'Santa's On His Way.'

Hi there Lovelies,  hope you all had a lovely Christmas,  

I thought I would share one last  Christmas card of the season with you.    This was made using a really lovely die, which was given free with issue 29 of the 'Die Cutting Essentials' magazine, the holly stamp I already had in my craft stash.   The 'present' stamp, patterned paper and star dies  were given free with the 'Sentimentally Yours' premium magazine - Phil Martin.      The 'trailing ivy'  dies are by Creative Expressions - finishing touches.   I have named this card  'Santa's  On His Way'   but, as we all know he has been and gone and if you  were good during this year, he has hopefully been down your chimney this Christmas lol!!     Hope you like this card,

Matt and layer a five and a half inch square of navy blue card onto the front of a 7" square white base card.

From some white card, die-cut the main Christmas scene, then matt and layer this onto s slightly larger piece of silver mirror card, then matt this onto the navy square.

                                                  

From some cream card, die-cut 2 pieces of ivy and colour them using Promarker alcohol pens.

Fix these to the top left-hand corner of the navy card, using silicone glue.

Using the black ink pad, stamp the holly onto some white card and colour with the alcohol pens.   Gently shape the leaves and glue this on top of the ivy again, using silicone glue to add some dimension to the card.

Stamp a Christmas present onto white card and another onto a small piece of patterned paper using a black ink pad.   Colour the white one and the ribbon only, of the patterned one with alcohol pens.   Glue the patterned present onto a piece of card to strengthen it a little.   Cut them both out and fix to the bottom right corner, using sticky pads or silicone glue.

 Lastly, die-cut 4 large and 4 small stars from navy card and glue one of each in each corner of the white base card and this card is finished.   Hope you like it, maybe you might want to start making cards for next Christmass lol !!

Have a Very Happy, Prosperous but above all,  a Very Healthy New Year..   Here's to 2023.

Take care of yourselves, catch you again in the New Year.   Thank you for all your lovely comments and visits, they mean a lot.

                                                                     Love and rainbows,

                                                                     Hugs   Jennifer xx.   
 

 

'Under The Mistletoe.'

 Hello Lovelies,

Thought I would just share another Christmas card with you all.   Hoping your weekend has been a good one, despite the dreary weather but hey, we are into December, so mustn't grumble, we could be knee deep in snow lol!!

Thank you for your visits and comments as always, so very much appreciated.   My card today is slightly different from my previous ones, this time two cute little hedgehogs.   The sentiment and hedgehog stamps by Margaret Sherry,   they, along with the snow globe die were given free with the 'Cardmaking & Papercraft' Magazine,  'Christmas Cuties' 9-in-1 stamp & die set. some time ago, sorry didn't make a note of which issue.   The 'Flourishing' corner die is by Sara Davies Signature Collection.  The colouring is done using Promarker Alcohol Pens.    Hope you like this cute  card.

 Using a black ink pad, stamp 'Happy Kiss-mas to you !' centrally at the bottom of the ready shaped white base card. card.

Using the flourishing corner die, die-cut four corners from some red pearlised card.

Glue one in each corner of the white base card.

Using some red matt card, die-cut the snow globe from the 'Christmas Cuties' free stamp & die set and put to one side for the moment

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Using some spare white card, stamp the kissing hedgehogs using the black alcohol proof ink pad by Spectrum Noir.

.Cut this out to fit the snow globe shape.   Colour the background sky with a little water and the Tumbled Glass distress ink.   Blend a little Stormy Sky distress ink around the outer edge of the sky using a blending tool.   Add some dots of snow to the sky using a white gel pen

Colour the hedgehogs using the Promarker alcohol pens.

Glue the red snow globe onto the image and trim away any excess white card from the outer edge of the globe.

Using the red matt card, die-cut some extra hearts and stars, using the globe die.    Cut two hearts and one star from some aqua coloured card and glue them in the appropriate holes on the base of the red globe, keep the aqua snow globe shape for another project.

Glue the globe to the centre of the base card and glue five red hearts, equally spaced around the globe, then glue four stars between the hearts and this card is finished.   Below are a couple of close up photos.

That's all from me for the moment my Lovelies, take care of yourselves and have a good week ahead.

                                                                   Love and Rainbows,

                                                                    Hugs   Jennifer xx.
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