All I Want for Christmas is Ewe

Hi guys

Back with my final Christmas card make of 2018.

This is the card I made for my chap, I'm loving the little scenes you can make with Clearly Besotted stamps.  The Scene It sets were recent purchases so I wanted to ink one up for this card.

On a panel of white cardstock I stamped the trees, then stamped and cut out a mask so I could blend the sky.  Next I stamped the bow, then masked it before stamping the sheep.  Finally I stamped the sentiment.  All that was left to do was add a little colour to the trees and sheep, which I did using coloured pencils.  I finished by adding a small amount of shimmer to the trees but the camera hasn't picked this up.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Clearly Besotted - Scene It Again, Kiss Me Quick
• Ink: Versafine - Onyx Black; Distress Ink - Tumbled Glass
• Coloured with Faber Castell Polychromos
• Accents: Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen - Clear

Challenge entries:

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - New (new stamp set)

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Challenge #418 - Anything Goes Christmas/New Year

My Time To Craft - Something New (new stamp set)

Alphabet Challenges - 'T' is for Trees

Fab 'n' Funky - Challenge #420 - Cute Christmas

Happy Little Stampers - December Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes (snow)

That's all of my cards shared for this year.  I'll be back on 2 January with my card for the next Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge.

All that's left to say is a huge THANK YOU for all your support and wonderful comments, I absolutely love the crafting community.  I wish you all a wonderful New Year celebration, whatever you're doing, and all the best for a fabulous 2019 xx

Googly Rudolph!

Hiya

Back again with a super clean and simple make.  I did make a few of these but due to the raised embellies I didn't post any, just hand delivered a few.

I stamped the antlers/ears in brown ink and the sentiment in black.  Then simply adhered the googly eyes and a red sequin for his nose.  Easy peasy!

Materials used:

• Stamps: Clearly Besotted - In Print, Tiny Type
• Ink: Versa Color - Pinecone; Versafine - Onyx Black
• Accents: Googly eyes from stash; Doodlebug - red sequins

Challenge entries:

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Challenge #418 - Anything Goes Christmas/New Year
Fab 'n' Funky - Challenge #420 - Cute Christmas
AAA Cards - CAS Game #130 - Three of Something (three embellishments)




I really appreciate your visits, I have one more Christmas card to share which I'll be back with very soon.

Festive Stag

Hi guys

I hope you've all had a lovely Christmas.

I'm back sharing the last of my Christmas cards today.  This one was made at the same time I made the festive foliage cards, here. 

I began by embossing the card base with a stitched rectangle die.  As the card base is textured it didn't really work but I went with it anyway :)

I die cut the stag from dark brown cardstock, the die has some embossed detail as well as just an outline so I think it worked well with the textured base.  Over the base of the stag I adhered some foliage which was leftover from making the previous batch of cards.  I then stamped, embossed in clear and die cut the bow from deep red cardstock.  Then under this I tucked in the sentiment flag which was embossed in gold on paler green cardstock.

The gloss from the embossing, and the texture can be seen more clearly in the next photo...

Materials used:

• Dies: Create a Smile - Cool Cuts Double Stitched Rectangles; Xcut - Woodland Stag Wreath; Marianne Creatables - Petra's Larix Larch; Clearly Besotted - Joy to the World
• Stamps: Clearly Besotted - Joy to the World, Flag It
• Ink: VersaMark
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Clear Gloss, Metallic Gold Rich
• Cardstock from stash

Challenge entries:

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Challenge #418 - Anything Goes Christmas/New Year

Happy Little Stampers - December Anything Goes with Dies Challenge

Thanks so much for visiting, I hope to be back shortly with another make.

Merry Mouse

Hi guys

Sharing another Christmas make with you today.

These stamps are from two Clearly Besotted sets I had yet to ink up, and they work brilliantly together.

I began by stamping and masking the mouse image on Strathmore Bristol cardstock, then stamped the fireplace before watercolouring with my Zig markers.  To add a little interest to the card base I stamped and heat embossed the outline snowflakes with a pearl embossing powder.  The panel was die cut with a stitched rectangle and mounted on fun foam.  To finish I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment in white on a strip of black cardstock.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Clearly Besotted - Cosy Christmas, Merry Mouse; Docrafts - Snowflakes
• Ink: Versafine - Onyx Black; VersaMark
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Opaque Bright White, White Pearl
• Coloured with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers
• Die: Create a Smile - Cool Cuts Double Stitched Rectangles

Challenge entries:

Cards in Envy - Hang Your Stocking with Care Card Challenge

Sweet Stampin' - Anything Christmas / Last Minute Christmas Cards

It's work for me tomorrow but hopefully I'll have time for another post before the big day.

