Happy New Year

Good Evening everyone

I hope you all had a good Christmas, due to life and ill health I haven't been able to post for a while so im doing a mass upload of my Christmas cards so that I have a record of them.

Wishing you all a Happy and more importantly a Healthy New Year. 

Christmas Poinsettia's

Using up offcuts of acetate, i had some folded thin strips which i adhered between folded strips of white pearl cardstock - these were also offcuts from making card blanks.  Sentiment stamped with iced spruce distress ink using Lisa Horton stamps 'festive flurry sentiments'.  Tim holtz tattered poinsettia die used to cut more offcuts of acetate which were coloured with red alcohol inks. 

Version 2 - the holly was die cut from silver mirror card which was coloured with green alcohol inks  Cheerylynn holly die    Gold gems added for some bling.  I used lightly patterned papers for  my inserts which show through the acetate panels

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Christmas patchwork

Using Lisa Horton 'Diagonal square background' 'LHCCD073'  I die cut lots of little offcuts & scraps from various Christmas papers, green pearl card, red satin card and gold mirror card and paper pieced them together.

Ideal for batch making and very therapeutic to make.

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Nativity

Woodware 'rejoice' stamp set  I have stamped the image onto white vellum and coloured the back with alcohol markers.  Used DL nesting dies to make a frame and mounted onto a white card blank.  Touch of glitter glue added.

The same but different colourway

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Winter berries

aall&create stamps 'squiggles' #498, MFT christmas sentiment die, star die.   I stamped the berries with a green ombre ink pad and inked the edges with the same ink, matted onto a dark green pearl cardstock and then my white base card.  I then raided my scrap box and die cut the sentiment from red satin card and the star from white and gold mirri card and layered up.  Glitter then added to the berries to finish. 

Sadly the photos don't do the satin & mirror cards justice

This version is gold mirri for the sentiment, red satin for the star outline and gold glitter card for the stars body.

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Father Christmas

Using Katzelkraft stamps 'reindeer sleigh' 'SOLO144' , hunkydory snowfall acetate I stamped the image and watercoloured with my derwent inktense pencils and cut out.  I used an Ivory violet pearl cardstock for the base, frames and sentiment.  Using a Christmas paper pad from the works (called let it snow) for my inserts which also acted as the background showing through the snowfall acetate on the front. Sentiment is an old magazine freebie which i stamped with a blue ink so softer than black. 

Different colourways

Thank you all for popping by.  I look forward to getting back into blogland and seeing all your creations this year.  Happy Crafting for 2024! Emmax

 

A Child is born

Good Morning everyone

These Christmas cards came about after id made these (see here) everyday cards with off cuts of acetate.  I always make a few nativity based Christmas cards and thought this really old chocolate baroque stamp would look great with acetate for a stained window effect.  Ive kept everything else white so the colour really pops. 

Card size 6.5x5.5"    I first stamped the image onto acetate with stazon ink, then on the back i added colour with alcohol inks.  I attached strips of white linen card to either side, i added a little tacky pva to each side of the image and then the white card on top, so no glue is on the actual stamped image.  I then added 3d foam to the back of the white card panels and added to my cardbase.  This lifts the image enough for the light to shine through.  

The strips added either side were actually the offcuts from cutting my base card so i didn't need to cut into another sheet of card.

I stamped the image again onto white, added subtle colour with alcohol markers and cut out just mary and child, this i glued flat into place on the window.  Computer printed sentiment and glitter glue to finish. 

You can really see the diamond stickles i used on the halo's

Version 2 using blue, lilac & green alcohol inks and star dust stickles

and version 3, the alcohol inks are more mottled on this version

Items Used:

Chocolate baroque stamp set - a child is born

Ranger Tim Holtz alcohol inks

Acetate

Ranger stickles glitter glue - diamond, star dust

CraftUk Ltd white linen cardstock

Thank you all for popping by.  Hugs Emmax

Id love to enter the following:

https://peaceonearthchristmas.blogspot.com/2021/11/peace-on-earth-christmas-challenge-4.html

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http://thehollyandivychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2021/11/challenge-106-anything-christmas-goes.html

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We three Kings

Good Morning All.

So Ive finally made a start on this years Christmas cards.  Kicking it off with these simple ones using a lovely paper cuts die.  Still using up my pile of cardstock, these are using a lovely soft gold pearl card as the base.

6x6 " card.  After making my cardbase from the soft gold card i die cut the 3 kings die from the front and then added a little colour with oxide inks in peacock, pistachio & violet.  I then made inserts from colourful heavyweight Christmas paper which i glued inside, this then makes the card more study to compensate for most of the card front being missing.  I only added a little glue to near the spine on the front of it so that the front is free which hopefully you can see from the photo - just to add some interest to what is otherwise a completely flat card.  I added a strip of the paper i used for the insert to the bottom of the front to help tie it together. 

Soft gold pearl with a blue insert.  peacock, crackling campfire & violet oxide inks

and a purple insert version. Crackling campfire, peacock & pistachio oxide inks.  Sadly the photos don't show how love the gold pearl card is.  This die cut through the 300gsm cardstock perfectly first time - ideal for batch making those Christmas cards. 

Items Used:

Creative Expressions papercuts die 'We three kings edger'

Soft gold Pearl 300gsm cardstock

12x12 paper pads - the works

Distress Oxide inks 'Wilted Violet, Pistachio, Peacock feathers, crackling campfire

 

Thank you all for stopping by.  Emmax

Id love to enter the following:

http://thehollyandivychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2021/09/challenge-101-anything-christmas-goes.html

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Nativity Tri-Fold card

Good Morning everyone.

