Pearlescent Christmas Tag Cards

Good evening

More of my Christmas card multiples for you today.  

No stamping on these, just die cuts cut from pearlescent cardstock and jacquard-effect papers.  I made eight of these, four in each colourway...

When I make cards I usually start with a piece of cardstock and cut and fold it myself to create the card base but I have a small stash of cards and envelopes which I'm trying to make use of so these ivory pearlescent card bases were my starting point for these.

I've also had these Merry Christmas papers in my stash for as long as I can remember, they were part of a Christmas kit I bought about fifteen years ago!  They look like jacquard fabric and are kind of pearlescent so worked perfectly with these bases.  

The blue and pink version...

I die cut the tags from the patterned paper, and also the bows from a different shade of the same paper collection.  I used a spare card base to die cut the cabin landscapes and then used the bottom part of the same tag die to trim these down, before adhering together.  Before adhering the tags I added three vertical score lines to the bases, just to add a little extra detail.  The bows were then adhered to the top of the tags.

Here's the red and green version...

The process was exactly the same but here I used a poinsettia die to create the die cuts which were adhered across the tags.

The four landscape tag cards...

And the four cards with the poinsettia die tags...

Materials used:

• Dies: Clearly Besotted - Tag Along Die Collection; Poppy Stamps - Poinsettia Ribbon; Memory Box - Quiet Cabin Landscape
• Pearlescent cardstock and patterned papers from stash

Thanks for taking the time to visit, I'll be back soon with more.

Less is More Challenge #455

Good morning

Apologies that it's been two whole weeks since I last posted here, life just becomes busy sometimes and I haven't found time to craft and share.

As we have five Saturdays's in October, Less is More have an extra Lucky Dip challenge for you starting today.  So, I'll get straight to the cue card for this one...

I thought I'd make a card using just dies for this one, it's been a while since I didn't reach for my stamps but I enjoyed making this one...

I began by raiding my stash and fishing out some different white cardstocks.  For some background interest I chose a linen cardstock for my main die cut panel.  I then die cut the poinsettia ribbon from some off-white pearlescent cardstock, i thought that would showcase the detail on the flower, and the Merry Christmas frame was die cut from some white glitter cardstock.  After adhering the panel to the card base I adhered the poinsettia ribbon, leaving the flower without any adhesive at this point.  I then adhered the frame, gently lifting the flower petals through, which I then finally adhered using some glue dots for a little dimension.  To finish, I added some glitter jewels to the centre of the flower.

Materials used:

• Dies: Create a Smile - Cool Cuts Double Stitched Rectangles; Poppy Stamps - Poinsettia Ribbon; MFT Die-namics - Merry Christmas Circle Frame
• Cardstock: a selection from my stash
• Accents: Cosmic Shimmer Glitter Jewels - Iced Snow

Challenge entries:

Happy Little Stampers - October Anything Goes with Dies Challenge

Happy Little Stampers - October Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks so much for taking a look today.  I'm hoping to get some cards made this weekend, I really need to make a start on my Christmas cards or it will be the usual mad panic at the end of November when I realise I still need about 70 more!

Enjoy your weekend, folks x

Christmas Card Multiples - Watercolour and Glittered Die Cuts

Hi there

More multiple makes for you today.  I made four each of four different versions of a similar design.  I just changed up the colours and die cuts for each.

I started with some white card bases and stitched die cut rectangles.  I mixed Distress Inks with water and roughly watercoloured some brush strokes onto the panels and left to dry.  I then die cut poinsettias, holly leaves, bells and snowflakes from some white glitter cardstock and adhered these over the panels onto the bases.  To finish I stamped and heat embossed some sentiments in gold and silver and cut down the sentiment strips and adhered on glue dots rather than foam to make the finished cards more mail friendly.

