Acorn .....

Made a Seasonal card for that time between Christmas & New Year ......

The base is a re-cycled 6 x 6 inch Kraft card blank ...... I die-cut an irregular triange with a stitched edge from white card and applied direct to the card front.

I then die-cut some leaves and acorns from more white card and watercoloured these with Distress inks and a waterbrush. they were shaped, arranged and applied on foam pads to the triangle.

I then chose the sentiment (Stampin' Up) and stamped this on a die-cut stitched edge square in Versafine black ink and heat embossed this with clear embossing powder. It was applied as shown on more foam pads.

The final touch was to add some light brown iridescent sequins ....

Sid xx

Poppy ......

Made a poppy greetings card using stamps by IndigoBlu ......

The card base is a 6 x 6 inch white card blank. I then cut a white card matt to 5.5 x 5.5 inches and stamped with the poppy stamp in Versafine black ink which was heat embossed with clear embossing powder. I then stamped the poppy again with Versamark ink and heat embossed with gold embossing powder, trimming out just the poppy.

I then used some Ecoline brush pens to colour the poppy blending over the gold embossed lines. The poppy was centred with black Enamel Accents (Ranger) on the stamens ......

The black matt was then further matted on gold/brown card and applied to the card front. The poppy was applied over the original image on foam pads and I stamped the sentiment in black Versafine ink on white card, trimmed out and matted on the same gold/brown card applying on foam pads as shown to finish ......

Sid xx

Stars .....

 

Made a Christmas card for a Challenge over on UK Stampers Forum ..... this requires you to use Washi Tape in any crafty make ..... this is my entry ..... click on the link to join and take part ..... I also want to enter this into the CAS on Friday Challenge whose subject is 'Christmas' ......

The base is a 6 x 6 inch white card.

I then chose a range of themed Washi Tapes in pink, black, white grey, copper and silver and applied to a piece of white card in strips. I then die-cut stitched edge stars in various sizes. They were applied as shown on a white stitched edge die-cut matt with some on foam pads. This was then applied to the card front.

The sentiment was stamped on white card in Versafine black ink, heat embossed with clear embossing powder, trimmed and applied as shown with a small star on one corner to finish ......

Sid xx

Star .....

My last Christmas card of the year, an almost all white Christmas card ..... the base is a 5 x 5 white card ......

I die-cut a stitched edge star from white card and applied centrally on the card front. I then di-cut a swirl from silver mirri card and applied over the star.

I then die-cut a number of leaves and sprays from white card and arranged as shown over one quarter of the swirl centering with a silver glitter card die-cut snowflake.

I then die-cut the word 'Christmas' from more silver glitter card and applied at the top at an angle to finish the card .......

Sid xx

Christmas ......

It's been a difficult year with loads of challenges but just wanting to wish all my followers and blog visitors a very merry Christmas 2022, thanks so much for your support !

Sid xx

Moon .....

The night before Christmas and yet another Christmas Card featuring a deer made on a 6 x 6 inch white card base .....

I die-cut a stitched edge square from some starry sky printed paper and matted onto silver glitter card forming a border. This was applied to the card front.

I then die-cut a circle from white card to represent the moon  and applied as shown. I then die-cut a prancing deer from brown craft card and added a red/white bakers twine bow round its neck and a red Nuvo drop nose ! The deer was added on foam pads travelling over the moon.

I added three silver glitter card stars and the sentiment was stamped in black Versafine ink, heat embossed with clear embossing powder, trimmed and matted on more silver glitter card before mounting on foam pads as shown to finish .....

Sid xx

Jolly .....

A Christmas card featuring an ornate deer ....

The card is based on a 6 x 6 inch white card ..... I then die-cut a stitched edge square from more white card and applied centrally on the card front.

I then die-cut a wreath from white card and added raised red and green decoration using Nuvo drops. This was then applied on foam pads on the smaller square.

The deer (Stampin' Up) was stamped on white card in Versafine black ink which was then heat embossed with clear embossing powder. This was then die-cut and applied as shown on more foam pads.

The sentiment (Stampin' Up) was stamped in black Versafine on white card, heat embossed with clear embossing powder, trimmed and added top and bottom of the card front to finish ......

Sid xx

Oh Deer .....

A set of three Artist Trading Cards made for a swap over on UK Stampers Forum .....

The bases were cut to 3.5 x 2.5 inches from re-cycled food packaging. I then used a background made with iridescent mica spray in violet and blue applied on a stencil. Each background was edged in more blue and violet spray applied with a dabber.

I then die-cut the little hills from foiled paper along with the deer antlers. The deer were die-cut from brown Kraft card and had the antlers added. they were given red noses with Nuvo drops and applied on the hills on foam pads.

