Good Sunday morning all! I was going to keep the Christmas cards for Fridays but I had already loaded this one up for today. I am still sure they are more than enough Christmas cards to do double days as well as a few scattered here and there! In other words, I made a lot of Christmas cards! I love the simplicity of this one. I stamped the Quilt Block background by Justrite using a Snow cap Adirondack pigment ink pad on to white card and heat set it. I inked over the background with Aqua Adirondack ink, bringing the pattern up just so it looks like a ghost image in the background. I used the Justrite Snowflake and a Cobalt blue Archival ink and over stamped the background. I matted it with a thin white mat. I stamped my sentiment on to vellum using a Clear Perfect Medium pad and heat embossed it with white embossing powder. I cut it into a strip and mounted it across my card. I used a Create a Flake for my snowflake which I seated on the end of the strip. I cut a larger white mat and ran double sided tape around the edge and coated it with Iced Snow for a bit of bling. I layered up my background on it then added my final double white mat with the inner pierced layer. The finished dimensions are 6 3/4" x 8" in size.
Hello everyone! More Christmas cards! I may have to start "double days" again soon to get through all of these before we end up on Christmas' doorstep! How do you feel about that? Overdose or not? This card shows my first attempt using the new texture pastes. I will probably use these again as I found it quite fun to do! The down side is there is a bit of a wait for it to dry, but if you were to do a bunch of them in a big batch, you could just pull them out as you need to use them and voila! I used the Cosmic Shimmer Gold Pearl texture paste through the large polka dot mask on to soft vintage gold card for this one. You just need to tape the mask down with removable tape and then use a spreader to pull the paste through the pattern on the mask (I used an old gift card for my spreader). I really like the tone on tone look myself, it gives you texture without fighting for attention too much. I gave it a thin white mat and added it to the top of the card above my stamped greeting, which I embossed in gold. I stamped the Justrite Wreath in black on a piece of white card. I did a messy watercolour wash with Distress markers and cut it out with the Majestic Circles. I stamped just the bow area again on gold card, heat embossed it in gold and cut it out by hand to overlay on the original. The card was finished with a white pierced layer, a thin gold mat and a final white mat. The finished dimensions are 7" x 8 1/4" in size.
Hi there crafters! I have a lovely card for you today showing off my new Christmas dies. I was over the moon with how this one came out and I think you will like it as well. The video shows you in easy steps how to make this beauty and it isn't too long either! I have, however, missed extra taking photos of this card, so sorry!
6 1/2" x 7 3/4" in size. If you would like to be entered in the drawing to win this card, just leave a comment on the post (directions are on the side of my blog if you have never done so). I will draw a name and announce the winner on Saturday's blog post.
Hi bloggers! This one is not my usual type of card, but it is a great one if you need a quick card or want to use of any leftover scraps of card. I also show you how to achieve still another look with your Delicate Daisies dies (more versatility!) It isn't too long so I hope you can take a few minutes to enjoy it.
Christmas Angel 2014- Donna Golby!!!
Illuminated Christmas Tree- Margaret Corgi owner!!!
Holly Accessory Kit- Liz Wagner!!!
Holly Spray- Janet Chard in Kent!!!
Let It Snow- Pharmacy Michele!!!
Hello my crafty friends! I think today will be a big bow day as I haven't had a proper one in awhile! LOL A couple of little ones, but this is the first large bow in about two weeks! I started this card by cutting the Vienna die and the inner die from the Salzburg in the background (without the outer cutting edge). I cut a piece of black card slightly larger and lined the edges with sticky adhesive tape. I covered it with Midnight Snow. Next I used a piece of sticky adhesive sheet and applied it to the back of the cut out area (so the sticky was towards the front.) I covered this with Midnight Snow as well. I wrapped a piece of silky crush ribbon around the bottom and taped the ends to the back. (Before anyone asks though, this colour was a sample that I received from the manufacturer, but they never put it into production. It was a perfect match for our card, too bad!) I peeled the other side of the backing paper off then centred my background on it (with a bit more tape at the bottom to hold it securely). I matted the piece with mauve card and used a smaller piece to cut the tag from the French Collection Auvergne die set. I stamped my sentiment and cut it out with the California Collection Decorative Frames Set B. I layered up the two pieces and added them to the middle of my card with mounting foam. I tied a double bow and added it with glue dots, making some matching stick pins and finishing the bow with a crystal Sparkler. I finished the card with a pierced mat layer of white then thin black and mauve mats before adding a final white layer to complete the card. Big bow withdrawal has now been averted! LOL The finished dimensions are 7 1/4" x 8 1/2" in size.
Good Sunday morning! Here's another card that I seemed to have overlooked! I must admit that this one is pretty in real life, but the pictures just don't pick up the Rich Plum card very well. It's a buckle card (my favourites) using the California Decorative Frames for the buckle. I started with the background though and embossed it with the Tapestry embossing folder using our soft vintage gold card. I matted it on rich plum card and used the fall away pieces from Marvellous Squares for the corner embellishment. I cut the largest die in the Decorative Frames Set B out of coconut white card as a backdrop for my buckle feature. I used the next two sizes down in the set and cut them as frames, one larger and two smaller and I inked them while still in the die with clear perfect medium and dusted them with gold mica powder. I cut a strip of gold card and matted it with rich plum to use as the weaving strip for my buckle. I fixed all the frames in place and secured them with tape and mounting foam. I stamped my sentiment and cut it out with the Italian Decorative frame die. I inked it with clear perfect medium and then heated gold embossing powder to frame the sentiment. I added it n the middle with mounting foam. I finished the card with a double white mat with a pierced inner mat to balance the card. Finished dimensions are 6 1/2" x 8" in size.
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