Its a Blue Christmas !!

Yesterday I made a couple more Christmas cards and they don't have snowflakes on them lol!  Got a bit of a blue theme going on though!  For this first card I used the Simon Says "Kaleidoscope Background" stamp embossed in white on water colour paper.  This certainly is a versatile stamp and can be used all year round.  I lightly water coloured with Zig markers leaving the bottom corner.  I then added some Poinsettias that I have stamped and embossed onto vellum and fussy cut before layering up.  This stamp is from the  Simon Says "Winter Flowers" set.

My second card is very simple, The dies and stamps are all by Simon Says, just embossed the tree in gold and added some pearls.

Adding these cards to the "Anything Goes" challenge at Simon Says Wednesday Challenge.

Have a great week

Hugs
Sally

And even more Snowflakes!!!

And yet more snowflake cards, these dies from Simon Says just keep giving and I love the effects you can get by layering them up. Snowflakes are definitely my theme for this Christmas lol!

This card was really simple, I just used a piece of gold foiled patterned paper for the background and added this gold and white layered snowflake.  The sentiment is computer generated.

I was really pleased with this card so decided to rejig it a little and came up with this design. Wrapped some gold ribbon on the base Navy card and added the snowflake and then added the Simon Says Holiday Frame die cut over the top.  This is quite a thick card so definitely one to hand deliver rather than post !

I shall be adding both these cards to the Simon Says Flickr group challenge and the Wednesday Challenge.

Its a wet and windy day in Dorset so I am hoping to spend lots of time crafting.  Have a great weekend.
Hugs
Sally

Lots of Snowflakes!!

As predicted my DD visited this weekend and raided my Christmas card box so I need to make lots more LOL!!

 I did lots of die cutting last week, mainly snowflakes so have made these two cards. This first one uses and older Hero Arts Background stamp called "Merry Background"  I stamped this in white on Kraft card for the vintage looking strip then added the sentiment cut from the SSS "Holiday Frames" die.  I then added the layered snowflakes.

For my second card I wanted a bit more bling so stamped and embossed in silver the "Kaleidoscope Background" from Simon Says Stamp, then die cut with the "Stitched Square Die" adding the Glittery Snowflakes layered onto a square of white card.

I am adding these cards to both the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge "Baby its cold outside" and also the Simon Says Flickr Group challenge "Christmas cards".

Have a great week

Hugs
Sally

Winter Town

I dug out an old favourite stamp from Hero Arts to make these two cards, love this "Winter Town" stamp.  For my first card I have made a Shaker using the "Holiday Frames" die from Simon Says, then just added a couple of snowflakes.  Always love to make a shaker , particularly at Christmas.

For the second card I added some Nuvo paste with my SSS "Falling Snow" stencil and have also layered the image up on  card embossed with more snow. 

Two Christmassy scenes for the "Baby its Cold Outside " Wednesday challenge at Simon Says.

Have a great weekend and Happy Thanksgiving to all my American followers!

Hugs
Sally

Festive Trees!

Another Christmas card for my box, I am gradually getting there, although my DD is visiting this weekend so I am sure my stash will be depleted lol!

I used the festive trees stamps from Simon Says for this CAS card, gold embossed the tree and then coloured with Zig Markers then I fussy cut it and used pop dots to give the card dimension. For the background base I used the falling snow stencil also from Simon Says and some Nuvo glimmer paste. Adhered the tree then added lots of sparkly gems!

I shall add this card to both the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge "All that glitters is gold" and the SSS Flickr Group Challenge "Lets Colour"

Have a great week
Hugs
Sally

A Sprinkle of Gold!

Just a quick post today with another Christmas card for my box, this time just made using Die cuts.  Both the Snowflakes and Sentiment are by Simon Says Stamp. A very simple white card with a touch of glittery gold.

I decided to highlight the sentiment by adding to the edge of the card.

I shall add this card to the current Simon Says Wednesday challenge "All that glitters is gold".

Its a misty murky day here in Dorset, time to snuggle by the fire with a book I think!!

Hugs
Sally

Noel!

 Had time to make another Christmas card today and decided to ink up the beautiful "Winters Flowers" from Simon Says.  Inked and coloured with Zig Markers.

I then couldn't decide how to add the sentiment and after looking through my box of cards found this card and thought I could use my Altenew Alphabet dies and cut out "Noel" as a hidden sentiment.

Just added some white Nuvo drops to finish. I am really pleased with the design and will try it again with a different stamp.

I am adding this card to the current Simon Says Stamp Flickr Group challenge "Lets Colour".

Have a great weekend

Hugs
Sally

Christmas Sparkle!!

We had a lovely week away last week house sitting for my cousin and feeding his menagerie of animals and birds. Here is one of his rescued owls a beautiful Tawny. He has 7 owls in total 3 Tawnys, 2 Barn Owls and 2 Little Owls.

Away for only a week but I missed my craft room and couldn't wait to get back to making my Christmas cards.  This first one is using Simon Says stamps and dies, love this Poinsettia image from the Winter Flowers set.  I have stamped and embossed in gold on both vellum and card, then fussy cut.  I coloured the leaves and flower with Copic Markers, adding some gold gems for lots of sparkle.

For my second card I stamped and embossed in gold three of the trees from the Simon Says Festive Trees set, I then coloured with Zig Brush Pens and added lots of pearls and gems to the circle tree. The sentiment is computer generated.

I shall add these cards to both the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge "All that Glitters is Gold" and also the SSS Flickr Group Challenge #110 Lets Colour.

Happy Wednesday !!
Hugs
Sally

Poinsettia!

I love Poinsettia's and have a number of poinsettia stamps but this is my new favourite, the SSS "Winter Flower" set. I have stamped and embossed in white before colouring with Copics and fussy cutting.  The leaves have been stamped onto vellum and coloured with Zig Brush markers.  The background strip is the SSS Kaleidoscope background stamped and embossed in gold and the sentiment is computer generated. I have slightly lifted the flower petals for some dimension to the card.

I will add this card to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge "Anything Goes " and also the LOVE handmade cards Flickr Group challenge also "Anything Goes" 

We are away for a week next week house sitting for my cousin, he is a wildlife photographer and is off to Peru so we are looking after his menagerie of animals and birds.  He rescues owls and other wildlife and at present he has 7 owls for us to look after.

Hope you have a good week.

Hugs
Sally

Foxes and Snowflakes!!

Made this Birthday card for my cousins grandson, wanted a fox theme as his name Todd can mean Fox in old English.  Found this cute image on the Silhouette site, just added the sentiment and balloon.  I shall add this card to the Wednesday Challenge at Simon Says "Anything Goes"

Also had time to make another card for the Simon Says Stamp Flickr Group challenge "Let your stencils shine" I made a stencil with my SSS snowflake dies then dabbed "Salty Ocean" ink onto the stencil then embossed with a glittery embossing powder,  Layered this up on some pool card added the die cut Merry and snowflake also from Simon Says.  Another simple card and another added to my box Yeah!!

Haver a great weekend
Hugs
Sally