Have a Merry Christmas

Good Morning everyone

Another Christmas card design.  I made a snowflake stenciled background for my large die cut snowflakes.

Card size approx 6x6.5"  I first die cut my hexagon base from white card and then a smaller hexagon from more of the white card.  On this panel i used a snowflake stencil mask and distress oxide inks in shades of blues, greens & lilacs and then added some splatters.  I Then over stamped with the same inks & grey ink the words winter, Dec & 25 aall&create 'seasons' set, inked the edge in grey and adhered to the card front.

I die cut a large snowflake from white vellum and pale lilac glitter card, off set these and adhered to the card front.  Sentiment die cut from charcoal satin mirror card card.  Sadly the photos don't pick up the shimmer and shine from both the glitter card and mirror cards but in real life they really make the card when the light hits it. 

Version 2 

Made the same way but this time using silver holographic card for the snowflake ad black mirror card for the sentiment.  I made 10 versions of this design and a great one for making a dent in my fancy card scraps drawer where i keep off cuts of glitter, mirror, satin card!  So they are all slightly different.  

I only glued the middle of the snowflakes so the edges are free to give a bit of interest and dimension otherwise its a flat card - always a mission for me!

Items Used:

Studio Light stencil (grunge masks) 'SL-GR-MASKS52'

aall&create stamp 'seaons'

Spellbinders die S4-286 '2010 snowflake pendant' 

Tonic studios sentiment die - old magazine freebie

Hexagon nested dies

Distress Oxide inks - shaded lilac, tumbled glass, peacock feathers, twisted citron, evergreen bough

Versafine Clair ink 'Morning mist'

White vellum

Various glitter, mirror and satin card

I hope you all survived Storm Bert without too much damage, we did lose electric for several hours and luckily didn't need to venture out in it, on the plus side i guess is that its much warmer than all that snow last week!  I hope you all have a good week - scary that its the last week in November! Big hugs to you all. Emmax

Id love to enter the following:

https://theoutlawzchallenges-friday.blogspot.com/2024/11/festive-friday-challenge-1-november-to.html

https://nightshiftstamping.blogspot.com/2024/11/20112024-challenge-43-im-schnee.html - in the snow

https://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/11/challenge-741-christmas.html

https://creativeknockouts.blogspot.com/2024/11/535-tis-season-polkadoodles.html

https://daranddiane.blogspot.com/2024/11/get-ready-for-winter.html

https://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com/2024/11/sparkle-one-word-prompt-jolly-crafty.html

https://stencilfun.blogspot.com/2024/11/november-2024-stencil-fun-challenge.html

https://peaceonearthchristmas.blogspot.com/2024/11/peace-on-earth-challenge-76.html

 

Gatefold explosion card

Good Morning everyone

My final Christmas card is one Ive made for my parents.  I used a gorgeous paper pad from the works called 'let it snow'

I found a gatefold explosion card template on pinterest and adapted to make a 7x6" card from a sheet of A3 white cardstock.  I made the exploding insert from one of the double sided papers in the pad and adhered inside.  I then used the same paper for the 2 front panels.  I took a piece of blue ribbon and attached to the back of the card, making sure it was long enough to tie up, I then covered the back panel with another paper to hide the ribbon.

The paper pad has 6" square toppers of these lovely winter scene but i die cut one with a double stitched rectangle die as it suited my card better, i matted it onto a larger rectangle die cut from silver holographic card.  

Working on the front of the card, I brought the ribbon around the left hand side and held in place with tape - making sure it would be hidden under my topper!  I then added the topper to the left hand panel with foam tape.  The ribbon then ties in a bow to the right of the card to close it.

I die cut 2 snowflakes, one from silver mirror card and one from silver glitter card, but the glitter card has more of a soft lilac tone which picks up on the lilac in the topper perfectly.  I offset the snowflakes and added to the top left with glue gel and added a large gem.  Glitter glue highlights added to the topper scene to finish. 

Showing it opening up...

and it open.  

This paper has a lovely lilac snowfall patterned on the back so i cut a piece to mat into the middle of the exploding pop out.  Sentiment die cut from silver holographic card.  To help it stand out a bit more i went around the die cut with a blue fine liner.  I also backed my topper panel with the same paper so that it all looks neat and tidy from the inside too. 

Just showing the back, I used a paler paper from the set so i can write on it. 

