Let it Snow

Morning all.  Doesn't Monday come around quickly?

It has been a hectic weekend here.  The kids, grandkids and fur babies all seemed to have moved in at once - it was bedlam!!  It was actually a nice distraction from a pretty tough week but it did mean Jen and I didn't get much crafty time.

When I did eventually force my way in to the craft room I made a Christmas card using dies and embossing powders.  What do you think?

In a magazine we bought last week were several free stamps.  These included the snowflakes and Let it snow stamps used here.  Having layered three matching papers on to the card blank, I randomly stamped the snowflakes in Versamark over the papers and added sea foam white embossing powder.

I also tried it on top of the topper I had made but it didn't work out as well as I had hoped.  The topper is gold mirror card and purple centura pearl cut with the Spellbinders peony die set.  The sentiment was made with the stamp and gold embossing powder.

I repeated the stamping and embossing twice more using the white again.

I thought the edge of the card needed something so I cut it with a Tonic border punch.

This card took quite a bit of work so I don't think I will be repeating it in a hurry, but I like the idea so may adapt it a little.

TTFN Jude xx

Gilded Christmas

Good morning all, Jen back again today. I'm giving Jude the day off as she's a bit under the weather - bless. So I thought I would share another Christmas card that I made this week.

 

 

I started by gilding a piece of double sided adhesive with the Pirate Treasure Gilding Flakes by Clarity Stamps, backed on to some heavy weight paper.

 

 

Then I used the Diesire Sign die to cut the Vintage Sign shape, and cut a straight piece for the base, I also used some little punches to cut the small snowflakes etc.

 

 

I then arranged these on to a piece of hammered card that I had embossed with the small Snowflake embossing folder.

 

 

I used my picket fence die for the bottom of the card and the off-cut for across the top.

 

 

I finished it off by adding a stamped Merry Christmas sentiment to the sign and some small glitter stickers to some of the snowflakes.

 

What do you think? Hope you like it.

 

 

See you soon

 

xxx

 

Magazine cards

Good morning all and welcome to the weekend. Hope you have all got some crafty plans. Today I thought I would share with you some cards I have made using the free gift items that come with Craft Magazines.

 

I often use the papers on other projects but don't tend to use kits etc. So they just sit in drawers taking up space, but this week I thought I would use a couple that came with the latest mags. I must admit these first ones are not my favourites! but I know the grand kids will like them to send to friends, so that's OK. The are snow globe cards, made from a kit. All I have added to them is the glue and the card blanks.

 

 

The one on the left was the first attempt and isn't great, but the second one turned out OK, once I realised where to put the glue!

 

 

 

They don't photograph very well either because of the acetate fronts lol.

 

These second set of cards are much more me Ha Ha.

 

 

The first one was made with a reindeer stencil and a white gel pen, the only things I have added to the kits are again the card blanks, and on these ones some Coredinations card in co-ordinating colours.

 

 

I cut the reindeer out with a Spellbinders Exquisite circles die and then mounted him on the backing papers. For the second card I simply used one of the ready made toppers and sentiments from the pack with the same papers.

 

 

 

 

 

What do you think? hope you like them, see you soon.

 

Take care

 

xxx

 

 

 

 

 

Nicky in pink

Happy Friday folks - almost the weekend :)  Jen's grandsons are visiting this weekend so we might not get much crafting time.  The eldest, Cody, said he thinks his Nan and I should open up a card and craft shop with all the things in our craft room lol.  Do you get the impression there is a lot in there??

When we were in Scotland we spent some time colouring images we had stamped or printed,  I've used a couple for cards in the last week and today I have another one.

This is Nicky, a Saturated Canary image.  I thought it would be fun to use just pinks and purples for her, something not traditionally Christmassy.  That's how she got her bright pink hair.

Once I had matted the image on to some purple snowflake paper, I stamped and heat embossed the image on to matching purple centura pearl and cut it out with a circle die. 

 At this point I was going to call the card finished but it still needed something.  In the end I decided on a double bow of pink and purple ribbon. 

 I think it completes it nicely.  What do you think?

TTFN Jude xx

An inky/painty project

Good morning all, hope you are having a good week. I finally had time to finish the little art project that Jude gave me for Joe's canvas, this week. Do you remember the one she started a little while ago?

 

 

She has updated on it a couple of times, but now I have finished my bit. What do you think?

 

 

I started with the A4 canvas, and painted the edge with black acrylic paint. Then after some failed attempts testing, with various papers and velum I started again and painted the canvas with a light sand coloured acrylic paint.

 

 

I then over stamped all over the canvas with a script stamp and Archival black ink. I made the owl by stamping him and cutting him out, and then dry brushing with a little bit of  red shimmer paint, and some distress inks. I finished him with a bit of shabby white Frantage.

 

 

I wrote the words for the main sentiment on my Silhouette and then cut them out with it too. They came from a sign that I had seen while in Scotland.

 

 

Next I went to town with spray inks and baby wipes lol. Until I got a really aged effect on the canvas.

 

 

I then finished it with lots of metal and wood embellishments, cogs and wheels and a little bird.

 

 

It now just needs adding to the main canvas and it can be hung in Joe's new home. Hope you like it.

 

 

Take care

 

xxx

 

Christmas in purple and gold

Welcome to Wednesday peeps!

Yesterday Jen and Mum bought a couple of new stamping magazines for us to try out.  Jen is trying to bully encourage me into subscribing to them! They were quite nice as they both had Christmas stamps attached and some lovely ideas for very simple cards.  I thought I would try one of the ideas out.  What do you think?

I took a piece of dark purple centura pearl and embossed the pine tree branch across the centre three times, using Versamark and gold embossing powder.  I then cut the piece to fit a white DL card blank.

 Next I stamped the word circle and white embossed it. Once I had the circle I thought it needed something else so added a snowflake, again embossed with gold before cutting out with a circle die.   I never get tired of the alchemy of embossing; watching it change from a dull powder into a shiny image just by adding heat.

 A piece of purple gingham ribbon finishes it off nicely.  I might try some other stamps in a similar layout.  I can see this featuring in a few Christmas cards this year.

Hope you like it.  TTFN Jude xx

Altered Clock

Good morning all, hope you are well and having a good week. I managed to finish my clock project at the weekend, after a little trip to the shops with Jude to purchase a boat. And I am glad to say, that my niece (who the clock was for) loved it.

 

I am rubbish at remembering to take photos of the before though. So you will just have to imagine what it looked like when it was just plain plywood. Lol. But this is how it looks now.

 

 

I love all of the little decorations on it. But I especially love Tilda climbing up to the boat. She was a late addition but I think she works well lol. The seashells came back with me from Southerness! I know it's naughty but there were only a few ;o))

 

 

 

The boat just finished the clock off nicely. Stuck on the top courtesy of my hot glue gun.

 

 

What do you think? Hope you like it too.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by again, see you soon.

 

xxx