Personalised Christmas Cards

These are cards I've made recently for a lady who loves her shih tzus :)  I admire how she gets them all to sit so nicely for a group photo! lol.

Merry Christmas

Have a good weekend,

Alex

Pet Christmas Cards

Morning all,

Today's post is about Christmas!  I know it's only August, but you can never be too organised :)

Anyway, I'm sharing my passion of two things: cardmaking and my love of Riley :)  He's my little furry buddy and he's very much part of the family, he IS family.

With this in mind, I decided to make a few Pet Christmas cards.  These can be made to be sent from the dog, or I can personalise these to be sent to your dog.  Any personalisation can be done and I can make bespoke ones to your needs too.  I am able to make some lovely Shih Tzu cards, by the way :)

Hope you like:

Pet Services

Cards to your dog walker, dog sitter or dog groomer :)  Or any other service you can think of!

Pet Family

Cards for Mummy, Daddy and Special Friend :)

These cards have an aperture window on the front, with a stamped image of a dog inside wearing a Christmas hat.  These particular dogs can be coloured in to suit your specific requirements.

Have a great day!

Alex

Christmas Commissions

I was recently asked to make three Christmas cards for a lady's grandchildren.  Here are the snowglobe shaped cards below: 

Personalised Snowglobes

 

Have a great Christmas!

Thanks for stopping by.

Alex

Happy Boxing Day

Hope you've all had a wonderful Christmas and now having a relaxing Boxing Day :)

I recently made a gift box to hold an ornament inside for my Godson and now that he's opened up his presents yesterday, I can safely show you the box I made for him.

Polar Party Box

 
Stamps: Polar Party (Retired) and Deer Friends.
Cardstock: Old Olive and Whisper White.   
Inkpad: Basic Gray, Real Red and Old Olive.   
Accessories: Scallop Circle Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, Stampin' Up! Markers, Simply Scored, Paper Snips, SU Bone Folder, Sponge Daubers, Sticky Tape and Tombow Multipurpose Glue.
Box Size: 3" x 3"
 
Hope you like the box :)

Enjoy your day.

Alex

Christmas Cards

It's nearly THE BIG day, just one more sleep to go...

Here are the Christmas cards I made this year.


Ornament Keepsakes

Stamps: Ornament Keepsakes
Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla.    
Inkpad: Cherry Cobbler and Early Espresso.   
Accessories: Holiday Ornaments Framelits Dies, Simply Scored with Diagonal Plate, Baker's Twine - Early Espresso, 5/8" Whisper White Organza Ribbon, Paper Snips, SU Bone Folder, Sticky Strip, Tombow Multipurpose Glue and Dimensionals.
Card Size: A6

Enjoy tomorrow!

Alex

Best of... Christmas

Hello September!  Another month passes by which means another "Best of" stamp set.  Not sure about you, but this year has gone so quick!  Well, seeing as it's not long till Christmas and  it's nothing better than being prepared and making Christmas cards in good time for December, here's another offer from Stampin' Up!

Some things to remember:

• All Best of stamp sets will include 3-5 images, including a never-before seen image, and will be priced at £13.95.
• While we are releasing just one Best of stamp set per month (with a new theme each month) until October, all of the Best of sets will be available until March 31, 2014.
• All Best of stamp sets are available in Clear-Mount only. 

Let me know if you'd like to order this stamp set soon :)

Alex

Christmas 2012

Hi all,

This year has certainly gone by fast and it's only a few more sleeps till Father Christmas comes down the chimmey :)

This year I went with a simple Christmas card design in Pool Party with Whisper White using the lovely ornament stamp set and matching die.  Hope you like:

Ornament Keepsakes

Stamps: Ornament Keepsakes (A/W Catalogue, P.3). Season of Joy (retired).
Cardstock: Whisper White and Pool Party.
Inkpad: Pool Party.  Versamark Stamp Pad. 
Accessories: Textured Impressions Embossing Folder - Northern Flurry, Big Shot Machine, Framelits Dies - Holiday Ornaments, 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon - Whisper White, Stampin' Emboss - Whisper White, Embossing Buddy, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Heat Tool, Paper Snips, SU Bone Folder and Dimensionals.
Card Size: A6.

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a great weekend!

Alex

Mouse Candy Cane Holder

Hi there,

Last of the candy cane holders.  This one is from Dawn's blog and I had fun making these!

Mouse Candy Cane Holder

Have a great weekend!

Bye for now,
 
Alex

Reindeer Candy Cane Holder

Hi all,

Another Candy Cane Holder to showcase.  I have made these before and I thought they were cute hanging from a Christmas tree :)

Reindeer Candy Cane Holder

Hope you like.

Bye for now,

Alex

Penguin Candy Cane Holder

Hi all,

Can you believe we woke up to snow this morning!  It does look pretty on the floor, but chaos on the roads!

