Mini one-sheet wonder with Hang Your Stocking

Today is Crafty Friday… a relaxed morning class for a small group of crafters. We take things slowly, learn new techniques and there’s usually a freestyle element to the event. 

Today we will be making boxes, just in time for our Christmas gift wrapping needs. 

But before that, I realise I haven’t yet shown you what we made last month, when we created a mini One-Sheet Wonder. This is where you stamp randomly all over a piece of cardstock, then cut it up to make several projects. Usually you stamp on a full sheet of cardstock but, due to time restraints we stamped on a half sheet, A5. 

The trick with a One-Sheet Wonder is always to start with your largest stamp, and work down to your smallest. Also, when you cut up your pieces, don’t feel you can’t add more images if you see any ‘bare’ areas which need filling in. 

These are the three cards I made and showed to the ladies, before letting them loose to copy whichever ones they liked, or create their own designs.  I love these clean, fresh colours - Real Red, Dapper Denim, Soft Sky, Old Olive and Pear Pizzazz. 

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies [145372] £27.00	Layering Ovals Framelits Dies [141706] £32.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] £8.25	Pearl Basic Jewels Embellishments [119247] £4.50
Hang Your Stocking Photopolymer Stamp Set [142114] £19.00	Christmas Stockings Thinlits Dies [141841] £27.00	Dapper Denim A4 Cardstock [141419] £7.25	Card Stock A4 Pear Pizzazz [131290] £7.25
Real Red A4 Card Stock [106578] £7.25	Old Olive A4 Card Stock [106576] £7.25	Gold Glimmer Paper [133719] £4.50	Dapper Denim Classic Stampin' Pad [141394] £6.00
Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [126949] £6.00	Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [126953] £6.00	Soft Sky Classic Stampin' Pad [131181] £6.00	Whisper White Mini Pompom Trim [141486] £6.50

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Mix It Up Monday: Hang Your Stocking

Yes, it’s Mix It Up Monday again and time for another project made with a colour combination from my latest set of In Color charts. 

I was lucky enough to get a play with the Hang Your Stocking bundle at the weekend, and had great fun stamping and die-cutting lots of socks! They’re for a future project, but I preserved one for this colour combo. Not your traditional Christmas combo but why not? It is Mix It Up Monday, after all. 

I kept things simple with the fantastic Pine Bough embossing folder. I’ve had this a few weeks but not had chance to use it yet and now I’m kicking myself as it’s fantastic. Hopefully you’ll be seeing a lot more of this in the run-up to Christmas. 

It’s finished off with a tiny bell (love these!) and some linen thread. 

Hang Your Stocking Photopolymer Bundle [143512] £41.25	Pine Bough Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [141831] £7.00	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550] £8.25
Dapper Denim A4 Cardstock [141419] £7.25	Tip Top Taupe A4 Cardstock [138343] £7.25	Delightful Dijon Classic Stampin' Pad [138327] £6.00
Dapper Denim Classic Stampin' Pad [141394] £6.00	Linen Thread [104199] £4.25	Mini Jingle Bells [142002] £4.25

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