Season's Greetings Card

 

Hello friends. I hope that you are well and having a good week. This is my very last, last minute Christmas card which also uses products from the same paper Collection as my previous card. The Christmas Miracle Kit has so many beautiful images and I wanted to explore using blue tones, which featured in some of the papers.

To help me design my card, I used a card sketch which is something that I often do.

I also created my own poinsettias using distress inks and also watercolour paper. I followed a tutorial by emilia sieradzan to make my flowers and they complimented my card perfectly. I used Spellbinders dies from my stash to frame the Santa image and foam tape to add dimension.

To complete my card, the sentiment was framed with patterned paper and and I added some pearls to

enhance the frame.

Once again, it felt great to be using supplies that were from my stash. Please note that a lot of these products may not be available but you can certainly find similar products and be inspired by my card when creating your own.

Supplies:

Kaisercraft Christmas Miracle Kit Paper Christmas Tree

Kraft cardstock, Anko Watercolour paper 180gsm, Ruby Rock-It Snow White Coarse Glitter, Distress Ink Broken China

Dies: Waffle Flower A7 layers die and additional layers die, Sizzix bigz texture fades layered tattered poinsettia, Magnolia Christmas poinsettia, Memory Box elegant scrollwork, Spellbinders Fleur de Elegance, Hero Arts frame cut oval, Spellbinders bird poinsettia collection.

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'Tis the Season ~ Christmas Card

 

Hello everyone! I hope that you are well. Today I am sharing a Christmas card that I have made...last minute. I always think that I have enough made in my stash..but I don't! So I am making cards from products that I have in my stash which is very satisfying.

I am using products from an older Kaisercraft kit that was released a few years ago when I was on their Design Team. It has a vintage feel which is my favourite type of product to create with. I used foliage from my stash to frame the image of Santa and die cut some foliage to add extra dimension. I also inked the edges with some Distress ink.

I really enjoyed creating this card and will make another card using more products from this kit.

Supplies:

Paper: Kaisercraft Christmas Miracle Kit SB104, Christmas Collage and Star Tile, Lace Trimming

Cardstock Spruce CD168, Forest CD114, Kraft

Dies: Memory Box Elegant Scrollwork, Spellbinders Opulent Ovals, Hero Arts Infinity Ovals, Spellbinders Christmas Bird Poinsettia Collection (foliage only used)

Blooms: Petaloo Suga Red Berrys Clusters Green, Anko Poinsettia Flowers, Ultimate Crafts Mixed Primrose Flowers

Other: Kaisercraft Pearls Red SP795, Distress ink Ground Espresso

Please note, a lot of these products are from my stash and I have has for a long time. I hope you find inspiration for your own cardmaking.

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Postage Collage Christmas Cards

 

Hello everyone! I hope that you are having a wonderful day. I am really excited to share some Christmas cards that I have made using the Waffle Flower Postage Collage stencils. I was inspired by the samples shared on their You Tube channel and I wanted to make some. I have been building up my collection of these stencils and I just love them.

To get to know how the stencils work, I created a card following the colours shared on the Waffle Flower blog.

Once I had a play, I found some Distress inks and had a play. I also added the Colouring stencil to have the postage stencil frame around the design. I found the by adding an extra 1/4 inch and trimming down, I had better luck with this stencil.

I really enjoyed creating these cards and appreciate being able to add to this collection.

Supplies:

Stencil: Waffle Flower Postage Collage Christmas

Waffle Flower Postage Collage Coloring Stencil

Stamp: Waffle Flower Postage Collage Stamp set, Uniquely Creative Christmas sentiments and dies

Dies: Waffle Flower Postage Collage Die

Ink: Distress Ink: Tumbled Glass, Festive Berries, Aged Mahogany, Gathered Twigs, Ground Espresso, Evergreen Bough, Peacock Feathers, Gold Pigment Ink, Versafine Onyx Black Ink, Mini blending tool

Other: Waffle Flower Grip mat and stencil mat, Taylored Expressions blending brushes

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Thank You Card

Hello everyone! I hope that you are enjoying the weekend. I have been unwell this week with vertigo. Now that I am much better, I was able to do some crafting. I made this card to show some appreciation to my friend at school who supported me this week. I hope she likes it.

