More Christmas

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Here are two more Christmas cards I have made using Mo Manning die cut sheets. The white die cuts looked far too harsh on these cards so I inked them gently with Forest Moss Distress ink and then stamped snowflakes over the edges using Forest Moss, using first and second impressions.

I love this image ( although the original is not as blurred as mine! It's late, please forgive the shaky camera.) This reminds me of my little boy, always wanting more! The paper is from the Wassail range. Some green satin ribbon and some red flowers and a few green punched sprigs finish this off nicely.

This image is a such a good impression of the joy on Christmas morning with a stocking full of goodies.Again the die cut was inked and stamped with a snowflake. Some more Wassail paper and this time a poinsetta popped in the bottom right hand corner.

I hope you like these

Craftwork Cards

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Today I am going to share with you a couple of cards made using the new Craftwork Cards Shabby Vintage paper range.

 This first one is a DL Landscape card. The papers are fabby in this range, there are blues and beiges. All the edges were inked with distress inks and then some ribbon threaded through a ribbon slider.

 This card is made using the Petrol blue papers. This was again inked with Broken China distress ink. As was the tag and the papers used on the tag. A sentiment and another ribbon slider were used on this. One of the Craftwork flowers were cut out and shaped and added to the tag, with a button for the center.

This card had the beige paper embossed with a 'budding vine' embossing folder and then the inkpad was swiped across the top to highlight the embossed  detail. A strip of paper was added to the bottom of the paper. The embossed dots on the card blank were also gently coloured with distress inks. Three 2x2" squares were cut out and attached to the top of the card. The 2 outer squares had buttons attached and the central square had a flower attached with a button for the center.

I hope you like these cards

Hi There

Hi

I hope you have all had a good weekend and enjoyed the gorgeous weather we have been having. Today I would like to share with you another of the projects I made during the crafting weekend run by Gwen at  The Stamp Pad.

This was a circular box which we decorated with papers from Graphic 45 Curtail Call range. Althought these papers are not ones I would normally have picked up to use. I really enjoyed this project. The top of the box was covered with a circle of paper. The large Curtain Call ticket was cut out and used as a pocket to put things into. I put a tag and an envelope into this. The rosette on the right hand side was made using the Tim Holtz die cut. The was then put together with a great big brad in the middle.

The edges of all the papers and the box were edged in Walnut Distress Ink. The edge of the top of the box was covered with some of the ticket paper. 

We then covered all the box with another sheet of the paper. Then this was decorated with some of the paper cut up. A few tickets and some film reels.

I haven't decided what to use this box for yet, keep changing my mind. So I am open to offers! 

Hope you like this project.

A Peek Inside

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Today I would like to show you inside the goodie bag which all the crafter's received on my recent crafty retreat. The retreat was held at 'The Huntsman' high up on the Saddleworth Moors, this has amazing views and some stunning scenery.

This was the box which was waiting for us on the Saturday afternoon, just after lunch.

This is the goodies inside. An 8x8" 7Gypsies Mykonos double sided paper pad. Basic Grey buttons and Rub Ons. Making Memories Metal Numbers, brads, epoxy metal shapes, 3d stickers and a MM Poolside journaling pad. There was also a card of 7 Gypsies seam binding, which we used on the weekend.

There was lots of goodies to be played with.

I will be back later with some more photos of the projects we did.

Craft Retreat

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Sorry for the absence, I was away at a Crafty Retreat at the weekend with the fantastic girls from The Stamp Pad, in Saddleworth. I had a WONDERFUL time, crafting all day Saturday and Sunday, with only food breaks. This first project I am going to show you is my personal favourite from the weekend.

This was a Kaisercraft wooden ornate frame. We painted it with acrylic paints, inked with Distress stains, stippled with distress crackle paint and then left overnight to dry. After this we again inked, this time with distress inks to give a really nice vintage feel.  The paper in the center was misted with water and then crumpled up, then smoothed out and rubbed over with an Antique Linen distress pad. The flowers were inked with distress stain and then sprayed with Champagne Gold spray from Crafty Notions.

The clock, swirls, lock, key and mannakin were die cut from 1mm grey board. They were all inked with Walnut distress inks. the lock and key were then embossed with distress embossing powder and this made it look old and rusty.

The photo is an old one of my Grandma and Grandad who have both sadly passed away.
The sentiment at the top reads, 'Family are the Treads in the Tapestry of Life'.

I hope you like this project as, I love it.

A quickie from me!

Good morning

Just a quickie from me this morning as I am off for a full weekend of crafting with the lovely girls from The Stamp Pad.
I'm afraid its another Christmas card from me again, mind I still have lots to do.

Another square card! Green backing paper and red cardstock, edged with a Martha Stewart  punch. Overstamped with snowflakes in Forest Green. The die cut was layered with Nestabilities eyelet circles. The die cut was gently inked with fired brick and second stamped with a snowflake from inkadinkadoo. A Pri,a poinsetta and there you have it.

Be back soon and show goodies I make over this weekend.

Christmas Again

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Yep it's more Christmas cards from me again today. Again I decided to try and use up 'old' stash, well last years anyway. The background for these cards is a paper from the Bobunny AnnaSophia (?) range. The front was just not me, although I had used every other paper in the range.

So I turned the paper over to reveal this nice green side. The I inked the edges of the die cut image and then stamped a snowflake image with Forest Moss distress inks. Then I used the same ink to add snowflakes to the green paper. The snowflakes on the die cut are second impression images. So I inked the stamp, stamped on the green paper and then again on the die cut image to give a softer impression.

I have done the same on this green paper, I gently inked it to tone it in with everything else, then stamped snowflakes over it. I added some red flowers and green foiliage to finish the card off.