My favourite things of 2015

Hello. 

Its my turn to share my favourite things for 2015.

Its no secret that i have the biggest craft crush on anything Winnie and Walter. 

Which made it especially difficult to choose between sets.

I  went with In bloom Addies garden.

I have used this set a lot and i don't think i could ever get bored with it. 

Whether its water colouring embossing you can always change how each image looks making it so very versatile.

 

Second up on my favourites is Gleeful gardens from Lawn fawn.

I love this set so much. 

Although it has really simple images you an really pack a punch by layering them up changing the colours or making scenes.

They are great for decorating enveloped for crafty friends too. 

Soo many options.

  

Third  and this was tough to just stop here lol ....but its Newtons Christmas cuddles stamp set.

I have always been a cat person so the newtons cats stamps really are just perfect.

I love this set in particular it has such sweet images and can be used any time not just for Christmas.

   

I hope you enjoyed seeing my fave three things from this year.

If i was gonna be naughty and share a fourth it would be this and this and this honestly that counts as one :) ...just saying.

Thanks so much for looking and i hope you all have  a very merry Christmas.

Little santa girl

Hello.

I am still making Christmas cards, guess i should have started sooner.

I'm not normally one to mix stamp companies not sure why i just don't but for today's card i wanted to use the little santa girl from neat and tangled but she need some thing extra for a background. 

Winnie and Walters winter woodland proved to be just what was needed

I stamped the girl in momento black ink and coloured with copics. 

I then fussy cut her out.

I made the background directly on to my card base using distress inks with some torn paper and the image from winter woodland.

It makes a simple but effective background and adds some extra detail.

  

Thanks for looking.

A whimsey snowdude christmas

Hello.

I'm still making my Christmas cards and today I reach for some paper smooches stamps.

I still haven't got a Santa stamp can you believe that? So i had to use Jerome the gnome from paper smooches instead.

I have kept this very simple as I'm planning on making a few.

I made the background using a Lawn fawn stitched rectangle die and some distress inks. 

My favourite mix at the moment is peacock feathers and chipped sapphire.

I then splashed with some glittery mist that i have,

I have Jerome as a single stamp but he is now available in the forest whimsey set.

He is coloured with copics to look like Santa and then fussy cut.

The robin and snowman are both from swanky snowdudes and again coloured with copics and fussy cut.

They are all adhered on foam tape.

The sentiment from joyful greetings is heat embossed in platinum.

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Thanks for looking.

Sparkly Christmas shaker card.

Hello.

I'm loving these Christmas stamps from Newtons nook  and wanted to get some  more  cards made using them.

I had already planned a shaker card although this one changed a bit as i saw the inky paws challenge on the Newtons nook blog and change to kraft.

You have time to order and play along :) 

Its a basic shaker card kept simple in design.

I started my card by adding stripe of glitter tape to my kraft card base.

I the cut my frame using lawn fawn stitched rectangles and stamped the snowflake from Newtons Christmas cuddles in gold ink. 

I had made the sky/snowy background using distress inks and added the fussy cut image before putting all the elements together.

The image is coloured with copics.

Thanks for looking.

In Bloom: Hollies festive florals

Hello.

I have more to share today using Winnie and Walters fabulous new release. 

If you missed Keren's amazing card yesterday also using Winnie and Walter please check it here you wont be disappointed.

First up i have two cards using patterned paper. 

Its something i often struggle with but ive had these papers a while and decided they needed some love.

I kept it simple and cut a panel and used two papers and a strip of glitter tape as the background.

I stamped the beautiful wreath from  In bloom hollies festive florals and fussy cut.

I place it onto the card and added some sequins as berries and the sentiment from merry and bright.

Continuing with the patterned paper ive use d a smaller strip and along with the glitter tape again.

I made the panel bigger and die cute the edge with a lawn fawn border for interest.

The sentiment is from the happy Christmas set.

Now i have created a different effect using the circles that make the berries for the wreath that are also from the in blooms hollies festive florals set.

I stamped them over and over to create a bokeh style. I used the altenew inks and they work so well for this technique.

The sentiment was stamped in black  and to finish i added some diamond stickles.

Again with the stamped bokeh but this time i stamped the wreath over the top and added some red stickles over the berries. 

Another sentiment from the merry and bright set and its complete.

Please click the images below to go to the items used.

   

    

Thanks for looking.

Jingle all the way

Hello.

I'm still playing with Winnie and Walter stamps this week but with a very different look.

I have used the Comfort and joy stamp set from the latest release and given it a warhol style.

To start i die cut four squares of white card stock.

I then heat embossed the bell on each one in bright embossing powders.

Then i used distress sinks with a blender to colour the erst of the square.

Once in place on my card blank i just stamped the sentiment in black ink.

I like this clean and simple look it would work great with other images in the set too.

  

Thanks for looking.

Merry & Bright floral Christmas

        

Hello.

The new release from Winnie and Walter is here and available to buy.

It has really beautiful stamp sets for Christmas and i wanted to show off the fabulous In bloom;Elsas florals stamp set.

This card is coloured mostly with copics.

I don't class my self as good at colouring but i am so pleased with how this turned out.

I started off stamping one flower and coloured it and then it progressed with lots more masking and stamping and colouring.

When i was happy i had enough elements i added all the masks back on and stamped the leaves all around the edges and blended some tumbled glass distress ink all over

I then die cut the coloured panel with the largest Lawn fawn scalloped rectangles.

I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment from Merry and bright in gold.

To add some extra detail and tie in with the gold sentiment i added a a gold die cut stitched rectangle frame.

Finally i lightly sprayed some glimmer mist and added some clear sequins and some dots of stickles.

The card is full of sparkle.

Please click the images to go to the products used.

  

    

Thanks for looking.

Newtons Christmas cuddles.

Hello.

I am getting stuck into my Christmas cards at last. 

Its just felt way to early but i know if i don't start now i wont have time to post them.

I couldn't resist buying some of the new Newtons nook stamps.

I have used Newtons Christmas cuddles.

I stamped the images onto white card and coloured with copics.

They were stamped with antique line distress ink before colouring.

I then stamped the small snowflake a couple of times and the sentiment and kept it very simple.

It was die cut with a stitched rectangle from Lawn fawn and backed with some bokeh paper also from lawn fawn.

The final finishing touch was some diamond stickles and clear sequins.

  

Thanks for looking.