Wednesday 2 August 2023

Four-fer

 Hello lovely crafters

A quick post to show you these cards I made to add to my Christmas stash (still very small).

I used my Gina K Mandala Maker stamp set with a technique I've seen Jennifer McGuire use and possibly some other people. 

Using a piece of card cut into four pieces and taped back together. Then stamping the design in the middle. Turning those corners to the outside and stamping a smaller design. 

I forgot to do the before but here are the cards half made to give an idea.





After I'd stamped the design, I wet the paper (watercolour) and dropped Brushos on in Orange and Lemon and left them to do their thing 

The final touch was a greeting in gold embossing and some liquid pearls. 


I'm not sure how Christmassy they look but hey! I like them. 

I hopping over to the Snippets Playground where it is Christmas in July. You have a few days left to join in and be in with a chance of winning a bumper prize. 

I've used larger red and green snippets to mount and black for the greetings which are also layered up to add dimension.



6 comments:

  1. Oh so different and you have jogged my memory about beautiful brushos...love your cards...now where did I hide my brushos? xx

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  2. What fabulous cards from your lovely mandala stamp Alison! Loving the subtle Brusho backgrounds too. x

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  3. Great work Alison. LOVE the colours!! Brushos are calling for an outing here. The mandala pattern reminds me of Christmas baubles. And what a clever technique - yet another one to try.

    I imagine you are loving this rain for your Flower Farm - so long as it isn't too heavy and also that the sun has its turn! Far better than the drought we were heading for.

    Hugs
    Di xxx

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  4. These are spectacular. Not seen this exact technique before but one similar. Your resulting cards are fab. Hugs Mrs A.

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  5. What a great idea for making multiple cards - works very well for Christmas

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  6. What a GREAT technique. I love how these Christmas cards turned out.

    Thanks for submitting your homework to the SNIPPETS PLAYGROUND. Join me, Di & Dudley for Eggnog up in the Treehouse later. x

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