Handstamped by Rachel

Wednesday, 6 September 2017

Heart of Christmas - Week 15

The Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalogue is now live, and I have been super busy making samples for my up coming classes.

Today's cards use the thinlit set Christmas Staircase, which has a co-ordinating stamp set called Ready for Christmas. If you purchase these two items together as a bundle, you save 10%!

Both cards started out the same way, with the tree image stamped in the first case in Pear Pizazz on Very Vanilla and then in Garden green on Whisper White. I added 6 of the larger foliage sprigs to each stamped image, in the coordinating colour to give the trees a realistic texture. The set come with two of these identical dies for faster cutting, very very handy idea!

For the Pear Pizazz tree I stamped the triple ornament image three times and then embossed in Gold Emboss powder to give me 9 ornaments. I only ended up using 7 ornaments. The Merry Christmas greeting is from the Star of Light Stamp set and was also embossed in Gold Emboss Powder. A star die cut from Gold Foil finished this tree. It was then mounted on Pear Pizazz followed by Crumb Cake cardstock.

For the Garden Green tree I die cut 8 ornaments from Gold Foil paper. The red decoration is Red Mini Tinsel Trim, from the Silver and Red combo pack. I cut short pieces of this trim and used the Tombo Glue to attach it to the tree. A star from Gold Glimmer paper finishes this tree. The greeting was stamped in Real Red and then had a small amount of Gold Tread looped behind it to continue the gold theme. This was then mounted on Real Red and Garden Green cardstock.

I hope you enjoyed seeing my tree creations today. For more Christmas inspiration head to Tina's blog, as she is hosting today while Claire is away.

Happy Stampin,
Rachel

Product List

Ready For Christmas Photopolymer Bundle

[146056]

$103.50

Star Of Light Photopolymer Stamp Set

[142110]

$45.00

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad

[131180]

$11.50

Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad

[126973]

$11.50

Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad

[126949]

$11.50

Card Stock A4 Pear Pizzazz

[131290]

$14.00

Garden Green A4 Card Stock

[108605]

$14.00

Real Red A4 Card Stock

[106578]

$14.00

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

[121685]

$14.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$15.00

Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109129]

$8.75

Gold Foil Sheets

[132622]

$7.00

Gold Glimmer Paper

[133719]

$8.75

Gold Metallic Thread

[138401]

$5.25

Mini Tinsel Trim Combo Pack

[144636]

$16.00

Saturday, 2 September 2017

Holiday Catalogue is here!

Spring is here and so is the amazing new Holiday Catalogue. If you don't have a copy already contact me and I will get one to you asap.

Here's a peek at some of the projects we'll be completing at my MEGA Christmas class on the 9th of September. The last day to book in for this class is Wed the 6th of Sept.

September and October are great months to host your own party. In addition to having the Holiday Catalogue to chhose from, hosts in these months also receive a FREE seasonal stamp set called Merry Patterns. When party sales reach $450 hosts receive this stamp set in addition to the usual Stampin Rewards.

Watch a video about this great new set.

Lots of great things happening at Stampjn' Up! currently, contact me for more information or to book into a class. Numbers are limited.

Happy Stampin,

Rachel

Wednesday, 30 August 2017

Heart of Christmas- Week 14

It's Wednesday Christmas inspiration time again. Along with my fellow demonstrators we have lots of fun and amazing Christmas ideas to share with you. Head to Claire's blog to see a full list of participants.

The cards I have for you today use a stamp set from the Holiday Catalogue called Season Like Christmas. This is a two step stamp set, but it's a very forgiving one. Even beginners to stamping and two step stamping will be able to get a great result with this set.

These cards use the same colours, Pear Pizazz, Old Olive, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla and Gold.

On the first card I stamped the trunk first, slightly to the left in Soft Suede. Stamping the trunk first made it easier to line up the main foliage image that was stamped in Pear Pizazz. The second foliage image was stamped in Old Olive.

The ornaments image and the star were stamped in Versamark then embossed in Gold Embossing Powder. The ground under the tree was stamped in Sahara Sand and the greeting in Soft Suede. The beautiful gold edged satin Very Vanilla ribbon adds an extra bit of shimmer and shine to this card.

On the second card I stamped the trunk image 5 times across the card. Then the first foliage image 5 times, followed by the second foliage image 5 times.

The star was stamped 5 times then embossed in gold emboss powder. The greeting was stamped in Soft Suede then punched out with the new Everyday Label punch. The final touches were two rows of 1/8th" gold ribbon around the card and a small piece of ribbon behind the greeting.

I hope you enjoyed this week's Christmas inspiration, don't forgot to hop over to Claire's blog to check out what the other participants have for you.

Not long now until the Holiday Catalogue is live, Sept 1st! Then you can purchase your own supplies and get busy on those Christmas cards.

Happy Stampin,

Rachel

Product List

Season Like Christmas Photopolymer Stamp Set

[144860]

$30.00

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad

[131180]

$11.50

Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad

[126953]

$11.50

Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad

[126978]

$11.50

Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad

[126976]

$11.50

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

[106550]

$15.75

Card Stock A4 Pear Pizzazz

[131290]

$14.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$15.00

Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109129]

$8.75

Gold 3/8" (1 Cm) Metallic-Edge Ribbon

[144146]

$12.25

Gold 1/8" Ribbon

[134583]

$8.75

Everyday Label Punch

[144668]

$31.00

5/8" (1.6 Cm) Burlap Ribbon

[141487]

$12.25

Thursday, 24 August 2017

Art With Heart Team Blog Hop Favourite Christmas Bundle

Tonight some of the Art with Heart Stampin’ Up! team girls are sharing some fun and fabulous ideas to inspire you from our brand new Holiday Catalogue available on 1st September until 2nd January 2018. Be sure to request your copy of the catalogue today!

The bundle I'm featuring is Hearts Come Home, which includes the Hearts Come Home stamp set and the Hometown Greeting Edgelits Dies.

The first card features mainly the egdelits, which I have cut out at different depths. I coloured the Pine trees to look like Christmas trees with an Aquapainter and Old Olive ink.

The DSP for the night sky is from the Merry Little Christmas DSP. The Santa Sleigh image from the Hearts Come Home stamp set was embossed in Gold Emboss Powder.

The egdelits were then layered on a Thick Whisper White card base and the greeting added in Gold Emboss Powder.

The second card uses on the Hearts Come Home stamp set. The houses were stamped in Cherry Cobbler and Garden Green, with the first house stamped off. The Santa and the trees were stamped in Sahara Sand and the greeting in Early Espresso. I used the Stitched Shapes dies to cut the rectangle by cutting three sides of a square, then manipulating another three sides to complete the square. I will added a picture explanation at a later date. The strip of DSP is from the Merry Mistletoe DSP from the Annual catalogue.

The new Ticket Tear Border punch was used on the Garden green strip under the Stitched Shape rectangle.

Inside of the card.

Now for a non Christmas card. I'm always looking for ways to extend the usesfulness of the products I buy. Here's a wedding card using the same edgelits. I cut the church edeglit from Very Vanilla cardstock, and then trimmed it until I only had the church and a tree remaining. I mounted this on Gold Foil, then on one of the sheets from the Year of Cheer Speciality DSP. The card base is Night of Navy.