Suite Showcase no. 23 - O Holy Night

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Today's Suite Showcase is a little different. I'm sharing some cards with you that I've made using up my O Holy Night Designer Series Paper and the Christmas Classics stamp set.

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Suite Showcase no. 22 - Beary Christmas

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Today is Suite Showcase day and this time I'm featuring Beary Christmas. This is a fab suite that has Memories and More Cards pack and Cards & Envelopes pack available to match. This really helps you make quick and easy cards and make all your supplies stretch further.

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Suite Showcase no. 21 - Joy of Christmas

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Can you believe it's November already?! That means that this Suite Showcase is focusing on Christmas using the Joy of Christmas Suite.

For my first card, using traditional Christmas colours, I pulled out the foiled specialty designer series paper and added it to a matting layer of Basic White but only so it covered 3/4 of the page. To cover the join, I die cut the frame from the Christmas Classics dies in Shaded Spruce and die cut the inner label for the sentiment. To fill out the foliage, I added some of the individual dies cut from the gold more dazzle paper and Cherry Cobbler. The sentiment was also stamped in Cherry Cobbler. 

This was all then added to Cherry Cobbler matting layer on to a Shaded Spruce card base. To complete the card I added some embellishments from the Iridescent Adhesive-Backed discs.

For my second card, I stuck to the traditional colours and a similar layout. I picked from the DSP in the Suite. I used the Shaded Spruce check as a matting layer and selected one of the foliage printed sheets to cut a 1 1/4" strip that is the same width as the card base. I layered this on some gold Fine Shimmer paper, that can be found in the clearance rack. The sentiment was stamped on the die cut label from the die set in Real Red. The 'merry' was stamped in Shaded Spruce on the shimmer paper and trimmed this to size with my snips.

I cut the same foliage frame as the previous card but this time, I cut it from Real Red cardstock. I then die cut some of the leaves from the Fine Shimmer paper and attached to the back of the sentiment panel. I laid some Gold and Vanilla ribbon looped on the card base and added the sentiment panel over the top on dimensionals. And completed with adding some gold Metallic Enamel Effects randomly.

For my third card, I changed everything and pulled in Highland Heather and Pool Party. I masked off a strip on some Basic White and stamped the foliage in Pool Party, Highland Heather and Smoky Slate. I stamped the sentiment and then using the Basic Black Stampin Write Marker, I drew lines to the highlight it.

Before adding this panel to the Highland Heather card base, I ink blended the edges with Highland Heather. This was adhered using our multi-purpose liquid glue.

I cut a matting layer of Pool Party and ran this through my Cut 'n' Emboss machine in the new Snowflake Sky 3d embossing folder. This is one of my absolute favourite embossing folders! The stamped panel was then added to the Pool Party layer using dimensionals. The card was then finished by adding a bow in the Silver & White ribbon and more of the Iridescent Adhesive-Backed Discs.

I hope you like the cards, I'm going to have more of a play with this suite. Why don't you head over to The Inkspirational Crafter, to see what Alison has been making with it. See you next time!

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Suite Showcase no. 6 - Ready to Ride

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This week’s Suite Showcase focuses on Ready to Ride. I have to confess, I haven’t purchased the stamp and dies as I don’t feel that I would use them to their full advantage, however, I am going to show you what I’ve made using just the designer series paper (DSP). The DSP in this suite lends itself to both masculine and feminine cards. 

For my first card here, on a Pumpkin Pie card base, I used the gas/petrol station scene from one of the DSP sheets that has a number of images on that can be cut down to create toppers. I simply layered it on some Basic Black. I used one of the other DSP sheets for the card base layer. I pulled out the Biggest Wish stamp set for a more masculine sentiment and stamped on Very Vanilla. 

For the next card, I again used Pumpkin Pie for the card base, I mat and layered a piece of DSP that looks like metal on black. Then used 2 more of the ‘toppers’ from one of the DSP sheets – the rose and one of motorbikes. I pulled a sentiment from Simply Fabulous and stamped this on Soft Suede. 

For my next card, I used Soft Suede as my card base and cut a matting layer also in Soft Suede. I embossed this piece using the Metal Plate 3d embossing folder from the suite and then using some more of the topper elements from the DSP sheet, I layered 3 of them up; then I fussy cut a bike from another sheet of DSP and adhered this to the card on dimensionals. I thought this would make a nice Father’s Day card, so I pulled the sentiment from Celebrating You. I black heat embossed the sentiment on Soft Suede. 

