Made the decision I wanted to play with the Mama Elephant snowmen stamp and decided to keep it simple for these two cards.
Stamped the image once and then created the sky with my distress inks, splattered with gessso, coloured the image before chopping it into the two panels.
Mounted both panels onto black before putting on the card blanks. Then a simple sticker sentiment and sequins to finish!
Can’t get easier than that! if you want to watch me do this then please do check out my YouTube video.
Gosh I made a lot of errors when making this card but it turned out ok in the end.
I used the wreath builder template again but I think because I was tired when making it I wasn’t being particularly careful so a few mistakes were made. Apart from one though you can’t tell on the final card.
To see all the mistakes though please check out the YouTube video.
Love the colours I used and the final card – but will want another go with this stamp set and the wreath builder to see if I can get it to work better and turn into an actual wreath!
I kept to the same stamp set for the full card and also used a trimming off the side to pop inside the card to finish off.
And the mistake … well the one that stayed visible is that I glued the panel on upside down so the star is pointing the wrong way!
Quick catch up on my #dyicad2024 and this is days 34-36.
No real theme for these although keeping up with the raffle tickets and old stamps. Final one is quite bulky too with those random letters that got leftover when I did an alpha sort a few days ago.
I really wanted to use this quirky stripe stencil so that was my starting point on this card and I started it without any consideration of how I would finish it up … 45 mins later I finished my card!
I created a snow globe in the end and filled it with gifts!
I used all blue inks and also grabbed the ready made sentiments from the stash to add those too!
The presents were a Sizzix set where you stamp the base and then stamp additional elements like the bows and decorations afterwards and I chose to emboss the decorative elements in both blue and gold.
I did raise up the base of the snow globe but also added acetate in the hole and then raised that panel up with scrap cardstock to give some dimension.
Inside I added the circle I die cut from the front panel and some more presents inside along with another sentiment.
My finishing touch was to do some hand drawn doodle lines.
Love how this ended up but won’t lie I found this a little challenging to work out what to do once I had stencilled that original background!
Fancy watching me put it together – check out my YouTube channel where I am trying to post a video for each creation as well as my blog here!
Todays project was one where I tried to just get some patterned paper used and wanted to grab some dies I don’t often use. I started with two pieces of 12×12 and then cut enough to make multiple cards but in this session stuck to the three which took me around an hour and fifteen minutes.
First up the trees which are very old dies I have for a long time in my stash.
I edged the patterned paper with black and then created the oval panel to add the trees to. I used some old glitter glue to add sparkle to the trees and I had added light amounts of ink to both the oval and the trees too.
I used the lawn Fawn die cut word on all three cards.
The second card was using the fiddly trees from the Tim Holtz Moose die set.
I kept it quite simple otherwise with the die cut sentiment and the stamped sentiment.
I once again used glitter glue on the trees but with all that patterned paper and the fiddly trees that pretty much did it for me!
The final card is by far my favourite because I love that moose!
He is just so cute! He is a little fiddly to put together as those final elements are tiny … but I think worth it!
Adding ink to him really helps bring him to life too!
With hindsight I wish I’d added the sentiment with a white die cut rather than the Kraft but otherwise love this!
I did cut into new Kraft cardstock but otherwise all the die cut elements were cut from scraps and I’m pleased to have got some more of the old paper stash used up. Plus from that Kraft I had leftover I spent a bit of time die cutting a few more moose so they are ready to go for the next time I want to use him!
Once again I managed to film the process and so check out the video on YouTube.
Small interruption to my Christmas in July to let you know that I’m still going with my index card a day challenge too!
Days 28-30 I started pulling out that thick black pen more often so that seems to be making an impact. I also kept going with the raffle tickets and stamps.
Really liked day 29 where I added the ink in blocks and then added the pen work at that point.
Days 31-33 I enjoyed getting inky a lot more … grabbing whichever distress inks I fancied at the time and just laying them over the colour has been fun!
Also rediscovered a batch of book print to play with!
This card is probably the easiest card I’ve made in sometime – and it’s because of the wreath builder template I used. Mine is a copy of a Gina K type of one but it was all I could get hold of at the time I bought it – it has also been in my possession for a long time and I haven’t been using it! That changes now because I’ve realised how ridiculously easy it is to use!
If you watch my Youtube video on this you will hear how delighted I am with this card!
I added pre die cut elements from the stash and those gorgeous altenew enamel dots to embellish.
I will absolutely be using this wreath builder template again because it made this so so easy!
Today’s project for Christmas in July is a ‘twofer’ because I started with half a sheet of A4 and created one background that I then chopped in two. This gave me two panels to use on two cards. I guess as an alternative I could have used one panel as the inside of the card instead – but no I decided to make two cards!
I am delighted with the final cards – my favourite colours and I really do love this stamp set for creating some lovely artsy finishes.
So I inked up the panel after masking with torn paper and then stamped through the gap.
I added some splatters of gold paint before I removed the masks too.
Then stamped and die cut the leaves and pine cones.
The sentiment I kept the same for both cards but different colours.
To both I added the gem and the bow from embroidery floss and the sentiment I stacked three layers to make it sturdy.
I used Shaded Sprice for the base of the card blank and then inside I added white with an inked edge to use the same colours.
I love teal colours so this is perfect for me as a non traditional card.
I videoed the process so please do check out my YouTube channel to see how I made these. YouTube
Today I am kicking off Christmas in July where I am intending to try one festive project daily – and I am starting big with a Video and made three cards!
Not sure if I will do all of them as process videos or not because they can be a little time consuming to edit and upload but will try my hardest!
Of course as it is the first of the month I am doing a patterned paper focus – three pieces of 6×12 Heartwarming Hugs dsp used for these three cards … only a small amount of scrap leftover on the desk from this! (Eagle eyed amongst you might know I used up the scraps on an index card a few days ago!)
I chose to finish each slightly differently but all had the topper of the Merriest Moments die cut and embossed panel and in this case kept this really simple! Just added the papers together and then the topper and those swirly shiny elements.
The next one I added ink to the edges of each panel.
And then some sequins for embellishment.
This added an element of framing each of the pieces of paper and separation … but for the final one I took that to the next level…
The white layer of course adds bulk and weight to the card but I love how this looks and never mind that it makes the cards into ‘large letter’ postage as I make to enjoy the process and to gift people my handcrafted pieces.
Each card I added scraps inside to take the patterned element through the card …
Which do you prefer? The plain, the inked or the layered?
And am I the only one being insane enough to do 31 days of #christmasinjuly ?
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