Let it Snow

The current Winter Wonderland challenge is 'Christmas Carol/Song' and as soon as I saw this magazine freebie embossing folder I knew I wanted to use it for my 'Let it Snow' card.  More snowflakes, so I'm also making another entry into the Christmas Cards All Year Round 'Snowflake' challenge.

Card blank: 6" x 6" white pearl
Stamp: 'Let it Snow' (magazine freebie)
Embossing folder: 'Snowflakes' (magazine freebie)
Ink: Versafine Deep Lagoon
Card: White shimmer and turquoise mirri
Other: Clear embossing powder

I embossed a square of white card, trimmed it to size, layered into onto turquoise mirri card and attached it to the card front.   I stamped the image onto white card and embossed it with clear embossing powder.   This was trimmed to size, layered onto turquoise mirri card and attached to the centre of my card.

Kath x

August Rudolph Day

It's hard to believe that this is the eighth Rudolph Day of the year - and here is my card!  As there are snowflakes on the card, I'm also entering the Christmas Cards All Year Round 'Snowflake' challenge.

Card blank: 6" x 4" white silk 
Die: Memory Box 'Grand Merry Christmas'
Punch: Woodware snowflake 
Card: White silk
Paper: Pink mistletoe and snowflake paper glitter paper
Other: Clear gems

I covered the card with the pink paper - the snowflakes and mistletoe berries were already glittered.  I die-cut the Merry Christmas and attached it to the bottom of the card.  I punched three snowflakes, attached them to the card and added clear gems to the centre of each.

Kath x

Live, Love, Laugh

I made this card for the current Less is More sketch challenge.  The papers are from my snippets drawer so I'm also in the playground at Pixie's Crafty Workshop.

Card blank: 7" x 5" white silk 
Stamp: From the Heart (magazine freebie)
Ink: Memento Gray Flannel
Snippets:  BoBunny Isabella papers 

Following the sketch, I trimmed a piece of grey floral paper to fit the bottom corner of the card and marked the top line before stamping the sentiment.  I then attached the paper to the front of my card.  I found an even smaller piece of paper which had some of the corner flowers, so I fussy cut them and attached them using Pinflair glue.   A strip of co-ordinating paper was attached under the sentiment.

Kath x

Forever Friends With Love

This anniversary card was made following the current Freshly Made Sketches challenge.  I used one of my recent bargain purchases - I bought the Forever Friends paper pad for 50p!  I'm also paying a visit to Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper challenge.

Card blank: 7" x 7" white silk 
Stamp: Hobby Art 'With Love'
Die: Cuttlebug 'Concentric Hearts'
Ink: Versafine Crimson Red
Card: Dark red 
Paper: Forever Friends 'With Love' paper pad
Other: Wink of Stella

I layered the decorated paper onto red card and attached it to front of the card.  I cut the bears from the other papers and decoupaged them onto my card, using foam tape between the layers.  I stamped the sentiment onto a strip of white card, layered it onto red card and attached it to the card.  I die-cut two concentric hearts and attached them to the left of my sentiment and added a Wink of Stella to the sentiment.

Kath x

Snowflakes

I made this card following the current sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch and as I've used snowflake paper I'm entering the Christmas Cards All Year Round 'Snowflake' challenge as well as another visit to the playground at Pixue's Crafty Workshop.

Card blank: 7" x 5" white silk 
Die: Presscut 'Merry Christmas'
Snippets: Gold mirri card and red snowflake paper

I layered a piece of red snowflake paper onto gold mirri card and, following the sketch, attached it to the card.   I then die-cut the sentiment and attached it to the lower edge of the paper.

Kath x

Merry Monday Christmas Tree

The current Merry Monday challenge is to use 'Light Green, Dark Green and Red'.  I've used my Tipsy Tree stamp for this quick and simple snippet card so I'm entering the current ABC Christmas Challenge which is 'Q for Quantum Leap' (I have chosen 'K for Keep it Simple') and I'm also heading to the playground at Pixie's Crafty Workshop.

Card blank: 6" x 4" white silk 
Stamps: Woodware 'Tipsy Tree' and ' Christmas Bubble Tree'
Ink: Versafine Vintage Sepia
Snippets: Red and white card, light green, dark green, red and brown papers

I stamped the tree and sentiment onto white card, trimmed it size, layered it onto red card and then attached it to the card front.  The tree was then stamped onto the various papers and paper pieced - simple!

Kath x

Summer Flowers

This card was made for the Penny Black 'Summer Flowers' challenge and I used the sketch from this week's Freshly Made Sketches challenge.  I'm also entering the Seize the Birthday 'Anything Goes' challenge.

Card blank: 6" x 6" white silk 
Stamps: Penny Black 'Awakening', Hobby Art 'General Greetings'
Die: Memory Box 'Wicker Panel'
Punch: Woodware square
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Colouring: Faber-Castell pencils
Card: Green and white moondust card

I die-cut a wicker panel and attached it to the bottom of the card using Spray Mount.  The image was stamped onto white card and I added a hint of colour with the coloured pencils.   This was trimmed to size, layered onto green card and attached to the card front with foam tape.   The sentiment was stamped onto white card, trimmed to a strip and I used a square punch to make the fish tail - this was then attached to the card with foam tape.

