Red Sky at Night...

Good morning all, I hope you have had a good week. I'm looking forward to the weekend, and hoping to fit in some crafty time, hope you are too.

Today's card was a bit of a change to see if I liked a different background colour for my Xmas cards, and I do lol. 

I used the Mama Elephant Stitched Border Trio dies, for my snow banks, and I made the snowman from two different sized circle punches.

I gave him a little hat from a smaller snowman die, and fashioned some arms and a nose from scraps of paper, then gave him some eyes and buttons using black pearls.

The little sleigh and trees are small Cut and Make dies, and I cut them both in sparkle card. Then I added some small punched circles as snowballs, and filled the sky with falling snow using a white gel pen.

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

xxx

Christmas leftovers

Hello again.

On Tuesday I showed you how I had used some of the left over images from last year's Christmas cards.

Today I have another variation to show you.  For this I used Santa and a Christmas tree for the A2 sized cards, and just a tree for the smaller one.

I took a strip of white card and ink blended with Distress Oxide inks.  I have used Candied Apple on one, Festive Berries on the second but added a touch of Victorian Velvet to the Festive Berries on the tree card.

For each card I cut down the strip to fit, splashed with water for some snow effect, and adhered it to the card base.  The tree and Santa are added with foam tape for some dimension.

I added some sparkle to Santa and some Nuvo drops to the trees.  I finished off with some more Nuvo Drops on the larger cards.

Hope you like these.  TTFN Jude xx

Santa squad

Hello everyone!

The cards I'm sharing today have taken almost 12 months to complete, lol.

I really loved Simon Says Stamps Christmas set last year, so I stamped and coloured a TON of images.  However I didn't use them all.

This year I've pulled them out of safe keeping and put together the five cards you see here.

Although they all use the same characters each one is slightly different.  For this one I added snow banks, trees and a snowflake sky,  but the others I left more simple,

The images were stamped in memento black ink and coloured with Copic markers.  I added some sparkle shimmer pen over areas of each figure - mainly any red parts :)

The sparkle doesn't show up well on camera but it is there.

Hope you like these.  TTFN Jude xx

Kitsch Bambi

Good morning all, I hope you have had a good weekend, and managed to fit in some crafty time. I managed to pull together a few Christmas cards this week from all of the bits and pieces that have been taking up space on my desk for the last few weeks, so at least I made some progress lol. 

Today's card was made with the Avery Elle Kitsch Christmas stamp set, I love this 'Bambi' image, and for those of us over a certain age, the 'Babysham' deer lol.  

I stamped the image onto plain white card using Onyx Black Versafine Ink, and then heat embossed it with clear embossing powder. Then I stamped the deer again onto masking paper and cut it out by hand. 

I used the mask over my deer so I could add the Lawn Fawn snowy backdrop stamp from the Snow Cool set, using Versamark ink and white embossing powder, then I inked the background using Distress Oxide inks, and coloured my images with Copic Markers. 

I die-cut the panel with an MFT Stitched Rectangle die and then drew in a snow line with a black fine liner pen. Then I finished it off with a few Studio Katia Iridescent Snowflakes.

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

xxx

Merry Christmas deer

Hello again.  Friday comes around quickly, doesn't it?

For my final card this week I am again using the set from Papercraft Essentials issue 165.

This time I've taken the fabulous little reindeer and coloured him with Spectrum Noir markers.  I then die cut two plain white versions and stacked them behind the coloured image.  Doing this creates a more substantial piece, almost like a chipboard element.

The Christmas tree comes from the October My Monthly Hero kit by Hero Arts.  I love the dimension you can get by lifting up some of the die cut branches.

I added a ton of Nuvo drops to the tree then placed the reindeer in front.

To complete the card I took a sentiment from Lawn Fawn and gold embossed it on to the same red card I used to matt the tree panel.

Hope you have a lovely weekend.

