Christmas cards and tags made for the Christmas Stampathon using the Encircled in Nature stamp set and dies from Stampin' Up!

Encircled Christmas card – Christmas Stampathon

It is Christmas Stampathon time again and the theme for February is cards and matching tags and as per the rules of the Stampathon we have to make multiples. I have used the gorgeous new stamp set called Encircled in Nature, available in my online shop.

Colours used in these cards and tags are:

 

To recreate the encircled Christmas card, you will need:

Balmy Blue card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Shaded Spruce card – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Basic White card – 5¼” by 3½”
Balmy Blue card – 3” by ½”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Scrap Shaded Spruce card

I stamped the wreath image, from the Encircled in Nature stamp set in Pecan Pie ink onto the 5¼” by 3½” panel of basic white card.

 

Christmas cards made for the Christmas Stampathon using the Encircled in Nature stamp set and dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Encircled in Nature stamp set and dies used to make Christmas cards for the Christmas Stampathon

Using a Stencil previously die cut using the largest of the circular Stylish Shapes Dies – the negative circle fits beautifully over the stamped wreath – I inked the background in the Balmy Blue ink using a Blending Brush.

 

Christmas cards made for the Christmas Stampathon using the Encircled in Nature stamp set and dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Encircled in Nature stamp set and dies used to make Christmas cards for the Christmas Stampathon

The arc of pine trees were stamped in Shaded Spruce ink inside the stamped ring.

A piece of the gorgeous Copper Ribbon was wrapped around the panel and secured on the back with Sellotape. The decorated panel was then glued to the Shaded Spruce layer and then to the Balmy Blue card base.

Christmas cards made for the Christmas Stampathon using the Encircled in Nature stamp set and dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Encircled in Nature stamp set and dies used to make Christmas cards for the Christmas Stampathon

 

The sentiment, from the Ringed with Nature stap set was stamped in Shaded Spruce ink onto the small piece of Balmy Blue card. I angle cut the ends and added the sentiment over the ribbon, securing it in place with Mini Glue Dots.

 

Christmas cards made for the Christmas Stampathon using the Encircled in Nature stamp set and dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Encircled in Nature stamp set and dies used to make Christmas cards for the Christmas Stampathon

I die cut the larger solid tree and the bigger group of trees from scrap Shaded Spruce card. I added the large tree on Dimensionals to the card front. I then cut off the 3 smaller trees from the group and added the remaining 2 trees inside the circle with glue.

 

Christmas cards made for the Christmas Stampathon using the Encircled in Nature stamp set and dies from Stampin' Up

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Encircled in Nature stamp set and dies used to make Christmas cards for the Christmas Stampathon

Inking only one of the group of stars and crescent moon with Misty Moonlight ink, randomly over the background. A trio of Solid Faceted Gems finished off the card.

To recreate the encircled Christmas tags, you will need:

Basic White card – 4” by 3”
Balmy Blue card – 4” by 3”

Using the large tag from the Merriest Trees Dies, I die cut a tags from both the the Basic White and Balmy Blue card pieces. I made 4 tags in total.

 

Christmas tags made for the Christmas Stampathon using the Encircled in Nature stamp set and dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Encircled in Nature stamp set and dies used to make Christmas tags for the Christmas Stampathon

2 tags were placed side by side and the wreath stamped on both in Pecan Pie ink. I used a Blending Brush to add Balmy Blue ink inside the stamped wreath.

 

Christmas tags made for the Christmas Stampathon using the Encircled in Nature stamp set and dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Encircled in Nature stamp set and dies used to make Christmas tags for the Christmas Stampathon

The trees were then added in Shaded Spruce and some of the cut off die cut trees added with glue.

 

Christmas tags made for the Christmas Stampathon using the Encircled in Nature stamp set and dies from Stampin' Up

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Encircled in Nature stamp set and dies used to make Christmas tags for the Christmas Stampathon

The sentiment was stamped on the tag in Shaded Spruce ink.

The Balmy Blue label was the  glued behind the stamped tag, slightly offset.

 

Christmas tags made for the Christmas Stampathon using the Encircled in Nature stamp set and dies from Stampin' Up

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Encircled in Nature stamp set and dies used to make Christmas tags for the Christmas Stampathon

A length of Copper Ribbon was then fed through the hole at the top of the tag to finish the tags off.

 

Christmas cards and tags made for the Christmas Stampathon using the Encircled in Nature stamp set and dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Encircled in Nature stamp set and dies used to make Christmas cards and tags for the Christmas Stampathon

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Details of the products I used for this project can be found below.

Mo x

Supplies used

 

The Stars At Night stamp set and Dies and the Sending Cheer stamp set used to make a trio of tags for December classes

Stars At Night classes

Today, I am sharing the hanging ornament and trio of tags I designed for my December classes. I used the Stars At Night stamp set and dies to make the projects.

