Gothic Arch Card ~ Alternative Christmas Skull And Candle

Hello bloggers I hope you are well and all prepared for Christmas which is only 2 weeks away argh!
Today I have another Gothic style card which this candle and skull card.  Great for those that like alternative and Gothic styles.

This card began as an A4 sheet of white card stock.  First I used Jem's Designs I'm Screaming Of A White Christmas CD-ROM to print the card template onto the white card stock.  This was then cut out by hand.  Next I scored along the central score line and folded the card in two to complete it.  A very quick one today and great for those in a hurry cards.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Skull Crow Santa Hat Alternative Christmas gothic

Hello bloggers I hope you are well and having a good week.  Today I have another alternative Christmas card.  I love the colours on this card.

This card began as a lilac 12x12 card stock that I cut and scored to make a 6x6 card blank.  Next using Jem's Designs I'm Screaming Of A White Christmas CD-ROM I printed out the topper onto white card stock.  It was then cut out and adhered to the front of the card.  A quick one today.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Lady In Red Alternative Gothic Christmas

Hello bloggers I hope you have had a good weekend.  Today I have another alternative Christmas card with the lady in red.

This card began as an A4 sheet of gold card stock that I cut and scored to make a 5x7 card blank. Next I used Jem's Designs I'm Screaming Of A White Christmas CD-ROM, to print out the topper, backing paper and mat onto white card stock.  These were cut out and the backing paper was adhered to the front of the card.  I cut down the mat paper as it was covering up too much of the gorgeous backing paper.  The mat and topper were adhered together before being added to the card.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Gothic Arch Card ~ Alternative Christmas Skull

Hello bloggers I hope you had a good week.  Today I have an alternative Christmas card featuring a  skull.

This card began as an A4 sheet of white card stock.  First I used Jem's Designs I'm Screaming Of A White Christmas CD-ROM, to print the card onto the card stock.  Next I sprayed the back of the card template with a spray adhesive and adhered it to some thicker card stock.  I then cut out the card by hand.  The next step was to score the scoreline on the card to complete it.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Eat Drink And Be Merry

Hello bloggers I'm afraid it's back to Christmas for today with this eat drink and be merry card.

This card began as an A4 sheet of topsy turvy card stock that I cut and scored to make a 4 x 7.5 card blank  Next using Jem's Designs I'm Screaming Of A White Christmas CD-ROM, I printed off the topper, cut it out and adhered it to a blue mat.  This was then added to the card blank.  The sentiment was stamped using Docrafts copper ink pad and a free stamp set from Crafter's Companion magazine.  Once stamped I used a circle punch to punch it out.  It was then adhered to the top of the card.  Finally using some vintage Christmas paper I die cut two holly corners using Spellbinders 'holly motifs' die set.  Once die cut these were adhered either side of the sentiment.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Christmas Wishes Gothic Alternative Christmas ~ Stockings

Hello blogger's it's the last day of November already.  I don't know where this year has gone.  Today I have a Christmas wishes card featuring stockings.

This card began as an A4 sheet of black card stock that I scored to make an A5 card blank.  Next using Jem's Designs I'm Screaming Of A White Christmas CD-ROM I printed off a backing paper, insert and topper.  Once I had cut them out I adhered the backing paper to the front of the card.  Next I matted the topper with some silver holographic mirror board and then adhered them to the card blank.  The sentiment was stamped onto the top of the topper using black soot distress ink and Creative Expressions 'Robins' Stamp Set.  Finally I added the insert inside the card.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

We're Trimming The Tree ~ Christmas Ornament Bauble ~ Gothic Alternative Christmas

Hello bloggers today's card is an alternative Christmas card using Spellbinders 'heirloom ornaments' die set.

This card began as an A4 sheet of black card stock that I cut and scored to make a 6x6 card blank.  Next I added a patterned paper to the front of the card which was printed using Jem's Designs I'm Screaming Of A White Christmas CD-ROM.  Using an off cut of the same patterned paper I die cut a bauble using Spellbinders 'heirloom ornament' die set using the out of the box technique so as not to cut of the bottom bauble from the image.  Next using a backing paper from my stash I die cut a mat for the bauble using the same die set as above.  Both baubles were adhered together and added to the card blank using foam pads.  Using an off cut of the same paper I used for the bauble mat I stamped the sentiment onto it.  The sentiment was stamped with black soot distress ink and Crafter's Companion Makey Bakey Mice Festive, Fun and Frolics stamp set.  It was then punched it out with a circle punch before adhered it to the card with foam pads.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Bongalina Baubles Gothic Alternative Christmas ~ GateFold Card

Hello bloggers I have an alternative Christmas card for you today featuring Bongalina.

This card began as an A4 sheet of white card stock.  Onto this I printed out the template for the easel card and onto another piece of card stock the topper and front decorative pieces were printed.  These were printed using Jem's Designs 'I'm screaming of a white Christmas' CD-ROM.  Once printed I fussy cut out the template and then scored along the score lines.  I then cut out the other sheet and attached the decorative pieces to the two front panels.  Finally added the topper to the centre of the card above the gate folds.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Tis The Season ~ Alternative Christmas Card Gothic ~ Holly Motif

Hello bloggers I hope you had a good week and have something nice planned for the weekend.  I have my nephews first birthday on Sunday so something nice going on up my way.  Today's card is an alternative Gothic Christmas card.

This card began as an A4 sheet of black patterned holographic mirror board that I scored to make an A5 card blank.  Next using Jem's Designs 'I'm screaming of a white Christmas' CD-ROM I printed off a topper and sentiment sheet.  The topper was cut out and adhered to the front of the card towards the bottom right hand corner using silicone glue.  Next I added some Cosmic Shimmer 'pearl silver' pva as faux pearls in each corner of the topper.

The sentiment was cut out and the edges were inked with a black ProMarker.  Next using some green patterned paper and Spellbinders 'holly motifs' die set I cut a mat for the sentiment.  The sentiment was adhered into the center of the motif and I added some more faux pearls using the same Cosmic Shimmer as above to the motif.  Finally the sentiment and mat were added to the top left of the card.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel