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!

Dad card video

Ok I have done my first ever video!  I am showing how to make a card that is very easy to make!

Let me know what you think :)

Hope you are all having a great start to your weekend!

How to redeem your Bonus Day Coupons

It's September which means it's time to start redeeming your Bonus Day coupons!!

Did you earn the coupon codes for your spending in August? If so you can start redeeming them! YAY!!!

If you have had your eye on one of those big ticketed items like the Big Shot for example then you can use your coupons for this! I have attached how to redeem your coupons when you next order, if you have any problems then please let me know I am only too happy to help you