The trees were die-cut from green card, embellished with some crystal Stickles glitter glue before adding to the cards.

I finally stamped the sentiment in Violet Versafine Clair and heat embossed with clear embossing powder before trimming out and edging in black ink and adding to the cards .....

Sid xx

Bauble .......

Here is a Christmas card featuring a water-coloured bauble with a bit of bling ......

The base is a 5 x 7 inch white card. I cut a smaller matt from watercolour card and watercoloured with a waterbrush a three layer bauble. Once dry this was roughly edged with a black micron pen in a scribbly manner. I then added some glue in stripes and applied some very sparkly iridescent fragments.

The bauble was matted onto some black and foiled card. The sentiment was stamped in Versafine black ink & heat embossed with clear embossing powder before trimmng out and adding on foam pads to the centre as shown before adding to the card front ......

Sid xx

Merry ......

This is a little Clean & Simple Christmas card made recently as my entry to the CAS on Friday Challenge ....

I made the card base from white card to 3 x 3 inches square.....

I then die-cut a smaller stitched-edge square and applied to the card front. I then die-cut the trees & deer from coloured cards .... the hat on the deer is red velvet card. I also added a red nose using Nuvo Drops. I also added some Rock candy crystal glitter to one side of the trees. The little base was die-cut from white card.

All elements were then assembled with some raised on foam pads and a little shadow added with an Acrylograph pen to finish .....

Sid xx

Wren ......

Made this Birthday Card for a greetings Card swap over on UK Stampers Forum ......

I cut a 5 x 5 inch piece of white card and chose the beautiful wren stamp from Crafty Individuals which I stamped on the card and again on a smaller piece in brown Versafine Clair ink which was heat embossed with clear embossing powder. The wren was trimmed out from the second piece.

I then used Distress ink washes and a waterbrush and coloured the images, adding some white pen to the trimmed out wren which was added over the original on foam pads.

The coloured image was matted on green and metallic brown cards to frame.

I then stamped the sentiment in brown Versafine Clair ink on white card, heat embossed with clear embossing powder which was trimmed out and matted on the same two cards before adding on foam pads.

Finally the matts were added to the 6 x 6 inch white card blank front to finish .....

Sid xx

Trees .....

Made a decorated tag for a swap over on UK Stampers Forum ......

The card base was covered with some navy blue stripey paper and this was stamped with a snowflake stamp which was then heat embossed with clear embossing powder. I applied a silver eyelet with the Crop-a-Dile and edged with pink Chalk Ink.

The trees were stamped in in Versafine Clair which was heat embossed with more clear embossing powder. These were die-cut and the tree trunks tied through with coloured Bakers twine. They were applied as shown, the central one on foam pads. I also die-cut some poinsettias from vellum and added red dots with Nuvo drops. these were added as shown.

The word was stamped in Versafine black ink, trimmed and added to the tag. It was then tied through with some sparkly ribbon to finish ......

Sid xx

 

Swirls ......

A set of 4 'Twinchies' - 2 x 2 inch decorated squares made for a swap on UK Stampers Forum ....

The bases were cut to size from re-cycled food packaging. I then selected some patterned paper and stamped with a large swirl stamp (Innovative Stamp Creations) with Versamark ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder to act as a resist. I trimmed out the four fronts and then inked with Dusty Concord Distress Ink applied with a blending brush. The excess ink was removed by wiping with a dry cloth and some water spatters applied, removing some of the ink with a paper towel.

The fronts were added to the bases and each was edged with black Posca pen before adding some black self adhesive gems to each to finish ......

Sid xx

Washi ......

Another card designed to use up some of my massive stash of Washi Tape......

The cardbase is a 5 x 5 inch white blank. I matted graph squared brown Kraft onto pink card and then onto brown Kraft stamped with a holly stamp in green Versafine Clair which has been heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

I then selected some contrasting Washi tapes and applied in strips to a piece of white card. This was die-cut with a stags head die which was embellished with a red gem nose !

I also stamped the holly onto the front in Versafine Clair & again heat embossed with clear embossing powder. I added some details in black Posca pen and added three more gem holly berries as shown.

The deer was added on foam pads and a sentiment stamped on white card in Versafine black ink, trimmed and added on more foam pads.

The background was then added to the card front to finish .....

Sid xx

Deer .....

Made another Christmas card ....... designed to use up some of my large stash of Washi tapes.......

The base is a 6 x 6 inch white card base. I chose a pine frond stamp (IndigoBlu) and stamped this multiple times in peeled paint Distress Ink on the card front to form a border.