Today im sharing a tri fold Christmas card using this fab nativity die set from Spellbinders.  

Approx size A6 (4x6")  I first took a sheet of A4 card and scored and folded into three using the DL line on my scoreboard.  I then took the outside cutting die to die cut a window in the front and middle sections, i did this in one go through both layers so that they line up perfectly.  As my arch dies aren't deep enough to cut 3 layers of 300gsm, i drew around the largest die at the top of the card and hand cut to give an arched window shape to my cardblank.  I then used an distress embossing folder to emboss the whole cardbase.

I then die cut the silhouette scene from black pearl card and the star rays from gold mirror card. I used a crealies arch die to cut them bigger than the aperture so i could glue them in easily - so the front panel is glued in from the back to hide all glue.  I added ombre paper to the back panel to show through the windows.  

Computer printed sentiment and die cut holly from gold mirror card and glitter glue holly berries to finish.

Showing it stood up with the light shining through the layers

My middle panel i added some little die cut donkeys for the stable from the black pearl cardstock.  

Just a close up

Showing it from above.  So as not to spoil the effect when its stood on the mantle piece i opted to put the sentiment and place to write on the back of the back panel so you can't see writing through my windows. 

Items Used:

Spellbinders 3D Holiday Nativity Vignette set 

Crealies XL Stitched arch die set

Joanna Sheen donkey dies

Memory box mini holly die

Crafters companion 8x8 distress embossing folder

B&M Ombre 12x12 paper pad

B&M Gold mirror card

CraftUK smooth white cardstock

Payper Box Black pearl cardstock

Thank you for all your amazing comments on my halloween project last week.  I hope you have a good week. Stay safe.  Hugs Emma

Id love to enter the following:

https://merrylittlechristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2020/10/mlccb-27-october-anything-christmas-goes.html

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http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/2020/10/challenge-499-christmas.html

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https://52cct.blogspot.com/2020/10/october-technique-challenge.html

 

Away in A Manger

Good Morning everyone.

Today im sharing my first set of Christmas cards.  I went with a stained glass feel and the traditional Nativity scene.

6x6" cardblank.  I first die cut the scene from black cardstock and attached a square of acetate behind.  I then used Imagination Crafts Starlight paints on the back of the acetate with a sponge, it needed 2 layers but the paint dries fast.

 I then cut a piece of white cardstock smaller than my cardfront and die cut the nativity die from the middle of it so that i had a 'window'  recess to sit my black one back in.  I then embossed the panel with a brick design embossing folder.  I attached this panel over my nativity scene, mounted onto black card and then the cardbase.   To avoid waste i did actually cut my black nativity from the piece of card i used as my 'mat' layer as i knew it wouldn't be seen so no one would know.

I then stamped a greeting and die cut into shape.  I die cut some winter foliage from card painted with shades of green Starlight paints and added underneath the sentiment. 

Version 2, i made 20 and all are slightly different with my stained glass window and a good start to my christmas cards. 

A close up, you can just about see the shimmer from the starlight paints but doesn't really do it justice, in real life the shimmer and shine is amazing. I found i got a smooth effect using a sponge to add the paint rather than a brush.  Ive had this die years and remembered why i haven't used it much since the first year - it cuts beautifully but takes ages to get all the bits out as it is a solid die so you have to use a pokey tool to poke each little piece out so very time consuming, even using wax paper or a tumble wipe makes no difference.

Items Used:

Cottage Cutz nativity die

Spellbinders circle & oval dies

Tim Holtz foliage dies

Various sentiment stamps

Imagination Craft starlight paints

Acetate

CraftUk Ltd 6x6 cardblanks

Payper box black cardstock

Thank you all for stopping by once again and all the comments you take the time to leave.  I hope you all enjoy the rest of this week and the weekend.  Emmax

Id love to enter the following challenges:

http://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/2019/09/embossing-wet-or-dry.html

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http://happylittlestampers.blogspot.com/2019/09/hls-september-anything-goes-with-dies.html

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https://merrylittlechristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2019/09/mlccb-14-september-anything-christmas.html

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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

Little town of Bethlehem

Good Morning all, i hope you are enjoying some sunshine this week.  

So today i am sharing a batch of Christmas cards i made with a traditional theme but maybe not quite so traditional colours.  Sorry but its a brusho/pixie powder mix again. 

7x7" white card blank.  I first stamped the image onto white card and die cut into a square.  I then using brusho's and pixie powders added colour to the background. Doing it this way i could have alittle control over which area the colour goes in.  Once completely dry i stamped over the top with a christmas script stamp in white gesso.  I then stamped the village again and cut it out and added it over the first image with glue gel.   

I then cut a white frame, matted it onto mirror card, then mounted onto backing 'paper' made with the matching brusho colours as the topper.  Sentiment die cut in same colours. 

Orange and Green version with gold mirri card

Close up.  As the backgrounds are so busy i kept the main focal point white to help it stand out. 

Blue & Orange version with Silver mirri.  

Blue & Gold version with Silver Mirri.  This version i stamped the christmas script with grey ink.  

Pink & Purple version with gold mirri. 

I managed to make 30 of these cards, although the design in the same the different colours and you never get the same background once using the brushos keeps it interesting.

Items used;

Anitas 'Little town of bethlehem' stamp

PSX 'christmas script' stamp K-3221

Cheerylynn Christmas sentiment die

Brushos and Cosmic shimmer pixie powders

Large stitched square dies

7x7 craft uk cardblanks 

You may also like these traditional Christmas cards

We Three Kings

Shepherds

Nativity

Thank you for stopping by for a peek and all your comments on my last uploads.  I hope you all have a lovely weekend. Emma