A Door and Wondrous Wreath

The August Christmas Card Club class will be creating this card, too. With a few simple pieces cut out of scraps on your paper trimmer, you can create a door on your card which is a perfect backdrop for this wreath.   

And using a small Antique Brad you create a door knob.

I realized after taking this photo that I forgot to put those teeny tiny pearls in the center of the little Poinsettias.

On the inside, I kept it simple again by just stamping a sentiment.



For this card I used the following -

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Are you being inspired to start creating your Christmas cards yet? The club has one more class this month on July 29th, and our August one is on the 24th & 26th. Then we have one in September, October, & November.

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Happy stamping!

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July is all about Bonus Deals. More items have been added to the Clearance Rack at the beginning of the promotion, and there will be more products in the Weekly Deals, too. 

Black and Gold Wondrous Wreath & Weekly Deals

The Weekly Deals are posted after this card.


Even though I do make non-traditional Christmas cards on occasion, I never thought to make black ones. I would every so often see one, but would kind of feel it to be a wrong colour for a Christmas card. So imagine my surprise when I kept getting the thought to make this card in black! I finally gave in to my thought and am quite happy with how this card turned out.

I love how the gold and white heat embossing turned out on the wreath. I coloured Rhinestones with a red alcohol marker (Blendablities discontinued but I happen to have Spectrum Noir markers).

Here, in the next photo you can see the layering of the card.

If you use the bow in the Wonderful Wreath Dies, it would make it more mailable.

A simple inside.

So there you have another card for the August Christmas Card Club class. See below for what I used in the making of this card, and be sure to stop by tomorrow for another one. To see what I used for this card, scroll down to the end of the post.

Now for the new Weekly Deals!

WOW! Lots of ribbon! And if you are thinking Christmas, the Star Framelits are on sale! The Number Thinlits too! What about those Fun Frames embossing folders! And a great deal and Fast Fuse Refills! A great Weekly Deals for us this week!

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Thank you for checking in today. Lots of good stuff today.


Happy Stamping!

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July is all about Bonus Deals. More items have been added to the Clearance Rack at the beginning of the promotion, and there will be more products in the Weekly Deals, too. 

Wondrous Wreath Garland

After stamping and die cutting wreaths, and fussy cutting through them in half, a person can create garlands!     

I love these long cards, and the garland works perfectly for this sized card.

Te garland is popped up and Dazzling Details are put on the red berries. On the inside, with a little section I even attached a piece on the inside of the card with a repeated stamp strip on the left.

So there you have it! Another nicely mailable Christmas card. What will tomorrow's be I wonder?

Happy stamping!

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July is all about Bonus Deals. More items have been added to the Clearance Rack at the beginning of the promotion, and there will be more products in the Weekly Deals, too. 

Very Merry - Wondrous Wreath

OK, back to the August Christmas Club Card class. Hope you enjoyed seeing the lovely watercolour English Garden DSP yesterday.

This 4 1/4" square card is ideal for mass producing and no dimensionals used for easier mailing. A nice neutral and simple card. I love the simple pop of red from the berries.

I continues with the simple pop of red on the inside by stamping the sentiment in red.

Stamping the three stamps to create the wreath is not as difficult as one might think. A great stamp set!


See you tomorrow for another card that is in the class.

Happy Stamping!

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July is all about Bonus Deals. More items have been added to the Clearance Rack at the beginning of the promotion, and there will be more products in the Weekly Deals, too. 

Short Notice Class - English Garden Dozen

Before I post the rest of the Christmas Card Club cards, I need to post this for you because it comes on the schedule before the Christmas Card Club class.

The "English Garden DSP" is so beautiful I decided we needed to make some cards featuring it. This makes the cards so easy to put together, and very little stamping is involved. A break after the "Richly Coloured" and "By the Tide" classes. So in 3 1/2 hours we will make a dozen cards!

Now, because there are so many cards, and I like to show you the card in three photos, I made small collages of each card for you to cut down the number of images for this post.

Stamp Sets - Lots of Thanks (retired), And Many More
 Punches -Bitty Butterfly

Stamp Sets - Lovely Amazing You
 Punches - Ornate Tag Topper, Triple Banner

 
Stamp Sets - Best Toughts (Hostess)
 Fussy cut bees

Stamp Sets - Lovely Amazing You
Punches - Ornate Tag Topper, Tripple Banner

Stamp Sets - Butterfly Basics
 Dies - Circles Collection Framelits Dies

Stamp Sets - And Many More

Stamp Sets - Lovely Amazing You
Punches - Itty Bitty Accents (Flower), Banner

Stamp Sets - And Many More
Dies - Word Bubbles

Stamp Sets - Lots of Thanks (retired)

Stamp Sets - Butterfly Basics
Punches - Triple Banner, Banner

Stamp Sets - Petite Pairs
Punches - Itty Bitty Accents (Flower), Triple Banner
Dies - Ovals Collection Framelits Dies

Stamp Sets - Lovely Amazing You
Dies - Ovals Collection Framelits Dies

As I said earlier, these cards are quick to put together.

