Hark the Herald Sings

Angels for Christmas Cards are wonderful and here we have used a silhouette cling stamp from Creative Expressions.Stamped in Black on an Oval die-cut with inked edges.The background paper is a copy of the carol "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" mounted onto green cardstock.  We have trimmed the card with die-cut flowers inked to complement the colour scheme and some punched Holly

Same stamp ,different look !

Here we have cut out a circle from the backing paper and the same size circle from white card and then inlaid the white circle in the backing paper to create the background.This has been mounted onto dark blue cardstock and stamped with the Angel in blue.We have edges the circle with Cosmic shimmer glitter jewels for that added sparkle which is hard to see in the picture.

We have trimmed the card with dark blue ribbon ,Sentiment Topper and snowflakes.

Creative Expressions Cling Stamp - Hark the Herald Angel Sings (UMS050)

Marianne Design Creatable Die - Flowers (LR0256)

Cosmic Shimmer Glitter Jewels - Iced Snow (CSGJICSNOW)

Woodware Medium Punch - Snowflake (821-46)

Woodware Small Punch - Snowflake (815-09)

Vintage Christmas

Hello Crafters,just want to share with you the cards our ladies have made today in the workshop.With the above card we have diverted away from the traditional Red and Green and gone for Shades of Grey and Yellow.We have picked out the yellow in the Tartan card and coloured our cardstock to match using Distress Ink Pad - Scattered Straw then the corners have been die-cut using a Marianne Creatables Die LR0255. For the Window we have used a Marianne Craftable Die CR1259 .This has also been inked with distress ink pad - Scattered Straw before removing the die-cut from the stencil.

Embossed backgrounds,Die-cut Labels and Die-cut Elements make up this much more traditional card.We embossed the beige background using a Spellbinders Mbossabilities Folder -Floral Labels Four (E3D-009).You will see that there is a blank area which co-ordinates with the Spellbinders Nestabilities - Labels Four (S4-190) so we have die-cut a frame and an image from a cutting sheet.

We have trimmed the card with die-cut embellishments from Cottage Cutz dies - Ornate Poinsettia (CC4X4-423) and Winter Pine Branch (CCE-045).

More cards next week!

Not to be missed!

Only 2 places left

A Molly Bloom Workshop with Clare Rowlands - the designer of the Molly Bloom Stamps.

   

These are examples only and not the items you will be making

Saturday 2nd November  

10am - 3pm

£25 per person

Come along for a fun day. Let Clare inspire you with her wonderful creations and learn new techniques.

You will be creating with Clare a Basket and a Card with a Christmas Theme.

                                   This is an example only and not the item you will be making

Please telephone 01480 862850 to book your place.

Spaces are limited so book now to avoid disappointment.

Vintage Florets

Delightful die-cut and heat embossed flowers adorn this beautiful card

This card has Lattice work cut from Vellum, laid over embossed cardstock and finished with and aperture mount.

 

Using the same dies and stamp set .We made only one floret to adorn the centre of the card and created the background by stamping the flowers using a Perfect Medium pad and then dusting over the stamped images with Mica Pigments.

Products Used:-

Spellbinders Heartfelt Creations Die Set - Vintage Florets(HCD727)

Heartfelt Creations Cling Stamps Set - Open Vintage Florets (HCPC3500)

Spellbinders Shapeabilities Die - Grateful Lattice (SBS5-164)

Crafts Too A4 Embossing Folder - Dottie (CTA404)

Oh Christmas Tree!

Afternoon Crafters,another week has passed and we have been busy playing with some Marianne Dies.We have used the Anja's Squares and created this wonderful frame and used a Papermania - Tulip Stamp.

We have framed the stamped image on this card
using the Frames 4 die so it looks like a picture 

then mounted it onto embossed Centura card and trimmed it with die-cut flourishes and a flower.

Hope you agree ,two lovely Christmas Cards.

Products used:
Marianne Creatable Die - Anja's Frame (LR0242)
Marianne Creatable Die - Frames 4 (LR0234)
Cetura Pearl Card - Snow White (AKCNT110CA4)
Crafts Too A4 Embossing folder - Lattice (CTA405)
Crafts Too 5 x 7 Embossing Folder - Lattice (CTFD3099)
Spellbinders Shapeabilities Die - Floral Flourishes (SBS4-327)
Tulip Cling Stamp - Christmas Tree (TLP 907108)
Distress Ink Pads - Bundled Sage, Fired Brick,Frayed Burlap,
                               Forest Moss
                               (Use other colours for the Presents)

Nostalgic Christmas

What an enjoyable morning Crafting .We made Nostalgic Christmas Cards with Cutting sheets ,Marianne Creatable Dies ,Lea'bilities Cutting and Embossing dies and Embossed background papers.

This beautiful card is so delicate.We made the frame using two die-cuts using Marianne Creatable die - Petra's Bridge.Die-cut ,Emboss and  ink through the die before removing cardstock from die.Cut out the flourishes at the top and the two arcs at the bottom.Arrange and glue together to form frame.This can then be mounted over an image.Embellish the card with ribbon , pearls and flowers.

The frame and the trees were created in the same way as the first card.This card is in more traditional colours with the red and green.Embellish the card with ribbon and pearls.


Products used:-

Marianne Creatable Die - Petra's Bridge  ( LR0276)
Marianne Creatable Die - Petra's Mirror  ( LR0277)
Lea'bilities Cutting and Embossing Die - Pine Trees  (45.8947)
Organza Ribbon 15mm - Sage  (RIB037)
Creative Expression Self Adhesive Pearls 3mm White  (SAP3WHITE)
Mark Richards 5mm Pearls (MR1952)