Today's 'Seahorse' cross stitch notecard is made with a Mouseloft Stitchlets kit.
Today's notecard is made with a small blackwork design that had been a cover gift with a magazine.
After stitching the design I used two stitched circle dies and a snippet of black 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.
Today's 'Rainbow Heart' cross stitch notecard is made with a design by Fandom Cross Stitchery.
I've stitched this Clematis design a few times as it doesn't take too long to stitch and I love the colours of the flower.
After stitching the design I used two stitched circle dies and a snippet of mauve 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.
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