Christmas Fun

Hi all,

I hope you are having a lovely Christmas!

I have a card to show you today using one of the lovely Bildmalarna Christmas images called ‘Christmas Fun’...

I do think these Bildmalarna images are so adorable… such cute innocent little faces that make your heart melt… 

Here's a close up coloured with copics:

Recipe:

Stamps: Bildmalarna ‘Christmas Fun’; Whimsy ‘Holiday Notables 2’ (sentiment)

Papers: Marianne Design ‘Eline’s Merry Little Christmas’ (in the sale!)

Card: Craftwork Cards Straight Edge Card Pack; Bazzill Rainforest

Tools: Whimsy‘Notables 2’

Ink: Tsukeniko Memento Tuxedo Black

Embellishments: Berisfords stiched grosgrain red and white ribbon; vintage style moss green ribbon; May Arts burlap twine –natural; Christmas button mix; mixed rhinestones; Deco Arts glamour dust –crystal (on the fur and buttons); Marianne Design pom-pom trim

Thanks for stopping by and hope you enjoy the rest of your day! 

Hugs,

Janet xx

Winter Wonderland

Hi all,

Another quick card today! With all the warm weather we’ve been having in the UK for this time of year, I’ve decided to do a different take on winter wonderland!

 

Recipe:

Stamps: Bildmalarna ‘Christmas Kiss’ (in the Christmas sale); Whimsy ‘Holiday Notables 2’ (sentiment)

Papers: Marinanne Design 'Eline’s Merry Little Christmas' (in the sale)

Card: Craftwork Cards Straight Edge Card Pack; Bazzill Classic Red

Tools: Whimsy ‘Notables 2’ die; Martha Stewart glacial snowflake punch

Ink: Tsukeniko Memento Tuxedo Black

Embellishments:  Berisfords red satin ribbon; mixed rhinestones (coloured with copic pens)

So, are you all set for Christmas?…I wish! Hope you have a great day, whatever your plans!

Hugs,

Janet xx

 

 

 

Believe in Miracles

Hi all,

I have a contemporary Christmas card to show today using the Wild Rose Studio ‘Baby Jesus’ stamp and Magnolia Sweet Crazy Love ‘Vintage Turquoise’ and ‘Cloudy Turquoise Hearts’ papers. I just love the soft shades of these papers! The sentiment is from the Whimsy Holiday Notables 2 set (wide range of fab sentiments in this set!) cut with the Whimsy 'Notables 2' die.

 

I’ve used a couple of other dies, too: Memory Box ‘Frostyville Border’ (love this die!) and the medium sized snowflake from the Spellbinders ‘Snowflake Pendant’ set (currently in The Stamp Basket sale!).

Recipe:

Stamps: Wild Rose Studio ‘Baby Jesus’; Whimsy 'Holiday Notables 2'

Papers: MagnoliaSweet Crazy Love ‘Vintage Turquoise’ and ‘Cloudy Turquoise Hearts’

Card: Craftwork Cards Straight Edge Card Pack; Bazzill Kraft

Tools: Whimsy 'Notables 2'; Memory Box ‘Frostyville Border’ and Spellbinders ‘SnowflakePendant’ set

Embellishments: mixed rhinestones (coloured with copic pens); Ranger Stickles – Gold; Vintage style limoges ribbon

 

Thanks for stopping by. Hope you have a great day!

Hugs,

Janet xx

Baby Jesus

Hi all,

I have a very quick, easy-peasy Christmas card to show today using the Wild Rose Studio ‘Baby Jesus’ stamp and Marianne Design ‘Eline's Merry Little Christmas’ papers...both of which are in our Christmas sale!

 

I’ve used two of my favourite sentiment stamps sets: Whimsy’ Holiday Notables 2’ set cut using the Whimsy ‘Notables 2’ die and Whiff of Joy ‘Christmas Banners’ set cut using one of the three Whiff of Joy ‘Cute Banners Trio’ die. Both stamps sets provide a lovely range of sentiments with17 stamps in the Whimsy set and 20 stamps in the WOJ set! I’ve also used the Whimsy ‘Ornaments Border’ die which cuts beautifully.

