Have A Gift Christmas

Morning all!

:-)

Another miserable day here in Glasgow!

Here is today's make!

Topper is a Forever Friends stamp inked with Momento ink which was then coloured with Promarkers.

I used Wild Orchid Crafts flowers and fabric flowers as embellishments in the corners with a hint of the DoCrafts golden berries to add some warmth.

I had some of the blue twine which I used instead of ribbon and the sentiment was edge distressed with the tim holtz tool.

Glossy accents was used to cover the candi dots and the edges of the image for decoration!

Forever Friends Christmas.

Good Morning All!

How are we today?

Here is today's make!

The image is a forever friends stamped in Momento ink and coloured with Promarkers.

Coloured twine, mulberry flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts and coloured candi dots.

Enjoy! :)

Birdie Christmas

Good morning everyone!

Cold and wet here in Glasgow today!

Here is today's make!

Vellum and paper stock layered up with coloured twine.

Image and sentiment cut out on cuttlebug and spellbinders nestibilities decorative elements dies.

Image is heat embossed in mirror gold.

Card finished off with Wild Orchid Crafts flowers and fabric flowers from an unknown source!

Snow Lady Christmas

Good morning everyone!!

How are we all today?

I thought I would share my latest creation with you all.

I bought this lovely and adorable stamp from NGCards and I thought that it was about time she was getting used!

The card has been layered with vellum papers and normal paper, embellished with some coloured twine I found lying around one of the embellishment boxes, wild Orchid Crafts flowers and candi dots.

The flowers in the lower left corner are left from Mum's stash and are made of fabric. I have no clue where she got them from!

The image was stamped in Momento ink and coloured with Promarkers.

Christmas at Night

Today's make so far!

This one in my head was a simple idea and I suppose it is, but all the faffing with making a circular aperture card was just irritating!

Worth it though!

Have a look :)

The night sky was done using Inkylicious brushes with Momento and Distress inks with mountain templates.

The image was then stamped with tinted embossing ink and then heat embossed with Heat It Up Silver powder.

The patterned paper on the front section was from a Christmas signature series linen paper pack by DC and was mounted on a piece of card for extra strength as I wanted it sitting out in a 3d effect from the background.

Silver peel offs were used as an accent and then the Wild Orchid Crafts flowers were added and highlighted with diamond dust as a snow effect and the sentiment was stamped from an Inkylicious stamp set in Versafine Ink, The edges of the sentiment were distressed with the Tim Holtz paper distress tool I reviewed before (see tutorials in the menu above).

I added some sparkles with some sticky jewels at the center of the snowflakes and used some of the paper Candi dots with Anita's Glossy Accents to look like brads.

Today's new card! :)

Been messing around making cards today and this is what I came up with.

The main image is a Fairy Doodles stamp which has been stamped in Momento Tuxedo Black ink and then coloured using Promarkers.

Flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

Various papers used and perfect pearls also.

Inkylicious Brushes and Sunset

Having another play around with my Inkylicious brushes with distress inks and momento inks!

I love this stamp from Inkylicious!

I had to have a go at creating something like this just to see how it would go.

I am quite pleased with it apart from the way I lined up the bottom of the stamp with the bottom of the inked circle behind for the sunset.

Will need to revisit this one I think!

Penny Black Christmas

Well I decided to get the promarkers and the new fine liners out to try out a new penny black stamp!

I just adore this stamp and I can see me using it time and time again! :D

Late night colouring.

I couldn't sleep last night because of the pain in my back and foot so I ended up colouring with promarkers!

Promarkers and stamping.

I couldn't face getting paper all over my just hoovered carpet last night so I ended up colouring with promarkers some stamped images!

Penny Black stamp with Momento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured with promarkers.

No idea where this stamp is from as it is not labelled!!

Thanks for looking!

Perfect Pearls take one!

Well I came across some perfect pearls in the craft stash and I had to look up to see how to use them. I decided to try the resist technique using personal impressions and V&A stamps.

Range of colours I have.

Versa mark watermark ink pad then two colours of pearls and stamped again with versamark to take off some of the powder.

Straight forward stamping with a clear sticky ink and going over with various colours!

Both of these were done using the same pearls colour! 

In the first one I coloured the paper with distress ink and then used the purple powder to make it shimmer and used the same ink pad to take off some of the powder leaving the impression of the stamp.

On the second one, I simply covered the paper with a clear sticky ink and used the same powder and took off some of the powder with the ink and stamp as before.

Exact same as above, just using green instead of purple.

A simple stamp and colour with the bronze.

Lots of layers!

Hi all,

After yesterdays two cards, I felt that I could do better, so I took some inspiration from fellow DC members and went for it.

I had saw people distressing the edges of their paper and it just seemed to give a more authentic feel. Most were using the Tim Holtz paper distresser, but I decided to try with scissors!

The overall card. 

Decoupage image topper accented with antique velvet distress inks.

Paper edges distressed with household scissors.

Purple circle sprayed with cosmic shimmer spray.

Little flowers punched and hand made by my mother. <3

I have hundreds of these cute embellishments but never use them!!

Among the boxes of embellishments were a little jar of these paper shimmery raised dots. I have no idea where they came from, I think Mum got them in a wallet swap!

White flowers punched and hand made by my mother. 

Cosmic shimmer circle, just adds a little more colour and splash to the card!

Well, I hope you like the card, I am very happy with it! This is more like the kind of card I should be making if I just put the time into it!

Well, how ese will I use all of my papers up? :D

A new card!

Somehow, I always make a mess...

My little rounded corner punch. Lifesaver in my opinion.

Messing about with layout.

Peel offs and flowers with everything stuck down.

Overall, I am not too impressed with this one, but it is my first card in 9 months!