Reindeer & Snowflakes

Afternoon, I hadn't planned on posting any cards today as I'm in the middle of making three customer orders, but that went up in smoke (literally, lol) as my glue gun blew up.  I've got an old glue gun but it typically takes the larger glue sticks, so I'll have to wait until tomorrow to finish them off.

So I've got a few quick cards to share with you.

This card couldn't be simpler, I've started with a sheet of a4 black card and sprayed it with spray & sparkle pearl diamond by Crafters Companion (got a slight addiction to this stuff, love it!).  When dry I folded the card in half to make a a5 card blank and layered with gold mirri.  I then cut lots of snowflakes out of goldmirri and arranged them until I was happy, stuck them down and cut off all the overhanging edges.  I also cut the reindeer out of gold mirri.  The black ribbon was some I found lurking in the bottom of my ribbon box and then I added a few of the gold bells.

My second card was even quicker, again I used a a5 card, then layered it with some gold glitter card I had in my stash (unfortunately the glitter doesn't show at all in the pic).

I then cut a piece of a5 pearlescent card I used the decorative die and cut the card from the top, then bottom.  I cut the Merry Christmas die out of the same gold glitter card and glued it to the centre, I finished it off by adding little pearls to each corner.

Thanks for looking and any comments you may leave.

Maria

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Christmas Window

Afternoon everyone, yet another miserable day here, so having yet another crafting day, lol (any excuse).  I found the little image free on Pinterest and just thought of a window card.

I started by making a 91/2" x 51/2" tent fold card, then layered some pale blue merry Christmas paper from Hearts designs Bettie & Berties Christmas digi kit (doesn't really show in pic), and I,ve used tumbled glass distress ink around the edges.

I've taken my image into craft artist, sized it to approx. 5" square, then printed, cut and added some glamour dust to the snow.  I then cut a piece of acetate the same size and used beads of silicone glue to attatch it to the front of the image, giving it a little bit of depth.

I then cut a 5" square frame in white card (using Spellbinders large square nestabilities, but any square nesting dies would do the same job) and also 2 really thin pieces of card for the middle of the window (can't think what it's called, lol) and stuck these onto the acetate, again with silicone glue.

I then used this die to add to the top and bottom of the window, I don't have the link for the one I bought but you can get the same from Aliexpress.  I cut and embossed the ivy in the same white card and added glamour dust around the edges.

The sentiment I've used, at the top of the card is Merry Little Christmas die from Sue Wilson.

I have also used the Woodland Collection - Pine Cone & Greenery and Berry Bough from the Festive Collection by Sue Wilson and I've added berries and some little cones I picked up in Hobbycraft (modelling section).

And inside I've used the same die and added a few pearls.

Thanks for looking and any comments you may leave.

Maria

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Get Well Wishes

Morning all, today I'm sharing a card I have made for a lady in one of my cardmaking groups.

I've used a 8" x 8" white card blank and matt & layered with papers from Pretty Posy & Botanical Notes paper pads and they are both by First Edition, I've had these in my stash a while but I think I bought them from The Range.

I've slightly distressed both papers with a scissors and then blended spun sugar distress ink around the edges.  I have also stamped onto the polka dot paper with spund sugar distress ink using a script rubber stamp.

The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts  and I've die cut Berry Bough and Lace Edged Leaves dies by Sue Wilson In various shades of green and on the berry boughs I've coloured the berries in white.  The pink shimmering berries were from Aliexpress.

I created the sentiment in Craft Artist and the frame is Stockholm from the Scandinavian Collection, also by Sue Wilson.

I love this white ribbon, I bought it from Aliexpress and at 96p for 5 yards I think it's an amazing bargain.  My little pearls were also another bargain from Aliexpress at 77p for 400.

I've used the same papers inside the card and also the same frame, the corners are a Marianne Design die that I've had for many years and the little butterfly is an x-cut die.

Many thanks for taking the time to look and for any comments you may leave.

Maria

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Foamiran Poinsettias

Morning all, it's still absolutely vile weather here, so heating on and huddled in my craft room.  This card was made around the oval frame, which I found when I was clearing out my scrap 'boxes', lol.

The card I've started with a 8" x 8" blank and the backing papers are from Hearts Designs ~ Hearts & Roses Christmas digi kit and I've used tumbled glass distress ink around the edges.  I've matted this backing paper onto white card and edged it with glitter flakes.

The sentiment was also printed and cut from the same digi kit and my frame was cut using my cameo silhouette.  I then sprayed the frame with glue and covered that with the glitter flakes too.

