Trenouths Crafty Creations: baubles

Monday, 18 September 2023

Tartan Christmas cards

Good Morning everyone

Today is a batch of Christmas cards. I was given this lovely papercuts die for my birthday & thought it would be ideal with this tartan cardstock for many years.

Card sise 6x5" I made my cardbase from the tartan cardstock. Then die cut the bauble die cut from both white card and gold mirror card, i offset them so that the gold just gives a drop shadow and then attached to the top of the cardfront. I Also added a strip of the gold mirror card to the top edge and a stripe of the tartan towards the top of the white panel.

I die cut the sentiment from the white card and gold mirror, off set and adhered to the card front. Stickles diamond glitter glue added to the baubles for extra Christmas sparkle.

Version 2 using the 2nd tartan in the pack, there were 5 sheets of both the red & green so i made 10 cards like this. Nice and simple, the papercuts die is ideal for quick but effect cards - this die cuts nicely through 300gsm in one pass too so no faffing about😀.

Items Used:

Creative Expressions papercuts die 'bauble garland edger'

Joyscrafts seniment die

Tartan cardstock (very old, supplier no longer trading)

CraftsUK ltd white linen cardstock

Gold mirror cardstock

Ranger stickles 'diamond'

Id love to enter the following:

https://peaceonearthchristmas.blogspot.com/2023/09/peace-on-earth-christmas-challenge-48.html

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https://merrylittlechristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/09/mlccb-52-anything-christmas-goes-mlccb.html

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http://12monthsofchristmaslinkup.blogspot.com/2023/09/challenge-104-anything-goes-christmas.html

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Thursday, 13 July 2023

Mistletoe kisses

Good Morning everyone

These little cards came about after i had lots of off cuts of ivory gold pearl cardstock from my last set of cards that was too good to waste. So i first die cut them into small rectangles and then embossed them.

Card size approx:5.5x3" These were perfect for using up left over kraft card from previous cards too, the the kraft card is nice and soft to go with the ivory gold pearl. After dry embossing the panels i lightly inked over the top with distress ink 'evergreen bough & lucky clover' to help the embossing stand out. I then added the panels to the base card.

I die cut a mistletoe branch from off cuts of kraft card, the ivory gold & green satin. I adhered them in a little bunch and added a die cut bow. Sentiment stamped onto another scrap of kraft card with sepia ink and die cut into an oval. Crystal stickles glitter glue added to the berries, bow & sentiment to finish.

3 little cards. They might be small but i love them. Using left overs and snippets makes us get creative and come up with something different.

and version 2, these were slightly larger die cut rectangles

card size approx:3.5x5.5" Kraft card base. I embossed these rectangles with a lovely tree embossing folder and again lightly inked over the top with evergreen bough distress ink. I die cut a pine branch from left over ivory pearl, kraft card & green satin card and layered them up. I stamped some little baubles onto more kraft card with sepia ink and cut them out.

I attached thread to the back of the baubles and adhered them into place with glue gel, I then glued the thread to the branches - hopefully it stays stuck through the post - if i had thought about it beforehand i would have attached the thread to the back of the branches. To finish i added glossy accents to the baubles for a lovely shiny glass effect.