Angel ~ Seasons Greetings ~ Poinsettia ~ 8x8 Card

Hello bloggers I hope you are well and keeping warm.  Today I have an angel Christmas card for you. 

This card began as a white 8x8 card blank.  First I covered the front of the card with a gold patterned holographic mirror board.  Next using an A4 patterned paper I cut it down to 6x7 and adhered it to the right hand side of the card.  This was then stamped with the sentiment at the bottom of the angel paper.  The sentiment stamp was from Justrite 'large merry Christmas sentiments' stamp set and was stamped using vintage photo distress ink.  Next using the off cut of the patterned paper I used Spellbinders 'poinsettia' die set to die cut the two smallest poinsettia leaves and I repeated this three times.  The die cuts were shaped and layered up so that I ended up with three poinsettias.  Next I used some green ribbed card stock and the Brother scan n cut to cut the leaf strip.  Once cut the leaves were adhered down the left hand side of the card.  I then adhered the three poinsettias top, middle and bottom to complete the card.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Let It Snow ~ Justrite Stamps Spellbinders Snowflake Pendant 2010

Hello bloggers well another glorious weekend behind us, I can't believe how quick this year seems to be going.  As it's going so fast I am making card for Christmas.  Today I have a wonderful snowflake card.

This card began as an A4 sheet of centura pearl card stock that I scored to make an A5 card blank.  Next using some white card stock I die cut 3 large snowflakes and two smaller ones using Spellbinders ;snowflake pendant 2010' die set.  Using the same die set I cut two large and two small snowflakes from blue card stock and the same quantities from silver embossed mirror board.  The two of the larger white snowflakes were adhered together and then added to the card blank.  I then adhered the rest of the white snowflakes singularly onto the front of the card.

The sentiment was stamped onto the same blue card stock that I used for the snowflake.  It was stamped using faded jeans distress ink and Justrite 'large merry Christmas sentiment' stamps set.  Once stamped the card was cut into a strip and adhered across the card.  I used the silver and blue snowflakes and layered them up using foam pads to form a dimensional snowflake.  The flower shaped pieces on the top are the waste from the smaller snowflake.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Holly and the Ivy ~ Makey Bakey Mice

Hello bloggers today I have a Christmas card to show you made with my new Makey Bakey stamps.

This card began as a white hammered DL card blank.  First I took some red patterned Christmas paper and embossed it using some ivy leaves from the garden by running them through my die cutting machine with some paper to shim them up.  I then cut the paper down to size and adhered it to the card blank.  Using some green pearlised card stock I die cut the four corners using Spellbinders 'holly accents' die set.  I then adhered them to the card and added some Cosmic Shimmer berry red PVA.  Next I added a strip of Christmas ribbon across the center of the card.  Next I die cut my topper using some white card stock and Spellbinders 'blossom five' die set.  I then stamped my image onto the cut topper using black soot distress ink and Crafter's companion makey bakey mice 'holly jolly Christmas' stamp set.  The image was then coloured with ProMarkers.  The berries had Cosmic Shimmer berry red PVA added to them.  The topper was inked around the edges by adding the next die from the set inside and inking through with peeled paint distress ink.  The topper was added to the card.  Finally a sentiment was stamped onto white card stock using black soot distress ink and Justrite 'large merry Christmas sentiments' stamp set.  Once stamped it was die cut using spellbinders back to basic tags and then adhered to the card.

This card is being entered into the following challenges

Creative Inspirations Challenge ~ use your favourite stamp brand

You can check out the details here http://cinspirations.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/challenge-233-your-favourite-stamp-brand.html

Winter Wonderland Challenge ~ Holly and the Ivy

You can check out the details here http://christmasblogchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/the-holly-and-ivy.html

Sunday sketch and stamp ~ sketch

You can check out the details here http://christmasblogchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/the-holly-and-ivy.html

Happy Crafting xx Hazel