Items Used:

12x12 paper pad from the works 'let it snow'

Double stitched rectangle dies

Snowflake die

CraftsUk Ltd smooth white card A3

SIlver holographic card

Silver glitter card

Ranger stickles 'diamond'

Thank you all for stopping by.  I hope its a good week for you.  Keep warm.  Emmax

Id love to enter the following:

https://peaceonearthchristmas.blogspot.com/2022/12/peace-on-earth-christmas-challenge-29.html

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https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2022/12/week-706.html

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https://christmasblogchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/12/end-of-year-anything-christmas-goes.html

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http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/2022/11/challenge-562-die-cuts-or-embossing.html

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Oh Christmas Tree

Good Morning everyone

Today is a couple of Christmas cards using alcohol ink coloured mirror card and a glitter texture paste stencilled background which is very hard to capture in the photos😀

White linen card base.  I took a piece of white card and lavinia pods stencil with stamperia artic ice texture paste and put to one side to dry.  On gold mirror card i added various green alcohol inks.  Once both were dry i cut the icy background to fit my base card and added little piece of green mirror card behind top and bottom and adhered to base.  I die cut a wonky stitched square from green mirror card and a larger white linen card, i mounted both on the card front, along with another little offcut of of the green to the top to just help break up all the white.   I die cut a little tree from white and added to the green square.

Stamped sentiment die cut into a stitched circle adhered to the top left corner.  Green glitter dots to embellish to finish.

I think you can just make out the icy stencilled background, it really does sparkle in the light

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and version 2, blue & purple alcohol inks onto silver mirror card.  I used a snowflake stencil and added the arctic ice direct to the card front.  Once dry i added a white die cut square and smaller square die cut from the blue inked silver mirror card. I added thin slivers of the blue mirror top and bottom. Stamped sentiment added with foam tape, i used a hole punch on off cuts of the mirror card to make little faux gems to finish.

I think you can just make out the snowflakes in the background and how the light really plays on the alcohol inked mirror card

Items Used:

Tree die - very old magazine freebie

Wonky stitched square dies

Stitched circle die

Tim Holt alcohol inks in blues and greens

Stamperia artic ice texture paste

Lavinia stencil 'pods'

Funky Fossil stencil ' snowflakes'

Clearly besotted sentiment stamp

LOTV sentiment stamp

CraftUK ltd white linen cardstock

Ranger stickles - lime

Thank you all for stopping by.  Emmax

Id love to enter my first card in the following:

https://christmaskickstartchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/11/challenge-68-trees-trees-trees.html

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https://52cct.blogspot.com/2022/11/november-stash-challenge-dt-call.html

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http://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com/2022/11/one-word-prompt-shine.html - My mirror card is shiny as well as the icy texture paste background

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https://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/2022/11/anything-christmas-or-winter.html

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Penguin Family

Good Morning everyone

 Today ive dug out an old favourite stamp of mine  - the grumpy penguins from Katzelkraft.  I also managed to use some of my acetate off cuts - as acetate is plastic i try not to waste any, although quite often for shaker cards or if im colouring it with alcohol inks i recycle plastic packaging.

I first coloured the acetate strips with alcohol inks - this one in blues and golds.  I then took a folded white 6x6" card blank and cut an inch strip off one end, i then attached the acetate strip inbetween on the inside so the glue is hidden, you can then see the acetate on the front and back of the card.

I then stencilled on some stars with blue distress inks and little dots using gold paint.  I tore a strip of white cardstock, stamped my greeting and then dry embossed with a snowy EF and added this to the bottom for my penguins to stand on.

Penguins stamped, little colour added with distress inks and cut out and arranged.

Die cut snowflake and glitter glue highlights added to finish.

This shows the acetate panel better.  I put the alcohol inks on the inside and then a white paper insert helps the colours show up

Version 2 is pinks & purples

Items Used:

Katzelkraft grumpy penguins stamp

LOTV sentiment stamps

Ranger Tim Holtz alcohol ink

Imagination crafts starlight paint - rich gold

Distress inks - squeezed lemonade, wild honey, tumbled glass, salty ocean,picked raspberry, 

seedless preserve

Snowflake dies

Dotty stencil

Memory  box snowflake stencil

Cuttlebug swiss dots embossing folder

Acetate

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

Id love to enter the following with my first card:

http://addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.com/2021/10/challenge-417-christmas.html

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http://thehollyandivychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2021/10/challenge-104-anything-christmas-goes.html

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https://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2021/10/challenge-218.html

 

Shaker Christmas cards

Morning everyone.

