Stampin' With Michelle Pepper

A Nativity Christmas Card...     ... and a stepped up version! Dry emboss, and heat emboss in Gold.   Click here for the supplies list for this card     Those who attend the Auckland Extravaganza events (3 times every year - in March, July and November) always get to make five fabulous projects. Judith and I taught this Peaceful Nativity card at our most recent November "Christmas" Extravaganza. Peaceful Nativity is literally the only stamp set you need for this project.  Michelle's Top Tip: To "zush up" a white or predominantly white card, I think you need texture, texture, texture! You'll see here that the frame is embossed with the Subtle 3D embossing folder, and of course, heat embossing in gold also provides texture. Thanks for popping by today to see my card creation. As always, if you have any questions, I am happy to help you. Until next post, have fun stamping! *** Do you have a huge Stampin' Up! wish list? Then our fully customisable Starter Ki

A Christmas Card in Real Red and Very Vanilla   Click here for the supplies list   Recently, I attended Stampin' Up!'s first virtual conference (you know, a Covid-19 thing in 2020!). So thankful for Stampin' Up! to adapt and be creative and therefore us demonstrators did not have to give up meeting and connecting altogether due to lockdowns and social distancing. Typically, we get to see new products coming out and even stamp with some. This card below was one of the "stamp and share" projects. I didn't have the new products (which I could have pre-ordered) so instead I followed along but I used different supplies. Ta-da - the above Monochromatic Merry Christmas card was born!       Michelle's Top Tips:    - If a layout doesn't quite work with the supplies you have to use, try turning the orientation of the layout as I have done in today's card.    - A monochromatic card is a great idea if you have limited supplies. - 2"x2" squares of DSP

Deck the halls with boughs of holly...   Click here for the supplies list   The inspiration for this card came from my Team Leader Jacque William's Forever Fern Bumblebee Card . I love Jacque's card so much I decided to do a Christmas version. You will see that my card is exactly the same layout, but with using a different suite and colours, it looks very different to Jacque's.  Michelle's Top Tip:  Whenever there's a bundle - get them all then everything co-ordinates! This card came together easily with the Christmas Gleaming Variety Bundle which includes the Christmas Gleaming stamp set, the Gleaming Ornaments Punch Pack and the Brightly Gleaming Specialty DSP.    Until next post, have fun stamping! *** Be ready with your order for our Merry and Bright Online Extravaganza - 24 hour sale only on 24th November 2020. For current specials, click this link https://michellepepper.stampinup.net/special ***

When contemporary meets tradition...   Click here for the supplies list     When I saw the card on page 35 of the August-December 2020 Mini Catalogue I knew I wanted to have a go at making it. Fortunately, we are provided with the supply list for every project sample in our catalogues, so there was no need to guess what colours were used in the card sample. So ta-da, here is my re-creation of the original sample.   I started with a 14.5cm x 10.2cm Petal Pink card stock, then sponged on Highland Heather, Balmy Blue, Misty Moonlight, Night of Navy. The water splotches are made simply by flicking water onto the card stock after it has been sponged.   Michelle's Top Tips:   1. A big tip about sponging - be patient! Start off lightly, layer the colours on from light to dark, but then also "smooth" it all with a layer of the light colour. For this card, you won't need to sponge right to the bottom since it will be covered up with a piece of Whisper White or Shimmery White f