Winter Wonderland - #43 Aperture Challenge

The challenge for this week over at Winter Wonderland is to use an Aperture somewhere on your Christmas project or card. The DT have created some truly amazing cards this week to help inspire you to start on your Christmas cards now :o) Why not pop over and have a look. We have a lovely prize on offer too, for one of our lucky challenge participants this week!

My DT card .....



All products are from Stampin' Up! unless otherwise specified.

Cardstock ......... Whisper White, Bashful Blue
Stampin' Marker ... Bashful Blue
Image ............. Teri's Delicious Doodles - Digi Image
Punch ............. Word Window, Modern Label (USA/Canada only)
Other Products .... Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Snowflake Texture Plate

Teri xx

Winter Wonderland - #42 Victorian Christmas

At Winter Wonderland this week we have a theme of 'Victorian Christmas'. There is an optional challenge of 'Distressing'.

I decided to have a go at a new technique this week. I haven't tried this before, but love the look you get with it :o) The Cracked Glass technique is really simple to do. Basically it's just adding layers of embossing powder to your image and heating it up. I think I used 4 layers on this one. When you've got it thick enough, you just put it in the freezer for half an hour or so. When you take it out, it's already cracked all over the embossing. I gently cracked it a little more and rubbed some ink over the cracking and that was it :o)

The lovely jumbo wheel I've used on the base card is called 'Very Vintage'. This is one of the new products that will be available in the Mini Catalogue from Stampin' Up! from 1st April.



All products are from Stampin' Up!

Cardstock ......... Very Vanilla, Close To Cocoa, Creamy Caramel
Ink ............... Close To Cocoa, Creamy Caramel
Stamp Set ......... Old Fashioned Christmas, Very Vintage Wheel
Other Products .... Flat Backed Cream Pearls (from the Pretties Kit), Clear Embossing Powder

Teri xx

Winter Wonderland - #41 Sketch

We have a fabulous sketch at Winter Wonderland this week as our challenge. Feel free to use it any which way to inspire you to create your projects this week :o)

It's both a very sad and also exciting time at Winter Wonderland. We are losing 3 of our fabulous DT. Joey, Lesley and Teri S are all leaving us to concentrate on other things. We love these ladies so much and wish them all the very best in the future.

A few changes are afoot at Winter Wonderland. We currently have a DT call out, so if you are interested pop over and have a read of the details. We are also going to have a Designer Spotlight feature and a weekly Top 3 spot - again all the details are over at Winter Wonderland :o)

All products are from Stampin' Up!

Cardstock ......... Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Old Olive
Ink ............... Chocolate Chip, More Mustard
Stampin' Markers .. Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Old Olive, More Mustard
Stamp Set ......... Sparkly And Bright, Seasonal Wishes (retired)
Punches ........... Scallop Circle, 1 3/8” Circle, Scallop Oval, Large Oval, ¼” Circle

Don't forget to check out the other DT's lovely creations this week!

Teri xx

Winter Wonderland - #40 Monochromatic Christmas

Two months down now! Can you believe we'll be in March from tomorrow? My stash of Christmas cards is slowly growing. How's your's doing? Join us each week at Winter Wonderland and just by making one card per week it will help ease that 'panic' during November and December when we're rushing about trying to get everything done :o)



I am sponsoring the challenge this week. So if you would like to be in with a chance of winning one of the fabulous Sale-a-bration, limited edition stamp sets then get over to Winter Wonderland and enter :o)

Our theme this week is 'Monochromatic Christmas'. I have chosen browns to use on my very quick and simple card this week :o)



All products are from Stampin' Up!

Cardstock ......... Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Close To Cocoa, Creamy Caramel
Ink ............... Close To Cocoa, Versamark
Stamp Set ......... Dasher, Snow Burst
Other Products .... Dazzling Diamonds, 1¼” Chocolate Chip Striped Grosgrain

Don't forget to check out the other DT's lovely creations this week!

Teri xx

Winter Wonderland - #38 Satsuma, Chocolate & Gold

Our challenge at Winter Wonderland this week is to create a project using the colours SATSUMA, CHOCOLATE and GOLD and/or a theme of 'Christmas Stocking'.