Christmas Card Multiples - Cosy Knits

Happy Sunday!

I'm back today with more of my Christmas card multiples.  Yes, I was very far behind this year so had to do a lot of mass production!

For these I used up some old coloured card blanks from my stash and reproduced the same design in different colourways.  I made about 18 of these in total.

For each of these I began by stamping and embossing the sentiment in the centre.  The red and green were embossed in gold, and the blue was embossed in silver.  I then stamped the stitched images in co-ordinating ink for a tone on tone effect.

I then topped the trees with accents.  On the blue design I added some glazed silver gems, and on the red and green versions I added a dab of glue and some gold glitter.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Concord & 9th - Cozy Christmas; Clearly Besotted - Christmas Calligraphy
• Ink: VersaMark; Altenew - Velvet, Evergreen, Desert Night
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Metallic Gold Rich, Metallic Silver
• Accents: Silver gems from stash; Nuvo Pure Sheen Glitter - Light Gold

Thanks so much for popping by, I'll be back with more later!

Challenge Me a Christmas Card with Michelle Lupton

Hi there

I'm thrilled to have been asked by Michelle Lupton to join her in her Challenge Me a Christmas Card series. 

Michelle has asked lots of friends in blogland to challenge her to make a card using, for example, a specific theme, technique or product, etc., and for each of us to also share a card.  Michelle has had some big names from the crafting community joining her this month, so to be asked to take part is an absolute honour!

The theme I chose for Michelle was 'Christmas Night Sky'.  My card is below and you can click here to see what Michelle created.  I'm now off to have a look myself!

Here is my card...

I created the sky on the top half of my card base by blending Distress Inks.  I then stamped the sleigh and reindeer image in black.  Next I die cut the main white panel using a landscape die with a large expanse of white for the snow in the foreground.  I then stamped the bunny and the sentiment in black before adhering the panel flat to the base.  I added a further three die cut trees which were adhered on glue dots for a little dimension.  To finish I added some twinkle to the snowy trees using a shimmer pen.  The shimmer can be seen more clearly in the image below...

Materials used:

• Ink: Distress Ink - Dusty Concord, Chipped Sapphire, Black Soot; Versafine - Onyx Black
• Stamps: Card-io - Christmas Scenery 2; Uniko - Most Wonderful
• Dies: Memory Box - Quiet Cabin Landscape; Craft Emotions - Pine Trees
• Accents: Spectrum Noir Shimmer Pen - Clear

Challenge entries:

Fab 'n' Funky - Challenge #420 - Cute Christmas

Happy Little Stampers - December Anything Goes with Dies Challenge

Happy Little Stampers - December Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes (Snow)

Stamping Sensations - December Challenge - Winter Sparkle

Thanks so much for joining me today, and a huge thank you to Michelle for inviting me to join in the fun :) x

Cosy Christmas for my Bestie

Hi guys

Today I'm sharing the Christmas card I made for my best friend.

I absolutely loved this 'Winter Wear' stamp set from Concord & 9th when it was released and managed to get my hands on it.  The sentiment I used was taken from a different set, as the Winter Wear set had 'cosy' spelt the American way of 'cozy'. 

I die cut a white cardstock panel with a stitched rectangle die and used the stamps in the set to build up the two characters...that's me on the right with the 'up do' and specs, and my bestie on the left with the longer hair :D  I coloured the images with ProMarkers and stamped the sentiment below in the same black ink.  I added shimmer to the hat and Glossy Accents to the glasses which the camera has picked up in the photo below...

The panel was then adhered using fun foam.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Concord & 9th - Winter Wear; Clearly Besotted - Cosy Christmas
• Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black
• Die: Create a Smile - Cool Cuts Double Stitched Rectangles
• Coloured with ProMarkers
• Accents: Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen - Clear; Ranger - Glossy Accents

Challenge entry:

Sweet Stampin' - Anything Christmas/Last Minute Christmas cards

I'll be back tomorrow sharing more of this year's Christmas makes.

Christmas Card Multiples - Festive Foliage

Hi guys

Here are more of my Christmas card multiples.

For these I used some linen textured card bases I've had in my stash for years.

These were time consuming due to all the die cutting but once done the cards were really quick to put together.  The only stamping was the sentiment which was embossed in gold and die cut with the co-ordinating die.  The rest of the die cuts were cut from coloured and metallic cardstock, layered up and adhered with liquid glue.

