Cute Merry Kissmas

Hi there

Today I'm sharing the last of my Christmas cards made in 2020, and this is the card I made for my other half.

This one was super quick to make and I used an image from another stamp set that was new to me this year, Christmas Plushies.

I stamped the bear with the mistletoe image and coloured it in with Copics, including the background, where I used a colourless blender to create the falling snow.  The sentiment was stamped below before die cutting with a pierced square die.  I then die cut some patterned paper using a slightly larger die from the same stacking set, adhered that piece flat before adhering the top piece on fun foam.  That was it, super simple.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Clearly Besotted - Christmas Plushies, Kiss Me Quick
• Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black
• Coloured with Copic Markers
• Dies: MFT Die-namics - Pierced Square Stax
• Patterned Paper: Lawn Fawn - Let's Bokeh in the Snow

Challenge entries:

Sweet Stampin' - Last Minute Christmas

AAA Cards - CAS Game #180 - Made in Minutes (Option: Christmas)

Use You Stuff - Challenge #412 - Winter/Snow/Christmas

NBUS - Challenge #21 - new stamp set 

As that's all my Christmas cards now shared and considering the date, I'd like to take this opportunity to wish you all a wonderful New Year celebration (however you are able to celebrate) and all the best for 2021.  To be honest, it can only get better can't it after the awful year we've all had?  I'll be at home with a few glasses of fizz and a takeaway (if we manage to get one as I imagine demand will be through the roof!), and no doubt asleep well before the clock strikes twelve!  

Thank you all for your amazing support during 2020 and for leaving such wonderful, encouraging comments, I appreciate them all so much.  Stay safe and sending crafty hugs to each and every one of you xx 

Stencilled Snowflake

Hi guys

I'm almost there with sharing all my 2020 Christmas makes, just one more after this one.

I decided on another square card base for this one as I think it worked best with this large stencil and the symmetry if the design.

This is a lovely metal stencil from Sweet Poppy Stencils.  I inked through it with pastel shades of Distress Ink then trimmed the panel down and matted it onto no-shed silver glitter cardstock and then adhered flat to the card base.  I added glue dots to various parts of the design with a glue pen and added some fine glitter.  To finish I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment on vellum which I wrapped around a strip of more of the glitter cardstock and adhered this on 3D foam in the centre.

Materials used:

• Stencil: Sweet Poppy - Mehndi Snowflake
• Ink: Distress Ink: Spun Sugar, Shaded Lilac, Salty Ocean; VersaMark
• Stamp: Clearly Besotted - Tiny Type
• Embossing Powder: Brutus Monroe - Alabaster White
• Accents: Sweet Poppy Superfine Satin Glitter - Crystalina Rainbow
• Vellum and cardstock from stash

Challenge entries:

Allsorts Challenge - Week 603/4 - Sparkle & Shine

Use Your Stuff - Challenge #412 - Winter/Snow/Christmas

Uniko - Challenge #62 - 'Tis the Season (Option: Sparkle)

NBUS - Challenge #21 - First use of this stencil

Thanks so much for taking a look, back again soon :)

Festive Foliage

Good evening

Back with another of this year's makes and this time it's one with a nice classic and traditional feel.

I'll get straight to it...

For a change I chose to make a square card here and cut a square panel which was slightly smaller than the base.  I masked off the sides of the panel and began by lightly blending a background with Iced Spruce Distress Ink.  I used a lighter hand towards the centre, the blend didn't have to be perfect as I was going to stencil over the top.  I added the foliage stencil over the top and blended with red, brown and two shades of green ink.  I then cut a wide strip of vellum and stamped and heat embossed a bold sentiment in gold before wrapping this around the panel and securing on the reverse.  To finish I matted the panel onto a larger red panel and then adhered flat to the card base.

Materials used:

• Stencil: Tim Holtz - Festive
• Ink: Distress Ink - Iced Spruce, Pine Needles, Candied Apple, Gathered Twigs; VersaMark
• Stamps: Clearly Besotted - Merry Calligraphy
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Metallic Gold Rich
• Vellum and cardstock from stash

Challenge entries:

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Challenge #522 - Anything Goes

Dream Valley - Challenge #238 - Christmas

Just Add Ink - Challenge #536 - Inspiration Pic

STAMPlorations - December Stencil Challenge - Anything Goes

STAMPlorations - December Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge - I chose the photo

Still a couple more to share with you so I'll be back again soon.