My DT card ......



All products are from Stampin' Up!

Cardstock ......... Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie, More Mustard
Ink ............... Chocolate Chip, Close To Cocoa, Pumpkin Pie, More Mustard
Stamp Set ........ Tree Trimmings, Snow Swirled (for sentiment)
Other Products .... Dazzling Diamonds

Don't forget to check out the other DT's lovely creations this week!

Teri xx

Winter Wonderland - #37 Sketch / Baby's First

Another Sunday and another challenge from Winter Wonderland. We have another fabulous sketch this week and a theme of 'Baby's First Christmas'. You can use one or the other ..... or both :o) I have used the theme, but not stuck fully to the sketch :o)

The lucky winner of my blog candy last week for our Blog Hop is .........

Babs - Day Dream Stamper

Well done Babs!!!! If you could leave me a comment on this post and then email me your details, then I will get your prize posted :o) My email is on my sidebar or right at the bottom of my blog.

My DT card ...........

The image has been coloured with Promarkers. All other products are from Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated.

Cardstock ......... Whisper White, Real Red
Papers ...............Kaiser 'Cheer' Collection
Stamp Set ........ Teri's Delicious Doodles Image
Punches ........... Word Window, Modern Label (USA/Canada only)
Other Products .... Gems from stash

Don't forget to check out the other DT's lovely creations this week!

Teri xx

Winter Wonderland - #36 BLOG HOP!!!

This week we are having a BLOG HOP at Winter Wonderland! We have candy on offer from lovely new sponsors on Winter Wonderland and many of the DT have candy on offer too :o)

If you are following the Hop, then you should have arrived here from Anne's blog. If you would like to follow the Hop from the start - then just start off at Winter Wonderland :o)

Our theme this week is 'Candy Cane Red and White'.

To qualify for any of the prizes on offer on the DT Blogs and for the prizes on offer from our sponsors on the Winter Wonderland blog you have to leave a comment for each DT member on their Candy Cane Post and join the Challenge this week. Very importantly though, your card or project can ONLY be for this challenge - combining with other blog challenges will disqualify you from the chance of winning a prize. You don't have to use Candy Canes but a theme of Red and White is a must :o) Also - there will only be one prize for each winner!

My candy prize for this week is .....




and .......



If you would like 2 entries into my candy draw then please become a follower as well as leaving a comment :o)

My DT Card .....





All products are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated .....

Cardstock ......... Whisper White, Real Red
Ink .................... Whisper White Craft
Stamp Set ........ Sketching Stamper Digi Image 'Snow Fairy'
Other Products .... Silver Elastic Cord, Whisper White Satin Ribbon, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Heart charm from stash

The next step on the Blog Hop is the fabulously talented Teri S - go and have a look at what she's created this week! :o)

Teri xx

Winter Wonderland - #35 Sketch

Our challenge at Winter Wonderland this week is another fabulous sketch. This one has been designed by our lovely Pascale.

A reminder for next week about our fabulous BLOG HOP!!!!! We've got some amazing prizes planned .... so don't miss it!!!!!

This is my DT card ......



All products are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated ..... The image has been watercoloured using the Aqua Painter and Stampin' Up! ink pads.

Cardstock ......... Whisper White, Real Red
Ink .................... Basic Grey, Versamark, Old Olive, Always Artichoke, Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa, Summer Sun, More Mustard, Blush Blossom
Papers ...............Kaiser 'Cheer' Collection
Stamp Set ........ House Mouse 'Mice Star', Season of Joy
Punches ........... Word Window, Modern Label (USA/Canada only)
Other Products .... White Embossing Powder, Kaiser 'Cheer' Brad

Don't forget to check out the other DT's lovely creations this week!

Teri xx

Winter Wonderland - #33 Sketch

We've got a fab sketch challenge over at Winter Wonderland this week. The theme is open again, so you don't have to make Christmas cards. BUT why not start now anyway. Just by making one card a week will help no end :o)

My DT card this week .....





