Holly Jolly Christmas Card

Oh wow, I have just realised it has been ten months since I last put up a post. Apologies for not posting sooner, but to be honest life has just been very busy. One of my new years resolutions is to get back into the swing of things with my crafting this year.

I know Christmas is over, but thought I should at least share one Chrissy card. It is an older card that I made some years ago and is a very simple to make. It uses the 'Holly Jolly Layers' stamp set.

Products used

 

Stamps: Holly jolly layers
Dies: Layering circles

Tools: Lucky stars embossing folder, banner punch & round corner punch
Cardstock: Whisper white, kraft and basic black

DSP: Pocket full of posies
Inks: Real red & garden green

Sentiment: Holly jolly layers 

Embellishments: Black stitched ribbon & red rhinestones

 

Christmas Gleaming Card

I love the rustic feel to this card and it was very easy to make. I fussy cut 3 of the holly leaves and berries and used my blender markers to colour them. I added the clear enamels dots to finished off the card.

Products used

 

Stamps: Christmas gleaming
Dies: Stitched nested labels

Cardstock: Very vanilla
DSP: Wood textures
Inks: Memento black & real red

Markers: Old olive & real red

Sentiment: Christmas gleaming

Embellishments: Clear enamel dots

Wreath Builder Christmas Card

I cased this card from Steffi Helmschrott from a few years back. She is one of my favourite designers and makes stunning cards. I did use different dies for the wreath and sentiment. I also didn't do any stitching on my card, as that was just too fiddly for me.

Products used

 

Stamps: Christmas gleaming
Dies: Wreath builder
Cardstock: Whisper white, sahara sand, emerald envy & vellum

Inks: Basic black & sahara sand 

Sentiment: Christmas gleaming

Embellishments: Gold glimmer stars & red pearls

Tidings & Trimmings Christmas Card

Sharing a card featuring the star and foliage dies from the 'Christmas Tidings' die set. I loved this bundle in last years catalogue and will be sharing many more cards made using these stamps and dies in the coming months.

Products used

 

Stamps: Tidings & Trimmings
Dies: Christmas trimmings & finishing touches border
Cardstock: Crumb cake, soft suede & cherry cobbler, 

Inks: Crumb cake, versa mark & white embossing powder
DSP: Season of style

Sentiment: Itty bitty Christmas 

Embellishments: Gold brushed metallic dots

Tidings & Trimmings Christmas Card

This card uses several items from the 'Tidings of Christmas' Suite.

I was inspired by Berdien Weideveld's card but made a few subtle changes. I used a different swirl die (non SU) that I already owned, changed the sentiment and didn't use any bling, as I wanted to tone the card down a little.

Products used

 

Stamps: Tidings & Trimmings
Dies: Christmas trimmings, stitched rectangles & non SU
Cardstock: Whisper white, soft succulent, evening evergreen & real red
Inks: Real red & evening evergreen
DSP: Tidings of Christmas

Sentiment: Peace & joy

Candy Canes Christmas Card

Who doesn't love a delicious candy cane at Christmas...I know I certainly do, especially the fruit flavoured ones! When I saw Mikaela Titheridge's card, I knew I had to give it a go.

This card looked easy enough, but to my surprise it was actually more difficult than I thought it would be. I had a few issues blending the red ink on the edges of my background piece of card stock and then getting the white embossing candy canes to stamp well over the top. 

The end result looks great, but it took me about 6 attempts to get it right. This was a hard stamp to work with, so either I need some more practice with this technique or I need to chose a different technique altogether.

Products used

 

Stamps: Candy canes & Christmas season
Dies: Seasonal labels & stitched rectangles
Cardstock: Real red, poppy parade, garden green & basic black
Inks: Real red, garden green, versa mark & white embossing powder 

Sentiment: Wrapped in Christmas

Tidings & Trimmings Christmas Card

I think my favourite Christmas DSP of all time would have to be the 'Tidings of Christmas' paper. I just love the colours and the patterns of this paper. The DSP looks best when it is used with minimal embellishments to really bring out the detail in the paper.

I was inspired by a card that Teneale Williams did for a sketch challenge, but used completely different products altogether. I love the simplicity of this card and how the sentiments pop against the light background.

Products used

 

Stamps: Peace & joy
Dies: Christmas trimmings
Cardstock: Whisper white & evening evergreen
Inks: Real red
DSP: Tidings of Christmas

Sentiment: Peace & joy stamp set, and non SU Christmas word die
Embellishments: Linen thread, and mini red Christmas bells

Candy Cane Season Christmas Card

So Christmas is one week away today, so I will be sharing a few cards to get you into the Chrissy spirit!

The stamp set I used is from a little while back, and is easy to use to create some quick cards. I love how the colours pop against the crumb cake background.