Colours used in the projects are:

 

Hanging Ornament

Gold Hoop – mine was about 4”
2 Circles of card stock or dsp which fit inside the gold hoop – I used the Shining Brightly dsp
Scrap Basic White card
Gold Ribbon

 

The ribbon was wrapped from the top to the bottom of the hoop, wrapped around and brought up to the top where it was wrapped around again and then tied in a double knot. The ends of the ribbon were then knotted to form a loop to hang the hoop.-

 

The Stars At Night stamp set and Dies and the Shining Brightly dsp by Stampin' Up!used to make a hanging ornament for December classes

www.crafty-rootes.com – A hanging ornament made using the Stars At Night stamp set and Dies and the Shining Brightly dsp for December classes

We slipped one die cut circle – I used the Stylish Circle dies to cut these from the Shining Brightly stamp set – behind the hoop and under the ribbon. The second  circle was glued on top, sandwiching the ribbon in the middle.

We used the Stamparatus – any stamp positioner would work – to stamp 3 large stars which I had die cut using the Stars at Night Dies.

The stamped stars were then folded in half from top to bottom. We used the Simply Scored Scoring Tool to score the stars down the centre line to make the folding easier.

The 3 stars were then glued together, one in the middle and one half of the other 2 glued on either side of the middle star. The back of the multiple star piece was then glued to the middle of the dsp inside the hoop.

Star at Night Tags

3 Starry Sky tags – cut using the Merriest Trees Dies
3 Basic White tags – cut using the Merriest Trees Dies
Scrap Basic White and Gold Foil to die cut stars

 

Using a Blending Brush we added Starry Sky ink around the edges of 2 of the Starry Sky tags. The third tag was inked around the edges using another Blending Brush and Whisper White craft ink.

 

The Stars At Night stamp set and Dies and the Sending Cheer stamp set used to make a trio of tags for December classes

www.crafty-rootes.com – A trio of tags made using the Stars At Night stamp set and Dies and the Sending Cheer stamp set for December classes

When the first 2 tags were dry we added Whisper White ink to the centre of both tags.

When the tags were dry We stamped the rays of light image in the centre of 1 of the tags and a scattering of snowflakes around the edges of the other 2.

 

The Stars At Night stamp set and Dies and the Sending Cheer stamp set used to make a trio of tags for December classes

www.crafty-rootes.com – A trio of tags made using the Stars At Night stamp set and Dies and the Sending Cheer stamp set for December classes

From scrap Basic White and Gold Foil we die cut a selection of stars. The larger stars were glued to the inked tags and the smaller gold tags were added on top on Dimensionals.

 

The Stars At Night stamp set and Dies and the Sending Cheer stamp set used to make a trio of tags for December classes

www.crafty-rootes.com – A trio of tags made using the Stars At Night stamp set and Dies and the Sending Cheer stamp set for December classes

The white tags were then stamped with ‘To and From’ from the Sending Cheer stamp set and adhered to the back of the Starry Sky tags, slightly offset.

We used Simply Elegant Trim to make the ties for the tags.

 

The Stars At Night stamp set and Dies and the Sending Cheer stamp set used to make a trio of tags for December classes

www.crafty-rootes.com – A trio of tags made using the Stars At Night stamp set and Dies and the Sending Cheer stamp set for December classes

We had great fun making these. I hope you like them.

 

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Details of the products I used for this project can be found below.

Mo x

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An abundance of Christmas tags made using the Saint Nicholas stamp set by Stampin' Up!

An Abundance of Christmas Tags

Here are a selection of tags made this year ready for Christmas. I tried to get ahead of the game by making a few tags each time I had a stamp set out on my desk.

Trucking Along Tags

 

An abundance of Christmas tags made using the Trucking Along stamp set and Truck Builder Punch by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – An abundance of Christmas tags made using the Trucking Along stamp set and Truck Builder Punch by Stampin’ Up!

Sending Cheer

 

An abundance of Christmas tags made using the Sending Cheer stamp set and dies by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – An abundance of Christmas tags made using the Sending Cheer stamp set and dies by Stampin’ Up!

 

Sparkling Snowflakes

 

An abundance of Christmas tags made using the Sparkling Snowflakes stamp set and Snowflake Punch by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – An abundance of Christmas tags made using the Sparkling Snowflakes stamp set and Snowflake Punch by Stampin’ Up!

Festive and Fun

 

An abundance of Christmas tags made using the Festive & Fun by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – An abundance of Christmas tags made using the Festive & Fun by Stampin’ Up!

Cheers To The Season

 

www.crafty-rootes.com - An abundance of Christmas tags made using the Cheers To The Season stamp set by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – An abundance of Christmas tags made using the Cheers To The Season stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

Merry & Bright

 

An abundance of Christmas tags made using the Merry & Bright stamp set by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – An abundance of Christmas tags made using the Merry & Bright stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

Beary Cute

 

An abundance of Christmas tags made using the Beary Cute stamp set and Bear Punch by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – An abundance of Christmas tags made using the Beary Cute stamp set and Bear Punch by Stampin’ Up!

