Joy

I've used this 'JOY' die many times but I think the silver and gold combination (for the CAS Christmas challenge) is one of my favourites.

I trimmed a piece of white hammer card so it was slightly smaller than the card blank, rounded the corners and attached it to the card.  I die cut the 'JOY' letters from silver mirri and embossed them.  The embossing gave me a 'happy accident'.  My embossing mat is scratched and I usually put a piece of paper between the card and mat to eliminate marking the card, but forgot to do that so have got a lovely textured finish to the letters!  These letters were then inlaid into the card, together with the white middle of the letter 'O'.  I die cut the fancy 'JOY' from gold pearlescent card and attached it over the top.

To make this card I used:
     6" x 4" white hammer card blank
     Creative Expressions 'Festive Collection - Joy' dies
     Woodware 'Corner Rounder' punch
     Snippets of white hammer card, silver mirri and gold pearlescent card

I am entering the following challenges:
     ABC Christmas Challenge - A for Anything Christmas
     CAS Christmas Challenge - Silver and Gold
     Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge - Anything Goes
     Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes
     Love to Scrap - Anything Goes

Kath x

Twofer Squares

I made these cards for the Twofer Challenge - this month there is a 'Free Choice' so I have chosen a small Lawn Fawn stitched square die to make a birthday card and a Christmas card.

Twofer One - Happy Birthday

I attached small snippets of green, purple, turquoise and yellow star patterned paper to a piece of thin paper to give them a bit more strength for die cutting.  I then die cut four small stitched squares from each colour.  I attached the squares to a piece of white card using wet glue to give some 'wriggle room' and line up the squares.  Once the panel had dried I trimmed around the edge and attached it to the centre of the card.  I then die cut 'Happy Birthday' from white card and attached it to the upper corner of the patchwork panel.

To make this card I used:
     6" x 6" white matt card blank
     Lawn Fawn 'Outside In Stitched Square Stackables' and  Crafts-Too 'Happy Birthday' dies
     Snippets of Lili of the Valley 'Galaxy Stars' paper and white matt card

I am entering the following challenges:
     AAA Birthday Card Challenge - Patterned Paper
     Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes With Dies - March Challenge
     Pixie's Snippets Playground - Challenge 398

Twofer Two - Christmas

I die cut the small stitched square from kraft card and attached it to the card blank.  I die cut the three different sizes of poinsettia leaves from dark red textured card, layered them and attached them to the kraft square. I die cut six small berries from kraft card and attached to the centre of the poinsettia.

To make this card I used:

     5" x 5" white hammer card blank
     Lawn Fawn 'Outside In Stitched Square Stackables', All-Occasion Dies 'Small Poinsettia' and Memory Box 'Mini Holly Leaves' dies
     Snippets of kraft card and dark red textured card

I am entering the following challenges:

     CAS Christmas - Kraft, Red and White
     Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes

     Merry Little Christmas Challenge - Anything Christmas Goes

Kath x

Sparkling Tile Tree

I made this card for the CAS Christmas Challenge Third Birthday Celebration 'Use Kraft, Red and White'.

To make this quick CAS card I cut the Sparkling Tile Tree from a snippet of kraft card and trimmed 1/8" around the edge of the tree before attaching it to the centre of the card.  I used lots of tiny snippets of red mirri card to die cut the baubles and then inlaid these into the tree.

To make this card I used:
     6" x 4" white hammer card blank
     Memory Box 'Sparkling Tile Tree' die
     Snippets of kraft card and red mirri card

I am entering the following challengs:
     CAS Christmas Challenge - Kraft, Red and White
     Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes With Dies - March Challenge
     Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes
     Merry Little Christmas Challenge - Anything Christmas Goes

Kath x

Reindeer and Stacked Lines

This card was made using another new stencil from Funky Fossil.  The stencil  has four stacked lines but I used just one to make a band across the bottom of the card.