Class Details

Monday, August 3rd (Holiday)
1:00pm - 4:30pm

Wednesday, August 5th
6:00pm - 9:30pm

$30.00 (envelopes not included this time)

Very easy class where the DSP (Designer Series Paper) is the star! The English Garden DSP is such beautiful paper, it had to be the focus for some cards. That means very little stamping, and in 3 1/2 hours we will create a dozen cards! You will have type written instructions to keep, and some of the needed items will be cut and ready, while some you will have to cut yourself.

Bring your "To Go Kit" as well as jewels and pearls, and your paper trimmer. See the "To Go Kit" list at the top right of this blog.

RSVP on my Events Page by July 23rd, or contact me  - sabradcreations@gmail.com  Let me know if you want to order envelopes on top of your DSP order for an extra $7.00 ($8.00 in the catalogue).

Payment must be in by Thursday, July 23rd so I can order your DSP.


Hope to see you there for this fun class creating with this lovely paper.

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July is all about Bonus Deals. More items have been added to the Clearance Rack at the beginning of the promotion, and there will be more products in the Weekly Deals, too. 

Wondrous Wreath - Pals Paper Arts 260

I've created a Christmas card for my August Christmas Card Club class, and I decided to use the Pals Paper Arts sketch 260 challenge in it's creation.

I used non-traditional colours for this card with Soft Sky & Mint Macaron ink for the wreath, adding Dazzling Details on the Mint Macaron leaves.

You can see the sketch on the right.

The Wonderful Wreath Framelits also come with the words "Noel" and "Joy". Using "Joy" I die cut from Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper.

Next you can see the card from the side to see the layering.

I didn't do anything fancy on the inside, just the red border and a sentiment.

Below you can see all the stuff I used to make this card. Be sure to check in to see the other Christmas cards for the August class coming over the next few days. Are you starting to think about planning your Christmas cards yet?

Added Wednesday, July 22, 2015
 
I was one of three picked!

 

Happy Stamping!

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July is all about Bonus Deals. More items have been added to the Clearance Rack at the beginning of the promotion, and there will be more products in the Weekly Deals, too. 

Team Meeting Make & Takes

Thought I would quickly share with you a couple of make & takes we had at my Team meeting Saturday the 11th.

One member had us create a design 5 times using the new In-Colours and the "Butterfly Basics" stamp set.

I've had a class before using this stamp set, but it was great to use it again with different colours. The following are what we used to create these cards.

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Another Make & Take was die and punch art were we created Watermelon pieces for a sweet 3" x 3" card.

Following are the items used to make this darling card.

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We had great fun creating our make & takes after our meeting, and I hope you are inspired to create something like these too.



Thanks for stopping by today! Happy stamping!

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July is all about Bonus Deals. More items have been added to the Clearance Rack at the beginning of the promotion, and there will be more products in the Weekly Deals, too. 

Class Photos & Weekly Deals!

Let's begin with the photos of the "By The Tide" classes today. The Weekly Deals will follow that.

First off, I had three classes for this set of cards. One class I forgot to take photos, and another all but one or two were blurry. They certainly did not look blurry when taking the photos. So that means I don't have photos from each class to post. Sorry, if any of you were looking forward to having your photos and creations on the blog.

I created this step by step board for three of the cards we made, to help those taking the class.

It's always fun to get together and create. Inking, masking, and learning the Bokeh technique was a first for many. All were happy with their end result and everyone did a great job with such an intense class.

Be sure to check out future classes and RSVP if you are interested in taking the class.

Now for some wonderful deals in the Weekly Deals!

Ooooo, some wish list items I'd like to get this week. What about you?

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Thank you for stopping by today! And happy stamping!

PLEASE USE THE HOSTESS CODE
If your order is $200+, then I want you to use all the Hostess Rewards you’ve earned.  If your order is under $200, I’d be more than happy if you add  3RTTHPQS as the Hostess Code when you order.  When shopping online, enter your items into your cart (total must be under $200). At check out, look under "Special Offers" (bottom left) enter the Hostess Code in the box and click on apply.

July is all about Bonus Deals. More items have been added to the Clearance Rack at the beginning of the promotion, and there will be more products in the Weekly Deals, too.