Hello lovely crafters
I have not made many Christmas cards so far this year so a prompt of Christmas in July from the Snippets Playground encouraged me to make one.
I had an idea in mind and it all worked out, for once and quickly too. I may have seen something similar somewhere but I don't know where.
First of all I inked in green then added the cat (Lavinia). Then stamped the foliage at the top and the baubles. The wood stamp gave my cat something to sit on and I added a little more ivy at the bottom. Some gold splatters, gold colouring, a greeting and gold Liquid pearls and it was all done.
The stamps are from various places so if you need to know, just ask.
The snippets I used were one large white for the base. A piece of dp for the mat and black snippets for the greeting. I'm using up design papers I don't really want as mats and frames. I did have to colour the edges slightly with this one but it saved me using a new piece or a colour I like. I've got loads of paper, I know I'll never use, in fact I rarely use papers on a card I always make my own. 🤣
Beautiful Christmas card and the Lavinia stamp could have been modelled on your own Little Mo. Useful tip about using designer papers which you don't particularly like, must give it a try
ReplyDeleteSuch a lovely card Alison - and Val is absolutely right, your Lavinia cat stamp is so like your Little Mo. Gorgeous stamping and I love the colours used. I can almost hear the cat debating with itself on which bauble to take a tap at first. From the head tilt, my money is on the middle one!
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Di xxx
Fabulous Christmas card Alison. I love the scene you’ve created. xx
ReplyDeleteLavinia stamps..always a winner....and I love your card which is obviously based on Little Mo...you can'r give this one away!..lol Fabulous scene ad I am sure the cat is eyeing the middle bauble up! xx
ReplyDeleteA very original Christmas card that is so well designed and stamped. Love this!
ReplyDeleteThanks for coming to play in the Snippets Playground. Meet you up in the Treehouse for some Snowballs (Eggnog) later! Hugs, Sarn xxx
Beautiful card Alison … great idea. I have just got this cat stamp and love how you have used it
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