Black and Gold easel card

Last card from my class at Bitz & Glitz this time using the lovely stamps from John Lockwood. Apologies for the photo, but you get the idea.  I stamped one of the trees twice directly onto some white card and then stamped and embossed with some gold embossing powder another tree and cut it out. I made the frame using Sue Wilsons Piercing squares using some of the lovely gold satin card from the shop and used one of the words from the set to  make a stopper. I finished off using the border stamp across the bottom, again this was embossed with gold powder.

 

products used:

 

Stamps : Creative Expressions John Lockwood Holly Tree

Dies: Creative Expressions Sue Wilson Piercing Squares

Extras: Wow Gold Sparkle embossing powder, Black gems from Bitz & Glitz

 

 

 

 

Sue Wilson Festive Pointsettia Collection

Good evening, todays card is another from a recent class at Bitz & Glitz, this time using the Sue Wilson Poinsettia dies from this years festive collection. You can buy 2 sets, first one cuts the solid background, the second one leaves the outline only....can be used individually or together as I have. I decided to keep then red with white on top. You also get the leaves.....same as before in with the solid flowers, the solid leaves and in the with outline flowers the outline leaves. For those I used some green cardstock underneath and again white on top. Once I had stuck the two layers together I did turn them over and with an embossing tool gently embossed the back layers through to the front in between the outline edges to create some extra dimension. I am loving my ever growing collection of Cloud inks from Creative Expressions, for this card I wanted a soft edge of colour inside the circle aperture but no harsh lines and cloud ink is superb at that effect. Quite a lot of die cutting in this card, but worth it especially if you are making a special card.

 

Products used:

 

Dies: Sue Wilson Festive Collection Poinsettia and Poinsettia open flower, Crafts Too Presscut Circles

Stamps: Woodware BD23 2DE,

Extras: Creative Expressions Chic Moss cloud ink, Mark Richards Yellow pearls

 

Back tomorrow with the last class card and then onto some birthday cards for a change. Have a great weekend  

Tim Holtz Vintage glitter

The card I am sharing today was from a class a few weeks ago at Bitz & Glitz. I have just had the new Tim Holtz vintage glitter delivered and was dying to use it. I die cut a Spellbinders bauble with a sheet of double sided adhesive attached to a piece of white card and then removed the top layer and sprinkled with glitter. Next I used the same bauble die again this time in some patterned paper from one of my First Edition pads. I then die cut a snowflake in the centre of the bauble to create an aperture. This was then attached on top of the glittery bauble so you can see through it. I die cut another snowflake in some different paper and added a small snowflake that had also been die cut from the waste of the double sided adhesive and dipped in the glitter. The rest of the card is pretty simple, finished off with some ribbon

 

Products used:

Dies: Spellbinders Baubles 2013, Sue Wilson Festive collection Snowflakes

Papers: First Edition Gilded Winter

Stamps: Crafters Companion Let it Snow

Extras: Double sided adhesive, Tim Holtz Vintage glitter dust, pearls, ribbon

 

 

 

 

 

 

Snowflake striplet stamp



Two versions of the same card today. First version is black and white and uses the Snowflake striplet stamp from Creative Expressions. The stamp was inked with black archival and stamped 3 times. I then die cut a circle from some black card and cut the Snowflake dies from Sue Wilson on white card that had a layer of Stick it adhesive attached on top. I removed the top layer of adhesive and sprinkled glitter all over....so easy love this product.  Finished off with a sentiment and some essential bling stones.

 

 

 

The second version is similar except it uses one of the cloud inks from Creative Expressions to stamp again 3 times and then this time I coloured the circle with the same ink and also the smallest snowflake die. I even used the ink to colour the edges of my backing card so it matched. I did use a zig pen to add glue around the edges and sprinkled with glitter. Added a sentient and some bling stones.

 

 

 

Products used:

 

Stamps: Creative Expressions Snowflake Striplet stamp. Crafters Companion and Indigoblu sentiments

Dies: Spellbinders circles, Sue Wilson snowflakes

Extras: Cosmic Shimmer Cloud ink clear day, Black Archival, Gems, Glitter, stick it adhesive sheets

Holly Wreath

Another card from Saturdays class using the Sue Wilson Holly dies. I didn't want this card to be big and if I had kept the dies full size it would have had to have been, so after I die cut them out of gold card I cut them into small sections and made a smaller wreath. The poinsettia stamp was stamped and embossed with gold powder. A bow and some red pearls to finish.

 

Products used:

 

Die: Sue Wilson Holly Spray

Stamps: Creative Expressions Elegant Poinsettia, PI Kirsty Wiseman (sentiment)

Extras: Red and Gold pearls, ribbon, Gold embossing powder

Quick and Easy Christmas card

Over the next few days I will be sharing photos of the cards we did today at Bitz & Glitz. First one uses the new cloud inks and a mask to make the background. These masks from Sweet Dixie are new in the shop and are fantastic value at £2.99 and the cloud inks just glide over them so easily. I wanted to keep the card simple as it was quick and easy class, so I just die cut some of the trees from the new this year Sue Wilson die and added some twinkles glue to create snow (difficult to see in pic). Then just stamped a sentiment.

Products used:

 

Stamps: Stampendous Merriest Wish

Mask: Sweet Dixie

Dies: Sue Wilson Winter Trees

Glue/ink: Cosmic Shimmer Twinkles Sparkle Star and Cloud Ink Clear Day, Black Archival

Card:  Marianne Silver glitter card

 

Back again tomorrow with more cards created using cloud inks



Advent Calendar

Todays post is a break from cards but still carrying on the Christmas theme. Yesterday I spent the day at Bitz & Glitz teaching an advent calendar class. The top part comes off for storing and you can have it either flat or turned the other way so you have a shelf to decorate around the 25. I painted the top and the sides with paint and the back part has been stamped in Versafine ink with an Indigoblu snowflake stamp. The rest is decorated with some mdf trees and reindeer. I die cut the Christmas word several times and stuck it together to make it stronger. The edges of the whole calendar have been rubbed with some wax, but its hard to see in photo. Finally finished off with snowtex to cover the hot glue gun and of course a dusting of glitter. The boxes are made from greyboard and have been covered with Christmas papers and the numbers have been inked with a silver pigment ink. I kept my numbers in sequence but as suggested in yesterday class half the fun is finding the numbers so next time I am going to jumble them up.

 

 

 

 

 

products used:

 

Advent calendar, trees, reindeer: That Craft Place

Papers: Simple Stories Claus & Co

Inks: Versafine Smokey grey. Versamark silver 

Paint: Cosmic Shimmer chalk natural stone

Die: Die-version

Wax: Cosmic Shimmer Platinum

Stamps: Indigoblu