Christmas Dawn -Nellie Snellen card

Well we have snow my garden looks as lovely as everyone Else's with a snow blanket twinkling bright. Sky's look like they will be more before the days out.

Had nasty tummy bug so not got much done in the way of crafting, Have managed to get the set of Christmas cards finished I was making for some one.

so here's one that's part of the set. I used a Nellie Snellen Stamp

and plenty of die cuts as you can see.

Used copic markers on this card and lots of glitter.

for all the bases of the card used the bought cards as in prior post.

Then added my bits to it.

 

And here is all the finished cards ready to be given.

That's all for today going to go now and snuggle up and keep warm.

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Hokey Pokey Christmas card

Hi, its a horrible wet day here today, Bet my horse its pleased hes not paddling in mud in the Field. Left him tucked up in a nice clean stable with his pj's on and turnip on a string to keep him happy.

Yep back to the Christmas cards with today's post. But if you want  to send them, you have to make them or buy them to send. Well this cards a bit of both.

I seen this card in supermarket while I was doing weekly food shop with my hubby.

A pack of 10 cards for £1.00. My hubby looked at me puzzled "why you buying Christmas cards when you make cards?". Well its simples I wanted the cards to used the front image as my background on another card and it was cheaper than me buying these cards than background papers.

I have been asked for a set of 10 handmade cards so this was perfect, As the would all have the same background image and it was more cost effective for me  to use the bought cards but add my bits to it. Also another good reason to purchase  the cards is that it states on the back of the card that

"By purchasing this card you are helping us to raise up to £100,00 for Save the children, The money raised will go to helping the most disadvantaged children in the UK for  better chances in life."

These cards were bought from Morrisons supermarket.

www.morrisons.co.uk/raiseasmile

And all I had to do to the pre bought cards was add my touches.

So all I have done is used my memory box dies and added my stacked snowflakes.

added a bow and a little more sparkling glitter and of course the stamped image.

The stamp here is a Nellie Snellen Dawn stamp called Hokey Pokey

She was coloured with copic markers, and a little glitter added. Also used a pearl pen to add pearl snowy dots.

Here is the inside of the bought card. Which was perfect not much to do here as it was all ready for sentiments and loving wishes to be added by sender. the only thing I did to it was add a little glitter to the snow flacks in top corner.

Right its time I was going back in my craft room to get myself covered in glitter again.

 

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Summer flower tilda-Magnolia stamp

Surprise ...... no Christmas card today and snowflakes.

Thought I should do something other than Christmas as I needed to as I am feeling a little overdosed on Christmas. Its only November and Christmas stuff has only been in the shops since October. It starts earlier and earlier each year, But in one way its good as it helps you start your shopping and spreed it out a little.

So I inked up Summer Flower Tilda and coloured her with delicate mauve shades.

 

I've coloured her with my usual combination of copic markers with a touch of polychomo

pencils

Skin : E000,Light Flesh 132, Medium Flesh131, Cinnamon 189

Hair: E50,E31,E35

Dress, Shoes and Wings :V91, E41.

Flower : BVOO, YG63.

I added dots for shading and interest. used W1,W3,W5.

Also added light cobalt turquoise 154 to outline little areas of image.

I have used a glue pen to outline flowers on papers (prima fairy bell) then sprinkled with glamour dust. At her feet I used Cosmic shimmer Glitter jewels glitter flakes.

Used Wild Orchid Flowers is a a similar shade to match with image.

Added a  Tim Holtz elegant flourish sprinkled with the glitter flakes.

Needed to cut flourish up and add it to assent the flowers.

Inside of card just same paper with added glitter and small corner of ribbon.

Few other little touches were using a border die to edge image, Ribbon, and few stick on crystals for flower centre, also on edges just to fill a space and add sparkle.

 

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Christmas bears present - Lili of the valley

Just a quick post today, Was asked to make a card using the Christmas bears present stamp by lili of the valley. using the same colours and similar style to another card I made using the same stamp.

So this is what I did.

 

As you can tell I am loving the stacked snow flakes effect .

They seam to be on all my Christmas cards of late.

But the card was requested to have the snowflakes round the image.

 

I coloured this cute little bear using copic markers and Polychromos Artists Pencils

Bear : copics E31, E33, Black pencil

Hats & Scarf : R46 Black pencil also E41

Dress :BG72, Black pencil

Present: E41, BG72, Black pencil

Mouse :E40, E43, R000

Stars: Pencils dark naples ochre 184, cream 102

Holly:YG 63,G94,R46

I also added glamour dust to hat, pom-poms

The dies used are memory box Frostville

and Cherry lynn snowflake dies.

For the banner this is hand made no dies for this one.

This is how you make these. I found this on Pintrest.

which was very helpful and i think mine turned out OK.

Would have liked to used a banner die but don't have one.

so that's it for today.