Kath x

Red and Green Christmas Tree

My latest Christmas card is going to be entered into three challenges - 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown colour challenge to use 'Traditional Red and Green', Sparkles Christmas Challenge 'Ditch the Design Papers' and Christmas Cards All Year Round 'Snowflakes'.

Card blank: 6" x 6" white silk 
Stamp: Woodware 'Bubble Bloom - Festive Tree'
Embossing: Snowflake embossing folder (magazine freebie)
Ink: Versafine Vintage Sepia
Other: Dark red card candi, green nail heads, lime green Stickles, Wink of Stella

To make this quick card, I embossed the front of the card and stamped the Festive Tree in the centre.  I decorated the tree with card candi, nail heads and Stickles and then highlighed the snowflakes with a Wink of Stella.

Kath x

Angel and Snowflakes

The August challenge at Christmas Cards All Year Round is 'Snowflakes' and  I made this card using the sketch at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown.  The paper, card and ribbon are from my snippets drawer so I'm paying my final visit to the playground at Pixie's Crafty Workshop.

Card blank: 6" x 6" white silk 
Image:  Lili of the Valley 'Pretty Christmas' pre-coloured topper
Other: Wink of Stella
Snippets: Gold card, gold and blue snowflake paper, gold ribon

I layered the topper onto gold card, the blue and gold snowflake paper were trimmed to size and layered onto gold card.   I layered these following the sketch and then wrapped a piece of gold ribbon around the bottom before attaching it to the card blank.  I attached a small piece of ribbon to make a bow and then highlighted the angel with a Wink of Stella.  Quick and easy - in fact it took me longer to find the papers amongst all of my snippets than it took to make the card!

Kath x

Butterfly and Washi Tape

The current Butterfly Challenge is 'W for Washi Tape' and as I've used lots of snippets of card I'm off to see Eve again in the playground at Pixie's Crafty Workshop.

Card blank: 6" x 4" white silk 
Stamp: Woodware 'Tapestry Bouquet'
Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilites 'Wonky Rectangles', Memory Box 'Pippi Butterfly'
Embossing folder: Cuttlebug 'Swiss Dots', Kars tan embossing mat
Ink: Mememto Rich Cocoa
Colouring: Faber-Castel colour pencils
Other: Bo Bunny washi tape
Snippets: White card

I embossed a snippet of white card, cut it in half (as it wasn't long enough) and attached it to the top and bottom of the card front.   I attached strips of washi tape to a snippet of card before die-cutting and embossing a large wonky rectangle.  This was attached to the card front with foam tape.   The image was stamped onto another snippet of white card, coloured with pencils, die-cut, embossed and attached to the card.   More strips of the pink washi tape were attached to an even smaller snippet of white card and used to die-cut the Pippi butterfly.   This was then attached to the top of the card.

Kath x

Pastel Christmas

The current challenge at Merry Monday is to use 'Pastels' and I've used my new Woodware stamp - my OH gave me a lots of stamps and papers for my birthday present and this is one of them!   I've used snippets of card, paper and ribbon so I'm also popping across to the playground at Pixie's Crafty Workshop to say hello to Eve.

Card blank: 6" x 6" white silk 
Stamp: Woodware 'Curly Christmas'
Punch: Woodware squared corner
Ink: Versafine Vintage Sepia
Other: Wink of Stella
Snippets: White card, turquoise, pink and lemon paper, pink ribbon

I trimmed the turquoise paper to fit the front of the card and wrapped pink ribbon around the left side before attaching it to the card.  An even smaller snippet of pink ribbon was tied around this to make a small bow.  The image was stamped onto white card, this was trimmed to size and the corners punched before it was attached to the card.  I then used snippets of turquoise, pink and lemon paper to paper piece the letters, holly and stars.  The   To finish, I highlighted sections of the letters, holly and stars with a Wink of Stella.

Kath x

Friendship Day

Today is Friendship Day and I made this card for a friend I used to work with as the LOTV image reminded me of the many lunch hours we have spent having a gossip over a cup of coffee.  I'm also sharing this super simple card with all my blog friends.

Card blank: 6" x 6" kraft 
Image: Lili of the Valley 'Coffee Break' pre-coloured topper
Punch: Woodware square corner
Card: Brown matt

I trimmed the topper slightly and punched the corners before layering it onto brown card and attaching it to the card front.  Enjoy your day!

Kath x

Goodbye and Good Luck

The last Cuttlebug Mania challenge before Summerstop is 'Goodbye' so I've made this Goodbye and Good Luck card.

Card blank: 6" x 4" white silk 
Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilites A2 Curved Borders One and Memory Box Beautiful Baloon
Other: Computer generated sentiment 'Algerian' font
Snippets: Bird paper, white and maroon moondust card

I covered the card blank with bird paper.  The sentiment was printed in maroon onto white card and die-cut with a curved border die, this was then attached to the lower section of the card.  The balloon was die cut from maroon moondust card and attached to the card front with foam tape.

Kath x