Lovey Dovey Snow Couple Card - 52 {C}CT Feb Theme Challenge

Danielle has set a wonderful Heart/Love theme challenge for us at 52 {C}CT this week.

 

I knew immediately what stamp to use - I can't help but think 'love' when I see this snowy couple!  I stamped the image onto watercolour paper and used inks and a paintbrush to colour.  This is a large image and I decided to trim it to make it smaller.  I sponged the edges with Old Olive ink and layered onto an Old Olive mat.  I thought the 'a wish from the heart for a wonderful Christmas' was the perfect sentiment for this card and I used masking and stamped the sentiment twice so that I could split the sentiment into two pieces.   I added the dotty Old Olive ribbon and popped the oval up.  I then used an Embosslits die to cut some hearts and I added a rhinestone to each heart.  

More embossed hearts on a panel inside with a 'love' sentiment from a Hero Arts set.   

The same set has this smaller 'Peace, Love & Joy' sentiment and I thought that was ideal to go on the envelope flap!  I thought more hearts were called for too!

What a happy card to make!  I do hope you'll join in with our fab theme challenge this week, I'd love to visit you and see your love/heart themed Christmas cards!  Check out the cards from the other DT members, they're sure to be fab!

Hazel very kindly left me a comment to tell me my card would fit with her CHNC challenges this week so I'm linking up this card there too!

Supplies:
Stamps:  Stampendous 'Snowfall Pair' Jumbo Cling stamp set, Penny Black 'a wish...', Hero Arts 'Very Merry Christmas' clear set
CS: SU! Riding Hood Red, Old Olive & Whisper White, watercolour paper
Ink:  VersaFine Onyx Black, SU! Riding Hood Red, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie & Bordering Blue
Tools: SU! Fashionable Hearts Embosslits die, SU! large oval punch
Embellishments & accessories: SU! Old Olive dotted grosgrain ribbon, Rhinestone Jewels, Dimensionals

CAS Agapanthus Fantastic Day Card - CAS Colours & Sketches Challenge #10

This is a card I made for the CAS Colours & Sketches Challenge #10.  This is a double challenge - a colour combo plus a sketch.

 
My mojo had disappeared and I thought following a challenge would be a great idea in order to provide focus and to help get my mojo back.  So with the colours and layout decided it should have been a doddle - right?  Hmmm, that didn't quite go to plan - this is my second attempt!  The first card I made I liked but I decided it wasn't really CAS - plus I got an inky smudge inside the card.  I walked away at that point and decided to change direction and start on a brand new card the next day!

I started with a 5 1/4" square white card blank and stamped the two larger agapanthus flowers direct to the card front.  I then cut a white CS rectangle, embossed it with the SU! Lacy Brocade folder, inked the edges of the panel with Island Indigo ink and glued the panel to the card.  I then stamped some smaller agapanthus flowers separately, fussy cut them and popped them up.  I die cut the Bistro Label shape, stamped the sentiment and added rhinestones.

 

Inside I stamped more flowers and a lovely birthday sentiment.

More stamped flowers on the front of the envelope finished everything off.  Here's hoping the mojo absence was only temporary!

Supplies:
Stamps: Stampendous 'Agapanthus Thank You' clear set, Fantastic Day sentiment from Hero Arts, Stampendous 'Birthday Wish'
CS: PaperMania white square card blank, SU! Whisper White & Tempting Turquoise
Ink:  SU! Not Quite Navy, Tempting Turquoise & Island Indigo
Tools: SU! Lacy Brocade embossing folder, Memory Box 'Bistro Label die, sponge dauber
Embellishments & accessories: SU! Rhinestone Jewels, Dimensionals

Two Snowmen Cards - 52 CCT Theme Challenge Cards

This week at the 52 CCT challenge blog there is a snowman theme - fabulous, that's right up my street, I LOVE snowmen!   I've been spending more time in my craft room this week due to hubby watching the football games on TV.  It just so happened that I had two new snowmen stamps that needed to get inked up - so all in all it was easy for me to make two cards for this week's challenge!

