Shaker Frame Cards

I've had the little Shaker Frames sitting on my craft desk for about two months now - and I was determined to use them for a Christmas card.  

Now I would have retaken this photo had I not been in such a rush to post these cards to some lovely ladies - but I am hoping you can just about make out that I used the Snowflake embossing folder on the Whisper White Cardstock - can you see it?  Humm probably not! 

The foliage and bird stamp is from the Christmas Lodge set, the ornament is from Ornament Keepsakes and the sentiment from Snowflake Soiree.

Here's a better picture - half way through making the cards I decided to use the embossing folder so here's one without it - I couldn't make up my mind if I preferred the cleaness of this one more.

I used Window Sheet and some chunky glitter - reminds me of the snowglobes we always had as kids. Looking forward to making more cards with these dear little frames - oh and a scrapbooking page or two!

Happy festive stampin'

Nikki

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Primrose Petals for Christmas Anyone?

I am traditionally a green and red girl when it comes to Christmas cards - but I have been stepping out of my comfort zone a little this year.

This was a class card from last month - Primrose Petal and Very Vanilla.  I love the Fancy Fan Folder.  I stamped the ornament in the middle of the Very Vanilla cardstock and then cut it out using the matching framelit.  I then embossed the rest of the cardstock with the Fancy Fan Folder and placed it all back together again - adding some height using dimensionals.

Think I will be rustling some more of these up in different colours as they are so quick to make.

Happy Stampin!

Nikki

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Ornament Keepsakes with Festive Piercing Pack

This month's Ornament Keepsakes promotion features this brilliant stamp set and includes the festive piercing pack too.  

I stamped the little pieces at the bottom individually, lining them up with the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig (where would we be without that brilliant tool) .... and then stamped the ornament and die cut using the matching framelit.

The sentiment is from the New Christmas Lodge stamp set - yet to get inky with that one.

Hope you enjoyed your weekend.  My husband is home for 9, yes 9 sleeps .... and although he has to work we are now decorating our ensuite ... well I can't have him home with nothing to do can I!

Back again this week with more Ornament Keepsake samples.

Happy Stampin!

Nikki

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Ornament Keepsakes!

Ever since I saw the Holiday Traditions catalogue I have been itching to make the ornament on the front cover.  

I can't quite describe how this ornament looks and feels once it is complete just two sheets of cardstock with some tulle and linen thread but it feels heavy and substantial - I am thinking that will last a few years hanging on the Sadler Christmas tree.  

This is the back of the ornament.  There is quite a bit of stamping, hot glue-ing and die cutting but I have devised a plan to make this as quick as possible - even cutting two ornaments at the same time!

Of course the second ornament is made from DSP (I'm not that clever to line up stamped images lol) - I love this one too.  The tulle is just so soft and luxurious.  I am thinking these will make lovely Christmas presents too - have made one for my Mum - just to finish the box before I pop it in the post.

I'm holding classes for these - as they are fiddly and time consuming I am keeping the class numbers low.  You will make two ornaments in the class - the cost for this class will be $25.

I have the following dates and spaces left:

Friday 16 November at 7.30pm - two seats left

Saturday 17 November at 2.30pm - three seats left

Thursday 22 November at 7.30pm - NEW DATE - five seats left

The classes have been very popular so if none of these dates suit let me know and I'll put you on a waiting list for a date in early December.

I'll be at the Chelsea Heights Ladies Market tomorrow night - so if you are local why not pop in and support the school - and check out the ornaments in real life.

Happy Stampin!

Nikki

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Ornament Keepsakes For JAI #140

I've been making samples for the upcoming classes this week, a couple of which I wanted to keep clean and simple.  As I reached for an embossing folder I remembered the Just Add Ink challenge - to add chevrons!  

Midnight Muse is one of the new in-colours, and the new ribbons are so easy to tie ... even I can tie a nice little bow!

I stamped and cut three of the little decoration pieces, scored them down the middle and then pieced them together with Sticky Strip - the decoration folds flat for posting and then pops up for display.

Its been such a long time since I joined in a challenge - it was fun.

Keep your eyes peeled for more Ornament Keepsake samples in the coming days.

Nikki

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