A hug in a mug

Good morning all, and happy Halloween, I hope you are all having a good week so far.

Today's card was another that I made using the Hero Arts, My Monthly Hero Kit from August 2018. I love this kit and have used it to make quite a few cards now.

I used a circle stencil to add Distress Oxide inks to plain white card, using Picked Raspberry and Seedless Preserve. Then I cut the panel out with an Avery Elle Wonky Stitched Ellements die.

I stamped the images using Tuxedo Black Memento ink, and coloured them with Copic markers.

Then I used the MFT Zig-Zag Stitched Circle dies to cut a mat for the mug to sit on.

I added a simple sentiment and popped it on to a white note card, then added a few drops of Holiday Cheer Nuvo Glitter Drops to finish.

Hope you like it, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

Batch maker, batch maker

Guess what I made for today? Yes, Christmas cards!

I know I'm doing a lot of these but I need a lot.

These are eight cards of the same design, but are not identical.

I started by stamping one version using a selection of small stamps from the stash and a few different colours of ink.

I heat embossed the large Christmas word from Crafti Potential, using gold embossing powder.  I then randomly stamped around the edge of the word to create a border.

To finish I added a raised sentiment in a bright red card.  I liked the original but when it came to making more I decided that I needed a lot more interest in the background.

This time instead of four stamps, I used seven! I think it adds more depth to the border and makes it more interesting.  What do you think?

To finish off I added each panel to a DL size card base and added the red 'Merry' to complete the sentiment.

I'm really pleased with these and I've made several version on this theme.  I'll share those another time.

TTFN Jude xx

Pink and White Christmas....

Good morning all, I hope you have had a good weekend, and managed to fit some craft time in.

I have been trying some different colour combos (for me), for this year's Christmas Cards, and this was my attempt with Pink. 😏 Not great but I'll keep trying until I find something I like, lol.

The stitched hillside is from Mama Elephant's, Stitched Border Trio dies, and the tree lined hill is a Marianne Designs. The Houses and the Santa with Reindeer are from a First Edition, Craft a Card, large die. 

I cut the whole die from pink card, but then just snipped out the bits I wanted. I added some white card behind the houses so I could colour the windows etc. but in hindsight I wouldn't do that again, or just stick to a pale yellow glow.

  

Then I popped it onto a pink note card, and added a Merry Christmas Die Cut from Cut & Make to finish it off.

Hope you like it, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

Deer friend

Hello all!  I'm a bit late but here is today's card.

Following the break on Wednesday I'm back with another Christmas card.  This one features the cute deer stamp and die from Papercraft Essentials magazine, issue 165.

I stamped and coloured the reindeer then cut three more from white card.  I stacked all these together to give a dimensional focal point to the card.

The tree is from this month's Hero Arts My Monthly Hero kit.  I stamped and coloured the tree just using the outline as a guide.  I then stamped the detail using Versamark and added Verdigris embossing powder from Stampendous.

For the background I cut a snow bank shape from scrap card and lightly inked in some slopes.  The snowflakes are from the same magazine set and are stamped in Tumbled Glass distress oxide.

To finish off I added some glitter strips to my card base and centred the panel between them.

Hope you like it.  TTFN Jude xx

A Partridge in a Pear Tree....

Good morning all, I hope you are having a good week. Today's card was an attempt at colouring with pencils, which I haven't tried for a long time.

The stamp is from Creative Stamping Magazine Issue 63, and the set is called 12 Days of Christmas.

As you can see I used the Partridge in a Pear Tree, for my card, which I stamped with Black Onyx Versafine ink, and then heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

I coloured the image with Spectrum Noir Blendable Pencils, with a paper stump and gamsol liquid, to help me to blend them a little. It's much harder for me than colouring with Copics, but I quite like the end result.

I backed the image with some Christmas paper from the stash, added a sentiment from the same set,  and popped it onto a 5 x 5 card blank.

Hope you like it, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

Birthday gnome

Welcome back!

I promised a non-Christmas card and here it is.

For this I used Gnome Sweet Gnome by Lawn Fawn for my focal character.

I stamped him in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured him with Copics and Spectrum Noir alcohol markers.

I built a scene using the hillside border trio from Mama Elephant and grassy edges by MFT. 

I shaded the area behind where my gnome would stand with Broken China Distress Oxide, before adding the hill.  I then popped the gnome and grass up on some foam tape.

The background balloons are from My Monthly Hero July kit and are coloured with Copics.

The birthday sentiment is from Creative Stamping issue 53.

I hope you like this fun card.

TTFN Jude xx

Swinging by

Good morning folks, I hope you are having a good start to your week. Today's card is one I made back in the summer but never got around to sharing.

It uses the My Monthly Hero Card Kit for May 2018 from Hero Arts. I love the silhouette stamps in this set, and there were lots to choose from. But as I was making this for a young lady, I used one of the girl images on the swing.

I stamped the image onto plain white card using Archival Jet Black ink. Then I cut the large aperture die from the same white card.

I used watercolour paper for the background and blended a few shades of blue Distress Oxide inks. Which I think included, Broken China, Stormy Sky, and Tumbled Glass. But to be honest I can't remember if I also used Iced Spruce lol.

I cut the background down to fit an A2 card blank, and then added my images on top. Then I finished it off with a few drops of Nuvo See Breeze Jewel Drops, and Wedgewood Blue Crystal Drops.

Hope you like it, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

Five Gold Rings

Hi everyone.

I'm back today with another one-layer Christmas card.

For this make I used a stamp from Creative Stamping magazine issue 63.  This issue had two sets of stamps featuring items from the Twelve Days of Christmas.

For this card I used the Christmas tree decorated with the five gold rings.

I stamped on to two dark card bases with Versamark ink and added fine gold embossing powder.

I never get tired of watching embossing powder melt and transform under the heat gun.

This makes such a quick and easy card that I may make several more of them.

I'll be back Wednesday with something non-Christmas!

TTFN Jude xx

A Good Bra....

Good morning all, I hope you have had a good week. Are you looking forward to a crafty weekend? I'm hoping to fit a bit of craft time in, but I have my grandsons coming over for the week tomorrow, so I will be enjoying my time with them too.

Today's card was made using the stamp set from Issue 55 of Creative Stamping magazine, called Bright and Breezy.

I stamped the trees with Versamark ink, and then heat embossed them with Nuvo Copper Blush embossing powder, then I added the line in with Onyx Black Versafine ink, and clear embossing powder. 

I added the sentiment and heat embossed that with white powder, and then stamped the bra onto a separate piece of card, and cut it out by hand.

I ink blended a background using, Broken China, Squeezed Lemonade, Tea Dye, and Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide inks, and then added the bra on top with foam pads.

Then I cut the panel to size with a Stitched Rectangle die from MFT Dienamics, Blueprints 13, and popped it all onto a turquoise note card to finish.

Hope you like it, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx