Monday, November 28, 2022

Merry Chrristmas Makes #8

 Hello everyone and how are we all today? 
 Have you started, finished or in the middle of your Christmas shopping?

Merry Christmas Makes

Today I am sharing a fun decoration that you can make with your children and using vellum.


I made a pretty medallion for the tree which uses the snowflake speciality vellum.  I just love the iridescent foiling which will be extra sparkly on the tree with all the pretty lights.

You just need a piece of vellum or designer series paper that measures 12"x 1.5".  Score on the long side at every 1/2" and then begin folding like you are making a paper fan.  Join the two ends with glue and once dry push down in the centre and add a circle of paper to the centre.

I added some pretty glitter organdy ribbon and a wonderful snowflake to the centre.


These are super quick and make really lovely decorations for your tree or to add to gift to create a personal touch.

Thanks for stopping by today and please pop by next week for another Merry Christmas Makes project.


Friday, November 25, 2022

Daring Cardmakers - One Word Prompt - SHINE

                                                                 Hello everyone.

 Our Christmas challenge countdown continues this week over at the Daring Cardmakers.

This time we are changing things a little bit and having one word prompt challenges as well as the elemental inspiration challenge coming at the beginning of December.

 This week's word prompt is SHINE.

How will you use the word SHINE on your creations this week?  Remember it doesn't have to be for Christmas and could be other projects not just cards.


I decided to go with some festive lights to shine on the Christmas tree and I love it when they are the only light on in the room.

I have used a couple of retired sets for this card as I think they both work really well together.  I wanted the lights to look like they are hanging in the tree.  I have used Making Christmas Bright and Sparkle of the Season.


I also used one of my favourite festive colours for the base of the card which is called evening evergreen.  I just love the deep forest green.  I then used some Glimmer Paper in the new in colours for the lights as I wanted a mega pop of colour to make the lights shine bright.

Thanks for stopping by today and please head over to the Daring Cardmakers Blog for more lovely inspiration from the Design Team.

Have a lovely weekend.


Monday, November 21, 2022

Merry Christmas Makes #7

 

Hello everyone and I hope you had a fun weekend.

So here is project number 7 and I wanted to combine some annual and festive catalogue items.

Merry Christmas Makes

I recently bought the Days To Remember stamp set in a flash sale and thought it would be fun to use it on a Christmas project.


I stamped on the calendar for the month of December and then used the date marker stamp to mark the 25th. I also used the Snowman Magic Bundle to create the border and the little snowman at the bottom.


Don't forget to hunt through your craft stash to see what other stamps and dies you have that could be used for Christmas projects.

Thanks for stopping by today and please pop by next week for another Merry Christmas Makes project.




Friday, November 18, 2022

Daring Cardmakers - One Word Prompt - WHITE

 Hello everyone.

 Our Christmas challenge countdown continues this week over at the Daring Cardmakers.

This time we are changing things a little bit and having one word prompt challenges as well as the elemental inspiration challenge coming at the beginning of December.

 This week's word prompt is WHITE.

How will you use the word WHITE on your creations this week?  Remember it doesn't have to be for Christmas and could be other projects not just cards.



I was inspired to use snow and snowmen on my card this week, of course it had to be when you see the word WHITE.

I have also made most of the card white and just added a few pops of colour in pool party.

I made a second card and used the stamp and die set for both cards called Snowman Magic


I have also used a snowflake embossing folder which breaks up all the white a bit and adds a bit of texture.


I then finished both cards with a little bit of bling.  At Christmas time especially, a card isn't finished until you add a little sparkle.

Thanks for stopping by today and please head over to the Daring Cardmakers Blog for more lovely inspiration from the Design Team.

Have a lovely weekend.









Monday, November 14, 2022

Merry Christmas Makes #6

 Hello everyone and welcome back.

Now that we are further into November, I feel we can officially get to Christmas crafting.  So today I thought I would share with you a Christmas decoration.  I did share this to Facebook a while ago as I was really pleased with how it turned out.

Merry Christmas Makes


Before I discovered paper crafting, I loved to do cross stitching, I had lots of these wooden hoops so I thought I would repurpose one as a rustic decoration.

I have used the now retired tree lot dies that were available during sale a bration.  The snowflake speciality vellum was also perfect for this.  I glued a circle of the vellum to the back of the hoop.  I then added the camper and tress and finished the hoop with some of this gorgeous black and white gingham ribbon.  I also had this jungle bell in my crafting stash which I though was a perfect embellishment.


You could create any scene inside the hoop using any of the amazing stamps and die from the July-December mini catalogue.

The hoop is a perfect size to hang in your Christmas tree or perhaps in a window.  I am a fan of the modern farmhouse style of home decor, so this fit right in.

Thanks for stopping by today and please pop by next week for another Merry Christmas Makes project.




Friday, November 11, 2022

Daring Cardmakers - One Word Prompt HOLLY

Hello everyone.

It's time for our Christmas challenge countdown over at the Daring Cardmakers.

This time we are changing things a little bit and having one word prompt challenges as well as the elemental inspiration challenge coming at the beginning of December.

 This week's word prompt is HOLLY.

How will you use the word HOLLY on your creations this week?  Remember it doesn't have to be for Christmas and could be other projects not just cards.


I have used a simple sprig of holly on my card this week using the retired Sparkle of the Season stamps.  The sentiment banner was from some designer series paper that I had in my stash which was a sheet full of tiny sentiments.  All I did was cut one out.


I added a little bit of bling, and a lovely simple card was created.

Thanks for stopping by today and please head over to the Daring Cardmakers Blog for more lovely inspiration from the Design Team.


 

Monday, November 7, 2022

Merry Christmas Makes #5

 Hello and welcome back to my blog and another festive project.

We all need gift tags during the Christmas period so I thought today's project would be some super quick tags.

Merry Christmas Makes



I thought it would be fun to use the snowflake speciality vellum.  I used the tailor made tag dies for the base of the tags.  I cut two, one from white cardstock and another from the vellum.  I then stamped the greeting on to the tag using the Snowman Magic stamp set.  I just really loved the big bold sentiment from the set.


I then used the vellum as an over lay to the tag which makes the stamped image underneath appear softer.  I just love the vellum as you get several sheets of snowflakes, some are flocked, and some have iridescent foiling.  I used both so you can see the difference.


I created just two tags but how lovely would it be to create a rainbow of stamped tags.

Thanks for stopping by today and please pop by next week for another Merry Christmas Makes project.

Friday, November 4, 2022

November - Elemental Inspiration

Hello everyone and welcome back to another challenge from the Daring Cardmakers.

It's the first Friday of the month and that means it's an elemental inspiration challenge.  
Just select 3 elements from the image below to be used on your card.


I picked the colours with a pop of red. trees, the sentiment on the black background, twine and gingham.


To make my card I used the hostess paper pack called Celebrate Everything.  The pack has all kinds of design for all occasion including Christmas.  There was this stunning black and white pattern that I have used on my card, and I coloured some of the trees.  I should have used the colour on the elemental image, but I wanted to include a jingle bell which happened to be red.


I then created the sentiment to look like a chalk board and I used the stamp from the Snowman Magic set of stamps.  I finished the card with a ribbon, a little bling and the jingle bell.

Thanks for stopping by today and please head over to the Daring Cardmakers Blog for more lovely inspiration from the Design Team.

Don't forget to stop by again next week as we are having our run up to Christmas weekly challenges.  Each week they will be something festive to inspired you with your Christmas Projects.

Have a lovely weekend.