A Woodland Deer Christmas Card

Hello dear blogging family and friends, I hope I find you well and in good form.

Today I have a Christmas card to show you .... here it is:

I used Kaisercraft scarlet weave card stock as the base of my card. I used my new Sizzix Decorative strip dies to make the woodland deer scene for the bottom of my card. I cut it twice in brown first then in green and layered the green on top of the brown. Then used a white paint marker to add the snow effect. On the top of the card I used an Elizabeth Craft design stand up die placed on some card stock from my stash, the white layer I used a pokey tool to add some faux stitching/

Here's a closer look at the die cut.
I used my W1 & W3 copic sketch marker to add a little depth and dimension. The same white paint marker for marks on the backs of the deer.
Then added a little gold start on top of the Christmas Trees.
The red and white polka dot ribbon I bought from my local Spotlight store.

On the inside of the card, I added the bit of the strip that was left over from the front of the card with a label cut from an ECD accordion die.







Here are the main ingredients that I used to make my card:

Kaiser Craft Scarlet Weave Card Stock	Sizzix Decorative Strip Die - Woodland Deer 658736	COPIC Sketch Markers	Pokey Tool	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Clear 12 inch Design Ruler
Craft Foam Pads 5mm x 2mm	Artline 400 XF White Paint Marker	ECD Seasons Greetings Stand Up Helper (940)	ECD Katie Label Accordion (903)

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Thanks for stopping by to read today's post. I hope you like my card, the decorative strip die looks fiddly but really it wasn't. It looks effective though don't you think? This was a quick card to put together and worth trying if you have the die.

Santa is on his way - Christmas Card

Hello blogging friends and family, how are you? Today I have had my Mum in my thoughts quite a lot. It would have been my Mothers 82nd Birthday today were she still alive. Your Mum never leaves you does she? I suppose because I live in Australia and she was in the UK;  I still have this vague sense that she is still with us, just somewhere else on this planet. I often find myself talking to her. Moments of magic I call them.

Today I have a Christmas card to share with you. I got my inspiration from a card on Pinterest, here is my version of it.

I also used the technique of creating a faux stitched edge on the base mat which I have been inspired to do since seeing some of Sue Wilson's cards. The darker blue mats was creaed from Kaisercraft Denim weave card stock.

The centre piece of my card was cut out using a Spellbinders Majestic labels 25 die.
The surrounding piece left I then put through a Swiss Dots embossing folder. Foam dots on the back meant it had some dimension.

I cut the "Moon" out using a Spellbinders circle die and then used some Perfect pearls which I smudges to give it a moon-like surface.

The Blue background paper was from a HOTP Paper pad that I have had for ages and this paper suited my purpose beautifully.

In the corner I used an ECD Merry Christmas Die.

I used a JRS Christmas stamp with Black Memento ink pad for inside the card and a piece of Polka Dot ribbon that I purchased at Spotlight.











Here are the main ingredients that I used to make this card:

Quill White MultiBoard 210gsm Card stoc	Kaisercraft Denim Weave Cardstock	HOTP 7228 Purple & Blue (Paper Flair) papers	Pokey Tool	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Clear 12 inch Design Ruler
Spellbinders Majestic Labels Twenty Five S5-189	Spellbinders Circles LG - S4-114	Couture Creations Swiss dot embossing folder	Impression Obsession Santa DIE081-O	ECD Merry Christmas (745)
Ranger White Opal Liquid Pearls	JustRite Stamps Christmas Inner Thoughts CL04625

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4 Clear Panel Flower Accordion Card

Hello dear bloggers. How are you today?
I am watching the news here in Australia and listening to the reflections about Scotland and how it is about to vote on their separation from the United Kingdom - or not!. It'll be interesting when all the votes are in. I suspect many are thinking about all the ramifications if there is a split, whether it be ... What will the new flag (The Union Jack or the Un-union Jack) look like? and what currency will Scotland use? We do live at an interesting time.
In Australia the Police have just uncovered the plot of IS militants to kidnap a stranger in Sydney and publicly execute them ... Horror of Horrors ... just horrendous. Hoe hard must it be for those families in the USA and UK who have lost their loved ones in this way.
I don't usually comment here on my blog about such matters however they do move me emotionally!