Red Poinsettia

Materials used:

• Dies: Create a Smile - Cool Cuts Double Stitched Rectangles; Poppy Stamps - Small Posh Outline
• Ink: Distress Ink - Candied Apple; VersaMark
• Stamp: Clearly Besotted - Brushed Sentiments
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Metallic Gold Rich

Green Holly Leaf

Materials used:

• Dies: Create a Smile - Cool Cuts Double Stitched Rectangles; Tonic - Holly Leaf
• Ink: Distress Ink - Pine Needles; VersaMark
• Stamp: Clearly Besotted - Brushed Sentiments
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Metallic Gold Rich

Blue Snowflakes

Materials used:

• Dies: Create a Smile - Cool Cuts Double Stitched Rectangles; Lawn Fawn - Mini Snowflakes
• Ink: Distress Ink - Salty Ocean; VersaMark
• Stamp: Clearly Besotted - Brushed Sentiments
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Metallic Silver

Lilac Bells

Materials used:

• Dies: Create a Smile - Cool Cuts Double Stitched Rectangles; Xcut - Filigree Bell
• Ink: Distress Ink - Dusty Concord; VersaMark
• Stamp: Clearly Besotted - Brushed Sentiments
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Metallic Silver

Challenge entries:

Dream Valley - Challenge #238 - Christmas

Try It On Tuesday - Christmas Sparkle

STAMPlorations - December CAS Challenge - Anything CAS Goes

STAMPlorations - December Theme & Photo Challenge - Stamps and Shimmer

I'll be back again soon with more festive makes, thanks for taking the time to visit :)

Poinsettia Ribbon

Hi guys

Apologies for not posting for a while, over the last couple of weeks I've been frantically making, writing and posting Christmas cards because, as usual I had nowhere near enough in my stash, I was about fifty short!

So I've been making a few multiples which I'll be sharing with you over the next week.

I love how the card I'm sharing today turned out, but I only made four of this one as it wasn't the ideal design for mass production.

Here it is...

I began by die cutting the poinsettia ribbon and I masked off the ribbon parts to enable me to blend the petals with Distress Inks, where I used two shades.  Once coloured I adhered the die cut to a panel of black cardstock which had been cut slightly smaller than the card base.  I then used a clear stamp which was manipulated to follow the curve of the die cut and stamped and heat embossed in gold.  The panel was then adhered flat to the card base.  To finish I added some gold Stickles to accent the centre of the flower.

Materials used:

• Die: Poppy Stamps - Poinsettia Ribbon
• Ink: Distress Ink - Candied Apple, Aged Mahogany; VersaMark
• Stamp: Hero Arts - Color Layering Christmas Tree (sentiment)
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Metallic Gold Rich
• Accent: Stickles - Gold

Challenge entries:

CAS on Friday - Challenge #148 - Make a Christmas Card #2

Happy Little Stampers - December Anything Goes with Dies

Cards in Envy - The Spirit of Christmas Challenge

Dream Valley - Challenge #192 - Christmas

Inkspirational - Challenge #175 - Anything Christmas Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I should have more to share with you over the weekend :)

Less is More Week #331

Good morning!

At Less is More today we're kicking off a new month of challenges and, as always, our first is a Colour challenge.  Here is what we want to see you creating this week...

No doubt you'll remember Neapolitan ice cream - a mix of strawberry, chocolate and vanilla - well that's the three-colour-combo we want you to use this week.  

And we have a fresh new sponsor for the month of June, STAMPlorations, and the lovely Shery is joining us as Guest Designer this week too.

When I first saw this colour combo I was a little stumped by it and all I could think of was ice cream!  Then, after having a really good sort out of my stash recently I remembered I had an item in my stash that couldn't have been more perfect...a pad of patterned paper made up of these exact colours!  It's been in my stash for so many years which goes to show it really is worth hanging on to those old bits and bobs :)

So here's my first DT card...

I die cut two panels of the patterned paper with a stitched curve die and trimmed to size to fit the card base and adhered these flat.  I then die cut the floral die cut out of both brown and pink card (from the reverse of other papers in the pack), adhered the brown die cut to the panel and then inlaid all the inserts from the pink die cut.  I finished with a simple sentiment stamped in dark brown ink.

