Farewell Father Christmas!

Well, that's it. Christmas is over for another year, I hope yours was wonderful. Did anyone get any exciting craft goodies from Father Christmas?? 

 

We still have a few more Christmas projects to show you here on the blog, so here is another of my cards....

 

The background was made with Imagination Crafts' Inkadinks, just mixing the colours with water on my craft mat & moving a piece of watercolour card through the liquid. I used Lilac Heaven, Mango & Blueberry Ice from the Brights set..........

 

 

 

 

I mixed Silver Satin Silkies with water in a spray bottle & then spritzed the watercolour card............

 

 

 

I used both Silver & Black Stars Sparkle Medium through the Rooftops & Fir Trees stencils & added a doodled border............

 

The finished card again............

 

 

       

 

Thanks for visiting the blog. Until next time, happy crafting.

 

Kirsten.

Happy Christmas Eve Eve!

Good morning, happy Tuesday. Not long to go now! All your gifts are wrapped & under the tree by now & all the food is bought, I presume?? :)

This & my remaining posts for December are being scheduled in advance, as I'm taking some time off to relax with friends & family.

I've two cards to show you today, both using Imagination Crafts' Sparkle Medium through a stencil to get a foiled effect. Here's the first card...............

It couldn't be easier to get this fab effect.....

Place your stencil - in this case I used the Imagination Crafts' Poinsettia Large stencil - on top of a piece of smooth white card, secure with stencil tape.

 

Put Imagination Crafts' Sparkle Medium - I used Silver - on to your craft mat.

 

Use a piece of Cut & Dry foam to dip into the SM, move it away & use a patting motion up & down on the craft sheet. This forces most of the glue into the foam & leaves the glitter on the surface.

 

Move to the stencil & rub the C&D foam briskly over one area. You will see the glitter smooth out & stick to the card below as it catches on the edges of your chosen stencil.

 

Apply more SM to the foam & repeat as above until satisfied you have enough foiling on your card.

 

Remove the stencil, clean it immediately, or place into water until later.

 

You can wash out the C&D foam too, you should get a few uses out of it - and only cut a small piece in the first place, it's easier to manage the foiling. 

 

Here, the stencil is still in place..........

 

 

 

The SM will dry very quickly  

 because most of the glue has been removed.

 

Stencil removed..........

 

 

To finish this card I first applied Weathered Wood distress ink, then replaced the stencil & applied Chipped Sapphire & Stormy Sky distress inks to highlight the flowers. I matted & layered with silver mirri card & a dark blue ribbed card from my stash & embellished with silver liquid pearls, grey seam binding ribbon & organza ribbon from my stash & a Hobby House pearl brad.

 

The finished card again..........

 

 

 

 

I used the same technique on the second card, this time using Gold Shine Sparkle Medium & Festive Berries & Barn Door distress inks..............

 

 

 

 

 

Instead of cutting the foiled card as I had done for the first card, this time I added a border, using a black fine liner pen............

 

 

 

 The numbers & the holly are from the Woodware Clear Magic stamp 'Christmas Date'. I stamped the numbers onto a scrap of patterned paper, cut them out & adhered them to red linen card, matted & layered with gold mirri & black card.

 

I applied a little Diamond Sparkle Medium to the numbers with my finger & when it was dry I covered the numbers with Glossy Accents This gives them the appearance of epoxy stickers I think.

 

 

 

 

The holly was coloured with watercolour pencils, the leaves were heat set with clear embossing powder & more Glossy Accents went on the berries.

 

The tree is from the Imagination Crafts' Fir Trees stencil & I used Black Stars Sparkle Medium. Matting & layering was done with red linen card & black card onto a 7x7 white card blank.

 

The second card again.............

 

 

 

                                                                      

  

And that is it. It only remains for me to wish each & every one of you a VERY happy Christmas.

 

Kirsten

 

 

Christmas in Miniature

Happy Friday! And to those who will be attending Lisa's classes later - Happy Christmas Party Class day! :) We've been busy making preparations all week, there are numerous lists & we're hoping we haven't forgotten anything.

 

Lisa sent out the December newsletter on Wednesday, if you missed it you will find it HERE.

Today I'd like to show you the last of my November projects. I used the new-to-the-website Marianne Creatable dies Tiny Winter Village & Tiny Pine Trees......

   

 

 

Here's the first card. I used a 6x6 card blank & scored & folded the front. the patterned paper is by Hobby House, from their Snowflake Flurry collection........

 

 

I die cut the elements from white card & used my finger to add a little Diamond Sparkle Medium. I made the hills from torn paper & added Woodware's Fluffy Stuff for the snow. For the lighted windows I coloured a scrap of card with a yellow felt tip pen, glued on the village & cut around the scrap card to remove the excess................

 

 

 

 

The reindeer is from Imagination Crafts The Clearing stencil. I applied embossing ink through the stencil with Cut & Dry foam onto white card, covered the ink with

 WOW Pastel Blue embossing powder & heat set. I cut out the reindeer & added the detail on its back with white liquid pearls & Diamond SM............

 

 

 

 

 

The second card is also a 6x6. I used The Clearing stencil's reindeer again & also the large tree from the Fir Trees stencil, applying Diamond SM through them, then cutting out the shapes when completely dry........

 

The patterned card is from the Let It Snow collection by Hobby House.......

 

 

The tiny pine trees & village are as on the first card the background is the

Embossalicious Lattice embossing folder & the sparkly ribbon is from my stash...........

 

 

 

                                        

 

 

 

Thanks for visiting the blog today. I  hope to be back tomorrow with a review of today's classes, but as Lisa & I are going to an all day workshop tomorrow, it might be Sunday - which is when the new blog challenge starts, in case anyone is thinking about entering the current challenge. That ends at midnight tomorrow night.

 

Kirsten