The last Christmas cards I made this year.

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

How has your weekend been? I hope all your plans are coming together for the big day. We visited both sets of parents on Saturday and on Sunday we went to Brighton with friends to see the Bootleg Beatles in concert. We love going to their concerts and they are such fun at Christmas.

Last week I made 20 Christmas cards so that I had enough to give out. This is the last eight I made. Just to say that my hands ended up looking like I was auditioning to be a Smurf.

To create the background I used a mixture of Brushos and Pixie Powders that I sprinkled over the surface of some water colour card before spritzing with water. I usually blot the paper dry with paper towel to lower the intensity of the colours. Look out for some background made with the paper towel as inspired by John Lockwood. Once everything was dry I stamped the snowflakes, that came from a cover gift from Simply Cards and Papercraft magazine, with Perfect Medium and I heat embossed them with gold embossing powder. Then I stamped the same snowflakes with Cobalt Archival ink. 

The final touch was to cut the snowflakes with the die that came with the same cover gift  and stick them to the surface. 

The sentiment stamp was in the same set. I used the Sue Wilson double pierced flags to mount the sentiment. 

I did enjoy making these cards and getting inky. It took two days for the blue to go. Not long to go now. I wonder when I will start making Christmas cards again. 

I would like to enter challenge 92 at the Love to Scrap Challenge Blog, challenge 5 at the Love to Craft Challenge Blog, challenge  141 at Crafting from the Heart , challenge 2 at the Christmas Card Challenge blog , challenge 35 at A Snowflakes Promise Challenge Blog and weeks 260 and 261 at Pixie's Snippets Playground. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Snowy Christmas Card

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

I hope you are having a good weekend. Yesterday our daughter actually bought a wedding dress and now it is hanging up in our spare bedroom. Today we are taking our daughter back to her house ready to fit  some beading round the new rabbit room so the bunnies can go home next week.

I was a bit naughty and treated myself to a subscription to Simply Cards & Papercraft magazine. This month the free gift was a snowflake die, a snowflake embossing folder and some stamps. Not bad really. I used the gift to make this card.

I created the background on watercolour card with a mix of Brushos, Pixie Powders and Distress ink. Once it was dry I stamped one of the snowflake stamps in Perfect Medium over the background and dusted it with gold mica powder. Then I stamped the same stamp with Cobalt Archival. I cut the die seven times out of white pearl card. 

I used the Sue Wilson Pireced flag dies to create the flag. Then I used another stamp from the set for the sentiment.  

Here you can see the detail of the die. In the magazine there is a rather nice ornament made with this die. I might have a go at making some.

I was very pleased wtih how this card turned out.

I would like to enter challenge 48 at the  Weekly Christmas Card Challenge Blog and challenge 32 at A Snowflakes Promise. 

Enjoy the rest of the weekend. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Making Cards Magazine

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

I hope you are having a good week. Things here are getting a bit manic to say the least. It is nearly the end of term and there is so much Christmas stuff to do and my eager helper is out of action.

Well this post is about the card I sent in to Making Cards Magazine after they made an appeal for Christmas cards on Facebook. I have only just been able to get hold of the December issue and I was very pleased with the photo of the card.

This is the card I sent in. I featured it on my blog on 7th November all the details are there. 

Here is the page of readers cards. 

I think this photo shows off the card well. 

I sent this card to my in-laws they have been very supportive of my card making. I do worry about giving easel cards to people ever since I found my uncle displaying one on its side. I shouldn't have worried my mother-in-law worked it out fine. 

I hope that you have a great weekend. Tomorrow we are heading off to Brighton with friends to see the Bootleg Beatles. I am really looking forward to it. 

Happy Crafting 

Hugs Jackie