Recipe:

Stamps: WildRose Studio ‘Baby Jesus’ (in the Christmas sale!); Whimsy’ Holiday Notables 2’; Whiff of Joy ‘ChristmasBanners’

Papers: MarianneDesign ‘Eline's Merry Little Christmas’ (in the Chrismas sale!)

Card: Craftwork Cards Straight Edge Card Pack; Bazzill Cardinal

Tools: Whimsy‘Notables 2’ die; Whiff of Joy ‘Cute Banners Trio’ die

Embellishments:  mixed rhinestones; Ranger Stickles – gold; Berisfords red satin ribbon  

Thanks for stopping by. Hope you enjoy the weekend!

Hugs,

Janet xx

Elf Maya and Kitty Writing Santa's List

It's Annette here again, and for those of you who visited yesterday, I promised a real cutie today, and I think I have to say that this card is one of my favourites this year.  The image is Elf Maya & Kitty writing Santa's List from The Stamp Basket.

I'm not sure whether it is the pretty papers, cute image, rich chocolatey colours (they are chocolate brown not black by the way), simple layout, fab dies or just that the whole card seems to encompass everything that is my style.

Oh dear, I really sound like I'm blowing my own trumpet here, but this was just one of those cards that I looked at when I'd finished and I thought "I'd like to keep this one"!

Hopefully you all know what I'm trying to say, and I hope you have had more of those types of cards than I seem to have had, as opposed to my mojo going AWOL whenever I sit down to craft.

Anyhoo, before I drivel on and bore you silly (too late, huh!) here's my card ...

All items are from The Stamp Basket as follows:

• Image - Whiff of Joy Elf Maya & Kitty writing Santa's List
• Card base - Scalloped Edge
• Papers - Marianne Design Eline's Merry Little Christmas
• Sentiment - Whimsey Notables 2 and matching Notables 2 Dies
• Corner Bow Die - Memory Box
• Corner die - Memory Box Macarena Corner
• Punch - Martha Stewart Edger Doily Lace
• Ribbon - Vintage Style Ribbon in Walnut (looks paler in real life than in the pic)
• Card - Bazzill Cardstock
• Pearls - 5mm, 4mm & 3mm Snow White pearls
• Brad - Hobby House 8mm Pearl Brad
• Glitter - Glamour Dust Crystal
• Liquid Pearls - White Opal
• From my stash - Flowers, Glossy accents

Pop over to The Stamp Basket to see the lovely array of products, especially the pre-Christmas offers that are on promotion at the moment.  Grab yourself an early Christmas present and treat yourself.

Happy crafting, and have a wonderful Sunday.
Hugs
Annette
xx

Maya and Kitty Sledging

It's Annette here today and I've got some gorgeous new cutie-pies to share with you today from the The Stamp Basket.  This is one of the new Whiff of Joy images called Maya and Kitty Sledging.  I've got a couple of these to show you over the next couple of weeks, (but I would secretly urge you to pop back here tomorrow as I think it's my favourite of the lot - so far at least!).

Anyhoo, this is just a quick post as I'm running late today.  I usually get my posts written the night before, but I didn't manage last night.  I was trying to write out all my overseas cards as I think I should probably have posted them already by now, so I wanted to get them posted today.  I hope I'm not too late!

Hope you like my card. Have a fab Saturday and I'll see you all tomorrow for some more Whiff of Joy cuteness.

