Christmas Cards

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I hope everyone had a great Christmas! I'm going to share all the Christmas cards I didn't post in time, before it gets too far past Christmas. I'm not going to write a lot in this post as there are quite a few pictures. There is just a quick list under each card to say what was used.

Image: Kenny K - Bow (adult)
Sentiment: Hobbycraft - Snowy Alphabet
Paper: Papermania - Traditional Christmas
           First Edition Paper - Stocking Fillers

Image: Doodle Dragon Studios - Tangle Mouse
Sentiment:
Paper: Dovecraft - Back To Basics: Christmas

Image: Can You Digi It? - KiniArt - Baby
Sentiment:
Paper: DCWV - Christmas Wishes

Accordian Image: Popcorn the Bear by Crafter's Companion, free with Papercraft Essentials Magazine
Paper: Papermania - Contemporary Christmas

Everything: Festive Frolics pack from the Honey and Hugs range by Papermania

Image: Delicious Doodles - An Emo Christmas
Paper: Papermania - Contemporary Christmas

Image: Elzybells - Snow Landscape
           Elzybells - Mini Messages - Winter
Sentiment: Elzybells - Mini Messages - Christmas

Image: Hot Off The Press - Enchanted Christmas, free with Simply Cards and Papercraft Magazine
Sentiment: Hobbycraft - Folklore Alphabet
Paper: Papermania - Classic Christmas

Image: Creative Stamping Magazine - Merry Christmas
Sentiment: Creative Stamping Magazine - Merry Christmas
Paper: DCWV - Christmas Wishes
Ribbon: Hobbycraft - Merry Christmas Curling Ribbon

Snow scene

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This card is going to the part of my family who don't come to my Grandma's for Christmas, I am getting all the family who do come to my Grandma's to sign it for them. It uses the beautiful 'On a Winter's Day' image by Delicious Doodles. I left the image as it is when printed because it really doesn't need anything adding to it. I framed it with some stickles, then backed it on plain white card. For the next layer I stamped a snowflake image by HOTP in silver onto white card. Then it all went on an 8x8 card base. The sentiment comes from the Seasons Greetings set by Papermania. 

31 Day Card Challenge - Day 10

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The challenge for day 10 of the 31 Day Card Challenge is to use any technique to make your own background paper. I decided to use the emerging colour technique. I started by using my watercolour pens to colour a piece of watercolour paper. Then stamped and clear embossed over that using an arrow from Hot off the Press' Fun and Funky Arrow set. I rubbed black ink over the whole thing and then used tissue to remove excess ink. The sentiment was created using the Fun Alphabet by Papermania, and I coloured it in all different colours to match the multi-coloured arrows.

Columbia

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I used the last two of the Octopode Rocky Horror stamps for this card. Those arrows were embossed on a few scraps of paper, and I used a sentiment from Wink Wink Ink to finish.

I also wanted to share a picture of what I currently have on my nails. Ready for the Olympic opening ceremony tonight I have the colours of the rings.

Gardening

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This is the third of the five birthday cards. This one is for James' Granddad. He grows vegetables so I used this gardening image from Beccy's Place. The sentiment is from Stampology's Worth Repeating. I stamped the full birthday stamp in brown and then went over just one in black to make it stand out.

Birthday fun

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I made this paper using the Fun and Funky arrows set by Hot of the Press. Once I'd made it I realised I didn't really want to cover it all up, so I came up a simple design for a card which would leave most of the paper showing. Both sentiments are from the Honey and Hugs range by Papermania. 'Birthday fun' is from the Sheep set and 'Fun fun fun!' is from the Owl set.

The Lord's House

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I printed off a page of digi stamps lately by Dee Dee's called Words of Comfort. The quote I chose for this card seemed to work perfect with an image of a house, so I chose this one by Polka Doodles. The background paper is from the Earth Palette pack by Hot Off The Press. To finish off the card I added some flower shaped buttons, which came from the Tub 'o' Buttons.

ERPOM! Challenge number 7

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This time it is Chrisy's turn to host the challenge. She has asked us to create a monotone card using our favourite colour, but not black and white. Here are all the details.


I have two favourite colours, red and green, so I had to choose between them, but I think red seemed an easier option for a monotone card.

- The arrow stamp is from 'Fun and Funky Arrows' by Hot Off The Press - The stickers used for the sentiment are from the 'It's My Party' 12x12 Combo stickers sheet by BoBunny.

Samples day six

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Here are today's samples. The first one is a one layer card. I changed the sketch slightly by taking the line out of the middle. I really love that rainbow arrow and I think I will be using that idea again.
- The arrow is from the 'Fun & Funky Arrows' set by Hot off the Press.
- You is stamped using 'Curly Font' by Papermania
- Are awesome is stamped using an alphabet set by Studio G


The second card didn't really go how I wanted it to, but I thought I would share it anyway. I bought this stamp set yesterday, and when I've got a little more time to play with it I will be making a shaker card. I think they just about show up in the picture, but there are spots of glitter dotted about in the snow globe.
- Image and sentiment are from 'Carol Singers' by Woodware Craft Collection
- Patterned paper is from the 'A Wonderful Christmas' 6x6 pad by Papermania