I have recently been making a few things for an upcoming Christmas Pamper/Shopping Night so here's a Penguin Candy Cane Ornament/Holder below:

I originally saw these a few years ago when we didn't have various punches to Stampin' Up! UK.  Anyway, now that we have these punches, I found that my templates are larger than the original punches, so I had to use my templates to draw round the shapes and cut by hand.  Talk about labour of love!

Hope you like my little penguin.

Bye for now,

Alex

Ornament Keepsakes

Hi all,

With a great promotion for November, I just had to give in to buying the Ornament Keepsakes Bundle!  I love the ornament on the front cover of the Autumn/Winter Catalogue and just knew I had to make one.  Recently cranked up the Big Shot (alot) and reproduced the ornament, which I'm really pleased with.  The picture doesn't do it justice, but believe me, there's lots of Dazzling Diamonds on there!

Ornament Keepsakes

Stamps:  Ornament Keepsakes (Autumn/Winter Catalogue, P.3 Set of 9 stamps). 
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler and Gumball Green (In Color 2012-14).  DSP - Be Of Good Cheer (P164).       
Inkpad: Cherry Cobbler and Gumball Green (In Color 2012-14).
Accessories:  Big Shot Machine, Framelits Dies - Holiday Ornaments, 1-3/4" Circle Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, Simply Scored, 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon - Very Vanilla, 3-1/2" Scalloped Tulle Ribbon - Cherry Cobbler, Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons, Large Pearl Basic Jewels, Dazzling Diamonds, Paper Snips, SU Bone Folder, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, 2-Way Glue Pen, Silicon Mat, Crop-A-Dile and Hot Glue Gun (Non-SU).

If you're interested in doing a class on this, please let me know.  Alternatively, you can buy a kit from me to create this lovely ornament if you live further a field.

Bye for now,

Alex

No Peeking - Projects together

Hi all,

After seeing the No Peeking card and gift card earlier in the week, thought you might like to see the projects together.  I had a lot of fun making these and can't wait to make a few more, perhaps in different colour combos :)

No Peeking - Projects together:

Hope you like :)

Enjoy your weekend.

Alex

No Peeking - Gift Card

Hi all,

Nearly the weekend and hopefully some more crafting time for me :)  Recently saw a great little gift card online that wasn't the regular rectangle/square shaped card and decided that I just had to try it for myself!

Here it is below:

No Peeking

Front:

With tag out:

Inside:

Stamps:  No Peeking (P.23). 
Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Green (In Color: 2012-2014) and Very Vanilla.  DSP: Be Of Good Cheer (P.164).
Inkpad: Chocolate Chip and Gumball Green (In Color: 2012-2014).   
Accessories:  Simply Scored, 1/4" Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon - Wild Wasabi, Stampin' Write Markers - Gumball Green (In Color: 2012-2014) and Real Red, 2-3/8" Scallop Circle Punch, Big Shot, Textured Impressions Embossing Folder - Perfect Polka Dots, Crop-A-Dile (Retired), SU Bone Folder, Paper Snips, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Sticky Strip and Dimensionals.

Thanks for stopping by. 

Enjoy your day.

Alex

No Peeking

Hi all,

Well, it's certainly feeling more like winter now the clocks have gone back and the weather has done nothing but rain recently!  I couldn't resist, and HAD to buy No Peeking stamp set which I fell in love with ever since I first set eyes on the new Annual Catalogue :)

With Christmas just around the corner, I decided to make my nephew his Christmas card with this cute stamp set, hopefully, he'll love it as much as I do!  For his card, I used Real Red and Wild Wasabi colours for him, below is another one made using Cherry Cobbler and the new In Color: Gumball Green.

No Peeking

From the side:

Stamps:  No Peeking (P.23) and Heard From The Heart (Retired 2011). 
Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler, Wild Wasabi and Very Vanilla.         
Inkpad: Chocolate Chip, Cherry Cobbler, Pool Party (In Color: 2011-2013), Staz On Ink - Jet Black and Gumball Green (In Color: 2012-2014).   
Accessories:  Simply Scored, 1/4" Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon - Wild Wasabi, Stampin' Write Markers - Pool Party, Pumpkin Pie and Real Red, SU Bone Folder, Paper Snips, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Sticky Strip and Dimensionals.

Thanks for stopping by.

Enjoy your day.
 
Alex

Christmas Crackers

Hi all,

Yesterday was a wonderful day with family. I laid the dining room table the night before and added my own crackers this year! I used the following tutorial to make the crackers using my favourite Christmas colour combo of Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive along with the now retired Jolly Holiday DSP and matching ribbon. Treats inside consisted of everyone's favourites; various Lindt chocolates, Quality Streets, Jelly Babies and Ferrero Rocher, along with a cheesy Christmas joke :)

Here's my one below:

Christmas Cracker


Christmas Cracker - inside

Stamps: Polar Party (P.20).
Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive and Whisper White. Jolly Holiday DSP.
Inkpad: Versamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: Template, Craft Knifte, Cutting Mat, Craft Ruler, Paper Snips, SU Bone Folder, Sticky Strip, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Large Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon - Old Olive (retired).
Cracker Size: 9.5"x2.5".

