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.