Merry Christmas

This month's thank you cards gave everyone who ordered with me during December a sneak peek at one of my favourite stamp sets coming in the Occasions Catalogue. It's called Carousel Birthday and it's a really fun set to layer and stamp as a collage...

448 Stampin' Dimensionals
192 star sequins
144 round sequins
80 Baker's Twine bows
32 tassels
8 packs of Whisper White Note Cards & Envelopes
6 Tin of Tags Project Kits
2 people (Miss-13 and myself) and 10 hours later...

The intricate cutout from the Detailed Santa Thinits is perfect for shaker cards, and Mica Flakes make perfect shaker pieces - the gold mica flakes look a-ma-zing when they move! Here's the front of my Christmas card...

I love all the intricate cutouts in the Detailed Santa Thinits Dies. The first project I made with this awesome die was to recreate the gorgeous tag on the front of the Holiday Catalogue. Stampin' Up!'s tag is in Kraft and Cherry Cobbler; I've done mine in Crumb Cake and Real Red (one of my favourite colour combinations)...

Top 5 Christmas Gift Ideas

Today, I've finished creating 50 wine bottle tags using the Hang Your Stocking Stamp Set and coordinating Christmas Stockings Thinlits Dies. The colours are inspired by the Presents & Pinecones Designer Series Paper featured on the Christmas tags and the layout by the Noel Christmas card I recently created. These Christmas bottle tags are for the customers of a local business...

Inspire by the Welcome and Congratulations cards I created with the Sweet Home stamp set and coordinating Home Sweet Home Thinlits Dies, I also made a Christmas card featuring a Gingerbread House and the Candy Cane Lane Designer Series Paper...