Gnome is where the Heart is!

 Thanks for stopping by to check out my latest creation for the Challenge over at the Christmas Craft Creations. Today I have a shaker card to share.

I cut a heart from the Tonic heart set and then stamped in black and embossed in Sparkle the sentiment from the same gnome set.

I penciled the inside of where the heart would be on the white card base. The wee gnome was stamped within the area.

The pencil marks were rubbed off and the gnome was colored with watercolor pencils. I stuck a piece of acetate down to the back of the red layer.

The same heart die was used to cut out a piece of foam pad which was attached to the back of the red panel. This would make the well for the beads. The beads were carefully put on top of the gnome and then the red front was placed on top of the gnome to make a shaker card. 

I probably shouldn't have put as many beads in - the gnome is pretty covered! Bakers' twine was added to the spine of the card to finish off. 

That finishes off my card for today. Hope I've inspired you to created something for the Christmas Craft Creations challenge - just include a gnome!!!

Merry Christmas everyone!

Shona

Cardinal Joy

 Hi again and welcome back! Here is my last card for the year for the Holly and Ivy Challenge, which as you know is always Anything Goes. My last header for the year is a Tufted Titmouse at one of my feeders. I found this never before used die from Distinctly Dees, and just loved putting this little card together!

I cut the die out of green cardstock and then the two cardinals were cut from red cardstock.

A little piece of black cardstock was taped to the back of the green cardinal, for the eye, then I colored their beaks in black, which is artistic license, as it should have really been the area around the beak!!! I took a slightly bigger square of double-sided tape and stuck in to the 6" x 6" square card base.

The die cut was centered on the sticky adhesive and then Crystal Ice glitter was burnished into the remaining adhesive.

The cardinals were then stuck on top with glue.

I then put a piece of double sided tap behind a scrap of red mirrored cardstock, and die cut the Memory Box word Joy. This was stuck down to the base of the card and a red organdy ribbon was tied to the spine of the card to finish it off.

Here you can see the sparkle in the glitter.

Well that's all from me this year for the Holly and Ivy Challenge. I've still got a lot of cards to make, so that is my project for the next two days! I hope you will join us for the challenge. 

For now I wish you all a very Merry Christmas!

Shona

Monochrome Pinecones

 Thanks for stopping over to take a look at my card today for the Holly and Ivy Challenge. Starting to make a few more Christmas cards, but got a lot to go - at least I'm making headway! Today, I have a monochrome card.

Since this stamp was quite large and would take up most of the card base, I used a piece of double-sided tape to hold the card down in the middle of the stamp positioner. The magnets would not have help the card in place. I did have to stamp a couple of times, to get a good impression. 

Versafine Clair Pinecones was the ink of choice and then I heat embossed with some Clear Detail powder.

Versafine Clair Acorn was then daubed on to the pinecones.

The same Crumb Cake cardstock was used to cut out the Lawn Fawn label die and then the Sentiment from a Hero Arts stamp set was stamped in the Pinecone ink and heat embossed with Clear Detail.

The sentiment was mounted to the front with foam pads and a piece of natural twine finished off my make for today.

That's all for today! I hope you will consider joining in the challenge, where it is always Anything Goes!

Shona

Washi Christmas Tree

Hi there, welcome back! I have another Washi tape card this week for the Holly and the Ivy Challenge! 

If you saw my last post, then you saw that I had to go out and buy some Washi tape which I didn't have! But I kind of liked the pink and gold hues of this roll. So, for this card, I decided to go with an uneven pattern for the tree. 

A piece of my last card was used to cut out the pot. I guess we call those snippets?

I hand cut out a little section from the bottom of this piece.

I stamped the Merry, merry sentiment along the bottom of the white card base in Versafine Clair Cheerful, using the stamp positioner and after applying anti-static powder. x

A gold star was attached to the top of the tree, before the pink panel was layered to the white card base. A little gold thread was tied in a bow on the left side of the card to finish.

In person, it is quite shiny and bright! Hope I've encouraged you to join us over at the Holly and Ivy Challenge. Only a few more weeks to go - we have to get a move on!!

Till next time!

Shona

Washi Christmas Tree

 Hi there and welcome back! Today I used Washi Tape on my card for the first time.

"Washi tape" is the theme over at this month's Christmas Craft Creations Challenge.

Of course, that was something that I did not have in my arsenal, so I went to Micheal's thinking they would have some Christmassy themed tape - but this was the best I could find!!

OK, let's go with gold and pink! I had a rough idea of what I wanted to do, so first thing was to make my own patterned paper with it.

