Christmas Linky Party at JR!

Hello Everyone!!  Today the JustRite team are having a Christmas Linky Party on the JustRite Inspiration Blog!!  It's been snowing in Maine where our fabulous co-ordinator Kellie lives, so we've decided it's time to get moving on making this year's Christmas cards!  Why don't you play along with us and use your JustRite stamps to create a Christmas card and link it to the JR Blog!!  To kick the party off we are celebrating with a JustRite Christmas Stamp Sale - 25% off every JustRite Christmas Stamp Set - JustRite Original Christmas Sets, JustRite Cling Christmas Sets and JustRite Clear Christmas Sets!! These are some of our most popular stamp sets ever!!  Christmas Stamp Sale ends November 17th so shop early for the best selection!!  Now for even more fun -- we also added 6 New Stamp Bundles to the Super Sale Section of our website!

I've started with a base of Riding Hood Red, dark green bazzill and topped with December 25th DP. Over this I've added some ivory satin ribbon. Next I cut the frame out of more red using Fleur de Lis Rectangles and cut the middle using Large Rectangle Nestabilities.  The feature panel is from JustRite's Rejoice set and has been stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black onto X-press It Blending Card and coloured with Copics.  It's been cut out with Large Oval Nestabilities and matted with green cut with Big Scallop Oval Large Nestabilities.  Finally I've added a big satin bow and some clear rhinestones to the corners.

Stamps - Rejoice (JustRite)
Paper - X-press It Blending Card, Riding Hood Red, Green Bazzill, Kaisercraft December 25th DP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - Copics, Large Oval, Big Scallop Large Oval, Fleur de Lis Rectangles Nestabilities, Ivory Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, Kaisercraft Silver Rhinestones, Foam Tape.

That's all from me for now, hope you play along and join the party!!!  :)

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!

Today I am celebrating Christmas in my home town with not only my husband and 3 children but with extended family as well.  I hope wherever you are today, that your Christmas is a truly joyful and special day!!!!  I also have some big news that I can share with you now --- I have been asked to join the Our Daily Bread Designs Design Team starting in January!!!  I am excited to be asked back and look forward to creating and sharing with this amazing group of women!!

I don't have a new project for you today, instead I am posting some of my favourite Christmas Cards that I have made this year...

 

 

 

 

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!!
Blessings,
Kathy  :)

FS144 Christmas Candles

Hello Everyone!!!  Today's card is for this week's Featured Stamper Challenge!!  This week the honour goes to Chrisations.ink!!!  Congratulations Christine and enjoy your week!!!  I decided to use the soon to be released Decorative Frames Borders - Round and the Merry Little Christmas Set for the candles in the centre.  The November releases by JustRite will be available for sale from this Friday - November 13th!!!

I was inspired by Christine's End of Summer card and changed - the stamps, colours, papers, added an extra punched border, moved the bling, used a bow instead of knots, using embossing instead of scoring.

I started with a base of Very Vanilla and layered with red bazzill and more VV that has been embossed with Swiss Dots EF.  The middle panel is more red bazzill that has been punched on both edges with the Fleur de Lis border punch and layered with VV (pierced) and some Cosmo Cricket Jolly by Golly DSP.  Around that I tied 1" Ivory satin ribbon and added a bow made with my Bow Easy!  The main panel has been stamped using one of the soon to be released borders from the Decorative Frames Borders - Round in Real Red and the Candles from the Merry Little Christmas Set.  The candles were coloured with markers and a blender pen and popped up on foam tape.  Both stamped images were cut out with Large Circle Nestabilities and mounted on an aqua bazzill piece cut out with the Label 9 Nestabilities.  To finish I added little Kaisercraft red pearls to each of the flourishes on the border.

Stamps - Decorative Frames Borders - Round, Merry Little Christmas Set (JustRite)

Paper - Very Vanilla, Red and Aqua Bazzill, Cosmo Cricket Jolly by Golly DSP

Ink - Real Red, Jet Black Stazon

Accessories - Tombow Markers, Blender Pen, 1" Ivory Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, Swiss Dots EF, Large Circle Nestabilities, Label 9 Nestabilities, EK Success Fleur de Lis Border Punch, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, Foam Tape.

That's all for now, thanks for visiting!!!  :)

FS142 Christmas is Hope

Hello Everyone!!! Today I finally had the chance to play this week's Featured Stamper Challenge - who is none other than Rachel Hope!! Congratulations to Rachel!!! There were so many beautiful cards to choose from, but I finally decided on her Paula's Light card (which I only realised just now is also a FS card! Whoops!) because of it's simple elegance. I changed the image, omitted the sentiment, added a panel, moved the ribbon and added pearls. :)

I started with a base of red bazzill and layered with Very Vanilla and Basic Grey Wassail DSP. In the middle of the card is a panel of Very Vanilla cut with Label 8 Nestabilities and sponged (yes Linda I said sponged!) with Always Artichoke. Across that is more red bazzill with one side punched with the Martha Stewart Loop punch which is layered with more Wassail and some ivory satin ribbon. Then I stamped the cardinal and birdhouse from the Christmas Treasures Set by JustRite in Chocolate Chip and carefully coloured with markers and a blender pen. Even though this set is the large 3 1/4inch Circle set I decided to only use the centre and cut it out with the Large Classic Oval Nestabilities! I have to say I really like it in the oval! :) I matted it with some red bazzill cut with the Small Classic Oval Nestabilities and popped the oval panel up on foam tape. To finish I added an ivory satin bow made with my bow easy and some Kaisercraft Red Pearls to the corners.

Stamps - Christmas Treasures (JustRite)
Paper - Red Bazzill, Very Vanilla, Basic Grey Wassail DSP
Ink - Chocolate Chip, Always Artichoke
Accessories - Label 8, Large Classic Oval and Small Classic Oval Nestabilities, Martha Stewart Loop Punch, Markers, Blender Pen, Ivory Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, Kaisercraft Red Pearls, Sponge.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!! :)

More Christmas Class Cards

Here are the other two cards that I taught at the Scrapbook City Retreat using the Merry Little Christmas Set by JustRite Stampers. These cards along with the pair from yesterday made up the class that will be repeated at the store (Indooroopilly, Brisbane) on October 31st and November 9th - so once again anyone interested in coming along, please contact Scrapbook City directly on 3378 7257. :)

The first card I made using the Watermelon pink colours and I loved the way this one turned out! Such a fun card. I used two different papers from the Cosmo Cricket Jolly by Golly DSP, the EK Success border punch and the Merry Little Christmas Stamps. The sentiment panel was stamped using markers and the bells were coloured with markers and a blender pen. Because this was such a fun card I went with Kaisercraft Clear Rhinestones instead of pearls!

The second card I tried to keep simple yet elegant and not too popped up so it was easy to post. Instead of paper I used the Sizzix Texturz Plates No.10 for the elegant flourished BG, topped green and white satin ribbons. I love the new Spellbinders Pendants and used the Renaissance Hearts Pendant (embossed) for my focal with the 'Merry Christmas to You' centre from the Merry Little Christmas Set. Of course when I'm doing elegance I really can't resist my pearls and added 12!!! :)

Stamps - Merry Little Christmas Set (JustRite Stampers)
Paper - White, Green, Lt Watermelon, Dk Watermelon, Cosmo Cricket Jolly by Golly DSP
Ink - Jet Black Stazon
Accessories - Large Circle and Scallop Circle Nestabilties, Renaissance Hearts Pendant Set, Green and White Satin Ribbon, Snow Pearls, Clear Rhinestones, EK Success Dotted Wave Border Punch, Sizzix Texturz Plate No.10, Markers, Blender Pen, Foam Tape.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!! :)

Christmas Card Class

Yesterday I taught a card class at the Scrapbook City Retreat. It was the first time I'd actually taught a class and the ladies were just lovely! The class was using the new Merry Little Christmas Set by JustRite Stampers and the yummy Cosmo Cricket Jolly by Golly paper. We made four cards altogether and this class is being repeated at the store (Indooroopilly, Brisbane) on October 31st and November 9th - if you are interested in coming along I'd love to see you there, please contact Scrapbook City directly on 3378 7257. :)

The first card I used the soft aqua papers and cream puff bazzill, a bit of embossing, spellbinders dies and colouring with markers. Of course I had to add some ivory satin ribbon and some pearls!!!! LOL!!!

