Christmas Village Card

 

Hello everyone! I hope that you are having a wonderful weekend. Today I am sharing my first Christmas card of the year. These are my favourite type of card to make. I purchased the Card Stacks Dies from Concord and 9th last year, but haven't had a chance to use them yet..and now I am so glad that I have.

I used dies from the Honey Bee Winter Village to decorate. I decided to limit the colours in the village to make my life easier. I used a stencil to create the snow with ink, next time I should use a different medium as I wasn't happy with how it turned out...never mind. I used Glitter cards stock to create snow peaks and liquid glue to adhere everything. 

Supplies:

Dies: 

Concord and 9th Card stacks bases, Die-namics fishtail flags stax, Tim Holtz Vault Christmas Magic, Honey Bee Stamps Winter Village, Uniquely Creative Christmas Sentiments and Dies

Cardstock:

Kaisercraft: Steel CD 105, Lemonade CD314, Frost CD350, Ruby CD325, Glittercard GC104 Crystal, Forest CD 114 Kraft CD65101, Licorice CD102, Coconut CD101

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Noel ~Christmas Card

 

Hello everyone! I hope that you are well. I have finally finished my Christmas cards for the year. I created two cards using the same card design, using dies and papers from my stash...supplies that have been dormant for a while so it brought it me great pleasure in using them once again.

I wanted to use this elegant candle die as my focal image. I framed it with a Spellbinders oval die and some flowers. I made the white poinsettia and used other flowers from my stash. I inked the edges using distress ink to create the vintage look.

Once I had created the blue card, I repeated the same design in pink. Easy!

Supplies:

Paper: Maja Design Vintage Frost Basic |Kaisercraft Forest CD114 and Snow CD 301

Dies: Memory Box Glowing Candles | Hero Arts Christmas Words Fancy Dies | Tim Holtz Holiday Greens | Spellbinders Oval Floral | Magnolia Christmas Poinsettia

Other: Distress ink Vintage Photo | Wild Orchid Crafts Blooms | Sullivans Punch | Kaisercraft Rhinestones SB710 Orange

Have a blessed and safe Christmas

Hello everyone! I hope that you are keeping well. Today I am sharing another Christmas card and it features Harvey by Tim Holtz. I was so excited when I saw this die as I love the nutcracker and I think this die is perfect! It is part of the Sizzix colorize range so it in theory shouldn't be difficult to construct. 

Once I had everything cut out, I inked the edges using distress ink using a sponge dauber to give it an vintage look. Then I went through my stash and pulled out a series of dies and went from there. I loved My Memory Box tree die so I used it again as the scale was perfect with Harvey and I used an old Kaisercraft presents die.

To finish it off, I die cut an oldie but a goodie Spellbinders oval die and inked it with antique linen distress ink and a blending brush to get that aged look. I made my poinsettia and glued everything into place. 

Supplies:

To make Harvey

Die : Sizzix Tim Holtz Harvey

Kaisercraft Cardstock: CD311 Oatmeal | CD323 Crimson | CD 303 Dove | CD 305 Concrete | CD 302 Slate | CD 325 Ruby | CD 301 Snow | CD 302 Coal | Gold Metallic Cardstock Anko | Distress Ink Vintage Photo

Paper: Maja Design Home for the Holidays | Kaisercraft Letters to Santa Paper pad 

Ink Distress Ink Vintage photo and Antique linen | Versafine Onyx Black Ink

Dies: Spellbinders: Fleur de Elegance | Tim Holtz Holiday Greens | Magnolia Christmas Poinsettias | Kaisercraft Gift Border

Other: Kaisercraft Rhinestones SB710 Orange | Pearls SB714 Champagne | Uniquely Creative Christmas Sentiments stamps

Have a great day!

 

Christmas Eve

Hello everyone! I hope that you are well. Today I am sharing another Christmas card. It has been ages since I made a purchase of any scrapbook products, and the mailman has bout in my deliveries so it it is time to play. To be honest, I have been in a craft slump as the teacher tired EOY fatigue has well and truly set in and the craft MOJO left the building, so this will be a warm up to craft again.

Supplies:

Paper: Maja Design Home for the Holidays | Kaisercraft Letters to Santa Collectables and 6 1/2 Paper Pad

Cardstock Kaisercraft Blue Haze CD 156 | Coffee Bean CD 108 | Coal CD 302

Dies: Tim Holtz Thinlits Santa's Helper |Memory Box Frosted Christmas Tree

Other: Kaisercraft Pearls Champagne SB 714 | Distress Ink Vintage Photo

Enjoy the weekend!