I then die-cut a 4 x 4 inch matt from white card using a stitched edge die. I produced hills at the bottom of the matt by die-cutting green card with a wavy edge die and applying to the matte.

I then prepared a piece of white card and covered it with strips of Washi tape in various colours of green, brown and orange (good to use up some of the tape as I have loads of it). Once happy with the colours I then die-cut the three deer from it applying them (one on foam pads) onto the hills as shown adding shadows with a black Micron pen to ground the deer.

I also cut some little stars from gold mirri card and applied as shown, leaving a space for the sentiment (Stampin' Up) which was stamped on white card using grey Versafine Clair ink which was heat embossed with clear embossing powder, trimmed and applied as shown.

The matt was then added to the centre of the card front on foam pads to finish ......

Sid xx 

Bottlebrush .....

Another sparkly Christmas card made with a set of bottlebrush tree stamps from TH/Stampers Anonymous....

The tree has been stamped with Distress inks on a white card matt, spritzed and then glittered with sparkly chunky glitter which gives it an almost frosted look.

The sentiment was stamped with Versafine black ink on white card, trimmed and added at the base as shown.

The matt was then matted further on magenta card and pink glitter card before applying to a 5 x 7 inch white card blank on foam pads .......

Sid xx

Coins ......

A set of three Artist Trading Coins made for a swap over on UK Stampers Forum ......

The based were die-cut to 2.5 ins in diameter. I then die-cut three more circles from brown Kraft paper. these were stamped with a pine frond stamp (IndigoBlu) in dark green Versafine Clair ink. I then took a holly stamp (IndigoBlu) and stamped centrally in Versamark ink, heat embossing with gold embossing powder.

The outlines of the holly leaves were filled in with green Acrylograph pen and the berries with red Posca pen. The berries were treated with Glossy Accents to add dimension and shine.

The fronts were added to the bases and each Coin was edged with brown chalk ink to finish .....

Sid xx

Washi ......

A Christmas card using Washi Tape as the main element ...... bet you have loads of it and wonder how to use it .... just one idea here ! Enjoy !

The card base is a 6 x 4 inch white card blank......

I then covered a piece of white card with strips of co-ordinating Washi tape and trimmed into triangles of different sizes to represent Christmas trees.

I cut a smaller matt from white card and arranged the trees onto this (some on foam pads) and added a blue sparkly self-adhesive gem to the top of each. The sentiment (Stampin' Up) was stamped in black Versafine ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. This was trimmed out and matted on more white card before adding as shown.

The background matt was then applied to the card front to finish .....

Sid xx

Stars .....

Made a set of Inchies (1 x 1 inch squares) for a swap over on UK Stampers Forum ......

The bases were punched from re-cycled food packaging. I then made a bacground by stamping and heat embossing. The backgrounds were also punched out and decorated with Bedazzles adhered with Glossy Accents along with a die-cut star made from gold mirri card.

The backgrounds were applied to the bases and each Inchie was edged with green Sharpie pen to finish .....

Sid xx

Wonderland .......

A starry Christmas card made on a 5 x 5 inch brown Kraft cardbase......

The frame was die-cut from white card and decorated with white and red glitter card die-cut stars. The central area was made from green textured card. The frame and background was added to the card front.

A couple of green die-cut fern fronds were added and the words stamped in black Versafine Ink, trimmed, edged with red ink and added on foam pads.

Two adhesive pearls were added to complete the card .....

Sid xx

Tree .....

After watching a demo by Tim Holtz I decided to try this Christmas Card make using a stamp from the bottlebrush trees set of stamps .....

The card base is a brown Kraft card measuring 3.5 x 5.5 inches. Ithen cut a matt from white smooth card and used a stamping platform to stamp the tree. I set up the card and stamp and used 4 different colours of Distress ink. Once applied to the stamp I spritzed with water and stamped the tree on the card. Allowing the ink to dry thoroughly. I then cleaned the stamp and applied Versamark ink to it stamping the tree exactly over the original image. I then removed the card and applied 'Sticky Stuff' embossing powder which was just melted and then applied some crystal glitter whilst still sticky. The excess glitter was brushed off with a stiff brush. I added some splashes of white pen around the tree.

The finish is misty, glittery and colourful. I then edged the card with more distress ink and a blending brush and matted onto some textured yellow card before adding to the card front to finish ....

I was going to add a sentiment but decided I liked the simplicity of the card as it was ....

Sid xx

Vintage ......

After receiving the Vintage Father Christmas image as a gift, I decided to make a card with a vintage feel .....

