This is one of the many small cross stitch designs I completed over the summer - this is 'Fat Cat' from a design by Mouseloft.
After finishing the stitching I used two circle dies and a snippet of dark orange textured card to make a frame. I trimmed around the edge of the stitching and applied dots of acrylic glue to fasten it to the back of the frame before attaching it to the centre of the card blank.
Kath x
I wish everyone a Merry Christmas - wherever you are and whatever you are doing over the holiday period.
We should have been going away in our campervan for Christmas, but due to the alarming increase in Covid numbers have changed our plans and are staying at home. Weather permitting we'll go walking over the next few days - we'll have to wait and see!
Take care and stay safe.
Kath x
As always, my final Christmas card of the year is the one I've made for Steve - this year I've made a rainbow Christmas tree.
I trimmed a piece of white card so it was slightly smaller than the card blank and placed it into my MISTI. I placed the Christmas tree on the card and lined up the two parts of the sentiment 'To a Very Special' and 'Husband' stamps. I stamped these several times in dark brown ink to get a good deep colour and then embossed them with clear embossing powder before attaching the panel to the card front. I stamped the tree trunk onto a snippet of wood effect paper, fussy cut it and attached it to the card. I then coloured the baubles with red, orange, gold, green, blue and purple Promarkers before adding Glossy Accents to make then shine.
To make this card I used:
7" x 5" white matt card blank
Woodware 'Christmas Bubble Tree' and Clearly Besotted 'Happy Birthday All' stamps
Versafine Vintage Sepia ink
Promarkers
Glossy Accents
Snippet of wood effect paper and white matt card
I am entering the following challenges:
AAA Cards - Christmas
52 Christmas Card Throwdown - Pick a Previous Challenge (I chose the November Colour Challenge - Rainbow)
Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge - December Challenge
We Love Stamping - CAS
Kath x
A quick Christmas card today using a new die I bought to make some last minute cards.
I trimmed a piece of white card so it was slightly smaller than the card blank and die cut the bauble from the centre. I trimmed a snippet of pale gold paper so it was slightly smaller than the panel and sprayed it with Spray & Sparkle. When the paper had dried I placed it to the rear of the white panel and attached it to the card front. I die cut and embossed the bauble from a snippet of dark blue pearlescent card and inlaid it into the card front.
To make this card I used:
6" x 6"white matt card blank
Xcut 'Large Ornate Bauble' die
Snippets of white matt card, dark blue pearlescent card and pale gold paper
Crafter's Companion Spray and Sparkle
I am entering the following challenges:
Allsorts - Anything Winter
Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes With Dies - December Challenge
Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes
NBUS - Challenge 33 (my new bauble die)
Winter Wonderland - Anything Christmas Goes
Kath x
I made this snippets card for the Christmas Draw Challenge in Pixie's Snippets Playground using snippets left over from other cards.
I die cut five stitched squares from gold mirri and five layered poinsettias from red embossed card. I placed the card blank into my MISTI and laid the gold squares across it so I could see where to place the sentiment. I removed the squares and stamped the sentiment a couple of times in dark red ink and then once in a brighter red ink so it matched the colour of the poinsettias. I attached the gold squares with Pinflair glue to give me a little 'wriggle room' so I could line them up evenly and then attached the poinsettias. The gold centres were die cut from teeny tiny snippets of gold mirri left over from die cutting the squares - these were then attached to the centre of the poinsettias.
I made this card using an Anchor kit and although it was called a cross stitch kit it was all stitched in backstitch.
After stitching the golden bauble I set it aside to make the frame. I attached a snippet of gold glitter paper to a piece of white card and die cut a frame with two square dies. I trimmed the fabric so it was slightly smaller than the frame and attached it with red super sticky tape. I then attached the topper to the centre of the card front with more super sticky tape.
I made this Christmas card for Steve's niece - I had already made a similar card in bright colours for her brother but thought these colours were a bit more girlie.
I trimmed a piece of white hammer card so it was slightly smaller than the card blank, rounded the corners and attached it to the front of the card. I die cut the tree from a snippet of dark purple pearlescent card and attached it to the centre. I used smaller snippets of lilac and pink pearlescent to cut the leaves which were then inlaid into the card.