 

Christmas Greetings ~Maja Design

 

Hello everyone! I hope that you have had a greet weekend. Today I am sharing a Christmas card with you. I had bought a Tim Holtz die a while ago and have been wanting to use it and now that I had a tiny window of time, had the chance to create a card with it. It took a while and I love it.

I used the Snowglobe#2 die set. It has LOTS of tiny pieces. I also used Maja Design papers to create my vintage card.

To finish my card, I discovered a poinsettia die set in my stash that I forgot I had and made some white foamiran poinsettias. I also die cut some foliage and inked them up using distress inks.

Supplies:

Paper: Maja Design Vintage Frost Basics, Kaisercraft Cardstock Snow CS301, Chocolate CD109, Buttercup CD126, Blue Haze CD156, Olive CD117

Die: Time Holtz Snowglobe #2 662421, and Holiday Greens, Magnolia Christmas Poinsettia

Distress Ink Walnut Stain, Pine Needles, Mowed Lawn

Other: Stamens, White Foamiran

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Happy Birthday

Hello everyone! I hope that you are well. Today I am sharing a shabby chic/vintage styled card which I created using the French Roses Collection from Meg's Garden. While planning my design for my card, I gave myself a challenge to use some products from my stash that I haven't used in a long while.  

The results: border punches and paper clay frame (handmade). I went through a phase when I bought some moulds and made some frames. I haven't used any yet but I used one (yeah) on my card. I fussy cut an image from one of the cut and create papers from the collection and adhered it to the back of the frame. To age the frame, I dabbed my finger into some Prima white gold metallique wax and rubbed it over the edges of the frame.

 Lastly, I added lots of flowers and foliage to complete my card. I also added some drops of Nuvo crystal glaze on some of the petals of the flowers and in some random spots of the card to add some interest.

Supplies:

Papers: Meg's Garden French Roses 

Other: Versafine Onyx Black Ink, Memory Box Leavenworth Butterfly Trio, Tim Holtx Garden Greens, Martha Stewart Vintage Doily Punch, Prima Art Alchmeny White Gold Metallique Wax, Simon Says Stamp Handwritten Borders, Nuvo Crystal Glaze, Wild Orchid Crafts Flowers

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A Twinkling Christmas

Hello everyone! I hope that you're having a great day. Today I am sharing two projects using papers from Meg's Garden. I have used the cardmakers pack and the Twinkling Christmas papers. You can purchase these or download them from the store.

I have used some delicate border and frame dies to add a vintage/shabby chic touch to my card. I used this beautiful image from an ephemera sheet which is also available.

I used Tim Holtz holiday green dies to die cut the foliage to add to my floral clusters. The flowers are from my stash.

I recently added to my scrapbooking tools something that I have been pondering over for the last two years...an electronic cutting machine. I purchased a Silhouette Cameo and we are still becoming friends! I used it to create my second project which is a gift card holder.

You open it up and slide your gift card inside the white slip box. There is space for stamping etc but I haven't decided what I am going to do with it yet. The file cuts all the pieces and scores everything that needs scoring. Couldn't be easier once you have the right cut setting on my machine!

Supplies:

Meg's Garden

A Twinkling Christmas

Metallic Silver Ribbon

Paper: American Crafts 7170 Christmas Glitter, Kaisercraft Cardstock CD141 Musk and CD118 Fern

Dies:  Kaisercraft DD584 Lace Top, Precious Marieke Snowflake Border, Tim Holtz Holiday Greens

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts Berry Spray Cluster, Green Tara Flowers

Other: Kaisercraft Rhinestones SB700 Silver, Lori Whitlock Happy Birthday Gift Card Holder

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Shabby Chic File Folder Mini Album

Hello everyone! Today I have a file folder album to share with you, using the journal papers from the Watercolour Garden Collection. These papers have various beautiful prints, which you will see during this blog post. When I first viewed these papers I was going to create a planner or pages for a planner.....but then I came across these beautiful file folders and loved the concept more. There are several tutorials on Youtube at the moment but the one I liked the most is found here.

I really wanted to showcase the papers in this album, so the pages are very simple. I utilised the ephemera to create journalling spots. Left over manilla card was used to create tags and flips in the album.

I used my We 'R Memories Keepers envelope punch board to create tabs in the album, to define each section of the album.

Extra pockets enable spaces for mini books, tags and other photos.

Adding lace, ribbon and washi tape adds to shabby chic/vintage feel.

