been a grey day and I just couldn't get a good picture. Trust me I tried too many times LOL!

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree...

Yeah I know it...you are now cursing me for putting that annoying song in your head! SORRY! If you have no idea which song I am talking about then you are very, very lucky! LOL!

My Christmas tree's branches are certainly lovely covered in silver bling!

I ordered some silver Stampin' Up! embossing powder the other week and decided to pull it out to use with my new Season of Joy stamp set. This set is available here in the UK from noon on Wednesday October 1st (along with all of the other gorgeous sets and accessories in the new catalogue!).

This was a difficult card to photograph and the colours don't look as good as in real life. I used Night of Navy, Almost Amethyst and Lavender Lace.

I decided to emboss the star image from the top of the tree onto my grosgrain ribbon, I was pleased with the results. I also edged one of the sentiment circles with versamark and silver embossed it. I had so much fun with the embossing powder as you can see! It is so super fine and I just like watching it change from a dull grey to this yummy sparkly silver. I know that is so SAD, but a crafty girl can't help it!

Now I need to find that tutorial that I saw months ago to make an anti-static embossing buddy. We didn't get one in the new catalogue and I so needed one!

My tutorial it appears didn't save to my laptop properly so I will have to redo it and post it tomorrow. Hurry up with that other laptop pleeeeease Shauny!

Oh and before I go

A Big Thank You...

...goes out to the lovely ladies that attended my Macmillan coffee morning on Friday. We had a great time, made a card or two, ate cupcakes and cookies, and had a good giggle (courtesy of a wonderful double act...you know who you are).

On the morning we raised £30 from donations...I will finalise my September profits tomorrow and give you the grand total on Wednesday.

Until tomorrow, Happy Stampin'