Tuesday 16 October 2012

Spellbinding Christmas



 
 
Last saturday I had a class making Christmas cards with Spellbinders dies. As usual a fast paced class but most of the girls got nearly all their cards done, just a few finishing touches to do at home.

First up was the Layered Poinsttia card

 
This card used the Layered Poinsettia set, labels 25 and Floral Doily accent border die. I love the technique of embossing the cardstock after cutting and then whilst still in the die taking a white ink on a piece of sponge or dauber and rub the ink over the holes in the die to create the veins. Just always remember to wipe the dies clean with a baby wipe before you die cut something else. Best to do all your cutting and embossing first and then to the inking.
 
Next up my favourite new technique with Creative Exprssions micro beads, I am going to do a tutorial on this sometime this week. What I wanted to achieve with this card is the look of lots of layers but its actually flat.  I did add pearl dots around the edge but you could use a ruler to prick holes around the outisde edge to create faux stitching and then add a white gel pen for the thread. I did dashes inbetween the pearl dots. The little Poinsettia is from the same set as the above card and a bow of string from the Docrafts promo.
 
 
Lastly, a newish die called Card Creator { thanks mag for the lend!!} Love this die set, it cuts the ribbon slots at the bottom. I cut a circle out of the side and embossed another circle with a snowflake stamp. All the stamping on this card was done with Versamark ink and white embossing powder. I sanded the cardstock after I had embossed. The ribbon is cream seam binding.
 
 
 
All the cardstock used in this class was from the Teresa Collins Christmas Cottage range and the coordinating stamps. All available from the shop.
 
 

 

Sunday 14 October 2012

Home for Christmas

Docrafts had a lovely collection called Home for Christmas in this current promotion and I made these cards for a class which unfortunately did not happen.



closer look....acetate DL card


Bauble card.....these are cut from the 12" paper but there are stamps in this image. Panel at bottom is from the large text stamp in the range



Finally, a tag card and a circle cut out of some of the material thats comes in a 12" square sheet



Products used:

All the stamps, papers, string and material are from the Home for Christmas range

I also used:
Distress ink Brick Red
White Embossing powder and Versamark
Sentiments are from Paula Pascal set from Personal Impressions
Memento London Fog ink
Acetate
Cricut cartridge Storybook for the "noel"
Spellbinders circle dies
Red and Kraft cardstock
gems/silver brads
 
 


Brushed Blooms

I made this card quite a while ago with the stamps and dies from the Stampin Up Brushed Blooms set, that appears in the Jan/June 2021 mini b...