Nordic Christmas

I've made this card for this week's 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown Theme Challenge - Nordic Christmas.   As all the papers and card are from my snippets drawer, I'm also in the playground at Pixie's Crafty Workshop.

Christmas tree die (magazine freebie)
Kraft card
Red and white papers (magazine freebies)

I die cut the Christmas tree from kraft card, attached it to a small piece of white card and layered it onto kraft card.  The red and white papers were attached to a square of kraft card.  The join was covered with a strip of red hearts paper, which was layered onto a strip of kraft card.  The tree topper was attached with foam tape.

Kath x

Red and Gold Christmas Tree

This week's 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown colour challenge is to use 'Red or Blue, Black and White, Gold or Silver.  As everything is from my snippets drawer, I'm also in the playground at Pixie's Crafty Workshop.

Woodware Holly tree stamp
Red and gold papers
Stickles
Black gems
Versafine Black Onyx ink

I stamped the tree onto red paper and attached it to the card blank.   The holly leaves, pot and star were stamped onto gold paper and attached to the tree.  To finish, I decorated the tree with Stickles and black gems.

Kath x

Ice Skating Don

This card was made for this week's Winter Wonderland challenge with the theme 'Boys will be Boys.

Marianne Design 'Ice Skating Don' (magazine freebie)
Sentiment (free with magazine)
Woodware snowflake punch
Red mirri card
Blue snowflake paper (magazine freebie)
Promarkers
Gems
Versafine Smoky Gray ink
Clear embossing powder

I stamped and embossed the image and sentiment, layered them onto red mirri card.  The snowflake paper was layered onto red mirri card and attached to the card front.  I stamped and embossed the image and sentiment, coloured the image, layered them onto red mirri card attached them to the card front.  To finish, I attached three snowflakes to the card and added gems to the centres.

Kath x

Happy Anniversary

This week's Less is More challenge is one-layer with the theme 'Beverages'.

Woodware 'Champagne Celebration' stamp
Hobby Art ' General Greetings' stamps
Promarkers
Crystal Stickles
Glossy Accents
Versafine Smoky Gray ink
Clear embossing powder

I stamped and embossed the image and sentiment.   The image was coloured with Promarkers and then I used Stickles on the champagne bubbles and glossy accents on the hearts.

Kath x

Bubble Bloom

One of the other stamps my OH bought for my birthday is the Judith Bubble Bloom, which I've used on this card for my trip into the playground at Pixie's Crafty Workshop.

Woodware Bubble Bloom Judith stamp
Woodware Crafty Edger and Antique Floral cassette
Woodware squared corner cutter
Pink Moondust card
Brown floral paper and oddments of green/pink paper
Pink card candi
Gold nail heads
Lime green Stickles
Glossy Accents

I used the Antique Floral cassette on a piece of brown floral paper, cut the paper to size and attached it to the card blank.  The image was stamped onto white card and embossed before being trimmed to size, layered onto pink card and attached to the card front.  The image was decorated with pink card candi, gold nail heads and stickles.   The flower centre was a circle of green paper with a layer of Glossy Accents and the leaves were paper pieced with scraps of co-ordinating paper.

Kath x

Another Christmas Tree!

This is another card using my new Christmas tree stamp.  I’ve made the card for the 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown ‘Pick a Previous Sketch’ challenge and have used the sketch from January 2013.

Woodware Bubble Bloom Festive Tree
Woodware Crafty Edger & Ribbon Punch cassette
Silver mirri card
Dark red sentiment paper
Magic of Christmas card candi
Red and silver nail heads
Silver stickles


I used the Crafty Edger Ribbon Punch on the long edge of a piece of silver mirri card and then attached a piece of dark red sentiment paper before attaching it to my card blank.  I stamped the image onto white card, trimmed it to size and layered it onto silver mirri card.   The image was decorated with card candi, nail heads and stickles before being attached to the card with foam tape.

Kath x

August Rudolph Day

I love my new Christmas stamp and it's a great way of using oddments of card candi and nail heads, so I've made more cards for my first visit to Sarn's Rudolph Day challenge.

Woodware  Bubble Bloom Festive Tree stamp
Card candi
Nail heads
Stickles

I stamped the Christmas tree onto my card blank and decorated it with card candi, nail heads and stickles.   A great way of filling my Christmas card box!

Kath x

Sparkle and Shine at Christmas time

I made this card using a new stamp which was part of my birthday present from my OH.   I'm entering the card into this week's Less is More sketch challenge and also into the 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown 'Glitter and Bling' challenge.

Woodware Bubble Bloom Festive Tree stamp
Gold mirri card
Card Candi
Nail heads
Stickles

I stamped the image and sentiment onto white card, trimmed them to size and layered them onto gold mirri card. The image was decorated with card candi, nail heads and stickles.  I turned the sketch on its side to assemble the card, using foam pads to attach the image above the sentiment.

Kath x

Decorated notebook

I made this notebook for a friend and as it was made with various items from my snippets drawer, I'm also in the playground at Pixie's Crafty Workshop.

Upcycled dress and stamped panel (thanks Lori!)
Gold moondust and black mirri card
Floral paper
Spellbinders oval and scalloped oval dies
Cream paper ribbon
Black and yellow ribbon
Purple button

I attached floral paper to a piece of gold card then wrapped the paper ribbon and black ribbon around it before attaching it to the front of a notebook.  I resized the stamped panel, layered it onto a black scalloped oval and then attached it to the front of the notebook.   I wrapped yellow ribbon around the dress and added a purple button before attaching the image with foam pads.

Kath x

You are Sew Special

I made this card for this week's Freshly Made Sketches challenge.

Aspire Sew Pretty papers and topper (magazine freebie)
Kraft card
Pink ribbon
Silver elastic (upcycled from a box of chocolates!)
Scissors charm

I cut three strips of co-ordinating paper and layered them onto kraft card, they were then attached to white card and layered onto kraft card.  Pink ribbon was wrapped around the panel.  I made small holes in the topper, threaded the charm onto the silver elastic and wrapped this around the pink ribbon before attaching the panel to the card front.

Kath x

Congratulations!

I made this card for a wedding anniversary for a friend who loves bling.   I'm entering this card into this week's Less is More challenge which is 'Anything Goes'.  The peel-offs and gems are all from my 'oddments' tray so I'm also visiting the playground at Pixie's Crafty Workshop.

Woodware heart peel-offs
Sentiment peel-off
Gems

One of the heart peel-offs was attached to the card front, the second was attached to a scrap of card and cut out.  Gems were attached to both hearts and the second heart was attached with foam tape.  To finish, I attached a peel-off sentiment.

Kath x

I'm blogging again!

I haven't really been on holiday for a year!  

For various reasons I've not had a lot of time over the past year and blogging was one of the things that I decided to stop for a while.   Things have hopefully calmed down now and I'm back to cardmaking and blogging.

More posts to follow soon!

Kath x