It has been the most wonderfully warm weather for the past few days and I've enjoyed staying up late each night crafting away (although if I don't get an early night soon I might start falling asleep while eating my dinner...).
I was extremely lucky to win a place in the latest Online Card Class thru a Winnie and Walter challenge, and its all about Christmas cards and tags. It started last Monday 3rd Nov and there have been five days plus one bonus filled with incredible projects and ideas. I really wanted to try everything out, so have been working my way through the classes.
Day 4 was all about 'One Layer Cards', which is something I love to make. Jennifer McGuire created some window cards, which I absolutely loved. She showed a technique where you can cut a circle and half-cut another small die at the same time. Hard to describe, I couldn't do it as I didn't have any small xmas dies but managed to get the same look:
My 'santa' was stamped on white cardstock and then fussy cut. I used a red marker to colour his hat and cheeks and used Wink of Stella on his pom-pom and band of hat. I adhered him straight to the card front so that the top half hung over the window.
I then die cut the circle on some scrap paper and matched up with the window on the inside of the card. I used my mini blending tool with red dye ink to create the red circle and then stamped and heat embossed the sentiment in white.
I love this card so much and is my favourite one from the card class so far. Can imagine doing these with different fussy cut characters and different colours. Thanks so much Jennifer for the idea!!
The 'santa' stamp is from Kaisercraft and sentiment from Simon Says Stamps 'Christmas 3x4'. The enamel dots from Papervine.
As I've used only red and white I will link this as my second entry to the Colour Me! Challenge # 45 where their theme is:
I'm also going to link this to the Artful Crafts - Christmas Countdown Challenge where each week until December 21st, they will have a different challenge theme. This week its 'Clean and Simple'.
Will also pop this into the Card Class Gallery. There are so many incredible cards made by other students, its quite amazing!
I have a huge pile of cards and tags here to post but will try to spread them out and not overload you all at once. I can't believe there are only six weeks of school to go and then they have around 8 weeks off. Must schedule in a weekend with my Mum and a few days of just me and my cards before the silly season begins!!
Take care
Shona
I love turquoise and white as a combo but haven't had much of a chance to use them together lately.
When I saw this sketch at Poppy Sketches I remembered straight away that I had some gorgeous blue chevron paper tucked away which would be perfect. And I haven't been using much in the way of glitter paper either lately, so this was my chance to whip it out.
I cut a panel from the glitter paper and shaped each end with a scalloped die. This was adhered directly to the card front. I then cut a smaller piece from the chevron paper and popped this up on foam tape. After cutting a strip of white cardstock, I stamped the sentiment and popped this up on foam tape too. A few scattered sequins and I was finished. Turquoise all the way!
The glitter paper is from DCWV. The chevron paper from Echo Park 'Everyday Eclectic'. Stitched-scallop die is from Pretty Pink Posh and sentiment from Neat and Tangled 'Kindness Matters'. The lighter blue sequins are from Neat and Tangled and the darker sequins from Avery Elle.
UPDATE: In my rush to get this post done this afternoon I completely forgot to link to the Simply Create Too Challenge # 74 where their theme is 'Thanksgiving/Thank you'. As I'm in New Zealand I've created a 'thank you card', although I kind of wish we had a Thanksgiving Day here too!!
Some overgrown hedges are calling my name, so might pop outside while no one is looking for me. My garden smells so wonderful at the moment with all the roses blooming away. Will take some photos for you to see, just wish I could post them for you with Smell-o-vision!
Take care
Shona
Red has never been a colour that I could ever wear or was drawn too (except for a red Ducati motorbike or a red Ferrari) but boy oh boy does red look good on a Xmas card.
I knew that as soon as I saw the colour combo at Colour Me! that a Xmas card just had to be done. I haven't made many so far, so really need to stock up before time runs out.
I wanted to try out some of my new Xmas stamps, especially the snowflakes, so really went to town!
I randomly stamped the snowflakes and star stamps around the bottom half of the card. Originally I was going to put a strip of red washi tape along the top but it was too much red. So, I cut a thin strip of white cardstock and glued that along the top of the stamps. I actually really love the white on white, almost looks like I masked off that half of the card but I definitely wanted a strip across.
I then basically stamped the sentiment stamps in red and added some clear rhinestones to some of the snowflakes. Crisp, red and Xmasy!
The snowflake and star stamps are from Simon Says Stamp 'Presents and Ornaments'. The sentiment stamps are from WPlus9 'Hand lettered holiday'. Rhinestones from Kaisercraft.
Was supposed to be going to the park now but Max and his friend Zac have now gone round to Zac's house to play (the joy of him living around the corner). Phoebe has Ella here and they are playing in her bedroom. I might be able to squeeze in a bit more gardening after all.......
Take care
Shona
