Snow Angel

 

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Isn't this little snow angel sweet?  It's coloured & cut out, then I made a paper spring for the back.  The background is a paper from Digital Scrapbooking, to which I added stamped sentiments, some Stickles to the falling snow, and some glitter paste to the lying snow.  This image is new to me, this is the first time I have used it.

Image: House Mouse    

Sentiment: Kaisercraft

Paper: Digital Scrapbooking

Also: Copics, Stickles, BoBunny Sugar Glitter Paste, white pen

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Diamond Anniversary

 

Next week we have friends celebrating their diamond wedding anniversary - 60 years together!

They are great ones for photographs, albums etc, so I made it like a wedding photo.  The 60 and congrats are diecut from Christmas cracker outer wrap which is quite thick and so pretty.

Stamp (embossed): Stampies         

senti die: Kaisercraft

number die: unknown

photo corner punch: Martha Stewart

Also: gems

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Birthday Tags

 

This is a new die with pockets,  perfect for some tag action.

Pocket die: unknown 

Tag dies: NCraft

Stamps: various, unknown

Crown die: Spellbinders

Star & heart punches

Also: ribbon, gems, Stickles

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Bird in the Bush

 

Critters critters critters!  Join us at Critter Crazy Challenge, here:  crittercrazies

Most birds I know like to have some foliage to hide in, and I found this wonderful ferny paper in my stash.  I also like to go for non-traditional colours, so a pale pink and grey layered bird!  The berry leafy branch comes with the bird die.

Die is new to me, unknown, Hello word die is LawnFawn

Also DI's, white pen, WoS

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Upright Z-Fold Calendar

 

I am happy to say this is my first guest design for Ellibelle's i-spy challenge, thanks for inviting me Ellie, I always enjoy your themes.  For December the challenge is for something old and/or something new,  join us here:  simplyellibelle - I spy with my little eye

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For my "OLD"  I chose one of the first stamp sets I bought when I started paper crafting around 2005; and lots of other stuff too (see list below).  For the "NEW" I used a calender for the new year.  I thought the butterflies signified  emerging from an old year starting anew.  

The card is made using a 6x6" base card.  

Butterflies and ladybird are stamped onto toning snippets of scrap patterned paper and cut out, stickles added to bodies.  White card is behind the top of the calendar to write a message.

Butterfly & ladybird stamps: Hero Arts (old)        

Die (top stopper): Spellbinders (old)

Border punch: Fiskars (old)

Paper: Basic Grey (old)

Calendar: free printable year calendar (new)

Best wishes die: unbranded (new)

Also: Stickles on butterfly bodies, brad.

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Star Angel

 

A bit of experimenting with inks and plastic foam and plastic mesh for the background and for the card the stars are cut from.  This angel stamp is one of my oldest stamps, so aaround 20 years old.  It is a wooden cube with a different rubber stamp on each face.

Angel stamp:   JudiKins         

Senti Stamp: Fundamentals

Stitched star dies: unknown

Also: silver embroidery floss

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Christmas Robin Trellis

 

Another trellis card, this time for Christmas.  The trellis fancy fold card is pretty easy and there are lots of instructions on the internet.

After constructing the base card, I stamped star shapes on the background and added Stickles for
twinkle.  The robin is stamped, embossed and coloured with Copics.  The wreath is diecut from previously smooshed card coloured with Distress Inks, and popped up on 3D foam.   Berries are punched with Crop-o-dile and sparkled with Stickles. The sentiment is stamped on one of the lattice strips.  A golden paper with orange dots is stuck on the inside so it kinda shows through the trellis.

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Leafy Blue Thanks

 

Stamped using a background leafy stamp (unknown) and distress inks, spritzed and sprinkled with Colour Infusions powder.  Thanks sentiment die cut and layered in gold and dark blue.  Some areas of the background have random silver and gold gilding flakes.

I like the frosty look of these leaves.

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Tree Blues

 

CAS in blues using a sketch. I like that the trees look like they are hand-drawn once the ink is dry.  Stamped with Altenew inks (blues), Hero Arts (cup o joe).  I contemplated a sentiment and thought it better without!  Then I changed my mind again and put one on, and I think it does finish it.

Stamp set: Tim Holtz/stampers anonymous    

Senti: Rosie's Studio

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Winter wonderland

 A tiny deer all wrapped up in a winter wonderland.

The deer is stamped onto card and also onto scrap paper to make a mask.  The image is coloured and the mask cut out and put over the coloured stamped image - then the trees are stamped, a Sheer Shimmer sparkle misted and the mask removed.  You can see the sparkle in the detail pic.

Deer stamp: unknown            

Tree stamps: Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous

Also:  Copics, Sheer Shimmer mist

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HM Party

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I stamped, cut and coloured the image and decided streamers were need to create the party theme.  The
streamers are actually the curly vines from a pumpkin die but are perfect for this!  I used a patterned paper that looked like it was crackled in Lime green with pink in the crackles (it hardly shows in the photos) matted it onto hot pink.  The streamers are diecut from snippets of card from my bin. and covered with Stickles.

Image: House Mouse

Streamers: vines off pumpkin die

Banner die: unbranded

White Embossed Sentiment: Heidi Swapp

Also: Copics, ribbon, Stickles

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Simple Penguin Joys

 I wonder what this little chap is off to do?  Ice skating, sledding?  Going to play with the snowman?  He is dressed up warm and is all ready to go.  This sweet little Christmas village looks so cosy.

The background is more of that gorgeous wrapping paper I found, with highlights of sparkle.  I laid a thin trim of gold across the corner triangle that pengi is standing on.  Pengi is coloured with Copics.

Pengi Stamp: unknown

Stamp senti: unknown

Also: Copics, white gel pen, Stickles

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Origami Christmas Tree

 

I made this for the NZ December cardswap from an on-line Tutorial (posted in Tutorials by lisababitz).  The base card has two lines dry embossed around the edge for a frame (sorry it hardly shows).  The papers are all from a Rosie's Studio pad.  The wine card for plant pot is diecut (and then cut into pot shape), as is the stitched star.  Gold gems added for baubles.  The sentiment is stamped then punched and the edges heat embossed in gold; used 3D foam with fine gold thread to attach.  It folds flat for mailing.

Tutorial: Lisa Curcio

DP: Rosies Studio

Sentiment: Papermania 

Star die: 

Punch: Fiskars

Also: Gold thread, Gold EP, gems

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