Materials used:

• Patterned Paper: Making Memories - Cosmopolitan Collection
• Dies: MFT Die-namics - Stitched Basic Edges; Poppy Stamps - Peppini Laural
• Stamp: Clearly Besotted - Happy Birthday
• Ink: Versa Color - Pinecone

Challenge entry:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

CAS-ual Fridays - Challenge #175 - Use those Pattern Papers
Just Us Girls - Challenge #396 - Die Cuts





For my second I used a stencil by this month's sponsor, ARTplorations by STAMPlorations...

On a panel slightly smaller than the card base I taped down the stencil, masking off all except the one flower and leaves.  I then blended with some Distress Inks in the challenge colours.  A simple sentiment in brown finished the panel which was then popped up on 3D foam.

Materials used:

• Stencil: STAMPlorations - Bold Florals
• Ink: Distress Ink - Antique Linen, Spun Sugar, Gathered Twigs; Memento - Rich Cocoa
• Stamp: Clearly Besotted - Merci Beaucoup

Challenge entry:

Addicted to Stamps and More - Challenge #244 - Clean and Simple

And for my third card this week, I had another play with those patterned papers...

I chose a sheet of the brown card from the pad which had a striped reverse.  I stamped the 'yay' in VersaMark before heat embossing in white.  I chose a powder by Stampin' Up as it has a creamier tone than the one I usually use from my stash.  The sentiment was stamped in brown on a a strip of pink and adhered to the panel.  Before adhering to the card base I scored a diagonal section of the brown card and folded it back on itself to reveal the stripes on the reverse, adhered this down and secured with an enamel dot.

Materials used:

• Patterned Paper: Making Memories - Cosmopolitan Collection
• Ink: VersaMark; Versa Color - Pinecone
• Stamps: Altenew - Celebrate
• Embossing Powder: Stampin' Up - White
• Accents:  Enamel Dot: Simple Stories - Enchanted

Challenge entry:

AAA Cards - Game #91 - The 3rd Big Birthday Bash

Thanks so much for popping by today.  My LIM teamies have some lovely project examples using these colours so please, if you have the time, do drop by their individual blogs for more inspiration.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Less is More Week #312

Hi there

It's Saturday morning so I'm back to tell you about this week's new challenge at Less is More.  It's the turn of our Theme challenge and this week we would like to see...

New Beginnings

I've had a case of missing mojo this week but I did finally manage to make two cards to share with you.  For my first New Beginning theme I chose a wedding card...

This was a fairly easy make.  I started by die cutting the pierced square and stamped and heat embossed the sentiment in platinum powder.  The panel was then adhered to the base on 3D foam.  I then die cut the two laurel cuts from pearlescent cardstock and adhered these to the panel and added a couple of glitter enamel dots.

Materials used:

• Dies: MFT Die-namics - Pierced Square Stax; Poppy Stamps - Peppini Laurel
• Stamp: Clearly Besotted - Love Blossoms
• Ink: VersaMark
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Metallic Platinum
• Accents: My Mind's Eye - Antique Enamel Dots

Challenge entries:

Time Out - Challenge #75 - CASE Ksenija
Uniko Challenge #39 - Anything Goes with Optional Twist of Love
Crafty Cardmakers - Challenge #180 - New Beginnings
CASology - Challenge #232 - Cut
Happy Little Stampers - January Anything Goes with Dies
STAMPlorations - January CAS Challenge - Option of Silver/Grey





For my second card I chose a new home card...

Another simple make, this time a one layer card.  The sentiment and the image were both stamped in black and I coloured the image with Derwent Coloursoft pencils.  A glossy heart embellishment was added as smoke coming from the chimney.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Altenew - Succulents (sentiment); Woodware - Home Sweet Home
• Ink: Versafine - Onyx Black
• Coloured with Derwent Coloursoft Pencils

Challenge entries:

Simply Create Too - Challenge #123 - New Beginnings
My Time to Craft - Challenge #337 - Something New

Thanks very much for popping by today and I hope you have the time this week to join us and take part in this challenge.