Red .....

This card was made on a 6 x 6 inch white card blank ....

I cut a piece of red flock card and matter this on a slightly larger square of black card to form a border.

Next I took a piece of metallic card and die-cut the frame which was then passed through a matching embossing folder to add shape. The stag was stamped on white card in Versafine black and heat embossed with clear embossing powder before trimming out. The tag was stamped and trimmed in more black ink before trimming out.

The card was then assembled with the red & black matt first followed by the die-cut embossed frame. The stag was applied on foam pads and the tag tucked in below the stag to finish ..... love that red !

Sid xx

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Vintage .....

A set of 3 'Vintage' Artist Trading Cards made on a stripes background for a swap on UK Stampers Forum ......

The bases are corrugated cardboard made from food packaging and cut to 2.5 x 3.5 inches. I cut some stripey kraft card and covered them with this. I then uses a letter collage stamp with Versamark ink and heat embossed with three colours of embossing powder.

The other elements are from Tim Holtz papers collaged and with some Glossy Accents and edged with Aged Mahogany Distress ink.

The ATC's are edged with black and brown sqyugly lines and some white Tombow pen to finish .....

Sid xx

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Holly......

I don't often do large cards but this is a big one made on a 7 x 7 inch white card blank ......

The holly sprigs were die-cut from white and kraft card and were arranged to form a wreath shape. The outer holly leaves were raised on foam pads and the central sprigs attached with glue (covered by the centre).

I then die-cut the central circle from more kraft card and layered this with red flock card and a central circle of kraft which was stamped with the greeting in Versamark ink and heat embossed with detail white embossing powder .... the central panel was then added on more foam pads.

Final touches were to add some red adhesive pearls as holly berries .....

Sid xx

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Bauble .....

 

FRONT

Made a Christmas bauble from a plastic Petri Dish ...... this is being entered into the Country View Crafts Challenge for November whose subject is 'Christmas Gifting' ......

The Petri dish is 2.5 inches in diameter and comes in two pieces a bottom and a lid (which overlaps the bottom).

I decorated the bottom first by cutting a piece of double sided printed paper to fit inside the bottom, and adding a number 25 to show through at the back. With the lid off I then added the printed penguin and snowflake added on foam pads with the 'Ho Ho Ho' added as shown.

Next I added some artificial snow and put the lid in place to make a 'shaker'. I then cut a piece of white and red bakers twine and knotted it at one end leaving a little spare. This was carefully attached at the top with hot glue to form a hanger.

I then cut a piece of red/white thick pipe cleaner to encircle the dish. This was carefully applied with hot glue, sealing the dish top to the bottom and attaching the pipe cleaner at the same time.

I then cut more twine, tied in a bow and added this with hot glue to cover the pipe cleaner join to finish ....

BACK

This makes a super little hand-made gift and tree decoration .....

Sid xx

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Stag .....

A simple but effective Christmas card .....

The base is a white 5 x 5 inch card base. I have chosen a piece of printed paper, trimmed it and matted on black card to form a border. This was applied to the card front.

The stag was stamped on white card with Versafine black and heat embossed with clear embossing powder before trimming out and applying on foam pads as shown.

The words are die-cut from more black card and applied as shown to finish .....

Sid xx

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Joy.....

 My first Christmas card make of 2021 ........

I used a 5 x 5 inch white card blank as the base. I then cut a small square from white card and passed this through the Sizzix with a snow embossing folder. This was amtted on black card to form a border.

The fir twigs and pinecones were all stamped on card in Versafine clair ink and trimmed out. The Poinsettias were stamped on white card with Versafine black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder before trimming out and colouring with watercolours and Posca markers.

All elements were assembled on the snowy square with some on foam pads as shown.

The sentiment was stamped in Versafine black ink on white card, again matted on black card. The panel was applied as shown on foam pads to finish the card ......

Sid xx

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Flourish .....

A set of inchies made for a swap over on UK Stampers Forum .....

These 1 x 1 inch arty tiles have been made on a Brusho background coloured with yellow and grey and edged with grey Inktense pencil,and a waterbrush.

The central panels (Crafty Individuals) were stamped and trimmed to fit within the Inchies leaving a border. They have been coloured with Gold Posca, Acrylograph pen and watercolour, each being heat embossed with clear embossing powder to finish.

Sid xx

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Voyage.....

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

These coind were made on re-cycled food packaging and contain a variety of materials including moulding paste, die-cuts, stamping & acrylic paints ....

Sid xx

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Mistletoe ......

Made this CAS white-on-white card for the Less Is More Challenge ........

The card base is 6 x 6 inches square. The mistletoe spray was die-cut from white card and white pearls added on the berries.

The sentiment (Stampin' Up) was stamped in Versafine black on white card, trimmed and matted on more white card.

The mistletoe was added on foam pads and the sentiment stuck in place as shown to finish the card ....

Sid xx

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Flutterby ......

Welcome to NOVEMBER !!!! 😀

A set of 'Twinchies' made for a swap in UK Stampers Forum ....

The theme is Butterflies this month and I have cut 4 2 x 2 inch squares from black card as a base. The overlays are made from printed papers (Crafty Individuals) which have been trimmed to a smaller size, stamped with Versafine black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

The background is added to the base and the butterflies are also trimmed from printed images and applied with top wings on foam pads to add dimension.

Finishing touches were to add 3 coloured self-adhesive gems to each Twinchie ....

Sid xx

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