Saturday, December 31, 2011

Magnolia Advent Calendar

Hello everyone,

Today it is my turn to host the Magnolia Advent Calendar. To be in with a chance to win the last prize, please pop over to my Solo Magnolia Blog for the details.

Happy New Year.

Liza x

Friday, December 23, 2011

Ho Ho Ho


Hello everyone, just a quick post from me today with a last minute make. I needed a few extra gift tags, as you do, and this is just a quick one I put together.


I used a scrap of DP and I have no idea of the brand, sorry! All the other elements were also made using scraps of card or recycled items..... its a great way to use up all your odds and ends. The tulle was wrapped around a box of chocolates I received as a gift from a student, it looked so pretty and I managed to rescue some that wasn't creased or crumpled by the bow, just enough to make a couple of tags! The sentiment is from Waltzingmouse very vintage christmas and it is stamped in fired brick distress ink, I then cut it with a nestie and sponged it with spun sugar distress ink while it was still in the die, love this look! I then popped everything together and added a couple of bells from my stash and hey presto, a cute tag!

This is probably my last post before christmas, so I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. xx

Supplies
Card/Paper: Red and white card. DP - ??
Stamps: Waltzingmouse - very vintage christmas
Ink: Distress inks - fired brick, spun sugar
Embellishments: Tulle, bells
Tools: Sewing machine, trouvaille, nesties, ranger blending tool, corner rounder punch
Thanks for looking x

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Christmas Crackers


Hello everyone, today I have a Christmas cracker to show you. I've wanted to have a go at making a cracker for a while so I eventually got my finger out and made one! The one I have done is fairly large and more suitable as packaging for a gift rather than pulling! I am going to enter this into the following challenges; Totally Gorjuss challenge 111 has a theme of "for someone special"...this little gift will be included with my husband's presents, and this week at Papertake they want to see your last christmas makes....I'm well and truly getting to the end of it all now!


The tutorial I used is here, it was really easy to follow and it gives you all the measurements etc. I used DP from DCWV, my DP is quite stury so I didn't put in the extra supports like the tutorial suggests. I also adapted the tutorial a little, I cut a window in the top and added some acetate so you could see the contents of my cracker, but obviously, this is optional.


I embellished my cracker with ribbon and added a sentiment using my Waltzingmouse Very Vintage Christmas Stamp set.

Supplies
Card/Paper: Cream and kraft card. DCWV
Stamps: Waltzingmouse - Very Vintage Christmas
Ink: Distress ink - antique linen, Memento tuxedo black
Embellishments: Ribbon
Tools: Nesties, trouvaille
Thanks for looking x

Monday, December 19, 2011

Cupcake Challenge 173


Hello everyone, today on Cupcake Challenge 173 we have a fabulous sketch to follow that was created by our cupcake mummy, Fluff. This week we are lucky enough to have three sponsors; Crafty Emma's Store are giving us a £10 voucher as a prize, Digital Delights are giving one lucky winner their choice of 3 digi images and Tickled Pink Stamps are giving a winner the choice of a rubber stamp or two digi images.


For my card I have used Frosty with Snowflake from the Magnolia So Snowy Collection 2009 and the O'Frosty the Snowman text stamp from the same collection. The image has been coloured with copics and accented with glitter. My DP is from Pebbles Inc and I have finished off with some ribbon and jewels.

Also our icing on the cupcake sponsor this month is Polka Doodles and they have given us the fab prize of a CD collection. To be in with a chance of winning, all you need to do is join in with one of our challenges.

This is our last challenge of the year at Cupcake and it closes at 8pm (GMT) on Saturday 24th December.

Supplies
Card/Paper: White and navy card. Pebbles Inc
Stamps: Magnolia - Frosty with Snowflake, O'Frosty the Snowman Text - So Snowy Collection 2009
Colouring: Copics - C1, C3, C5, C7, W1, W3, W5, YR02, YR04, YR07, B000, B00, B02, B05, 0
Embellishments: Ribbon, jewels
Tools: Sewing machine
Thanks for looking x

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Snowflakes


Hello everyone, today I have made two CAS cards that are my last christmas cards that I need to post....only a couple more to make to hand out! I am entering them for this week's Less is More challenge which is a one layer card with a theme of snow, Creative Inspirations Challenge 141 has a theme of snow, this week's winter wonderland challenge has a theme of snow, and one layer is also the theme for the WMS December Christmas card Challenge.


I think black and white always looks so elegant and I am really pleased with how these cards turned out.....so quick to make too! I used stamps from the WMS very vintage christmas set....the two larger snowflakes were stamped using one of the individual snowflake legs that are in the set. To finish off I added a bit of bling to the centre of each snowflake....and that's it!


Here is a final pic of the two cards together.

Supplies
Card/Paper: White card
Stamps: WMS - very vintage christmas
Ink: Memento tuxedo black.
Embellishments: Jewels
Thanks for looking x

Monday, December 12, 2011

TOMIC Challenge 28


Hello everyone, I'm back with my second post for today. This one is for TOMIC Challenge 28 where we have a theme of christmas decorations and we would like to see you create your own decoration to hang in your home or on your tree! As usual, Magnolia are giving one lucky winner a fabulous surprise prize, so what are you waiting for......


I created a decoration for my tree..... I used Ribbon Tilda from the Magnolia Sweet Christmas Dreams collection 2011 and she is coloured with copics. I cut out a circle with my nesties and I embossed it with my snowflake folder, to add some dimension I created a frame with my nesties and added this to my embossed circle. I attached Tilda with some foam pads and finished off with some roses and a pearl topped pin.

