Altered Christmas Notebooks

I recently made 14 decorated notebooks to sell at my church Christmas bazaar. They were a hit! Here's a few samples...

This is a great gift! And a great way to use up your stash of patterned papers and ribbons!! 

Merry Little Christmas by Fancy Pants....Class

This coming Monday, Dec 2 at 7pm at The Scrapping Nook in Port Colborne  I will be teaching a class using this awesome line by Fancy Pants..."Merry Little Christmas". I've created 2 single layouts, a double layout and a bonus Christmas card. You will receive the Collections kit, which includes 12 sheets of double-sided paper, 12x12 Sticker Fundamentals Sheet, Tape Stickers Sheet, Label Stickers Sheet, Red Corrugate Paper, White Corrugate Paper.  As well as Button set, Die cuts, Frames and sharing Resin Flowers. TONS of stuff!!  Cost of class is $30.

Double Layout photos include: 1- 4x6 and 6 - 3x3

Single Layout #1 - photo size 4x6

2nd single layout: photos 3- 2x3


We'll do a bonus card as well:

Book your spot soon!! Call The Scrapping Nook 

Snowman Card w/ Faux Mother of Pearl

 

I made these cards for my co-workers, aren't they cute!?  I used the adorable snowman from Snow Much Fun stamp set, and did a little colouring with my Stampin' Write Markers. The base of the card is Cherry Cobbler, embossed with the Northern Flurry embossing folder. The strip is Baja Breeze cardstock punched with the Pinking hearts border punch. 

I did the Faux Mother of Pearl technique on the snowman. This involves some scrunched up saran wrap dipped in some Frost White Shimmer Paint and dabbed onto the image...then sponge a little Baja Breeze ink afterwards...looks amazing in person, kind of hard to catch it in a photo....

I also had to add my best friend, Dazzling Details! Gotta love glitter!

Masculine Christmas Cards

 

The Frostwood Lodge Designer Series paper is a great way to turn a Christmas card into a more manly one. My boyfriend asked for me to make a few for his bosses at work, so I whipped these up in no time! I was waiting for a chance to use my new paper! LOL 

Not only do they have 'lumberjack' plaids but also wood grain papers! Love it!  I paired this paper with the Lovely As A Tree stamp set. One of my faves! Then used some Log Cabin Smooch Spritz! Perfect name for this card! The base of the card is Crumb Cake, which pairs perfectly with the Crumb Cake Envelopes, which I also stamped a pine tree image on.

Oh and don't forget the 'manly' Hemp twine wrapped around the card as well! 

Altered Christmas Decor

I made this for my friend's Christmas gift! I found the wooden 'Noel' sign at Home Sense and added my special Stampin' Up! touch to it!

In the 'O' I cut out the large scallop circle on the Big Shot with some Letters To Santa DSP, then the large circle out of the Wood Sheets. I stamped the cute snowman from the stamp set Snow Much Fun, and coloured him in with some Stampin' Write markers. The 'snow' is some Basic Pearls.

On the 'L' I added a bow with Old Olive Striped Grosgrain ribbon, and a little Vintage Tag with 'merry' stamped on it from Tiny Tags set.  I love it, now I have to make one for myself!

Chocolate Dipped Candy Canes

I made up these little Christmas treats for my family back home in Ontario. I dipped them in milk and white chocolate and then sprinkles! I used Stampin' Up! cello bags to wrap them. The tops are the 3"x5" bags, and the bottom is a 1"x8" bag cut in half. Then I tied them together with some Pear Pizzazz or Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding ribbon.

There's lots of wonderful uses for these cello bags!

Ornaments!

Isn't Stampin' Up! so amazing with their coordination of products?! Love how this Letters To Santa Designer Series Paper, matches perfectly with the Merry & Type stamp set!

I used 2 techniques on this card...Faux metal and Paper Piecing. I stamped the ornament image onto 3 different papers, then cut them out and glued them onto the stamped image on the basic grey cardstock.

 I did the sentiment in the faux metal.

This involves 3 layers of gold embossing then inking your stamp with Versa Mark and stamping it into the hot embossed paper. Then I punched it out with the Word Window punch.
Lots of fun!

Pewter Embossed Doily

I just love this Hello Doily background stamp! I embossed the entire image with the new Pewter embossing powder, then added some Basic Pearls and an Antique Brad in the middle. The cardstock is Basic Grey. I decided to keep it like it is, with out a sentiment. There's just so much beauty to clutter it with more stuff...so I put the sentiment inside the card. I'm proud to say my family Christmas cards went in the mail today! So much better than a couple years ago when I mailed them after the 25th....LOL.