The poinsettias were cut out of white foamiran and I've used Pentel oil pastels to add a little bit of colour, I purchased these from the works.  All the stamens were bought from Aliexpress.

The cute little ice skates were printed from Betty & Berties Christmas digi kit, again by Hearts Designs and the white foliage is a die by Sue Wilson called Berry Bough.

I've used some white raffia for the bow and used Pine Cone & Greenery die set

for the foliage, the pine cones were cut in pale grey metallic card and I've inked through the die with moonlit white Brilliance ink to give the appearance of snow.

For inside I've used the same backing paper then used Spellbinders labels 1 for the frames.

I've again cut the cute ice skates and berry bough die and I've also used a Woodware holly punch.

The sentiment is Merry Little Christmas die by Sue Wilson.

Thanks for looking and any comments you may leave.

Maria

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Sue Wilson Christmas Dies

Morning, it's still pouring with rain here, totally miserable weather, I've actually got my heating on, sooo cold.  I'm ok though, still making tonnes of Christmas cards, I suppose, like a lot of crafters, it's like therapy, I've been off work since January with a lung condition, so too much time on my hands, lol, but not long now until I see the specialist later this month.

I'm really not sure about the colour on the two cards I'm sharing today.

For this one I used up some muted gold glitter card I had in my stash and then used spray adhesive onto cream card and added some iridescent glitter.

I have used the following Sue Wilson dies  -  Festive Collection~Merry Little Christmas & Berry Bough, Woodland Collection~Pine Cone & Greenery & Finishing Touchess~Lace Edged Leaves.

The ribbon is silky crush from Creative Expressions.

I found the little bells in my stash but I think they were bought from the range.

And inside I've used a Spellbinders die, matted onto the gold card and the sentiment is a wooden Penny Black stamp.

For this second card I've used some snowflake stamps that cost £2 in Hobbycraft to stamp the background and I've used the following Sue Wilson dies  -  The Scandinavian Collection~Stockholm and Festive Collection~Poinsettia Additions.

Thanks for looking and any comments you may leave.

Maria

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Ice Skating Fun

Hi, This is a Christmas card I have made for one of my beautiful Nieces 'Fabia', The stamp looks so much like her.

I started with a 8" x 8" card blank and distressed some pale blue backing paper (printed from craft artist) with a scissors, then used some tumbled glass distress ink.

For the rounded square shape I have used a glitter girls embossing board called emboss to impress, firstly in white, I then went around the edges of the entire shape with some glitter flakes (I absolutely love this stuff, it gets everywhere but it's worth it, I think it's perfect for snowy scenes as it's so dimensional, I think it cost £1.99 from a shop called Buyology.

I then embossed and cut the same shape out of a blue and white snow scene from a digi kit, and added the same glitter flakes.  I then added the fir trees, lamppost and snowflakes (all dies from Aliexpress) and added the glitter flakes.  The baubles were cut from a backing paper, also from a digi kit.

The little iceskater is a digital stamp from Crafts and Me and I printed her onto some watercolour paper and coloured her with promarkers.

I finished by adding some ribbon and berries, both from Aliexpress.

For the inside everything was printed from a digi kit, apart from the holly leaves, which were cut from a woodware punch and coloured with peeled paint distress ink.

Thanks so much for looking and any comments you may leave.

Maria  

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I have entered the following challenges

Just Us Girls Challenge  -  Something old and/or something new  -  digi kits and woodware punch are old and the digi stamp is new

Your Scrapbook place Challenge  -  Anything goes

Christmas Tree & Snowflakes

Hi, my second card today is very different for me, as in, the colours, I'm loving navy at the minute.

The photo makes the card look much brighter, it is actually navy, I've used a promarker to darken the card and colour the pearls.

I started with a 8 x 8 inch scalloped card blank and cut my navy card using Sue Wilson Stitched Lattice Frames which I extended to make a square.  I then cut my frame out of silver mirri card using Spellbinders large square nestabilities.  I cut various size snowflakes and glued them to the back of my silver frame.

I cut the Christmas Tree in silver mirri card then glued it onto some of my navy card and cut around it, I then added some pearls which I had coloured to match the navy card.

The sentiment is Sue Wilson Merry Little Christmas, which I cut in navy card.

For the inside (apologies for the terrible pic), I've cut the lamppost and the ivy   out of white card and outlined them all with a navy promarker.  I've cut the sentiment (Penny Black wooden stamp) using a circle die in silver glitter card.

Nearly forgot, the Navy ribbon was a bargain from Hobbycraft (£1).

