Over the years I've accumulated a ton of Christmas stamps, which I regularly use to make cards. This year I vowed I would not, under any circumstances, buy any more Christmas stamps. I could make do with what I already had.
Yeah, sure. And pigs might fly.
I belong to a Facebook group where retired Stampin' Up products are sold. Some are new, some are second-hand, it depends on how old they are, and who is doing the selling.
Most of us buying these sets are doing so because they became unavailable (due to limited quantities) when they were in the catalogue. Or because we didn't know they existed back then.
I managed to get an incredibly elegant set called "Special Season". (If you would like to check it out, go to my Pinterest board featuring this set here.)
The greeting shown on this card is from that set. The wreath however, is not a Christmas stamp at all. It's from a set called Stippled Blossoms, which is a fabulous set, and I use it regularly for birthdays and thank you cards.
Again, you can check it out on Pinterest. This is another retired set, which I've had for several months now.
While I was in the process of making my Christmas cards recently, I found a video that uses the leaves from the Stippled Blossom set to produce a Christmas wreath. (You can see the video here, or at the latter link.)
It was actually incredibly easy to do. Much easier than I'd anticipated.
While I've made a wreath using the technique shown in the video, the card itself is nothing like the orginal card shown.
To sparkle up my card I've added some glitter glue, some matching glitter paper, and some gold ribbon.
This close up gives you a bit more detail.
Til next time,
p.s. The winner of my last giveaway was Karen H. Congratulations Karen!!
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Hi Cheryl,
ReplyDeleteYou are so clever and your cards are beautiful.
Regards
Margaret
Thanks so much, Margaret!
DeleteBeautiful! You are so talented in many ways...
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Sydell.
DeleteWhat a beautiful card and amazing talent!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Ann! It's taken years of classes and videos to learn loads of techniques.
DeleteBeautiful card. Would you mind sharing the facebook group you mentioned? My daughter does stampin up and makes beautiful cards also.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Roseanne.
DeleteThe group I mentioned is an Australian group, so won't be much help for your daughter. I'm pretty sure there's a group for every country - she'll just need to search. (That's how I found this one.)
Sigh. This is lovely and one of the crafts I am so not good at!
ReplyDeleteThanks Victoria. I have one word for you - YouTube!
DeleteI have learned a ton from YouTube. Before I began watching videos, I paid a ton for classes locally. Now I do very few classes, but watch heaps of videos.
Finally got here. The cards are beautiful and I'm sure the people who receive them agree. Good luck with your stories.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Janet.
DeleteA great Talent, Cheryl. I have a friend who makes cards so I end up with her excess ones so I am lucky. There's nothing nicer than receiving a hand made card.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Tricia. One of my friends has every card I've ever made for her. They date back over ten years!
DeleteI am very lucky because I have lots of friends who also make cards. I have a big display of them in my lounge room.
So lovely. No Christmas cards for us this year because we are 13,000 miles from home so I had to send Christmas greetings early to make sure nobody sent us cards while we were away. I've never thought of making cards though. You are very talented.
ReplyDeleteThanks Sheila. Card making is my 'happy place'. If I'm feeling stressed, or need to ponder a writing problem, I go to my craftroom and make cards!
DeleteNot sure I'd cope being away from home at Christmas - I hope it works out for you.