Twofer snowflakes

 Hello lovely crafters. 

 I'm catching up with my Christmas cards, after I checked last month thinking I had a little stash and found 3. 

Here are two more, it's great when you can create 2 at the same time. I wanted to cut this inky piece and use it angled at the top of a card so then I decided to use the remainder on another one. 

I've stamped and embossed Tim Holtz snowflakes and then inked with Brushos. Layered on scraps of blue card and edged with die cut 'icicles'. The snowflakes are also cut from scraps and snippets. 

I'm joining in with Shopping our Stash #459: Triple Threat - use three of something. 

I've used three snowflakes on each and also 3 pearls. Very old snowflake dies, snowflake stamps new last year, greeting several years old plus snippets - good job!

Thanks for visiting, enjoy your day. x

Twinkle twinkle

 Hello lovely crafters.

Do you spend hours going off on tangents trying to be clever and then it all ends up in the bin. I do. I'd had a session like that then somehow managed to create this card which was the complete opposite of what I'd been trying earlier. 

It came together quite quickly. A few stamps, some basic colouring, a little embossing and some glossy accents. 

I did use a pale blue pen around the stars and stocking for highlighting. 

As I've used fairy lights I can enter:

Who doesn't love all the lights at Christmas?

I may have purchased a stamping magazine accidentally while supermarket shopping the other day. Careless.  So these are all new stamps and I can enter the NBUS Challenge:

For once I'm also posting at the right time to join in with the Rudolf Days challenge. Post a Christmas card between the 25th and the end of each month. 

Thanks for visiting, enjoy your day. x

Rockin' Robin

 Hello lovely crafters

Among all the fabulous challenges which drop into my inbox, every so often there is one which stands out. This was one. 

So even though I was running around packing, watering, planting and cleaning ready to go away last week I was also looking through my stamps to find ones which would work for this challenge. 

Here is the finished card:

I picked this cute Robin stamp, coloured with pencils and the glossied it up with some Glossy Accents which you can just about see here. 

A little bit of a red border was the finishing touch. 

If I hadn't been away I'm sure I would have made more. Being far behind with my Christmas cards, this could be a speedy way to catch up. Such fun!

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Butterfly and print

 Hello lovely crafters

Here is a quick post to show this butterfly card which I made using one of my stencil monoprints. In my last post I mentioned that I had enjoyed the technique but couldn't bear to cut the inky prints down to make CAS cards. So here is one using the whole print. The challenge is at CAS Mix Up and my last card is here.

The technique is to ink a stencil (usually direct from the ink pad), spritz and flip it over onto your paper to make a print. Each one is different and you never know what you will get. Some are better than others, of course! 

All I've done is frame the print, add a die cut inked and embossed butterfly and a greeting. Oh and a  few water drop embellishments.

I'm fluttering over to Mrs A's butterfly challenge with this one. 

She does love a butterfly and always has loads of inspiration. For this challenge I've used Wisteria and the butterfly only though there are more prompts you can pick from. Do have a look. 

I suppose I have also used words, though not in a very inventive way.

I'll also skip over to Pixie's Snippets Playground. I've been trying to organise my snippets pile (again). I'm not sure if I'm making progress. 

I've used snippets for the butterfly and sentiment and again have popped the sentiment up with scraps of card. 

Thanks for visiting, enjoy your day. x

Fun with stencils

 Hello lovely crafters

I've had fun with my stencils this week. Following the CAS Mix Up Challenge prompt- this month the challenge is stencil monoprint. 

I'm fairly new to stencils but I Love them. 

The technique is to add ink to the stencil, spritz with water and then turn it onto your paper to make a print. You can sometimes make a second print if there is enough ink left. 

The trouble I had was that I loved each one so much, I didn't want to cut them down to make a CAS card. I have made several cards with the whole sheets. 

Anyway, here is one I managed to cut:

This was the second print from this stencil inking so it's has lovely soft colours. 

I used a piece of textured aqua card I've had for years and then added a die cut flower which is inked and embossed in clear. 

The centre candi of the flower is stamped with a tiny stamp. 

What do I think? Initially, I didn't think all the elements went together. I always have trouble finishing a card to my satisfaction. I can make backgrounds all day long, I have a nice little pile but putting the design together - hard!

But it's growing on me. 

Constructive criticism is welcome. 

I'm also popping over to Pixie's Snippets Playground. I think the inking was done on new card but the flower and sentiment were definitely snippets. I also use scraps to 'pop' up the greeting instead of using foam pads. Two or 3 layers of 'cutting and sticking' usually work. 

Thanks for visiting, enjoy your day. x