Merry Christmas / Happy Birthday

My message for 2017

Happy birthday to Anne.

Today is her day.

The design was based on a

card made by Shari Carroll

Unbranded die

Paper: Dear Lizzy Lovely Day

Family Christmas Cards

This card is for my sister,

Tracy & Martin.

Made & posted two weeks ago.

My sister is a fan of CAS

They are not the easiest to make.

But I stuck to a limited palette

& elegant script.

Paper: Time to Sparkle

Focal Tree/Sentiment - Inkylicious

Shapes die cut with Xcut dies

Rangers Platinum embossing powder

Inside stamping: free stamps

Creative Stamping Magazine

This card is for my Dad.

This was made last after a week

of planning & waiting for the

handmade ornament to dry!

Papers were free - Silent Night.

I adore the softness of them!

Snowflake ribbon - Sainsburys

Die cut bauble - free with a magazine

from a few years ago.

Star stamp (free - C/Stamping)

Embossed with Rangers Platinum powder.
Top die is Unbranded, purchased from
either Wish or AliExpress.
Similar to the Memory Box die.

Inside stamps free Creative Stamping
Also Platinum embossed.
While it doesn't call the powder
Detailed, I think you agree
it deals with fine images well.

More Christmas Cards

Here are a few more I made for 

friends & family.

This one for Colette.

I inked the sky & once dry,

covered it in shimmer.

 This one for Roger & Jayne

I used to work for them for a long time.

I didn't like the sky to begin with

but once the gesso splats had dried

it suited me better.

This one is for my cousin, Paul & his family.

I wanted to capture a snowy scene

viewed from a window.

 This one is for my ex train buddy,

Claire. It is a wreath handmade using

two different dies.

The embossing is a favourite new folder.

 Claire is a huge fan of my cards 

so I try to make them really different

each year & because I love the

paper & embossed detail so much

I decided to decorate the inside

more than I usually do.

Santa Bear

I made this card for my

dear friend Kate.

I took 3 shots so you

can see him ride across

the card on his bike.

Stamps;

Bear -Good day to be happy

by Waffle Flower (Bear & Bird)

Gifts - old magazine freebie

Trees at back -set from Wish

Santa Hat - Papermania

Chalet & pine trees -

Free from Creative Stamping

Snow hills dies - Lawn Fawn

Let it Snow dies 

by Tim Holtz / Sizzix

Hidden slider card inspired by

Laura Bassen

Jennifer Maguire

Christmas Cards

Here are two designs

I made for craft friends

& ex.train buddies.

I used Stampin'Up

Merry Cafe & Merry Christmas

Stamps & dies.

 The first card also uses

Tim Holtz Garden Greens

& Winter knits dies.

The second card uses

The same Tim Holtz dies

plus Die'sire die snowflake.

I love how versatile this set is.

I used them for Autumn & now Winter.

First Christmas Cards

These have reached their recipient

& so now I can share.

First up is for friends who

just want to be Home for
Christmas this year.

Easel Card using;

 Time To Sparkle paper, 

Sheena Douglass;

1 Mockingbird Lane Stamp,

Our House Die 

Sentiment - Glad Tidings

Adornments Dies

Acetate for the windows.

Lawn Fawn snow border

Fussy cut stamped trees (Creative Stamping)

Door step made from Tim Holtz bookplate die.

I backed the house by drawing around the die.

Next Card is for Queen Bee

My Beautician & Hairdresser

situated in Scunthorpe.

The shop Front die was from the

Die Cutting Magazine Box Kit  

 

 Papers - Time To Sparkle

Gorgeous collection of glitz for

the inside of the Salon.

 And just in case you wondered

why I chose the paper I did for

the walls, see this picture

below which is one of the walls

in the hair section of the salon.

 See more photos of

Queen Bee

30th birthday

 Created for my friend, Kate who was 30.

Lots of dies cuts, texture paste

Lindys and stacked card to 

look like chipboard.

 

Below is a close up of

the frame. It was made from 6 pieces

of white card to give depth. 

Plus all the gorgeous glimmer!

Tim Holtz Trellis

Jardene frame

Floral Scrapbook Paper

Gold paint

Lindys sprays.

Such a rush to complete, I

did not write the exact products

down and so can not gues.