No stamping Christmas Card

Hi there!

I just wanted to show you a very quick card I made today.

There was no stamping involved with this card.  All I used was Whisper White cardstock and the Santa's workshop memories and more card pack plus some wink of stella  on his moustache hat band and pom pom.  Too easy!!  Just love it.

I also did some macrame last night and made my first bottle cover.

Just something a little different from paper craft :)

Have a great weekend everyone!!

1/2 Bauble

(isn't he just adorable?)

Last night before I started to finish off my swaps for Onstage in Brisbane I wanted to try and make on of these 1/2 baubles that I saw a fellow demonstrator had done.

When I saw what Jennifer Sootkoos (the fellow demonstrator) had made, it gave me the inspiration to make some. So darn cute! and easy!  I used the Santa's Workshop 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

When I get home after this weekend I will have to make some more! I just got the baubles from one of the dollar stores.

After that I finished making 41 shadow boxes for the swaps at Onstage.

This is my original, I did change it slightly to using Pineapple punch embossing powder.  It certainly gave it that bit more of a punch too!  I will get a photo of it once I've unpacked on the weekend 😀

Plus keep an eye on my Facebook page as I will be posting photos from our onstage event and this is where we get a sneak peak of new products!

Not only do I get to go the onstage event but I will also get time to spend with my grandson!  His Mum (my daughter) just got his Daycare photos today and she has a couple for me, can't wait to see them!

Rudolph the Reindeer card

Ok I tried making a reindeer card and this is what I came up with.  

What do you think?

For the background I used the Hexagons Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder then rubbed some Frost White Shimmer Paint over it to give it a nice shimmer.  His antlers I used the retired die set for the Christmas Quilt stamp set.  His ears I drew and hand cut.

i am working on an elf at the moment and will share him as soon as I am happy with him :)

I hope you have nice plans for this weekend.  I am off to a day of crafting on Saturday which my good friend is running.  Can't wait!!

Have a good one and.....

Mrs Claus

Hi Everyone, How have you all been?  I've just come back from a weekend in Echuca which is 4 firsts for me 1. First visit to Echuca 2. First time seeing the Murray River 3. First time in Victoria and 4. First time on a Paddle Steam Boat!  We went there for my husbands Aunties 90th Birthday. I made her an exploding box card and she absolutely loved it!  She reckons I will have to make one of those for every family members special birthdays 😁  It was a great weekend catching up with his family there.

Well I made a Mrs Claus as I couldn't have Santa all alone.

I think she is just adorable!  What do you think?  If you would like to make one of her here are my instructions.  Let me know how you go, send me a pic of your finished Mrs Claus.  I would love to see them!

Mrs Claus Christmas Card
DONNA TODD - INDEPENDENT STAMPIN' UP DEMONSTRATOR·WEDNESDAY, 24 OCTOBER 2018
Instructions written by Donna Todd 

Supplies
Cardstock
Real Red
Whisper White
Shimmery White
Basic Black
Punch
1/2” Circle
1” Circle
Colouring Tools
Real Red marker
Garden Green marker
Stampin’ Chalk marker
Powder Pink Ink pad
Memento Black ink pad
Embossing Folder
Swirls and Curls textured impressions embossing folder
Softly Falling Textured Impressions Embossing Folder
Stamp set
Peaceful Poinsettia
Dies
Detailed Poinsettia thinlits
Retired circle dies – You may have something that suits
Other tools
Sponge
Large round plate
Sissors
Adhesive
Whisper White 5/8" (1.6 Cm) Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon

Big Shot

Magnetic Platform

Instructions
The pieces you will end up with....



Card base - Real Red cardstock 27 x 10.5 cm or half A4 lengthwise

Blouse and Bonnet band – Real Red cardstock 10 x 10.5 cm
From the bottom measure up 6.5 cm on each side and place a mark. Line up the marks with your plate & draw the curve (on the reverse side of the cardstock so you can’t see your markings). Then measure up another 2.5 cm on each side and place a mark and again line your plate up with the marks, draw the curve. Cut along these lines. Emboss the Larger piece with the Softly Falling embossing folder using the end with the most concentration of dots.

Blouse Collar – I don’t have the Layering circle framelit dies so I used the largest circle with the scalloped edge that came with the retired circle dies. I cut one out then this is where it gets fiddley. Line the circle up on top of the blouse piece, the edge of the circle runs about 3 cm down the side and line up with the middle of the blouse trace the curve and put dots where you need to cut too.



Then do the same for the other side.

Brooch – For this I also used the retired circle dies, the 2 smallest ones. I put them together evenly, the smallest inside the larger one and run through the bigshot then adhered a piece of the Whisper White 5/8" (1.6 Cm) Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon behind it. You could punch using the 1” punch first then use the smallest die for the centre. I found it too hard to line up in a punch to punch out the middle.



