using my new Phil Martin paper pads......

my friend Kerry too me over to a new craft shop   the Stables  card emporium in Habrough Lincs and they had been doing some workshops using the new Phil Martin christmas paper pads....they are so pretty I just had to buy them!......

I used 2 different patterned sheets..a strip of white card embossed with Sue Wilson's  swirling holly folder and a bit of iced spruce distress ink to bring out the emboss...all the edges are dipped in cosmic shimmer diamond sprinkles....I used Sue Wilson's Portuguese collection-background to cut the central panel and the backing is the reverse side of one of the papers with double sided adhesive and diamond sprinkles....my first attempt which I did with micro beads ended up in the bin as I used collall all purpose glue to stick it down and it showed through as great wet marks....how does that happen, I left it over night to see if it dried but no it was worse it went brown....so a bit of deconstruction and start again....lesson to self.....
the poinsettia's are heartfelt creations sparkling poinsettia stamps done with white embossing powder on vellum....I used Sue Wilson's star spray and embellished them with Nuvo drops for the berry's...Neptune it matched so well.....and lastly the sentiment is a tonic one....
hope you are having a fun day whatever you are doing......

August Rudolph Days Challenge...

as usual the theme for the challenge is anything goes at scrappymo's.....

I have used on of the new crafter's companion create a card dies....I cut it out twice and fussy cut out the angel and snowflakes so that I could 3D her up.....lots of glitter...the snowflakes are tattered lace dies...the stepper card is also a tattered lace die....saves so much time! the sentiment is an old LOTV image I found in my stash.....a few bits of bling.....
do pop over to scrappymo's and join in there are always good prizes to win.....

Heartfelt creations Poinsettia

when I bought my IWIA  pack it came in a lovely pink zippy carry bag and in it there were 4 cards to make in a kit....so here is number 1 ...with a few additions.....

the pieces came stamped and some cut out but the rest is left to your creativity.....ie the colouring ,shaping ect....so I added a couple of extra die cuts,from the holly berry precut stamp set and used the matching die....I used distress ink for the colours,shabby shutters and pine needles, the berrys are coloured with a very old colour box colour....cranberry ,I find getting the colour box ink pads very difficult.....I used a bit of chunky white frantage on the leaves to give a snowy effect....
the papers are from the paper pad and the die cut is from the raindrop and roses collection....lucky I had bought this die as I made a hash of the first attempt and cut the provided die in half..stuck it on  and then found it was too big....and in my attempt to remove it ruined it!....
pleased with the finished card!....
Hope your crafting is going well.......

Christmas card club challenge 17 Carols choice ...Santa Claus is coming to town

thank you Carol ...I get to use on of my favourite Santa images......

the image and the backing papers are from an old Polka Doodles cd ...here comes Christmas...I have used the tattered lace North pole die ....and lots of pinflair snow.....a cuttlebug embossing folder and lots of spray and shine........
Please go and see what wonderful creations the other girls in the club have made...their names are on my side bar....we will be ready for Christmas, well our cards at least!

Tattered Lace snow globe....

Yes I am back to my old favourite and have now purchased the die.....

the background paper is from LOTV....the trees are marrianne designs....the Reindeer is tattered lace....as are all the poinsettias and the folige...a blob of red Nuvo drop for his nose and lots and lots of glitter...and snowy acetate....a fun card...
Hope your having fun crafting today....

a bit more dimensional paste!

love playing with this imaginations crafts paste and masks.....

another card for my charity stash.....they need to be flat for posting so I hope I will get away with the bow!
there is never any logic to my crafting ...I just look at stuff in my room in the morning and have a play.....are you like that or do you plan the cards you are going to make.....
whatever you are doing I hope your day is a happy one.....

a birthday card

I treated myself to the Tattered lace Charism  bunny and teddy sets......they are adorable....

I have  used my scan and cut for the card shape....and all the matting and layering....and the balloon shapes...an LOTV  sentiment and the star die is mariannedesignslr 0369....the Tattered lace washing line Happy Birthday die....the teddy has been decoupaged up but its so easy as the die does all the hard work!
Hope you are having a crafty day today and having fun.

Craftwork cards.....

this card is made using the magic of Christmas pad

I needed some inspiration to use this pad that was bought last year!....thank you design team....
I had no idea that I has so many different snowflake dies!....
Hope you are having an inspiring crafty day today....

Playing with Tattered lace Dies

I thought I would have a go at my monumental dies.....and I had bought the charisma Holly set so I thought they would go well together.....

I cut the backing out in red on my scan and cut.....added snowflake acetate to the O.....and then arranged the die cut holly and winter roses  round the aperture................

a nice red bow......and of course some glitter.......

fun to make ...I hope you are having fun crafting today.....it's raining here so a perfect day to stay in my craft room...

a different shape....

I bought a pack of these cracker cards on a recent visit to craftwork card, at their warehouse sale.....so I thought I had better try them....

they are fun to make....I have used the magic of Christmas paper pad to decorate it....and have fussy cut out the bird a couple of times to decoupage it up and then used glossy accents....card candi is also glossy accented,3 dimensional glitter on the white berrys....and then just a bit of glitter round the edges.....
Hope you are having fun crafting today......

A Sue Wilson Die....

I bought this die at the last craft fair I went to....Doncaster racecourse...goodness that long ago and only just cut!

I was feeling messy so embossed the red card and used gilding wax to highlight it....the next red layer I have done with micro beads ...for just a bit of bling and the die is cut out of craft and red cardand then slightly off set and gilding wax applied....
Enjoyed getting messy!.....hope your day is going well.....

making some Christmas tags....

just got my new Polkadoodles cd....Twiggy and Toots festive christmas....lovely so off to make some tags...

I decided to print the image 3 times and decoupage up up the image and then add lots of sparkly snow
so then I got down all my other Polkadoodles christmas cd and suddenly the morning had gone by as I browsed the cds.....the second tag is from Work and Play...festive Hollybobs....these images are such fun.....

hope you are enjoying your day today and perhaps you are crafting too.....

Christmas card club challenge 16 Lorraine's choice ....lots of layers

a perfect challenge for my new sparkling poinsettias.....

lots of layers here 8 on the matting a layering and 3 on each poinsettia....
the backing papers are from the Dreamees simply Christmas cd....the sentiment and poinsettia are Heartfelt creations....the fir fronds a creative expressions stamp...are  gold embossed on acetate....another layer....

so this is the grunge version! in burgundy and gold.....
Hope you are all enjoying your weekend ...do pop and see the other girls wonderful cards their links are on my side bar.....

a chalkboard Christmas card

still playing with the craftwork card chalk board Christmas collection

I have decorated all the berries with dimensional PVA glue...red and white...and the sentiment is from the tag pack....the die cut holly and mistletoe are from the tattered lace winter foliage set...
does it need a bit of glitter ?

stencils and texture paste....

ooooh getting really messy now

using imagination crafts tree stencil and sparkle medium

then I tried two different coloured sparkle medium.....
and then a different background to see how that looked

I really enjoyed playing with this ...so watch out more will follow
enjoy your day.....