Merry Christmas Dies with Gold Baubles Paper.

Hello there,
Today I have a sparkly little creation for you! I love this bauble paper and it really shines when left to be the star of the show, as I have here... 

 I die cut the gold glimmer sentiment and added it to a strip of vellum (using tiny dots of glue) then added it to paper, cut to be same size as a card base (10.5cm x 14.8cm) by adding more glue behind the sentiment.

 I also added a few little snowflake enamel shapes to catch the light

 Adding a wrap of twine and a white, heat embossed sentiment under the die cut to finish.

So, that's all from me for today, 

I hope you have a chance to be creative today :-)

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Products Used to create this project:

All Is Bright 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper (£8.20)	Merry Christmas To All Photopolymer Bundle (£45.75)	Vellum A4 Cardstock (£8.25)	Festive Farmhouse Cotton Twine (£7.50)	Gold Glimmer Paper (£4.75)	White Stampin' Emboss Powder (£4.75)	Versamark Pad (£8.25)
Heat Tool (Uk) (£28.00)	Basic Black A4 Cardstock (£8.00)	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock (£7.25)

Little Elephant CAS Card

Hello there!
Today's card uses the adorable Elephant Builder Punch, I did use the stamp set too but only for the sentiment. I teamed it with some of the Petal Promenade DSP to make a little train of ellies, lets see....

Now, you'll see in this image how they punch out usually. Obviously this wouldn't work for this card as I wanted the baby Ellie to hold the bigger ones tail so...

TIP: Punch one large elephant in the regular way and flip the DSP over and punch the little one in reverse. I then use a bone folder and run it around the edges to smooth them out so the rough edges aren't showing. 

I also inked the edges of the elephants lightly using a sponge and my smoky slate ink pad before adding them above some cute star paper from Twinkle, Twinkle DSP.
TIP 2: This is a great way to use those small offcuts of DSP.

Finished with a tiny Fresh Fig card heart (from the Cookie Cutter Builder Punch) and a matching mini ribbon bow.

Thanks so much for looking today. I have a busy day today but I'm hoping to get my craft on this evening :-) I hope you get a chance to craft too!
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Products Used to create this project:

Little Elephant Clear-Mount Bundle (£31.50)	Elephant Builder Punch (£17.00)	Petal Promenade Designer Series Paper (£10.25)	Twinkle Twinkle Designer Series Paper (£10.25)	Fresh Fig 1/8" Sheer Ribbon (£5.50)	Fresh Fig A4 Cardstock (£8.00)	Cookie Cutter Builder Punch (£17.00)
Multipurpose Liquid Glue (£3.75)	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock (£7.25)

Fabulous Flamingo CAS Card

Hello there,
I have a super fun, single layer card and going back to the basics of simply card and ink!

 This is a triple layer stamp set so I stamped the flamingo in Powder Pink then Flirty Flamingo and finally the outline using Memento black ink.

I stamped the sentiment in both Flamingo and then Memento for a shadow effect.

The leaves, water and reeds are all included in the set too :-)
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Thanks for looking today, I'll be back tomorrow with a specially made Eclipse card...
'till then

Products Used to create this project:

Fabulous Flamingo Photopolymer Stamp Set (£20.00)

Powder Pink Classic Stampin' Pad (£7.00)

Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad (£7.00)

CAS Wreath using Carols Of Christmas for Inspire. Create. Challenge #003

Hello there
And welcome to another Inspire. Create. Challenge!

This is Challenge #003 and the theme is "Festive" which is a lovely, broad theme and I'm certain that lots of you will have something that you are working on right now that will fit in with this challenge and we'd all love for you to enter it into the challenge for everyone to see :-)
So, my card is a CAS card using just the holly stamp and die from Carols Of Christmas...

I started by drawing in pencil around the largest circle die onto a regular vanilla card layer (cut to 10.2cm x 14.5cm) to make the wreath shape. Then, using the Cherry Cobbler and Always Artichoke markers, I inked the holly stamps to fill the circle. Erase the pencil line and stamp then heat emboss the sentiment (from Watercolour Christmas, there's some great sentiments and fonts in that set!!).

Ink and stamp some extra hollies before die cutting them out and adding over every other holly on the wreath for some extra dimension. To add the ribbon bow - I like to staple the ribbon about 10-15cm in from the end (leave the other end on the roll, to your right), knot and tie a bow, then trim. This way the bow will be very secure and there will be minimal waste :-)  I can do a video, if that doesn't make sense?? Let me know!

Add this front panel to a thick vanilla card base then finish with some basic pearls, coloured with a sharpie.

Well, that's all from me for today, do remember to check out the Inspire. Create. Challenge blog for lots more "Festive" inspiration from the DT :-)
Thanks for looking today.
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Products Used to create this project:

Layering Circle Framelits Dies	Carols Of Christmas Clear-Mount Bundle	Watercolor Christmas Clear-Mount Stamp Set	Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder	Embossing Buddy	Versamark Pad	Regals Stampin' Write Markers
Heat Tool (Uk)	Pearl Basic Jewels	Cherry Cobbler 1/4" Double-Stitched Ribbon	Very Vanilla A4 Thick Cardstock	Very Vanilla A4 Cardstock