Products used

 

Stamps: Candy cane season
Punch: Candy cane builder
Cardstock: Whisper white, crumb cake & silver glimmer
Inks: Real red, cherry cobbler, mossy meadow & old olive
DSP: Non SU

Sentiment: Candy cane season
Embellishments: silver rhinestones & mossy meadow thick bakers twine

Kindest Gnomes Christmas Card

Today I have another cute little gnome card that uses the 'Gnomes Dies'.

The background tree paper is from the 'Rings of Love' DSP, which is a free sale-a-bration item if you spend $90 on products before 31 August. The sentiment is from another stamp set I own (not SU) and same with the stitched edge dies I used to create the snow layers. 

In regards to the little arms and hands I made for this gnome, I used three lots of dies from the 'Spellbinders Shopping Spree" die set. They are a perfect size for this little guy and very easy to create. I also shared another way to make the little arms and hands using other stamping up products, which you can see my original post here.

Products used

 

Dies: Gnomes & tree rings
Cardstock: Whisper white, crumb cake, poppy parade, soft seafoam, basic black, pacific point & blush blossom
DSP: Rings of love & celebrations
Sentiment: Other (non SU)

 

Kindest Gnomes Tiered Pop Up Card

This is the card I will be teaching at my next club night. All my ladies wanted me to use the 'Kindest Gnome Bundle', so they will be learning how to make a tiered pop up card. There will be lots of fussy cutting and playing around with the cute gnomes and animals from the 'Story Book Gnomes' DSP.

Kindest Gnome Christmas Card

Oh my goodness, it has been over six months since I last put up a post. Apologies for not posting sooner, but to be honest life has just got in the way! Better late than never I guess.

I simply adore the new gnome bundle in the latest mini catalogue, it's called 'Kindest Gnomes' and I love how the dies also cut out the coordinating DSP as well the stamped images. 

I wanted to show how you can easily make some little hands/arms for the stand-alone gnome, as the dies set does not come with these. I much prefer a gnome with arms and hands than without, so I spent a little time trying to find the best option that looked realistic. I used the smallest heart from the 'Heart to Heart' punch (retired) for the hands, and the mushroom stems from the new 'Tree Rings' die set for the arms, as they were the perfect size for this.

You can see below how to cut a small section away from the heart shape, then you simply stick the stems (or in my case 'arms') on top of the hands, and 'voila' you have two realistic looking arms with hands to use for the gnome.

The sentiment is from the 'Vintage Christmas' stamp set.

I promise I will be sharing some more cards using this bundle over the coming weeks.

Snow is Glistening Christmas Card

This one is for those that get to celebrate a white Christmas. I used the 'Snow is Glistening' stamp set for the snow and sentiment, and used the coordinating dies for the snowflakes.

 

Bring on the Presents Christmas Card

I made this card as part of a colour challenge for one of my up-line team meetings.

The bow is from the 'Bring on the Presents' stamp set, and the sentiment is from the 'Holly Berry Happiness' stamp set. The leaves and berry twigs are from punches and other die sets. I love the simplicity of how the card looks.

 

 

 

Poinsettia Christmas Card

I am so glad the poinsettia dies are still available this year, as they were one of my favourites when they were released last year. These dies are so versatile and work great with the matching stamp set, or look lovely by themselves when used with the embossing pieces.

 

Birds of a Feather Christmas Card

I love a good shaker card, and this one uses a combination of a few retired dies and the 'birds of a feather' stamp set. I used little white beads for the shaker component to represent snow in the snow globe.

 

Dashing Deer Christmas Card

I have a very quick and easy card to share today which uses the 'detailed deer thinlits dies' and some nice DSP. If you are after a quick card to make, then this one is definitely for you.

I cased this card from Jennifer Pauli, but made some subtle changes to make it my own. I used different DSP and added a border between the papers for a bit more detail. I also added a rhinestone for the nose and a sentiment to the top of the card.

 

 

 

Santa's Sleigh Christmas Card

So Christmas is only a couple of weeks away now, so it is time to get into the Christmas spirit, so for me that is sharing some Christmas cards over the next few days.

I used the 'Santa's Sleigh' stamp set and the coordinating dies (now retired) to create the below card.

 

 

Beachy Little Christmas Card

Who doesn't love a beachy Christmas! This card is very fitting for us Aussies who celebrate Christmas in the middle of summer.

This card looks simple, however it took a really long time to stamp all the tree decorations and fussy cut them out, as there where no coordinating dies for this stamp set.

 

 

Christmas Gleaming - CASEing the Catty

One of my all time favourite Christmas cards is the one I cased from the 2019 Holiday Catalogue from page 30. The copper foiled paper is absolutely stunning, and so are the foiled elements. 

The photo doesn't do this card any justice, as it looks so much better in real life.

 

Christmas Gleaming Card

It is only 3 months until Christmas, and I'm sure that time will fly by so quickly. So today I want to share a Christmas card using the retired 'Christmas Gleaming' stamp set which I still enjoy using.

I was inspired by the colours from Stesha Bloodhart's card, but I have changed the whole style of the card to make it my own.