Monday 4 December 2017

5 December Christmas


Woodland
Edges of trees gathered twigs or other brown ink. Stardust stickles to trees and frosted lace stickles to ground.



Baubles
Stick ribbon on back of card. Cut out and put foam pads on the back, red gems to baubles.




Bauble with snowflakes



Winter village
Paint trees with bundled sage ink, frosted lace stickles to trees, ground and roof tops. Sakura clear pen to sky plus peel off stars. Stardust stickles to snowflakes.




 Snowman
Holly marsh green, berries berry red, snowman’s arms firewood or umber (brown) hat and scarf reef blue and sunflower yellow, background pastel blue, sakura clear pen to frame, buttons and little squares.     Gems to snowflakes.. Edges frosty sky ink.




Holly background

Mix indigo green with gold and silver mica powder into slap it on, apply through stencil. Apply red dots to berries.

Monday 27 November 2017

28 November Christmas cards


Bauble and candle trio




Bauble with red bow
Stamp and emboss with silent night powder. Red card under baubles then add clear wink of stella or sakura clear pen.


Wise men
Stamp with bilbury crush embossing powder.


Snowflakes
Stamp and emboss snowflakes with white embossing powder. Stick die cut snowflakes over the top. Gems to centre of snowflakes.


Greenery circle
Prick and stitch around edge of beige layer with gold thread (optional). Yellow chalk to centre of Christmas roses. Gold gilding wax to edges of leaves.

Monday 20 November 2017

21 November Christmas


Gold holly background
Gold gilding polish with finger to petals, TINY bit of gathered twigs ink to edges. Stamp sentiment and holly background with gold. Shape poinsettia leaves.



Winter village.
Sky frosty sky ink, windows sunflower, roofs and church ice grey 3, cocoa on top of grey for church walls. Houses tea green, front doors berry red and 7170 blue tree branches firewood or umber brown. Paint green trees with bundled sage ink. Draw pencil line around edges of houses. Frosted lace stickles to sky, trees, roofs and ground.


Candles
Stamp background twice with frosty dawn. Gold gilding wax to leaf edges. Red under candles.


Acetate poinsettia
Stamp 2 green  large, 2 red medium and 1 small red flowers, cut out squeeze along middle and fix with brad through die cut flower. Cut green paper along lines to fit die cut.



Saturday 11 November 2017

14 November Christmas






Blue snowflakes
Stamp snowflakes with white embossing powder  stick in place than add glue and sparkelicous.



Church window
Stick acetate to back of window apply glue and glitter, do dark colour first. Trim white pages , stick ribbon to back of black layer, shape pages to stand out.


Stable
Cut out stable and add gilding wax. Use crease board to mark white layer.



Red Merry Christmas
Stamp Merry Christmas with Claret embossing powder, stamp bauble with everglades embossing powder then die cut. Butt the red card up to the white then cover join with border.

7 November Christmas


Winter trees


Red Birds


Stencil tree


Bethlehem z fold


Gift bag

Monday 16 October 2017

Christmas 17 October


Blue bauble
Stamp with detail white embossing powder. Stardust stickles to snowflakes.


Music baubles
Stamp with gold embossing powder, do not stamp little baubles. Tiny bit of gold gilding wax to baubles, foam pads under baubles. Stitch strings or use peel offs.




Poinsettia frame
Gems to snowflakes, red gems for holly and gold blobs to poinsettia.


Front door
Edges of door black pen before  you stick it on. Foam pads under roof. Stardust stickles to roof and flower soft for snow.


Nativity
Sky faded jeans oxide ink, silver gilding wax very lightly all over then slightly more around stable.  Sakura clear pen to stars. You may need to use red liner tape to stick.

Thursday 5 October 2017

10 October Christmas


White poinsettia
Add tiny bit of candid apple red distress ink to green petals. Tips of greenery gold gilding wax or polish.


Gold merry Christmas
Colour holly leaves with poinsettia leaves with berry red, apply ‘wink of stella’ to flower and leaves. Gold peel off edges around white layer.pressed leaf or apple cider promarker, colour


Wreath
Stamp and emboss with ‘golden pine’ powder, foam pads under poinsettias.


Iris folding
Edges of tree frame berry red promarker. Use debossed side of embossed layer. Stardust stickles to snowflakes tiny peel off stars to stars.


Silver bauble
Stamp and emboss background with silver then add glue and ‘sparkelicious’ glitter. Stamp and emboss bauble with ‘silent night’ powder, cut out and add foam pads, red gems to bauble. Stick bow with glue gun.

Sunday 3 September 2017

5 September general cards


Computer
Edges of notice board faded jeans oxide ink. Edges of background candid apple ink.



Bike and flowers
Frame berry red. Leaves marsh green. Flowers sunflower yellow, wild cranberry pink, blue bell, black pen to bird’s eye and centre of pink flowers. Black stickles to yellow flowers. Basket caramel. Tyres ice grey 2. Bird henna brown.
Chalk for ground and fossilised amber oxide ink.




Roses and Keyboard
Roses cardinal red leaves marsh green.



Flower trio
Edges fired brick oxide ink.


Trio of bikes
Stamp motorbike and penny farthing with black ink, stamp biike with momento green ink. Foam pads under all pictures. Embossed background scattered straw ink. Edges of pictures candid apple ink.sakura clear pen to highlight all bikes. Motorbike tyres cool grey 4, china blue, seat black, exhaust silver gel pen.


Thursday 13 July 2017

18 July 2017


Anniversary heart
Soak flowers in water for 30 secs dry with kitchen roll colour with dust concord and ice blue. Emboss the back and dry, add pearl paint with damp sponge. Stamp and emboss frame with bilberry crush powder.


3 panel flowers
Edges of card antique linen ink, edges of cream die cuts brushed corduroy ink. Gems to flowers and at top



 Turquoise
Stamp borders with black ink. Stamp and emboss frame with emerald city powder. Stamp sentiment or use peel offs.



Leaves
Use bundled sage, wild honey and gathered twigs ink to white layer. Stamp leaves on top with galaxy gold, pearlescent ivy and coffee bean ink. Edges of sentiment umber or firewood (brown) promarkers.

Friday 7 July 2017

11 July cards


Burgundy and green
Stamp and emboss frame with sea turtle embossing powder. Use Quilling tool to make two tone flower, gems to flower centres. Foam pads under flowers and centiment.


Cricketer
Cap berry red, flesh satin, bat tawny owl, stumps sandstone, pads vanilla. Clothes pastel blue. Edges berry red promarker.



Silver flower
Stamp with perfect medium and apply silver mica powder. Stardust stickles to flower.



Pale blue flower

Emboss flower with embossing tools and smear of Vaseline, colour with pale blue gilding polish. Gems to flower centre and embossed corners. Foam pads under sentiment.

Monday 3 July 2017

4 July General cards


BOAT
Background: salty ocean, oxide faded jeans, oxide peeled paint and salt.
Edges of shells antique linen ink. Shape boat and shells just stick edges. Fluffy stuff for waves.


GARDEN TOOLS
Stick red handles to silver tools. Colour fence with antique linen and frayed burlap or brushed corduroy and hickory smoke ink. Small black gems for nails and large for tool hangers. Foam pads under middle of pot. Little dots to flower centres. Sakura clear pen to pot and leaves.


PINK FLOWERS
Leaves marsh green promarker flowers paint with oxide worn lipstick ink or dusky rose promarker. Edges bundled sage ink. Gems and dots to flower centres.


DRESS
Foam pads under frame,dress, hat and handbag.