Tidings Of Comfort & Joy

Hey!

Happy Thursday. I'm back today with a couple more Christmas cards to share with you. Serious panic mode has set in and I need to make as many as I can before the last posting dates. I do this every year and really should be more organised!

I decided to use the recently released WPlus9 Winter Greenery clear stamp set as I'd not got round to inking it up. 

The leaf stamps were what originally caught my eye with this set, along with the beautiful sentiments, so this is what I focused on for my two cards.

For this first card I decided to use traditional Christmas colours and added some sparkle embossing to add a little Christmas magic. 

As usual I used my 'go to' Altenew ink colours as they really do take the thinking out for layering stamps. The leaves in the set are really easy to layer too, with or without a stamping tool.

Lastly I saw a card by Jessica Frost-Ballas HERE and just had to use the non-traditional colour scheme she had used. AND I LOVE the result!

I am a total sucker and love of grey! I love the Winters night feel this card has and added some white gel pen snowflake dots for that little bit of Christmas magic! 

That's all from me today, I hope I have inspired you with your last minute Christmas card ideas!

Crafty Hugs 

Bev

Products Used:-

Altenew Tropical Forest

Altenew Gentlemans Grey

Altenew Red Cosmos 

Hero Arts Unicorn Ink

Hero Arts White Embossing Powder

VersaFine Onyx Black

Rainbow Wreath

Hey & Happy Thursday!

It's Bev here and today I have something a little bit different to share with you. I don't know about you, but I am always finding creative inspiration on Instagram lately. Recently I saw a beautiful rainbow wreath made from die cuts and it's been on my 'to make' list ever since!

I've also been having a 'treat yo'self' week and ordered lots of new crafting supplies, including the Winter Greenery dies from the recent WPlus9 release. These are designed to match the coordinating stamp set Winter Greenery, but I have just used the leaf sprig die seen on the right of the product image below.

I set to choosing a rainbow of coloured card offcuts from my stash and set to die cutting three of each colour and I have 15 colours as I just love colour and couldn't leave any of my favourites out! 

For the base of the wreath to secure the die cuts to, I used the Wreath Base available from the store and seen below. It is a jute wrapped wire ring and is perfect for adhering card, paper, felt and more.

Before I started adhering the die cut leaves, I added some linen thread to be able to hang the wreath once it was finished. I then started by adding one of each of the colours of leaf to the base using liquid adhesive, similar to this Lawn Fawn Glue Tube.

After adhering one of each colour I went back adding another of each colour, until I had used all three leaves of each colour.

I procrastinated for some time as to how to finish off the wreath and finally settled on the 'With Love' sentiment banner from Concord & 9th Mistletoe Messages stamp set. I've adhered this to the wreath using foam adhesive. 

I also added some adhesive crystals randomly around the wreath for a little added sparkle and interest. I think in all this took me about 3 hours to make from start to finish and it was thoroughly enjoyable. 

I am now thinking of trying a stamped & die cut rainbow version! The leaves in the stamp set are 2 step, so you could really play around with colour layering. I will be sure to share if I do get round to making it.

That's all from me today. I hope you have enjoyed seeing my project as much as I enjoyed making it! Until next time, thanks so much for stopping by.

Crafty Hugs

Bev