I trimmed a piece of white card so it was slightly smaller than the card blank and stencilled the stacked lines across the bottom.  I placed the card into my MISTI before stamping the reindeer and sentiment.  The reindeer had got snowflakes on his back which allowed the stripes to show through, so I used a fine paintbrush and black ink to paint the snowflakes so they blended with the back of the reindeer giving a clear silhouette.

To make this card I used:
     6" x 6" white matt card blank
     Hot off the Press 'Reindeer' and Clearly Besotted 'Cheerful Christmas' stamps
     Funky Fossil 'Stacked Lines' stencil
     Versafine Onyx Black and Deep Lagoon inks
     White card

I am entering the following challenges:
     AAA Cards - Up to One Third
     CAS Christmas - Silhouette
     Christmas Kickstart Challenge - Such a Deer
     Happy Little Stampers Stencil Challenge - Anything Goes
     Perfectly CAS - Stencils
     The Male Room - Animals

Kath x  

Elegant Reindeer

It's time for my first Christmas card of the year - a CAS card made for a few challenges.

I trimmed a piece of white card so it was slightly smaller than the front of the card blank, rounded the corners and die cut a stitched circle from the centre.  The panel was attached to the centre of the card.  I die cut a stitched circle from a snippet of paper and inlaid it into the circle.  The 'Elegant Reindeer' was die cut from black card and attached to the lower corner of the card.  The swirl on the reindeer's body was die cut from a tiny snippet of red card and inlaid.

To make this card I used:
     5" x 5" white matt card blank
     My Favorite Things 'Inside and Out Stitched Circle STAX Die-namics'  and Creative Dies 'Elegant Reindeer' dies
     Snippets of white matt card, Lili of the Valley 'Classic Christmas' paper, black matt and red textured card

I am entering the following challenges:
     CAS Christmas - Silhouette
     Christmas Kickstart Challenge - Such a Deer
     Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Feature a Creature
     Fezzwig's Festive Frolics - Anything Festive Goes
     Pixie's Snippets Playground - Challenge 394

Kath x

Opulent Baubles

This is another card for the Christmas Kickstart Challenge and Let's Squash It challenges using one of my favourite Christmas 'Emboss, Cut & Stamp' sets.  

I embossed a piece of white card with the baubles embossing folder and trimmed around the edge so it was slightly smaller than the card blank before attaching it to the card.  The embossing folder also die cut the bauble shape.  I attached a snippet of the lemon paper to a piece of white card and stamped the bauble before embossing it with clear embossing powder.  I put the bauble into the embossing folder to use the die to cut it out.  This was then inlaid into the card front.  I stamped the bow onto a snippet of purple textured card and embossed it with clear embossing powder.  I fussy cut the bow and attached it to the top of the bauble.

To make this card I used:
     6" x 4" white matt card blank
     Practical Publishing 'Opulent Baubles' embossing folder and stamps
     Versafine Imperial Purple ink
     Stampendous clear embossing powder
     Snippets of lemon paper, white matt card and purple textured card

I am entering the following challenges:
     CAS Christmas - Non-traditional colours
     Christmas Kickstart Challenge - Use a Christmas embossing folder and a stamp
     Let's Squash It - Use a Christmas Themed embossing folder and stamps
     Pixie's Snippets Playground - Challenge 390

Kath x

Another Blue and Silver Christmas Tree

Another quick Christmas card using lots more snippets.

I trimmed a piece of white hammer card so it was slightly smaller than the front of the card blank, rounded the corners and attached it to the card.  I die cut the tree from dark blue pearlescent card and attached it to the centre.  I used lots of teeny, tiny snippets of silver card to die cut the leaves and inlaid them into the tree.

To make this card I used:
     6" x 4" white hammer card blank
     Sizzix 'Trees, Leafy' dies
     Woodware corner rounder punch
     Snippets of white hammer card, blue pearlescent card and cream hammer card

I am entering the following challenges:
     CAS Christmas - Non-traditional Colours
     Fezzwig's Festive Frolics - Decorate the Tree
     Less is More - Blue & Silver
     Merry Little Christmas Challenge - Anything Christmas Goes

Kath x  

Delightful Dangles Christmas Tree

I made this card for the Less is More Colour Challenge. I chose the non-traditional Blue and Silver option so it also fit the current CAS Christmas Challenge.

