Exploding insert Christmas cards

Good Morning everyone

Today is Christmas cards using a beautiful paper pad from a Polish company called 'paper heaven' pad called 'swiateczna girlanda' , i teamed them up with very old spellbinders bauble & poinsettia dies and added an exploding insert made using 12x12 Christmas paper pads from the works. 

6x6" base card.   I first die cut the bauble and memory box collage die (one with little holes) from the centre of the paper, i then adhered gold mirror card to the card base front and added the outer frame of the paper with foam tape, i then adhered the bauble back in place, glued in flat, allowing the mirror card to shine though the holes from the collage die.  I then die cut a poinsettia and added to the centre of the bauble and die cut sentiment to finish.

For my exploding inserts i took a sheet of double sided 12x12" paper and folded using instructions from pinterest and glued into place.  Computer printed sentiment die cut into a bauble and a plain white paper bauble added to write our greeting on. 

 Trying to photograph it was interesting - hence my little light trying to hold it open, it does pop right out to easily write the greeting.

Showing it side on with the insert.  

Version 2

This time instead of gold mirror card i used a rose gold glitter card that went well with the colours in the beautiful paper. 

Version 3

The same but different, gold glitter card behind the holey apertures.  I added glossy accents to all the berries on the papers.

and the insert.  Id not left enough room around the printed sentiment to die cut into a bauble this time, so i die cut it into an oval and matted onto a gold glitter bauble.

I used this tutorial for my insert from Beccys Place blog as it was easy to follow with clear written instructions but more importantly for me clear photo step by step.  Actually its a lovely blog to take a look at when you have a minute - especially the a-z card folds page.  

(I have no affiliation with the blog) 

Items Used:

Paper Heaven pad 'swiateczna girlanda (christmas garland)

the works 12x12 paper pads 'classic christmas party' & the best time of the year' 

Spellbinders dies 'poinsettia' bauble'

  Memory box 'collage die' 

Cheerylynn sentiment die

crafters companion self adhesive glitter paper

gold mirror card

Thank you all for stopping by once again.  I hope you all have a great week. Emmax

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Spring Daffodils

Good Morning everyone

Today is a little Spring Daffodil card - my garden is so colourful at the moment with the daffodils & tulips in full flower.

Approx size 5.5x4"  I first cut my card base from orange pearl cardstock and a sizzix die, after folding a piece of A4 card in half i placed the top edge of the die just over the spine and ran through my machine.  I cut a small panel from a pale lilac cardstock and die cut the memory box die from the middle, i added orange mirror card behind this to shine through.

I die cut the daffodil twice from a left over piece of white pearl cardstock, i coloured it with alcohol markers, on the 2nd daff die cut i just cut out the daff trumpets and decoupaged them onto the main image to add some dimension.

Stamped sentiment to finish.

This photo really shows the orange mirror card in the background.

Items Used:

Sizzix 658204

Memory box

Daffodil die

Oval die

Clearly besotted sentiment stamp

Alcohol markers

Orange pearl card

Lilac cardstock

Thank you all for stopping by.  I hope you all enjoy your Easter Weekend. Stay safe. Emmax

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Non Traditional Christmas Colours

Good Morning everyone.

Its time for a new challenge over at Make My Monday.  The theme for the next fortnight picked by Mia is:

NON TRADITIONAL COLOURS FOR CHRISTMAS

So not really a challenge for me as those of you following me over the years know any colour goes for me even at Christmas.  For this set of cards i have gone with a more traditional Christmas image though of the Angel. 

Purple and green version.  Full details are below. 

I first die cut black card using a spellbinders grand label 1 and folded it in half to create my base card.  I cut a smaller white size, cut in half and counted on the front and back of the base, i then added a strip of inked card the same as ive used on the topper panel.

For the topper panel i die cut a white scalloped label 1 die and then die cut into it with a Tim Holtz mixed media die.  I mounted over inked card using foam tape and then added to a black labels 1 die cut.  I then die cut the Angel in contrasting inked card - ideal for all those little snippets i have amassed over the year from my brusho/pixie powder backgrounds.  I also cut the Angel from black card and added to the back as a shadow to help her stand out on the card.  I gently shaped her and added to the front with glue gel.  I only added glue to her body so her wings are free. Stamped greeting.

I then added the topper panel to my base card and added some gems picking up on the base colours.  Finished size is approx 5x5"

View from the top, a easy design to make with any square shaped dies.  

Just a close up of the angel

Purple & Green version, here i used the memory box collage die for the background.

Red and blue/lilac version

Red & Glittery Purple version.  I am slowly making a dent in all the off cuts ive collected all year from my sheets using brushos, pixie powders, inks etc and here the Angel is small enough to use up the little bits (approx  2x2").  I also seem to be using alot of dies this Christmas that cut into the card rather than out.  They seem to be a good way to add interest and depth without lots of layers. 

Items Used:

Echo Park Angel die

Tim Holtz Mixed Media dies

Memory box collage die

Spellbinders Labels 1 and grand labels 1

Brushos, pixie powders & wink of stellas

So if you fancy joining in with us and make a Christmas card with unusual colours and to just see what colours the others come up with do hop over to MMM

Thank you for popping by, I hope you all have a good week. Hugs Emmax

1st Blog Birthday

Good Morning all, gosh can you believe today my blog is 1 year old, and what a year.  Thank you to all my regular followers and those that stop by now and then.

Today i am sharing a batch of cards that came together from backgrounds made with brusho/pixie powder mix left over from my Christmas cards and the white inverted scallop squares which were the 'left over' from die cut frames i used. 

Lemon & Blue combo, Violet flower die

5x5 cardbase.  I die cut the tim holtz mixed media die into my white top panel, this i mounted over a panel of lemon & blue brusho cardstock.  I cut my violets from the same card, i added a little blue glue to the flower centres.  Sentiment can easily be changed to any occasion. 

5x5" White base card.  Square mat cut from my backing paper.  I then die cut the collage corner die into the topper, stamped sentiment in grey and mounted with 3D foam.  Die cut butterflies and glitter glue to finish.

This first one is a lilac/green combo

Orange & Lilac combo.  The photos don't really do the colours justice as the pixie powders really do sparkle when the light hits them.

Lilac & Peach, Tim holtz mixed media corner die

Orange & Blue combo

Green & Orange,

And finally a mix up of orange, green & Lilac.  I gently shaped the butterfly wings and only add glue down the middle so that the wings are lifted up off the card.  

Items Used:

Tim Holtz Mixed Media dies

Poppystamps Ring Collage die 1760

Sizzix Butterfly die set

Memory box viola die

Double stitched square die set

Justrite sentiment stamps

Brusho's & Pixie powders

If you fancy seeing what my first upload was 

My First Upload



and this shows you the cards that i had the backgrounds and toppers left over from

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So thank you for stopping by once again and all your support, i look forward to continuing my blogland discovery with you all.  Emma