Ringed With Nature

 

An abundance of Christmas tags made using the Ringed With Nature stamp set by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – An abundance of Christmas tags made using the Ringed With Nature stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

Rocking Horse

 

An abundance of Christmas tags made using the Rocking Horse stamp set by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – An abundance of Christmas tags made using the Rocking Horse stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

Saint Nicholas

 

An abundance of Christmas tags made using the Saint Nicholas stamp set by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – An abundance of Christmas tags made using the Saint Nicholas stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

 

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If you don’t have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator I would love to be yours!  If you don’t have a catalogue and live in the UK, please let me know and I will be delighted to send you one.  To order any supplies click on the “shop online” button at the top of the page. Alternatively, contact me and I would be happy to place an order for you. To join my team either click on the link above or click on the contact me button above and I will contact you with more information.

Details of the products I used for this project can be found below.

Mo x

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Simple Christmas tags made using the Cheers To The Season stamp set by Stampin' Up!

Christmas Tags

I have been making a few Christmas  tags today using the pretty Cheers To The Season stamp set and the Deckled Rectangle Dies.

Colours used in these tags:

 

To make these tags you will need:

Basic White card – 10½” by 3½” x 2

 

Using the Deckled Rectangle Dies, I die cut 6 circles from the strips of Basic White card.

 

Simple Christmas tags made using the Cheers To The Season stamp set by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Cheers To The Season stamp set used to make a some simple Christmas tags

I stamped the bauble image twice in Cherry Cobbler ink. Then again in Misty Moonlight and Mossy Meadow ink.

 

Simple Christmas tags made using the Cheers To The Season stamp set by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Cheers To The Season stamp set used to make a some simple Christmas tags

Using the ‘to and from’ from the Sending Cheer stamp set on the back of each circle in the corresponding colour.

 

Simple Christmas tags made using the Cheers To The Season stamp set by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Cheers To The Season stamp set used to make a some simple Christmas tags

I used a ¼” hand held hole punch, sadly no longer available to punch a hole in the top and threaded a length of Sheer Silver Edged Ribbon through the hole.

Aren’t they pretty, and so simple and quick to make.

 

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If you don’t have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator I would love to be yours!  If you don’t have a catalogue and live in the UK, please let me know and I will be delighted to send you one.  To order any supplies click on the “shop online” button at the top of the page. Alternatively, contact me and I would be happy to place an order for you. To join my team either click on the link above or click on the contact me button above and I will contact you with more information.

Details of the products I used for this project can be found below.

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A sweet Christmas card made using the stunning Free As A Bird stamp set by Stampin' Up!

Robin Redbrest – Free As A Bird

Welcome to the December Hopping Around the World blog hop where our theme is ‘our favourite stamp set’. Oh my goodness this was a hard challenge, so many gorgeous stamp sets and bundles to choose from………..……. I eventually settled on the beautiful Free As A Bird stamp set and made a Christmas card for my Mum who loves robin redbreasts.

I hope you loved Jennifer Downey’s project as much as I did – if you haven’t seen it click on her name to go backwards.

To recreate the Robin Redbrest – Free As A Bird Christmas Card card you will need:

Thick Whisper White – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Mossy Meadow – 2¾” by 2¾”
Whisper White – 2½” by 2½”
Scrap Whisper White and Poppy Parade

I stamped the group of birds on an bough across the Thick Whisper White card front in Soft Sea Foam ink.

A sweet Christmas card made using the stunning Free As A Bird stamp set by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – Robin Redbrest Christmas card made using the Free As A Bird stamp set

I stamped the single bird onto the square of Whisper White in Momento Tuxedo Black ink and added a sray of leaves above before die cutting the bird out using the Layering Circle dies. I also cut a slightly larger scalloped circle from the square of Mossy Meadow. I adhered the 2 circles together with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. I stamped the spray of leaves again on scrap Whisper White and fussy cut the leaves with my sharp scissors.

Using the following Blends Markers I coloured in the the bird and leaves – Mossy Meadow combo, Crumb Cake combo and Calyso Coral combo. I stamped the sentiment in Mossy Meadow ink onto the card front and added the circle piece to the card front on Dimensionals.

I die cut a flower from scrap Poppy Parade cardstock using the Bouquet Bunch dies and added the trimmed out leaves and the flower to the circle using Mini Glue Dots. A single Gold Metallic Pearl was added to the card front to finish the card.

A sweet Christmas card made using the stunning Free As A Bird stamp set by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – Robin Redbrest Christmas card made using the Free As A Bird stamp set

I really loved the card, so much so that I went ahead and made a second landscape version using a Soft Sea Foam card base and a 2” by 4” panel of Whisper White. The bird and leaves were stamped on the Whisper White panel and coloured in the same way and I used the Banner Triple Punch to flag the end.

Sweet Christmas tags made using the stunning Free As A Bird stamp set by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – Robin Redbrest Christmas tags made using the Free As A Bird stamp set

I also made a couple of tags to go with the cards using the Delightful Tag Topper Punch, I just need to find some ribbon to complete them.

I hope you like these projects as much as I do. Please hop on to see what the lovely Sandra Herzog has to share with us.

If you don’t have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator and live in the UK I would love to be yours!  If you don’t have a catalogue and live in the UK please let me know and I will be delighted to send you one.  To order any supplies click on the “shop online” button at the top of the page. Alternatively, contact me and I would be happy to place an order for you.

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Details of the products I used for this project can be found below.

Mo x

Supplies used: