Ornamental Pine Version 2

Yesterday I showed a cleaner version of this card, when I watched the video the demonstrator had inked the edges with ink and I thought I wouldn't like that so I left that part out, well today I decided to try it and I must admit I prefer this version. I also left out the scalloped mat and I like that more, card making is an evolving process.

Well so far I have managed to keep up with my daily posting for December, but like everything I am running out of ideas and steam and there seems to be so much left to do and no time to do it...arrgghh I need more hours in the day.

Ingredients
Image: "ornamental pine" Stampin up
Inks: "jellybean green" MFT, "dark chocolate" Papertrey ink, "natural" mft
Dies: Blueprints 13 and 20
Embossing powder: "iridescent ice" Stampin Up

Ornamental Pine

The idea for this card came from this great card video by Dawn a Stampin Up demonstrator, now I bought this stamp set last year and as soon as it arrived I had no idea what to do with it, everything I tried I didn't like. Part of that was the ink I was using and part was how dark the cards looked so when I saw this video I had a brainwave and thought I'm going to make that card but without the dark sponging. Now that I've used the ice embossing powder I can see it being used on all sorts of Christmas cards.

Ingredients
Image: "ornamental pine" Stampin up
Inks: "jellybean green" MFT, "dark chocolate" Papertrey ink
Card: "jellybean green" MFT
Dies: Blueprints 13 and 20
Embossing powder: "iridescent ice" Stampin Up

Big Birthday Wishes

I can barely believe that my cousin is about to turn 21, it only feels like yesterday I was making her 18th card. I wanted to make a card with the number on it as you only turn 21 once, or maybe like me you are on the 24th anniversary of my 21st lol.

Ingredients
Image: "I got ur back" a la mode by mft
Numbers: "big birthday numbers" by mft
Paper: "dolled up" MME ( from Michelle)
Dies: Cross Stitch rectangle stax, rectangle stax, bracket die all MFT, Crealies XXL stitched Square
Card: "Berry Sorbet" Papertrey Ink

Copics
Skin - E000, 00, 11
Hair - E23, 27, 29
Jeans - B97, 95, 93
Top - R24, 22, 21, 20

Last of the Magazine Freebies - I Promise

This is my last magazine freebie post, well with the paper craft essentials freebies anyway lol. I was about to put the stamp set away after making the christmas tree set of cards when I spotted a stamp I hadn't used and it looked interesting, its a tree comprised of sentiments and I thought it would make a perfect card for my more modern family. I only made two as that was all the time I had but this is definitely a design I will use again.

Ingredients
Image: "freebie" papercraft essentials
Card: "cherry cobbler" stampin up and "jellybean green" MFT
Dies: Blueprints 20
Embossing powder: "liquid platinum" and " silver" both Ranger

Oh Christmas Tree - Yet more magazine freebies

I thought yesterday's post would be the last of this card style but it appears once you pop you can't stop and here I am with another four.

Pewter

Liquid Platinum

Silver

Brass

Ingredients
Image: "freebie" Papercraft Essentials
Card: "cherry cobbler" stampin up and "jellybean green" MFT
Dies: Blueprints 20 and 13
Sentiment: "grand holiday greetings" mft
Embossing powder: "liquid platinum" and "silver" from Ranger, "pewter" from stampin up and "metallic brass" from WOW.

Christmas Wreath - More Magazine Freebies

Well I've been heat embossing the freebie stamps again, this time though I've used the wreath from the set. Once I'd heat embossed it I thought it needed a pop of colour so out came the Copics.

Brass

Silver

Platinum

Pewter

Ingredients
Image: "freebie" papercraft essentials
Card: "jellybean green" MFT and "cherry cobbler" from stampin up
Dies: Blueprints 20 and 13
Embossing powder: "liquid platinum" and "silver" from Ranger, "pewter" from stampin up and "metallic brass" from WOW.
Sentiment: "grand holiday greetings" MFT

Oh Deer - Magazine Freebie

In the UK we have some very good magazine freebies and this set is one of them. I knew as soon as I saw it sitting in the supermarket shelf that I would be making some of my Christmas cards with it.

The images lend themselves to heat embossing so that is exactly what I have done, I've deliberately left them a bit plain as I thought too many embellishments would distract from the design.  I've also used different embossing powders on them, the first one I tried "brass" from WOW, and the second is using "pewter" from stampin up then I tried liquid platinum and silver from ranger, not sure which one I prefer.

Brass

Pewter

Liquid Platinum

Silver

Ingredients
Image: "freebie" from papercraft essentials magazine
Sentiment: "grand holiday greetings" MFT
Dies: Blueprints 20 and 13
Card: "real red" stampin up and "jellybean green" MFT
Embossing powder: "pewter" stampin up and "metallic brass" WOW