Christmas preparation has started

It is the 1st of October and all the shops are starting to stock up for Christmas, so I thought if I want to avoid the usual pre Christmas panic  craftathon, I'd better get started too.

I have also recently been really impressed with the free Christmas themed gifts, the card magazines have been giving away and this card is made using the Bobunny Silver and Gold Collection and stamp set free with issue 127 of Simply Cards & Papercraft

I started with a gold 5 x 5 card blank.

The vintage Santa was stamped in Cardinal Red Versa Color ink on white and then heat embossed with clear powder. I then inked the background with antique linen distress ink. I fussy cut the image before matting it onto a Spellbinders Splendid Circle die cut from black card.

This was fixed to a piece of patterned Santa background paper  from the Bobunny Silver and Gold Collection which I had matted on black card

I die cut a bow using the 3D mosaic bow die from the Sue Wilson Finishing Touches Die Collection and decorated this with some red Gem Stones.

I  Am quite pleased with the result and  hope you are too. I would love to hear your comments


Sonja
Xx

Favourite Things

Favourite things is this weeks challenge over on the  Allsorts Challenge Blog and this card is just perfect for it.
I have used all my favourites here - stamping, embossing and colouring in  whilst enjoying  another favourite of mine - a steaming cup of coffee.

I started by creating a 5 x 5 inch square card blank from white Centura Pearl card.

I embossed a smaller white piece of card with the Swiss Dot Darice embossing folder. I inked the embossed card with Victorian Velvet and Antique Linen Distress inks.

I cut a black piece of card using the largest of my Spellbinder Label 4 die and stamped the sentiment from the Justrite Coffee Cup stamp set in clear embossing ink. I heat embossed this with Papermania's Sea Foam white embossing powder.  I did the same with the swirl.

I stamped the coffee cup from the same Justrite stamp set in black ink and heat embossed this with clear powder. Before fussy cutting the image, I coloured it using Oatmeal,Denim Blue, Pear Green and Cardinal Red Promarkers. 

I layered it all up and fixed the image with foam tape before finishing it off with a blue gem ( can't have a card without bling)

Really pleased with the end result, I have been wanting these Justrite  stamps ever since I saw Sue Wilson using them a few months ago and finally treated myself to them last week.

Hope you enjoy this too

Sonja

Xx

Always in my heart

A sentiment that can be applied to so many occasions...

This one I started with punching a border along the right side of my card blank using the Martha Stewart Doily Lace punch and inked the edges of the card using Tim Holtz Antique Linen distress ink.

I then cut a slightly smaller piece of black card, punched it using the same Martha Stewart punch and layered this with one of the beautiful Teresa Collins Fabrications papers that came free with the May issue of Cardmaking and Papercraft Magazine.  I attached this to the card blank leaving a small border.

I die cut  a Spellbinder label 4 from black card and a slightly smaller one from white card. I inked the white one with the same distress ink as the edges of the card blank

I added one of the matching  Teresa Collins chipboard sentiments and added some black Kaisercraft gems to make the sentiment stand out a bit more before fixing this to to the main card on a top a black card strip

I die cut a butterfly from black card, added a lighter  Kaisercraft gem to its middle and attached the butterfly to the top right of the card.

All in all, quite an easy but I think effective card, what do you think ?

Sonja xx

Let's celebrate!

As today is rather wet and windy and I am feeling a little bit under the weather, I decided to cheer myself up by going through some of my favourite card magazines.
A came across the "Joy fold card " project in the May issue (113) of "Quick Cards made easy" and decided to give it a go. So here is the result:

I started with a piece of 21 x 14 cm white card, scored and folded this at 7cm from the right edge to create a flap that comes half way across the card.

I matted the inside square with a piece of 13 x 13 cm red card and the outside flap with a piece of 6 x 13 cm of the same red card

I added some red spotty paper measuring 12 x 12 cm to the inside and a piece of 5 x 12 cm matching patterned paper. The paper I had in my stash ( probably a freebie from another magazine, as I am rather addicted to them)

Using the largest of my Spellbinder labels 4 dies, I created a small card blank using my Grand Calibur

I die cut a smaller labels 4 in red card and another smaller one in white.
I inked the edges of the card blank with a red Promarker and stamped the "lets Celebrate" sentiment from the Papermania Portobello Road set on the smaller white label.

I glued everything together and fixed the mini card to the middle of the square panel.

I added a red flower embellishment to finish.

Thanks for stopping by

Sonja
Xx

New beginnings

First of all thanks for stopping by and welcome aboard for the next step on my crafting journey - my very own blog!!

For most people a wedding is the beginning of a new chapter in their lives, so I thought there is no better way to get started than sharing my latest crafting creation - a card I made for one of my colleagues' wedding

I started by embossing some white Centura Pearl card with a pretty spring embossing folder (the folder was a free gift in one of the card magazines a couple of months ago)
I then cut the embossed card in 3 equal size (4x13cm) panels.
Using my tape pen, I stuck the panels evenly spaced on a piece of white Satin ribbon before glueing them to a white scallop shaped card blank
Using my Grand Calibur I die cut 2 hearts using the Spellbinder Vines of Passion dies from matt silver card
Before arranging the hearts on top of the embossed card panels, I decorated them with some Papermania Adhesive Shimmer Dots
To balance the card, I decorated the ribbon with a bow to the left and some more shimmer dots to the right

I hope you like the card and would like to invite you to leave me a comment and some feedback on my very first blog entry!
Love

Sonja xx