(It’s great for using up all your scrap bits of cardstock)

Bonnet & Hair – Whisper White Cardstock 9 x 10.5 cm
Measure up 6 cm from bottom put a mark on both sides, using your plate line up the dots with your plate and trace the curve, then measure up 2.5 cm on both sides and trace the curve (curved towards the bottom of you piece of cardstock). Cut along the traced lines. Emboss the larger piece with the Softly falling embossing folder using the end with the most concentration of dots. Emboss the smaller piece with Swirls and Curls textured impressions embossing folder, then cut in half.

Face – Whisper White Cardstock 6.5 x 10.5 cm
Dab the sponge in the Powder Pink Ink pad and using circular motions starting off the cardstock and working your way onto the cardstock until you have coloured the entire piece.

Eyes - Punch 2 out using the 1/2” circle punch using the chalk marker draw his little highlights or you can draw them after you have glued them on.

Nose – Punch out 1, ½” circle and colour the same as you did for her face.

Glasses – Punch out a 1” circle and cut in half. Cut 2 strips about 3 – 4 mm wide and long enough to hide up under her hair.

Bonnet decoration - Using the Peaceful Poinsettia stamp set and dies use the little holly, cut it out and colour using the markers.

Mouth – Using the Real Red marker (thin end) draw her mouth. I always draw lightly in pencil first to make sure I am happy with the curve and size etc.

Putting it together – adhere the collar onto the blouse, and then adhere the brooch on in the middle where the 2 pieces of the collar meet.
Adhere the bonnet band onto the bonnet then adhere the holly.
Adhere the face panel onto the card base (about 4 cm up from the bottom is where the bottom of the face piece will be.
Adhere the blouse onto the bottom of the cardstock.
Adhere the bonnet onto the top but leaving enough room for the hair to slide up underneath so don’t glue all the way to the bottom edge. Take your 2 halves of hair. Using one half adhere it into position it by starting from the middle of the bonnet out to the edge, you will need to trim the excess that hangs over the edge of the card. Do the same for the other side. I always use tombow for this as it gives you time to manoeuvre your pieces into place.
Adhere the eyes onto the back of the glasses leaving a little more than half looking over the glasses, don’t forget to mark the eyes with the Chalk marker. Adhere into place on the face, leaving room for you to slide the nose and glasses arms underneath. Take the piece for the glasses arms and measure how much you will need for some to tuck under the glasses and the hair. Mine was about 3.2 cm. Adhere these into place. Then adhere the nose by sliding up it up under the glasses.
Draw the mouth and you are finished!

Created by Donna Todd
Independent Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrator
www.donnamtodd.blogspot.com
©Stampin’ Up! 2018

Remember if you would like to order anything please go to my store, if you need any help just ask me, I am only too happy to help.  You can also click on any of the Supplies in the Supplies list and they will take you directly to my store as well. (except the round plate and retired circle dies)

I hope you all have a lovely week!

Santa card with instructions

Hi everyone. How has your week been so far?  I have a super cute Christmas card I want to share with you!

I found him while browsing through Pinterest.....as you do 😆....I was just in love with this card as soon as I saw it!!

I cased it from a lovely lady by the name of Cindy Lawrence and I changed it to suit Stampin' Up! products, I had the perfect embossing folder for his beard, moustache and hat band.

I didn't have any cardstock that I liked for his face, nose and Lip so I sponged some Powder Pink ink on Whisper white cardstock and I think it turned out quite well!

I have done up some instructions on how to make him.

Santa Card Instructions

Instructions written by Donna Todd 

Supplies

Cardstock

Real Red

Whisper White

Shimmery White

Punch

1/2” Circle

Colouring Tools

Real Red marker

Garden Green marker

Stampin’ Chalk marker

Powder Pink Ink pad

Memento Black ink pad

Embossing Folder

Swirls and Curls textured impressions embossing folder

Stamp set

Peaceful Poinsettia 

Dies

Stitch shapes framelit 

Detailed Poinsettia thinlits

Other tools

Sponge

Large round plate

Sissors

Adhesive

Dimensionals

Instuctions

Card base - Real Red cardstock 27 x 10.5 cm or half A4 lengthwise

Beard, Moustache and Hat band - Whisper White cardstock 12 x 10.5 cm

Emboss with the Swirls and Curls textured impressions embossing folder.

From the bottom measure up 6.5 cm on each side and place a mark.  Line up the marks with your plate & draw the curve (on the reverse side of the cardstock so you can’t see your markings). then measure up another 2.5 cm on each side and place a mark and again line your plate up with the marks, draw the curve.  Then you will see in the above photo I hand drew the bottom of the moustache and cut it out, make the length a bit smaller than 10.5 cm.

