Magic of the Season

Mewnin' peeps!

Hope you are surviving this horrid weather - not good :(

Just a reminder before I show you my card, don't forget to enter to win some fabulous blog candy, 65 (yes, 65!) sheets of K and Company 12" x 12" paper. The rules of entry are in the previous post.

Anyway, here is today's card, very simple and cute.

Photos edited with Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 2013

  

What I used...

Stamps: Joyful Greetings - Paper Smooches

Papers: Snow Day Collection 6" x 6" Pad - Crate Paper

Die: Tim Holtz Washer Border (657826) - Sizzix

Card stock: white

Ink: Onyx Black - Versafine

Baker's Twine: Purple Plum - Divine Twine

Adhesive gems: Iridescent Shimmering Dots - Papermania

How I did it...

Cover the top three quarters of a white A6 blank with snowman paper. Die cut a piece of the large scallop paper with the Washer Border and adhere below the snowman paper. Wrap twine around the card a couple of times (to cover the join) and tie in a bow at the left.

Stamp a sentiment onto white card, cut into a banner shape, mat onto red diamond paper and trim. Attach to the right of the card, over the twine with foam tape. Embellish the card and sentiment with a few shimmer dots.

There you have it! A very quick and simple card. Perfect for last minute makes as the Christmas season quickly approaches.

Off now to finish a design I'm doing for a charity organisation - I will tell you more about it soon....

Thanks for dropping in. Tatty bye for now. xxx

Merry Tree

Wassup peeps?

I'll send a bright and cheery hello on this wet and windy Saturday :)

Today I have another Christmas card for you. I've used another fab stamp from the wonderful Octopode Factory.

I didn't really notice the face on the star until I started to colour it in. It's so cute! He doesn't look too happy though (then again, I don't think I would be with the top of a spiky tree stuck up my bum).

What I used...

Christmas Tree stamp - The Octopode Factory

12 Days of Christmas 6x6 paper pad - My Mind's Eye

12 Days of Christmas accessory sheet - My Mind's Eye

Black ink - Versafine

Clear embossing powder - Stampendous

Merry Christmas rub-ons - Kaisercraft

Promarkers

Baker's twine, red - Divine Twine

Button, red

Flat back pearls, white

I stamped, heat embossed and coloured in the tree image, then trimmed and mounted it onto a piece of patterned paper. I cut up one of the journaling spots from the accessory sheet and attached it to the top left side of the image and mounted the whole thing onto the front of a white blank.

I fixed a length of the scallop border along the bottom, with a 'peppermint' swirl and a button tied with twine at the right hand side. To finish, I applied a 'Merry' rub-on and three pearls onto the journaling spot.

I wasn't too sure about this card at first. Sometimes you can spend ages on a card and not be too happy with it. If you walk away and go back to it the next day, you seem to see it in a completely different light. I love it now :D

The thing is with me, is that I am my own worst critic. Tsk tsk.

Anyhoo, off to make a coffee, take one out to his nibs (playing in the garage), ring my Mum and start creating another masterpiece. I have to break off a little later, a friend is coming round to borrow my Morticia outfit for a fancy dress get together tonight. It's going to be fun getting her ready!!

Call in again soon! xx