I'm afraid it's got to be Christmas again ... the weeks are passing me by! Think a couple of these will only be suitable for hand delivery otherwise I'll need a bank loan to pay the postage ... hee hee!
So here goes, following my busy crafting afternoon I've a trio to share and first up is my entry to
CAS(E) this Sketch. I've half-sneaked an idea from the lovely Beverley at
Uniko Studio by stamping one of the circles from the Background Builders set and using it as a bauble. I've also grabbed a trick I saw somewhere else (sorry forgotten where) which was to adhere coloured paper to a clear button so I've given this a go to make my bauble.
My 'papers' are Christmas washi tapes layered onto green and red cardstock then I've wrapped some metallic cord from my stash around the card, then a bow to top my bauble. The sentiment is from
Clearly Besotted and there's a couple of silver pearls.
Next up is a combined entry to the
Freshly Made Sketches Challenge,
Color Throwdown and a brand new Christmas Challenge from one of my favourites ...
Clearly Besotted. Have I told you I'm besotted with their products???
Card Recipe:
Image & Sentiment:
Clearly Besotted - Signature Christmas stamps & dies
Papers:
Shelly K &
The Papermill Shop
Gems and Metallic Cord from my stash.
I'm not sure if you can tell from the photo but I've layered my bauble up on several layers of cardstock to make it a bit more sturdy then added glossy accents to the bauble and glamour dust to the decorative centre.
Thanks to Michelle Short at The
Card Grotto for her tip on layering up the die cuts, especially if you are adding glossy accents.
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So last but not least, here's my entry to
Pixies Crafty Snippet Playground and
CAS Colours & Sketches. I ran another craft class last week for some friends and this card is similar to one we made. I had 3 friends over and they each made 3 Christmas cards. The standard was amazing so looks like I'm going to have some competition! OR maybe it's down the the fabulous teacher!!!!!!!!!!!
I've used the button trick again with a couple of clear ones glued to sparkly DP. I wish I knew where the idea came from so that I can acknowledge the blog here.
So I've used Buttons, Gems, Bakers Twine, Scraps of papers from my stash
Glamour dust at the snow level, glitter card and it's
Clearly Besotted again for the sentiment
The tree is made from layers of triangle shaped dies using Sizzix Framelits
So that's all for me. Can't promise how many posts I'll have during the week but will try to pop around your blogs. Off for tea now then Sunday night TV is the best. Pity it's the last Downton Abbey tonight until the Christmas special though - I've only just got back into it! Typical.
Enjoy your evenings.