{Christmas Challenge Stampathon April ROUND 4}

Welcome to the...

4th Round of the
Christmas Challenge Stampathon 2018

Be inspired every month with a Christmas Challenge.

We are now onto the 4th challenge and its to make 4 cards using the colour scheme
Black and White and a pop of colour.

Here is what I created...

please have a look at what the other challengers made

Denise Kepple Garrison 'Lady Bug Stampin'  from America

Ellen Woodbridge  and Rosalie Desmond from Australia

This is how I made them...

So, if you would like to join the fun... here is the information and rules.

• Everyone is welcome to join in the Challenge.
• The Challenge will be set on the 25th of the month on each of the organisers Facebook pages and will then have followup information on their blogs and YouTube channels.
• The deadline for submission is 11pm on the 24th of the following month in your respective time zone.
• To be entered into the Prize Draw in November you need to participate 1 or more of the challenges, the first month you enter you will recieve 1 "ticket", the second month you enter you will recieve 2 "tickets and so on for every month you participate.
• Photos of your projects need to be posted on the Facebook group or emailed to one of the organising demonstrators to be shared, please state your country of residency.  
• To be eligible to win a prize you need to live in the USA, UK or Australia.
• All entries must use at least one Stampin' Up! product - ideally a stamp.
• The winners will be randomly selected by an online generator from all the eligible participants.
• By submitting a photo you give the organisers permission to use the photo on their blog and social media.
• There are prizes available for each country.  The first prize is US $60, UK £50, AUS $88 of product that the organisers will choose and ship free of charge.  The second prize is a sample of each of the items the organiser/s from your respective country makes.
• Everyone who participates are will be allowed to use our specially designed badge that can be displayed on your blog.
• Please use the hashtag #christmaschallengestampathon2018 in any social media you post your entries too.

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{Stamping Sunday Blog Hop Memories and More}

What an honour! I was asked by Sarah Levin to be guest designer and take part in this fab blog hop.

Thank you for coming over to have a look at what I've created with the Petal Garden Memorie and More pack.  This little pack has lots of lovely prints and motifs that can easily be used for card making.  I cut out the roses and arranged them on a background of torn cards.

The card base is in Powder Pink measures 14.5cm x 14.5cm.

Here is a sped up video with some music.

The second project I was asked to make was a 3D one, I decided to make these tiny little boxes as I wanted to show off the little extra pieces you get in the kit.

Here is a video with the instructions 

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{It's a Stampin' Up! Wedding!}

A couple of weeks ago I had the absolute pleasure of going to a friend's wedding.

She had approached me a number of months ago to ask for help designing her wedding invitations, which we did together by having a play with some stamps, ink and card.  After enjoying the process so much she decided to make the decorations and all the bouquets and buttonholes! 

The colour scheme had already been decided, a lovely turquoise, which matched Stampin' Up!s Tempting Turquoise, and with my suggestion we added Lemon Lime Twist to the mix.

Butterflies was also a bit of a theme, so all the fabulous dies came into use along with retired dies and punches that I can't bear to part with.

Over the following months there were sessions cutting and making flowers at my kitchen table as well as an army of bridesmaids at the brides house who rolled and assembled.

Here is the bride's bouquet at the beginning of the assembling process.

We used a ready formed handle with oasis dome, which we hot glued the flowers to.

The happy couple!

Close up.

These were the butterfly wands for the flower girls, made with a retired die and some current Stampin' Up! ribbon and sequin trim.

These fab table numbers were decorated to co-ordinate with the rest of the scheme and...

these concertina medallions were stamped before folding and decorating to create an impressive centre piece on the tables.

The whole room looked amazing with all the coordinating decorations.

Even the post box had a touch of Stampin' Up! magic!

So as I had to make a card, an knew the colour scheme, I broke out some non SU paper (ssshhhh) and some pretty paper flowers in my stash, along with lots of diecuts - Stampin' Up! of course, and the Glitter Enamel Dots, to make this...

Here is a sped up video of the process.

Some of the items I used is on the retirement list , 

so if you like them get them before stocks run out.

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