Thanks for looking and any comments you may leave.

Maria

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Foamiran Poinsettias

Hi, it's another wet, miserable day here in Wales, so I'm huddled in my craft room making Christmas cards.  I've got two cards to share today, this first card is one of my first attempts at making foamiran flowers.

The flowers haven't photographed very well, the colour is much paler in reality.  I started with a A5 card and layered with some gold mirri card.  For the card front, I firstly embossed using my 'snowflake embossing folder', then used an edger die from Aliexpress.

I cut the poinsettias with white foamiran from www.foamiranworld.com using Poinsettia Additions dies from the festive collection by Sue Wilson.

I used Pentel Oil Pastels (a few pounds in the works) and blended with a baby wipe before heating and shaping.

For the foliage I have used a Woodware holly punch, berry bough and pine cone & greenery die sets by Sue Wilson and cut them in a mixture of the white and gold mirri card.

The sentiment is Merry Little Christmas.  The ribbon is silky crush from Creative Expressions.

For the inside, I've used a snowflake die and cut into sections for the corners in gold mirri card.  The bauble die was also cut with the gold mirri card.  For the sentiment I've used a wooden Penny Black stamp that comes out every year and the frame is Porto die set from the Portugese collection by Sue Wilson.

Thanks for looking and any comments you may leave.

Maria

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Merry Little Christmas

Hi, it's absolutely pouring with rain here today, so I'm in my craft room again making Christmas cards.  This one was quite a quick make.

I started with a a5 card blank and matt & layered with red card & gold mirri.  I then cut a circle aperture into the top layer of white card using an unbranded die from Aliexpress.

I topped the aperture with a circle frame using the same die as above, and added the ivy die from Aliexpress, I then die cut the picket fence, the lamppost and trees (all unbranded from Aliexpress)

out of the same white card and added some glamour dust.

The sentiment is Sue Wilson Merry Little Christmas and I cut it firstly with red (for the shadow) then in gold mirri.  I finished with the red ribbon and some little golden bells.

For the inside I've used an EK Success corner punch and the same circle dies as above and used a wooden Penny Black stamp for the sentiment.

Thanks so much for looking and any comments you may leave.

Maria

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Musical Fairy Card

I have two beautiful Nieces who are also my Goddaughters and they both look forward to their cards off 'Aunty Maria', I think because I try and make the cards personal to them (their names, interests, etc).

My Niece Fabia, who this card is for, has recently passed her piano exams, so I wanted to combine something musical while still keeping it 'girly'.

I started with a 8" x 8" scalloped card blank and I've used tumbled glass and spun sugar distress inks to create my layers, which I have matted onto pink metallic card.  I found the fairy amongst my stash but can't remember where I got the stamp set (if anyone knows please let me know), I stamped her with memento ink in tuxedo black and coloured her with pro-markers.  I then sprayed the entire sheet with pearl lustre spray & sparkle from Crafters Companion and when dry I added some droplets using Dovecraft 3D pearl effects in clear.

I used the Sue Wilson Australian Collection background die to cut the fairy before matting onto the pink card.

The balloon die is unbranded and purchased from Aliexpress, I cut the balloons out with acetate and coloured them with pro-markers, the music notes are also from Aliexpress and they were coloured with tumbled glass and spun sugar distress inks.

For the inside of the card I've used the same distress inks to colour everything and added a piano dimensional die, also from Aliexpress

Hope she likes it, Thanks so much for looking and any comments you may leave.

Maria

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Sue Wilson Christmas Dies

Hi, got another Christmas card to share, I couldn't resist these new dies from Sue Wilson and they were all purchased from Maximum Crafts, great prices and free delivery.

I started this card with a 8 x 8in scalloped card blank and used the stitched lattice frames from the shadow box collection to die cut the lattice into the centre of the card, I cut twice to  extend the lattice to fit the size I wanted.  I then glued a sheet of 8 x 8 blue paper behind the lattice, from the botanical notes 8 x 8in premium paper pad by First Edition (purchased from The Range).

The baubles are a stamp set by Creative Expressions called heirloom ornaments, they're a few years old, so I don't think they're still available.  I stamped them onto silver mirror card and white pearlescent card, which has been coloured using tumbled glass distress ink.  I used Creative Expressions true white embossing powder.

The small snowflakes are dies by x-cut, which were £2.00 in hobbycraft, cut from white card and glamour dust added.

