Clean and Simple

This is a card that I've made for this weeks Clean and Simple Challenge FTL77. I thought the little swirl stamp from the Seasons of Joy stamp set go perfect with this Designer Paper and then I've used the gorgeous One of a Kind stamp set for the flowers, inked in Ruby Red, punched out with the Boho Blossoms Punch and a little silver brad popped in the middle. The colour combo for this card is Old Olive, Very Vanilla and Ruby Red. Oh and I managed to get a photo of my little easter baskets, the eggs managed to stay inside for the photo but two little faces watched eagerly for the click of the camera then in a  flash the eggs disapeared lol.

I will try and get a tutorial done for these little baskets, a few people have asked me before how I make these because they can be adapted for lots of things, click here and here for examples.

Enjoy the rest of your day. x

Season of Joy Candle Set

This post is very short but sweet.

I told you that my candles were going well, so here is another set I had an order for. For this set I've used the Season of Joy stamp set, real red ribbon, red gingham ribbon and

silver brads. I still have more candles to make so you'll be sick of looking at them by the end of December lol. I am entering this set into the 'Our Creative Corner' Challenge, the theme is 'The holidays are here!', the Charisma Cardz challenge the theme is Red , Green and White and the Cupcake Craft Challenge the theme is Sing a Christmas Carol. ( Oh Christmas tree, Oh Christmas tree....)

Merry Moments

Hi all, I'm still busy with my Christmas cards as you can see and I'm loving the Merry Moments designer papers. There is nothing too exciting about these cards, very basic but when you have so many to make its best to just keep them simple. I've used the Season of Joy stamp set again but I've just received my new Sparkly and Bright stamp set through the post and can't wait to play with it, I've so many idea's for this one but it will have to wait until tomorrow as I'm sitting here with hair dye on my head and if I don't wash it off soon it'll be Only Orange instead of Auburn lol. I will be back with some more of my Christmas makes shortly, I've been so busy making things I haven't left myself time to upload them too my blog. Hope your having as much fun with your Christmas crafting as I am.

Products Used:

Stamp Set~ Seasons of Joy

Designer Paper~ Merry Moments

Cardstock~ Real Red, Chocolate Chip

Ribbon~ Real Red, Old Olive

Ink~ Chocolate Chip, Real Red

Christmas Goodies

Hi Crafters, Sorry its been a while from I posted but I've been making projects in bulk for Christmas and for a craft fair I have coming up, here are just a few of the things I have been working on. This set is using my favorite SU colours for Christmas, Real Red and Old Olive and the little snowflake stamp from the 'Seasons of Joy' stamp set.

Inside the little altered box I have put some Christmas Chocolate Decorations, aren't they cute? The chocolates are Elizabeth Shaw and out of one pack you should be able to make about 40 decorations, I'm getting about 10 lol, I can't even blame it on the kids! But they are so yummy!

Like I said the little snowflake stamp is from the 'Seasons of Joy' stamp set and the sentiment I have used is from the 'Seasonal Wishes' set. The gorgeous designer paper is from the 'Merry Moments' pack which I have matted onto Real Red cardstock and tied a lovely Real Red Ribbon around.

These little decorations are so simple to make, all you need to do is stamp your image onto some Old Olive cardstock, punch out with 1 1/4 inch punch, layer onto Real Red cardstock using the 1 3/8 punch, then layer onto Old Olive punched with the Scallop Punch. Make two of these, add glue dots to the inside of both, place your Gold Elastic Cord on top, then stick to both sides of your chocolate, if you haven't already ate it!

And this is the top of my altered box, again using the 'Merry Moments' designer paper, Real red Ribbon and Card stock, sentiment from 'Seasonal Wishes'.

I am entering these projects into the following challenge

Colour Create Challenge~ Green, Red and White.

You can place your Stampin'Up order through me and get it delivered straight to your door. E mail me for more information donnaferguson55@yahoo.co.uk

Chocolate Milk

Hi Peeps, Sorry about this terrible photo its so dark here its difficult to get a decent one, I think I might have to invest in a light box. I've made this little milk carton using my Season's of Joy stamp set, I'm getting so much out of this set, so far I've made cards, boxes, candles and gift voucher holders and I'm still not bored with it. I thought I'd try out a colour combo I've not used before but I really like it, its Chocolate Chip, Creamy Caramel and Not Quite Navy, I will be filling these little cartons with some Chocolate Caramel Sweets so they go with the theme lol. I'm entering this project into the Crafty Calender Challenge, the theme is Weather and I think the snowflakes and swirls on this carton fits perfectly.

Products Used On This Project:

Stamp Set~ Seasons Of Joy

Cardstock~ Creamy Caramel and Not Quite Navy

Ink~ Chocolate Chip

Ribbon~ Chocolate Chip

Punches~ Scalloped Oval and Large Oval

You can order all your Stampin' Up products through me and get them delivered straight to your door.

donnaferguson55@yahoo.co.uk

Candles In A Bag

Hi there, Just a quick post as I'm absolutely exhausted, I can hardly keep my eyes focussed on the screen at the moment, usually I get a bit of a lie in at the weekends but one of my daughter has a winter event on at horse's which means early starts on Saturday and Sunday for 5 weeks, its catching up with me now. Anyway, I made these little candles yesterday, I thought they would make lovely teachers gifts for Christmas and they are so easy to make. There are many you tube video and tutorials on how to make them but basically you stamp your image on some tissues/ tissue paper, cut around the image, place it on the candle, wrap some greaseproof/ wax paper around the candle tightly, heat the image with a heat gun and repeat the process if your using more than one image. You can also embellish your candle like I have by pushing brads into the centre of the flowers. I then popped the candle into a cellophane bag, added a little tag and tied with ribbon. Now you can make candles to match your cards!
I am entering these candles into the Cute and Girly Challenge which is 'Winter Wonderland'

All Products Used are Stampin'Up:

 Stamp Set~ Seasons of Joy

Ink~ Real Red and Old Olive

Ribbon~ Real Red and Old Olive

Cardstock~ Real Red and Old Olive

Punches~ Tag Punch and Small Tag Punch

Medium Cellophane bags

Silver and Real Red Brads

E Mail me if you would like to place an order or would like more Information on Stampin'Up

donnaferguson55@yahoo.co.uk

Black, White and Red

Hi everybody, here is a little card I made last night using the 'Season of Joy' stamp set. I have just stamped the little tree using basic black ink onto Whisper White card which has been layered onto Whisper White card again. I've then added 4 red brads from the Bold Bright Brad Set (try saying that 3 times lol) and mounted this onto some Basic Black cardstock which I randomly stamped with a little snowflake (also Season of Joy set) using the new Whisper White Ink (Love this!) I finished by tying some Real Red Ribbon and a sentiment stamped on Real Red cardstock. These cards are simple enough to make in bulk but will still stand out from all the other cards on the mantlepiece. I am entering this card into the Stamp With Us Challenge the theme this week is Christmas.

Season of Joy

Can you tell that I love this little 'Season of Joy' stamp set? lol. I have been meaning to get these cards posted all week but for some reason or other the week just  went Monday, Thursday, Saturday, strange eh? Anyway, I really enjoyed making these cards as I managed them all in one night lol, thats good for me! I have used Just two colours, Real Red and Old Olive and all I did was change the design around a little each time. Its nice to sit with one stamp set, two colours and cardstock, no getting up to hunt for other items to use and hardly any mojo used up at all, so relaxing. Think I'll do this again sometime soon.

Products used on these cards:

Stamp Set~ Season Of Joy

Cardstock~ Old Olive, Real Red and Whisper White

Ink~ Real Red and Old Olive

Ribbon~ Old Olive and Real Red

Punches~ Scallop Oval and Large Scallop Oval

Uni Ball Signo Gel Pen