I do have a card to share - it seems such a small thing in light of these bigger issues happening in the world. However the small stuff is important too!

Here is the card. It has four clear panels with peel-off flowers on. Most of the parts are from Elizabeth Craft Designs and shown in the Ingredients list at the bottom of this post.

Here is the first panel. The Peel-off was placed on sticky backed acetate sheets and coloured with Copics after covering the sticky stuff with Warm Diamond glitter.
Then cut it out and added to the first clear panels.

I added a Lady Bug and a Bee with flowers to the Happy Birthday sentiment - all ECD dies.

Here is the third panel - with another of the three panels on the peel-off sheet.

Here is the last of the panels in this card.














Here are the main ingredients that I used to make this card:

ECD Accordion Fancy Label - 771	First Edition 12 x 12 Premium Paper Pa	Quill White MultiBoard 210gsm Card stoc	A4 Acetate Sheets (inkjet)	ECD Flower Labels 2 Peel-Offs (sku 2570)
ECD Double Sided Adhesive Sheets 8.5" x 11" - 5 pack (502	ECD Warm Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter	COPIC Sketch Markers	ECD Bunch of Flowers 1 (728)	ECD Bees Dies (710)
ECD Lady Bugs - 711	ECD Happy Birthday - 717

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Thanks for stopping by today and taking a look at my blog. I am hoping you have a fantastic day.

If I had a Star for every time you made me smile, ....

Hello blogging friends and family. I hope your weekend was Magolicious and your Monday has also gone well too.
I am obviously on a roll as I have another card to show you - two days in a row, my goodness!
Clare if you get to read this post, this card is the consequence of you introducing me to Sue Wilson. She creates some beautiful dies and has some great ideas on how to use them.
For those of you who don't know Clare is my sister based in the UK and we always talk crafting when we have our weekly call on Sundays and I know she reads this blog when she has a moment or two.

This card has been HUGELY influenced by Sue Wilson but the final layout is my own! See what you think.

Here it is:

I purchased some American Crafts pastel card stock which has some beautiful colours in the pack of 60 sheets, this blue was one of the particularly gorgeous ones in a sky blue that caught my eye.

I used an A3 sheet of white Quill card stock as my card ended up being 9 x 6.5 inches.

I used spacing ranging from a quarter of an inch or an eighth of an inch between the matted layers of blue and white.


The panels of blue and white were made using Spellbinders Timeless and Radiant Rectangles dies.

On the first white matt I used a pokey tool and a Tim Holtz ruler to make the faux stitching around the edge.

I stamped the Quietfire stamp with some distressed ink and cut the image out using a Spellbinders Circle die.

I then cut two Catalina Wreaths using the memory box die and layered them on top of the sentiment.

I finished off the central medallion with some Kaisercraft pearls.

Using the Sue Wilson Filigree Finishing Touches 3D bow die I made the ribbon and then placed a pearl on top.

Just behind it I placed some delicate fine pale blue tulle.

Here is another look at the bow at the bottom of the card.







 Here are the main ingredients that I used to make this card:

Quill White A3 210gsm MultiBoard	Quill White MultiBoard 210gsm Card stoc	American Crafts - 12 x 12 Cardstock Pack - 60 Sheets - Pastels	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Clear 12 inch Design Ruler	Pokey Tool
Spellbinders Timeless Rectangles S5-158	Spellbinders Radiant Rectangles S5-161	Quietfire Rubber Stamps - If I had a Star...	Tim Holtz Salty Ocean Distress Ink Pad	Spellbinders Circles LG - S4-114
Memory Box Catalina Wreath #98189	KaiserCraft Denim Blue Pearls	KaiserCraft White Pearls	Sue Wilson - Filigree 3D Bow CED1406	Tulle

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Thanks so much for stopping by to read today's post, I hope you like my card, I certainly enjoyed making it.