Merry Christmas From Leeds ~ Christmas Bauble holiday Tags ~ Map

Hello bloggers I hope you had a good day yesterday. Today I have a Christmas card that is a bit different as it features a map.

This card began as a piece of blue card stock that I cut and scored to make a card blank 3.5 x 5.5.  Next I used a blue floral paper and adhered it to the front of the card.  I then used an old map book and found a page with Leeds on it and then cut it to size to fit the card.  The map was then adhered to the front of the card.  Onto white card stock I stamped the bauble image using tumbled glass distress ink and a bauble stamp from my stash.  It was then die cut using Spellbinders 'holiday tags' die set.  I then inked the edges and adhered it to the right hand side of the card.

Next I stamped the sentiment onto white card stock using Justrite 'large merry Christmas sentiments' stamp set and tumbled glass distress ink.  It was then die cut with Spellbinders 'back to basic tags' die set.  Whilst still in the die I inked the edges.  Once out of the die I fussy cut around the edge of the inking before adhering it to the bottom left corner of the card.

Using white card stock and Spellbinders 'holiday tags' die set I nested two of the same die to make a frame.  Whilst still in the dies I inked through with tumbled glass distress ink.  I then positioned the die over the word LEEDS to make a card stating Merry Christmas from Leeds

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Believe In The Magic Of Christmas

Hello bloggers I hope you had a good day yesterday.  Today I have a quick Christmas card.

This card began as an 8x8 card blank.  First I cut down an A4 sheet of Christmas themed paper to 8x8.  Next using some red mirror card and Craft Dies by Sue Wilson 'believe' die I die cut the word believe.  Using word on the computer I printed off the sentiment.  This was then die cut using Spellbinders 'back to basic tags' die set.  Whilst still in the die I inked through with festive berries distress ink.  The sentiment tag was then adhered toward the bottom right hand side of the card using two metal snowflake brads.  The believe word was adhered to the right of the boy and then the paper was adhered to the card blank.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Season's Greetings ~ Makey Bakey Mice Christmas Collection

Hello bloggers I hope you had a good start to the working week, I know I did.  Today I have a Christmas tree being decorated by mice.

This card began as a green oblong piece of card 11 inches long that I scored to make a card blank 5.5" square.  Next using Crafter's Companion Makey Bakey Mice 'Christmas collection' CD-ROM I printed off a topper onto white card stock.  I then cut it down to size.  Next using some burgundy pearlescent paper I cut a mat for the topper.  The mat and topper were adhered together.

Next the sentiment was stamped onto white card stock using staz-on black ink pad and Justrite 'large merry Christmas' stamp set.  Once stamped it was die cut with Spellbinders 'back to basic tags' die set.  I then inked around the edges with a ProMarker.  I also put some ink from the ProMarker onto my non stick mat so that I could pick up the colour with a sponge to give the sentiment a light brush of colour.  Next I coloured two brads with the same ProMarker and used them to adhered the sentiment to the topper.  Finally the topper was adhered to the card blank to complete the card.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Congratulations New Home ~ Polkadoodles Dragonfly Neighbours

Hello bloggers I hope you had a good day yesterday.  I had a very busy one cleaning.  Today I have a card for a new home.

This card began as an off cut of holographic mirror board that I scored to make a 4x6 card blank.  Next using some blue polka-dot paper from my scrap bin I cut a mat for the front of the card and adhered it into place.  Next using some white card stock I stamped the topper image using black soot distress ink and Polka-doodles 'dragonfly neighbours' stamp set.  Once stamped I coloured the image with brush markers and proMarkers.  I then fussy cut out the topper and then inked the edges with faded jeans distress ink.

Next I stamped the sentiment onto white card stock using faded jeans distress ink and Katy Sue Designs Simpler Times Elizabeth Bell 'little friend' stamp set. It was then die cut with Spellbinders 'bask to basic tags' die set.  Once cut I inked around the edges with the same ink.  The topper and sentiment were then adhered to the front of the card.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Let It Snow ~ Snowflakes

Hello bloggers I hope your start to the week was a good one.  Today I have a Snowflake Christmas card for you.

This card began as a card stock that is pre printed on both side.  I chose the snowflake side.  Next I took a sheet of white card stock and added a snowflake stencil  made by Tina Higgins designs  and spritzed it with Cosmic Shimmer 'midnight blue' mist.  I then put it aside to dry.  Once dry I cut it to fit the front of the card.  It was then matted onto silver mirror board and adhered to the card blank.  Next using Justrite 'large merry Christmas sentiments' stamp set,  I stamped the sentiment onto white card stock.  This was then die cut using Spellbinders 'back to basic tags' die set.  The tag was then matted with silver mirror board and then adhered to the card.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Happy Father's Day To A knock Out Dad ~ Boxing Queensbury Rules

Hello bloggers I hope you are well and getting lots of crafting done whilst we have rain for the next few days.  Today I have a Father's Day card for a boxing fan, but this could easily be made into a birthday card with a different sentiment.

