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

Cards With Different Folds ~ Meg's Garden

Hello everyone! I hope that you are well. Today I am sharing two cards that I have made using papers from the Sherlock III collection, Lavande and the Vintage Flower Journal Cards. Just for a change, I have created cards with different folds, and embellished them in a vintage/shabby chic style.

For my first card, I decided that I would make and accordian fold card.

 It is secured with a band, that can can open and close. The two ends slightly overlap and are secured with velcro dots.

The base of my card is kraft cardstock. I used both Sherlock III and Lavande papers to decorate the panels of the card.

The centre image is a Vintage Floral Journal Card.

After securing it to the card, I scored it so that it could lift up. You can stamp/write your message here. 

My second card is a square lace tri-fold card. The base is kraft cardstock and I have used the Sherlock III papers.

Again, it is secured into place using a band and velcro dots. This is the inside view of the card.

The back view of the card.

 For both cards, I used Lori Whitlock cut files which I then used on Silhouette Cameo machine. 

Supplies:

Meg's Garden

Sherlock III

Lavande

Vintage Floral Journal Cards

Other: Memory Box Winterberry Sprig, Leavenworth Butterfly Trio, Poppy Stamps Lorelai Leaf, Magnolia Rose Leaf, Distress Ink Walnut Stain, Wild Orchid Crafts Flowers, Elizabeth Crafts Curvy Leaves, Lori Whitlock A2 Stepped Accordian Fold Card and Square Lace Tri-Fold Card.

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Thank You

Hell everyone! Today I am sharing some cards that I have made for some parents in my class who have helped the children with their learning throughout the year. They are all of the same design, from the same paper collection but all look different!

Supplies:
Paper: Kaisercraft Be-YOU-tiful Collection, Memorable Occassions clear vellum 

Stamp: Simon Says Stamp Handwritten Borders

Ink: Versa Mark, Distress ink Vintage Photo, Hero Arts White embossing powder

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts

Dies: Spellbinders A2 scalloped borders one, circle delight, standard circles small, Magnolia rose leaf, Memory Box elegant scrollwork

Other: hemp, Kaisercraft pearls, white lace

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Christmas Bauble Card

Hello everyone! It's nearly the end of the school year and I now I can make a start on my Christmas cards. I love to look at them and make them. I have wanted to make a shaped card for a while and so I am happy to share my bauble shaped card with you today. It is about 6 inches in size. I downloaded a paper template from the internet and created a paper template to draw my base and folded card layer. I did some altering on my computer to get the right size.

I have three layers, two bauble layers one with patterned paper, one with cream cardstock and the third layer is a round circle die cut with patterned paper. I used scalloped scissors to create the cream bauble. I used foam tape in between my layers for dimension.

The wreath and the poinsettia were all created with dies and die cut from paper from the Kaisercraft collection. The berries were some pearls, to add a little bling!

Supplies:

Paper: Kaisercraft Christmas carol 6 1/2" paper pad and sticker sheet

Dies: Magnolia Christmas Poinsettias, Impression Obsession Die021-N (wreath)

Other: Ruby Rock It Snow White coarse glitter, Stampin! Up! cherry cobbler seam binding, bakers twine, Porta Craft flower stamens, scalloped scissors, Distress ink vintage photo, flat back pearl

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Celebrate

Hello everyone! I hope that you are all well. Today I created a card following the latest sketch from Mojo Monday.

The sketch really appealed to me so I decided to play along! My card has a few layers. I used a number of dies and lots of flowers. Here are some close ups...

Supplies:

Paper: Maja Design Vintage Spring Basic

Ink: Distress Ink Vintage Photo

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts and Green Tara

Dies: Magnolia Rose Leaf, Tim Holtz Celebrate, Spellbinders Radiant Rectangles, Kaisercraft Decorative Die Doilies

Other: Stampin' Up! Paper Doily, Hemp and Lace

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Thank You

Hello everyone! Today I have a card to share with you that I had a lot of fun creating. Again, I am joining in the Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge which you can see below.

For my card I have used thank you - distress inks - plants.

I have used Altenew's Persian Motifs stamp set. I stamped it using versamark ink and heat embossed it using hero Arts white embossing powder. I then used distress inks to colour the image in. I have used this stamp set so many times...I just love it!

Supplies:

Paper: Kaisercraft Bee-YOU-tiful collection, Tim Holtz Distress watercolor cardstock

Stamp: Altenew Persian Motifs, Simon Says Stamp Handwritten Borders

Ink: Distress Inks, Memento Tuxedo Black

Flowers: Kaisercraft Paper Bloom Fairy Floss, Green Tara Flowers

Dies: Spellbinders Floral Ovals, Classic Ovals Large, Back to Basics Tags, Memory Box Elegant Scrollwork, Magnolia Rose Leaf

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Maja Design ~ Summer Crush ~

Hello everyone! Seasons Greetings to you. Things have been a bit quiet here on my blog. Last year I had emergency surgery and I have been recovering from that. As a result, I have been taking things slow. To get creative again, I have decided to participate in a challenge...Mojo Monday.

Here are some close ups....

Supplies:

Paper: Maja Design Summer Crush

Flowers; Wild Orchid Crafts

Dies: Memory Box Cascadia Butterfly Trio and Leavenworth Butterfly Trio, Magnolia Rose Leaf and Spellbinders Circles Large

Ink: Distress Ink Antique Linen and Vintage Photo

Other: Lace and Hemp

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Noel ~ Maja Design

Hello everyone! I cannot believe how quickly the time is passing. The month is nearly and over and my year at school is nearly over as well (I'm doing a happy dance atm). It feels strange creating a wintery Christmas card to share with you as Christmas in Australia is simply the opposite...as we celebrate Christmas in summer! However I couldn't resist the wonderful images in the beautiful collection Home For the Holidays.

I love the blue tones of the papers. I created my own poinsettias using Magnolia Christmas Poinsettia dies. I applied some Ruby Rock-It Snow White Course Glitter on top of them to add some shimmer. The foliage is die cut using Tim Holtz Holiday Greens and the tag is also from the Tim Holtz Tag Collection. I incorporated my sentiment here as well which is from JustRite.

I used a Memory Box Catalina Wreath and die cut it twice. By placing it slightly off centre, it created a lovely shadow effect.

I am slowly creating my Christmas cards...I haven't made a dent into my intended target but once school finishes and all my deadlines are met I can really get stuck in and get creating. I have ideas but sadly only 24 hours in a day (sigh).

Maja Design products used


6x6 paper stack

Anyway, thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope to have more to share with you soon.