Blue Baubles

And so to the next Christmas card.

The Baubles image, a free stamp from Craft Stamper/Elusive Images, was stamped using ColorBox Aqua pigment ink and watercoloured using the same ink. This was then matted onto dark blue shimmer card.

The sentiment, from the HOTP Christmas Sentiments stamp set, was also stamped using the Aqua ink and matted onto the blue shimmer card.

The blue glitter dots paper from the Dovecraft Let It Snow paper pad was adhered to the card blank and a length of light blue grosgrain ribbon was adhered across the patterned paper with the image panel added over the top.

Glitter Snowflake Aperture

Here is the next in the line of Christmas cards from the 2010 collection!!!

I was rather pleased with these designs. I like the effect of the aperture in the shaped panel.

A panel was die cut from white card using the Labels 8 Nestabilities die and a snowflake, using a Marianne Creatables die, was die cut at the top of the panel.

The sentiment, from the Dovecraft Studio G Snow Words stamp set, was stamped at the bottom of the Label die cut using Versafine Onyx Black archival pigment ink.

A knot was then tied in a length of green gingham ribbon and wrapped around the die cut panel.

A small panel of silver mirror card was adhered to the card blank and the die cut panel matted over the top with the mirror card showing through the aperture.

The snowflake and the sentiment were then highlighted with Craft Planet Iridescent glitter glue.

I also made this card in a red colourway, using deep red organza ribbon, Anita's Lime Green pearlescent paper behind the aperture, and DecoArt Crystal Glamour Dust to highlight the snowflake and the sentiment.

Pink and Black Visage Eyes

Well, here is my first card of 2011!

I needed to make a couple of cards in double-quick time and decided to use this beautiful stamp that came free with the September 2010 Craft Stamper magazine.

The image, from The Stampman, was stamped using Versafine Onyx Black archival pigment ink and die cut using a square Nestabilities die. This was matted onto cerise and black card panels, also die cut using Nestabilities.

A strip of the black Scroll Border paper from the Papermania Mono Capsule Collection pad was matted onto the black card and across a panel of the cerise Dahlia and Fern paper from the Papermania Red Hot Capsule Collection pad.

Pink and black paper flowers, from the Prima Botanicals Mix, were added to the panel using a large black Papermania brad.

The stamped image was highlighted with Craft Planet Iridescent Sparkle glitter glue, and Glitz It Black glitter glue was added to the centre of the brad and around the large black panel.

Here are the challenges that I am entering this card into:

• The Sisterhood of Crafters - Anything Goes
• Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes + Flowers
• Top Tip Tuesday - #20 - Anything Girlie
• Crafty Emma - Bold and Bright
• Totally Gorjuss - #65 - As You Like It
• C.R.A.F.T. - #88 - Roll Of The Die
• PaperPlay - #5/11 - Stamp It Out

Green and Red Three Kings

And so onto the next in the series of Christmas cards. This was the only card design I made using my Copics and is the design I sent to the parents.

The Three Kings image, from Elzybells, was stamped using Memento Tuxedo Black dye ink and coloured using Copic sketch markers:

• Crowns/Gifts: Y08, Y17, R29, E07
• Green Robes: YG67, G05, Y17
• Red Robes: R24, R29
• Skin: E00, E21, E51, E13
• Shadow: N1

Highlights were added to the crowns and gifts using the yellow and orange Sakura Stardust pens, and the robes were highlighted with Craft Planet Red glitter glue and Glitz It Pear Green glitter glue.

The image was then matted onto red card.

A strip of the red flourish paper from the Dovecraft Noel paper pad was matted onto the red card. Two panels of the multi stripe paper were matted onto olive green card and the red panel matted across it.

The sentiment, also from Elzybells, was stamped using the Tuxedo Black ink and matted onto the red card. The image panel was matted over the red panel, and the sentiment below it.

I also made this in the reverse colourway:

Lime Green and Pink Asterisk Christmas Tree

Well, here's the next in the series of Christmas cards. This one has a more contemporary feel to it with the colours. When I measured this out, I didn't do a very good job and so the middle panel is too wide.

The Asterisk Christmas Tree image, from the Papermania Honey and Hugs Festive Frolics stamp set, was stamped using Ink It Up! Bright Pink pigment ink and embossed using Heat It Up! Pink Embossing powder, as were the edges of the image panel. This was matted onto bright pink handmade paper and then a lime green panel die cut using a Labels 8 Nestabilities die.

A strip of pink and lime green spiral paper, from the Papermania Naughty and Nice paper pad was matted onto a strip of the lime green card punched using the Martha Stewart Scallop Dot border punch.

The sentiment, from the HOTP Christmas Sentiments stamp set, was stamped at the bottom of the card using the bright pink ink and embossed with the pink embossing powder. The circles punched using the border punch were then adhered onto the Christmas tree image.

Blue and Cream and Green Snowflakes

So, here are the next Christmas cards!!!

I made the cards using the Marianne Creatables snowflake die and a selection of papers from the Dovecraft Let It Snow paper pad.

All the cards were made in the same way, using different papers and different sentiment stamps.

The first card was created by die-cutting a snowflake from white card using the Marianne Creatables die and covering it with Craft Planet Iridescent Sparkle glitter glue. This was then matted onto circles of light blue and white card, die cut using Nestabilities circle dies.

A panel of the lime green and cream stripe paper, from the Dovecraft Let It Snow paper pad, was matted onto the light blue card and the Noël sentiment, from Dovecraft Studio G, was stamped at the bottom of the panel using Versafine Majestic Blue archival pigment ink.

The second version of the card used the light blue and cream stripe paper from the same paper pad:

and the third version used the cream swirl and snowflakes paper and the Seasons Greetings stamp from the Papermania Home For Christmas by Jesse Edwards stamp set: