Christmas Magic

 

 

 

The weather are definitely changing and the leaves are rapidly turning from the

greens of Summer to the golden browns of Autumn.

 

I have a couple of cards to share using stamps from Holly Bells and Santa Baby.

 

 

 

I scored a square card, cut the squares with a craft knife to resemble windows and highlighted the scored lines with blue. 

I fixed acetate on to the back of the front that had Stickles dots .

 

  For the inside I stamped a selection of snowflakes for the background.

The mantle was stamped onto another piece of card and

coloured with Alcohol pens and the sentiment added to the corner.

Father Christmas was stamped onto a separate piece of card, coloured and

 I cut it out and fixed to the card.

 

 

 

This card also uses acetate in the aperture. I stamped the bells onto a scrap of acetate and when it was dry on the reverse used a quickie glue pen and each section added coloured glitters.

I attached with silicone glue as glitter is difficult to fix.

The holly was stamped, coloured and cut then added to the card. 

 

 

 

Thanks for visiting today

 

Debbie

 

The odd one out

This card was a fun card to make, I love these penguins they are so cute.

 I stamped the Penguins and the Snowman

onto paper to use as masks.

I used Stormy Sky Distress Ink and torn paper to make the water as a ledge

 for the Penguins and Snowman to stand on.

 

 

 

 

Next I stamped the Snowman with Memento Black Ink and covered him with a mask.

Then stamped the penguins large and small covering each one after stamped.

 

A little Broken China was applied with a soft brush to colour the sky.

The noses and scarf was coloured with Alcohol pens and Clear Wink of Stella

 for a little bit of sparkle.

 

The girls have lots of amazing cards to show

so please pop back to see them.

 

Debbie

Baubles and Branches

 

I love the baubles from the Holly Bells and Santa Baby set as they are a great size for smaller cards for batch making for Christmas. 

 

I had stamped the baubles many times and cut them out ready to fix to the cards.

For the first one I stamped the leaf stamp from Thistle Butterfly with green ink

making a circle for the wreath. The baubles are attached with pads so they are raised.

 

 

 

For the second card I added a sentiment to the middle.

 

 

The holly branches are ideal for hanging the baubles, I distressed the edges with Vintage photos.

 

A similar card with a variation of the baubles.

 

 

Many thanks for visiting

Debbie

Turtle Dove Easel Fold Card

 

 

For the Christmas Season we probably send the most cards of the year so I'm always looking for ways to make cards that are as not going to cost a fortune in the post. An easel card is a great way to achieve dimension but to fold flat to go in an envelope.

 

 

I carefully stamped the pear tree from Turtle Doves with brown ink and

the star was inked with orange.

The tree was coloured with Coloursoft pencils.

 I trimmed and matted with red and cream to make a topper for the card.

 A strip of card was stamped with red Doves to make a border. I used a piece of A4 card, scored it in half and placed the topper on to see where I was to cut down from the centre fold to the next score lines. The sentiment from Christmas Magic Clear stamps was stamped onto cream, matted onto red and fixed to the inside fold. The border was attached then the tree topper and a couple of gems to finish.

 

 

 

The Honeysuckle is one of my favourite flowers

and couldn't resist colouring this one with oranges and the purples.

 

 

Many thanks for stopping by

Debbie

Daisy Mobile Phone Cover

 

I've known for a few years that certain mobile phones you can get a picture put onto the cover.

It wasn't the case for my old phone so when I got my new one I got a clear cover.

 

 

 

 

I made a template from card and decorated it with the Daisy stamp from Honeysuckle Butterfly.

 

I also made a note card using the same method.

I started by colouring the centre of the card with Squeezed Lemonade and the edges with Mustard Seed. The diamonds are from the Harlequin Fragments and I used Mustard Seed Ink. The flower was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black and I lifted the yellow from the petals with a water brush.

For the leaves I used Coloursoft pencils.

 

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by

Debbie

Here come the Girls

 

I have been playing again with the Julie Nutting Doll Stamps again.

It's been relaxing sitting and cutting out paper piecing while watching the

weather changing from summer to autumn within and hour and then back again.

The paper for the background of this card is a Printable download Polka Dotty 6 x 6 that comes in a variety of colours. Riley is quite tall and fits the A5 card.

 

 



 

Priscilla is quite a sassy young lady and I love to give her paper pieced stockings.

My niece loves her and earlier in the year used her for a canvas she made.

 

 

Many thanks for popping by

 

Debbie

Baby wipe Technique

A few weeks ago I did a workshop with a lovely lady who has a company called Uniko Studio.

It isn't often that I get to craft with others and it was a pleasure as it was a small group and I was made to feel very welcome joining them.

We had five cards to make using the baby wipe technique and it was real inky fun

Here are a few of the cards we made.

 

 

I love the clean and simple style of these cards.

 

 

The ink from a couple of re-inkers was dripped onto a baby wipe ( different wipes give differing results). Place the stamp onto the wipe and then onto the card.

 

 

 

I used paper masks to give areas to work within.

The baby wipe technique is definitely worth remembering especially when multicolour ink pads dry our or a specific colour combination is wanted.

 

 

Many thanks for stopping by

Debbie