The Magic of Christmas

I wanted to capture a magical and warm feeling on my card, what better way than to create a wreath of snowflakes! There is something so wonderfully magical about snowflakes dont you think?

So I pulled out all the snowflake punches, dies and chipboard I had.

I started out with the chipboard since they would take most of the prep. I sprayed them with Studio Calico white ink and then added a coat of Stickles.. Then I cut out some pink felt snowflakes with my dies. And finally cut out a few random vellum and card stock snowflakes.

For the card base I first masked out a circle and then stamped the base with my Hero Arts magical background stamp with some Versamark ink (yep I wanted it to be magical and I was gonna get magical!!) ha ha:-).

Then I took off the circle mask and used my Calico white spray and randomly spritzed my base to create a snowy feel, just like Lucy Abrams did in this video..

Now it's time for embellishing. I laid down all the elements to see how I could position them and then carefully stuck them down with glossy accents. (This was the only adhesive I rely on when I need something to stay put)

As you can see, I filled in the gaps with buttons and pearls. I love the way it looks now!

Oh, btw.. Those silver glitter stars are made by printing a couple of stars on white card stock, cutting them out and applying a coat of Silver Stickles on them:-)

Then I wrapped a strip of vellum on the base, and then topped with some twill tape( because it goes so perfectly with Kraft) and finally layered the stamped sentiment.

With a final bit of'stitching' and a ribbon bow, my card was done!

Thanks for dropping by today, hope you have a crafty and fun weekend!

Happy Stamping!

Supplies list:

Hero Arts stamps- Joy to all( clear sentiment stamp set) and the Magical Background cling stamp

Snowflake dies by Die-namics

Snowflake punch by Martha Stewart

Chipboard snowflakes by Maya Road

Felt from craft supplies shop on Etsy

Pearls- Hero Arts and Keiser craft

Buttons- Basic Grey

Ink- Studio Calico

Stickles by Ranger

Glossy Accents used as adhesive

White Gel pen

Just dropping by to say...

Today I am going to share with you a card I sent to a dear friend, it was a get well soon card. I used my favourite Hero arts stamp set 'Sweet wonderful you'. I loved this little cute girl with the bag..

I coloured her with Copics and cut her out, I used glossy accents on her eyes, buttons and shoes.. I stamped the bag and coloured and cut it out, accented the dots with glossy accents too:-) The border was stamped with a few Hero Arts flowers I found in some of my stamp sets and distressed the edges with Ranger distress ink. I like how the flower border turned out :-)

I added the sentiment with the 'Cute letters' set and also stamped the inside of the card with 'get well soon'.. I then added a little butterfly and added a pearl for her hair band and finished off the card.

However after I sent it out, I felt that I should have rounded the corners with my corner chomper.. Oh well:-)

So that's the card for you today, Happy stamping!

Hugs!

Doggies day out

Finally a sunny morning, hope the trend continues though out the weekend:-) These are the final shots I got of my layout on the doggies day out layout..

I used my trusty Hero arts stamp set, Circular designs as a jumping off point and stamped all over the right bottom corner with white chalk ink.

I them stamped with some bubble wrap on the top and bottom corners with some white Ranger acrylic ink.. (I used their paint dabblers) I also added some paint splatters too, This is the first time I tried that technique and I must say it's so much fun!!!



I punched out a bunch of butterflies with my Pink Paislee 365 degrees paper and added them all over for a fun element.

Everything was handstitched, I added some pretty pearls on the paint splatters.

Here's a close up of the butterflies I used to embellish my journalling, I stitched them with red crochet thread by Anchor. ( don't you love the distressing on the paper? it came that way..)

Here's a view of a punch out I added for embellishment. it was stamped with a Studio Calico butterfly stamp in London Fog Memento ink.

You can also see the stamping on the layout very clearly in this pic, I love that this stamp set is great for adding a background in a jiffy!

So that's the layout for today! Thanks for dropping by:-) and have a great Friday night!

Paris Tag

Hi Again, yet another crafty day for me, been busy preparing a very special card for someone dear:-) cant share it with you till she gets it though...,
So for the time being, I'd like to share a little tag with you:-) some random stamping I did with my Paris stamp set( by Hero Arts).



I first stamped the Ledger background stamp on white CS with some Antique Linen distress ink and the stamped the Star Burst Lace stamp with a mixture of Shabby Shutters and Tumbled Glass distressed ink.

I then went over the left lower corner stamping the 'Fleur de lis' in rows.. I added the Eiffel Tower, the flowers and the Paris banner with Black Memento ink. I also used a postal mark stamp and a 'Carte Postale' stamp (on the right edge) as well.

Finally I used more Antique Linen Ink and Walnut stain and started distressing the edges...

then I added some light strokes of Chipped Sapphire to finish off the tag:-)

So have a great day and Happy stamping!!

Merci

Hi Again, as promised here is my second post.. It's actually an idea I've had in mind for quite some time now:-)

Which was to use some old script strips that I got from Memriemare on Etsy while buying my ribbon.. these strips are actually part of the packaging, and I wanted to recycle them since they were so pretty:-)

I am not sure which language they are though.. hmmm






Firstly I used a page from my Basic Grey Manilla paper pad and die cut the base shape where I wanted the images to sit.. Then I randomly tore some of the strips of paper and adhered them as seen, I used the Dogwood flower wood stamp which I have never used so far and stamped on the script paper with Charcoal ink. After that I distressed the edges in Tattered rose Ranger ink.

I then used my Dusty Concord and Peeled Paint distress ink and coloured the flowers and leaves and made it quite shabby:-) I then added the sentiment and the extra bees and butterflies...

Finally I mounted it on some Basic Grey Cappella paper and Viola!!

Supplies:

Dogwood stamp and sentiment by Hero arts. (CL325, S5362)

Bees and butterflies stamp by Prima, not sure what its called but its a tiny stamp set (3x3)

Distress ink: Tattered Rose and Dusty Concord

Paper: Cappella, Basics Manilla by Basic Grey

Label Die 8 by Spellbinders

Hope you liked today second card!!

Hugs,

Michelle.