Spellbinders Poinsettia ~ We wish you a merry Christmas

Hello bloggers I hope you are all well and had a good day yesterday.  I am feeling much better than yesterday which is good news.

So onto today's card I thought I would add some sparkle, so have created this card using some gorgeous mirror boards and glittery brads.

This card began as a white 5x7 card blank.  First to the front I adhered some red patterned Christmas paper.  Next using some red and green mirror board and Spellbinders 'poinsettia' die set I die cut and embossed two large and one smaller poinsettia as well as the leaves. Once embossed I layered them up and added a faux pearl to the center that was coloured with a ProMarker.  The leaves and poinsettias were then adhered to the card.  Next using an off cut of the background paper I stamped my sentiment using Creative Expressions 'Christmas toppers' stamp set and black soot distress ink.  This was then die cut using Spellbinders 'back to basic tags' die set.  A mat was cut from green mirror board using Spellbinders 'fancy tags two' die set.  The tags were adhered together and red glittered brads were added to the tag holes before being attached to the card.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Makey Bakey Mice Holly Jolly Christmas

Hello bloggers I hope you all had a lovely day yesterday, I spent the day at the allotment which was lovely.  Today's card is another card using the amazing Makey Bakey Mice stamps from Crafter's Companion.

This card began as a white A5 card blank.  First I cut down to size and adhered some polka dot backing paper that I printed off the Makey Bakey Mice CD-ROM.  Next I stamped the topper onto some white card stock using black soot distress ink and Crafter's Companion 'makey bakey mice holly jolly Christmas' stamp set.  I then coloured the image using ProMarkers.  It was then die cut using Spellbinders 'hexagons' die set.  After die cutting I inked the edges with a ProMarker.  Next I used some white card stock to die cut the snowflake using Spellbinders 'snowflake pendant 2010' die set.  Once die cut I stamped the 'deck the halls' sentiment into the center of the snowflake using black soot distress ink.  Next I die cut the holly embellishments using some green card stock and Spellbinders 'holly motifs' die set.  Once these were die cut I inked them with pine needles distress ink as I didn't have the correct shade of green card stock.   The holly corners were adhered to three corners of the card. Finally I stamped the sentiment onto white card stock using black soot distress ink.  It was then die cut using Spellbinders 'back to basic tags' die set.  I inked the edges with a ProMarker.  The four leafed holly embellishment was added to the tag with a metal snowflake brad.  The tag was then adhered to the card.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Snowflakes ~ We're Floating in the moonlit sky

Hello bloggers today I have a Christmas card for you.

This card began as a white hammered 6x6 card blank.  First I embossed  the front of the card with That Special Touch Mask 'snowflakes'.  Next I inked up the card with tumbled glass distress ink.  Using some Christmas patterned paper I die cut the largest snowflake using Spellbinders '2010 snowflake pendant' die set.  I then die cut some white pearlescent paper using the same die.    Using the same patterned paper I then die cut the next snowflake using spellbinders 'snowflake wonder' die set.  The last snowflake for the topper was die cut from the same pearlescent paper and used Spellbinders 'create-a-flake three' die set.  The snowflake dies were then layered up using foam tape and glue.  Finally a faux pearl was adhered to the centre of the top snowflake.  Next I stamped my sentiment using black soot distress ink and Crafter's companion 'the snowman' stamp set.  This was then die cut using Spellbinders 'fancy framed tags one' die set.  Whilst still in the die I inked just the fancy edges with tumbled glass distress ink.  The topper and sentiment were adhered to the cardbase.  Finally I die cut three snowflakes using white pearlescent paper and Spellbinders 'snowflake wonder' die set.  These were adhered to the card  and faux pearls adhered to the centres.

This card is being entered into the following challenges:

Crafting boot challenge - Christmas in August.  

You can check out the details here  http://craftybootschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/christmas-in-august.html

Creative inspirations challenge 228 - Christmas in August

You can check out the detaisl here http://cinspirations.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/challenge-228-christmas-in-august.html

Happy Crafting xx Hazel