Winter Wishes ~ Mittens

Hello bloggers I hope that you are all well and dry after the torrential rain we have had in the last couple of days.  Today  I have a winter wishes card for you.

This card began as an off cut of centura pearl card stock that I cut and scored to make a 6x4 card blank.  Next I used a snowflake patterned paper from my stash and adhered it to the front of the card.  Using  Hobby Craft 'mittens' stamp and black soot distress ink I stamped the mittens onto some Scandinavian  inspired paper.  I then fussy cut the mittens out.  I also cut a mat for the sentiment out of the same paper using Spellbinders Die D-lites 'frames two' die set.  Once die cut I stamped the sentiment using Crafter's Companion 'the snowman' stamp set.    The sentiment topper was then adhered to the left hand side of the card.  Next using some red polka dot card stock I die cut a mat for the mittens using Spellbinders 'labels 27' die set.  The mat was adhered to the card blank.  Finally the mittens were added to the mat using foam pads.

Happy Crafting  xx Hazel

Christmas wishes ~ spellbinders

Hello blogger's how are you all getting on with your Christmas cards are they all made and distributed.  Mine are made just need to distribute them now.

For today's card I have a merry Santa and a Christmas wreath.

This card began as a white 5x7 card blank.  First I adhered some Christmas tree patterned paper to the front of the card.  Next from gold glitter card I die cut a mat for the topper using Spellbinders 'labels 27' die set. The topper was then die cut from an old Christmas card using Spellbinders 'labels G' die set.  The mat and topper were then adhered to the front of the card.  Using two different green papers I next die cut the wreaths using Spellbinders Die D-lites 'holly wreath' die set.  Once die cut I embossed them and then layered them  up so that one shadows the other.  Using two different red papers I die cut and embossed the bow using the same die set as above.  The bows were added to the wreath again shadowing each other.   I stamped the sentiment using Clarity Stamps 'letterbox kit' stamp set with festive berries and pine needles distress inks.  Onto white card stock I stamped the boxes using pine needles distress ink and then stamped into the boxes the letters using festive berries distress ink to spell out the sentiment.  Finally the sentiment was adhered to the card.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Best Wishes and fairy gemstones with vellum

Hello bloggers today's card is a very pink best wishes card using vellum and peel-offs.

This card began life as a white hammered DL card blank. First I cut some daisy patterned vellum to size and then adhered it to the card blank behind where the toppers were going to sit, so that the adhesive didn't show through.  Next using some pink embossed holographic card stock I die cut the first layer for the sentiment using Spellbinders 'labels twenty seven' die set.  The next two sizes were then cut using topsy turvy card stock and the same die set.  Onto the top die I stamped my sentiment using Docrafts 'pickles and onion' stamp set.  The sentiment topper was then layered up and some peel-offs were added for decoration.  The sentiment was then adhered to the bottom of the card. Next I printed my topper from Linds Ravenscroft's 'fairy gemstones' CD-ROM.  This was then die cut using Spellbinders 'scallop labels one' die set.  Using the next sized die up I cut a mat for the topper out of pink embossed holographic card stock.  The topper and mat were adhered together and then to the card blank.  Finally using some pink and blue ribbon I tied a bow and adhered it to the card blank.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel