Follow the Star

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Today's card is similar to yesterday's, it features the fabby Sleigh Ride Edgelits Dies....

 

The colours on this card are Island Indigo and  a little Night of Navy, its quite different to yesterdays which was more Navy so darker...

 

The star has been punched out of Dazzling Diamonds Glitter Paper using the Itty Bitty Punch Pack..and I have added some Dazzling Details to the sky for some extra sparkle..

 

The little dog I stamped in Early Espresso, he is from the Jingle All the Way Stamp Set, is he chasing the Star?

 

I stamped the tiny snowman in Smoky Slate and coloured him in and I think he looks like he's watching the dog....lol

Lastly I stamped Believe in Island Indigo and punched it out with the Word Window punch, and added a sparkly word window behind it before popping it on the card with dimensionals.

 

I hope you love these cards as much as I do, thanks for stopping by...
Happy Crafting X

Sleigh Ride Sparkle

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I am so loving these Sleigh Ride Edgelits dies, they are so great and not just for Christmas cards.... Today's card is however a Christmas Card and its a beauty....

 

I made some backgrounds a while a go using the watercolour/salt technique, check HERE  for details, and I had two left over. I saw on Pinterest that someone had used Stampin'Up! Glimmer Paper to cut out their scene so thought I would try it.

 

Don't you just love the effect that salt makes its so pretty, anyway I sponged the trees with a little Garden Green so they would stand out but stay sparkly. And added a Star punched from Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper using the Itty Bitty Punch Pack.

 

The cute little fox is from the Jingle All The Way Stamp Set and I stamped him in Cajun Craze and cut him out. The ribbon is Night of Navy Seam Binding Ribbon, my favourite, wrapped round and finished with a bow....

 

Lastly I stamped Believe in Night of Navy on Whisper White and punched it out with the word window punch. I used Mini Glue Dots to stick it to the ribbon.

So do you Believe....In the Magic of Christmas...or the true meaning of Christmas....just follow the star.

Hope you like thanks for stopping by.....
Happy Bonfire Night...Stay Safe X

Hearth and Home Christmas

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I have been playing with the Heath and Home Thinlits Dies, inspired by some of the cards that have been appearing on Pinterest where the die has been used to cut out a double window, so creating an eight pane window. So I had a little play and came up with a six pane window, which I really liked as you can get a bit more of a scene showing than you can with the original four pane window....

 

I guess the secret to cutting multiple windows is when you put the die through the big shot you have part of the die outside the cutting plates so it doesn't cut the whole die out.. I think its pretty cool..

 

So for this card I thought "Cabin in the Snow", so I took a piece of Soft Suede card 14.4 cm x 10 cm and stamped it with the Hardwood Stamp in Soft Suede ink. Then I look a piece of Whisper White Card 9cm x 8 cm and stamped the Winter Trees from the Happy Scenes Stamp Set in Garden Green and coloured the sky with Soft Sky ink. I added some white snow and highlighted the snow on the trees with a White Gel Pen. Lastly I stamped the little dog from the Stamp Set Jingle All The Way onto the card in Basic Black.

 

The greeting is from the Festive Fireplace Stamp Set, as is the Black Cat on the window ledge.

 

To assemble I cut a hole in the Soft Suede card that had been stamped with the Hardwood stamp and stuck the scene behind it and then I attached the window to the front of the card with dimensionals, to give the illusion of depth...

 

Love this card, pop back tomorrow to see a variation on the theme....

 

Thanks for stopping by...
Happy Crafting X

Jingle All The Way Fox in the Snow

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What a lovely day it's been, I've mown the lawn, done some gardening...but boy am I tired now....lol...
So today I have a gorgeous card designed by Michelle Zindorf, she does a lot of beautiful brayered cards and she sells her Tutorials, giving step by step instructions of how to achieve the same beautiful cards that she does. I must say I am not one for brayering haven't done it for a long, long time. So I purchased some of her tutorials and am going to give it a go again.....
This card is not brayering, to achieve the sky you drag your ink pad across the card and then there is some sponging so it wasn't too bad...

 

I love that cute little fox in the middle of the snow bound hills...

 

I cut out the trees using the Sleigh Ride Edgelits, the flourish in the background is from the Stamp Set Everything Eleanor, it looks like the wind blowing, clever huh....

 

The little fox has been stamped in Cajun Craze and is from the Stamp Set Jingle All the Way. ( If you buy this stamp set and the Edgelits together you save 15% off the regular price.)

