Christmas Animals

Christmas Animals

Hi Everyone!

How're you doing?  Hope

all is well in your world and

everyone is wearing a smile

Here's Angela Radford with

a a lovely card that is sure to

bring out the festiveness

in everyone:

 "Hi all, hope you are managing to

 get your Christmas cards made. 

I have an idea here for you but

 I warn you this is not a quick card 

but hope you like it.

 Start with an A4 sheet of card or water 

colour paper and stamp using clear ink and 

emboss with white powder.

 Next we'll start to add the colour using 

Distress Oxide inks. I used Wilted Violet

 and Worn Lipstick.

 Spray this with a little water.

 Smoosh it on and dry between colours.

Once this is dry rub over gently with a 

dry cloth which will clean off the ink from

 the white embossing.

Using the same stamp and matching colours, 

stamp again until you are satisfied with 

the finish of the Masterboard.

 Rub over again with the dry cloth 

which will make the stamping appear

 to be behind the embossing.

Prepare the pieces next to make a double

 Z fold card. Turn the card over and mark on 

the back the sizes you need to cut out.

 I used a 6x6 card blank but did trim these

 pieces a little before completing the card.

For this card you will need a strip to go

 across the bottom of the card, I cut one just 

under half the width of the square card

 and full length. Score as shown here.

Then score the main card blank as shown 

here to create the Z.

Cut the Masterboard along the lines.

Trim the pieces to fit

At this stage I made my stamped images 

using ElenaZinski Christmas stamps. 

Stamp, colour and cut these out.

 Baubles too

Stamp the baubles and sentiment on the 

masterboard pieces then mount the sections

 with coloured card onto the card blank

Now is the time to mount all the images. 

I used a pen to draw the lines that join

 the baubles together. I have also grounded

 the animals with a little shadow using 

ink with a brush.

A little glaze and Stickles glitter glue 

completes the design.

Just a last look at a slightly different angle. 

Happy crafting, Angela xXx

Paper Artsy Christmas stamps:

Mini 07 & Elena Zinski Art stamps

Card Blanks

White card

Coloured card

Black archival ink

Embossing ink

White embossing powder

Clear embossing powder

Distress Oxides

Stickles glue

Glaze

Watercolour pencils

That's a super card and really

makes me smile!

Thank you Angela 

Have a great day everyone

and enjoy all that you do

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Red and Gold

Red and Gold

Hi Everyone

The Countdown begins!

Did you remember to get

the Advent Calendars out?

To start the new month

we have a beautiful card from

Crafty Field and here she is to tell

you about it:

Red and gold is such a classic, 

I love to use it for Christmas cards 

as it gives an opulent and elegant feel.

By using a background stamp with the 

"Triple Time Stamping" technique 

you get a totally different look 

and here I have added a twist by not using 

mats behind my embossed panels but 

changing the colour of the middle panel instead.

This is how I did it:

Using embossing ink, I stamped and embossed in gold

 the Impression Obsession Cover-a-Card Ornate Floral, 

once on white card and once on red Mirri card.

From the mirri card I die-cut a 5 1/2" square 

and a 3" square from the centre.

From the white card I die-cut a 4 1/2" square 

also from the centre, trying to be as accurate

 as possible as the design is symmetric 

and will need to match up when layered.

Here I am trying the layers of embossed card 

and a piece of black ribbon. 

As you can see the stamping isn't perfect on the middle square 

(Mirri card is slippery) and this gave me idea 

to try the ribbon on top rather than under this panel 

before consigning it to the bin.

Thankfully it worked, so I added my sentiment, 

die cut from gold cardstock on top of the ribbon.

At this time of the year it is difficult to catch enough sun 

for a decent photo but I managed to catch enough rays 

to show you the shine in this close-up.

I hope I have inspired you to try this technique, 

or one of the many variations...

Supplies:

Impression Obsession - Ornate Floral 

Versamark Inkpad 

Gold Embossing powder 

Mirri card 

Merry Christmas die 

Card Base 

Ribbon

Great start to the month, thank you

Crafty Field

See you again tomorrow everyone

Mickie xx

Christmas Makes

Christmas Makes

Hi there!

I see the supermarkets have started to hide away day to day

products in order to make room for their Festive offerings.

It is obviously that time of year again and

for those of us who haven't even thought about making

 our Christmas Cards yet, inspiration starts here with 

Karen Gist

Using Versafine Ink stamp the image onto a plain white card blank.

Stamp again onto white card and cut out the tags. 

On the card add silver glitter to the snowflakes as well as a few dots

 here and there.

Punch holes where marked in the tops of the tags. 

Colour the letters & holly with a light green pen and then the berries and around the punched holes with red. 

Rub a light covering of Pumice Stone DI around the outsides of the tags. 

Wrap red wire threaded with a few silver beads through the tags,

 adding twirls as you go. 

Attach the tags with 3D foam pads. 

Trim off excess card.

Products used:

Woodware Stamp

6x6 Blank Cards

Glitter

Marker Pens

Versa fine Ink Pads & Distress Ink

3D Foam Pads

Craft Wire

Beads

Many thanks Karen for gently easing us into 

this year's Christmas Card making fest.....

See you all tomorrow with

more inspiration

Mickie xx