The base is a 6 x 6 inch white card base. I chose a piece of brown Kraft card with a graph print and trimmed and spattered with white paint to add some 'snow' to it. Once dry I added the vintage image in the centre of the matt.

I then die-cut the poinsettia (TH/Sizzix) from red velvet card and champagne glitter card layering as shown. I also cut some leaves from dark green card. The poinsettia and leaves were applied to the card matt on foam pads as shown. The sentiment banner was stamped in Versafine black ink, trimmed and antiqued with a wash of brown Distress Ink and was then added on foam pads.

The finished matt was then matted again on textured dark green card and added to the card front to finish ......

Sid xx

Trees ......

A Christmas card in the round ....

The card base is a 6 x 6 inch white card.  I took a 5 x 5 inch piece of white card and, having just acquired a Rotate Mate tool from MamaMakes  selected a small tree stamp from the Tim Holtz/Sizzix Bottlebrush set and stamped 8 times in various shades of Distress Ink to form the circle, heat embossing each with clear embossing powder.

Once complete I die-cut some mini stars from gold mirri card and added to the tops of each tree. The matt was then matted onto champagne glitter card to form a border.

I then applied a red felt star to the centre and stamped the sentiment on white card in Versafine black ink, trimming and edging with red ink before adding onto the felt star.

The matts were the applied to the card front to finish ......

Peace ......

Made a Christmas card .....

I started with a 6 x 6 inch white card blank as the base. I die-cut a smaller stitched edge square from white card along with a circle of blue glitter card.

I then used a set of dies (TH/Sizzix) to cut the poinsettia and holy leaves in white, silver and dark blue card., layering to produce the decorative components.

The blue glitter circle was applied to the white matt and the poinsettia and holly arranged over this allowing the components to be dimensional by using foam pads.

The sentiment was stamped on white card with black Versafine ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. This was trimmed and matted on more white card. The sentiment was applied as shown.

The decorated matt was then applied to the card front and a few clear glass flat-backed drops added with Glossy Accents to finish .....

Sid xx

 

Star......

 

Made this Christmas standing frame recently ...... nice change from a card .......

I took some white card and used a filigree die to cut the tree. This was then matted onto some two-toned foiled card and trimmed to a rectangle. I also cut the star at the top with the same die from red card and applied the star in the aperture at the top. I matted onto black card to form a fine border.

The tree matt was then applied centrally to more white card and I framed it with some 1 inch wide Christmas Washi tape with images of Poinsettia, pinecones & thistles. I then trimmed off the excess white card and matted again on black card.

The sentiment was stamped in Versafine black ink on white card, trimmed and matted on dark green card before adding as shown on foam pads. The frame measures 7 x 6 inches.

The frame was then fitted with a die-cut foldable stand (Sizzix) from mountboard at the back to display ..... 

Sid xx

Coneflower .....

 

Made a greetings card ....

I used a 5 x 7 inch white card blank as the base...... I then used watercolour board and cut a matt which was stamped with the Coneflower (Crafty Individuals) in Versafine black ink which was heat embossed with clear embossing powder. I then coloured the background with watercolours, incorporating some metallic gold along with yellows, greens & browns.

The front panel was then matted on a sprayed background then on textured yellow and black cards.

I then stamped the sentiment in black Versafine and again heat embossed with clear embossing powder. this was trimmed, edged in black and matted on yellow card before adding to the design on foam pads.

I then added some yellow and green sequins and applied the design to the card front on foam pads to finish ......

Sid xx

Hugs ......

A Christmas Card .....

The card base is a 6 x 6 inch white card blank ......

I took a white card matt and stamped this with the bear and girl stamp in Versafine black ink which was heat embossed with clear embossing powder. It was stamped again on printed paper and the girls dress trimmed out and paper pieced over the original image on the matt. The matt was edged with black ink and then matted on printed paper and black card to layer.

I then trimmed out some of the poinsettia/holly prints and applied these as shown.

The sentiment was stamped in Versafine black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. This was then trimmed out, edged in black and applied on foam pads as shown.

The card was finished by applying the matts to the card front ......

Sid xx

Brush .....

A clean & simple Christmas card ......

The card base is a 5 x 5 inch white card base ......

I cut a smaller matt and stamped the trees (Tim Holtz/Sizzix) with Distress Inks as shown edging the bases of the trees in black Micron pen ...... I added some small adhesive gems and drops of Nuvo glitter drops to decorate the trees.

I then matted the white front onto blue, yellow and green cards to form borders and to frame.

I then stamped the sentiment on white card, matted on yellow card and added on foam pads.  The card was finished with three little stars, die-cut from gold glitter card ......

Sid xx