Friday, December 21, 2012

Be of Good Cheer Christmas....

 
This is another quick and simple yet effective Christmas Card, that's easy to mass produce, which at this time of the year, when I haven't yet sent any cards, as I am still to make them,  is a good thing.
 
 
This time I've used Be of Good Cheer DSP from the IBC and the Christmas sentiment from a hostess set.
 
 
Stamps:  Wacky Wishes
Ink: Gumball Green, Very Vanilla
Card stock: Gumball Green
Other: Be of Good Cheer DSP, Gumball Green Ribbon, Cherry Cobbler button and Bakers Twine, Festive Paper Piercing Pack, Windo Frames Collection Framelits.
 
Happy Stamping....Manda 
 

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Stamp-A-Stack 3

 
This is the last card that we made, and again I've used the Festival of Prints DSP Stack.....I love this for quick and simple Christmas Cards. 
 
I've stamped the 2 longer baubles straight onto the base card and then stamped the smaller bauble onto some scrap and used the Holiday Ornaments Framelits to cut it out and pop it up.  I've hand drawn the strings holding up the baubles....the straight line is in Raspberry Ripple (and I've used a ruler), the freehand curvy line ins in Lucky Limeade.
 
Stamps: Ornament Keepsakes, Petite Pairs
Ink: Lucky Limeade, Raspberry Ripple
Card stock: Whisper White, Raspberry Ripple
Other: Festival of Prints DSP Stack, Raspberry Ripple Ribbon, Basic Pearls (I've also used Dazzling Diamonds and it looks great too), large oval punch and Lots of Tags Sizzlits.
 
Happy Stamping....Manda

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Stamp-A-Stack 2

 
This is the second card we made at the Christmas Stamp-a-Stack.
 
This one is so simple and elegant, and a fantastic one to mass produce.  And it's easily adapted to the DSP from the Stack in the Mini......just change the colour of your ornament, matting and ribbon.

 
Stamps : Ornament Keepsakes
Ink: Gumball Green
Card stock: Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Green
Other: Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding, Extra Large Pearls, Festival of Prints DSP Stack
 
Happy Stamping.....Manda

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Stamp-A-Stack 1

 
Hi there....
 
Thought I'd share the first card from my Christmas Stamp-a-stack this year. This one is my favourite of the 3 that we did, not sure why, but I just love it.

 
Stamps: Daydream Medallions, Heart of Christmas
Ink: Island Indigo, Baja Breeze, Rich Razzelberry
Card stock: Island Indigo, Baja Breeze, Rich Razzelberry, Whisper White
Other: Baja Breeze Seam Binding, Basics Glimmer Brads, Labels Collections Framelits
 
Happy Stamping.....Manda

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

It's beginning to look a lot like......

CHRISTMAS!!

 
 
And now that I'm on holidays, I'm slowing getting my creative mojo back....Yay!!
 
 So the first thing I thought I'd share with you are some gifts that I made this year.
 
 
I made a set of these magnets for each of the staff members who I work with at school, and they were also the gift that I gave to the ladies who attended my Christmas Stamp-A-Stack.
 
They are based on an idea shared by my stamping sister Bec at a team meeting earlier this year.  The base of the magnet is a beer bottle top from the home brew section of the supermarket.  Run it through the Big Shot and it makes a cool embellishment with a bit of DSP and some Crystal Effects.  I've also used Crystal Effects to glue a magnet to the back of the bottle top and then packaged them up.
 
Happy Stamping.....Manda xx
 



Saturday, November 24, 2012

Don't fall off your chair.....

Yes.......I am posting on my blog. 
 
I've just finished my pile of assessment marking for the end of year, and tomorrow I'm going into school to start the reporting process.  So I thought I'd take a moment to share with you my project for the year.
 
As you've seen from previous posts, I've been making name frames for my own children to give to their friends as birthday gifts.  Well, I decided that it would be a good idea to make each of my 26 class members a frame as their Christmas gift from me.  We had our gift-giving session on Friday, so I can now show you the completed projects, just in case I have any parents who cast a glance over the blog - waves if you are!! 
 
These projects have been on the go since the June holidays.  Boys frames were made from a variety of stamp sets and dies, but the paper is retired Travel Journal DSP.
 
 
Colours are Crumb Cake, Garden Green, Night of Navy, Bashful Blue and Pumpkin Pie.
 
The girls frames were made using the Island Oasis retired DSP.

 
Colours are Tempting Turquoise, Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron, Rose Red and Old Olive.
 
As you can see, each one is slightly different, but all variations on a theme.
 
It was very rewarding to see the joy on the faces of my class when they opened their gifts.  They all put their frames on their desks for the day, which looked fantastic. 
 
The quote of the day came from a group of 5 girls who told me "Mrs Saffery, you made a mistake.......our names are proper nouns and they need a capital letter!"  Phew, I have taught them something this year!!  I had to giggle......
 
Hopefully, over the next few weeks I'll get back to blogging more regularly.  I have 1 more week of work and then holidays.  And let me tell you, there is going to be some serious crafting going on!!
 
Happy Stamping.....Manda xx

Friday, August 17, 2012

Bye Bye Pocket Silhouettes......

One of my favourite, and I think most versatile, stamp sets is Pocket Silhouettes, which is unfortuanetely retiring at the end of the month.  So I thought I'd best share this set of thank you cards that I created in a similar style to these ones a little while ago.

Pool Party

Calypso Coral

Wisteria Wonder



Happy Stamping.....Manda