All items are from The Stamp Basket as follows:

• Image - Whiff of Joy Maya and Kitty Sledging
• Card base - Elegant Square
• Papers - Marianne Design Eline's Merry Little Christmas
• Sentiment - Whimsy Holiday Notables 2 and co-ordinating Notables 2 Die
• Flourish die - Memory Box Whimsical Flourish
• Bunting die - Memory Box Poppystamps Simple Banner
• Ribbon - Berisfords Satin Ribbon Red
• Twine - Burlap Swine in Red
• Card - Cardinal Red
• Pearls - 5mm, 4mm & 3mm Snow White pearls
• Brad - Hobby House 8mm Pearl Brad
• Glitter - Glamour Dust Crystal
• Liquid Pearls - White Opal
• Button - Mixed Christmas Buttons
• From my stash - Glossy accents, Flower

Pop over to The Stamp Basket to see the lovely array of products on offer.  There are loads of deals on at the moment while out old stock is cleared out to make way for these gorgeous new items, so grab a bargain while the promotions are running.

Happy crafting

See you tomorrow.

Hugs

Annette

xx

Elf Maya & Kitty writing Santa's List

Hi Everyone

I've used a Whiff of Joy Stamp to make today's card.

This stamp is called Elf Maya and Kitty writing Santa's List.  I love the little Kitty, it reminds me of my cat !!!
I coloured it using Copic Markers, here's a close-up.

Items used to make this card are:

Craftwork Straight Edge Card Blank
Whiff of Joy Stamp - Elf Maya & Kitty writing Santa's List
Papers from Teresa Collins Christmas Cottage Paper Pad, Kaiser Craft Turtle Dove Paper Pad,
Kraft Card
Memory Box Leaping Deer Die
Red Berrisford's Satin Ribbon
Button from Christmas Button Mix
Sentiment from Whimsy Holiday Notables 2 Set cut using Whimsy Notables 2 Die
Green Safety Pin, Flower, Twine and Red Pearl from my stash

Thanks for visiting today.  Hope you like my card.

Hugs
Penni
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Joy, Peace and Love

Hi all,

I have a criss cross card to show you today using an image from one of the new Wild Rose Studio Christmas Collection called ‘Annabelle and Tree’. 

If you’ve never made a Criss cross card, they are really so easy to make and there are lots of tutorials on the web to show you how to go about it.

I’ve used two of the square straight edged Craftwork Cards stuck together with opposing sides cut to make the triangle effect. The papers that I used are a combination of Nitwits ‘Joyful Hearts Holly’ (for the front) and Papermania ‘At Christmas Time’ (for the inside), both of which were matted onto Bazzill Cardinal – you only need a small square of each.

Here’s a close up of the image which has been blinged with glamour dust and stickles!

I've used two sentiments on the card - on the front I've used one from the new Whimsy Holiday Notables 2 cut with the Whimsy Notables 2 die – these sentiments are just right for small spaces and the set (comprising 17 stamps in all) have a range of lovely words, suitable for all Christmas cards. The die is the gorgeous Memory Box Whimsical Flourish – I think this has been one of my favourite of all the Memory Box Christmas dies this year!

I've also used the sentiment from the Wild Rose Studio 'Christmas Tree' stamp set in the inside panel. The tabs have been made using the Memory Box Bistro Label...such a versatile little die!

                                      Card Recipe:

Stamps: Wild RoseStudio ‘Annabelle and Tree’; Whimsy 'Holiday Notables 2'; Wild Rose Studio 'Christmas Tree' 

Papers: Nitwits‘Joyful Hearts Holly’ and Papermania ‘At Christmas Time’

Card:  Bazzill ‘Cardinal’; Craftwork Cards StraightEdge Card Pack

Tools: Memory Box ‘Whimsical Fourish’ and 'Bistro label' dies; Whimsy Notables 2 die

Embellishments: Rangerstickles glitter ‘star dust’; Deco-Arts glamour dust - crystal; Berisfords RedSatin ribbon; pearl brads; Ranger white opaque pen

Don’t forget our weekend offer on Nellie Snellen and Marianne Design stamps, dies and papers...some great bargains!

I hope you have a lovely weekend, whatever your plans! 

Big hugs,

Janet xx