Unconventional Christmas Colours - This months paperlane challenge

Good Morning, This months challenge at the paperlane Is

 UNCONVENTIONAL CHRISTMAS COLOURS

So the colours that are out of bounds are Red, Green, and Blue!!!

So for this  Challenge I thought I would make a cute little tissue box. With this been the season we tend to get sniffles a snuffles. I think this will look great on your desk and would make good little gift to cheer someone up whos got a snotty nose.

So my unconventional Christmas colours were, blacks, grey, with a hint of purple

I really enjoyed making this. I used the pocket sized packs of tissues, Made the little box for tissues to go into, using my score board. Used spellbinders die to cut out tissue window

Added the back board to tissue box ready to decorate.

Don't you just love this cute snowman stamp by Simply gorjuss.

I coloured him with copic markers then added glitter/glass. Its more like crushed glass than glitter. The name of it escapes me, but the sell it at thepaperlane 

Anyway I added this crushed glass to the head of the snowman and to parts of his body. Also to the snow drifts. The snow drifts were created by making a paper mask,  I ripped up post - it note paper

To give the ragged edge put it on image and used black on cut and dry foam to sponge on the drifts.

For the background I used the resist technique. After stamping the snowman I masking him off, Then used the snowflake stamp with versa embossing ink, added embossing powder, heat set it.

Then used black ink with the cut and dry foam over the stamped snowflakes,
to created the snowing night sky.

I used the beautiful black / grey coloured papers behind image. Cut to size layered it on white card.

Added silver stickles to the swirls on the paper. Added the ribbons. The Martha Stewart branch punch was used to add a little extra decoration. The sentiment I have used is from Craft stamper magazine. which you can buy from paperlane. I used the black crystal stones for snowman's eyes and around the card to add extra sparkle. Used the Tim holtz vintage market die to create the lettering.

Think that's about it. If I missed anything out and want to know how I did it. or what I used, just drop me a comment.

I hope you like it and that I have inspired you to join us this month paperlane challenge

UNCONVENTIONAL CHRISTMAS COLOURS

 No reds, greens or blues!!!

If you click on the link above you will be able to see what lovely creations my fellow DT member's have crafted to give you some inspiration.

Now show us what you can do.

Thank you for visiting my blog. Please feel free to leave comment or ask questions about the cards I make. All comments are truly appreciated.

bYe ByE

for now

Klare

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Lili of the valley - Sailing boat (Retirement card)

Hello, hope you are all well,  its cold today

its  been raining but sun just trying to show through, so hopefully it will warm up.

My Dad retired from work on Monday, So wanted to share with you the card I made for him.

One of my fav Lili of the valley stamps I know you have seen it a few times now.

But my Dads into boats, and he said he liked this stamp when I made the postcard for the paperlane

that was published in Craft stamper magazine 

I don't think it shows to well on this picture, But I stamped the sails of the image again, cut out and curled a little, mounted on foam pads and glued edges down. To make the sails 3d and appear they were full with breeze.

So this is the inside of the card

Sorry image not to good but hope you get the idea. I made a banner with cream card cut the little triangles out inked edged, then used a page or 2 from an old yellowing dictionary, cut out more small triangles, stamped on letters to spell Happy Retirement. added a blue stickles around outline of flag.

Then strung together using crochet cotton, added foam pads to back side and hay presto 1 banner.

Recipe

6x6 plain white card blank

my minds eye design paper 1 sheet

other green paper on flourishes from my scraps box stash

smooth white card stock for image

selection of copic markers

image stamped with memento ink

Die cutters I used a few- spellbinders ones and Tim holtz

seam binding and buttons, stick on pearls too

oh and tim holtz tickets

also added Anita's 3-d clear gloss finish, to the hull of boat to give it shine and make it pop.

Distress ink used,  my usual one vintage photo

Anyway that's it for today from me.

Hope you have popped along to the paperlane challenge and are busy crafting away to come up with some wonderful creations to enter for  Shades of sunshine challenge this month.

I look forward to seeing what you have made.

Huggles

Klare

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