Week 9 Christmas Card

Star Bright

This weeks theme is Star Bright.  I used the Aurora Star dies by Sue Wilson, cutting just the fancy piece on the background, then I cut with the outline die in gold card and another using both the fancy die and the outline at the same time.  I creased gently along the centre of the points and glued them together.  I then attached the star with glue gel just to add a bit of dimension. 

More Christmas Cards.......

I've been doing well with making my Christmas cards the last couple of weeks, here's this weeks makes.

 Well I'm still not too sure about Kraft Card or not...... hmm.  I started off by cutting the shape with a die by Spellbinders,  first I cut the full shape, then used 2 together to make a frame.  Taking the full die cut, I blended white ink with a shaving brush, till I was happy with the depth of white.  I then stamped the image with Memento Rich Cocoa, stamps from Inkylicious, and used a white gel pen to create the snow, which I then gave a bit of sparkle to with Glamour Dust, lastly I attached the frame cut and added the sentiment, which I made on my Cameo, and the twine bow.  For the backing I simply stamped random snowflakes with the same colour memento ink.

 This is my latest stamp from Penny Black, I do love there twiggy/tree stamps.  I  started this card by cutting a frame using the Sue Wilson Noble Pierced dies.  I then stamped the image and heat embossed in white.  Then I used Distress Inks in Stormy Sky and Chipped Sapphire and blended it with sponges and added the berries with Waco Pearl Maker (saves on gems..... lol).  While the pearls dried I stamped the border using my Misti to line them up near as perfect as I could.... lol.  The border stamps are by Phill Martin, and I love them!  Once all dry I put the card together sticking the image piece straight onto the card, then place the frame using sticky pads to lift it just a little.

 I made the frame the same as the card above.  For the centre, I stamped and heat embossed the snowflakes using clear embossing powder.  Snowflake stamps are by Sue Wilson, then blended Distress Inks in Shaded Lilac and Tumbled Glass over them, the clear embossing powder acts as a resist so the white from the card show through.  Then I splashed a little water over the inks to create the little white spots.  The card was then finished off the same as above.

 I embossed the background first, then cut the frame using a die by Amy Design called Wintertide.  I also cut a circle of card big enough to sit behind the frame.  I stamped the trees in Versamark and heat embossed with clear powder, so I could ink over the image without it smudging. The tree stamp if from Inkylicious, I used shaving brushed to blend the 2 colours of Distress Ink, Tumbled Glass and Spun Sugar.  I finished the card off with a sentiment made on my Cameo and some Christmas twine.

Again the frame was created the same way as the others.  I masked off the image piece and blended Broken China Distress Ink.  Then using the masks again where needed I stamped the trees and added some sparkle for the snow, again using Glamour Dust.  The tree stamp is from a Penny Black,The card was finished of the same as above.

What Really Matters..........

It's Sunday and that's my day to show you a project using the fab Visible Images stamps.  Something a bit different from the usual card for this one.  This also features one of the brand new word stamps which were released on Friday.  If you haven't already, you really should pop over to the shop and see all the fab new stamps for yourselves!

I blew the dust off my Cameo for this one and cut a shadow box on it.  I inked the background with Aquatints, a couple of shades of Adirondacks, Raspberry and Willow and Distress Ink - Vintage Photo. I also over stamped in the same colours,  The flower and words were stamps with black Versafine and heat embossed with black embossing powder.  The flowers and leaves were cut with Sue Wilson Dies.

Stamps used are:-

Wording - What Really Matters

Flower Inkognito

Bronte Script

Galaxy

And here's all the links you need -

Visible Image Website - Buy stamps, get lots of inspiration, newsletter sign up, and contact details.

Visible Image Blog - Daily inspiration from the DT.

Visible Image Facebook Group - DT inspiration, monthly 'Show & Tell' contest, and the place to find lots of other Visible Image fans.

Visible Image Facebook Page - Where you'll find all the latest news and information.

Winter Wonderland - Just One Designer Paper

Oh, I'm late posting my DT card for Winter Wonderland......  Our theme is 'Just One Designer Paper, and our sponsor is All Dressed Up, who have 2 digi image up for grabs for the lucky winner.

Here's my DT card.

The image is of course from our sponsor and coloured with ProMarkers.  All the dies used are by Sue Wilson.  The bp is from a DCWV paper stack, can't remember which one though, sorry.

2nd Christmas Card of the Year.....

2 Christmas card down, so many more to go...... lol.  For this one I used Sue Wilson cutting dies for all of it.  The background was cut with dies from the New York Collection, Union Square. I love these dies, the Poinsettia are also dies by Sue Wilson.

Using the mirri card make the flower look like it's made from metal. 

First Christmas Card for 2015

I meet up with my neice every Saturday night, she's a crafter too, so we've set a challenge for us both to make a Christmas card every Saturday night!  We've each written down themes, so pick one out and follow the theme to make our cards.  This weeks theme was Bells & Bows.  This will be a big help if we can keep it up..... lol.

I cut the centre piece on my Cameo, then used a die by Sue Wilson, New York Background, to cut one layer, then I used the same die and embossed another layer, then attached them together, matt and layered and added gems to finish off.

 A closer look at the topper.

Winter Wonderland - Fussy & FAncy

This weeks challenge over on Winter Wonderland sees the start of challenges when your entry doesn't have to be a Christmas Card, though you can of course still enter with Christmas cards if you wish,  The theme for this one is 'Fussy & Fancy' and will run for 2 weeks!

We have 4 fab sponsors who are -

The Hobby House whose prize is a £10 voucher

Wild Orchid Crafts whose prize is a £10 voucher.

Crafters Companion whose prize is a £10 voucher.

Crafty Sentiments whose prize is a choice of 3 digi images.

Here's my DT card.

I used a mixture of dies from the Sue Wilson range from the New York collection for the main part of the card, the flowers are also Sue Wilson dies.