Thanks for stopping by.

Alex

Christmas Cards - Polar Party

Hi all,

I hope you had a lovely Christmas yesterday and enjoying a relaxing Boxing Day!

Thought I'd show you the Christmas cards I made for friends and customers using Polar Party stamp set and a new punch that is soon to be released... watch this space!

I used a number of colours for the same card layout, Cherry Cobbler, Poppy Parade, Wild Wasabi, Bashful Blue, Garden Green and Riding Hood Red. Here they are below:

Polar Party Christmas Card - Bashful Blue


Polar Party Christmas Card - Cherry Cobbler


Polar Party Christmas Card - Garden Green


Polar Party Christmas Card - Poppy Parade


Polar Party Christmas Card - Riding Hood Red


Polar Party Christmas Card - Wild Wasabi


Here are they altogether:


Stamps: Polar Party (P.20).
Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler, Riding Hood Red, Poppy Parade, Wild Wasabi, Garden Green, Bashful Blue and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Basic Black.
Accessories: NEW Punch coming soon, 1-3/8" Square Punch, Stampin' Write Markers - various colours to match the cardstock, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Paper Snips and SU Bone Folder.
Card Size: A6.

Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy the rest of your day.

Alex

Happy Christmas Finley!

Merry Christmas to you!

Hope you're having a great day. Just passing by to share with you the Christmas card I made my nephew. I thought I'd use a cute image teamed up with Polar Party stamp set by Stampin' Up!

Trevor

Stamps: Polar Party (P.20).
Cardstock: Wild Wasabi, Real Red and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Basic Black.
Accessories: Scallop Square Punch, 5/8" Satin Ribbon - Real Red, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Dimensionals, Paper Snips and SU Bone Folder.
Card Size: DL.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Alex

Christmas Wish List Service

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Morning all,

Hope you've had a nice weekend and are raring to go :) I've been busy prepping for my Christmas Class this coming weekend and am busy making Christmas cards in between so that I'm all organised this year. I can't believe where this year has gone to, but in just a few days, it'll be 1 December! With this in mind, I thought I'd let you know that I am starting up my Wish List Service for those of you who are being asked by loved ones and friends what you'd like for Christmas already!

All you have to do is fill in my Wish List Form and mail it back to me which I will safely store for you. Then give your family/friends my contact details when they ask you what you would like for Christmas. They can contact me and between us, we can select what Stampin' Up! goodies to purchase off your Wish List according to their budget and can organise to have the goodies delivered either direct to their door or have them sent here for collection. How easy is that? What a happy bunny you'll be knowing that you'll get some craft goodies you've been wishing for instead of the usual slippers, cds and smellies!

For a copy of the Wish List Form or more information, please email me on alexhau@rocketmail.com.

Please Note:
All Wish List orders must reach me asap to ensure delivery in time for Christmas.

Alternatively, if a Gift Voucher is more your thing, I can arrange to have these in any denomination for your family/friends to purchase from me. These have no expiry date and can be used at any time. For your Gift Voucher to be received in time for Christmas, please let me know asap so that it catches the last First Class Christmas posting - Tuesday 20 December 2011.

Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Bye for now,

Alex

Today's Class - Polar Party

Hi all,

Today was our final Stampin' Up! Class for this year. Our last Christmas card class focussing on the very cute Polar Party stamp set and the lovely Candy Wrapper Die which fits a Lindt chocolate oh so perfectly :)

Here's what the ladies made today:

Centre Step Card


Stamps: Polar Party (P.20).
Cardstock: Night of Navy, Baja Breeze and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Basic Black. Versamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: Stampin' Write Marker - Real Red, Wild Wasabi, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso and Baja Breeze, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Heat & Stick Powder, Dazzling Diamonds, Heat Tool, Dimensionals, Paper Snips and SU Bone Folder.
Card Size: A5.

Candy Wrapper


Stamps: Polar Party (P.20).
Cardstock: Baja Breeze and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Basic Black and Baja Breeze.
Accessories: Big Shot, Bigz L Dies - Candy Wrapper, Oval Punch, Window Sheet, Sticky Strip, Stampin' Write Marker - Real Red, Wild Wasabi and Baja Breeze, Dimensionals, Paper Snips and SU Bone Folder.
Box Size: 3.5" x 1-4/8" x 1-4/8".

Projects Together


Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy your weekend.

Alex

Next Stampin' Up! Class - 3 December 2011 - Sneak Peeks

Hi all,

Well hope you're well and tucked up warm inside :) The nights are drawing in and I can't believe it's not long and it'll be December!

Been recently prepping for my next Stampin' Up! Class which is being held next weekend, Saturday 3 December, so if you fancy coming along, please let me know.

Here are some sneak peeks of what the ladies will be making next Saturday:

Sneak Peek 1


Sneak Peek 2


See you next weekend for the projects in full.

Bye for now,

Alex