The second card is using the red based papers from the same paper pack to create a bold and fun card. This time I also used the Martha Stewart Zig Zag punch (now available at Scrapbook City along with many other Martha Stewart Border Punches) and some liquid applique for the fluffy effect!!

Stamps - Merry Little Christmas Set (JustRite Stampers)
Paper - Aqua, Dark Aqua, Red, Cream Bazzill, Cosmo Cricket Jolly by Golly DSP
Ink - Jet Black Stazon
Accessories - Markers, Blender Pen, Martha Stewart Zig Zag Punch, Label 3, Label 4, Large Circle and Scallop Circle Nestabilities, Small Circle Nestabilities, Snowflakes EF, Liquid Applique, 1" Ivory Satin Ribbon, Kaisercraft Pearls - Blush and Red, Foam Tape.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!! :)

CPS134 Old Fashioned Christmas

Hello again everyone!!! Today I decided to do the CPS Sketch Challenge and thought this sketch would be perfect for a Christmas card. Yes I know it doesn't snow in Australia at Christmas (or actually never where I live but I digress...) but those circle things on the corners were just asking for snowflakes don't you think?? :)

I started with a base of red bazzill, layered with white and then some Cosmo Cricket Jolly by Golly DSP. On the white layer I've double pierced it all the way around (and yes, my hand did hurt by the end!). The centre has been cut out of some shimmery white card using the Renaissance Hearts Pendant die and in the centre I've stamped the image from the Old Fashioned Christmas Set by JustRite. I stamped the image in Jet Black Stazon and coloured with markers and along the metal parts of the sleigh I've painted it with some Angel Wings Shimmerz that my wonderful friend Michelle sent me!!! I then popped the whole panel up on foam tape. For the circles on each corner I punched out 6 Martha Stewart Arctic Snowflakes in white and painted them with Shimmerz as well. (While doing this it occured to me that I really could have used the shimmery white card.....but that wouldn't have been as much fun would it??) I popped the centre snowflake up on a pop dot for dimension. Then I looked at it and decided something was missing, so I added a couple of Kaisercraft snow pearls to the other two corners and a small one to each of the pendant points.

Stamps - Old Fashioned Christmas Set (JustRite)

Paper - Red, White, Shimmery White Card, Cosmo Cricket Jolly by Golly DSP

Ink - Jet Black Stazon

Accessories - Renaissance Hearts Pendant die, Martha Stewart Arctic Snowflake Punch, Angel Wings Shimmerz, Markers, Blender Pen, Kaisercraft Snow Pearls, Foam Tape, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack.

That's all for now, thanks for visiting!!!! :)

WSC97 Celebrate Christmas

Hello everyone!!! Today I've made my card using Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge. I have to say, I love this sketch and will probably use it a lot!!!

I started with a base of white, layered with red bazzill, gold and a piece of Basic Grey Wassail DSP. Next I cut a piece of red bazzill with the Renaissance Hearts Pendant die and overlayed that with another piece of bazzill with one edge punched with the Martha Stewart Loop Border Punch (how cool is this punch!!!! New fav for me!! :) ). On top of that is some more Wassail DSP and then attached a piece of dark cream satin ribbon through the middle. The main panel has been stamped using the Christmas Treasures Set by JustRite Stampers. I stamped the centre panel only in Versamark and embossed it with gold EP, cut it out with Circle Nestabilities and layered it on a circle of gold card and popped it up over the pendant panel. I finished off by adding a few Chino Kaisercraft Pearls and a satin bow made with my Bow Easy!

