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

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

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

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

Have a Whale of a time

Good morning all, I hope you are having a good week so far. Yesterday was my son-in-law's birthday, and this is one of the cards I made for him.

I used the stamp and die set that came with Issue 160 of Papercraft Essentials magazine. I stamped the main image with Onyx Black Versafine Ink, and then heat embossed it with clear embossing powder.

I coloured the image with Copic Markers and then cut it out with an MFT Stamps Zig-Zag Stitched Circle die.

I stamped and coloured the whale tail, and then cut a slit into the background image so that I could slip the tail behind to make it look like it was coming from the sea.

I stamped the main sentiment on to the front panel, and then added the rest of the sentiment on to the internal liner.

I added the circle and front panel to a navy blue note card using foam tape. Then I added Tonic Nuvo Crystal Glaze to the sun, sea and whales tail for a bit of shine.

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

xxx

Hello Ducky

Welcome back.

Today I have another card made for Alan's birthday last weekend.

This one uses another magazine freebie - this time it is Papercraft Essentials issue 158.  The set is called Make a Splash and features a frog as well as this great duck image.

I stamped the duck on textured paper and coloured it with Copic markers.  I then cut out a circle and backed it with a slightly larger gold circle.

I added a die cut puddle and sentiment from the same set.

For the card base I added a strip of scrap card by Hunkydory.  I will use up the massive pile of card I have left from their kits, lol!

TTFN Jude xx

Ribbit

Monday again.  Where do the weekends go?

This weekend my uncle had his 71st birthday.  This is the card we sent him.

The frog image came from Papercraft Essentials issue 158, as did the sentiments and die cuts.

I stamped the frog onto green paper and black embossed it, before adding some more colour with Copic markers, YG06 and YG63.

The background was made using alcohol inks.  I cut the splashes from the extra piece left after covering behind the circle cut in a piece of blue textured card.  

The sentiments were stamped with Staz-on using the MISTI as I wanted to be certain of a good impression on the textured card. They stamped nicely first time but I'm glad I used the stamping tool just in case.

That's it for today.  I hope you like this fun card.

TTFN Jude xx

Party animals

Friday at last! I'm looking forward to my weekend and some good crafting time.

Today's card uses the free Safari Friends set from Papercraft Essentials.  For this version I stamped the girl, lion and monkey on to the card base then created masks for them.  This was so I could stamp the giraffe and vine and make it seem like they were behind the first images.

Once I stamped the vine though it looked strange so I drew the line back in across the monkey's hand.

With fresh masks for all the animals in place, I ink blended the background to add grass and sky.  This worked quite well, although the masks kept peeling up, lol.

I stamped some grass tufts and the sentiment, then added liquid pearls to the eyes.

I really like how this turned out.  Hope you do too.

TTFN Jude xx

Go Bananas

Good morning folks, apologies for this being late, but I really couldn't get moving today !

Anyway, today's card is a really simple stamped card, for a very special young man who turns 12 next week.

I used the stamp set called Safari Friends, that came free with issue 145 of Papercraft Essentials. It's a great set, with cute critters and people, a few different sentiments, and an embossing folder.

I stamped the vines with Altenew Crisp Dye ink using Parrot, from the Tropical Forest set.

Then I stamped the monkey with Memento Rich Cocoa ink, and coloured him with Copic markers.

The grass is cut from thick olive card using the MFT Grassy Edges dies, and layered to show the different lengths.

Then I popped it on to a lime green card base, and die cut a number 12 from an Xcut Adhesive Metal Effect Sheet in gold.

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

xxx

Puffy Heart Panda

Good morning all, I hope you have had a good week. We are soooo looking forward to a long weekend again, unfortunately they flash past so quickly. lol. But anyway, tomorrow is my niece's birthday and this is one of the cards I made for her.

Isn't that little panda just so cute? This whole card was made using an embossing folder, and stamps from a papercraft magazine. I really like this set and can see it getting lots of use.

I started by embossing a piece of white card with the heart embossing folder, before I stamped the Panda and a sentiment in the middle, with Tuxedo Black Memento ink.

I used a couple of Copic markers to add some colour to the balloon, bee and butterflies, and then used a white gel pen and a black fineliner to add a bit of detail.

I found a nice shade of yellow Coredinations card to sit behind the front panel and then made a square card blank from some black spotty card.

Then to finish it off I added a few dots of Glossy accents here and there to give it a bit of shine.

Hope you like it, and a very happy birthday to a very special niece for tomorrow.

Take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx