12 Designers of Christmas -Designer # 2 Vicki Abrathat

hello there! 

This is a rare sight from me....  making my own Christmas cards, 

but with some many fabulous products in the shop

 it was difficult not to do some for close friends and family.

Keeping it simple and clean is the way forward for me.  

I have utterly fallen in love with these 

stitched snowflake dies from Lawn Fawn .    

The cards and the die cuts have all been made from my absolute favourite 

Bazzill Card Shoppe cardstock in Marshmallow. 

Its a really nice warm white and cuts beautifully. 

Merry & Joy (as shown below) are Hero Arts dies from their Stamp & Cut range, so you can add additional messages to your cards if you want to.  

To create the raised effect I have adhered 4 dies cuts together using Claudine Hellmuth matte multi medium. I keep a stash of the small bottles in my drawer.   I find this the best "glue" to do this. If there is any spillage I run round the edge a QuickStick Tool - it comes with a fab pointy-stick-thing 

(I know...very technical!) 

The raised panels are Lawn Fawn Stitch Squares, the tops ones are back with regular craft foam so they don't get squashed in the mail. 

I also have a bunch of snowflakes left over... they may well become table confetti.  

 By leaving a comment on all twelve of the designer blogs you could win yourself a fabulous prize of a mixed media kit so you don't want to miss out.

12 Brands of Christmas-Brand #1 *Hero Arts*

Hello

HELLO!

It's December 1st...so that means.....drum roll...... the start of our 

HUGE,

 MASSIVE, 

GINORMOUS,

 12 Designers at Christmas blog extravaganza!

Christmas is getting oh so close now!  Eeek

Its a this point of the year I start wondering what exactly it is that 

I have done with the first 11 months! 

Right up until Christmas Eve, we will be featuring a fabulous project by a guest designer, or showcasing an exciting big Brand every single day! Yep, you read that right.. 

Every. Single. Day!

So, bookmark the blog and check back often, we have loads to share in the run up to Christmas 2015!

Right..best get on with it then.....

This year we have the shop stocked full of goodies for making quick, 

or not so quick Christmas cards. 

One of my favourite brands for this is Hero Arts.  

They have such a great variety of stamps for this time of year, so here is a quick

 run down of some of my favourites!

Kelly Purkeys "Kellys Noel" set is perfect for simple graphic cards.  

if you have something a little more cute, then you cant go wrong with this set.  

Three Elves with a die. These sets are proving to be very popular.  

I've already had to stamp out a few sets of these as my daughter wants to spend hours colouring in. She has promised me they will make it on cards but I suspect she has an elf house 

somewhere in her room full of Santa's little helpers!

Don't fancy Elves... how about Penguins then? 

How about this 6x6 Hand drawn snowflake background to create some interest in your winter 

or Christmas projects.  It is cling mounted but it may be easier to lay it face up and place your cardstock on top of it. 

If colour layering is where your heart is at, then this layered Christmas tree set is perfect. 

All those extra little stamps in this set could be very useful, and with a To and From stamp great for gift tags as well. 

We've also got a few sets that are just sentiments.

The Merry Stamp & Cut set is a hot favourite with me this year. 

Pop back in a couple of days to see how I've used it on 

some of my Christmas cards for family & friends this year! 

Happy Christmas Card Making!! 

Vicki