I did a couple of sections of the tape until I got down far enough on the cardstock where the line was for the length of the trees.

The two trees were die cut in my Sizzix Big Shot. I decided I didn't want to use both trees on the one card, so went with a slimeline card and used the skinnier tree. I ran the same tree through the embossing machine with a piece of white cardstock and double sided tape.

I picked off the outline of the tree and then laid the washi tree in its place.

Then I removed the inner pieces so there would be sticky surface for the glitter to stick to.

Then I added microfine gold glitter to the sticky adhesive.

I used a scrap of white cardstock and a piece of double-sided tape and cut out the word joy.

The tree was taped down to the pink cardstock and the joy was placed under the tree with the sticky backing. This was then layered on to a white slimeline card base.

and a little gold thread finished my card for today!

I hope you've enjoyed my card today? ... And I hope I've given you some inspiration to join along with the Christmas Craft Creations Challenge!

Till next time,

Shona

Embossed Snowmen

Hi there and welcome to November! Wow, isn't the time just zooming in? It will be Christmas before we know it, so take the opportunity and play along with us in the Holly and Ivy Challenge. Get a start on those Christmas cards! My header today is a "fly" on some Witch Hazel. I was hoping it was going to be a native bee, but I don't think it is. 

My card today is using an embossing folder and then coloring in the raised embossed areas with some watercolor pencils. Looks like a little kid's picture - don't you think?

I started with embossing the scene on a piece of plain cardstock and then coloring on the raised embossed areas with the Stampin' Up watercolor pencils.

I layered the finished colored piece on to a black layer, then on to a white card base. I then took some Nuvo Glitter Accents and added them to the snowflakes and the snow bank.

That finished my card for today! Hope you've got some inspiration today to go start your Christmas card stock! Have a look over at the blog to see what my teamies came up with!

Till next time,

Shona

Let it Snow

 Hi there and welcome back to my blog! Today I have a glittery card for the Holly and Ivy Challenge. This is always an anything goes challenge as long as it is Christmas - and I think we should all get started on those cards - Christmas is fast approaching!!!

I started by taping a piece of double-sided tape to the card base. I peeled back the protective backing.

I had some masks from old die cuts that I had used for another project, using the Recollection dies, so placed those on top of the sticky surface.

Blue Haze microfine glitter was then burnished onto the remaining sticky surface.

The snowflakes were all peeled off the panel and then I applied Cloud Nine microfine glitter to the snowflakes.

I cut the Tonic Let it Snow sentiment twice out of light blue and once from a darker blue, gluing them together, to get more of a dimension. 

This was then taped down using narrow double sided tape. White and blue organdy ribbon was then tied in a bow on the left hand side of the card to finish it off!

Hope you enjoyed my share today? Please visit the rest of my teammates over on the Holly and Ivy blog and get some more inspiration and join in the challenge. 

Till next time,

Shona

White on White Merry Christmas

 Hi there and welcome back! I can't get my head above water here! The weeks are just rushing by and it will be Christmas before we know it.

 Here is another Christmas card for Christmas Craft Creations, where the theme for October is white on white.

I started with a glossy 5" x 7" card base. This Sizzix die has been sitting on my desk unused for the longest time, so I thought I should try giving it a go! 

I took a piece of double-sided adhesive paper and ran it through the die cutting machine. It cut out quite well!

After taking all the little negative pieces out, I removed the brown protective backing and stuck the die cut piece down on the the glossy card base.

The second piece of protective backing was then removed, leaving the sticky surface of the die cut.

Before applying the Crystal Ice glitter, I put down a piece of foam tape for the sentiment panel. (Foam tape does not adhere well to glitter!)

I had another, never before used, die cut, also a Recollections, so I die cut the little inside frame and the sentiment.

Taking a scrap piece of cardstock, cut to fit inside the middle rectangle, I applied a piece of double-sided tape and after removing the protective backing, attached the little frame and sentiment to the sticky surface.

Bridal glitter was then applied to the remaining sticky surface. 

I repeated this same process with the Recollections Snowflake die, but this time I used the Crystal Ice glitter, to contrast a little with the Bridal glitter. 

A piece of organdy ribbon was attached to the left side of the "tag" and a hole was punched so that I could put a white brad through the middle of the snowflake.

That finished my card for today. How close are you to finishing your Christmas cards? I've still got many to go, but doing a few a month has certainly added up! I hope I've inspired you to join in the fun over at the Christmas Craft Creations Challenge this month?

Thanks again for stopping by,

Shona