Today is a set of Christmas shaker cards.  This year Ive made an effort to use up old paper pads, so this one is from bobunny and a christmas woodland theme in blues and browns, i teamed it with white pearl card and silver mirror card.

Approx 6x6" in size.  I first die cut spellbinders grand label one from white pearl card and folded in half for my base card.  I layered with a piece of paper cut with a smaller label 1, i cut this in half and glued to the front and back of my card.  I then die cut the snowflake circle die from white pearl card and used a circle die to cut around the outside so it becomes a circular frame, i then attached a die cut acetate circle to the back & die cut a circle frame the same size out of funky foam which i glued to the back for my shaker element - just easier to stick than foam tape to a circle leaving no gaps.  

I die cut the girl panel from white pearl card and silver mirror card and offset so that some of the silver shows at the top, a circle from the paper pad and a larger white circle.  I glued the girl onto the paper panel  and added micro beads, silver sequins and glitter for my shaker bits and attached my snowflake frame over the top.  I then mounted onto the larger circle and my cardfront. 

Stamped greeting die cut into a fishtail banner, snowflakes die cut from silver mirror card and a dazzle gem for the centres to finish. 

Just adding that little bit of silver behind the girl helps her stand out from the background, she reminds me of my little nieces out catching snowflakes as they are so rare to see here in Cornwall

A close up of my shaker

Different papers same design

This one shows how the card base stands up easily.

and with the negative middle piece that falls out from the snowflake circle frame i made some very simple gift tags for my presents

I stamped a sentiment on the circle in black and some snowflakes in grey ink and mounted onto a larger circle die cut from patterned papers.  Set an eyelet and added some ribbon and glitter glue highlights to finish.

Items Used:

Bobunny Sleigh ride paper pad

Girl snowflake frame die - brand unknown

Spellbinders grand lables 1 & circle dies

Memory box snowflake dies

MFT fishtail banner die

Clearly besotted sentiment stamp

Creative expressions dazzler gems

White pearl cardstock

Silver mirror card

Thank you all for stopping by, i hope you have a good rest of the week as we prepare for another lockdown.  Weather isn't too good so more crafting for me.  Stay safe. Hugs Emmax

Id love to enter:

http://abitmoretimetocraft.blogspot.com/2020/11/a-bit-more-time-to-craft-challenge-127.html

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https://do-allkreatives.blogspot.com/2020/11/twister-sister-challenge.html

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http://dragonflydreamschallenges.blogspot.com/2020/11/christmaswinter.html

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Penguin Snow Dome

Good Morning Everyone, i hope you are having a good week. 

Going on from my snowman dome that i uploaded recently (see here),  ive now made a bigger one using those fabulous grumpy penguin stamps from Katzelkraft, also instead of the coloured micro lights ive used plain clear ones this time.  I built a little igloo for my penguins to live in and plenty of snowflakes. 

Dome size approx 7x4".  Its a plastic dome with a wooden base and it comes with a seperate wood insert - this is what i built my scene on, so its easy to remove and work on.  I first splashed white paint around the inside of the dome to give the effect of snow falling.  I then stamped and cut out my penguins - added a little simple colour with pens. I also made a simple igloo white white card and my circle dies.  

On the bottom disc i built up snow using white texture paste, glitter and little balls.  I then stuck my penguins into the wet texture paste and added my igloo to the back of the scene. I then die cut lots of snowflakes from white card, i arranged some inside the dome and as they were all symmatical i also added one on the outside to match up to the ones inside - this hid any glue id used.

Then i threaded the lights through the holes in the base to finish. 

This one shows the igloo a bit better.  I die cut a circle and trimmed the bottom off in a slight curve, i die cut a smaller circle to make my entrance, i added detail with a blue grey alcohol marker. 

Showing one of the snowflakes i used

Showing it with the lights on, although of course its much brighter when its dark.

Items Used:

Katzelkraft grumpy penguin stamps

Spellbinders circle dies

Various snowflake dies

Golden texture paste

White acrylic paint

Cosmic shimmer glitter

Mini polystrene snow balls - poundland

Micro lights  - poundland

Thank you all for stopping by once again and i hope you all have a good end to the week and weekend. Emmax

Id love to enter the following:

http://2craftycrittercrazies.blogspot.com/2019/12/december-challenge-sponsored-by-beccys.html

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https://animalfriendschallenge.blogspot.com/2019/12/81-dezember-vogel.html

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http://craftyanimals.blogspot.com/2019/12/challenge-33.html

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