Stampin' With Michelle Pepper

Welcome back! Today's card is one that I made after seeing Sharon Armstrong's card. It is simple, effective and sparkly, and who doesn't like a sparkly Christmas card! Notice that there is only one colour, Shaded Spruce, used (except for the sentiment in Tuxedo Black). By using the Stamping Off Technique (stamp without re-inking), you can get different shades of the one colour. Simple sure goes a long way. This is a great card if you are just starting out in your stamping journey and do not have a huge amount of colour choices at your disposal. Supplies used : Stamp set: Perfectly Plaid (#149418) Punch: Pine Tree (#149521) Paper: Shaded Spruce Card Stock (#147006), Whisper White Card Stock (#106549) Ink: Shaded Spruce (#147088), Tuxedo Memento Black (#132708) Other: Wink of Stella Glitter Brush Clear (#141897), Stampin' Glitter Dazzling Diamonds (#133751), Shimmery Crystal Effects (#150892), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (#110755), Stampin' Dimensiona

Welcome back! Today's card uses one of the "go-to" sketch designs I fall back on time and time again. Simple, yet quite effective - great for when you are time poor and don't have much time to make a more layered card with more interesting details and texture, or when you have only a few basic supplies. Remember this card ? On that card I had trimmed the Wrapped In Plaid paper for the mat, and the remainder of the paper gets used on this card, as the background panel! With four sheets of this pattern in the Wrapped In Plaid 6' x 6" pack (#149596), you can punch out a total of 44 trees using the Pine Tree Punch (#149521) - no stamping needed even, so cool! Ta-da, another simple Christmas card set that you can churn out in no time at all. There are 12 double sided designs so you'll get at least 24 different versions of this card. When you have quite enough Christmas cards, then how about swapping out the tree image and the sentiment

Today I'm sharing one of my favourite style of cards to make - Clean and Simple (CAS). I just love all that white space!   This Fiona Rozario inspired card features three of the six products in the Wrapped in Plaid Suite (#153326). I punched out the two Whisper White trees with the Pine Tree Punch (#149521) so that the pattern on the Wrapped in Plaid 6" x 6" DSP (#149596) is shown through. Now here's a paper saving TIP: with so much of the DSP piece being hidden, you can easily punch out a tree. That is where the middle tree is from, with the reverse side of it being featured on the card. With 12 double sided designs ie 24 patterns to choose from, you will have a set of Christmas cards done in no time! Oooh, did I hear you ask what is that Cherry Cobbler twine? You're right, that is not in our catalogue! Here's TIP #2 today: you only need the Whisper White Solid Baker's Twine (#124262) and then you can colour it with any o

Today's card is a CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit, or aka Copy and Share Everything). I love my friend Susan Wong's card , so when I realised I don't actually have the supplies she used for her card, I determined to try and replicate it using what I DO have. The Perfectly Plaid stamp set happened to be the latest stamp set I purchased so I went a-playing. Yes, I made a non Christmas card with the Perfectly Plaid stamp set! Perfectly Plaid #149418 Can you spot the stamp I used to create the DIY patterned paper? Yes, it's the tree stamp on the left! The wreath was made with the floral image stamped from the Hold On to Hope stamp set, and die cut from the coordinating die in the Cross Of Hope dies. I love the versatile sentiment from the Perennial Birthday stamp set because to me, it can work as a Birthday or Wedding sentiment. To finish off the card, I added a bit of twine and sequins, scattered around to keep with the wreath theme. Peren