Christmas Wishes ~ Mulberry Wood

I love traditional rich red, green and gold colours for Christmas cards so these gorgeous Dovecraft 'Vintage Christmas' papers are just perfect for me ... in fact they are my favourite Christmas papers this year :-)

* Card Recipe *

Most of the products used on my card are available at Natalie and Amy's online store by clicking on the links.

Image ~ Mulberry Wood 'Christmas Wishes'

Papers ~ Dovecraft 'Vintage Christmas'

Dies ~ Cheery Lynn 'Holly Corner' and Marianne D 'Miniature Poinsettias'

Sentiment, Ribbon & Gold pearls ~ Stash

Live in the moment

Almost everything I have used here is in the shop. I started with a 5x5 card blank I have matted and layered a 13cm x 13cm square of white card on to it. I inked the white card with all 3 of the distress inks in the spring seasonal set I started with the Squeezed Lemonade and mad it go almost to the middle of the card then put on some peacock feather not going quite as far into the centre then finished it off by adding Shaded Lilac around the very edges. Then I stamped the flowers at the bottom and the sentiment in brown ink. They are both from the Silhouette Grasses set. Then I have added some texture with tiny dots of platinum liquid pearl. The butterflies are from Local king rubber stamp and the set is just called Butterflies. I used the squeezed lemonade distress ink again just to give the butterflies a bit of colour and then added some gold stickles so they sparkle. I have used collall all purpose glue to do my matting and layering and I have to say I am so in love with this glue. I use it all the time now I don't think I will ever go back to tape. To attach the butterflies I have used collall silicone glue so they stand away from the card a bit and look more 3D. 

Party Time

How cute is this little man!?! I just LOVE him. He is called Party Time and you can grab him in my shop HERE. I have coloured him in the following Spectrum noir pens:

 

Trousers and bowtie: JG5,JG1, CG4

Top: TB8, BT8, IB3

Shoes and hat: TN5, TN3, TN1 for shadow on white areas

Present: GB5, GB4, CT2

Humprey: IG3, IG2, IG1 and FS6 inside his ears

 

The papers are from the papermania capsule collection from 2 different packs ( BURLEIGH BLUE and LINCOLN LINEN). The gems and sentiment are from my stash.

 

Pan Pastel background

During the  fantastic four days at "A Crafty Weekend Away" organised by the lovely Amy (co - owner of Natalie and Amy's Store). It was so fun. I got to make a whopping 23 cards and do some other crafts such as resin jewellery and ceramic painting. I developed a new passion that is pan pastels.

I became slightly addicted to Pan Pastels and the most fun I had with them was creating my own backgrounds.

Here is a card I have made for some challenges. 

Recipe  - Pan Pastels  from Natalie and Amy's shop

Inkadinkado stamps

Back to Basics Christmas Paper  from Natalie and Amy's shop

Glossy Accents from Natalie and Amy's shop

Scalloped Square 6 by 6 square Card

Crafters Companion Spray and Sparkle 

Versamark watermark pad available at Natalie and Amy's shop.

I created the backing papers by stamping the image with versamark I then used different shades of pan pastels over the images. I sprayed with Crafters companion Spray and Sparkle and then repeated with my second image. I then cut out some baubles from the Back to basic papers. I stuck on with a foam pad and then added glossy accents. I added some faux stitching to finish the card.

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Warm Heart

I have a few cards to show you today using one of the adorable stamp sets you can get your hands on in our store and they are coloured with Spectrum pens that you can also get in the store :D

I figured I better get started on some Christmas cards and couldn't resist these little cuties. The stamp is called  Warm Heart and is just £3.99. I have coloured them with the following Spectrum pens:

Coat and bows in her hair: DR7, DR3, CR9

Hair: TN6, GB4, CT3

Skin: TN2, EB1 and FS6

Boots and gloves: GB10, TN3

Penguins: IG9, IG3, IG1 and CT4 for their beaks and feet

 These next 2 I thought I could do a little set of and they are so quick and simple to do. I have just repeated the little penguin stamps across a card then layers them on the blue and black added some gems and they are pretty much done. I am going to have a play with different colours too as think they could look quite cute with pink instead of the blue.

The penguins have been coloured in the same spectrum's as the previous card.

Toreads Sky

I've used the new Toread rubber stamp called Sky which you can find at Natalie & Amy's shop

Flora - Toread

This beauty is called Flora and I have coloured her with the following Spectrum Noir pens...

Skin: TN2, EB1

Hair: DR7, DR4, CR7

Dress and headress: DG3, LG5, CG4, CG3 and CT4 for the flower centers

The paper is from Dovecrafts Garden party set. The frame she is sitting in is cut using The sentiment is from Personal Impressions Big sentiments and cut out using Spellbinders fancy framed tags 2.

Xeru - Toread

This little chap. He is called Xeru and I have coloured him with these Spectrum noirs:

Skin: TN2, EB1

Hair: TB6, TB5, TB4, TB1

Clothes: TN7, GB9,GB8

Club: BGR4, BGR2, BGR1
Shoes: EB8, EB6, TN7

Grass and leaves: LG5, JG1, CG4

Background: IB3, IB1

I cut the image out using Marianne D stamps die and inked the edges with walnut distress ink. I have used the bark and brick M-bossibilities for the wood grain effect on some Core'dinations paper that I then sanded slightly to bring out the embossing more. The brilliant leafy swirl is from Spellbinders foliage 2 die. The sentiment is from Personal Impressions double sayings and the gems are from my stash.

Sky Toread

Sky I have coloured her with spectrum noir pens but I forgot to write down which ones sorry.

The paper is from Marianne Designs Sweet Summer pack. The sentiment is from Personal Impressions Big sentiments and the image itself has been cut out using Spellbinders Ovals and scalloped decorative ovals. That I have added to with Petal pink Liquid pearls.