Materials used:

• Dies: Clearly Besotted - Tag Along Die Collection (bow); Britannia Dies - Fern Strip; Marianne Creatables - Petra's Larix Larch; Xcut - Woodland Stag Wreath
• Stamp: Clearly Besotted - Christmas Calligraphy (and co-ordinating die)
• Ink: VersaMark
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Metallic Gold Rich

Challenge entry:

Happy Little Stampers - December Anything Goes with Dies Challenge

I'll have more of my Christmas makes to share this weekend, thanks for stopping by.

Christmas Card Multiples - Eat, Drink, Be Merry

Hi folks

Back tonight sharing another set of Christmas card multiples.

There cards were purely stamped directly on the card base, so perfect for mailing...

I started by positioning the glasses and holly on my MISTI, just to get the placing right, then stamped the holly first, before masking it then stamping the glasses and bubbles.  All that was left to do was stamp the sentiment below in black and add some sparkly shimmer to the Christmas fizz!

And I love how I managed to capture the sparkle in the next photo, that doesn't normally happen! :)

Materials used:

• Stamps: Avery Elle - Sip Sip Hooray; Clearly Besotted - Holiday Sentiments (holly), Most Wonderful
• Ink: Memento - Cottage Ivy; Altenew - Crimson, Sea Glass, Morning Frost; Versafine - Onyx Black
• Accent: Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen - Clear

Challenge entries:

CASology - Week #324 - Holly

Sweet Stampin' - Anything Christmas / Last Minute Christmas Cards

Thanks so much for visiting!

Christmas Card Multiples - Shimmering Snowflakes

Hi guys

Today I'm sharing a batch of Christmas card multiples.

For some time I've been making my card bases out of A4 cardstock, cutting to size and scoring myself.  But I still had a box of cards and envelopes in my stash which weren't getting used so for this year's Christmas cards I decided to reach for these for a change.

These card bases are so pretty, in subtle gold and lilac pearlescent card with a gorgeous shimmer.  So I kept with the shimmery theme and added die cut glitter card and metallic heat embossed vellum. 

Here's the gold version...

I die cut the base snowflake from rose gold glitter card and adhered flat to the card base.  The smaller snowflake was stamped on vellum and heat embossed in platinum and die cut with the co-ordinating die.  The sentiment was heat embossed in the same embossing powder on a strip of black cardstock.  This was then adhered on 3D foam holding the vellum snowflake in place.

And the lilac version...

This was made in the same way but with the base snowflake die cut from white glitter card and the vellum snowflake heat embossed in silver sparkle.  The sentiment strip was heat embossed in silver.

Materials used:

• Dies: Stampin' Up! - Festive Flurry
• Stamps: Stampin' Up! - Festive Flurry; Clearly Besotted - Sentimenta; Type
• Ink: VersaMark
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Metallic Silver, Metallic Platinum, Metallic Silver Sparkle
• Cardstock, glitter cardstock and vellum from stash

Challenge entries:

Sweet Stampin' - Anything Christmas/Last Minute Christmas Cards

Daring Cardmakers - Snowflakes Falling

Happy Little Stampers - December Anything Goes with Dies Challenge

Happy Little Stampers - December Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes (Snow)

Cards in Envy - The Spirit of Christmas Card Challenge

Stamping Sensations - December Challenge - Winter Sparkl

Thanks for visiting :)

Poinsettia Ribbon

Hi guys

Apologies for not posting for a while, over the last couple of weeks I've been frantically making, writing and posting Christmas cards because, as usual I had nowhere near enough in my stash, I was about fifty short!

So I've been making a few multiples which I'll be sharing with you over the next week.

I love how the card I'm sharing today turned out, but I only made four of this one as it wasn't the ideal design for mass production.

Here it is...

I began by die cutting the poinsettia ribbon and I masked off the ribbon parts to enable me to blend the petals with Distress Inks, where I used two shades.  Once coloured I adhered the die cut to a panel of black cardstock which had been cut slightly smaller than the card base.  I then used a clear stamp which was manipulated to follow the curve of the die cut and stamped and heat embossed in gold.  The panel was then adhered flat to the card base.  To finish I added some gold Stickles to accent the centre of the flower.

Materials used:

• Die: Poppy Stamps - Poinsettia Ribbon
• Ink: Distress Ink - Candied Apple, Aged Mahogany; VersaMark
• Stamp: Hero Arts - Color Layering Christmas Tree (sentiment)
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Metallic Gold Rich
• Accent: Stickles - Gold

Challenge entries:

CAS on Friday - Challenge #148 - Make a Christmas Card #2

Happy Little Stampers - December Anything Goes with Dies

Cards in Envy - The Spirit of Christmas Challenge

Dream Valley - Challenge #192 - Christmas

Inkspirational - Challenge #175 - Anything Christmas Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I should have more to share with you over the weekend :)