I used blue ink to stamp the tree and sentiment onto white card and embossed it with clear embossing powder.  I trimmed the panel so it was slightly smaller than the front of the card blank, rounded the corners and attached it to the front of the card with a foam sheet. I then used a silver gel pen to highlight the ornaments on the tree.

To make this card I used:
     7" x 5" white matt card blank
     Woodware 'Delightful Dangles - Christmas Tree'
     Versafine Majestic Blue ink
     Silver gel pen
     Stampendous clear embossing powder
     Woodware Corner Rounder punch
     Snippet of white matt card

I am entering the following challenges:
     CAS Christmas Challenge - Non-traditional Colours
     Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes 512
     Less is More - Colour Challenge - Blue & Silver or Red & Gold

Kath x   

Rockin' Robin

Today's card is a cute CAS Christmas card for a few challenges.

I stamped the dancing robin and hat onto white card and used the coordinating die to cut them.  These were coloured with Promarkers and a Wink of Stalls added to the robin's red breast and the hat.  I then die cut a frame from two stitched rectangle dies.  I placed the card blank into my MISTI and laid the frame and dancing robin in the centre so I could see where to position the sentiment.  I removed the frame and robin before stamping the sentiment - stamping it a couple of times so I got a good coverage on the embossed card.  I attached the frame with thin foam tape, the robin with double sided tape and the hat with a foam pad.

To make this card I used:
     6" x 4" white embossed card blank
     Clearly Besotted 'Rockin' Robin stamps and coordinating dies
     My Favorite Things 'Inside & Out Stitched Rectangle STAX Die-namics'
     Versafine Black Onyx ink
     Promarkers
     Wink of Stella

I am entering the following challenges:
     CAS Christmas - Christmas Birds
     Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes
     Moving Along with the Times - Animals and/or Birds

Kath x

Partridge in a Pear Tree

I didn't think I had anything suitable for the CAS Christmas 'Twelve Days of Christmas Challenge' and then I remembered I had a die that had been a cover gift with a magazine ages ago.  So here is my card!

I trimmed a piece of white hammer card so it was slightly smaller than the card blank, rounded the corners and die cut a stitched circle from the centre.  I added a snippet of beige script paper behind the aperture and attached it to the card blank.  I then die cut the partridge from a snippet of dark green card and attached it to the centre.

To make this card I used:

     5" x 5" white hammer card blank
     Immediate Media 'Partridge in a Pear Tree' die

     My Favourite Things 'Inside & Out Stitched Circle STAX Die-namics' die
     Snippets of beige script paper, white hammer and green matt card

I am entering the following challenges:
     CAS Christmas - Twelve Days of Christmas

     Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - No stamp or digital image

     Just Us Girls - Die Cut and a Window

     Pixie's Snippets Playground - Challenge 384

Kath x

Santa Claus is Coming to Town

I love this Christmas scene die - it's also perfect for making quick snippets cards.

I die cut the scene from white hammer card before layering it onto a snippet of dark blue snowflake paper and trimming around the edge.  This was layered onto dark blue mirri card and attached to the centre of the card blank.  I used a couple of teeny snippets of gold pearlescent card to die cut the moon (the snippets were so small I had to cut it in two pieces!) and these were inlaid into the card.

To make this card I used:
     5.5" x 4.25" white hammer card blank
     Cottage Cutz 'Christmas Eve Night' die
     Snippets of white hammer, dark blue mirri and gold pearlescent card, dark blue snowflake paper

I am entering the following challenges:
     52 Christmas Card Throwdown - Forest & Deer
     CAS Christmas - Christmas Song (I've chosen 'Santa Claus is Coming to Town')
     Christmas Crafts All Year Round - Anything Christmas/Winter Holiday Goes
     Christmas Kickstart Challenge - Winter Wonderland (Create a Scene)
     Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes + Optional: Festive Animals
     Pixie's Snippets Playground - Challenge 376

Kath x

Christmas Flowers

My final card today is another CAS Christmas card - perfect for a few of my favourite challenges.

