October Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

Australasian Blog Hop for October's Stamp of the Month
This is one stamp set you won't want to miss out on! Only available in October, Home for the Holidays costs $33, or only $5 when you place an order worth $75 or more.
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This very cool blog hop will give you heaps of ideas for how to use it creatively. After you've left a comment, just click on the link at the end of this post and you'll be taken to the next person's blog, and eventually you will arrive back when you started.
I made two little projects with the stamps. The little stack of presents was something I saw in one of our old CTMH catalogues and fell in love with. It's an image cut on the Cricut using the Art Philosophy cartridge. I cut the smallest box out of Cranberry cardstock (overstamped with Cranberry ink), the second from Yuletide paper, and the third from Kraft cardstock (overstamped with Topiary ink).
Inside the boxes are the wee tags cut from the Art Philosophy cartridge which co-ordinate with our Stamp of the Month. For the tag colours I used Topiary and Cranberry inks.

 For my second project I created some 3x4" cards from Glacier cardstock. The faces are decorated with Snowhaven papers and then I stamped the tags with Glacier, Cranberry and Slate. I adhered them to the front of the cards with foam tape to pop them up. I enjoyed using the Ruby Chevron ribbon to add a bit of festive cheer - a quick knot looks like a Christmassy bow. The box is created from the Artiste cartridge and Glacier cardstock, and held closed with a Velcro dot. I also made some matching envelopes using Snowhaven papers.

Great news! The ruby chevron ribbon - which is such a fantastic addition to your Christmas projects - is on special this month! Every purchase of $75 gets you a FREE roll of ribbon - either Ruby or Outdoor Denim.

Before you head off to your next blog - which is Shaunna's Passionate About Pages - won't you please leave a comment? Thank you for stopping by!

Combined Challenges

This is the first time I have combined so many challenges into one. I am quite pleased with the result. I used the sketch from Diva Coffee Break Designs, plus I added stitching for the Creative Belli Blog, also paper piecing for the Stampin Sisters in Christ challenge, and spots for the One Stop Craft challenge. The stitching was quite a challenge: this is the fist time I have stitched onto a card, and feeling a bit lazy about getting the machine out, I poked the holes using a paper piercer then added the stitches by hand. It took a little while, and might have been better to get the sewing machine out!!!

Ingredients: Chocolate Chip cardstock, Bella Rose DSP, Kiwi Kiss cardstock, Chocolate Chip DSP, and a favourite stamp of my own design.

ABC Christmas Card

Another Christmas Card! This time on ABC Christmas, a sketch was posted. I enjoyed using the sketch since it featured a circle, and gave me the perfect excuse to use my Madonna and Child stamp. This is one of my own creations, so I love using it because it is original.

I used the DSP from the Elegant Soiree pack, and the co-ordinating cardstock colours: Basic Grey, Crumb Cake and Baja Breeze. I used Basic Grey ink to stamp the image and then pieced paper to "colour" it in.

ABC Christmas

The challenge for ABC Christmas this week is to make your card black and white. Plus you have to use the little digi freebie they have posted on their site. It's very cute! I enjoyed being forced out of my confort zone and using something new - so thank you ABC!

Plus I tried something else new too - I have been wanting to try making a tri-shutter card for ages, and I found this tutorial online. It was easy to follow and the measurements worked very well. Thanks!

The cardstock and Designer Prints are all Creative Memories. I made the scalloped edge around the main image by punching a scallop circle and cutting it into pizza segments, then glueing them around the outside of the back. The sentiment stamp is a local Montarga favourite.

New Beginnings

The theme at One Stop Craft Challenge this week is "New Beginnings". I'm still on a Christmas kick, and decided that babies tie in well with new beginnings, so I used my lovely Mary and Jesus stamp. I used papers from the Kaisercraft "Dear Santa" set and also the flourish stamp from teh same set to add a bit of fanciness to Mary's garment. I love the effect of paper piecing with this stamp.

I am also entering this card into the ABC Christmas challenge this week. I am determined to keep up with them this year, so "A is for Anything" seemed an easy one to do.