TTFN Jude xx

Silent Night Scene A5 Card

Good morning all, I hope you are having a good week. Today's card is a little bit different for me. I wanted to make a simple silhouette card, with a lot of white space.  So to give me the look I wanted I decided to go for an A5 card.

I used a heavy weight hammered card stock for my card base, and a linen textured card for my scene. 

I stated by cutting the scene with a couple of Marianne Designs dies, I cut the church and houses one first, and then lined the trees die up with the first cut to continue the scene.

I cut a piece of navy blue card stock to size, and used Hero Arts Unicorn White Pigment Ink, to stamp the moon. Then I added a piece of patterned acetate over the top of the blue card to give me the night sky effect. 

I added my silhouette scene and stamped a simple sentiment from the Altenew Build a Flower -Poinsettia set, before I backed it all with white and silver card layers, and added it to the A5 card base.

I think this is quite a simple and elegant card, what about you?

Thanks for stopping by, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

Santa's Sleigh

Welcome and thank you for joining us.

I am loving some of the ideas I've seen in many of the paper craft magazines we get each month.  Today's card again uses a set from Papercraft Essentials.  This is a recent publication, issue 165.

I stamped and coloured the sleigh of present using Copic markers in pinks and purples.

I was originally going to cut it out and foam mount the sleigh on to a card, but I liked it as it was so I decided to leave it one layer.

I added a sentiment from the set then filled in some of the white space with a couple of snowflake stamps.  I thought it needed a little more so used a stylus dipped in ink to add some dots to finish off the pattern.

TTFN Jude xx

Cute Robins

Good morning all, I hope you are having a good week so far. Today I have a trio of little Robin's for you, using the Clearly Besotted Red Robin Stamp and Die set.

I stamped the Robin with Tuxedo Black Memento ink, and then masked him with a full stick post-it note, while I stamped the log for him to sit on. 

Then I used the sentiment from the same set and stamped it onto the panel above him. I did this three times to make multiple cards, as it was so quick and easy to do.

I coloured my scenes with Copic Markers and then added some different strips of card and patterned papers to the bottom of the panels. 

I cut one of the panels out with an Avery Elle Wonky Stitched Ellements die, and backed another with a black card mat cut with an MFT Stamps Stitched Rectangle die. Then I added twine, holly, and a few sequins to finish them off.

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

xxx

From Our Gnome To Yours

Hello crafty friends.

I'm back today with a card made using a magazine set from Christmas 2017.  

This adorable gnome came from the Papercraft Essentials magazine.  I didn't get to use it last year, so I was determined to add it to the list of stamps to use this Christmas.

I followed almost exactly one of the ideas in the magazine as I loved how simple the layout was.

I coloured the gnome and his house using Copic markers, before cutting out the gnome with the matching die.

The sentiment is from the same stamp set and is stamped in satin red Versafine ink.

I attached my finished panel to a standard card base made from Firehouse red card.

TTFN Jude xx

Poinsettia Wreath Card

Good morning all, I hope you have had a great week, and are looking forward to the weekend. 

Today's card was again inspired by different cards on Pinterest, but changed to make my own. I started by stamping the branch wreath from a Creative Stamping magazine set, onto navy blue card stock using Versamark ink.

Then I heat embossed it with Ranger Fine Detail Embossing Powder in Liquid Platinum. We have had this powder for about 4 years, and are only just starting to think about getting a new one, they really do last for ages. It is one of mine and Jude's favourite colours as it is neither gold or silver and goes with both.

 I then cut my panel out with an Avery Elle Wonky Stitched Ellements die, and put it on to a white card blank. The little poinsettia flowers came in one of my Wow Embossing Powder kits, and I layered them together and added a gold sequin to the center.

 Then I added a few bits of white fern leaves and mistletoe to the flower, placed a small layered sentiment in the middle and some gold stars. Then to finish it off I added some white and gold gel pen flurries. 

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

xxx