Deer ......

Another Christmas card which is for sale in my Etsy Shop ......

I used a white card blank as the base. I then die-cut a matt from white card and a smaller matt from some printed paper which was applied over the white.

I then die-cut some trees in more white card and applied over the printed paper. I also die-cut some deer from brown craft card and applied these on foam pads in the clearing. 

Three clear dew-drops were added and the sentiment was stamped on white card with Versafine black ink, trimmed and edged with blue Versamagic chalk ink before adding on more foam pads.

Sid xx

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Violet .......

 A snowflake Christmas card with a violet theme .... for sale in my Etsy Shop ......

I started with a white card blank. I then cut a piece of snowflake paper (Stampin' Up), edged with purple Versamagic Chalk ink. and matted this onto some brown Kraft card from re-cycled packaging.

I then die-cut a snowflake from purple card, a star from Gold card and mounted these centrally on the printed layer. I added a purple adhesive gem centrally. The matts were then added to the card blank.

The sentiment was stamped in purple Versafine Clair and heat embossed this with clear embossing powder. It was trimmed out and matted on some more of the purple card. This was then applied as shown on foam pads to finish the card ....

Sid xx

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Pink......

 Made a Christmas card in very non-traditional colours ..... this is for sale in my Etsy Shop ....

I used a white card blank as the base and trimmed a smaller square of white card and used a die to cut a Christmas tree as shown. I then cut a small piece of printed paper and applied this to the card front allowing the pattern to show through the cut-out.

I then stamped the sentiment on white card in Pink Versafine Clair ink and heat embossed this with clear embossing powder. This was trimmed out and matted on pink card before applying as shown. I also die-cut a star from the same pink card and applied at the top of the tree.

The die-cut panel was then applied to the cardbase on foam pads. Three pink sequins were added to finish the card ......

Sid xx

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Merry ......

Another CAS Christmas card also for sale in my Etsy Shop .....

I used a white card base and cut a white matt which was layered on re-cycled Kraft card from packaging.

The twiggy wreath was die-cut from more Kraft card and some single twigs and leaves die-cut from green glitter card. These were arranged around the wreath and some red dewdrops added before mounting onto the matts.

The sentiment was stamped in Versafine black on white card, trimmed out and matted on more green glitter card, then mounted on foam pads to finish the card.

Sid xx

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Holly ......

 A wreath Christmas card made recently ..... it's for sale in my Etsy Shop - Harpies Crafty Corner

I used a white card blank as the base and die-cut a berry wreath from white card. I also die-cut some holly leaves from green card and some twigs from gold card.

I applied the holly leaves around the wreath, followed by the twigs and then added some red gems. A little green Stickles glitter glue was also added for sparkle.

The wreath was applied to the card on foam pads and the sentiment stamped on white card in Versafine ink. This was trimmed out, matted on more green card and added centrally as shown.....

Sid xx

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Snowflakes ......

It's that time of the year again and despite the Covid 19 restrictions we can all enjoymaking and sending cards to Celebrate Christmas .....

Made this card on a white card base. I die-cut the frame and snowflakes in white card, gold glittercard and metallic gold & silver cards. They were arranged and layered as shown with gold jewels in their centres.

The frame was applied to the card base on foam pads. The sentiment (Stampin' Up) was stamped in black Versafine ink on white card which was trimmed out and matted on gold card before applying as shown with a gold gem for sparkle.

This card is available in my Etsy Shop ... 

Sid xx

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Make .....

A mail-art postcard made for a swap over on UK Stampers Forum .....

I used white card and re-cycled packaging to make the postcard. I made a background with the Gelli plate and acrylic paints using a numbers stencil.

This was trimmed to 6 x 4 inches and I then stamped with various stamps using Distress Oxide and Versafine Clair inks.

I then a applied a die-cut (AALL & Create) which had been coloured with smooshed Distress Oxides and trimmed down into more than one elements. I added some highlights with a black Posca Pen before edging with Versafine chalk ink. I then stamped the 'MAKE ART' in Archival black ink.

Because the postcard travels 'naked' through the post I applied a quick spray with matt acrylic sealer to finish.

Sid xx

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Imagine .....

Yet another card using AALL & Create stamps & Dies ......

The background was made from white card with Distress Oxides and water smooshing ...

I then stamped the main image, once on the background with Versafine black ink and once on another piece of white card with Versafine Clair green ink. I trimmed out the second central image and coloured with watered down Distress Oxides before heat embossing with clear embossing powder.

I then die-cut the numbers and coloured with pink Distress Oxide smooshed on. I trimmed out the numbers from the die-cut. I then added some more stamping of leaves and screwheads onto the background.

I then added the numbers and highlighted with black Posca pen. I also added a few torn strips of green Washi tape. I added the embossed circle on foam pads over the original image. I stamped the word on pink background card and applied as shown edging with black Posca pen.

I then matted twice.... once on pink and then on green card.

I then added 3 pink dew-drops to finish the card ......

Sid xx

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Birdie .....

 

Made a card using mainly AALL & Create stamps by Bipasha Bk .....

I cut a white card matt and coloured this with Distress ink and Distress Oxides applied to an acetate sheet, sprayed with water and smooshed onto the background card.

I then stamped the bird and flowers onto the base in Versafine black ink and stamped the bird again on more white card. The bird was trimmed out and coloured with watercolours. Once dry I heat embossed with Versamark ink and clear detail embossing powder.

I then watercoloured the background flowers in blue and the Gingko leaves in green. Adding some brown as a contrast on other elements of the design. The watch fob was coloured with silver pen. I added some numbers and grungy splats in Distress Oxides. The bird was then stuck in place over the original image on the background.

I stamped the words in Versafine black on white card, coloured with watercolour wash and matted onto brown card. This was also heat embossed with clear embossing powder before adding as shown.

Sid xx

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Airborne......

A decorated Tag made with AALL & Create stamps ......

I started with a piece of white card and made a background with a Chevron stencil and Distress inks by applying the inks direct to the stencil, spritzing with water and laying down on the card.

I then stamped the balloon in Versafine black ink onto the background and then stamped again on another piece of white card. The balloon was trimmed out and coloured with watercolours and a waterbrush and treated with Glossy Accents. I used Ochre and vermillion (also colouring the background flags. I trimmed out the binoculars and coloured grey.

I then concentrated on decorating the background with more stamps in Grey Versafine Clair and red Distress Oxides. I added a couple of metal star embellishments and some adhesive gems.

The balloon and binoculars were added on foam pads over the original images and the adhesive words added as shown. The balloon and words were edged with grey Inktense pencil spread with a waterbrush to add depth.

The background was edged with Ochre Versamagic chalk ink and then matted onto some re-cycled packaging. A black eyelet was added with the crop-o-dile and the hole threaded through with some red grosgrain ribbon to finish.

Sid xx

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