Now the festivities are over I am spending some time on myself. Plenty of sitting around reading, I hope, as well as crafting. I hope you all had a good time and are able to find some time for yourselves too.
I'm linking this card to Pixie's Snippets Playground where Di is having a huge and generous Christmas giveaway.
I cut out these flowers and then when I looked at them under good light against the base card I discovered that 5 were a different colour. I must have used two types of card so I cut out a few more. Now I'm working on another card in a similar but different design to use up the spares.
Thanks for visiting, enjoy your day. x
Hello lovely crafters
I've finally finished a card I started about 2 weeks ago. It was for a challenge which has long gone.
Having smudged the first sentiment, I carried on undaunted and stamped the second. I managed to remove most of the smudge with the Tombow eraser which I won in the playground last Christmas. It's very useful for a clumsy stamper! I don't think anyone would notice it except me.
After creating the background with ink and water on an acrylic block the card was warped. I always forget that will happen. I damped it slightly, rolled it through my Big Shot then put it under a book. . This could ruin the card but I got away with it today.
I added Glossy Accents to the centre of the flower and to the two little hearts. I'd forgotten how much I love the glossy look.
I'm skipping over to Pixie's Snippets Playground. I've used snippets, of course, and I've started using a few scraps glued behind to raise things up slightly but not give as much dimension as foam pads. This is in the hope that they will still go through the post.
Thanks for visiting, enjoy your day. x
Hello lovely crafters,
This is my last Christmas card for the year. Yeay. I should add that I have not bought one single present so perhaps I should focus on that now! And the food, decorations, wrapping...
At 52CCT we encourage you to create your Christmas cards all year round and our loyal and talented participants now have a lovely stash of cards to post and a feeling of smug satisfaction.
It's not too late to join in though. Our final challenge runs for the whole of December.
The challenges are listed on tabs on our blog and there are plenty to choose from.
I chose August 2017 - Embossed impressions
I created it using a stencil. I brushed ink over it direct from the ink pads and spritzed with water before running it through my Big Shot. I used very cheap water colour paper.
It gives quite a subtle raised effect and I like the inky look.
I also added a little shimmer with Perfect Pearls.
We hope you will be inspired to join in.
Thanks for visiting, enjoy your day. x
I'm linking to
CraftyHazelnut's Christmas Challenge #414
Jingle Belles Rock - Taking back December
Pixie's Snippets Playground - must use snippets.