All products used are from Stampin' Up!, unless otherwise specified .....

Cardstock ......... Whisper White, Ballet Blue, So Saffron
Ink ............... Ballet Blue, So Saffron
Stamp Set ......... Snow Burst, CC Designs 'Nora'
Punches ........... Word Window, Ticket Corner (USA/Canada only), 1/4" Circle, 1/8" Circle
Ribbon ............ 5/8" Ballet Blue Grosgrain
Other Products .... Bling Gels from my stash, Promarker pens

Don't forget to check out the other DT's fabulous creations this week!

Teri xx

Winter Wonderland - #32 Colour Challenge

Happy New Year! I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and New Year :o)

Our themes at Winter Wonderland for the next few weeks will be completely open. You can still create something Christmassy if you wish :o) But if you're all Christmas'd out .... you do not have to create a Christmas project.

We have a colour challenge for our first theme this year - 'CINNAMON, BERRY and LIME'.

We are also putting out a DT CALL. If you are interested hop over to Winter Wonderland and have a read :o)

My DT card .......




All products used are from Stampin' Up!, unless otherwise specified .....

Cardstock ......... Whisper White, Ruby Red, Green Galore, Chocolate Chip
Ink ............... Ruby Red
Stamp Set ......... Patterned Pines (USA/Canada retired)
Punches ........... Word Window, Modern Label (USA/Canada only
Ribbon ............ 1" Chocolate Chip Stitched Grosgrain

Don't forget to check out the other DT's fabulous creations this week!

Teri xx

Winter Wonderland - #31 Thank you For The Christmas Gifts!

Our final theme at Winter Wonderland for this year is 'THANK YOU - For The Christmas Gifts'. Hopefully we will inspire you to make a start on those Thank you cards that are now due :o)

We are joined again this week by Marianne as our Guest DT.

My DT card .......

All products used are from Stampin' Up!, unless otherwise specified .....

Cardstock ......... Night of Navy, Taken With Teal, Very Vanilla
Ink ............... Taken With Teal, Night of Navy
Marker ............ Night of Navy
Stamp Set ......... Bella's Bloom, Flight of the Butterfly (for sentiment), Bella's Border Wheel
Punches ........... Word Window, Modern Label (USA/Canada only), Ticket Corner (USA/Canada only)
Other Products .... Bling Gels from stash

Don't forget to check out the other DT's fabulous creations this week!

Teri xx

Winter Wonderland - #30 Happy New Year!!

No more Christmas themes at Winter Wonderland this year, instead we would like to see your projects based on our 'HAPPY NEW YEAR' theme :o) If you do manage to get a spare half hour or so, why not make a start with your New Year cards this week :o)

Our last Guest DT for this year is the wonderfully talented Marianne who will join us for the next two weeks. Thank you Marianne :o) xx

My DT card .......



All products used are from Stampin' Up!, unless otherwise specified .....

Cardstock ......... Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Real Red
Ink ............... Basic Grey
Markers ........... So Saffron, More Mustard, Real Red, Basic Black, Creamy Caramel
Stamp Set ......... New Year Celebration
Other Products .... Dazzling Diamonds

Don't forget to check out the other DT's fabulous creations this week!

Teri xx

Winter Wonderland - #29 Nativity

Our theme at Winter Wonderland this week is 'NATIVITY'. I hope you will have time to join us this week. It would be lovely to see what you create for this theme :o)

The lovely Vicki joins us again as our Guest DT and has created a beautiful card for us. Hop over to her blog and have a look :o)

My DT card .......

All products used are from Stampin' Up!, unless otherwise specified .....

Cardstock ......... Whisper White, Bravo Burgundy
Patterned Paper ... Fancy Pants 'Holly Jolly', Basic Grey 'Figgy Pudding'
Ink ............... Bravo Burgundy
Markers ........... Promarker Pens
Stamp Set ......... Elzybells 'Mother and Child', Sentiment - pc generated
Punches ........... 1 3/8" Circle, 1/4" Circle
Charm ............. From Stash
Ribbon ............ 5/8" Bravo Burgundy Grosgrain

Don't forget to check out the other DT's fabulous creations this week!

