Peace

 

Wishing you all Peace and Happiness

It's a wrap

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I'm almost ready for the family celebrations. Final touches, envelopes decorated with GiogioCraft stencils for giftcards and vouchers.

I smooshed embossed card in Distress Ink and used die cuts from magazines to make some tags.

 

 

 

 

Presents are all wrapped...think it's time to stop crafting and pay attention to what we're going to eat!

Wherever you are in the world I hope you are spending time with people who are special to you and who cherish you. Have a great day xx

Time to party

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A very quick one today to reshare a card made right at the start of the year for the challenges with Isa. 

It's one of my favourite stamps and will definitely make another appearance in the future.

Thank you for stopping by. Hope your day is full of wonder xxx

Deck the halls

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I'm in the final throes of holiday preparations before relatives arrive. Not much time for crafting but I have managed to finish off a few decorations started earlier in the year.

Back in June a friend and I shared our moulds and had a mammoth resin pouring afternoon. The result looked like this ...

Most of the pieces are waiting to be used but I did get around to the Christmas decorations.

First a base of PaperArtsy fresco finish paint on the larger decorations...followed by Pentart sparkling gel medium.

Lastly a gentle rub over with gold gilding wax.

 The blue decorations are going on presents and the stars are on the tree.

My husband brought me back some decorations from Ukraine and Poland at the start of the year. I've used a base layer of metallic paint.

I spread glue on the decorations and sprinkled on Stampendous frantage embossing powders before heating. The embossing powder is quite textured, but when you heat it on the glue it bubbles and becomes extra crusty!

 

I'm afraid in the absence of any decent sunlight at this time of year, the sparkle doesn't show that well. These will look lovely on presents...if I can find time to get on with the wrapping!

Thank you for stopping by. Have a lovely week xx

It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas - part3

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Today I'm sharing the remainder of the ATCs/cards made on the workshop with Isa. You can find the details here.

This was a really fun workshop to do. The ATCs were easily made into cards, which is great as I never have enough done in advance.

Thank you for taking the time to look. I appreciate all your comments and will visit your blogs too if I'm able to. It's always nice to see what other people are creating.

Have a great week xx

Butterfly kisses

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Another quick post today. This time of year is always busy. I'm sharing again a Christmas card made earlier in the year for a challenge with Isa where the theme was snowflake cluster, with red and grey. I used a spotlight technique, stamping the butterfly in grey on the card blank and overlaying the coloured die cut shape.

The stamps are by Chloe's Creative Cards from issue 103 of Creative Stamping magazine. The photo makes it look wonky...it isn't honestly!

The sparkle shows up better in the detail.

Thank you for stopping by. Have a lovely week xx

Wintry weather

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The weather is set to turn a bit colder where I am next week so I thought this was a good card to share. It was made earlier in the year for a Christmas card challenge with Isa on the theme of gradient.

I used blueprint sketch and faded jeans Distress Ink for the background. Isa introduced the group to Dr. Ph.Martin's bleed proof white for a really opaque white paint. It's great for snow splatters.

Thank you for stopping by. Have a lovely week xx

It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas - part2

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A quick one today sharing a few more of the ATCs/cards made on the workshop with Isa. You can find the details here.

 

 

 

It was a lot of fun. Still a few more to come.

Thank you for stopping by. Have a lovely week xx

It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas - part1

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Last week I joined a fantastic three hour paid online workshop hosted by Isa. There was lots of information before hand so you could prepare in advance to craft along at the same time. I did A LOT of prep and managed to make sixteen ATCs over the afternoon. The goal was to make nine.

If you are interested you can message her through Facebook or Instagram to get access to the video and the process.

I used some very, very old Penny Black stamps and some from issue 115 of Creative Stamping magazine. I'm going to share them a few at a time as I'm still doing little tweaks and turning them into Christmas cards. 

The Christmas cake is made and finally I'm beginning to feel as if Christmas might be just around the corner.

Thank you for stopping by. Have a lovely week.

 

 

 

 

Snowflakes

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I've had another trip down memory lane thinking back to Craft Barn DT days. Here's another of my favourites which has stood the test of time. You can see the original post and details here.

I still like the colours and delicate details.

Next week I should be ready to start sharing with you some makes for this year. 

Thank you for stopping by. Have a lovely week xx

Winter wreath

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Today I'm sharing an old project dating back to 2016 and Craft Barn DT days. It's still one of my favourites and a really useful technique when embossing. You can find the full process details here.

The wreath was stamped and embossed in white and over stamped with three different colours of distress ink, slighlty off set each time. It was then spritzed with water and sprinkled with Brusho, before adding some colour with fine liner, glossy accents and stickles.

There's starting to be a bit of a nip in the air and winter is officially just a couple of weeks away. It's about time I gave some thought to this year's Christmas cards!

Thank you for stopping by. Have a lovely week xx

Snow globe

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Just a quick post today as I'm sharing the first of my Christmas makes. These are samples for the cardmaking evenings at Chertsey museum, tonight and in a couple of weeks. It's such a popular class we have to run it twice.

I've used an Apple Blossom set for the die cut elements. Most of the stamps come from various magazines collected over the years. I'll be showing them how to mask off the focal image and how to create a snowy horizon with the magic of sticky notes.

I haven't used glitter this year but I expect the ladies will go to town. It's always a fun night.

Thank you for stopping by. Have a great day xx

Christmas in February

 

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This year I am joining in with some challenges hosted by Isa on FB. Each month there is a Christmas card challenge, with the idea that at the end of the year Christmas cards will be made without the last minute rush.

This month the prompt is dark blue, gold, tree and stencilling.

I started with prussian blue Brusho and aqua lagoon Pixie Powder on watercolour paper.

 
I used Dr Ph Martin's bleed proof white paint through stencils. I also 'swooshed' some snow and added a lot of spatter.

The Crafty Individuals die cut tree was embellished with gems and I decided not to add a sentiment to the front...at least for now.

I added some faded jeans Distress ink and Treasure Gold gilding wax to the edges. The gilding wax picks up the texture of the paper nicely.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by. Have a lovely week xxx