Stamps - Christmas Treasures (JustRite)

Paper - White, Red Bazzill, Gold, Basic Grey Wassail DSP

Ink - Versamark

Accessories - Gold EP, Renaissance Hearts Pendant die (Spellbinders), Chino Kaisercraft Pearls, Dark Cream Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, Large and Small Circle Nestabilities, Martha Stewart Loop Border Punch, Foam Tape.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!! :)

Crazy 4 Christmas...

This week at SCS, the product focus is JustRite Stampers!!! Don't forget to read about it in today's Weekly Inkling and find the tutorial on the Resources Page!! Today we are looking at the Holiday Demi Phrases, 2" Centre and Font Set and Merry Little Christmas Set. I've used all three to create this special, personalised Christmas card. Christmas will be here before we know it, so I'm starting cards now!! :) I was inspired by the brand new challenge blog - Crazy 4 Challenges - who posted this fabulous sketch for us to use!

I started with a base of white, layered with gold and then some Basic Grey Wassail paper. The next panel is more gold and more Wassail and tied with a piece of 1 inch golden brown satin ribbon with the bow done with a Bow Easy. The main panel is two peices of white cut using the Fleur de Lis Pendant die and then offset. The image panel is made using the candles from the Merry Little Christmas Set, the top sentiment is from the Holiday Demi Phrases and the bottom sentiment has been made using the 2 inch Center and Font Set. I stamped it all in Close to Cocoa ink, coloured with markers and cut out with Lg Circle Nestabilities and matted with a piece of gold and then all popped up on top of the Pendant panel. Finished off by adding some Kaisercraft Chino pearls to the base of each of the peaks.

You can find more inspiration from the other JustRite girls here....

Michele, Lisa, Debbie, Angela , Sharon, JustRite Blog, Lauren, Sharon J, Barb, Michelle

Stamps - Merry Little Christmas Set, Holiday Demi Phrases, 2" Centre and Font Set (all JustRite)

Paper - White, Gold, Basic Grey Wassail DSP

Ink - Close to Cocoa

Accessories - Markers, Blender pen, Fleur de Lis Pendant die, Kaisercraft Chino Pearls, 1" Golden Brown Satin Ribbon, Foam Tape.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!! :)

The HUGE JustRite Blog Hop!!!

Hello Everyone!!!! Welcome to this huge Christmas Blog Hop!!!! Not only are there projects from the JustRite Design Team, but we also have so many other talented women joining us for this amazing release!!!! Today JustRite are releasing SIX awesome Christmas Sets and I have chosen to showcase this gorgeous Christmas Joy Set. I decided to make a matching set of easy to produce Christmas items - a Card, a Gift Tag, Placecard and Christmas Cracker.

The Christmas Cracker is made of a tube of cardboard, filled with an assortment of goodies and wrapped in red tissue paper and tied off with some red and gold ribbon. Around the middle is some Basic Grey Wassail DSP and I've topped it with a JustRite centrepiece. I've stamped the 'Joy' centre from Christmas Joy and border twice in Always Artichoke, although the middle I've taken off the colour with a blender pen for the ribbon, sentiment and the berries and coloured them in Ruby Red. I then cut out both the outer and inner ovals with the Large Oval Nestabilities and popped it up the centre with foam tape.

Next the place card I folded a piece of white card and punched the edges with the SU scallop punch and added a strip of Wassail DSP across it and then added tiny Red Kaisercraft pearls to the peaks of the scallops. The name has been stamped using the Trompe Uppercase Font and Trompe Lowercase Font in Jet Black Stazon. The image has been stamped from Christmas Joy in Always Artichoke, once again removing some of the colour with a blender pen and colouring the sentiment and berries in Ruby Red and popping up the centre.

The Gift Tag has been made with a piece of white card with the corners cut to make a tag shape and then the bottom punched with the Scallop Edge Punch. Once again I added a strip of Wassail DSP and the Red Kasiercraft Pearls to the peaks. This time I stamped this super cute penguin from Christmas Joy with the instructions on the border telling the recipient not to open their gift until Christmas! I've coloured him in with markers and popped the entire oval and scallop layer up on foam tape.