First up was this 5 1/4" square black, white and red card using a popped up die cut panel - I love making cards with this technique at the moment!  I die cut the snowflakes from the black panel and then popped the panel up over the white mat layer.  I couldn't resist adding this unusual snowman stamp to my collection, I love the festive details on the image, there's Santa in his sleigh with reindeer, snowflakes, holly, trees and a candy cane.  I stamped the snowman, cut him out and popped him up.  I added a rhinestone brad to my Merry Christmas banner and placed rhinestone gems in the centre of the snowflakes.

Here's the inside with a stamped sentiment and a punched snowflake border.  I stamped the SU! 'Snowman Fun' wheel stamp on the front of the envelope - it always make me smile to use this fun stamp and see the resulting line of snowmen - the worried one whose neighbour has just melted tickles me no end!

Onto card two and isn't this snow couple stamp adorable?!  Such a happy image!  I stamped on watercolour paper and coloured with inks and a water brush.  It's a jumbo stamp so when you add a couple of layers you've got a card front more or less sorted.  The card measures 5 3/4" square and I've used Baja Breeze and Elegant Eggplant with white as my colour combo.  I stamped the sentiment and added a die cut snowflake.  To carry on the 'love' theme suggested by the snow couple and sentiment, I added a punched heart to the centre of the snowflake.  I added Crystal Effects to make it raised and shiny and popped a gem in the centre.  I added gems to the snowflake points too and popped the snowflake up.

Inside I carried on the love theme by using an appropriate sentiment and punched hearts.  The swirly snowflake border is included in the set with the snow couple, I stamped it again and punched out a circle for the envelope flap.

I had such a happy time putting these cards together - I hope you'll play along with us this week and get inky and happy with your snowmen too, I look forward to seeing what you make!  Check out Jacqueline and Mynnette's fab creations for this snowmen challenge too!

Supplies for Merry Christmas card:
Stamps: Inkadinkado Snowman, Merry Christmas from SU! Season of Joy set, inside sentiment from Penny Black, SU! Snowman Fun wheel
CS: SU! Riding Hood Red & Whisper White
Patterned paper: SU! Groom Specialty paper
Ink: SU! Riding Hood Red, Memento Tuxedo Black
Tools: Sizzix Mini Snowflakes Movers & Shapers dies, MFT Fishtail Flags Stax die, EK Success Snowflake border punch
Embellishments & accessories: rhinestone brad, rhinestone jewels, 3d foam tape

Supplies for snow couple card:
Stamps: Stampendous Snowfall Pair Jumbo Cling set, Personal Impressions Christmas Messages clear set, Hero Arts Merry Merry Christmas clear set
CS: SU! Baja Breeze, Elegant Eggplant & Whisper White, watercolour paper
Ink: SU! Baja Breeze, Elegant Eggplant, Pumpkin Pie & Basic Gray, Memento Tuxedo Black
Tools: Sizzix Snowflake Sizzlits die, small heart punch, circle punches, water brush, Perfect Layers
Embellishments & accessories: SU! Crystal Effects, rhinestone jewels, 3d foam pads

Medallion Warmest Greetings Card

I joined the Pinterest web site a few weeks ago and have spent many happy hours browsing the lovely cards and papercraft items on there.  I realised pretty much straight away what a time sucker it could be and that I could easily spend far too much time on there.  So I'm trying hard to be disciplined about the amount of time I look.   I'm pinning some cards that I'd like to CASE and I'm hoping to be disciplined about that too - to actually make my version of the cards rather than forgetting all about them!  I've made a few so far but it's early days - I'll have to see how it goes.  I like that when I see something that catches my eye while browsing the web I can save it to Pinterest and I'll know where to look to find it again!