 

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Trimming the tree -Saturated canary

Hello this cards been sitting on my desk for a week just to put together and I finally got round to it. With Christmas just round the corner its another Christmas card. I am sure many of you will be already buying your gifts and writing your lists. I myself have got my grand daughters gifts sorted early with my husband been made redundant in Nov. (fingers X he finds a new job before November )

 Any lets get back to the card

Not your usual Christmas colours as you can see

I coloured her with a mixture of copic markers and Faber Castell polchromo pencils

Skin E000 Light flesh132,Cinnamon189 a touch of  R11, for her lips

Hair E50,TY31, E31

Dress BG10, Cobalt green 156, E41

Shoes W1,W3

Rocking horse R11, B000

Baubles R000,B000,G00

Box E35

Fabric drape and Tree YG03,G82

 

The main image is a saturated canary stamp but I added the rocking horse and baubles from a old stamp set I've had many years - Country craft  Trim* a* home

I used layered die cut snowflakes and magnolia vine die cuts to embellish the corners and the usual suspect ribbon. The papers used are from cella door to which I added green glitter too. There's also a sprinkling of glitter to the tree branches.

 

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Oh Christmas Tree - Lili of the valley card

Well there certainly a chill in the air my heatings on full time now, and the jumpers that never went away all year are now joined by scarfs and next will be mittens. brrrr, and I'm still cold sat by this window in my little cubbie hole under the stairs like a little mouse.

From the title yep you have guessed it

...its a Christmas card for this post. This cute little stamp is from Lili of the valley

and its called  Oh Christmas Tree.

I coloured this cute little scene with Copic markers, and polychromos artist pencils

I did have a list of the colours used but... I have misplaced it sorry.

Here are the cute little roses I made from the same card I used to matt, and layer

I added some glitter to edges once I glued them in place. For the fern type foliage I used the marther stewart branch punch.

And here is how i finished off the inside of the card. This again is a lili of the valley stamp.

The snow flakes are a mixture of a martha stewart punch and a die cutter from Cherry lynn -snowflake dies.

Oops Sorry I have just scrolled back in my blog and found I did a very similar looking card to this a month or so back ..lol even used some of same colour combos and papers.

Will try not to do something the same next time. Must have been a look I liked to do something so similar.. (think I should have passed theses off as a series than admit my mistake of doing two cards very similar .. you wouldn't have known ..lol)

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Autumn Coloured Distress ink card

Hello again I like to try different styles and ideas for cards, so today's cards is different to what I usually do. But I thought it compliments  the stamped image beautifully.

For this card I used a range of stamps I have. There are Tim Holtz stamps

swirl stamps. The main image is called wonderland  by Molly Harrison

The background was created with Tim holtz distress inks

Dried Marigold and Aged mahogany. I also mixed some perfect pearls in gold with some water and put in to spray bottle. Sprayed whole area then added a few drops to the distressed card. Dried the card using my heat gun and then ironed the card to make it flat again as when you add water and heat the card tends to curl a little. Then Istamped background card with all different stamps with distress inks and other ink pads i had to hand used blacks,brown and the aged mahogany.

The image was coloured using copic markers

Skin :E000,E00,E11,

Hair : E29,E37,E11

Dress :Y38 YR07, R27, R29, E37

Wood frame :E59,E57,G94

Flowers : YG03, BG34

Added glamour dust glitter to image and background.

For wings lightly sponged with distress ink.

 

Hoped you enjoyed today's card. Just a few more little bits of news I want to share with you.

I entered one of my cards in the Whoopsie Daisy challenge and I am pleased and totally delighted that my card was

That's not all I have to share with you. As some of my regular bloggers are aware I have been busy getting some of my crafted items together and entered them into the local show. I was totally shocked and delighted when the judges had made there decisions of who work was worthy of  recognition.

I did very well I entered 3of my greetings cards in one of the classes and was totally floored by receiving not only 1st, and 2nd, also 3rd place in that class. I also received a 1st place in Olympics inspired greetings card. Another 1st place for my handcrafted Christmas Decoration. Also a 3rd place for my handcrafted flowers.

 

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Windy day -Saturated Canary

Hello,

I have not posted for a few weeks as I have been busy. Few things on my mind , cant change them but I can try take my mind off them and, what better way than with a spot of crafting.

So treat myself to a new stamp from

Saturated Canary - windy day

these stamps seam to be very popular at present. My favourite craft shop has just started to stock this range of stamps. so here's my card

A simple little card. Usually my cards can be very busy but this one just seamed to look right without to much fuss.

Just used my copic markers to colour this image.

Skin : E000, E00, E11,R20

Hair : E29,E25,E21

Dress : V91,V95,BG000,B00,V000,R000

Kite: BG000, R000,E33

Flower: V000,G82

Eyes: G82

Outline of image :C0,C1,C2,C3

I also added glitter but camera does not show up how pretty and twinkling the image truly is.

For the embellishments to this card it was just simply lace and ribbon scraps, Buttons  and some pearl trim a few frosted plastic flowers dotted in as well.

The papers used were from prima - fairy belle 6x6 paper pad,  just added glitter boarder to compliment the beautiful paper.