Finally I made a matching, easy to reproduce Christmas card using all the same products. The base is Always Artichoke card, layered with white and some Wassail DSP. The red panel is some Ruby Red stamped with a poinsettia image and tied with some white satin ribbon. The image panel is also from Christmas Joy and has been stamped in Jet Black Stazon and coloured with markers. The centre once again has been popped up and I've finished off by adding a few more Red Kaisercraft Pearls to the corners.

I hope you enjoyed my projects today and there are SO MANY more to look at by following the blog list below to these incredibly talented women!!!!

JustRite Stampers-Blog

Becca Feeken

Sankari Wegman

Sharon Johnson

Kazan Clark

Sharon Harnist

Laura Davis

Debbie Olson

Michelle Woerner

Taylor Van Bruggen

Jenn Balcer

Michelle Wooderson

Lori Craig

Lauren Meader

Beate Johns

Barb Schram

Kimberly Crawford

Michele Kovack

Jami Bova

Kellie Fortin

Jennifer Buck

Heidi Blankenship

Angela Barkhouse

Lisa Somerville

Gerrie Johnnic

Kathy Jones (That's Me!!!)

Debbie Seyer

Kim Sonksen

Terre Fry

Sheryl Dickinson

Bonnie Sharp

Mary Pfaff

Holly Simoni

Angela Robledo

Stamps - Christmas Joy (JustRite), Trompe Uppercase Font, Trompe Lowercase Font.

Paper - Always Artichoke, Ruby Red, White, Basic Grey Wassail DSP

Ink - Always Artichoke, Ruby Red, Jet Black Stazon

Accessories - Markers, Blender pen, Red Kaisercraft Pearls, white satin ribbon, red/gold ribbon, Scallop Edge Punch, Large Oval Nestabilities, Large Scallop Oval Nestabilities, Red Tissue Paper, foam tape.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting and enjoy the Hop!!!! :)

JustRite Blog Hop!!!!!

Welcome to the July JustRite Blog Hop!!!!! Today I'm excited to show you a sneak peek of the upcoming release of Christmas Treasures which will be available for purchase in August. This is a gorgeous 4 Border, 4 Centers set which fits the 3 1/4 inch circle stamper. I chose this beautiful cardinal, holly and birdhouse centre with the holly and sentiment border. As soon as I saw this border I knew I had to use it. My Mum loves that Christmas Carol and I thought of her straightaway - it brings back a lot of wonderful Christmas memories. I was also inspired by this week's Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge - I thought it would be perfect for what I wanted to make!

I started with a base of Very Vanilla and layered with Chocolate Chip. I then cut three strips of Basic Grey Wassail paper and matted it with Ruby Red and added that to the Chocolate Chip layer. For the main panel I stamped the Christmas Treasures border and centre in Chocolate Chip twice and cut the centre out of one with the Large Circle Nestabilities and coloured it with markers and a blender pen. Then I used the mat pack and paper piercer to pierce the edge of the centre layer and popped it up on foam tape. Then I cut out the border with the larger Circle Nestabilities from the same pack and coloured the holly with markers and attached to a Ruby Red layer that had been cut with the Label 3 die set. I finished off by adding some Latte Kaisercraft pearls to the corners and red satin ribbon to the top left and bottom right card corners. The bow was made using the Bow-Easy....which I tell you is REALLY easy to do and the bow is perfect!!! :)

Don't forget to stop by the other girls on today's blog hop and see what beautiful creations they have to show you of the new releases......

Barb Schram
Becca Feeken
Debbie Olson
Heidi Blankenship
Kathy Jones (me!)
Kellie Fortin
Lauren Meader
Lisa Somerville
Michele Kovack
Michelle Wooderson
Sharon Harnist
Sharon Johnson
Taylor Van Bruggen
JustRite Blog

AND, we're having another Blog Hop on August 17th to show off all the fabulous Christmas stamps that will be released that month!!!! You should see all the beautiful designs that will be JustRite for this year's Christmas cards!!

