Hello and welcome back to my blog. You are visiting Ann Alexander from Australia. Today I have a card for the "Ink and Inspiration Blog Hop". Our theme this month is "Use Your Stash ". 

Now this month's theme is a very broad one but with Christmas coming soon, my mind went to a Christmas set. One of my favourites from the current Mini Catalogue is the Words of Cheer stamp set and coordinating Christmas Cheer dies. 

I also used the Wintry Embossing Folder, Red Velvet Paper , Gold Metallic Specialty Paper and Classic Matte Dots (available in the new Jan-June Mini). Given that we are about to hit summer here in Australia, I decided to choose non-traditional colours for my Christmas card.

Instructions:

- Use a piece of Basic White card A4/Letter cut in half lengthwise and folded. Stamp leaves from the Words of Cheer stamp set onto Basic White card using Versamark Ink and heat emboss with Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder. Attach a Vellum overlay to the card and adhere the Vellum/Basic White to the card base.

- Emboss a piece of Coastal Cabana with the Wintry Embossing Folder (branches) and then adhere Gold Metallic Specialty Paper on either side. Adhere this to the card using Stampin' Dimensionals.

- Die cut the "Cheer" and its silhouette from the Christmas Cheer Dies using Basic White and Red Velvet Paper. Also cut some flowers from the Red Velvet Paper using the small floral/star dies.  

- Adhere the flowers/stars together and then add a white Classic Matte Dot to each and adhere to the card. Add some additional colour by using a Real Red Stampin' Blend and adding dots to the Vellum like splatter.

Measurements:

- Basic White Card base A4/Letter cut in half lengthwise and folded

- Vellum/Basic White: A4 5 3/8" x 3 5/8"/ 13.9 x 9.5 cm or Letter 3 3/4" x 5"

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Hello and welcome back. Today I have a card for the Casually Crafting Design Team November 2021 Blog Hop. This month we have a Colour Challenge using Basic Black, Basic Gray and Basic White. 

So who are we?

The Casually Crafting Design Team are a group of Independent Stampin' Up!® demonstrators from around the world that want to share our love of crafting with you all. We all love simple and easy cards, so you will see cards that are ideally suited for beginners and casual crafters. Sometimes we will also be showing stepped up versions for the more avid crafter.

We will sharing what we love every 3rd Saturday of the month. Make sure to check out the rest of the Design Team's creative projects using the links below. 

For this month, I decided to use the Words of Cheer stamp set and combined it with a piece of coloured Paper Lattice as well as some heat embossing.

Instructions:

Measurements:

- Basic White A4/Letter cut in half lengthwise and folded in half.

- Basic Gray A4 5" x 3 3/8"/ 12.6 cm x 8.5 cm or Letter 3 3/8" x 5"

- Basic Black/ Paper Lattice: A4 4 7/8 " x 3 1/4"/ 12.3 cm x 8.2 cm or Letter 3 1/4" x 4 7/8"

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Products used (available in Jan-June 2022 Mini Catalogue):

- Classic Matte Dots

Words Of Cheer Photopolymer Stamp Set

$30.00

Basic White A4 Cardstock

$17.00

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Basic Gray A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Paper Lattice

$10.50

Versamark Pad

$16.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

$10.00

Basics Embossing Powders

$31.00

Basic Black Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

$15.50

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

$11.50

Hello and welcome back. Today I have a card for the Casually Crafting Design Team September 2021 Blog Hop. This month we have a Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge. I selected the first column for with "Christmas, Foliage & Green" for my card today.

So who are we?

The Casually Crafting Design Team are a group of Independent Stampin' Up!® demonstrators from around the world that want to share our love of crafting with you all. We all love simple and easy cards, so you will see cards that are ideally suited for beginners and casual crafters. Sometimes we will also be showing stepped up versions for the more avid crafter.

We will sharing what we love every 3rd Saturday of the month. Make sure to check out the rest of the Design Team's creative projects using the links below. 

For this month, I decided to share a card using the Words of Cheer Stamp Set. The background was created using stamped images from this set which were heat embossed with Gold and Silver Embossing Powder. The main floral image was fussy cut and coloured with Stampin' Blends.

Instructions:

Measurements:

- Basic White base A4/Letter cut in half lengthwise and folded

- Soft Succulent: A4 5 5/8" x 3 7/8"/ 14.4 cm x 10 cm or Letter 4" x 5 1/4"

- Evening Evergreen: A4 5 3/8" x 3 5/8"/ 13.9 x 9.5 cm or Letter 3 3/4" x 5"

You may be starting here or may have come from another blog - either way you can find the blog link list below, so that you can see every blog post and idea today.

I hope you like this card today. Have you created a card just using fussy cut images before? Please leave me a comment to let me know!

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Hello again and welcome back to my blog! 

I have some really exciting news. I was recently invited by the lovely ladies at Just Add Ink to join their Design Team and today I am sharing my first post as an official DT member!

The colours in this weeks challenge Just Add Ink #572 was what inspired me for my card today. To create this card I used the Words of Cheer Bundle, Art in Bloom Stamp Set, 2021-2023 In Colour Shimmer Vellum, Timber 3D Embossing Folder and Stampin' Blends. 

Instructions:

Don't forget to subscribe to my newsletter as I will have dimensions for this card. 

Also don't forget to visit my Tutorial page for my brand new August-September 2021 Sale-a-bration Mega Tutorial Bundle which contains 39 tutorials and Dandy Garden Mega Tutorial Bundle which contains 62 tutorials for Dragonfly and Dandy Garden inspiration from Demonstrators all over the world. I also have my Love You Always - Mosaic Card Tutorial available as a tutorial too.