Teri xx

Winter Wonderland - #28 Ho Ho Ho

Thank you to everyone who took part in our Winter Wonderland 'Candle' challenge last week! Your projects were totally amazing!

Our inspirational theme this week is 'Ho Ho Ho'. As usual, you can interpret this any which way :o)

We are joined this week by the lovely and very talented Vicki as our GDT. So hop over to her blog to see what she created for us :o)

I have the beautifully talented Elizabeth to thank for the inspiration for my card this week. As soon as I saw her punched Santa, I knew it would be perfect for our theme this week - so thank you Elizabeth xxx




All products listed are from Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated.

Cardstock ......... Whisper White, Real Red, Old Olive, Blush
DSP ............... Holiday Treasures (retired)
Ink ............... Real Red, Pretty In Pink
Marker ............ Basic Black
Stamp Set ......... Schoolbook Serif Alphabet
Punches ........... Scallop Cirle, 1 3/8" Circle, 1/4" Circle, Word Window, Large Oval, Boho Blossoms

Don't forget to check out the other DT's fabulous creations this week!

Teri xx

Winter Wonderland - #27 Stamp a Candle or Decorate/Make a Candle Holder

You made some wonderful, inspiring projects for our Winter Wonderland theme last week. Yet again I thoroughly enjoyed visiting your blogs and seeing what you had created without using obvious Christmas Stamps and Papers!

This week we would like you to either Stamp a Candle or Decorate or Make a Candle Holder. You can do both if you would like to! Or alternatively, if this project really isn't for you - why not make a Christmas card with a Candle on it :o)

We are absolutely thrilled to be able to announce that we have a new permanent DT member starting from this week. Please visit Avril's blog and say 'hello'.

Stamping a candle was a completely new technique for me this week. I'd never attempted it before ..... but I loved doing it. It is such an easy technique to get to grips with. I only bought one candle to 'try' it with and I am really pleased with the result. Ok ..... I stamped snowflakes on each side of the tree and unfortunately I didn't get them spaced right, but it looks fine anyway :o) Hopefully next time I can get the spacing right!






All products listed are from Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated.

Candle ............ From Tesco - 99p
Ink ............... Night of Navy
Stamp Set ......... Snow Swirled (USA/Canada only)
Ribbon ............ 1/4" Night of Navy Grosgrain

Don't forget to check out the other DT's fabulous creations this week!

Teri xx

Winter Wonderland - #26 No Christmas Stamp or Papers

It was brilliant seeing all your 'St Nicholas' projects last week. There are so many amazing stamps and images of him out there and it was a pleasure visiting all your blogs :o)

This week we would like you to create a project, but not use any Christmas papers or Christmas stamps. Instead we would like you to use other stamps and/or papers that you have on hand and make them festive in some way. You can also still use your christmas dies, embossing folders and templates if you wish :o)

Christine joins us again this week as out Guest DT, so hop over to her blog and see what she made for us this time.

I made two cards for my DT projects this week. The first one, I like a lot :o) Simple black and white can look so gorgeous and I think the Lovely As A Tree stamp set can be used very effectively for Christmas projects. I stamped the image in Basic Grey and then highlighted it with Dazzling Diamonds glitter. I created the sentiment on my PC.

My second card used the larger tree stamp from the same set and I used Old Olive to stamp around the side and top of the card ..... hopefully creating the look of the bottom of a Christmas tree :o) I have seen this technique used quite a few times and I really like the look they got. I then used Circle Circus to create the 'baubles'. I punched these out initially, but didn't like the border around the embossing, so I trimmed around each of them. I cheated a little on this one by using a Christmas sentiment stamp .... I wanted the sentiment to be on the actual base card and not raised, so had to compromise :o)




All products listed are from Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated.

Cardstock ......... Whisper White, Basic Black, Real Red, Old Olive
Ink ............... Basic Grey Old Olive
Stamp Set ......... Lovely As A Tree, Circle Circus, Best Yet (Retired)
Punches ........... Word Window, Modern Label (USA/Canada only), Ticket Corner (USA/Canada only)
Other Products .... Antique Brads, Gold Elastic Cord, Gold Embossing Powder, Dazzling Diamonds
Non SU Products ... Base Cards, Black Grosgrain (from stash)

Don't forget to check out the other DT's fabulous creations this week!

