Yesterday was my regular card and a cuppa event . This is a relaxed time to craft and chat with other crafters and enjoy a cuppa in a local cafe. As well as a cuppa you can make a card. There are 2 cards to choose from and here is one of the cards made using the cute Christmas Friends stamp set.
Tuesday 29 October 2024
Christmas Friends
Sunday 27 October 2024
Christmas Friends
Monochromatic colour palettes are a great style to use all year round. What is a monochromatic colour palette? Well for me it's using the same colour plus white. For example black and white. But it can also be interpreted a little more loosely. You can use shades of the same colour such as light, mid tone and dark either alone or with a neutral colour such as white or cream. Today's inspiration using the cute skating moose from the Christmas Friends is using more of the loose interpretation.
All that is going through my head is an old Elvis song 🎵 can you guess what it is?....It's a blue, blue Christmas... 🤣 now if you know me then you know you don't want me to sing it! But if you've never heard it have a look here
Friday 25 October 2024
Christmas Friends
Another card using the oh so cute Christmas Friends characters. This time in not so traditional colours 😉 Turquoise, hot pink and lime.... They really pop against the white of the cardstock !
If you don't like colouring then this style of card is perfect for you! all you need to do is stamp in versamark and heat emboss using white embossing powder on to the cardstock colour of choice and voila images with colour!
the texture in the background if from another form of embossing this time using an embossing folder. The folder used is called Forever plaid and is very versatile.
Would you use bright, bold colours for your Christmas cards?
Wednesday 23 October 2024
Christmas Friends
Now the stamp set that today's inspiration is using is just so cute! Called Christmas Friends it has 4 characters just looking for some Christmas fun!
Monday 21 October 2024
Halloween spells
For the final time using the amazing Halloween Spells pattern papers and sticker sheets let me introduce you to Frankie the cutest little monster of them all! Inspired by the sentiment on the sticker sheet he is super easy to create!
All you need is cardstock, scissors, a corner rounder, a black marker pen and googly eyes 👀. Start with a green rectangle of cardstock and a smaller piece of black cardstock. The black needs to be the same width as the green but shallower. Cut a zig zag edge along one of the sides that is the same width as the green cardstock. Adhere the black to the green and round the top corners.
Now give Frankie his cheeky features with the marker pen . Next adhere his eyes. If you don't have googly eyes then small black circles with slightly larger white ones adhered together will work too.
The gorgeous stripy pattern paper works so well with the solid blocks of colour from Frankie and the sentiment don't you agree?
Saturday 19 October 2024
Halloween Spells
Today's halloween card is a very simple fun fold that is just great for showing off those gorgeous pattern papers in your stash! The Halloween Spells papers and stickers are great for such easy folds!
Take a top folding C6 card base and cut a 4cm x 15.85cm strip off the front. Next cut mats for the inside and the outside. This layout is in a landscape orientation. Take the large halloween sticker and mount it onto a mat of cardstock. Positioning it at an angle and then adding more of the sentiments stickers. The fun bat stickers on the sheet come in various sizes and are a such fun 🦇.
Thursday 17 October 2024
Halloween Spells
More Spooky fun with the Halloween Spells pattern paper and sticker sheet. Today's card is an easy split front card .
It starts with a standard card base then cut 2 strips off . On a standard A6 card base that means cut two 4.85cm x 3.5cm strips off the card front. Next cut a piece of pattern paper into 3 strips 14.4cm x 3cm each. Adhere the paper onto the 2 strips and the narrow strip still attached to the card base.
Carefully adhere the center panel to the inside of the cardbase. Next take a large sentiment from the sticker sheet and adhere it to a piece of cardstock the same colour as the cardbase. Now fussy cut the sticker out leaving a small border around it. This sentiment is what is going to anchor the bottom strip to the top piece.