I die cut and embossed a square from white hammer card, layered it onto a square of red textured card and attached it to the centre of the card.  I die cut and embossed the three different size poinsettias, layered them and attached them to the centre of the square.  To finish I die cut holly berries from gold glitter card and attached them to the centre of the poinsettia.

To make this card I used:
     5" x 5" white hammer card blank
     Spellbinders Nestabilities 'Classic Squares Large', All Occasion Dies 'Small Poinsettia' & Memory Box 'Mini Holly Leaves'
     Kars tan embossing mat
     Snippets of red textured card, white hammer card and gold glitter paper

I am entering the following challenges:
     AAA Cards - Maxi White Space 
     CAS Christmas - Winter Flowers
     Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge - Your Favourite Technique (die-cutting)
     Pixie's Snippets Playground - Challenge 372

Kath x

Joy

Another red card using one of my favourite dies to make this CAS card for some of my favourite challenges.

I trimmed a piece of white hammer card so it was slightly smaller than the front of the card and die cut 'JOY' from the centre.  I rounded the corners before attaching the panel to the front of the card.  I die cut 'JOY' from three small snippets of red mirri card and inlaid them in to the card  I die cut the fancy 'JOY' from dark red textured card and attached it over the top.

To make this card I used:
     6" x 4" white hammer card blank
     Creative Expressions 'Festive Collection - Joy' die
     Woodware regular corner rounder punch
     Snippets of red mirri, dark red textured and white hammer card

I am entering the following challenges:
     AAA Cards - Up to One Third     
     CAS Christmas - Joy
     Christmas Kickstart Challenge - Red
     Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes With Dies - February Challenge
     Moving Along With The Times - Sentiment/Quote as Focus
     Pixie's Snippets Playground - Challenge 371

Kath x

Christmas Tag Card

Just one card from me today - made for the CAS Christmas 'Tag' challenge.

I covered the front of the card with a snippet of red paper, leaving a small margin around the edges.  I attached the robin paper to thin card and die cut and embossed the tag, ensuring the robins were on the top part of the tag.  I placed the tag in my MISTI before stamping and embossing 'Christmas' in the lower corner.  The tag was then attached to the centre of the card.  I die cut 'happy' from brown card and attached it across the tag.  To finish, I made a small bow from brown ribbon and attached it to the top of the tag.

To make this card I used:
     6" x 4" white matt card blank
     Creative Expressions 'Pierced Tags' and Lawn Fawn 'Scripty Happy' dies
     Practical Publishing 'Opulent Baubles' stamp (the stamp was Merry Christmas, but I cut it in half!).
     Snippets of red paper, robin paper, white and brown matt card, brown ribbon
     
I am entering the following challenges:
     ABC Christmas Challenge - B for Bingo (Ribbon, Christmas Sentiment, Die Cut)    
     CAS Christmas - Tag
     Crafty Calendar Challenge - Add a Tag
     Christmas Crafts All Year Round - Anything Christmas or Holiday Related
     Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes With Dies - January Challenge
     Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes
     Pixie's Snippets Playground - Challenge 369
     
Kath x

Gingerbread Wishes

I'm still on a mission to use all my bits 'n' bobs before buying any new products so there will be plenty of cards using old toppers in the near future.  This is one of the toppers from the bottom of my box - it's a lovely Elisabeth Bell design.

I die cut a frame from red mirri card and attached it to the card.  Although the topper was already die cut, I used one of my stitched dies to trim the shape of it before inlaying it into the frame - another quick and easy card for my box.

To make this card I used:
     5.5" x 4.25" tent told white silk card
     The Hobby House 'Gingerbread Wishes' precoloured topper
     My Favourite Things 'Inside & Out Stitched Rectangle STAX Die-namics' dies
     Red mirri card

I am entering the following challenges:
     CAS Christmas - Holiday Treats
     Christmas Crafts All Year Round - Christmas/Winter Food or Drink
     Merry Little Christmas Challenge - Anything Christmas Goes

Kath x

CAS Glitter

I'm in the midst of tidying and sorting my craft area (the corner of the spare bedroom!) and am trying to use all my oddments before buying anything new.  This glitter die cut tree was amongst a box of 'things die cut and not yet used' and this is my last white hammer card blank.  Put together they make a quick and easy Christmas card and are perfect for the CAS Christmas challenge.

