18 October Christmas

Mary and Joseph

Silver Bauble

Wreath

Sparkly poinsettia and holly

Christmas stockings

October 11 Christmas fabric cards

Fabric stocking

Fabric cards

Use the template to cut wadding slightly smaller than template. Put tape or glue around back of aperture to stick fabric. On the stocking use gold border peel off across the top. Stardust stickles to snowflakes. For the fabric tree cut off the tree base from template, colour brown then stick on top of fabric. For bauble fabric needs to be straight!

Fabric bauble

Fabric tree

Deer and trees

Pumice stone or hickory smoke ink to tree edges. Edges of frame and sentiment berry red promarker. Tear the hammered white card then scratch back to make snow. Frosted lace stickles for snow, stardust stickles to trees. Sakura clear pen for eyes on deer and birds. Red gems for holly berries.

Red bow tree

Stamp and emboss tree with white powder. White gems to tree, stardust stickles to snowflakes and red gems to sentiment.

October 4 Christmas

Lampost

Chalk sky, church walls sandstone, roof winter spruce (green) Trees pine or forest green, lamppost ice grey 2 light sunflower yellow. Sakura pen to snow in sky, windows and lamp bulb. White flower soft for snow on the ground.

Gold poinsettia

Edges of embossed layer and sentiment brushed corduroy ink. Antique linen ink to edges of poinsettias. Add sparkly peel off dot to gold berries.

Church window

Nativity

Cut out Nativity and colour edges black. Sakura clear pen to halos and base lines. Starust stickles to stars on picture and card base. Add antique linen ink to edge of music plus dark brown pen to edges of music and sentiment. Foam pads under nativity and sentiment.

Father Christmas

Frame, hat and outer coat berry red, inside coat forest green, toy sacks umber or firewood (brown). Gold braid and star pole sleigh bell or gold, sky frozen lake or pastel blue. Sakura clear pen to braid. Stardust stickles to stars, beard flower soft and coat edges fluffy stuff.

September 27 Step cards

Chocolates

Chocolates various browns, inside of box sandstone, bow and swirls sleigh bell yellow. Box berry red. Sakura clear pen to add sparkle.

Daffodils

Daffodils all over with tulip yellow or 47 then add amber or 44 to trumpets. Leaves marsh greenOther flowers cornflower blue, heatwave (orange) daisies and tiny flowers cardinal red or wild cranberry. Butterfly honeycomb all over then burnt orange accentsSakura pen to small flowers and stardust stickles to the daisy centres. Edges bundled sage ink.

Red and grey Step card

Blue flowers

Lilac background

Stamp background with lilac petals ink. Cut out flowers and cut between petals then shape. Edge of sentiment plumeria ink (pink) Stickles to flower centre.

20 September gift boxes

Black gift bag

Use templates to cut and crease black and red. Apply gold gilding wax to outside of black card. Stick together with red backed tape or glue. Make 2 holes for ribbon. Stick bow and Velcro tab on.

White box

Use templates to cut and crease card. Stick together with red backed tape or glue. Use silver thread for tag.

Orange flowers

Stamp onto patterned blue card with white embossing powder. Plain blue goes under the frame.

White flower on blue

Frosty sky colour cloud to white square, dry then stamp lightly pattern with clear embossing powder and heat. Edges of sentiment cloudy blue ink, foam pads under square and sentiment.

Sports

Cricket ball cardinal red, rugby ball walnut and henna. Rounders bat caramel, tennis racket and small ball apple or green shoot, gloves mustard. Edges of picture and balls hickory smoke ink.

13 September Stamping and sparkle medium

Football

On large black circle find centre, place black hexagon over centre, leave a little gap between each hexagon and add white, fill in edges with black and trim. Edges of ball and sentiment hickory smoke ink. Use 2 strands of string to place around white layer. Foam pads under ball.

Butterfly

Stamp butterfly with gold embossing powder and cut out. Edges antique linen ink, foam pads under oval and butterfly. Cut wings off dragonfly peel off.

Brown and gold

Secure card and stencil with masking tape, mask off one row of pattern all around, apply sparkle medium remove stencil and leave to dry. Edges antique linen ink.

Friend pink flower

Stamp sentiment with silver embossing powder and flower with white, cut out flower. Edges Victorian velvet ink and stardust stickles to flower.

6 September General cards

Tree

Stamp tree with rich cocoa memento ink add sakura clear pen to branches. Cut out leaves. Stencil pattern with rusty hinge ink. Edges walnut stain ink. Pads under sentiment and leaves.

Cross

Stamp and emboss sentiment with silver. Cloudy blue ink to edges. Foam pads under sentiment and cross.

Flowers on script background

Stamp text through mask with black memento ink, add brilliance ink pads in crimson, lavender and sky blue. Stamp flowers with black memento ink and colour flowers trick or treat pink and leaves marsh green.

Shoe card

Leaves marsh green, shoe pastel blue, flowers lilac and cardinal red. Sakura clear pen to give sparkle on the shoe, stardust stickles to flower centres. Edges versa mark plumeria ink.

Purple flowers

Cut out and shape petals put gem in flower centres.