I saw this wreath Christmas card made with the SU! Medallion stamp and I liked that the sentiment was in the centre of the wreath.  I have a couple of large, circular Christmas sentiments and I thought it would make a change to have a greeting be a big part of the main focal image.  I started off with a square cream card blank and I added a Riding Hood Red mat layer.  I stamped the Medallion in Old Olive ink and I stamped the greeting in gold pigment ink and heat embossed it with Jeweled Gold embossing powder.  I love using this powder at Christmas, it is SO sparkly!  I've sponged the edges of the Very Vanilla circle with Riding Hood Red ink and glued it to the centre of the Medallion.  Some red pearls and a red bow finished off the card front.

As there is a large sentiment on the card front I haven't added another one inside the card.  I simply  stamped a few snowflakes and that has left lots of room for a personal message.  I stamped more snowflakes on the envelope to finish off.  Huge thanks to Jan who has passed her SU! Scandinavian Season stamp set onto me, I love that snowflake!

Supplies: Stamps: SU! Medallion background stamp, Stampendous Warmest Greetings, SU! Scandinavian Season set
CS: PaperMania cream square card blank, SU! Riding Hood Red & Very Vanilla
Ink: SU! Old Olive & Riding Hood Red, Encore metallic gold pigment ink
Tools:  Circle Nestabilities die, sponge dauber
Embellishments & accessories: Stamp 'n Stuff Jeweled Gold embossing powder, red grosgrain ribbon, red pearls 

 

Tinsel Tree Merry Christmas Card

I bought some Olive Tinsel embossing powder a while ago, it's a gorgeous sparkly green colour but it seems very temperamental.  It took me several attempts to get a decent coverage of powder over my VersaMark stamped image, the powder wasn't sticking in several places so the image was patchy.  I was very happy with the image in the end but I can't be doing with it taking several tries to get it right, you don't need that when you're making Christmas cards!  I'm not the most patient person and I get frustrated if a product doesn't work well, I want things to be consistently reliable.  I shall try it again at some point and if it still frustrates me I shall let it go.

After finally getting an image I was happy with I cut out my ovals and sponged the edges of both white ovals. I made a 5 3/4" square Cherry Cobbler card and added some embossed lines as a subtle decoration.  I added 3 die cut snowflakes, popped on some rhinestones and popped up the sentiment oval.

 

Inside the card I stamped a sentiment and used markers to colour in the holly.  I stamped a snowflake cluster on the envelope flap to finish off.

Supplies:
Stamps: Hero Arts Branch & Flourish Tree, SU! Contempo Christmas set, inside sentiment from Stampendous, PSX Snowflake Medley
CS: SU! Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green & Whisper White
Ink: VersaMark, SU! Cherry Cobbler, Riding Hood Red & Garden Green
Tools: Oval Nestabilities dies, Cuttlebug snowfake die, Scor-Pal, sponge dauber
Embellishments & accessories: Stampendous Olive Tinsel embossing powder, clear rhinestones, 3d foam pads

Another Dangly Bauble Card

A few days ago I tried making a card using a colour combo of Always Artichoke, Bravo Burgundy and Very Vanilla but I had to give it up as a bad job - I wasn't happy at all with anything I tried!  I was determined to have another go with this combo though and I'm glad I tried again.  It resulted in a finished card that I'm happy to share rather than a full wastepaper basket!  I really like bright, bold Christmas cards and I've made a few of those but I fancied trying a more rich and elegant combo.

Mind you, it wasn't exactly trouble free - I found my Bravo Burgundy ink pad had an odd coloured patina on the surface and it didn't stamp at all well.  I was happy to discover that Adirondack Currant ink is a perfect match for Bravo Burgundy CS so I used that instead.  I stamped the Hero Arts Fabulous Flourish (can't argue there - it IS fabulous!) in artichoke ink and trimmed the vanilla panel down so I could layer it onto a burgundy mat.  I stamped the ornament on a separate piece of CS, cut it out and punched a small hole in the hanger part.  Yep, the ornament is a new stamp - I felt I needed it to soften the blow when I have to give Jan her SU! Delightful Decorations set back soon!  I punched two small holes on the vanilla panel and threaded gold cord through the holes and tied the ornament to the vanilla panel.  Before gluing the panel down I inked the edges with Currant ink.  I masked off part of the sentiment, stamped just the 'It's Christmas' wording and stamped the rest separately to go inside the card.  I decided to scatter a few gold snowflakes on the front and I also added some rhinestones to the ornament.

