You are a star

Good Morning everyone

Today im sharing a 'You are a Star' card I made for a friend, she is a super star for sure.  I used my new XL star dies from Creative products which have a lovely cut out detail to the edges for a bit of interest. 

Size approx 8x8" with star points.   I used an old pennyblack koolkats stamp with this kitty on his surf board which I stamped onto white card and then die cut into a star, I then watercoloured with distress inks.  I stamped the cat a 2nd time, cut out just the cat and decoupaged onto the base image.  

I found a blue toned paper which has beach icons printed onto it which I die cut with the largest star and added to a star die cut from white card.  I die cut a another star from more white card, scored about an inch down on one of the points and adhered to the back thus making it a stand up card.

Taking 2 smaller stars I die cut a frame from white card, I wanted this raised and thought would be a nightmare to add foam pads to the shape so I die cut another 2 frames from scrap card from packaging, these I adhered to the back of the white frame and it gave it some height. This I then added to the cardfront.

I then adhered my cat topper into the middle.  Adding frosted lace stickles to the foam on the surf for a little subtle sparkle.

Sentiment made up from die cut letters and chit chat stickers on kraft card to pick up on the tones in the cat and a contrast to all the blue and white.

Showing it stood up

Just a close up of surfing kool kat.  Although my cats don't mind water and one has been known to go swimming, I think surfing is out of the question😁

Items Used:

Pennyblack kool kats stamp set

Creative Craft products 'torn edge supersize nestables' nested stars

Crafters companion alpha dies

CraftUk ltd smooth white & kraft card

Tim Holtz kraft chit chat stickers

Distress Inks 'tumbled glass, salty ocean, vintage photo, aged mahogany, wild honey'

Ranger stickles 'frosted lace'

12x12 paper pad from the works

Thank you all for stopping by once again and all your amazing comments on my previous makes, I do appreciate you taking the time. Big hugs Emmax

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Pop out book Christmas cards

Good Morning everyone

Those of you in the UK, I hope you survived the storm ok, we were ok here other than lost the electric for a couple of hours but a few trees down on the farm and part of one of the barn roofs gone and my other brother who lives closer to Devon is still without electric...it did wake up a few hedgehogs who came out for a snack.

Today im sharing a batch of Christmas cards using the fancy fold called 'pop out book'  Ive used these gorgeous papers from 12x12 paper pads from the works.

I think this is the last of my Christmas cards for this year.

Card size 6x5.5"  I  made the outside of the card from red card and the inside from white, the red then shows through inside and picks up on the red in the paper. For the front I simply matted the paper onto white and then the red base. Sentiment die cut from white and mat and layered. 

After making the pop up element i matted with a lovely soft blue snow paper oh the outside edges and a darker blue paper for the 'book' papers.  I added strips of the paper i used on the front to the sides of the book pop out and the outer edge.

I die cut old deer dies from white card, tore the edge of white card for some snow and built the little scene on the book pop out.  I added a little touch of red stickles to the bigger deers nose and some star dust stickles to the snow for a little festive sparkle to finish.   

Just showing the pop out side on, this card also stands open nicely on its own to display which is always a bonus with some fancy folds. 

Version 2.  I used dark teal card for the front and matted the front paper onto silver satin card and added a hanging star die cut from white and the silver satin which really shines when the light hits it. 

Version 3 - the front is matted onto a dark teal glitter card which is super sparkly

Version 4 - I made the base from navy blue card not black as it looks in the photo, used silver glitter card for the front mat layer.  This time i built a little tree scene die cut from white and silver glitter card

On the back of each card i put a place to write the greeting, this is a computer generated sentiment 

I used this Pop out book card (queenbcreations) step by step just adjusted the size to fit a 6x6 card

Items Used:

Tonic studio Christmas sentiment die

MFT dies 'deer love'

Memory box tree die

Frantic stamper Star on a string die 

Ranger stickles 'star dust, christmas red'

12x12 paper pads from the works which they haven't put names on but are this years '24 pads 

Thank you all for stopping by. Emmax

Id love to enter the first card in the following:

https://secretstamper.com/2024/12/anything-goes-with-a-fun-fold-for-creative-creases-97/

https://creativeinspirationchallenges.blogspot.com/2024/12/creative-inspiration-challenges-21.html

https://creativeknockouts.blogspot.com/2024/12/536-time-to-be-merry-mirtillamente.html

https://movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.com/2024/12/challenge-173-christmas-characters.html - my characters are reindeer

https://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/2024/12/challenge-606-christmas-animals.html

   

https://thefourseasonschallenge.blogspot.com/2024/12/december-2024-anything-goes-winter.html

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Charlotte is 5

Good Morning everyone, welcome to September😄

Time for a new challenge over at https://www.welovestamping.co.uk/

Where the theme is 'coloured image' or you can always go with the anything goes as long as some stamping is involved & you mention which stamps used

Ive made this diamond pop up card for my niece Charlottes 5th birthday, she absolutely loves anything dog related.  Ive used this space dog stamp from art by marlene  and teamed up with space themed papers.

I made my 6x6" diamond fold card from white cardstock and added patterned paper panels.  I cut a piece smaller again for the top and die cut a starry circle into it, this i matted onto silver holographic card and then the front. 

I stamped the image, watercoloured with derwent inktense pencils and cut out, i added glossy accents to the space helmet and added him to the card front.  I die cut happy birthday from white card and matted onto navy paper and then the card front. 

I found some little flying saucer dies in my stash - no idea where they came from but ideal to embellish.  I die cut them from white, watercoloured and added detail with a black fine liner pen and added to the card base to finish.

You can make out the silver holographic mirror card better here, when the light hits it the stars really dance

So colouring in isn't my 'thing' I find staying inside lines very stressful which is why i usually fussy cut everything out and go for unrealistic colours to lessen the pressure of making it look realistic!

Just showing it side on

There is this flamingo in a spaceship stamp on the set too so i made a 2nd version for a friends birthday

Made the same way as the first one, however i decoupaged her spaceship for some dimension.  I love her little legs sticking out the bottom 😀

Items Used:

Studio Light 'Art By Marlene' stamps 'out of this world - walk about'

Paper pad - the works

Star circle die

Birthday & Spaceship dies

Silver holographic mirror card

Derwent inktense pencils

Ranger glossy accents

These are the fab prizes up for 2 lucky winners so do hop over to join in at We Love Stamping

Thank you all for popping by.  I hope you have a good week.  Emma

Id love enter the first card in the following:

https://girlzcreativefunartofscrap.blogspot.com/2024/08/challenge-1.html

Anything Goes with a Fun Fold for Creative Creases #90

https://sendasmile4kidschallenge.blogspot.com/2024/08/sas4kids-birthday-cards-4-kids.html

 

Rudolph...

Good Morning everyone

Last Christmas for a swap i made some ATC's with this funky rudolph stamp which i liked so much i decided to make a batch of cards based on them. 

5x5" kraft card blank.  I took a piece of kraft paper and smooched blue oxide inks over it, once dry i stamped small snowflakes with the same oxide inks, i then matted it onto the card front.  I die cut a kraft card square and stamped the rudloph face with black versaclair ink.  

I made myself a mask of the head shape by stamping the face onto copier paper and tearing around the shape, this gave a softer edge than cutting with scissors, i then added the mask over the base image with repositionable tape pen.  I then stamped a Christmas verse background stamp over the top with sepia archival ink.  Keeping the mask in place i added a light layer of oxide ink to the background & also stencilled on some stars using Diamond starlight paint so it really shimmers in the light. I then removed the mask.  I added colour to Rudolph and green stickles glitter glue to the berries on his antlers for a punch of contrast colour.

I Stamped the nose again onto white cardstock and watercoloured red, i added a generous covering of glossy accents and once dry cut out and added to the base image with glue gel to give him his lovely red shiny nose. I matted the layer onto kraft paper and then the card front.

Computer printed sentiment cut up and added to finish.

Here you can see the diamond starlight stars in the background

Version 2.  As most of you know I do like making something a bit unusual so these were such fun to make and its good to use an old stamp set too.

This is the trio of atc's i made last year.

Items Used:

Paperartsy Zinskiart stamps 'ZA19' Totem Christmas

Christmas script stamp - brand unknown, its a very old wood one

Small snowflake stamps

Star stencil

Imagination crafts starlight paint 'diamond' (now cadence dora)

Distress Oxide inks 'tumbled glass' 'salvaged patina' 'salty ocean'

Distress Inks 'fired brick' 'vintage photo'

Ranger stickles lime

Glossy accents

Kraft card & paper

Thank you all for stopping by.  Hugs Emmax

Id love to enter the following:

https://www.welovestamping.co.uk/2022/11/november-challenge.html

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Glittering Christmas Stars

Morning everyone, i hope you had a lovely weekend, boy was it stormy last night here in Cornwall.

Today im sharing a batch of Christmas cards.  It first involved making backgrounds using alcohol inks on Yupo paper - i had such fun with that and playing with various colours and patterns.  Then part two was die cutting a star wreath in the middle and then some die cut star baubles to finish. 

5x5 white card base.  I first made my backgrounds using Tim Holtz alcohol inks on yupo paper, i also added in a couple of his new pearl range and they are gorgeous.  I then die cut a square of the inky background to fit the cardbase and attached it well to the middle of the card front.  I then die cut my star wreath die in the middle so that it cut completely through the cardfront. As the yupo paper is so thin the die easily cut through that and the 300gsm card front.

I then die cut 2 white circle frames, one for the inside of the star wreath circle and one for the outside to help frame it and draw the eye in.  I then die cut my hanging star die from both silver mirror card and silver glitter card, as its in 2 parts i then partnered up the mirror version with the glitter version, so in this first card i have a glitter outline around my solid mirror star, then for the next card i used the mirror outline with a solid glitter star in the middle. 

Stamped greeting to finish.  I made my inserts from pearlised paper so that it slightly shimmers in the light through the stars.

A close up, you can clearly see my star wreath and all the little appertures it leaves in the card front so that the light shines through.  I only have one hanging star die so had to cut it 3 times per card but it easily fit through my mini machine so not too bad to do sat in front of the tv. 

This shows the 2 cards side by side, the silver glitter solid stars on the left and the mirror one on the right. Blue, purples & pinks.

Different colour version and on these ones i used gold stars again in the glitter card and mirror card.

 Red and gold tones, gold stars. 

I really enjoyed making these ones and just love the vibrant colours of the alcohol inks of yupo paper.

Items Used:

Frantic Stamper star on a string die

Star circle wreath die

Stitched square die

Ranger Tim Holtz Alcohol Inks

Yupo paper

Clearely besotted sentiment stamps

Gold & Silver mirror card & glitter card

5x5 white craftuk Ltd cardblanks

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

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