Day 4 was all about One Layer Christmas Cards, which was right up my alley!! We had the gorgeous Julie Ebersole showing us a die-cut masking technique that looked incredible. She die-cut a deer with antlers out of masking paper and stuck it onto the card front and then stamped around it with lots of little dots. When she removed the masking paper you were left with the negative of the die.
Unfortunately I only have a few Christmas word dies so I had to get creative...
Talk about rustic!! I cut a tree shape from kraft cardstock and used washi tape to stick it to the card front. I used a small circle stamp with white pigment ink and stamped away around the tree. Once I was happy I lifted off the tree shape and tah dah!! It actually worked!
I then stamped the sentiment stamps (from WPlus9 'Hand lettered holiday') with Versamark ink and heat embossed in gold. Unfortunately I'm still getting used to the white ink pad (its very juicy) and splattered the card in a few places, so added a few silver stars to detract from my clumsiness.
I was really happy with how it turned out and even had an idea for another card (which I will post tomorrow).
As I've used gold and silver on this card, I'll link this to the Virginia's View Challenge # 9 (this is my second entry), where their theme is:
And since my card contains a 'tree', I'm also going to join the Moxie Fab World Tree-mendous Trees Challenge.
I received a magazine in the mail today (Your Home and Garden) and on the front is a beautiful Xmas scene in someone's living room. On the couch I spotted an amazing gold and grey cushion and immediately had an idea for a card. Will see if I can stay awake long enough to try it out tonight...wish me luck!!
Take care
Shona
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