I then stamped the flourish on a vanilla panel for inside the card, sponged the edges of the vanilla pieces with Currant ink and added the sentiment label.

Then, because it IS just so fabulous and I LOVE it - I stamped the flourish on the envelope a couple of times.  What a classy stamp - hope you like it too 'cos you're definitely going to be seeing it again LOL!

Supplies:
Stamps: Hero Arts Fabulous Flourish & Decorative Ornament stamps, Stampendous Christmas Wishes clear stamp set
CS: SU! Always Artichoke, Bravo Burgundy & Very Vanilla, gold CS
Ink: SU! Always Artichoke, Adirondack Currant
Tools: SU! Designer label punch, Woodware small snowflake punch, 1/16" handheld circle punch, sponge dauber
Embellishments & accessories: gold cord, clear rhinestones

CAS Birthday Bloom Card

Today's CAS challenge on Splitcoast Stampers is to use paper piecing.  I bought a lovely Hero Arts clear flower set a few weeks ago from the Glitter Pot after seeing some fab cards on display made with the set.  In fact, most of the example cards had used paper piecing.  This was the perfect nudge for me to get those new stamps inky!  I fancied a change from Christmas cards today too.

I've used textured Dot papers from Bo Bunny for piecing - 3 shades of blue for the flower layers and a green for the leaves.  The papers are dotted on one side and plain on the other and I alternated between plain and dotted on my flower layers.  I've edged the leaves and flowers with distress inks.  I added some shaping to the flowers and leaves and popped the flower layers up.  I rounded the top right corner of the card and added gems to finish off the front.

I then stamped a few flowers plus a favourite birthday sentiment inside the card and I also stamped some flowers on the front of the envelope.

 

Supplies:
Stamps: Hero Arts Sew Me Jewel Flowers clear set, Inkadinkado Stylish Sentiments set, inside sentiment from Stampendous
CS: PaperMania 5 1/4" square white card blank
Patterned paper: Bo Bunny Dot papers in Island Mist, Ocean, Aquamarine & Avocado
Ink: Adirondack Espresso, Tim Holtz Broken China & Peeled paint distress inks, SU! Old Olive
Tools: Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper, sponge daubers
Embellishments & accessories: Kaisercraft gems, 3d foam pads

Agapanthus Happy Birthday One Layer Card

This is a one layer card I made using the Stampendous Agapanthus Thank You clear set that I will use as a BRAK card.  I deliberately kept it to a one layer card after a trip to the Post Office to send off some BRAK cards which cost me £1.65 each to post!  I'm obviously not keeping the cards flat or light enough!

I bought a pack of PaperMania 300 gsm square white card blanks recently.  When I got the first card out of the pack I noticed the card had a slight texture so I was a tad concerned if it was going to be OK to stamp onto.  The cards are so smooth, despite the slight texture, that the sentiment and images stamped perfectly!  These are lovely cards, a really good weight for card bases.  I inked the flower stems with Bamboo Leaves ink and used Grape Jelly for the flower heads and sentiment.  I rounded the top right corner of the card.  As a final touch to the front I added a touch of twinkle by dotting a Sakura clear Stardust pen on the flowers.

I then did some stamping on the envelope and inside the card.  I really love these Agapanthus stamps, this is one of my favourite flower sets!

Supplies:
Stamps: Stampendous Agapanthus Thank You clear set, 'Happy Birthday' from Hobby Art, inside sentiment from Hero Arts Yummy Treats clear set
CS: PaperMania square white card blank
Ink: Memento Bamboo Leaves & Grape Jelly
Tools: Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper
Embellishments & accessories: Sakura clear Stardust pen

More June 2011 Card Group Cards

These are the other two cards we made at our June card group meeting.  The first one is a CAS one layer card using two gorgeous Agapanthus images from a clear Stampendous set plus a newly purchased birthday sentiment stamp - love that font!  I've used  Memento inks for stamping, I rounded the card corners and added some bling to the large flower centres.