This card began as an A4 sheet of centura pearl card stock that I cut and scored to make a 7x5 card blank.  Next I printed out a backing paper and topper sheet using Polka Doodles  'not for the girls definitely for men' CD-ROM.  I then fussy cut out all the elements I needed to make this card.  The backing paper was cut down to slightly smaller than the card blank.  I then adhered it to a black mat before adding it to the card front.  Next I added the strung up boxing gloves embellishment to the bottom left of the card.  The circular embellishment with the boxing gloves was next to be added this was added to the right of the card.  Finally I printed a sentiment using word and printed it out in red ink.  The sentiment was then matted onto black card stock before being added to the top of the card.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Looney Tunes Bugs Bunny ~ Best Wishes decoupage

Hello bloggers I hope that you are all well. I had a lovely birthday weekend with family and friends.  Today I have a cute card for a little girls birthday.



This card began as a white 5x7 card blank.  First I cut some pink textured paper to 5x7 and then adhered it to the front of the card.  Next I printed off a topper sheet from Looney Tunes CD-ROM.  I then cut out my decoupage topper and began layering it up with foam tape.  I also cut out both of the sentiments from the same sheet.  Next I used the same pink textured paper I used to cover the front of the card to make the mats for the topper and sentiments.  The mat for the topper was die cut using Spellbinders 'crown circles' die set. For the long sentiment I used Spellbinders 'back to basic tags' die set to cut the mat.  The circular sentiment mat was cut using Spellbinders 'crown circles' die set.  All the mats and toppers were mounted up to each other and then adhered to the card.  On the oblong sentiment two pink felt covered brads were added to the tag holes and glued into place.

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

skateboard ~ You're Awesome

Hello bloggers today we have a card for the men and boys with skateboarding on it.

 

This card began as a white hammered DL card blank.  First I cut a black mat slightly smaller than the card blank.  I then cut another mat from white cardstock.  With the white mat I made my own background using pine needles, iced spruce, peeled paint, fired brick, mustard seed, dried marigold, walnut stain, aged mahogany distress inks and Creative Expressions 'silhouette skateboards' stamp set which I randomly stamped using the stamp in my hand and inking the details i wanted only on the card.  Next I cut another mat and stamped the silhouettes using walnut stain adn aged mahogany distress inks.  I then inked the edge with vintage photo distress ink.  The mats were then put together and adhered to the card blank.  Next i stamped my sentiments using walnut stain distress ink and the same stamp set.  I then die cut each sentiment with Spellbinders 'back to basic tags' die set.  Whilst still in the dies I inked through with the same ink as I stamped with.  Finally the tags were tied together with natural raffia and adhered to the card.

This card is being entered into the following challenges

Daring cards ~ Whats your signature piece

You can check out the details herehttp://daringcardmakers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/signature-style.html

Crafty Catz ~ mensboys cards

You can check out the details here http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/challenge-198-mensboys-cards-plus-gdt.html

Fussy and Fancy Challenge  96 ~ Sport

You can check out the details here http://fussyandfancychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/guest-designer-for-challenge-96-sport.html

My Time To Craft Challenge ~ Autumnal Colours

You can check out the details here   http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/challenge-234-autumnal-colours.html

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Rain, Rain Go Away

Hello bloggers, today's card is for all the rain and thunderstorms we have had over the last two days here in UK.

This card began as a 5x7 white card blank.  First I cut my patterned paper down to size and then adhered it to the card blank.  Next I stamped the topper image onto white card stock using black soot distress ink and Crafter's Companion S.W.A.L.K.'after the rain' stamp set.  This was then coloured using ProMarkers.  To the water I added glossy accents for a water effect. Next I die cut the topper using Spellbinders 'grand labels large' die set.  Onto the back of silver holographic textured mirror board I drew around the outside edge of the grand labels die to make a mat for the topper.  I then cut it out with scissors and adhered the mat and topper to the card blank.  The sentiment was composed on the computer and I coloured different letters different rainbow colours.   This was printed out and die cut using Spellbinders 'back to basic tags' die set.  Using some rainbow coloured glitter card I drew on the back around the outer edge of the same die that I used to cut out the sentiment.  I then cut it out using scissors and adhered both the mat and sentiment to the card blank.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Paper Pieced Mushroom - New Home

Hello bloggers today's card is for a New Home.

This card began as a 5 1/2" square kraft card blank.    First I cut some purple glitter card to 5" square to form a mat for the card blank.  Some lavender card stock was cut to 4 1/2" square to make another mat.  Both mats were then adhered to the card blank.  Next onto some white card stock I stamped the mushroom image which is from Whiff of Joy Stamps (sorry don't know the name of this stamp).  I then stamped the image several times onto different patterned papers and cut these out to paper piece the image.  The pieces were attached to the white stamped image and then it was cut out and adhered to the card stock.  The sentiment was stamped using the alphabet stamp set and crystal peg from Stamping with Dimension and using dusty concord distress ink.  This was then die cut using Spellbinders 'back to basic tags', whilst still in the die I inked through with dusty concord distress ink.  Finally the tag was adhered to t

he top of the card stock and a button was added to disguise the tag hole.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel