Merry Christmas ~ Train With Elf

Hello bloggers welcome to another new week.  Today's card is a Christmas card featuring artwork by Nicky Hall.

This card began as an 6x8 card blank.  First I cut some green mirror paper embossed with Christmas trees to the size of the card and covered the front.  Next using Polka Doodles Magical Winter Part Two CD-ROM I printed out the elf and train topper onto white card stock.  This was cut down to size and adhered to the card.  I used my Brother Scan N Cut to generate the Merry Christmas sentiment and cut it out of red card stock.  Finally the sentiment was adhered to the card using foam pads at a jaunty angle.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Snowflakes ~ Makey Bakey Mice ~ Merry Christmas Post Box

Hello bloggers I hope you had a good week and are ready for the weekend.  Today I have the cheeky Makey Bakey Mice posting their letters.

This card began as a 12x12 sheet of green card stock that I cut and scored to make a 6x6 card blank.  Next I used Crafter's Companion Makey Bakey Mice Christmas CD-ROM, to print out the green backing paper and the topper.  The backing paper was cut down to 6x6.  I then added a  white metal snowflake brad into each corner of the card before adhering the backing paper to the card blank.  The topper was cut out and adhered to the card at an angle.  I didn't add an additional sentiment as there was one already on the topper.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Merry Christmas ~ Elf ~ Elf On A Shelf

Hello bloggers I hope you enjoyed a good week.  Today I have an elf Christmas card for you.

This card began as a 12x12 sheet of lavender card stock that I cut and scored to make a DL card blank.  Next using  Polka Doodles Magical Winter Part Two CD-ROM, I printed out the merry Christmas backing paper.  This was cut to slightly smaller than the card blank and adhered into place.  The elf was also printed from the same CD-ROM as above.  It was then cut out on the Brother scan n cut before being adhered to the card.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Father Christmas ~ Saint Nicholas ~ Merry Christmas ~ Traditional

Hello bloggers I hope you are well and had a good day yesterday.  A very quick card today with a traditional Saint Nicholas.

This card began as an A4 sheet of cream card stock that I cut and scored to make a DL card blank.  Next using an A4 sheet of patterned paper with the Saint Nicholas image down one side I cut off the Saint Nicholas and adhered it to the front of the card.  I then added a Merry Christmas peel off to the bottom of the card to complete it.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Merry Christmas ~ Mittens & Holly

Hello bloggers I hope that you are well and not too wet with all the rain we had here yesterday. Today's card is a sweet mitten card with a snowflake and some holly.

This card began as a white 6x4 card blank.  First using an off cut of patterned paper I stamped the mittens image onto it using black soot distress ink.  It was then fussy cut out.  Next using pine needles distress ink and Creative Expressions 'snowflakes and sprigs' stamp set I stamp the holly into each corner of the card.  I coloured the berries with a red ProMarker and added glossy accents to them.

Next using some decorative Christmas vellum and Spellbinders 'snowflake pendant 2011' die set I cut a snowflake and adhered it to the centre of the card.  The mittens were then added to the centre of the snowflake.  Then from the same vellum sheet I cut out a sentiment and adhered it below the snowflake.  Finally I inked the edges of the card with pine needles distress ink.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Feliz Navidad Merry Christmas Happy Christmas Spellbinders Holly Motif

Hello bloggers I hope you enjoyed a good weekend.  Today's card is another Christmas one.

This card began as a 6" strip of green card stock that I cut and scored to make a 4x4 card blank.  Next I used white card stock and Spellbinders 'holly motifs' die set to die cut the topper.  Whilst still in the die I inked through with pine needles distress ink.  I then stamped the sentiment into the centre of the topper using pine needles distress ink and Justrite  'large merry Christmas sentiments' stamp set,  Next I added a faux pearl to each holly leaf with Cosmic Shimmer 'berry red PVA'.  Once dried the topper was adhered to the centre of the card.

The corners of the card were decorate with holly embellishments that I made using an off cut of the green card base and Spellbinders 'poinsettia frame' die set.  Whilst still in the die I inked the leaves with pine needles distress and and the berries with festive berries distress ink.  I then shaped them over a pen and added a foam pad under the berry to adhered them into each corner of the card.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Traditional Father Christmas ~ Merry Christmas

Hello bloggers,  Well can you believe it's now August.  How is the weather where you are, we had sunshine and cloud today but still very warm.  So to make us all think of cooler times I'm afraid another Christmas card today.  This time with a peel off theme.

This card began as an A4 sheet of  white card stock that I cut and scored to make a DL card blank.   Next I used this gorgeous traditional father Christmas patterned paper from my stash to cover the entire card as it was so gorgeous.  Next I added some gold snowflake border peels off's to the edges of the card.  I added a gold Noel sentiment to the bottom of his clothes and a Merry Christmas one to the right of his head to complete the card.  Another quick one today.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Merry Christmas ~ Red Poinsettia

Hello bloggers, I hope you are well and had a good day yesterday.  Today I have another poinsettia card but this time in red.

This card began as an off cut of red card stock that I scored to make a 18x13 cm card blank.  Next I took some red waxed textured paper from my stash and die cut the poinsettias using Spellbinders 'layered poinsettia' die set. I embossed and inked through the dies with black soot distress ink.  I  then die cut some holly leaves from green card stock with Spellbinders die d-lites 'holly twigs and leaves' die set.  Whilst still in the die I inked through with black soot distress ink.

Onto some centura pearl card stock I stamped the sentiment with black staz-on ink pad and Creative Expressions 'robins' stamp set.  The sentiment was then adhered near the bottom of the card.  Next I layered up a small poinsettia and added it to the sentiment strip.  The holly leaves were added to the top part of the card and then a larger and fuller poinsettia was layered up on top.  Finally I added a faux pearl to each flower using Cosmic Shimmer Berry red PVA.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Merry Christmas Bunnies in Stockings Decoupage Twisterpage

Hello bloggers A pinch and a punch it#s the first of the month.  I know its only the First of July but no better time than now to start making your Christmas cards and gifts.  Today I have a cute Christmas card featuring Bunnies.

This card began as an A4 sheet of red card stock that I cut and scored to make a DL card blank.  Next using some red polka dot card stock from my stash I added  it to the top half of the card.  Using Elegant Inspirations 'Christmas comforts' CD-ROM I printed out a decoupage twisterpage sheet.  Once printed I fussy cut out all the pieces and layered them up using foam pads.

The completed topper was then adhered to the top half of the card.  I added a snowflake border which was from the same sheet as the topper.  I used a circle punch to cut out the robin  from the same sheet.  The robin was added below the border.  Finally I stamped a sentiment at the bottom of the card using black soot distress ink and Creative Expressions 'robins' stamp set.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Merry Christmas ~ Presents Parcels Decoupaged

Hello bloggers today's card is back to the Christmas theme, not a traditional colour scheme though.

This card began as a white 5x7 card blank.  First I cut down some stripped patterned paper and then  adhered it to the front of the card.  Next I took a sheet of four identical pictures.  The first one I left whole and the others I cut up to make some decoupage of the parcels and presents.  I adhered the decoupage to the main topper using foam tape.  A mat was then cut from some spotted paper and the mat and topper were adhered to the card.  The sentiment was part of the topper.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel