Poinsettia Joy

CAS and colourful.

Card & elements from Rosie's Studio pad. The poinsettia is popped up on 3D foam.  Joy die is Rosie's Studio diecut from gold mirror card.  Stamens have Glossy Accents.

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Let it Snow

 Tags for a gift.  I like this non-trad colour combo.

Diecut, stamped, embossed, a bit distressed, some Stickles sparkle.

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Sweet

 

A pillowbox to fill with something sweet ... or maybe something sparkly for someone sweet?

Diecut pillowbox, diecut senti, DPapers, heart sequins

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Joyeux Noel

 

I made this for a french speaking friend of mine.

Three patterned paper strips/snippets with two corners of each punched (Punch: Couture Creations).

Diecut gold greeting, with die drop-out dots for accents.  Glossy Accents applied to berries and centres of starry shapes.

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Tree Trio

Simple, monochromatic and masculine.  

Diecut (Couture Creations), subtle stamping DI shadow.  Maybe I will add a greeting, maybe not... it speaks for itself really.

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Be Merry Be Bright

 

A simple card using non-traditional colours.  This little guy is on a mission, and I love his red scarf and boots.

Materials are all Rosie's Studio, with Stickles (on snowflakes) and Glossy Accents (on boots, nose) added.  Snowflakes punch (no brand).  The bear is popped up on foam tape.

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Joy

 

Traditional colours of dark red and dark green with a gold highlight, CAS style.  The sentiment die is Rosie's Studio, star die ...

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HM Mice Christmas

O boy isn't this wee mousie having fun? Such sweet images.  This image is from a HouseMouse Triple CD, with House Mouse stamped greeting.  Image coloured with Copics and fussycut. Berries have Glossy Accents.  NCraft Tags diecut one from patterned paper card and one red textured card.  Tied with snippets/scraps of ribbon and cord.

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Fun & Games

 

Come and join in the fun and games at Critter Crazy, 

it's all about the animals, click here: crittercrazy

Yes, it's all fun & games with snarky cat and his tiny friend.

A stamped, fussy-cut Tim Holtz cat, bird and sentiment with Copic colouring and a paper pieced scarf.  A big background scribble stamp & snowflakes.

For those of you in colder climes have a cool Christmas, and think of us in southern climes celebrating while sitting in the shade with a sunhat and cool drink.  Sip sip hooray!

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Starsnowflake

 

A CAS style card, a dark blue base card, a pale blue background card diecut with swirling stars.  Snowflake die from Rosie's Studio cut from metallic silver card.  I like simple.

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Birdie Thanks

 

Another timed card at 15 minutes.  Timed challenges are you against you.  

The coordinating papers and focal panel (with a whole 12x12 of ready-to-go panels) are from a My Minds Eye 12x12 pad and already have sugar sparkle on.  Trimmed the stripey card, embossed a snippet of blue (Cuttlebug), tied bakers twine and stuck to white card base.  The focal panel is popped up on foam tape and added diecut sentiment from a snippet of lime card (stacked x2).

This would be good for a man ... no fuss no mush.

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Bbbbutterfly

 

I was sent the butterfly diecut and the sentiment diecut by a cardmaking friend to make a card for her and me to swap.  I don't know what the brand is.  I coloured the butterfly with Distress Oxide ink and partially embossed in silver using an embossing pen.  The background is an old EF magazine freebee from Practical Publishing called In the Garden which I re-discovered; I used Distress Oxide Sprays, with some stickles in the flower centres.  The silver dots on the butterfly body are drop-outs from a die.

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Gold Seasonal

 

This card is made from a Rosie's Studio set of cordinating card and punch out embellishments.

I decided on a subtle tone-on-tone with gold highlights and kept it fairly CAS.  The card is already gold embossed, this was a very quick card.  I like fairly simple designs that have subtle detail.

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FQ star quilt

 

Lately I've been working on a Suzy Quilts Fat Quarter Star Quilt sew-along with two quilty friends.  

The fabrics and colours we chose are wildly different and it always amazes me that the same design in a different fabric can make a quilt that looks nothing like the others.  I chose a smoky blue as the background and from my stash a collection of paisleys, long overdue to be used.

I have finished the top and now just have to quilt it!  I have to state here that I am a really good starter and a really bad finisher.   I will post again when it's finished.

Birthday Bunny

 

A birthday bunny for a Son-in-law who is a hunter.  He will get the irony.   

Stamped & coloured with Copics.  Stencilled with DI's, black inky splatter. Sentiment stamped and gold embossed.  White and gold metallic pens.

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Wreath Thanks

 

Another card, made with the last strips of the 6x6 paper pad the previous cards are made from.   Time challenge: 15 minutes whew!

PPaper - Rosies Studio - already cut from previous project from 6x6 pad.  Wreath die: Couture Creations (cut x2 from white card, one layer DI sponged),  Thanks die is Sizzix 2 layers,  EF Cuttlebug from brown snippet of card, Stickles in flower centres, DI's.

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