Welcome to my crafty blog and another Christmas card, this time using Julie Hickey Designs ‘Christmas foilables’ die cuts as the focus. I took the layout from the sketch at Atlantic Hearts, the colours from Color Hues and the right hand column of embellishment/no sentiment/shiny from TicTacToe I started with two of the die cuts,… Read More Christmas foilables
Hello crafty friends. I’m still busy with Christmas cards – today’s uses the ‘spruced up’ set from Stampin’ Up! I’ve taken the layout from CAS Colours & Sketches, the colours from Hand Stamped Sentiments and the Christmas tree theme from The Card Concept I started with the abstract background stamp from ‘artistically inked’, which I… Read More spruced up trees
Welcome to my crafty blog. Clarity’s ‘letterbox gnomes’ have come out to play again today, inspired by a couple of challenges. I’ve taken the sketch from Fusion (which I flipped) and picked up the gnome sitting on the shelf in their photo. TGIF challenges have also got a gnome theme this week, and I reflected… Read More joyful gnomes
Welcome to my crafty blog. I’ve been playing with Julie Hickey’s foilable die cuts again, this time with a wreath from her ‘Festive’ set. I’ve taken the colours from CAS Colours & Sketches, which might not be an abvious choice at first glance but it is possible to get poinsettia with green/cream bracts! I used… Read More Christmas wreath
Hello crafty friends. Well, I’m continuing the poinsettia theme today, but without using a poinsettia stamp or die on this card! My Sunday dip back into Clarity’s craft club reached May 2020, which was a mandala die. When I looked at it, I thought I could turn it into a poinsettia style design and get… Read More Clarity Craft Club lookback – mandala die
Hello crafty friends. Herre’s another Christmas card, this time using the ‘merriest moments’ set from Stampin’ Up! which have come out for the first time this year. I’ve taken the colours from the new challenge at Just Us Girls, together with ‘anything goes’ from Happy Little Stampers‘ Christmas challenge. I wanted the poinsettias to be… Read More poinsettia tidings
Welcome to my crafty blog and another Christmas card showcasing both sides of one of the new ‘fitting florets’ papers from Stampin’ Up! I’ve taken the sketch from Atlantic Hearts for this one. I started with a piece of the blue floral paper, which I’d cut down to fit the lower half of a 5×7… Read More goodwill to all
Hello there. Today’s card is another one on the road to Christmas, but this time I’ve gone for less traditional colours, using the palette from CAS Colours & Sketches. I love the look of this border stamp designed by Hazel Eaton for Julie Hickey Designs, which nicely picks up the ‘trees’ theme from Global Design… Read More Christmas border
Hello crsfty friends. I finally got time to play with some of the latest foilable die cuts from Julie Hickey Designs for this Christmas card, picking up the colours from Color Throwdown and the layout from Freshly Made Sketches. I’m also going to share it with Happy Little Stampers, where their Christmas challenge theme is… Read More Christmas mistletoe
Welcome to my crafty blog and another Christmas card (I’m on a bit of a roll!) I’ve gone with stamps from the new ‘Peace to You’ set from Stampin’ Up! for this one, which was inspired by the sketch at Atlantic Hearts and the theme of ‘babies’ at As You See It – let’s face… Read More Nativity
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