Supplies
Card/Paper: White pearlised card
Stamps: Magnolia - Ribbon Tilda - Sweet Christmas Dreams Collection 2011
Colouring: Copics - E000, E00, E11, RV10, E50, E31, E25, E29, R46, R22, R27, R29, R59, C1, C3, C5, 0
Embellishments: Ribbon, pin, flowers
Tools: Trouvaille, nesties, snowflake folder, leone em branch punch
Thanks for looking x

Cupcake Challenge 172


Hello everyone, today on Cupcake Challenge 172 we have a theme of don't look at the light which means we would like to see lots of sparkles on your card/project. This week we are sponsored by the fabulous Saturated Canary and Krista has very kindly given the DT some images to work with. I am also entering this card into Cute Card Thursday Challenge 194 where the theme is anything goes.


For my card I have used peace and love hipster from Saturated Canary and she is coloured with copics and accented with stickles. The DP is from DCWV and it is all sparkly and glittery, but unfortunately it doesn't show that well on my picture....typical! I kept this card simple.....I faffed around for ages trying to find some more DP to match my base so I could create some layers, but I wasn't happy with any of them and I think it was because the base layer is so pretty I didn't want to cover it up! So simple it is and I finished off with some ribbon and a waltzingmouse sentiment that I stamped on kraft cardstock.

Also our icing on the cupcake sponsor this month is Polka Doodles and they have given us the fab prize of a CD collection. To be in with a chance of winning, all you need to do is join in with one of our challenges.

Supplies
Card/Paper: Blue, white, pink and kraft card. DCWV - pocket full of posies
Stamps: Saturated canary - Peace and love hipster
Colouring: Copics - sorry I didn't note down the colours for this one.
Embellishments: Ribbon, jewels, stickles
Tools: Sewing machine
Thanks for looking x

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Seasons Greetings


Hello everyone, I have a couple of cards to show you today, and yippee!! only a few more christmas cards to go! I am entering my cards into the following challenges: Creative Card Crew has a theme of tis the season, Papertake has a theme of anything goes, Simon Says has a photo inspiration - I have chosen the image with the poinsettia, and finally Stamptacular Challenge 142 has a theme of christmas glitz.


The first one is made using stamps from my Waltzingmouse very vintage christmas set..... I cut out a circle with a nestie, while is was still in the die I sponged the card with antique linen distress ink then stamped some snowflakes, finally I stamped my sentiment with memento tuxedo black ink. The DP is from basic grey and I made the poinsettia using marianne creatables dies..... I cut the first layer of my flower from red card then I sponged it with fired brick distress ink while it was still in the die, I repeated it again with red then once again with green card. I then shaped each of the layers using a ball tool and a mouse mat and then I glued them all together. The centre was cut with black card, shaped and popped in the middle. Finally, I added some swirls cut from a marianne creatables die, some ribbon and jewels.


For my second card I used the same layout.....I worked well with my first one so I thought why not!!! I used a frame from my Waltzingmouse vintage labels four set, stamped it with memento then coloured it using a copic marker, finally I used a sentiment from the very vintage christmas set. I made the spirelli using bakers twine and a scalloped circle, and I added a button and a heart shaped jewel to the centre. I finished off with some die cut swirls, ribbon and jewels.

Finally, I have a bit of a toot....one of my jewellery sets made it onto the front page of Etsy yesterday, I was so chuffed!!

Supplies
Card/Paper: White, cream, kraft, pink card. Basic grey
Stamps: Waltzingmouse - Very vintage christmas, vintage labels 4
Colouring: Distress ink - fired brick, peeled paint, antique linen. Copic - R81
Embellishments: Button, jewels, ribbon
Tools: Nesties, sewing machine, marianne dies
Thanks for looking x

Monday, December 5, 2011

Cupcake Challenge 171


Hello everyone today over on Cupcake Challenge 171 we have a theme of DIY where we would like to see you make your own papers.

This week we are sponsored by our regular sponsor Simon Says Stamp and as usual they are giving us a $20 gift certificate as a prize.


So for my card I have used my Waltzingmouse stamps yet again.... I love the very vintage christmas set and have used it for most of my cards this year. To make my DP, first I distressed my card with weathered wood distress ink and a TH blending tool, then I used the border stamp from the set and I repeatedly stamped it in weathered wood ink. I left a space at the bottom to stamp my sentiment. The other DP is from Magnolia and I finished off with some ribbon a button and jewel from my stash.

Supplies
Card/Paper: White and navy card. DP - Magnolia
Stamps: WMS - very vintage christmas
Ink: Weathered wood distress ink
Embellishments: Ribbon, button, jewel
Tools: Sewing machine, TH blending tool
Thanks for looking x

Thursday, December 1, 2011

CAS Christmas Wishes


Hello everyone, today I have some CAS cards to show you....I still have a ton to make and there will be a lot of CAS ones this year that's for sure!!!


These were really simple to do..... I used my snowflake folder for the embossed background and the christmas wishes stamp is from my Waltzingmouse Very Vintage Christmas set. I stamped the sentiment and cut it out using a labels 2 nestie and finished off with some ribbon from my stash.


Here is the same card in blue.


Finally, all four cards that I made....a really simple design that was quick to put together.

Supplies
Card/Paper: White, blue and pink card
Stamps: WMS - Very Vintage Christmas
Embellishments: Ribbon
Tools: Trouvaille, nesties, snowflakes embossing folder
Thanks for looking x