It was a great opportunity to use  a die set that I haven't used and have been wanting to use which is the Honey Bee Coneflower Honey Cuts set. I pulled out a lot of of oldies from my stash, including older papers and dies to complete the card.

Supplies:

Dies: Honey Bee Lovey Layers Coneflower Honey Cuts, Spellbinders 5 x 7 Enchanted Labels 28, Spellbinders Labels 28

Paper: Pion Design: Fairytale of Spring Collection

Ink: Distress Ink: Gathered twigs, Walnut stain, Spun sugar, Victorian velvet, Shabby shutters, Peeled paint, Vintage photo, versamark ink

Other: Zing gold embossing powder, Kaisercraft Thank you DD951, Antiquities CS352, Pearls Pearl SB 713, Waffle flower shader 1+

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Thinking of You

Hello everyone! I hope that you are well. Today I am sharing a card with you that uses some new product PLUS lots of product from my stash. I think that while we love to buy new things, it's important to look at what we have and reimagine how they can be used once again.

I was very impressed with the Waffle Flower Postage Collage release. I purchased the die and one set of stencils. I love the vintage style in my crafting and I thought that I would incorporate this into my card.

I knew in advance which patterned papers I would be using and selected distress inks to compliment. Then I fussy cut vintage elements such as the clock and  aged some butterflies using vintage photo distress ink. I also had some vintage background stamps that I used to add to the vintage feel.

I added some flowers and twine and my card is complete!

Supplies:

Dies: Waffle Flower Postage Collage Die, Die namics fishtail flags stax

Paper: Maja Design Vintage Spring Basics and Vintage Autumn Basics

Ink: Distress ink Victorian Velvet, Tattered Rose, Vintage Photo, Peeled Pain, Versafine vintage sepia

Stamps: Simon Says Stamp Handwritten Borders Stamp, Kaisercraft Butterflies CS854, Antiquities CS352, Texture Postmarks CS802

Other: Waffle Flowers Postage Collage Rose Stencil, Wild Orchid Crafts Blooms

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Christmas Village Step Card

Hello everyone! I hope that you are having a wonderful week. This is my final Christmas card for 2023. I love Christmas cottages, and I wanted to create one as a card. I chose to make a step card, which I haven't made for a long time, so that it can be used a home decor next year (maybe)!

I used a Spellbinders die to create my base, and I used distress inks and a stencil to create my snowy background. I wanted the cottages to have a unified look, so I chose the same coloured cardstock. The church has contrasting colours and is a focal for the card.

To add a snowy feel to some of the elements, the die set contains snow banks, which I added in places. To compliment I also added some Nuvo glitter accents in random places.

Supplies:

Dies: Honey Bee Stamps Winter Village, Spellbinders Pop Ups Decorated Birthday S7-207

Ink: Distress ink - stormy sky, faded jeans and chipped sapphire

Cardstock: Kaisercraft- Jungle, crimson, coal, dove, slate, snow, lipstick, spearmint, chestnut, coral and scuba

Other: Simons Says Stamp Falling Snow stencil, modelling paste, Nuvo glitter accents fresh snowfall

Wishing you and yours a safe and happy Christmas and compliments for the new year.

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Creating Bulk Christmas Cards

 

Hello everyone! I hope that you are having a lovely week. I needed to create some cards for my colleagues at work, so that meant bulk cards. I grabbed the possible supplies that I might use and began. It was great to use some supplies that had been in my stash for such a long time and had not been used. What I came up with was:

- a stamped background

- foiled sentiments that can change

- pearls/rhinestones that can be changed

- focal die cut

- ink blending

- layered mats

- premade card base and envelopes

- bulk cards planned DONE.

From my plan, the design was set but the option to personalise was there. Simple! I am so happy with this card design. I will share another post where I have a part two of this design where I add to this for a second bulk design using some oldie but goodie supplies.

Supplies:

Paper: Kaisercraft Forest, Ivory

Kaisercraft CD509 Card Pack Square Kraft

Ink: Versafine vintage sepia, Distress ink vintage photo and antique linen

Stamp: Prima Marketing 5x7 cling stamp texture

Dies: Spellbinders Floral ovals, Hero arts infinity ovals, Memory Box snowflake trees, Spellbinders hotfoil and die glitter wishes

Other: Pearls Kaisercraft Denim, Plum, Lavender and Champagne.

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Poinsettia Bloom Cards

 

Hello everyone! I hope that you have been enjoying your week. I am enjoying my school holidays and am now sitting down to create some more Christmas cards before school goes back. I really loved this die set once it was released and was eager to make a card or two with it. I used some new and old dies from my stash to create my card. I experimented with cardstock, as I planned to ink blend as was shown on the Spellbinders video. I had the most success using white cardstock and using distress ink for the entire bloom.

I wanted to use a decorate edge, to break up the white, so I used an old Spellbinders border die to achieve this. I love the elegant feel this card has.

This time I wanted to use some of my patterned papers in my card and I decided that I wanted a vintage styled card. Once I decided on my papers, I inked my bloom the same way and I used a different edge die to break up the background.

I used  a script stamp and stamped it in random placed to add an aged feel to my paper. I also added vintage photo distress ink to all of my layers as well.

I am so glad I purchased this die set. It is versatile and so great to use.

Supplies:

Cardstock: Neenah White solar crest heavy weight, Peral cardstock gold, 

Paper: Kaisercraft Letters to Santa

Dies: Spellbinders Poinsettia Bloom, Spellbinders Curved Borders Two, Merry Christmas (from my stash), A2 curved borders one

Ink: Versafine vintage sepia, Distress ink vintage photo, barn door and aged mahogany, 

Other: Clear vellum, Spellbinders embossing folder holly flourish, Kaisercraft rhinestones red, Kaisercraft Sparklets Daffodil, BoBunny Midnight Frost stamp, Stampin' Up! Winter Post stamp

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Believe in the Magic of Christmas

Hello everyone! I have another Christmas card to share with you. This is from my Spellbinders shopping spree. It is a stitched ornament display card. I love stitching and this card fuels my love of two crafts, stitching and cardmaking!

The dies come with a pop up stand configuration, which I decorated with patterned paper from a past Kaisercraft release. I used the label strip as my sentiment. I stitched the ornament die using DMC thread.

Supplies:

Paper: Kaisercraft Christmas Miracle Poinettia, Kraft CD651, Franchville Pearle Cardstock, Red cardstock from my stash

Dies: Spellbinders Stitched Ornament Display

Other: DMC thread, Kaisercraft rhinestones SB711, Distress ink vintage photo

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Baby Card

 

Hello everyone! It has been a little while since I have posted. I have been busy and have neglected my blog and social media as a result. I have been creating in the background, but projects that take a bit more time and I will be sharing those soon. But today I am sharing a card that I made for grade partner who had a baby girl a few months ago. Of course I went with the vintage style which I love.

I used Maja Design papers and I used some die cuts to decorate along with some coordinating blooms from my stash. She loved the card and placed it the nursery.

As always, stay safe and well.

Thanks for stopping by!

Paper: Maja Design Vintage Baby, Kaisercraft cardstock Snow and Spruce

Dies: Memory Box Baby Script, Kaisercraft DIY Flora Leaves DD493, Marianne Designs CR1201, Memory Box Banner Parade, Ultimate Crafts Rocking Horse

Other: Wild Orchid Crafts flowers, Distress Ink Vintage Photo, Kaisercraft Pearls Champagne SB714

Birthday Wishes ~ Kaisercraft

 

Hello everyone! I hope that you are safe and well. Today I am sharing a birthday card that I made using an old Kaisercraft collection that is very pretty and delicate called Le Belle. It has already been given away and it was well received!

I used dies, lots of flowers and collectables to add layers and depth to my card.

Supplies:

Paper: Kaisercraft Le Belle Collection Paper Pad and Collectables, Kaisercard CD114 Forest and Snow

Dies: Kaisercraft Foliage, Clock DD756, DIY Flora Leaves DD493,  DIY Flora Branches DD494

Other: Paper Blooms F641 Dusty Pink, Kaisercraft pearls SB714 champagne, Wild orchid crafts flowers, Bling stickers, distress ink vintage photo.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

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!