To make this card I used:
6" x 4" white hammer card blank
Sizzix 'Trees - Leafy' die
Woodware 'Corner Rounder' punch
Snippets of white hammer card and purple, lilac and pink pearlescent card
I am entering the following challenges:
Christmas Kickstart Challenge - If It's Christmassy, Link it Up
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Quick and Easy
Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies - December Challenge
Winter Wonderland - Anything Christmas Goes
Kath x
I made this Christmas card for one of my teenage nephews.
I stamped Rudolph onto a snippet of white card and cut it with the coordinating die before colouring it with Promarkers. I die cut a frame from a snippet of white hammer card using two oblong dies. I put the card blank it into my MISTI and placed the frame and Rudolph on top so I could see where to position the sentiment. I removed the frame and Rudolph before stamping the sentiment in black ink. The frame and Rudolph were then attached to the card with foam tape. To finish I added Glossy Accents to Rudolph's nose.
To make this card I used:
6" x 4" white hammer card blank
Clearly Besotted 'Let's Prance' stamps and coordinating die
My Favorite Things 'Inside & Out Stitched Rrectangle STAX Die-namics
Promarkers
Snippets of white matt and white hammer card
Glossy Accents
I am entering the following challenges:
CAS on Friday - Christmas
Christmas Kickstart Challenge - If It's Chrissmassy, Link It Up
Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies - December Challenge
Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge - Christmas Characters (I've chosen Rudolph)
Kath x
This is the final cross stitch stained glass Christmas decoration I made from a design in Christmas Cross Stitching magazine. After finishing the stitching I ironed thin interfacing onto the back of fabric, trimmed the edge and inserted into a small plastic frame. I attached a piece of white felt to the back of the decoration and a small piece of dark blue ribbon to the top.
Kath x
I had made a cross stitch Christmas card for my mum, but as she has recently told me she doesn't like cross stitch cards I thought I'd better make another card for her!
I attached a piece of gold mirri card to the front of the card blank, leaving a small border around the edge. I then cut a piece of white card slightly smaller than the mirri and placed it into my MISTI. I lay the tree stamp, 'Merry Christmas' and 'Mum' stamps onto the card and stamped them several times with dark green ink to get a good depth of colour. I then embossed the tree and sentiment with clear embossing powder. I used a gold gel pen to colour the decorations on the tree before attaching the panel to the gold mirri.
To make this card I used:
7" x 5" white matt card blank
Woodware 'Delightful Dangles - Christmas Tree', Clearly Besotted 'Cheerful Christmas' and Clearly Besotted 'Happy Birthday All' stamps
Versafine Olympia Green ink
Gold gel pen
Gold mirri and white matt card
I am entering the following challenges:
Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes
Merry Little Christmas Challenge - Anything Christmas Goes
We Love Stamping - Anything Goes with CAS option
Winter Wonderland - Anything Christmas Goes
Kath x
I'm still trying to catch up with making Christmas cards as well as using as much as possible from my snippets mountain.
For this card I embossed a piece of white card and trimmed around the edges before layering it onto a piece of red embossed card and attaching it to the card blank. I die cut JOY from red card and attached the 'J' and 'Y' to the centre of the panel. I die cut three poinsettias from red card, layered them and attached them to the centre of the card. To finish I die cut seven small gold dots and attached them to the centre of the poinsettia.
To make this card I used:
6" x 4" white matt card blank
Creative Expressions 'Festive Collection - Joy', All Occasion Dies 'Small Poinsettia' and Memory Box 'Mini Holly Leaves'
Xcut 'Swirls' embossing folder
Snippets of dark red embossed card, white matt card and gold mirri
I'm not entering any challenges with this card as I CASEd it from Darnell's JOY card in her Christmas Parade - thank you for the inspiration Darnell!
Kath x
Another Christmas card made with more snippets and a magazine cover gift die.
I trimmed the green paper, layered it onto gold mirri card and attached it to the card blank. I die cut the Nativity bauble from dark blue pearlescent card and attached it to the panel. I then die cut the swirl bauble and a large star from gold mirri before attaching them over the top of the Nativity scene.
To make this card I used:
5" x 5" white matt card blank
Memory Box 'Nativity Bauble' die (magazine cover gift)
Snippets of dark blue pearlescent card, gold mirri and Funky Fossil 'In To The Blue' paper
I am entering the following challenges:
Allsorts - Use a Die
Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes
Merry Little Christmas Challenge - Anything Christmas Goes
Winter Wonderland - Anything Christmas Goes
Kath x