 

I have entered this card in the

 Whoopsi Daisy challenge

 

Hoped you enjoyed today's card.

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The owl and the pussy cat sail away. The London line clear stamps. Handmade fabric flowers.

Hi,Well it was last day of summer yesterday.... did we even get a summer. Nights are drawing in time to cosy up in craft room and get creating.

I am still getting my entries ready for the local Agricultural show  (3 weeks left)

but its a slow progress.

So here is the card I have made for one of the classes

it has to be an Olympic inspired card.

So made and easel card so when I put it in show you will be able to see the inside of the card as easy as the outside.

The stamped image was coloured using mainly faber castell polychromo pencils

Pencils where used for the sails and the boat also for the water.

The owl and the pussy cat were coloured using my trusty copic markers.

and for the inside I added a chocolate medal which adds a little extra gift to the card.

The die cut used on the inside and the front of the card is a memory box die.

The sentiment is just typed in PC and then printed onto card.

I tried to keep the card simple.  worked on getting the colouring right

I'm pleased how it turned out.

 

Sneak peek of what else I have been trying to make.

 Not sure how, or what I am going to do with them yet.

Flowers. I need to make handcrafted flowers for another entry.

So this is what I have come up with.

They were easy to make. But take time  You need to cut all the petals out

I used dress lining fabric. Then you gently heat the edges over a candle and because of the type of fabric used it curls and seals the edges. Then I threaded all the petals on to florist wire and put a few stitches and glue in place to secure the petals. The centre of the flowers were made by sewing beads to a pom-pom of fabric on the end of the florist wire I used to add petals to.

Here is the attempt at making a ribbon rose.

Not sure what to make with them yet . Thought about on top of a gift,

or maybe hair accessories. I don't know what do you think?

any suggestion's

 

 

Hoped you enjoyed today's card.

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Bookmark

Hi again, did'nt want to do 1 great big long post with picture overloads so just doing a smaller ones.

I been busy making book marks. We have a Agricultural show coming up in September and I am busy trying to get my entry's ready for the craft tent, and one of this years category's  is Bookmarks. I thought I would give it a go. So I got to work and have made 1 to enter for the show.

This is the 1st one , Used Magnolia stamps for this one. The book stamp was perfect, I just repeated the book image till I got it to the length I wanted then coloured with selection of copic markers.

I added the magnolia small frog stamp to the top and he was coloured with copic markers.

the small charm I made using shrink plastic, I stamped frog image on the plastic with stazon.. be carefull when you come to colour this with your copic markers.

 As the stazon ink it tends to bleed if touched with copic markers and will ruin your markers.

 The other option is colour with colouring pencils..

Put your hole to hang charm before you come to shrink it.

To shrink it just use your heat gun keep moving it around to distabute heat evenly

It will curl and shrivel up and you will think ... arhhh No ... but keep heating and it will unferl again.

Let it cool befor picking it up . and hay diddle diddle one cute charm to match your projects.

I also put my book mark through a laminator to make it more durable.

So are you thinking why the froggie for the book mark image ....

Daft I know but it reminded me of a joke when I was a kid.

A librarian was quietly working when three chicken's walked in and jumped on to the counter eyed her and said “BUK BUK BUK” Not sure she was sane she gave the chickens three books and they left. An hour later in walked the chickens again jumped onto the counter, returned the books they had taken earlier and said “BUK BUK BUK” Now convinced she was out of her mind she gave them three books, they took one each and left. This time she decided to follow them. She followed them down to the local pond and stood horrified as they threw the books into the water.Then Mr frog stuck his head up saying....

 “RREDIT RREDIT RREDIT!”

Sorry

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Klare

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James Bear- Deck The Halls (lilli of the valley stamp)

Thank you for pop by to my blog weather your just passing through or a regular visitor. I love to get feed back from your lovely comments, and hopefully  I may inspire you to create your own projects, cards, gifts from viewing my efforts. I have been AWOL of later I know and I am sorry. I know some of you take the time out every week to visit my blog and I trully appreciate that.  I am hoping to get myself back on track and pull my finger out and do my weekly post. (fingers X).

So lets get to it. I have a few things to show you.

so lets start with James bear.

This a stamp from lili of the valley

It just a simple little Christmas card. Used Spellbinders circles to create the base for this card and then spellbinders scalloped circles too. Stamped the image of Jame's bear.

Colour list

(coloured with copic markers and faber castell polychromo pencils)

Star- YR31 , gold glitter added sparingly

James bear- E35, E53, and pencil bistre 179

Tinsel- G82,G94.

Baubles- B37, and red glitter added

Present - YR31, B95, B97, and gold glitter

Shading- WARM GREY III 272, WARM GREY IV 275.

The snow flakes around the edge were cut from

Cherry lynn snowflake dies then I stacked 1 snowflake on top of another with silicone glue to give dimension ( I know I've used this look on my last 2-3 Christmas card posts but I really like the effect)

Added a bit of twine to top of card to finish it off.

Hoped you enjoyed today's card.

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

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Klare

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