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.

3 together.

These just show the offcuts and then how id die cut them into small stitched rectangles, embossed & inked.  

Items Used:

Sizzix embossing folders by Kathrin Breen 665759 & 665254

Stitched rectangle dies

Mistletoe die

Pine branch die

Clearly besotted 'seasonal sentiment' stamps

Bauble stamps from very old magazine freebie

Kraft card

Ivory gold pearl card

Distress oxide inks 'evergreen bough, lucky clover'

Archival ink 'sepia'

Thank you for stopping by.  

Id love to enter the following:

https://pixiessnippetsplayground.blogspot.com/2023/07/challenge-458.html - my embossed panels are all snippets as well as green satin used in the mistletoe and pine branch

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http://thehollyandivychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/06/challenge-143-anything-goes-in-pink.html

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http://unicornchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/07/89-no-design-paper.html

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https://merrylittlechristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/07/mlccb-51-anything-christmas-goes-mlccb.html

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http://lilredwagon.blogspot.com/2023/07/challenge-713-christmas-or-new-year.html

 

Christmas Card

Morning Everyone

Today im sharing a little Christmas card.

6x6 Ivory card base, I was following a sketch by a friend and it had the look of a ribbon wrapped present to me so thats what i went with.  I used papers all from the same paper pad and ivory base card as was softer than white which was too harsh with the paper.  I matted a sheet of the paper onto brown card, wrapped with a lovely red ribbon and added to the base card.  I them die cut the sentiment circle from the same brown card, mounted onto an ivory circle and added to the middle.  I then die cut some pine cones and foliage from the same paper pad and arrange in the top right corner.  A little chipboard birdie to finish - id added a light touch of red to his breast like a little Robin.

A close up on my pine cone and pine branches. 

Items Used:

BasicGrey 'Evergreen' 6x6 paperpad

Ivory & brown cardstocks

Red ribbon

Chipboard Bird

MFT Christmas sentiment circle

Spellbinder circle dies

Thank you everyone for stopping by once again.  I hope you all have a good week, i have 3 weeks of school half terms ahead, with family down from the Isle of Lewis this week for theirs, then its 'my girls' half term next week and then the week after that its more cousins down for their half term. Would be too simple for them to all be the same week wouldn't it😁 Still looking forward to all the family catch up time. Emma

Id love the enter the following challenges:

https://merrylittlechristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2019/10/mlccb-15-october-anything-christmas-goes.html

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Winter Foliage

 Good Morning all, i hope you had a good weekend and the weather wasn't too wild. 

Well once again its time for a new challenge over at Make My Monday  the theme for the next two weeks chosen by me is:

WINTER FOLIAGE

Ivy, Holly, pine cones, mistletoe, any greenery that you get in the winter months.

Ive gone with a branch on a Christmas tree, built up with die cut pine leaves.

A5 white linen cardbase.  I then cut a piece of white linen card slightly smaller than my card front and using evergreen bough DI through a stencil i stenciled a light patterned, with it darker and lighter and then inked around the outside edge, stamped my sentiment in black and added the panel to the cardfront.

I found the evergreen bough distress ink in a draw never used although i must have bought it years ago - its now my favourite green ink as its not too dark and has a nice blue tinge. 

I die cut lots of pine branches from green inked cardstock.  I arranged them on the front like one bough on a christmas tree, i also added some gold mirri die cut mistletoe to add more interest.  Then i arranged my die cut fairy lights.  I cut them first from white card and coloured with a grey marker then i cut just the light bulbs from small scraps of glitter card which id had left over from another project. 

Close up, sadly the photo doesn't do the jellybean glitter card justice, when the light hits it it is soo sparkly. 

Items Used:

Elizabeth crafts pine branch die

Cheerylyn pine branch die

Memory box mistletoe die

Fairylight die set

Jellybean glitter card

Brushos & pixie powders in shades of green

Gold mirri card

Stencil

Evergreen bough distress ink

CraftUk ltd white linen card

So if you fancy joining in and to see what everyone comes up with for winter foliage do hop over to MMM

I hope you all have a good week, i must get my head down and crack on with the Christmas cards!  Hugs to you all Emmax

Id like to enter the following:

pixiescraftyworkshop - snippets  - my snippets are the little glitter light bulbs - lots of tiny offcuts now used up