I then stamped more flowers and another sentiment inside.  I used Memento teardrop ink pads so I was easily able to add two colours of ink to the sentiment stamp by inking the rubber with the pointed end of the pad.

The last card shows that my love affair with two step floral stamp sets continues!  This time I've used the Pretty Peony set.  The card started off as a side opening Pretty in Pink A6 size card but when I decided to have the oval piece go above the top of the card I trimmed 1" off the bottom.  I embossed the front with the Victorian Fleur folder.  I stamped the solid flowers in Pretty in Pink ink and the outlines in Melon Mambo ink - stamped off once.  I used Certainly Celery and Old Olive for the leaves.  After stamping the sentiment I cut out the ovals using Nestie dies.  After adding an Old Olive patterned paper strip plus a narrow black strip I popped on a Melon Mambo butterfly cut from the Beautiful Wings embosslits die.  I've adhered pearl stamens to the back as antennae and added a large pink gem to the body.  To keep the wings popped up I've placed half a dimensional with the backing paper still on under each wing.  The last thing to add was the bright pink satin edged sheer ribbon.

Now I know there are some ladies that might not love the two step stamping technique as much as I do - so I'm offering a simpler stamped alternative.  Here I've used the Penny Black 'Golden Leaves' stamp inked with Old Olive ink and a Happy Birthday sentiment.  Only one colour of ink for the image and no Stamp-A-Ma-Jig needed - simple!  I have to say I think the two step stamping is worth the effort though!

Supplies for agapanthus card:
Stamps: Stampendous Agapanthus Thank You clear set, Hobby Art Happy Birthday, inside sentiment from Hero Arts
CS: Anita's A6 white card blank
Ink: Memento Summer Sky, Danube Blue, Lulu Lavender & Grape Jelly
Tools: Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper
Embellishments & accessories: coloured gems from Anita's gem wheel

Supplies for peony card:
Stamps: SU! Pretty Peony set, sentiment from Penny Black (alternative card uses Penny Black Golden Leaves stamp & Hobby Art sentiment)
CS: SU! Pretty in Pink, Melon Mambo, Basic Black & Whisper White
Patterned paper: SU! Old Olive Prints Designer Series Paper pack
Ink: SU! Pretty in Pink, Melon Mambo, Certainly Celery & Old Olive, VersaFine Onyx Black
Tools: Petite oval Nestabilities dies,  SU! Beautiful Wings Embosslits die, PaperMania Victorian Fleur embossing folder, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig
Embellishments & accessories: Satin edged sheer ribbon, KaiserCraft large pink gem, pearl stamen, SU! dimensionals

Agapanthus Cards

I fell in love with the Stampendous Agapanthus Cluster stamp when I saw it and when I hit the web to buy it I was chuffed to find it in a cling version - yay!  What I didn't know at the time is that Stampendous also make a clear Agapanthus Thank You set - but of course, once I knew about it I just had to buy that too!

The first card I made is a Birthday RAK card using the Agapanthus Cluster stamp.  The card is a side opening A6 size made with SU! Baja Breeze CS.  I love Early Espresso with Baja Breeze and I used Whisper White as my neutral.  Before gluing the Espresso panel to the card I attached some narrow taffeta ribbon.  The sentiment was cut out with a Spellbinders Labels Trio die.  I rounded just the top right corners of the card.  The finishing touch to the card front was to add bling to the photo corner and the sentiment label.

Then I stamped the envelope flap and the inside of the card.

I've just sold some craft items on eBay and I always like to pop a thank you card in the package.  I used the Stampendous Agapanthus Thank You clear set to make these quick and simple cards.  I used the large flower plus the sentiment from the set for the cards and the double flower stem image for the front of the envelopes.  I made several of these, a few in each colour.

