Wednesday 30 October 2013

Sizzix white Christmas card

Hello everyone, and a very warm welcome to Aimee who is joining us as a new follower this week. I've just had a few days away in Chester with my teacher daughter who is on half term this week. Life is so hectic and it was great to have some time to chill out together, eat too much food, and get a start on some Christmas shopping. I'm so excited to be expecting my latest PTI delivery this week, but whilst I am waiting, I decided to play along with the current challenge over at the  Holly Jolly Christmas challenge which is to use white on white. This is quite a challenge for me as I always want to mat white with a colour to add some contrast but I pulled out some old Sizzix dies and embossing folders and came up with this card.





I made it as a tall plain card and although it is hard to see in the photo, I stamped some diagonal stripes on the base card with Versamark ink, to echo the stripes on the ribbon. I embossed and cut the focal embellishments and rounded the corners of the central one, before adding the die cut 'Happy' to the card. Everything looked too flat until I added some sparkle to the Happy, tree baubles and Santa hat with my Wink of Stella glitter pen



and this livened things up a little. I was so tempted to add some little red rhinestones as tree baubles and Santa nose, but I managed to walk away from the table and stay within the challenge. Does anyone have any tips for photographing white on white cards? I found it really hard!

I'm also going to enter this into the Christmas Card challenge which is to use bows.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs
Carol x

Friday 25 October 2013

Papertrey Ink Christmas tags

Hello everyone,

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Today is the day of the October Papertrey Ink Blog Hop, and Nichole asked us to make a set of 5 Christmas tags. I was going to try making a set of identical tags but decided it was more fun to mix it up a bit and came up with these.


This was simple stamping and matting onto Tag Sale 3 die with a little glossy accents to finish off.


Again some die cutting and stamping onto Tag Sale 4 with a little Wink of Stella pen on the scrolls to bling them up a bit.



I had a bit more fun with this one. I started with Tag Sale 7 cut in white card and I masked of a circle for the moon before using a versamark pen and clear embossing powder to make some snowflakes. I then inked over the card with a couple of distress inks and stamped the ferns from Bells and Boughs. I used the In the Meadow die to create the snow line and covered it with glitter to make the frosty looking snow. I finally added a baby deer cut on my Silhouette Cameo, and finished it off with ribbon.



A very CAS tag made with Tag Sale 5 and one of the words from the Wonderful Words Holiday set.


Another simple tag using Tag Sale 7 and one of the the Photofinisher dies. The stamp is from the 2009 Holiday Tag Collection.

Well that's all for today - enjoy the hop, and thanks for stopping by.

Hugs
Carol x

Saturday 19 October 2013

Lily of the Valley Christmas card

Hello everyone,

I was keen to join in the challenge over at the Holly Jolly Christmas challenge  this week which was to make a card that is inspired by a Christmas Carol. I immediately thought of this cute stamp in my stash from Lily of the Valley stamps which is called Angel Gabriel. It reminds me of 2 carols - While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night and the beautiful old Basque Carol 'the Angel Gabriel' which you can see on this you tube link, sung by All Angels.



I coloured it very simply with Copics and added some sparkle to the stars and angel wings which you can see better in this photo.


I made a frame die cut and cut it in half to make little tabs for the top and bottom of the panel and embossed the greeting in white.

I'd also like to enter this into the challenge over at Moving Along with the Times which is for Christmas Cuties, and into the Christmas in October challenge at Crafty Little Fairies.

Thanks for stopping by
Hugs
Carol x

Wednesday 16 October 2013

Pumpkin Thanksgiving card

Hello everyone, and a very warm welcome to Natalie and Cathy who have joined us as recent new followers. I hope you find something to interest you here and I am so glad to have you on board.

My card for today is a Pumpkin Thanksgiving card



I used a pumpkin stamp from a set called Hallow's Eve by Lizzie Anne Designs which was kindly given to me by Margaret a few years ago. I coloured it with Copics and as my colouring skills leave a lot to be desired, I was quite pleased with how it turned out. I stamped it onto a Half and Half die cut from Papertrey Ink and I added it to a panel with a few big cross stitches on the top. I stamped the greeting across the panel and added some spots with a little glitter to add to the warm glow.

I'd like to enter this into the challenge at Casology where the key work is 'Pumpkin',
and into the Tuesday Throwdown which is Pumpkin Patch. I'm also going to enter it into the Casual Fridays challenge which is to use stitches on a project.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs
Carol x

Tuesday 8 October 2013

Papertrey Ink Birthday card

Hello everyone,

Sorry to have been absent for a while but things have been hectic with celebrations for my Husband's big birthday and it has taken a while for things to settle down around here. However, he has gone off walking in the Lake District for a few days so I have at last had some time to get into the craft room and make a card.

For my card today, I decided to join in this week's challenge over at the Muse blog. The muse this week is the talented Therese Calvird who came up with a lovely card and I was inspired by the colours and layout to come up with this version:-



I used the Papertrey Ink Latte Love set for the focal panel which was cut out with my new Lil'Inker Stitched Rectangle dies that I've been wanting for ages, and I then impressed the panel with the canvas impression plate. This was coloured with Copics using the colours in the muse card and I added a little glossy accents to the heart. I mounted the panel onto some striped paper that was inspired by the stripes on the baker's twine on the muse card.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope to get round to catch up with what you've been up to over the next couple of days.

Hugs
Carol x

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