Dashing Deer Christmas Card

So Christmas is fast approaching us, and I will be sharing a few trendy Christmas cards over the next few weeks to help get you inspired for the festive season and your creative juices flowing.

I am so glad that the 'Dashing Deer' stamp and dies sets are still available for purchase. It was one of my favourite sets when they released it last Christmas and I have made many cards with this bundle. The foliage is die cut from the 'Pretty Pines' thinlits dies.

 

Bird Banter Birthday Card

Today's post is a card that is suitable for everyone.....both genders and all ages!

I was inspired by Ilse Stouten's card, and decided to case it making a few subtle changes. I love how the bright colours look against the black background.

Timber Themed Masculine Card

I really enjoy making masculine cards and the one below is one that I cased from Connie Collins. When I saw the background on the card that Connie made, I new I had to give it a go and I really enjoyed putting this one together. My card orientation and sentiment is different from Connie's, as I always like to change things a little, to make it my own.

I used the one of the sheets of DSP from the 'wood textures' pack, and cut it into thin wood strips and then inked the white edges with early espresso ink. I laid the wood strips diagonally onto a black piece of card stock, leaving about 1 millimeter space in between each strip. I then trimmed the 4 sides of the background piece and adhered it to my card base and embellished it with my sentiment, linen thread and a leaf from the 'seasonal layers' dies.

Varied Vases Birthday Card

Well, the last six months has flown by, and it has been an extremely busy time for me, and I am way behind on sharing regular posts with you all.....my apologies!

For my next few posts, I will be playing a bit of 'catch up', but will promise to share as much as I can.

For this post, I am sharing a card made with the 'Varied Vases' Stampin Up stamp set. I love using rainbow colours on white or crumb cake card stock, as it really makes the colours pop. I used a water spritzer on the vases after I had coloured them, and then used paper towel to dab up the water, which removed a little of the colour and gave me the effect I was after.