Moving on to more feminine cards, I kept the same colour scheme as those in the DSP. I used a Basic Black card base with a layer of the checker board DSP. I embossed a piece of Pumpkin Pie using the Metal Plate 3d embossing folder but I blended some Pumpkin Pie around the edges to soften the colour a bit. I then cut a banner shape from the roses DSP. The sentiment came from the Favoured Flowers stamp set. This was white heat embossed on black. I finished all of the above cards off with some of the Adhesive Backed Studs. 

For my most feminine card using the DSP, I used the roses DSP and adhered this at an angle on my Basic Black card base. I then cut a Basic Black layer to the same size as the card base. To make the valley in the middle, I then marked on the Basic Black layer, where the roses DSP came to and marked it. Then I cut from the top left corner to each of the marks using my paper trimmer. I then adhered a strip of Polished Pink cardstock to both black pieces, to give a flash of colour and trimmed the edges before adding both pieces to the Pretty Flowers embossing folder. I added these to the card base on black dimensionals. To finish the card, I stamped 3 of the smaller flowers from Fragrant Flowers stamp set. I added a pop of Polished Pink using my blends and Granny Apple Green for the leaves. I fussy cut these out as I didn’t want a white border around the edges of the flowers. The sentiment I pulled from the Simply Fabulous stamp set, which was white heat embossed on black and I finished the whole card off with some Polished Pink ribbon and some Iridescent Pastel Gems.

Please head on over to Alison's blog at The Inkspirational Crafter, to check out what she's been making with the suite.

If you want to recreate any of these projects, the list of products I used are below. See you next time!

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Ink.Stamp.Share July Blog Hop

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Welcome to my blog, whether you're starting your journey here or have popped by from one of the other amazing crafters in the hop.

This month's theme is Christmas in July. It's hard to think of Christmas when the weather has been so nice isn't it? I hope you've all been managing to keep cool in this hot weather we've been experiencing.

I am in love with the Hippest Hippos that are available as a Sale-a-Bration item with a qualifying order until the end of August; so I had to incorporate them in my card for the hop. 

I teamed the hippos with the new Jingle Jingle Jingle stamp set that is new in the July-December mini catalogue. It has some really cute images in the set so I didn't struggle to come up with a card at all.

I pulled out some designer series paper from the Santa Express Suite to layer in the background and then cut a piece of vellum slightly smaller to soften the colours adhering these to a normal card base in Poppy Parade. Using the second largest circle die from the Stylish Shapes dies as well as the largest banner die, I cut these from Basic White. On the banner die cut, from Jingle Jingle Jingle, I stamped the outline of 'Jolly' in memento black and then stamped the infil in Poppy Parade.  I used Memento Black for the outline star stamp and then the solid star I stamped in Mint Macaron and Poppy Parade and stamped the stars on the circle die cut too.

I stamped one of the hippos in Basic Gray and then coloured using Smoky Slate - light & dark, SU100 natural blend and light Flirty Flamingo for the ears and mouth. I die cut him out. The circle die cut was adhered using liquid glue and then the banner die cut and hippo were adhered using dimensionals.

I added a hat from the Jingle stamp set, in Memento Black for the outline and Poppy Parade for the inside of the hat. I finished the hat with some Wink of Stella on the white parts; and completed the hippo by stamping the candy cane in Poppy Parade and some Wink of Stella. I stamped 'tis the season in Evening Evergreen on Basic White and fussy cut it out. To finish the outside of the card, I used Basic Pearls coloured using my blends in Poppy Parade and Mint Macaron.

I completed the card by adding a layer to the inside and stamping the Christmas lights on the top corners and coloured these in using blends in Mint Macaron, Petal Pink and Poppy Parade.

I can't take all the credit for designing this card, my cat Bella gave me lots of ideas hehe. She always likes to help. Anybody else have furry helpers?

Here is the roll call for the other members of the blog hop, please visit them for some more fabulous inspiration.

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Whether you want to get all the ink pads, add the cut 'n' emboss machine or take advantage of demonstrator only pre-orders from the new annual catalogue, the choice is yours! In the starter kit, you will receive a free business supplies pack but it's your choice if you want to be a hobby demonstrator and enjoy the 20% minimum discount off all future orders or if you want to start your own business.

Happy crafting!

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