christmas Tilda

Another Christmas card for you today. I am really getting into making Christmas cards, only another 30ish to make. lol. I followed a sketch for this lay out.
Tilda has been coloured with(yes you guessed it) distress inks.

Recipe
Stamp-magnolia, tilda with a large christmas present
DP`s-dovecraft, winter wonderland
Ribbon-stash
Gems-stash
snowflake-spellbinders, shapeabilities create a flake 1

The snow flake has been covered in twinklets.

Challenge
the secret crafter-challenge 100 sketch
moving along with the times-christmas

x laura x

christmas is coming

Hi all, sorry i didn't get back to you all on Monday. I meant to post another card. Unfortunately i had a little accident. I passed out and fell down the stairs(oops) I am OK but i have managed to badly bruise the base of my spine, which is not good as i am having trouble sitting down and standing up. I also managed to get a few other bruises. I have to laugh about it, one minute i was at the top next, i was at the bottom, quickest i have ever got down the stairs. lol. Anyway i managed to finish this card today and get it on here for you to see.

Recipe
Stamp-magnolia, christmas party tilda
DP`s-dcwv, christmas wishes multistack
Flowers-wild orchid crafts, poinsettias
Ribbon-stash
Punch-martha stewart, quilted  border punch

Tilda is coloured with distress inks. Using a dauber i inked the red around Tilda, I then stamped and heat embossed around the edge using white embossing powder. The stamp i used is Magnolia new years swirl.

Challenges
card patterns-sketch
my time to craft-jeweled and DT
totally gorjuss-flowers

x laura x

whiff of joy

Hi all, unfortunately i am still unwell :-( it has taken me a couple of days to finish this card due to being so unwell. So yet again this will be a quick post. I have another card that i am just about to finish but probably wont post it until tomorrow. So here is today's card.

Recipes
Stamp-whiff of joy, lizzie with muff
DP`s-dovecraft, winter wonderland
Gems-stash
Border die-spellbinders, snowflake bordabilities
Ribbon-stash

When i used the bordabilities die on the edge of the card, I then put a strip of the winter wonderland DP behind it.
Please see the post before for how i did the glittery snowflakes.

Challenges
whiff of joy-layers


x laura x

feeling a little pink

My 2nd and last card for today.

Recipe
Stamp-magnolia, jam tilda
DP-magnolia, pink starlit
Ribbon-stash
Sentiment-stampin up, tiny tags set and punched out using the matching tag punch.

This card measures 4x4 inch. I made it for a hello note to send to my nan and grandad. I used the wonderful bow easy to make the bow. I attached the tiny tag using a 6mm jump ring and hooked it on the ribbon to secure. Tilda was coloured using distress inks.

x laura x

"ROAR"

I felt a little better last night so made a start on 2 more cards, but i feel worse this morning(not good). But i managed to finish the 2 cards this morning. Think i might go back to bed soon. No sympathy from the boyfriend though :-(

Recipe
Stamp-magnolia, lion
DP`s-my minds eye, lush brown diamonds, cappella, timpani
Ribbon-stash
Sentiment-justrite, just a note borders and centers
Pearls-stash


As normal i have coloured the lion with distress inks. Can you believe i only used Brushed Corduroy on the body and the mane. I just watered it down more on the body. I am very pleased with how it turned out. I coloured the nose in black soot and then covered it in glossy accents to give a shiny look. It doesn't look to good in the pictures but in real life it does the job. The brown and white diamond DP is finished in felt so it has a different feel to it.

Challenges
a spoon full of sugar-animal crackers


x laura x

Winter Wonderland

Quick post today as i have a cold and am really not feeling to good. 

 

 

 

 

 

Recipe

Stamp-magnolia, edwin riding on a sledge

DP`s-dovecraft, winter wonderland

Ribbon-hobbey craft

Dolly-bizzy becs

I have coloured the image with distress inks and used broken china round the image using a sponge dauber. The snowflakes are cut out using a spellbinders die, snowflake border. I covered them in glue, i used glossy accents for this, then covered then in diamond dust twinklets.

Decorate like magic! The secret to Diamond Dust is that it is not just "plastic" glitter, rather it is finely ground glass that gives projects that extra sparkle!

Challenge

just magnolia-anything goes

sir stamp alot-distress

simon says challenge-holiday fun

Crafty creations -transportation (sledge)

x laura x

My cat has a confession

Whats with the title? "my cat has a confession" well she does. Being only 7months old Lotti is like a typical cat at that age. Loves climbing and running around like a nutter. In my last post a showed you the first Christmas card i had made, well little Lotti managed to spill water all over it :-( I wasnt happy but i cant blame her (well not totally) i was the one who left water on the desk. Never mind. 

Im hoping to get more Christmas cards done from now on as i have purchased some Christmas stuff. (its on its way). But Lotti is keeping me occupied at the moment and probably for the next 2weeks. Why? she went to the vets yesterday to get spayed. She is really not happy about the cone on her head, and it has to stay there for 2weeks. I tried letting her have a bit of time with the collar off but she is straight for the stitches.She has a "thing" about licking the side of it but i think that is because she cant groom her self properly.

Now on to the card.

Recipe

Stamp-Lili of the valley, James bear-pile of presents

DP`s-Papermania, silent night

Flowers-wild orchid crafts, poinsettias Large- Small

Glitter-stickles, crystal
Ribbon-stash

Sentiment-stampin up, from the season of joy set

Image has been coloured with distress inks. I have changed the middle of the poinsettias, i found a blog post by the very talented Bev  on the whiff of joy inspirations & tutorial blog and loved what she had done to them, so go take a look. I used a different metal middle bit, the ones i used you can find HERE. I used the large and small snowflake filigree and then just stuck a clear gem in the middle.I have also used stickles on the bears Christmas hat.(hope you can see it)

Challenge

Lili of the valley-sketch

stamp something-something cute
crafts and me-gems and sparkle

x laura x