Gift envelopes for the men in your life

Hi guys, as you know i always have a few mens Christmas gift cards to make, it's easier to give them money for Christmas but I do like to give it them in some sort of gift envelope, this year I've used some of the wonderful papers by AB Studio from The Breeze of The Forest Collection,

I used their papers and fussy cut out the images,

So for the first one I created the gift card then using some of the fabulous papers I added some stenciling onto the base paper with some Snowflake paste, when dry I tore some papers to create a couple of layers for added interest,

I used a frame by Bloomar Chipboards keeping it in it's natural colour and added one of the circle images over the top,

I then added this adorable fussy cut Deer image finishing off with some 3D snow effect on the Antlers and card here and there,

The inside is for now left plain, but I will probably add some more paper on the left hand side for the verse etc,

The second card is created the same way for the gift envelope, with the same added layers but I didn't add any stenciling this time,

This gorgeous fussy cut bear is again layered onto one of the circles you can cut out, again I added some snow effect, however it is playing up and looks off white, duh!!

I made some paper leaves using lady E Design Poinsettia and Winter Leaves dies for underneath the focal point, adding some cones and berries from my stash,

Last but not least is this card,

This time I used the tag cut outs and the leaves too, 

Isn't this stag stunning!!

I used a hint of Moss here and there too and went around the card with some white gesso here and there,

Now just to save up for the gift envelopes, lol

Happy Crafting!!!

It's beginning to look alot like Christmas

I bought this fabulous Lantern from a craft show recently where 14 Craft bar has a stall and couldn't resist decorating it up with lots of sparkle, snow effect and hints of glitter,

After I put it together I painted the outer sides with some white Gesso, then when dry I also added some Crackle paste here and there,

I made some Poinsettia's out of watercolour paper then coloured the centres with some ink, then added some stamens which again came from 14 Craftbar, I cut some leaves from the Poinsettia and Winter Leaves dies too in silver card stock, glitter card stock and white,

I had some logs in my stash so I adhered one onto the base on the front, then added another paper Poinsettia on the top, along with some more of the Winter Leaves dies,

I added some bead effect embellishments as well as some white glittery ball stamens here and there,

Then I went over the lantern adding some snow effect paste thickly here and there to give a fallen snow effect,

Lady E Design Dies

Peace

As we know Christmas is coming up soon, so I've created another card, this time using some of the latest Leaves by Lady E Design, these leaves are fabulous for Autumn but as you can see can also be used for other occasions too,

I started off with some gorgeous paper from A.B Studio from The Breeze Of The Forest collection, this has a Gold images on it and so I based my colours on that,

I die cut out some of the Leaves from the leaves 7 Autumn dies in white card stock then added some Gold embossing powder over the top,

I made my other leaves from the Poinsettia and Winter leaves dies, using white  paper, colouring here and there with some Gold coloured ink, and one from some Gold coloured paper, some tiny beads and some berries were added too,

I used this adorable BlooMar frame 09 from the Christmas Collection, which I also added some of the Gold embossing powder too, then I created a tiny scene with some wooden houses, then I used some Frantage Aged Ivory embossing powder onto the word Peace from the Words set 06 from the Christmas Collection again by BlooMar Design, then added a metal star by Finnabair to finish it off,

Happy Crafting!!

Lady E Design dies 
BlooMar chipboards

Merry Christmas

I've made another Christmas card, this time using the fabulous BlooMar chipboard word set Merry Christmas,

I added some Frantage embossing powder to the chippie, which looks fabulous in real life, they take mixed media etc so well,

I layered the chippie on top of some natural Sisal then leaves cut with Lady E Design dies from the Poinsettia and Winter Leaves dies set,

Then added some liquid applique here and there for a snow effect and some tiny beads from my stash,

BlooMar Chipboard - Christmas collection words set 01

Lady E Design

Happy Crafting!!

A Card For A Friend

I recently made this card for a lovely friend of mine, who is so generous and lovely so I sent her a gift and made her a card, she has received it now so I can show it on here,

I used a book look style die from my stash as the base then layered up some gorgeous papers from Lemoncraft, from the Yesterday collection, these I lightly distressed on the edges,

I lightly wet the top corner of the main paper and then curled it under to look like a bent over page, on the top of this I added some of my handmade flowers using Lady E Design dies Flower 001and Flower 004 with 0.6 pink and white Foamiran,the butterfly is by Lemoncraft too,

On the other side I created some more flowers using the same dies but also using the tiny leaves and the swirls dies as well, I then used one of the clocks by Lemoncraft, I finished off the card with a few paint splatters, beads and some iridescent sequins, 

Happy Crafting!!