 

Love, love, love this Whisper White Organza Ribbon, so glad it carried over to this year. it's got to my favourite, I love too that you can use your ink pads to colour the ribbon to co-ordinate with your projects. Gorgeous.....

 

This sentiment is from the Stamp Set Sassy Salutations and I stamped it in versamark and sprinkled white embossing power on and heat embossed it... There's Glitter on them there hills...lol . Dazzling Diamonds to be exact...

 

 

The moon is sponged through a 1" circle template with Whisper White ink...

 

Such a beautiful card, check out Michelle's Blog HERE its awesome..

I hope you like today's card, thanks for stopping by.....
Happy Crafting X

Sleigh Ride Edgelits Halloween Card

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I have a really great Halloween Card featuring the Sleigh Ride Edgelits to share with you...

The background has been brayered using Tangelo Twist, Tangerine Tango and Cajun Craze, the moon has been masked and then sponged with Daffodil Delight.

I stamped the three little bats in Basic Black, they are from the retired set Holiday Home...

The fox is stamped in Basic Black and is from the New Set Jingle All The Way..

I cut the Houses from the Sleigh Ride Edgelits out of Basic Black Card. I stamped the Happy Halloween onto some Hello Honey Card and punched it out with the Word Window Punch.

Loving the look of the little houses silhouetted against the rich colour of the sky...

I hope you like today's project, thanks for stopping by....
Happy Crafting X

Jingle All The Way & Sleigh Ride Edgelits

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I have been having a lot of fun doing today's cards, and what a mess I made but totally worth it as I love the effect it is just beautiful.... If you follow my blog you will know how much I love doing the Acrylic Block Watercolour technique well this is an extension of that technique and it is just brilliant.... and so simple... I stumbled upon a video on youtube by Anna Smith which showed how she achieved this effect.
I'm afraid the photo's don't do it justice...

To create the background you ink up your acrylic block using your stamp pads, I used two colours, Island Indigo and Night Of Navy and then spritz it with water, then you turn your block over and place it down firmly onto your watercolour paper. (I usually use Whisper White card but for this watercolour paper worked best). 

Then the magic while it is still wet gently sprinkle it with salt....Yes I did say SALT.... Then you leave it to dry....
I did several backgrounds all al once so that I got the messy stage out of the way...

Once dry you can brush off the salt and you will be left with this amazing effect. Then comes the next stage adding glitter. You take a little bit of Tombow and add a tiny bit of water with an aqua pen then you flick the glue onto your background, sprinkle on some Dazzling Diamonds and you have a beautiful twinkling night sky.. (to be honest you can add glitter in lots of different ways but I did like the way it looked by doing it this way).. 

Then when its all dry you can use it to make a beautiful card.. and I am so loving these Edgelits they are such fun to use and along with the matching stamp set Jingle All The Way you have an amazing Christmas Card...

Love this little dog, there is a fox and a snowman, a Christmas tree and more in this stamp set...and if you buy it as a bundle with the edgelits you save 15% off the regular price...

I think these have got to be my favourite Christmas Cards so far....

I hope you enjoyed today's cards, thanks for stopping by...
Happy Creating X

Hearth & Home meets Wonderland

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I don't think I have been this inspired/excited about a Seasonal catalogue, but I have made 20 Christmas cards already and that is not like me at all, usually I leave it to the last minute and its all a massive rush..so I'm well pleased.... Also I have started getting into the habit of making two cards at the same time so I am building up a small stock...

Anyway on to today's card, its using the great NEW Hearth and Home Thinlits Dies, there are two matching Stamp Sets which go with them, but I chose to use the gorgeous trees from the Wonderland Stamp Set, I really love them.....

The colour combo for this card is Soft Suede, Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Pear Pizazz, Old Olive and Garden Green.

The stars on the wallpaper under the window are from the Jingle All The Way Stamp Set, stamped in Crumb Cake.

The trees have been stamped first in Pear Pizzaz, then in Old Olive and lastly in Garden Green.

To make the rail I cut extra window frames and cut along the second score mark, then turned it upside down and stuck it behind the window. I wish I had bought the Festive Fireplace Stamp Set as it has a cute little cat that could have been sat looking out of the window or the Hey Girl Stamp Set from the main catalogue which has a cute little dog which could be looking up at the window hoping for a walk in the woods...lol

So I liked this one so much I made 4, plus while you have your big shot out you might just as well cut 4 out as cut 1....

Thats all for today, thanks for stopping by....
Happy Crafting X