Stamps - Christmas Treasures (JustRite)

Paper - Very Vanilla, Ruby Red, Chocolate Chip, Basic Grey Wassail DSP

Ink - Chocolate Chip

Accessories - Markers (Creamy Caramel, Ruby Red, Always Artichoke, Chocolate Chip), Blender Pen, Circle Nestabilities, Label 3 Nestabilities, Latte Kaisercraft Pearls, Red Satin Ribbon.

Sorry it's been a long time between posts this week it's been a busy week with the kids back to school after the Winter Holidays! Thanks for visiting and enjoy the hop!!! :)

A Christmas Church

This week I received some brand new toys in the mail!!! Firstly it was fours sets from Our Daily Bread Designs , the second was the Martha Stewart Branch punch which I bought via ebay since you can't buy MS products in Australia. :( Sadly I didn't get the chance to play with them sooner due to end of year events, end of school etc...
Finally last night I set to work! The base is some red Bazzill I found in my box, matted with white (I must have been tired I forgot to paper pierce it!!!!), then topped with a piece of Soft Sky that I embossed with my 'Devine Swirl' embossing folder and cuttlebug. I added some paper by Wild Asparagus to the bottom.
I then stamped my brand new church (from ODBD's 'Worship the Lord' set) in black and embossed with clear powder. Then I used markers and blender to colour the image. I don't have any liquid applique (I really must find some), so I settled on highlighting the snow with Liquid Pearls (opal) by Ranger and then matted it with red. I also don't have any poisettia flowers, so I had to settle for a couple of red flowers centred with a gold brad with some green branches (MS punch) that I put in the top corner. Finished off with a big red Christmassy bow.
That's all for today, thanks for visiting!! :)

Featured Stamper - Flowergal36!

Sunday means it's Featured Stamper challenge over at Splitcoast Stampers and this week it is Flowergal36 who has the most amazing gallery!!! You should stop by and have a look if you haven't seen it already! I have chosen this card by her to case.
I've change the image, one colour (used red instead of sage), added paper and a sentiment and embossed instead of stamped the vertical panel.
I started off with a Chocolate Chip base card, matted with Very Vanilla (pierced of course! :) ) and then matted again in red and topped with some yummy Wassail paper by Basic Grey. The red bazzill vertical panel was embossed with the Christmas Ornaments embossing folder and then matted with Chocolate Chip and knotted some ivory satin ribbon around it like Flowergal36. The other panel was stamped using The Cats Pajamas reindeer (which is think is gone now, but you should check out their stunning new release, either the clear Elegant Christmas or the rubber reindeers Big Reindeer and Small Reindeer which I just love....will have to save my pennies I think! ) in Close to Cocoa. Then for the first time EVER I actually sponged the edges! Not normally the sort of thing I do, but I have to say.....I kinda like it! I sponged in Creamy Caramel and then Close to Cocoa and then added some ivory pearls to the flourishes in the horns. Then I cut out the scalloped panel with my nestabilities in chocolate chip to mat it on and popped it up. I decided to add a subtle sentiment by Lizzie Anne Designs in Close to Cocoa in the bottom corner to finish it off.
That's all for today, thanks for visiting! :)

Black and White Christmas

Christmas is coming and lately I've become very fond of Black and White Christmas cards. This one was done with a sketch from Verve Stamps . It starts with a black bazzill card base, matted with white. Then the small black layer to the top left is stamped in Versamark and embossed in white, using 'Snow Swirled' by Stampin Up. The white layer to the right is matted with black and the same image is stamped in black and clear embossed. The sentiment is stamped in black from the same set. The scallop border is done using the Threading Water Punch from Fiskars. The main image is done using two sets from Verve Stamps .... Artful Elegance and Fairy Tales . The flourishes outline and hanger are stamped in black onto the white layer - the circle is stamped in Versamark and white embossed, punched out and popped up for a bit of dimension.