For the 'garland' I've used Berry Bough from the Festive Collection, Pine Cone & Greenery from the Woodland Collection, Lace Edged Leaves &  Poinsettia Additions from the Festive Collection (last year, I think).  I cut the poinsettias from parchment and added some pale blue stamens from Aliexpress and some glamour dust.  For all the other foliage I used pale silver pearl card, silver mirri card and white pearl card, the berry bough was cut with the grey pearl card and I've used a white enamel pen to colour the berries.

The sentiment is the Merry Little Christmas die from the Festive Collection, which I cut in silver mirri card and snipped into it toget the Merry Christmas.

Thanks for looking and any comments you may leave.

Maria

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Viva Decor Happy Birthday Stamps

I absolutely love this stamp set, for this card I've used the Happy Birthday script for the entire background, the tag and the Happy Birthday sentiment.

I started with a 8 x 8 in scalloped card blank and used a pierced circle die to cut out the centre, I then die cut the stitched lattice frame from Sue Wilson and used a section of it to cover the circle.  I then stuck this to pink card and put it on the inside of the card.

The first layer for the front of the card (pink), I cut the next size down of the pierced circle die.  For the top layer I stamped the entire sheet of lemon pearlescent card with Docrafts clear embossing ink and embossed using Creative Expressions true white embossing powder and then cut the larger size pierced circle from the centre, so it leaves an aperture to the inside.

I stamped the centre tag in pink using the same embossing, then cut the centre out using Spellbinders small oval nestabilities, then stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment onto some of the lemon pearlescent card and used the smaller oval to die cut it.

To decorate the circle aperture I've used a mix of paper flowers and also a lily I made out of foamiran, I've also used the lace edged leaves dies from Sue Wilson.  The smaller butterflies are an x-cut die and the larger butterfly was cut using my silhouette cameo.  I finished the card with some flat backed pearls from Aliexpress and some lemon and clear liquid pearl drops from Dovecraft.




Thanks for looking and any comments you may leave.


Maria

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I've entered this card into the following challenges

The Ribbon Girl  -  Any Image
Crafting by Designs Monthly Challenge
Crafty Catz  Anything Goes Weekly Challenge  -   Inspired by Ice Cream Colours
Creative Inspiration  -  Anything Goes

Snowflake Embossing Folder

Hi, this white on white card was made using centura pearl card.  The poinsettias were made using Sue Wilson Festive Collection - Poinsettia Additions, die cut from parchment.  I created the apertures by using Spellbinders nestabilities labels one and the stamped sentiment is from Creative Expressions Heirloom Ornaments stamp set.

I wanted a snowflake background, so decided to try and make my own 'embossing folder'.  I started with some scrap card (300 gsm) and some small x cut snowflake dies which I bought in hobbycraft, for the bargain price of £2.

I measured two pieces of 8 x 8 in card and glued them together.  I then cut all the snowflakes out, again stuck two together, layed them all out until I was happy with the pattern and glued them to the 8 x 8 card.  It embossed beautifully (although it doesn't really show up that well on the main picture of my card, probably because of all the glitter I ended up using, lol.

To emboss my design onto card, I used the same plates I would if I was embossing my dies, e.g. I have the big shot plus, so the plates I have used are - The platform, adapter plate B, acrylic plate, my snowflake embossing folder, then my card I want to emboss and finally the rubber embossing mat and black precision plate.

At the moment I'm looking through all my smaller dies to see how many others can be used to make 'embossing folders.

Thanks for looking and any comments you may leave.

Maria

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1st Christmas Card

I have used Sue Wilson #Creative Expressions dies from the new Christmas collection.

Woodland Collection  ~  Pine Cone & Greenery.

Festive Collection  ~       Berry Bough & Pine Cone & Greenery

Maria

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I've got quite a few cards to share today, I haven't blogged in so long properly.  All of the cards were made using Sue Wilson #CreativeExpressions dies.

With Sympathy

I have used Shadow Box Collection - Stitched Lattice Frames & Heart Lattice Embossing Folder.

I've also used Spellbinders large square nestabilities & Spellbinders labels.

I've made the Lily using the classic lily die - Sara signature collection from Crafters Companion.




Tropical Hibiscus

I made the card base and the green fern leaves for this one using my Cameo Silhouette.  The ribbon

is white silky crush.

I made all the flowers by die cutting the Tropical Hibiscus - finishing touches dies from Sue Wilson,

using foam, I've coloured them using a mixture of oil pastels and pro markers.

Fathers Day

A very simple card, made using The shadow box collection - Stitched lattice frames by Sue Wilson.

I have also used Spellbinders wedding collection - Regal Allure.



Wedding card

Thanks for looking

Maria

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