Clean and simple reindeer Christmas

I lost a deer somewhere along the way of sharing my Dashing Deer projects, but he's now found & ready to be shared. This is the simplest of my reindeer cards so far, which means it's also quick to put together if you're making lots.... and quick to share here too.

JAI 433 colour challenge - bright birthday

It's colour challenge time this week at Just Add Ink and Jo has given us this bold combination to work with.

These colours made me think of parties and old school party lights, which led me to an idea to use the light bulb string in the Making Christmas Bright bundle (& stamp set) for a birthday card. A very useful little addition all year round, as are other stamps in collection too.

This is how it turned out.

Glittery Deer Christmas

 Today, I have another card to share using the Dashing Deer stamp & die bundle. This one has a totally different look to the other deer cards I've shared so far. How fabulous is that prancing deer!

I love the clean lines, glitter & shine on this card too. Very much my style for Christmas and it could be easily mass produced too. Win!

Dashing Deer - Country Christmas

I'm back today to share another deer Christmas card with you, this time using the little deer couple in the Dashing Deer bundle. This one has a more homestyle, country feel to my eye compared to the deer cards I shared last post, thanks I think to the check paper from the Festive Farmhouse pack.

Dashing Deer Happy Christmas pair

Deer are one of my favourite Christmas images. Years back SU had a very popular single deer stamp named Dasher with curly antlers which I just loved (did you love it too?), then there was a great deer in the Santa's Sleigh bundle last year which I used LOTS. So you can imagine my sheer delight when I saw the best of all deer bundles in this year's Holiday Catalogue - called Dashing Deer. It combines the best of both of these then adds sooooo much more. Like I said, it's the ultimate deer lovers bundle, with an awesome collection of stamps, coordinating and standalone dies.

Here's one of the first card designs I made for it.

24 hour birthday sale - starts at midnight!

Stampin' Up!' is turning 30 and they're celebrating with a 24 hour sale on October 23rd.
Save 15% on selected stamp sets. I'm sure you'll find some faves in the list so take a look...but don't wait.

Shop the birthday sale here in my store

JAI 431 sketch challenge - Snowfall Christmas card

It's a big week at colour me happy, as our darling girl started her final HSC exams yesterday, however I did sneak some time to make a card for this week's new Just Add Ink challenge, using this sketch suggested by Tina.

I went Christmassy for my card, using a brand new suite release coming for November only.

More poinsettia pop up window cards

Remember the poinsettia card I shared last week? It evolved from another card featuring the poinsettia line images in the Peaceful Poinsettia bundle. So today I'm sharing that original card and a third card that's a combination of both cards. Following so far? Just check out the cards & you'll get the idea.

JAI 429 Just add vellum - Christmas poinsettia pop up

This week's new Just Add Ink challenge is possibly the easiest ever.

 

Why? Perhaps because I suggested it, but also I LOVE vellum.

World Cardmaking Day is coming - create and save!

World Card Making Day is October 6th and it's a day for all crafters to celebrate all the fun of cardmaking, creating, sending handmade love, enjoying crafty friendships and yes, the pure joy of paper and ink.

If you're local to me in Sydney, I'm having a fun World Cardmaking day celebration on Saturday, October 6th. See my fb event here for more info.

From 1-7 October, you'll also save 10% on these fun kits & essentials too. Awesome!