Christy:  Finding time to make a handmade gift during the Holiday season can sometimes feel a little overwhelming.  Today’s project is a great solution to those who may be strapped for time but still want to share something crafty and handmade with those they care most about.  These Christmas cones could be used for decoration or to hold a special gift like hot chocolate and candy canes.  They are affordable, simple, and fun to make.  Here’s the template.  Happy crafting!

Product List:

Patterned Paper: ‘Tis the Season P563, P564, P566
Paper Pack:  ‘Tis the Season PP830
Chipboard:  ‘Tis the Season CB115
Buttons:  Misc.
Fibers:  Misc.

Saturday Sketch – August Winner

We adored your entries this month! Thanks to all who are entering… the competition is getting fierce!

Here’s a few of our favourites…

Katie H – featuring Devonshire collection

Funnelweb – featuring Up,Up & Away collection

iheartscrap – featuring Secret Bird Society collection

carrie1203 – featuring Jungle Bug collection

And the winner is:

Carrie1203!!

We love that Carrie has created a stunning layout using one of our ‘older’ paper collections, Extreme:

Carrie, please email us your contact details along with your choice of collection to competitions@kaisercraft.com.au claim your prize!!

“Mix it up” – Kaisercraft’s exclusive Newsletter challenge

Last month we started a new, and exclusive contest or our Newsletter subscribers.

Kaisercraft have a monthly newsletter called “In the Know” which includes new product news, ideas, inspirations and more!

Belinda was our talented August winner who created a layout using our “Mix it Up” ingredients:

1 button, handwriting/journalling, 1 striped pattern paper, and a vintage item….

This month’s newsletter will be sent out in the following days – so make sure you register so you too can enter our contest!

To register head to www.kaisercraft.net, scroll to the bottom of the page and register your emails address.

Camilla and Monika here to show you some Christmas cards today. Christmas seems to be far away right now, but time flies and soon it’ll be time to make those cards. We hope this post will inspire you.

Camilla: The 6″ Paper Pads are perfect when making cards. Both Kaiser Christmas collections are so gorgeous and it was so easy to make these cards. I usually struggle when making cards. First a card with ‘Tis the Season:

Card “Merry Christmas” – Camilla Ekman: 6” Paper Pad – ‘Tis the season (PP830); Rhinestones – red (SB711); Tiny Alpha Stickers – chocolate (MA512)

Other: chalk, qk dies, punches

And then a card with the Be Merry collection:

Card “To You From Me” – Camilla Ekman: 6” Paper Pad – Be Merry (PP829); Journal Tags (JT605); Mini Alpha Stickers – red (MA508); Printed Chipboard (CB114)

Other: floss, chalk, border punch

Monika: I  cut the glittery trees from one of the the papers that you can find in the 6” paper pad. I arranged them  as I wanted them and glued them together and then I stitched them together. They are so cute!

Items used:
Be Merry Paper pad PP829, Chipboard CB114, Grosgrain ribbon R1605

Monika, Camilla, and Christy back today to share more projects using both new Christmas collections and some awesome new Beyond the Page items recently released by Kaisercraft.  We hope you like what we have to share today and that we’re getting you thinking about those Christmas projects on your to-do-list!  Enjoy!

Christy:  The new Be Merry collection is a wonderfully versatile grouping of papers and embellishments.  I really like all the bright colors and yet there are some great distressed and toned down choices as well.  I paired my project today with the Scalloped Tree Album and recorded our Christmas highlights from last year.

Product List:

Album:  Scallop Tree Album SB2080
Patterened Paper:  Be Merry P556, P559, P560
Paper Pack:  Be Merry PP829
Chipboard:  Be Merry CB114
Diecuts:  Be Merry DC325
Rub-ons:  Be Merry RB875, RB876
Fibers:  Kaisercraft Organza/Natural RI613, Grossgrain/Lovely RI605
Pearl Brads:  Kaisercraft Pearl Brads Blush SB716

Camilla: The Holly Wreath is absolutely gorgeous. I made it quite traditional using the Be Merry collection. And then used the gold paint for the chipboard letters. It says “God Jul”, which means “Happy Christmas”.

BTP “God Jul” – Camilla Ekman: Holly Wreath (SB2078); Be Merry papers: Happy (P560); Journal Tags (JT605); Kaiser Colour – Metallic gold (KC050); Lace Pack – natural (EM928); Mini Alphas – cream (MA505); Pearl Brads – latte (EM931); Rhinestones – silver (SB700); Alpha Chipboard (CB107)

Other: punch, chalk

Monika: Last christmas, we visited Santa. We do that every year and every year my photos tend to be less than good. This time was no exception. When I take blurry photos I can sometimes rescue them by adding a few photo filters in Photoshop. This one looks like an old photo or drawn picture and it seamd perfect for this cute scalloped hanging tree.

I painted the chipboard letters with white color and then sprinkled glitter on them. I love the result even though I don’t quit like the result in my scrap room, which I prefer without glitter…

Items used:
‘Tis the season Choir P563, Paper pad PP830, Die Cuts DC326, Pearl brads EM930 Pearl, Organza Ribbons RI616, Chipboard letters CB107

Scalloped shapes and edges are everwhere in scrapbooking and cardmaking, and while I love the look, I simply cannot afford to buy every single sized scalloped punch! Here is a cheaper alternative…

Step 1

Select your shape or edge (this technique works for most shapes and straight edges too!)

Punch or cut lots of little circles (I used my 1.5cm circle punch)

Step 2

Apply adhesive to the reverse side of your shape (wet adhesive works best so you can fiddle around with the placement of the scallops) and begin sticking your circles to the reverse.

Overlap the circles and turn your shape over to ensure that just the right amount of ‘scallop’ is showing.

Countinue right around the edge of the chosen shape.

And you are done!

Birthday Card; Kirsty Piper. Mini Stamp Cupcake SC902, Pearlescent Chalks KC102, Blank Cards White EF001, 6×6 paper pad Hippy Girl PP828, flowers, rhinestone, ribbon