A Christmas Card with Baubles

Hello Again! Two in the same day. No rain and then it pours!!!
This is a quick post showing you a card I made with more of the beautiful JustRite stamps I now have in my collection.
First off ... here's the card:

I used the JustRite Stampers Holly Background stamp (again! - I think this will become a certain favourite) as well as some of the bauble stamps in their new Christmas releases. This set is the Noel Christmas ornaments set.

I decided to do some embossing using powders and a heat gun - I haven't used this technique for ages and I am still like the child whose eyes widen in awe as the molten powder turns as it is heated!















I was inspired by Kathy Jones who embossed with white powder onto vellum, so I did this for my background and then layered the ornaments on top which I fussy cut out.

Everything was layered on a piece of DP from First Edition and then a couple of red and pale blue crystals, some silver ribbon (Thanks Clare for your generous donation to my stash) a little silver peel off strip and a sentiment and I was done.

More details for the ingredients I used in the making of this card:

JustRite Noel Christmas Ornament stamps	First Edition 12 x 12 Christmas Joy Pape	Copic BLENDING CARD X-Press It Paper Pack of 10	Vellum - White 12 x 12	Embossing Powder - White
Embossing Powder - Silver	Stickles - Crystal

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Hope you like the card. Thanks for dropping by again!!

A series of Christmas Cards using a Holly Background stamp

Hello! I do so hope this Blog post finds you in good spirits and feeling on top of life! I have been away for a few days visiting our lovely Grandchildren and their Mum and Dad. We had such a great time. We went to see a couple of Theatre shows over the weekend.

On Sunday we took Marley (our Granddaughter) and Tiffany to see Legally Blonde starring Lucy Durack as Elle Woods. The show was playing at the Lyric Theatre in Sydney. It was a real hoot! The best fun was when we went to the stage door and Marley was able to get autographs from the stars of the show.












Today I have some Christmas cards to show you. I was greatly inspired by Marisa Job and how she used a JustRite Stampers Holly Background stamp. So I made a few and these are what I will show you.

This card was made by stamping the background twice and using pieces from the second stamping to create the bits for the decoupage I needed. I coloured everything with my Copics and it seemed at one point that I was colouring for Australia!! There was a lot to do (I made a bulk number of 6!!!!).

Above you can see a few of the others I made; showing how the Petaloo red and white poinsettias look on the cards - or indeed a combination of both.

Here's a card in the series where I used decorative Christmas buttons (From Spotlight) for variety.


The border is another JustRite border stamp which I cut out using one of the Spellbinders Edgeabilities dies. Once everything was coloured and decoupaged I layered all my pieces with scarlet Kaiser Craft weave card stock and then placed onto white card stock.

I added a string of pearls around the edge, another couple of larger pearls in the central design and a little Crystal Stickles to give it a little sparkle.

The central medallion is a stamp from Waltzing Mouse stamps and is one of my favourite of their sets.










Details for some of the main ingredients that I used:

JustRite Stamps - Christmas Holly Background	JustRite Stamps - Classic Lace Edges Two	Waltzing Mouse Stamps - Seasonal Remedies	Copic BLENDING CARD X-Press It Paper Pack of 10	Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad
COPIC Sketch Markers	Kaiser Craft Scarlet Weave Card Stock	Spellbinders Classic Scallop Edge - E8-001	Petaloo Poinsettia Medium White	Petaloo Poinsettia Medium Red
PORTACraft Self Adhesive 5mm Pearls	Stickles - Crystal

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I hope you like my cards, they were fun to make and they look just yummy.
Thanks for calling in to see my cards ......

Side Step Christmas Card 1

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I do have a Christmas card to share with you today. Actually I made two that are similar, I'll post the other one at a later time. I was hugely inspired by Marisa Job. She has one of my Favourite Blogs to visit because she makes such great inspirational projects. You'll see her Blog details on my Blog List to the left of this post.

Here is my card:

The colours look a little darker than in reality. I will work on getting better lighting.

It is really easy to make. I started with a piece of A2 red card from Office works as the base piece is 17.25 (approx 44cms) inches by 6 inches (approx 15cms).
The finished card is approx 6 x 6.











The stamps I used are the O Christmas Tree set from Justrite stampers which I stamped with memento Black ink and coloured with Copics; then fussy cut out with a margin. I then distressed them a little bit with a mixture of Tim Holtz ink pads on a piece of acetate (as my palette) - Antique Linen, Vintage Photo and Pine Needles Distressed Stain ink.

The background cardstock is Kaisercraft weave - Latte which I stamped with Justrite stampers Elegant Fronds background stamp and using a Memento Rich Cocoa ink pad.

This is the main stepped piece of the card at the front opened up so you can see it more clearly.
The sentiment stamp is from Waltzingmouse Stamps which I cut out using a Spellbinders labels 14 die.

The ribbon is from my stash, and the beautiful Poinsettias are  from Petaloo Darjeeling Collection - Floral Emellishments (Medium PL 1477-002)

Inside the card I used a piece of cardstock from my stash as the background, a HOTP Vintage Papers label as well as more of the Elegant Fronds Background stamped paper.

The hollies and berries are a Digi image (sorry cannot remember where I got that).

On the front I added a little touch of Crystal Stickles to give a little sparkle.

















Here is a more detailed list of the ingredients I used (Using the GREAT tool by Inlinkz!!!!):

Kaiser Craft Latte Weave Card Stock	JustRite Stamps Elegant Fronds	Spellbinders Labels Fourteen S4 - 290	Memento Rich Cocoa Ink Pad	Waltzing Mouse Stamps - Compliments of the season
JustRite Stamps - O Christmas Tree	Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Ink Pad Antique Linen	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Ink Pad Vintage Photo	Tim Holtz Pine Needles Distressed Stain
COPIC Sketch Markers	Petaloo Poinsettia Medium	PORTACraft Self Adhesive 5mm Pearls	HOTP Forever Christmas 6 x 6 Paper Pad	Stickles - Crystal

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There you have it. I hope you like the card. I'll show the second that I made (which is very similar) at a later time. Stay well.