Supplies for birthday card:
Stamps: Stampendous Agapanthus Cluster, Hero Arts Sending Smiles Messages clear set
CS: SU! Baja Breeze, Early Espresso & Whisper White
Ink: SU! Baja Breeze & Early Espresso
Tools: SU! Photo Corners punch, Spellbinders Labels Trio dies, Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper
Embellishments & accessories: SU! Early Espresso 1/8" taffeta ribbon, clear gems

Supplies for thank you cards:
Stamps: Stampendous Agapanthus Thank You clear set
CS: PaperMania small scalloped square white card blanks
Ink: Memento Summer Sky, Danube Blue, Lulu Lavender, Grape Jelly,  Angel Pink & Rose Bud

Sunshine Card for SSHP15

This card was made for the Let the Sunshine In! challenge at the Saturday Spotlight with Hidden Potential blog. Click here to visit the blog post - the page will open in a new window. I took the challenge literally and used my oldie but goodie sunshine stamps! I've had these stamps for years, it's so nice to get them inky again after being neglected for a while.

The card measures 5 3/4" square and I used So Saffron CS and textured Bazzill black CS for the mat. I stamped the sun face first in black ink on So Saffron CS and then stamped the whole sun on white CS in So Saffron ink. I cut the face out and have popped it up with 3d foam pads. The 'May your day be filled with sunshine' sentiment is just perfect to use with the sun stamp! I like it 'cos you can use it as a 'just because' card or for a birthday.

I attached the scalloped strip to the white panel and then glued the dots that came out of the holes alongside for a bit more interest. The scallop was made with the Sizzix Lace Edging Decorative Strip die. The ribbon is So Saffron grosgrain. I don't use yellow that often but I do like it with the dramatic black and white combo!



Supplies:
Stamps: Stampendous Soleil Points & Stampendous Sunshine Wave
CS: SU! So Saffron & Whisper White, Bazzill Raven
Ink: SU! So Saffron, VersaFine Onyx Black
Tools: Sizzix Lace Edging Decorative Strip die
Embellishments & accessories: SU! So Saffron grosgrain ribbon, 3d foam pads

Snowman Bauble Glittered Acetate Card for Dawn

This is the Christmas card I sent to sweet Dawn across the pond. I sent a package with a few goodies and after I got home I realised the Post Office clerk hadn't asked me to fill in a customs form so I was worried it may not get to her. Dawn emailed me today to say she received it - phew! Better late than never!

Lisa Spangler made a glittered acetate overlay card a while ago that appeared on the Hero Arts blog. That's what inspired me to sparkle up this oh, so cute and happy snowman bauble. I love this stamp, just looking at it puts a great big grin on my face! Click here if you would like to view Lisa's fab card on the Hero Arts blog - the page will open in a new window.

My card is a standard A6 size made from SU! Real Red CS and I folded an A5 piece of thick acetate in half to overlay the card. I stamped the pine bough in white StazOn ink and the snowman bauble in black StazOn ink on the front of the acetate. I then applied glue to the reverse side of the acetate and added ultrafine glitters to the snowman. It's hard to see the glitter in the photo, click on it if you'd like to get a closer view. I used my pearly white glitter for the snowman body as it's opaque. My usual fave crystal glitter is transparent and the card colour shows through - yep, this card is version 2.0 LOL!

The black CS strip and dotty paper are glued to the front of the red card, so are behind the acetate. The sentiment and snowflakes are glued to the front of the acetate card. I added crystal centres to the snowflakes. I added a glue dot to the back of the red card to keep the acetate overlay in place. I covered the glue dot with a handmade by message so it's not visible through the acetate. I also tied some gingham ribbon around the spine in a bow which also helps keep the overlay in place. Dawn has several touches which single out her work and gingham ribbon is one I associate with her always!



