Peaceful Christmas In Blue CTS#50

Finally! I've made my first Christmas card for the year. Compared to the rest of my team mates, I'm WAY behind, but never mind - I'll get there I'm sure.
As usual, I began with a sketch. Chrissy Larson at CAS(E) this Sketch provided the inspiration, and plenty of creations are on display there. This stamp set, Calm Christmas was on back order but luckily mine shipped during the week. Last night I played about with several shades of blue: Soft Sky,Tempting Turquoise,Island Indigo and Marina Mist.
The 2½ inch circle punch came in handy for creating the peephole in two layers of Soft Sky card (one at a time) and then I dry embossed the top layer with Fancy Fan Embossing Folder. The Peace greeting is only a part of one that is included with Calm Christmas, because I wanted the banner to be a little narrower. It has been stamped onto vellum and attached with mini glue dots finished off with pearls.

I thought I'd include a shot of the inside just in case you wanted a better look at the inside. Really loved making this card, think I will work on a quick and easy version for a Stamp-a-Stack class early in December.

Happy Birthday

It has been a little while since my youngest son's birthday, so I can safely share the card I made for him using new colours and product from Stampin' Up!

They're not so new now, and you can go to my online shop to place your order (if you reside in Australia). Here is the link to my online store. You even earn the same hostess benefits there as you do when you spend $300 with me personally.
The card colour is Bermuda Bay, an In-colour from the time before I was a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and  reintroduced in the brights colour family. Its just beautiful!
The inks I used were Bermuda Bay, Smoky Slate, Midnight Muses and Basic Black.

I have used the lovely new stamp set Gorgeous Grunge on the front of the card and some of the Epic Day washi tape too.  The greeting is from Label Love and cut out with an Artisan Label Punch. I cut a window out of the card front with my 2½ inch circle punch and used 2 of the hot air balloons out of the now (retired) Up Up and Away stamp set and the greeting was also from the (retired) stamp set Word Play. At the time I needed the card, my new greeting stamps were in transit or I probably would have used the Live the life you've imagined from Really Good Greetings. Aaron is at a junction in his life, so to speak, finishing off his science degree with a year of research on site and in the laboratory, before he moves on to the "Real World".

Happy stamping!
Rachel