To make this card I used:
     5" x 5" white hammer card blank
     Creative Expressions 'Festive Collection - Christmas Tree Greetings' die
    Bronze Adhesive Glitter Sheet

I am entering the following challenges:
     CAS Christmas Challenge - Glitter
     Christmas Crafts All Year Round -Add a Tree
     Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge 'Anything Goes
   
Kath x

Poinsettia Snippets

I made this card following the Christmas Card Throwdown sketch and used lots of snippets to die cut the poinsettias, squares and background strip.  The small squares were die cut and embossed before being attached over the glitter strip with foam tape.  The poinsettia leaves were shaped before being attached to the centre of the squares and small glitter flowers added to the centre.  To finish small gold glitter stars were added to the top corner.

To make this card I used:
     6" x 6" ice gold pearlescent card blank
     Spellbinders Nestabilities 'Lacy Squares', All Occasion Dies 'Small Poinsettia' and Memory Box 'Mini Holly Leaves' dies
     Kars tan embossing mat
     Woodware small star punch
     Snippets of white ice gold pearlescent card, red embossed card and gold adhesive glitter sheet

I am entering the following challenges:
      52 Christmas Card Throwdown 'Sketch'
     CAS Christmas 'Glitter'    
     Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge 'Only One Third'
     Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge 'Anything Goes'
     Pixie's Snippets Playground 'Challenge 358'

Kath x

Elf Presents

Another Christmas card using one of the images I chose with the gift card I won at last week's Bugaboo Weekly Challenge.

To make this card I used:
     5" x 5" white matt card blank
     Bugaboo 'Deacon Elf Presents' digi stamp
     Desert Diva free sentiment stamp
     Lawn Fawn 'Outside In Stitched Square Stackables' dies
     Kars tan embossing matt
     Promarkers

I'm entering the following challenges:
     CAS Christmas 'Gifts'
     Christmas Kickstart Challenge' 'The Elves and the Shoemaker'
     Dies R Us 'Kids'
     
Kath x

Elegant Reindeer

I made this card for the CAS Christmas 'Deer' challenge.  I'm also entering the Christmas Kickstart Challenge 'Mooves on Hooves', the Cardz 4 Guyz 'To Die For' challenge and Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies Challenge.

5" x 5" white matt card blank
Spellbinders Nestabilities 'Standard Circles Large' and Creative Dies 'Elegant Reindeer' dies
Kars tan embossing mat
Making Cards magazine 'Contemporary Christmas' paper
Brown and white matt card, silver holographic card

I trimmed a piece of white card so it was slightly smaller than the card blank before die-cutting and embossing a circle from the centre.  I attached a piece of red paper behind the aperture and attached it to the centre of the card.  I die cut three reindeer bodies and two antlers from dark brown card and one swirl from silver holographic card.  I layered two bodies and two antlers and attached these to the front of the card.  I inlaid the silver swirl into the reindeer body and then attached the third brown body layer to give some depth to the reindeer.

Kath x

Joy

I made this card for the CAS Christmas 'Blue and Silver' challenge.  I'm also entering the ABC Christmas Challenge 'A for Anything Christmas', the Merry Little Christmas Challenge 'Anything Christmas Goes' and Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies/

6" x 4" white matt card blank
Creative Expressions 'Festive Collection - Joy' die
Silver mirri, pale blue pearlescent and white matt card

I trimmed a panel of white card and die cut Joy from the centre.  This was layered onto pale blue pearlescent card and attached to the card blank.  I die cut the Joy letters from silver mirri and inlaid these, together with the white centre of the O.  I then die cut the fancy Joy from pale blue pearlescent card and attached over the silver mirri letters.

Kath x