Hello, Doily Embossed Christmas card

 

How beautiful is this background stamp...Hello, Doily!  I embossed these with Gold embossing powder onto Chocolate Chip cardstock and added a Antique Brad in the middle. The sentiment is from Merry & Type, and the ribbon is from the Holiday Mini Catalogue...Early Espresso Quilted Satin ribbon. I also used the Colour Spritzer tool with Early Espresso Marker and added some specks in the background. 

Well, Christmas is only 11 days away, and still so much to do! I'm working on alot of gifts and goodies right now, so I'll share them soon with you all!  Here's a few photos I took on a walk in the snow the other day....

Reindeer with Stocking Punch

My sincere apologies for not posting for over a week!! This time of year is super crazy busy at work, and it really leaves me very little spare time to create. Some days I just want to relax and not think about paper and stamps...LOL  Anyways...here's a card from last month's Stamp Club at Allison's. I think it's super cute, so I had to share! The cute reindeer is made from the Stocking Punch and Snowflake punch for the antlers. Gotta love the dainty Mini Jingle bell on his collar!

I'll be back soon with more Christmas projects!!

Altered Compostion Book - Vintage Snowman

I'm in the process of making a bunch of altered notebooks for Christmas gifts, so I thought I'd share this one with you all! I'm really loving this Snow Much Fun stamp set! Here I stamped the image onto Crumb Cake cardstock, then highlighted areas with the white gel pen, and added some Basic Pearls for his buttons. The background paper is from Letters To Santa DSP, as well as the scallop circle behind the snowman. I embossed it with the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder on the Big Shot and then used the Sanding blocks to rough it up a bit. Also added some Chantilly Crochet Trim too!

We got a bit of snow today, not too much yet! Only a matter of time!! I just realized this is the start of my 5th winter in Calgary! Can't believe I've made it this long! LOL

Lots of Projects to share!

 I just realized I had a bunch of projects to share from a recent class and Stamp Club I attended this past month, so I thought I would share!

Here's the 3 projects we did at Allison's Stamp Club this past month....
Our technique was Faux Mother of Pearl. It's a super simple way to add some beautiful detail to any project.
I will probably do a tutorial on it later on...

Our next card was a super cute one using the new Petite Pocket Die....

Open up the envelope and there's a surprise inside!

 3 little tags!
The last card was a Christmas one using the Postage Stamp Punch and Merry & Type stamp set...

All 3 projects featured the Spice Cake Designer Series Paper, and Fabric....so pretty!

I also have 3 more cards to share from an Embossing class I took last week....First card is a replica of the christmas one I just showed you, but different colours and the Faux Metal technique.

I just love the look of this Faux metal.....so cool!

Next was the Cracked Glass technique....very neat!

 And the last is the Double Embossing Technique....

 

I really like the look of this one!

Excellent cards Allison, thanks for teaching us!

Christmas Tree Decor w/ Letters to Santa DSP

 

Here's my second Christmas Tree Decoration...if you missed my first one, it's yesterday's post!

I punched out tons of ovals with the Large Oval Punch in First Edition and Letters to Santa DSP, then glued them onto a styrofoam cone. Curled them and sponged them a bit. 

Topped it with a star out of Silver Glimmer Paper...and you got an easy home decor piece, great for a gift too! Here's both of the trees I made together...i think they are pretty darn precious!

Christmas Tree Decor....Stampin' Up! style

 

I'm getting in the Christmas mood...and it's not even Halloween yet! 

But I'm trying to get things done earlier this year...pff...who am I kidding..LOL

My goal this season is to make alot of 3D items...home decor especially. Here's my first attempt at a Christmas Tree Decoration. I started with a styrofoam cone base, then scrunched Seam Binding Ribbon around it with Sticky Strip. The ribbons are in Always Artichoke and Pear Pizzazz colours. The ornaments are Cherry Cobbler Designer buttons, Basic Rhinestones and Pearls, and a new fave....Mini Jingle Bells!!

aren't they so adorable? and tiny!

 

For the top of the tree I put a big button and then stuck 2 pins in the button holes with Stars cut on the Big Shot Stars #2 die glued to them. I cut the stars from the new Silver Glimmer Paper from the Holiday Mini Catty. I love how they twinkle!

 

What do you think? looks cute with the Letters to Santa Designer Series Paper doesn't it? Well check back tomorrow for another Christmas Tree using that paper!