Santa Face - Whisper White cardstock 10.5 x 5.5 cm

Dab the sponge in the Powder Pink Ink pad and using circular motions starting off the cardstock and working your way onto the cardstock until you have coloured the entire piece.

Santa’s Nose - Using a piece of Whisper White cardstock and the second smallest oval Stitched shapes framelit cut one out then colour with the Powder pink ink the same as you did for his face.  Mark a little highlight at the bottom right side using the chalk marker.

Santa’s Lip - using the 1/2” circle punch cut one out and ink the same as you did for his face and nose. Don’t worry if you leave a white bit where your finger is as this will go under his moustache.

Santa’s eyes - Punch 2 out using the 1/2” circle punch using the chalk marker draw  his little highlights or you can draw them after you have glued them on.  

Hat decoration - Using the Peaceful Poinsettia stamp set and dies use the little holly, cut it out and colour using the markers.

Putting it together - Place the face piece about 4cm up from the bottom on the card base and adhere.  Adhere the beard piece lining up to the bottom of the card base and adhere the hat band at the top of the face piece ensuring no red is peeking through between the band and face.  Adhere the moustache in place making sure you are able to slip the lip part up under the moustache and adhere it in place.

Adhere the eyes in place.  Then the nose put 2 dimensionals on the back and adhere in place.  Lastly adhere his hat decoration (the holly).

Hope you enjoy making him, I know I did!

have a great rest of the week!

October Hostess Code

Hi Everyone!!  I've decided to do a Hostess code for the month of October PLUS if you order in the month of October and spend more than $50 (Postage & Handling not included) you will receive FREE a packet of Dimensionals to help pop those embellishments or sayings off the page!

Ok you may be thinking what if I spend $100 am I entitled to 2 packets? 

Answer - YES you are!  It will go in $50 lots e.g. if you spend $150 in one order you will receive 3 packets! 

These will be posted out separate to your order.  Once I see you have placed an order I will pop them in the post for you.

You need to live in Australia to be able to order from me is the only catch.

This offer is not offered by Stampin' Up! ® themselves but by Donna Todd as an Independent Stampin' Up! demonstrator only.

Here is the Hostess Code you need to use:

If you need any help ordering please let me know and I am only too happy to help!

Keep on Crafting & have fun!!

So Santa Shadow Box

Hi everyone!  Coming to you from my desk at work again :)

On our long weekend I was busy gardening, doing some more on my Scrapbooking Memories and More style and creating some SOOOO cute little shadow boxes for Christmas that you can hang on your tree or anywhere really!

This is me with my mate at Bunnings when I was buying some more plants.  Isn't he just an adorable statue??  I wanted to take him home but just didn't have the spare $700!

The following photos are of my back verandah....

 My old girl managed to get in the photo too, she is 12 years old.  My German Sheppard managed to stay out of the photos and she is 5 years old.

Now the most exciting bit....My shadow boxes!

They are about 7cm square and 1cm thick.

I used the So Santa Stamp set and the Peaceful Poinsettia Stamp set.

Coloured with Stampin' Blends and then put some Embossing Paste on his hair, beard and moustache.

The sentiment I used white embossing powder.

I hope you like them!  I think they are super sweet!

Take care everyone.

Scrapbooking

Hey everyone, I'm coming to you from my desk at work 😃

Scrapbooking

Who is into Scrapbooking?

I used to do a lot of scrapbooking years ago but then sort of stopped and cardmaking took over.  But I have been getting back into it lately, especially since the birth of my grandson.  I am loving the Memories and more that I sell through my business with Stampin' Up!  It is so easy to do with the pockets and cards you can buy.  It is probably the lazy style scrapbooking or the "Haven't got much time" scrapbooking.  But I love it!

Here are a couple of examples that I've done for my Grandson's 1st birthday.

It's just a matter of slipping the photo's in the pockets with some cards and you are done.  You can journal on the cards as well.  When I am home I will take some more snaps and show you more of what I have done.

For my grandson's birthday I travelled from my home in Narara NSW to Ipswich Qld and also lumped all my camera gear with me - lights, light stands, camera, leads etc.  The next day after everything had settled down after his party I set up this area to take some shots of him with the left over cake.  I loved how the photo's turned out!  I haven't done this sort of photography for such a long time and it felt good to do it again.  At least now it is digital and I can see what I've taken to make sure it is a good shot 😃😃 Got to love modern technology sometimes!

I hope you are all having a great day!

AND

Nautical box card

I have been busy lately getting this order finished.  The recipient is in the Navy, so you can guess the theme :)

I really enjoyed making this box card.

I found this glass ornament and thought it would be perfect for the centre piece of the card.  It was so light!

For the writing I stamped with versamark and then used the copper embossing powder.

Hope you all had a great weekend!