More Christmas

Good Morning

Today I am going to share with you another two Christmas cards. These two cards are both 7x5" landscape cards.

This first card was folded tent fold (With the crease at the top)The paper came from an SEI Joyeux Noel paper pad. The Forever  Friends topper is a pyramage which is matted onto white card which had been die cut with the nesties scalloped oval die. This had been inked with Iced Spruce distress ink. The sentiment was put on with foam pads. This was finished off with three nailheads in the top right and bottom left corner.

The second card is also landscape. The paper comes from a Marianne Paper Pad. The Forever Friends Decoupage was matted onto gold mirri card as was the sentiment. This time I put three gems in the top left corner and then one in each corner of the main image. On the bottom left hand side of the paper I went over the flourish with a quickie glue pen and then just highlighted with glamour dust glitter.

 

Thanks for stopping by. 

I appreciate all comments you may have on my cards.

Gill

The Book Inside

Hi There

I would like to show you the book which was inside the box from yesterday!

This is both the front and back pages of the book. Although it doesn't show very well, her name (Carol) is on the front of the book. The sentiment says Friends are the Essence of Life, the epoxy sticker was matted onto cram cardstock, cut with an oval nestie.

This is pages two & three. The edge on page two was cut with a GoKreate Die (frilly squares 2). The pocket on page three was edged with a ribbon effect sticker. The tags have sayings on them such as 'Thanks for being a great friend' and 'We will always be friends'.

This picture shows the flap lifted on page two, to show the hidden photo mats.

Pages four and five. These were decorated using 2" squares from the patterned paper, I added rub ons stickers and gems in different corners.

Inside page four, another sentiment and  a place for a photo, with another rub on in the top corner.

Inside page five, another sentiment and another photo mat. Yep another rub on in the top corner :)

Pages six and seven. Page six has a pocket on with two tags in, to be journalled onto or photos stuck on them. The pocket has a border made up from two stripes of the co-ordinated papers and a die cut flower at one edge. Page seven also has a pocket, this time the pocket was cut on an angle and edged with a Martha Stewart Border punch. Some more rub ons and an epoxy sticker finish this page off.

Again all the goodies to make this were bought from The Stamp Pad in Saddleworth.

Happy Crafting

Another Altered Box

Hello

This is a box  which I altered for my friends birthday.

The box was a Kraft backed box which  I covered with InkaGold in this gorgeous pink color. The papers are from SEI Juliette. I didn't have the full range of papers as I had used them to do a book for my Mum's 60th Birthday, But as the box is only 5" square I had plenty from my off cuts and the rub ons and epoxy stickers.

The back of the front page I left plain with just the Inkagold. This was because I found  cutting out the aperture was not as easy as I had thought :).

The back cover was covered with another paper from the range. What I forgot to take a photo of is the front of this page. This is the bit which shows through the aperture on the front. for this I spent quite a bit of time working out what would show through the aperture. 

I finally settled on a paper with large flowers on it. I then trimmed it so that I got the best view of the flower through the cover. The grey strip down the left hand side is from the sticker sheet and the two epoxy stickers are also from the matching packs.
All the goodies to make this were bought from The Stamp Pad, Saddleworth.

Happy Crafting

Advent Calendar

Christmas is coming, and my boys are writing their lists, I would to if I thought anyone would read it!

So today I am going to share with you a project I made on a workshop at The Stamp Pad in Greenfield. This was a whole day workshop, and even then I still had to put the final touches on at home. I think the longest time was spent painting the advent's wooden carcass. I didn't realise just how long it would take to get inside every recess and the front and back of the doors, at one point I did think that maybe I should have left the wood au natural :) Whilst the paint dried we took a break for some lunch, then onto the fabby job of decorating.

We used SEI Silver Valley papers on the advent. When the papers had been trimmed to size we then had to make a small hole for the door knobs to go through. I thought this would be an easy task, measure and cut one then use it as a template for all the others, NOPE. Because of the make up of the piece, every handle was in a slightly different place or angle. This meant that it did take some time, but ultimately was worth it. Then it came to putting the numbers on, these were die cut so we had a choice of whether to put them straight or on an angle. I went for angled as I can't do straight very well. Each door was then decorated. For this I used rub-ons, stickers, die cuts, wooden embellishments anything to hand with a Christmas theme.

 This is a close up of the top right hand corner.

 This is a close up of the top left hand corner

 Bottom left

And finally the bottom right hand corner of the finished piece. Now I just have to fins something to go into all the boxes, without resorting to chocolates!

Waltzing Mouse #56

Hi There

Well just a quickie from me today.
I have found a holiday, booked, paid for, and been told that it is mine all mine and he will not let to someone else! ! Yay! !

Here is this weeks Waltzing Mouse sketch.

Here is my take on Waltzing Mouse's sketch for this week.

 I have used a 6x6" scalloped card, the background is purple Bazzill with the corners rounded off. The shimmery paper is by SEI, from the Jolie Chocolate range, with a strip of pink Bazzill. The die is Nesties Labels 4 with a stamp from Waltzing Mouse, Vintage labels 4. This was stamped with Dusty Concord distress inks. The flourishes were also Waltzing Mouse, not sure where the sentiment came from . The card was finished with 6 Card Candi from the Hot Tropics pack.

Happy Crafting

Waltzing Mouse Sketch 34

Hi there

Well I have used the sketch from Waltzing Mouse to make a card for my Nan's 80th Birthday.

I have used a 7x5" scalloped card. The backing paper is from the Jolie Chocolat range by SEI. The flowers are by Prima. The Nestie die cut is Labels 10, it has been stamped using the Waltzing Mouse Very Vintage 10 stamps in Victorian Velvet distress ink. The leaves are cut using the new Marianne Dies, These have been cut on my Big Shot. All papers, flowers and nesties can be purchased from The Stamp Pad in Saddleworth.

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