Teri xx

Winter Wonderland - #25 St Nicholas

Our inspirational theme this week at Winter Wonderland is 'St Nicholas'.

We have two fabulous Guest DTs this week - Christine and Avril Ann is back with us again :o)

My DT cards this week were inspired by one created by the very talented Sarah-Jane. I absolutely love the one she created using one of my favourite Stampin' Up! Christmas sets, so I had to make something similar .......





All products listed are from Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated.

Cardstock ......... Very Vanilla, Real Red, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip
Ink ............... Creamy Caramel, Old Olive
Pattern Papers .... Chocolate Chip DSP, Old Olive DSP
Stamp Set ......... Old-Fashioned Christmas
Other Products .... Real Red 1/4" and 5/8" Grosgrain, Bling dots from my stash

Don't forget to check out the other DT's fabulous creations this week!

Teri xx

Winter Wonderland - #24 Pantomime and/or Sketch

I loved seeing all your projects for our Jingle Bells theme at Winter Wonderland last week! Don't forget to check back there to see if you won Joey's scrummy candy last week!

Winter Wonderland's inspirational challenge this week is 'Pantomime'. Anne has also created another gorgeous sketch for you to follow or use instead, if you desire :o)

For my DT Projects, I opted out of the Panto theme, but used Anne's sketch for the card .....



All products listed are from Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated.

Cardstock ......... Very Vanilla, Real Red, Old Olive
Ink ............... Real Red
Stampin' Markers .. Real Red, Old Olive
Pattern Papers .... Basic Grey 'Figgy Pudding'
Stamp Set ......... Patterned Pines (USA/Canada Level 1 Hostess Set), Starring You (for sentiment)
Punches .......... Large Oval, Ticket Corner, Scallop Border, Word Window
Other Products ... Real Red 1" Stitched Grosgrain (USA/Canada only)

Don't forget to check out the other DT's fabulous creations this week!

Teri xx

Winter Wonderland - #22 Open Theme

We have an Open Theme over at Winter Wonderland this week and would like to see your ideas for Christmas projects this time :o) We have a fabulous prize for one lucky participant this week - so head on over and have a look at what's on offer :o)

Lynda joins us again this week as our fab guest DT .... and wait 'til you see what she has created for us ...... it's absolutely amazing!

My DT card ......



All products are Stampin' UP, unless otherwise stated.

Cardstock ........ Very Vanilla, Basic Black
Ink .............. Versamark
Stamp Set ........ So Swirly Jumbo Wheel, Occasional Greetings (sentiment)
Ribbon ........... Basic Black 1 1/4" Striped Grosgrain
Punches .......... 1 3/4" Circle Punch
Other Products ... Top Note Die, Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder

Don't forget to check out the other DT's fabulous creations this week!

Teri xx

Winter Wonderland - #21 'The Christmas Stocking'

Another week gone! There's only about 10 weeks left now before the 'Big Day'. Have you joined us yet? It's never too late ..... why not have a go at our Winter Wonderland Inspirational Challenge this week? The theme is 'The Christmas Stocking' .... and you can interpret that in any way you wish :o)

A big thank you to Helen for being our Guest Designer for the last two weeks! And welcome to the fabulously talented Lynda, who will be our Guest for this week and next.



Cardstock ........ Very Vanilla, Old Olive
Ink .............. Real Red, Old Olive
Pattern Paper .... DSP Merry Moments
Stampin' Markers ... Real Red, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Close To Cocoa, Creamy Caramel, Summer Sun
Stamp Set ........ Sparkly And Bright, Seasonal Wishes (retired)
Ribbon ........... Real Red 1/4" Grosgrain
Punches .......... Scallop Oval
Other Products ... Anitas Flat Backed Gems

Don't forget to check out the other DT's fabulous creations this week!

Teri xx