Christmas Stampathon 2019 May - Card with Movement

Welcome to the...

5th Round of the
Christmas Stampathon 2019

Be inspired every month with a Christmas Challenge on the 25th of the month.

The challenge this month is to use the image below as inspiration to create at least 4 cards with an element of movement.

When you have made your creation, please photograph it and add it to the Facebook group here.

I am joined by the 3 other demonstrators from around the world

Denise Kepple Garrison 'Lady Bug Stampin'  from America

Ellen Woodbridge  and Rosalie Desmond from Australia

This challenge was a challenge to me, I had so many idea and ended up spending lots of time faffing at my craft table.  In the end I came up with this card.

I used the beautiful Winter Woods stamp set.  After having to say goodbye to Lovely as a Tree, this set is a wonderful alternative and addition to my craft supplies.  I love how it is suitable for non Christmas projects too,

Here is my video tutorial...

The new Spring/Summer catalogue is available now and can be viewed here

If your wish list is quite long and reaches near the £99 mark then it's worth considering signing up to Stampin' Up! as there is a fantastic sign up offer at the moment.  For £99 join up fee you will receive £130 of product.  Contact me for more details.

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To receive a paper copy of the current catalogue, contact me here 

and to see more inspiration from  

UK Independent Stampin Up demonstrator Ruth Trice please go here

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Info and rules about the Christmas Stampathon 2019

• This is a collaboration between Stampin' Up! Demonstrators in the US, UK and Australia. 
• Everyone is welcome to join in the Challenge.
• The Challenge will be set on the 25th of the month (January-October) on each of the organisers social media. The deadline for submission is 11pm on the 24th of the following month in your respective time zone.
• Join the Facebook group for up to date announcements and to submit entries https://www.facebook.com/groups/569826780020011/
• Challenge Rules
• To be entered into the Prize Draw in November you need to complete 1 or more of the challenge. You will earn 1 virtual ticket entry every month you complete a challenge and an addition 10 virtual tickets if you complete all 10 months.
• Photos of your projects need to be posted on the Facebook group post for that month 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 will be allowed to use our specially designed badge that can be displayed on your blog.
• Please use the hashtag #christmasstampathon2019 in any social media you post your entries to.

{One Sheet Wonder Wednesday - First Frost meets Swirly Frames}

Hello readers!

Thanks for popping over to see what I've been up to lately.

Here are some bookmarks using one of my favourite stamp sets at the moment and a brand spanking new, just got it out the packet, stamp set - it's called Swirly Frames.  

Here they are...

and here are the colours I went for

Soft Suede

Old Olive

Merry Merlot and

Balmy Blue

Enjoy the video!

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{How to make One sheet Wonder bookmarks with Stampin' Up! Very Vintage stamps}

Hi there stampers, 

sorry I've not blogged for a few days.  My family and I went away last week to a Christian family Conference. We go every year and have lots of fun, the week is over far too soon.

Here are some bookmarks I made using the One Sheet Wonder technique that you know I love.  It's so easy to get wonderful results.  If you haven't had a go I encourage you to ink up your favourite stamps and get stamping!

LOVE this new host set, it's called Very Vintage, it has some really pretty elements that can be used on their own or combined with other sets.   forgot to take a photo before I stamped the sentiments on, I'm sorry they're not Stampin' Up! stamps.

Here is a sped up video with some pretty music.

Scroll down to see the list of all the items and colours I used.

S H O P for Stampin' Up! products here 

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Ruth Trice, Independent Stampin' Up! Demontrator

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To receive a paper copy of the current catalogue, contact me here 

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UK Independent Stampin Up demonstrator Ruth Trice please go here

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{Christmas Challenge Stampathon 2018 - Easy Card Making with a Sketch}

Welcome to the...

7th Round of the
Christmas Challenge Stampathon 2018

Be inspired every month with a Christmas Challenge on the 25th of the month.

We are now onto the 6th challenge and its to make 4 projects using this
Card Sketch
designed by Rosalie

You can turn the sketch around and use whatever Stampin' Up! papers and stamp to create your card.

Here are the cards I created.  Can you spot the "non Christmas" paper?

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 the cards...

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.

Click here to head to the Facebook Group

S H O P for Stampin' Up! products here 

To ensure you get a free gift for shopping with 

Ruth Trice, Independent Stampin' Up! Demontrator

please remember to use the following hostess code when spending up to £149.99, it's on the top right hand side of my blog.  If you are viewing on your mobile then switch to web view and it will be there.

To receive a paper copy of the current catalogue, contact me here 

and to see more inspiration from  

UK Independent Stampin Up demonstrator Ruth Trice please go here

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{Quick and Easy cards using One Sheet Wonder Technique}

One of the best selling and dearly loved stamp sets for a number of years is Lovely as A Tree.  Occasionally I have heard people bemoan that there hasn't been a die to cut the trees out.  Well in this years catalogue I was so excited to see a NEW stamp set with trees in, and much more, and with dies!  It's called Rooted in Nature, and is a HUGE set.  Perfect for beginner stampers as it has so much in it.

Here is a set of four cards that took less than 20 minutes to make from start to finish.  They are simply stamped and ready to put sentiments on as I need them.  They also fulfill the gap in most paper crafter's card collection - the masculine card!

Here is a video with the speeded up process.

To ensure you get a free gift for shopping with 

Ruth Trice, Independent Stampin' Up! Demontrator

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    S H O P for Stampin' Up! products here 

To receive a paper copy of the current catalogue, contact me here 

and to see more inspiration from  

UK Independent Stampin Up demonstrator Ruth Trice please go here

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