Special Day

I bought my first JustRite stamps last year...and now seem to be a little bit addicted to them.
Nestabilities that have sat looking sad for a very long time are now seeing a bit of action at last!

When I first looked at JustRite I found them a bit expensive compared to other brands but recently they seem to have come down a lot in price, as have Spellbinders dies, so I've been snapping up some bargains.
(I've been too busy to craft/ blog but online shopping; I'll always find the time for that apparently)

The patterned paper here is 'Helen' by Melissa Frances.
The stamp is from 'Grand Birthday Sentiments', the dies are Labels One and Scalloped Labels One.

I inked through the die using Inkylicious ink dusters, it's more subtle than a foam applicator and gives a speckled effect. I like the 'solid' look you achieve with a foam applicator and distress inks, but the ink dusters are much quicker and easier to use, I think. No risk of the applicator lines that you can sometimes get.

Last of the Christmas 2014 cards

This was one I made with someone particular in mind, I knew it would be just their style.
The reindeer head was a wooden blank and I used several layers of pewter embossing powder before finally dabbing over with a charcoal ink-pad.

The background was white shimmer-card that I stamped with a large sentiment stamp from Chloe's Creative Cards and heat embossed white. Label dies are Spellbinders.

This next card is more or less identical to one I made for my parents, blogged last month, I just altered the colour scheme a bit (and the wording, obviously).

Deck The Halls

I'm late posting these, obviously, but they might inspire for next year!

I used a Tonic die for the sentiment, off-set layering to make a shadow effect.
The embossing folder was a magazine freebie and I added Glamour Dust in places.
I ended up making several of these, some with gold layers and some with silver.

You Make Me Smile

Things have calmed down a little bit now. I'm not crafting every day but I need to get back in my routine!

This was the card we made at craft club today, although everyone did their own version; different colours and sentiments. It's lovely to see the variations and ideas, they are a fab bunch of ladies.

It's a 6 x 6 card-blank and we folded the left-hand side back on itself.
The sentiment stamp is from a Justrite set, paper is old SU.

I seem to still be having issues with my photo editing, I've switched from Microsoft to a MacBook and you know what they say about old dogs and new tricks...

In memory of L.M. who often made me smile.xx.

No posts (again!)

Due to an unfortunate accident I am unable to craft or blog at the moment.
Hopefully back soon.

Acetate

Acetate stamped with SU snowflake stamps
Sentiment by Craftwork Cards
Hard to photograph with the reflection of the acetate but the card blank itself is pearlescent gold and the other layer is a dark red-brown.

Vintage Christmas

Specially for my Aunt who loves anything vintage or antique
Image is by Marianne, card is Kanban
Sentiment from very old stash

Reindeer

Paper is Tilda, I've added some Glamour Dust
Sentiment is by Craftwork Cards

Holly

I'm struggling a bit at the moment with regards photographs and blog posts due to a new computer. It's a completely different set-up to what I'm used to so everything is taking twice as long as I'm trying to get to grips with the changes in photo-editing etc.

My blog itself looks different to me; sizes, colours, brightness...not sure how it looks to everyone else, so apologies if everything is weird at the moment!

Embossing folder is Cuttlebug, I've used DCWV card and sanded it down with an emery board, then added some red glitter.
Sentiment is by Woodware.

Mum & Dad

This is an 8 x 8 inch card, background paper is by Phill Martin and I've added some Stickles to the edge.
Sentiment is Sizzix Script alphabet layered using Sue Wilson dies, poinsettia dies by Spellbinders, foliage die is also Sizzix.

Time Out

Due to a family bereavement I'm having a few days break from crafting/ blogging.

Back soon.x.

Hope, Love

Cuttlebug embossing folder, Sizzix holly die.

Peace

Bit hard to photograph this as it's part acetate.
Papermill Direct are currently running a tag competition, here.

I edged a piece of acetate with white Stazon ink and then stamped it with a stamp from SU Gorgeous Grunge set.
The sentiment is a PTI die and I cut it twice, layered it, then covered with glitter.

The 'peace' part was glued to the front of the tag, then three pieces of card layered and glued to the back.

Pine-cone Tag

Another tag for the Papermill Direct challenge.

This time I've used Whispers markers to directly colour on to a Hero Arts stamp. I scattered some chunky embossing enamel over the tag and heated (from underneath to stop it blowing away) to create 'snow'.

The sentiment is a Papertrey Ink die that has been cut twice and layered for a shadow effect, and then glazed with Glossy Accents.
Faux stitching and a little distress ink round the edges of the tag to finish.

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Christmas tags

There's a challenge on Papermill Direct's website to create Christmas tags.
I've made a few different ones, here's the first and probably the most simple; I don't always want the tag to compete with the wrapping paper!

Using a Nestabilities die I cut one circle from brown card that I had first embossed with a folder and then one from shimmery white card. I used a scalloped circle die at the top of the white circle to make the 'icing'.
An old Sizzix die cut the holly from glitter card and then a smidge of Glamour Dust to finish.

I've attached a piece of cord at the back and cut a smaller circle of white card to hide this and give a nice writing surface.

Thanks

We had a lovely time recently at a friends' house so I wanted to make a thank you card. During our stay one of our friends wore a very bright shirt absolutely covered with butterflies (he's quite a big bloke as well so lots of butterflies!)

Butterfly paper is SEI
Sentiment stamps are Waltzingmouse, I've heat embossed with SU pewter powder.

Merry Christmas

Embossing folder is by Docrafts
Sentiment dies by Spellbinders

Thanks

It's so dull here at the moment, nightmare for trying to take photos!

Anyway, sentiment stamp is by Waltzingmouse. Card it's stamped on has been spritzed with mint and gold inks.

Poinsettia

Poinsettia stamp is a recent magazine freebie
Sentiment stamp by Woodware
I've used Versamark and white embossing powder with both

Animals

Dies are old Cuttlebug
Stamp is Jane's Script by Woodware