Lighting Up

I've made another 'tag' style card as I am really liking the C&S style at the moment.  This one's a Christmas card, featuring Bildmalarna Mimosa Lighting Up.  I've popped a variety of die cut snowflakes behind the tag, and some little rhinestones in the corner.  This one's been kept fairly flat, so it shouldn't cost a fortune to mail.

Card Recipe, featuring items from The Stamp Basket:

• Image - Bildmalarna Mimosa Lighting Up
• Typed Sentiment
• Colouring - Copics, Sakura Stardust Gel pens
• Cardworks Card base
• Neenah Classic Crest White Stamping Card
• Momento Stamp Pad Ink
• Baby Blue Bazzil Cardstock
• Vintage Style Ribbon Limoges
• Rhinestones
• Liquid Pearls

I've been inspired by:

• Penny Black - Make it Sparkle (rhinestones)
• Winter Wonderland - The most wonderful time of the year (Christmas)

Happy crafting
Annette
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Waiting for Santa

It's another Christmas card from me today (hubby already thinks we've got Christmas cards coming out of our ears), and I've kept the design really simple.

I've returned to my (current) favourite Christmas pad, First Edition's Silent Night, and a die that I'm really loving at the moment too, Cottage Cutz Holly Border.  I finished my card off with a few pearls, and an array of white flowers, stamens and pearl strings.

The image is matted onto silver mirri card, but it actually looks black in the photo as it's hard to get a good photo of the mirri card.  :0(

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Card Recipe featuring items from The Stamp Basket:

• Image - Bildmalarna Waiting for Santa
• Cardworks Shaped Card base
• First Edition Silent Night Papers
• Neenah Classic Crest White Stamping Card
• Momento Stamp Pad Ink
• Cottage Cutz Holly Corner
• Molly Blooms Celebrate Banner
• Liquid Pearls
• Hobby House pearls
• Flowers and stamens from Wild Orchid Crafts

I've been inspired by:

• Wild Orchid Crafts - Pretty Pastels
• The Hobby House - Roses
• Simon Wednesday Challenge - Use a Rubber image

Happy crafting
Annette
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Skiing

My card for The Stamp Basket today returns to a Christmas theme, with some gorgeous new gold backing papers from Bo Bunny.  I've contrasted them with a rich forest green satin ribbon, a green button and some embroidery thread.

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Card Recipe featuring items from The Stamp Basket:

• Image - Bildmalarna Mimo Ski
• Cardworks Shaped Card base
• Bo Bunny Silver and Gold Papers
• Neenah Classic Crest White Stamping Card
• Momento Stamp Pad Ink
• La La Land Christmas Tree die
• Cottage Cutz Holly Corner die
• Spellbinders Nesties Labels Eighteen
• Liquid Pearls
• Crystal Glamour Dust
• Glossy Accents
• Snow White pearls
• Forest Green satin ribbon
• Green button
• Green Embroidery thread

I've been inspired by:

• Inky Chicks - 2 Different Die Cuts
• Winter Wonderland - Buttons and Bows
• Papertake Weekly - 2 of something (2 bows, 2 die cuts, 2 papers)
• Passion for Promarkers - Snow is Falling

Happy crafting
Annette
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Chocolate cake, anyone?

Today's card is using my Wild Rose Studio Vintage Rose papers again (I'm really loving this pad).  The ribbon is also a gorgeous chocolate brown, but it looks kind of black in the photo.  :0(

I messed up cutting out the image as a circle panel, so ended up fussy-cutting out the image and layering it directly on the chocolate brown panel so that it popped out of the card.

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Card Recipe featuring items from The Stamp Basket:

• Image - Bildmalarna Your Birthday
• Cardworks Card base
• Wild Rose Studio Vintage Rose Papers
• Neenah Classic Crest White Stamping Card
• Momento Stamp Pad Ink
• La La Land Heart Fence Die
• Memory Box Arianna Sprig Die
• Memory Box Forest Snail Die
• Bazzill Cardstock in Brown and Fawn
• Hobby House Pearl Brad
• Liquid Pearls
• Glossy Accents
• White pearls
• Meadow Flowersoft

I've been inspired by:

• Creative Craft Challenge - Photo Inspiration (colours, cake)
• Cute Card Thursday - Hip to be Square

Happy crafting
Annette
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'Sew' many layers!

I'm so glad it's the weekend again, and not only that, but there's only one more week until Easter too.

Today's card features Bildmalarna 'Your Birthday' but the image is quite large, so I've cut her out and only used part of the image.  It's really versatile, but the girl and bird seemed to be looking at something (which of course is the bear in the full picture) so I cut out the present that the bear was holding, and put it on the ground for them to look at instead!  The sewing was a challenge in itself on this project.  I tried to get it really close to the edges as there were so many small panels, and I got there in the end.

I've streaked the fence die with various shades of brown marker pen to make it look like woodgrain.

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Card recipe:

• Image - Little Winged Friends Your Birthday
• Cardworks Shaped Card base
• Papers - My Mind's Eye Dolled Up
• La La Land Fence die
• Neenah Classic Crest White Stamping Card
• Momento Stamp Pad Ink
• Glossy Accents
• Cardinal Red Card
• 5mm, 4mm & 3mm Snow White pearls
• Flowers from Wild Orchid Craft
• Promarkers

I've been inspired by:

• Wild Orchid Challenge - Sketch
• Sparkles - Birds
• I Love Promarkers - Anything Goes

Happy crafting

Snowflakes

Another Stamp Basket creation today and I'm sticking to the traditional Chrimbo colours. I've also used a gorgeous new die called Ornaments Border Die from Whimsy.  I've cut it out in both red and white, and then pushed out the centres of each and swapped them over, so that the white centres are in the red border (look out next week for the reverse colours!!! LOL).

I've also used the white pompom trim again. I've seen it around other people's cards quite a bit this Christmas and it is lovely.

All items are from The Stamp Basket as follows:

• Bildmalarna Mimosa Snowflake Image
• Cardworks Shaped Card base
• Marianne Design Merry Little Christmas Papers
• Whimsy Ornaments Border Die
• Martha Stewart Lacy Doily Border Punch
• Liquid Pearls
• Crystal Glamour Dust
• Glossy Accents
• Berisford Satin Ribbon Red
• 5mm, 4mm & 3mm Snow White pearls
• Hobby House 8mm Pearl Brad
• Marianne PomPom Trim
• From my stash - flowers

Pop over to The Stamp Basket to see the lovely array of products on offer and the sale now on.

I've been inspired by:

• Simon Says Stamp - Merry Christmas
• Anything Goes - Traditional Christmas Colours
• Sweet Stampin' - 2 of Something (2 types of trim (ribbon & pompom), 2 papers, 2 colours (red and green)

Happy crafting.