Enjoy the video below of the walkthrough of the completed album.

Meg's Garden Supplies:
Watercolour Garden
Lace and Ribbon

Other: Tim Holtz Tag Collection, Kaisercraft Printed Tape, Distress Ink Ground Espresso, Foolscap Manilla Folders, Stampin' Up! Doilies and Punch, We 'R Memories Keepers Envelope Punch Board

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Memories ~ Meg's Garden~

Hello everyone! I have another layout to share with you using this beautiful collectionfrom Meg's Garden called Lavande. It is just so beautiful to create with. I have another snapshot of my cousin's twin boys. They are seven months now. I am just amazed at the special connection they have.

To create my layout, I used the 12 x12 Lavande 07 and 11 papers. I inked the edges with Distress ink to vcreat an aged look. Using dimension foam tape adds dimension to the layers. I also cut of some of the 4 x 12 strips to make a tag and anything extra to the layout.

I had some ephemera left over from some of the other collections. It helped to add a vintage feel to the layout and to creat a focal point to the photo.

I also added some flowers and chipboard to my layout. I altered them either with white gesso or using Prima oil pastels.

When I created my background, I had some texture. I used a stencil and modelling paste plus two prima sprays. These are very subtle and you can see them if you look closely!

Supplies from Meg's Garden

Paper: Lavande Collection
Ephemera from Parisian Garden
Ephemera from White Flowers on Green
Flowers
Mesh Ribbon


Other:
Finnabair stencil dots and stripes, Color blooms iris and pressed metal, Distress ink ground espresso, Prima oil pastels, Tim Holtz tag collection, Martha Stewart rose leaf punch, Scrapmatts CB4060 Ornate Frames 17, Butterflies 02 CB4009, Assorted Words 03 CB4050, Prima stamp Read to Me, Wild Orchid Crafts green sweetheart blossom

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Happy Birthday ~ Steampunk Style~

Hello everyone. I have a birthday card to share with you today. My dear friend is celebrating his birthday this week and I wanted to make him a card. This was attempt number two. The first one ended up on the bin!

I used ground espresso, peacock feathers and blueprint sketch distress inks and a stamp from  Ultimate Grunge stamp set to create my background.  I die cut the weathered clock die and used Lindy's Stamp Gang midnight bronze embossing powder to alter it.

I also die cut some other cogs by Spellbinders and altered them using rusty hinge and ground espresso distress inks. Using my finger, I dabbed some antiqued bronze and tarnished brass distress paints in random places.

The images and sentiment were inked with vintage photo to get the aged look. The three steampunk men were adhered using foam tape for extra dimension.

Supplies:

Stamps: Tim Holtz Framelits with Stamps Possibilities, Simple Sayings and Ultimate Grunge

Dies: Donna Salazar/Spellbinders Sprightly Sprockets, Die-namics mini film strip, Tim Holtz Weathered Clock

Ink: Distress Inks: Ground espresso, peacock feathers, blueprint sketch, black soot, rusty hinge, vintage photo, Ranger archival jet black, versafine onyx black, distress paint antiqued bronze and tarnished brass

Other: Brass brads, Lindy's Stamp Gang midnight bronze embossing powder

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Rustic Cabin - Tim Holtz Village Dwelling

Hello everyone! Today I have a new project to share with you. I have been madly pinning all of the wonderful Village Dwelling creations on Pinterest as I am a huge fan! Before the holidays, I placed an order for the dies so that I would have time during the school holidays to make some of these wonderful structures. I have named this one Rustic Cabin due to the weathered papers that I used to decorate. Kaisercraft released a collection called Base Coat and it was perfect as way of decorating. It took me a while to get the hang of manipulating everything but be warned...lots of sticky inky fingers result from making these so have baby wipes handy LOL!

To create the roof, I had some silver corrugated cardstock in my stash which was perfect for the roof.

While the front and back panels are flat, I cut rectangular pieces of vellum to place behind the windows so that when you place a battery operated tealight candle inside, you are able to attain that warm flickering glow!

Supplies:

Die: Tim Holtz Village Dwelling Die

Paper: Kaisercraft Base Coat Paper Pad and Game On Collection P1494 :MVP (Base)
           Bella! Silver Grey Corrugated Vintage Cardstock, Clear Vellum

Ink: Distress Ink Black Soot and Ground Espresso

Glue: Helmar Tacky Craft Glue, Scotch Quick Dry, Xron 2.5" create a sticker

Other: Tim Holtz Mini Fasteners

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