Supplies:
Stamps: Snowman Bauble by Stampendous, Real Pine bough by Hero Arts, sentiment from SU! Best Yet set
CS: SU! Real Red, Whisper White & Basic Black, thick acetate
Patterned paper: American Crafts
Ink: White and Black StazOn inks, SU! Whisper White Craft ink
Tools: SU! plain and scalloped oval punches, X Cut small snowflake punch, heat gun
Embellishments & accessories: Art Institute glue and ultrafine glitters in various colours, white embossing powder, black and white gingham ribbon, green crystals

Simple New Year Cards

My good friend Kevin asked me to make 3 New Year cards for him - at short notice so I kept them simple. I'm sorry the photos are not good, I had to take the photos under my craft light as it was too dark for natural daylight by the time I'd finished making the cards.

The first card is a standard A6 size card made with SU! Taken with Teal CS. I stamped the image and the sentiment in silver ink and heat embossed with silver embossing powder. I cut out and embossed the image panel with a Labels Four Nestie die and popped it up. I added some sparkle with Stickles glitter glue to the champagne bubbles and to the hearts and I added red crystals to the bows on the stems of the glasses. I tied around some silver ribbon and that card was done.



I made two of the next design. The card measures 4 1/4" square. I stamped the glasses in silver ink and heat embossed with silver embossing powder. I cut out the image and mat layer with Labels One Nestie dies, the image layer is popped up. I stamped the sentiment in black ink. I added some sparkly Stickles to the drinks and half pearls to the black label shape to finish.



Supplies for teal A6 card:
Stamps: Stampendous, sentiment from SU! Seasonal Wishes set
CS: SU! Taken with Teal & Whisper White
Ink: Encore Silver pigment ink
Tools: Labels Four Nestabilities die, heat gun
Embellishments & accessories: Stamp 'n Stuff Silver Embossing powder, silver ribbon, Stickles in Stardust & Xmas Red, red crystals, 3d foam pads

Supplies for square white card:
Stamps: SU! Cheers to You set, sentiment from SU! Seasonal Wishes set
CS: White CS & SU! Basic Black CS
Ink: Encore Silver pigment ink
Tools: Labels One Nestabilities dies, heat gun
Embellishments & accessories: Stamp 'n Stuff Silver embossing powder, self adhesive half pearls, 3d foam tape

Snowflake Shirt Easel Card for Hubby

This is the Christmas card I made for my hubby Owen. As soon as I saw the olive paper with the tiny snowflakes on I thought hmmm, that would be great as a shirt! Owen would actually wear a real shirt like this LOL! If ever I find a blue snowflake shirt (blue will match his eyes better) I'll buy him one!

This easel card measures 5 1/2" square and was made with SU! Real Red CS. The patterned papers are from the SU! Merry Moments pack. I stamped the shirt on the patterned paper, cut it out roughly and ran it through my Xyron machine to add adhesive so I could mount it to some CS to add strength, then I cut it out properly. The shirt is popped up.

I used a small square Nestie die for the red squares and added punched snowflakes with olive crystal centres. The brown strip was scalloped with the SU! Scallop Border punch. The stop is a circle sentiment element. Before punching the vanilla circle, I stamped the snowflake medley stamp in Old Olive ink after stamping off once to get a muted colour and then I stamped the 'be merry' in Real Red ink. The sentiment circle is popped up.



This photo shows the vanilla panel I glued inside so I could write my message. I stamped the snowflake medley stamp repeatedly in Old Olive ink - stamping off once each time - and then stamped the sentiment in Real Red ink.



I am pleased to say Owen loved his card! Mind you, he always does say lovely things about my cards - he is a wise man indeed LOL!

Supplies:
Stamps: Stampendous 'His Shirt', 'be merry' from SU! Warm Words set, PSX Snowflake Medley, inside sentiment by Penny Black
CS: SU! Real Red, Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip & Old Olive
Patterned paper: SU! Merry Moments Designer Series Paper pack
Ink: SU! Real Red, Old Olive & Chocolate Chip
Tools: Xyron 510 machine, Square Nestability die, SU! Scallop Border punch, Woodware Snowflake punch, circle punches
Embellishments & accessories: Square gold brads, olive crystals, 3d foam tape