Christmas Greenery Birthday & Christmas Cards

Its been a busy couple of weeks. I’ve been prepping and running my stand at the Creative Craft Show in Farnborough. It was an amazing 3 day show. I met lots of amazing crafters, I hugged lots of old friends and made lots of new friends too! So if you are here on my blog or reading this via my newsletter for the first time, welcome! Pull up a chair grab a cuppa and investigate all the inspiration and tutorials that you will find on my blog and YouTube channel too. Remember to check out my classes and events as well.

So today I have a replay of last weeks Craft and Chat for you. I love the Traditions of Christmas product suite in the mini catalogue. The Christmas Greenery bundle has some incredible dies in it. The stamps are amazing too, especially when you can use them, not for Christmas! For this first card I have used the Hellebore bouquet for a birthday card. You can colour the image in, but it is a 2-step stamp set, which means there are stamps that fit perfectly inside the outline image included, so you don’t have to colour in if you don’t want to. But of course if you prefer to colour in you can. I love options!

The 2nd card I made is full on Christmas, I adore the poinsettia and again, there are matching stamps so no colouring in unless you want to. Both cards are very simple, but the embossing gives great texture and because they have only 1 layer of dimensionals, they should go standard post.

Here are all the Stampin’ Up! items I used in the video. Click on the pictures to go shopping in my online store.

Christmas Greenery Bundle

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Forever Plaid 3 D Embossing Folder

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Exposed Brick 3 D Embossing Folder

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Holographic Resin Dots

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Paper Trimmer

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Cutting Blades Multipack

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Bone Folder

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Multipurpose Liquid Glue

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Bubble Bath A4 Cardstock

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Soft Sea Foam A4 Cardstock

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Cherry Cobbler A4 Card Stock

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Old Olive A4 Card Stock

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Basic White A4 Cardstock

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Bubble Bath Classic Stampin' Pad

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Strawberry Slush Classic Stampin' Pad

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Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad

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Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad

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Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad

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Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin' Pad

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I would love to know if you have started your Christmas crafting yet? I know there are some very organised souls who have finished their Christmas cards already! Eek! I’m in full on prep mode, with lots of Christmas events coming up, but I always feel like I’m running to catch up.

It’s our 36th wedding anniversary this week, so there will be lots of adventures to report back on when I see you at the next Craft and Chat on the 16th September at 2pm on Youtube and Facebook. So have a great week and I’ll see you very soon with some more creative inspiration.

Upcoming Events and Classes

• Craft and Chat – Live on YouTube EVERY Tuesday at 2pm
• Craft Together – Live on Youtube 7pm Tuesday 25th November
• Christmas Retreat – In Person 15th November
• In Person Card Class – Catisfield 10am-12 noon Tuesday 2nd December
• Craft with Amanda Live on Youtube Tuesday 9th December 7pm – Exclusive class for my customers